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Beyonce Knowles and Taylor Swift Are Top Grammy Grabbers
02/02/2010
Beyonce Knowles, Kings Of Leon and Taylor Swift were the toast of the music world on Sunday night (31Jan10) after taking home the 52nd annual Grammy Awards' biggest prizes.
Beyonce was the Los Angeles event's biggest winner, claiming six of the 10 honours she was nominated for.
These included Song of the Year, Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance awards for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).
Swift took home her first four Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year award, and Kings of Leon's Use Somebody anthem earned the rockers prizes for Record of the Year, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.
The Black Eyed Peas and Jay-Z were also triple winners at the Grammys, as was the San Francisco Symphony, thanks to its Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 album.
The event's winners were overshadowed by a clutch of terrific performances from acts like Green Day, Pink, Dave Matthews Band, Beyonce andthe Black Eyed Peas.
Elton John and Lady Gaga collaborated to open the show and there were further match-ups for Jamie Foxx, T-Pain and Slash, Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli, Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne and Taylor Swift and Fleetwood MAC star Stevie Nicks.
But the event's highlight was a star-studded tribute to Michael Jackson; Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Carrie Underwood teamed up to perform the King of Pop's Earth Song.
The stunning collaboration was accompanied by a 3-D version of the Earth Song video Jackson planned to use as a backdrop during his This Is It concerts last summer (09).
Stars like Beyonce, Rihanna and will.i.am were among the audience members who donned special 3-D glasses to fully appreciate the spectacular musical moment.
They ended the song with their backs to the crowd, staring at images of Jackson, which were flashed onto the big screen behind them, as the audience rose to its feet to applaud the performance, which presenter Lionel Richie called "unbelievable".
Following the show stopper, Jackson's children Prince and Paris took the Staples Center stage to honour their father, a recipient of one of the night's Lifetime Achievement Awards.
In his first public speaking appearance, Prince thanked God for "watching over us these past seven months" and "our grandma and grandpa for their love and support".
Both Jackson children ended their brief acceptance speeches with the words "We love you daddy".