The 55th Grammy Awards held on Sunday was truly music’s biggest night, with huge fashion, huge performances, and huge storylines from beginning to end. With a little something for everyone from beginning to end, there’s little doubt this was one of the best ceremonies in recent history!

Taylor Swift kicked the whole thing off when she opened with her hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Her circus-inspired set had the singer decked out in a blazing white ensemble including hot pants, jacket with tails, and a bejeweled top hat. It wasn’t the dancing bunnies, the flame-thrower, or even the stilt performers that sole the show though; it was when Taylor blatantly dissed her recent ex, Harry Styles in the show. During the narrative in the song, Taylor put on an exaggerated British accent, saying that when he professed his love (again) she replied that she was “busy opening the Grammys.”

Before taking on her circus trainer outfit, Taylor wore a gorgeous white J. Mendel gown on the red carpet, which was very much in keeping with her sexy, more mature look she’s been donning lately. While the song Taylor performed got her nominated for “Record of the Year,” that award actually went to Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know.”

Taylor’s rumored rival, Carrie Underwood, also made news on the red carpet, but not for her elegant strapless Robert Cavalli gown. Rather, it was the $31 million worth in jewels that walked down the carpet with her that had all eyes on her. That it turned out, was just a precursor for what was yet to come in the evening. When Carrie took the stage to perform her two hit singles, “Two Black Cadillacs” and “Blown Away,” her shimmery silver ball gown served as a screen from which digital images were projected — at one point turning her into a monarch butterfly!

Rihanna sent tongues wagging throughout the night as well. Showing up on the red carpet in a show-stopping red Azzedine Alaia gown, it was her snuggling up to boyfriend Chris Brown that had everyone really talking. While the two definitely looked cozier than most would expect four years after RiRi was beaten by him, she also seemed to have made another statement when she took to the stage to perform “Stay.” While she had previously been photographed wearing numerous rings, for the performance she left just one on — a diamond band around the ring finger of her left hand. That has everyone guessing that the two are now engaged.

All of this, not to mention J. Lo’s Anthony Vaccarello dress that pushed the Grammys dress code to its limits, and Katy Perry’s mint-colored cleavage-exposing dress that actually did! Were there any of your favorite moments that we missed? What did you think was most glamorous about this year’s Grammys?