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Beyonce and Taylor Swift Are Big Winners At Grammys

Posted on Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 10:21 PM

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were handed out tonight, January 31, from Los Angeles with Beyonce picking up six awards and Taylor Swift earning four, including Album of the Year.  

Beyonce won Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," while also picking up Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Halo."  Beyonce's other wins included Best Female R&B Vocal Solo and Best R&B song for "Single Ladies," Best Contemporary R&B Album for I Am...Sasha Fierce, and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "At Last," from the film Cadillac Records. 

The other big winner of the night was country/pop sensation, Taylor Swift, who won four Grammys, including Album of the Year and Country Album of the Year for Fearless.  Swift accepted her first two Grammys more than an hour before the telecast of the awards show, which were for her song "White Horse" (Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song).  

The Black Eyed Peas and Kings of Leon took home three awards.  The Black Eyed Peas picked up awards for Best Pop Vocal Album for The E.N.D. and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "I Gotta Feeling."  They also won in the short form video category for "Boom Boom Pow."  Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" won Record of the Year, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Group Performance.

Other Grammy awards include:  
Best New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Jason Mraz - "Make It Mine"
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat - "Lucky"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Best R&B Album: Maxwell - Blacksummer's Night
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Jamie Foxx and T-Pain - "Blame It"
Best Rock Album: Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Keith Urban - "Sweet Thing"
Best Group Country Performance: Lady Antebellum - "I Run To You"
Best Country Collaboration: Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis - "I Told You So"
Best Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Best Rap Album - Eminem "Relapse"
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group - Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent - "Crack A Bottle"
Best Rap Song: Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"
Best Dance Recording: Lady Gaga - "Poker Face" 
Best Electronic/Dance Album: Lady Gaga - The Fame

For a full list of winners, go to Grammy.com.

 

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