 " Turn Up the Music " was performed live for the first time at the 54th Grammy Awards ceremony , which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles , California on February 12 , 2012 . Brown performed the song as part of a medley with " Beautiful People " from F.A.M.E. ( 2011 ) . He was dressed in a white and gray varsity jacket , white pants and sparkling sneakers . Brown and his backup dancers performed heavily @-@ choreographed routines to " Turn Up the Music " atop a collection of blocks , which changed from colors red to blue to yellow and green . He then sang " Beautiful People " as he jumped across the blocks , while the dancers followed in a high @-@ flying routine . The performance ended when Brown saluted to the audience before he took a bow . Rob Markman of MTV News noted that the blocks " resembled the 1980s arcade game Q * bert " , while Evelyn McDonnell of Los Angeles Times noted that Brown lip @-@ synched his performance . Andrew Martin of Prefix magazine wrote that it was one of the worst performances at the Grammy Awards due to the fact that he lip @-@ synched . The performance was made available for download via the iTunes Store in the United States on February 15 , 2012 . 
