Grammy time is always exciting! And with the 2013 Grammys winners announced – Snakkle unveils some amazing before they were stars photos of the winners as well as the nominees who did not get a statue this year. Some talented singers like Kanye West and Taylor Swift (yes, they’ll be on the same stage again) and songwriters alike were up for a bushel and a barrel of nominations. Click through this gallery to find out more and see their pre-fame photos!

Even today’s mega music stars where once young kids with dreams of music fame and glory. For many, they prayed and wished to Santa for the fame and recognition they now have, and many have gone on to release their own Christmas songs and albums for fans. For the holidays, Snakkle takes a fun look back at these singing sensations way back before the fame, when the stars were still just in their eyes.

How’s your fantasy football team doing? Hope you placed some bets on contender quarterbacks Johnny Manziel and Collin Klein, and linebacker Manti Te’o for the 2012 Heisman Trophy award! Started in 1935 by the Downtown Athletics Club of Manhattan, New York (John Heisman was the athletics director at the time), the Heisman Trophy has become the holy grail of collegiate football players. It is awarded to the most outstanding player in the nation, which is saying a lot! Whether you’re biting your nails or running stats numbers, it’s going to be a close one with this year’s talented bunch. Here is a look at another group of iconic football stars… but way before they were Heisman winners, when dreams of going pro were still just dreams.

It’s time for the American Music Awards and the 20012 nominees are heating up the competition with record sales and chart-topping hits. Snakkle unearthed some choice before they were stars photos of some of the nominees, can you figure out who is who?

Who says you can’t be brilliant and beautiful in Hollywood? Okay, most people assume that anyone who’s got a successful acting or singing career must not have been very studious during their formative years. Why? Who knows, but Snakkle’s here to set the record straight about some high-profile celebs who were fantastic students back in the day, and remain brainy to this day:

Okay, we’ve all been there. We’ve all had disastrous hairdos at one time or another. Maybe your mom decided to save a few bucks and trim your bangs at home, or perhaps you decided to honor your crush on Rick Springfield by chopping off your luxurious locks in place of a perky… mullet. Oh, the humanity! Oh, the lost dates! Snakkle has a whole bunch of celeb pics featuring some epically man-repellent hair that will surely make your eighth-grade self feel much better about that bowl cut. Maybe.

Back during Eminem’s epic freestyle mixtape battles with Benzino, he wasted no opportunity to take digs at the rapper’s age (40) as a reason he shouldn’t be rapping in the first place. But these days, Eminem is that age himself and just entering into another chapter in his own hip-hop career. After taking on multiple alter egos, trying his hand at acting, battling gun charges, family lawsuits, addiction, the death of his best friend, and raising three little girls as a single father, Eminem certainly has more to say as himself at 40 than Slim Shady fictionalized when he debuted in 1996. While we wait to see what he comes up with next, let’s take a look back at where he’s been.

The second season of FX’s acclaimed miniseries American Horror Story (appropriately subtitled Asylum) sees a number of familiar faces checking into Briarcliff, an institution for the psychologically disturbed and clinically insane that was run by the Catholic Church. In its heyday in the 1960s, its practices were unorthodox, to say the least, as the priests, nuns, and doctors worked hard to rid regular people of what they perceived to be demons. Snakkle looks back at the American Horror Story: Asylum cast before Briarcliff got its hands on them—and before they were stars altogether.