See Google Pixel's Lovely Tribute to Prince, and Other Big Grammy Ads You May Have Missed

Including Target's 'It Takes Two' remake, and Lincoln's special amp

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Coming a week after the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards are also something of an advertising showcase, if a less expansive (and expensive) one. Sunday’s telecast featured some previously released ads from major marketers—notably, Adidas. But it also had some cool new commercials, too.

Check out some of the high-profile spots from Grammys night below.

 

Pixel – Tributes by you, Phone by Google

Google’s lovely tribute to Prince, featuring a medley of covers of his song Nothing Compares 2 U (made famous, of course, by Sinead O’Connor in 1990), aired during the Grammy’s broadcast right after the Prince tribute.

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