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BEYONCE, KINGS OF LEON and TAYLOR SWIFT were the toast of the music world= on Sunday night (31Jan10) after taking home the 52nd annual Grammy Award= s' 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 Voca= l 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 rocker= s 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 performan= ces from acts like Green Day, Pink, Dave Matthews Band, Beyonce and the B= lack Eyed Peas.
Elton John and Lady Gaga collaborated to open the show and there were f= urther match-ups for Jamie Foxx, T-Pain and Slash, Mary J
. Blige and Andr= ea Bocelli, Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne and Taylor Swift and Fleetwood Ma= c 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 Underwo= od teamed up to perform the King of Pop's Earth Song.
The stunning collaboration was accompanied by a 3-D version of the Eart= h Song video Jackson planned to use as a backdrop during his This Is It c= oncerts last summer (09).
Stars like Beyonce, Rihanna and will.i.am were among the audience membe= rs who donned special 3-D glasses to fully appreciate the spectacular mus= ical 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 audi= ence 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 th= e 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 "watchi= ng over us these past seven months" and "our grandma and grandpa for thei= r love and support".
Both Jackson children ended their brief acceptance speeches with the wo= rds "We love you daddy".
The winners of the 2010 Grammys are:
=20 Record Of The Year: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon =20 Song Of The Year: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce =20 Best New Artist: Zak Brown Band =20 Album Of The Year: Fearless - Taylor Swift =20 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Halo - Beyonce =20 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Make It Mine - Jason Mraz =20 Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Gotta Feeling - T= he Black Eyed Peas =20 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat =20 Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Throw Down Your Heart - Bela Fleck =20 Best Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole - Booker T
. Jones =20 Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D
. - The Black Eyed Peas =20 Best Dance Recording: Poker Face - Lady Gaga =20 Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame - Lady Gaga =20 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Ga= rden - Michael Buble =20 Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Working On A Dream - Bruce Springstee= n =20 Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Use Somebody - Kin= gs of Leon =20 Best Hard Rock Performance: War Machine - AC/DC =20 Best Metal Performance: Dissident Aggressor - Judas Priest =20 Best Rock Instrumental Performance: A Day In The Life - Jeff Beck =20 Best Rock Song: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon =20 Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day =20 Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix =20 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - B= eyonce =20 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Pretty Wings - Maxwell =20 Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Blame It - Jamie Fo= xx & T-Pain =20 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: At Last - Beyonce =20 Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Pearls - India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore =20 Best R&B Song: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce =20 Best R&B Album: Blacksummers' Night - Maxwell =20 Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am..
. Sasha Fierce - Beyonce =20 Best Rap Solo Performance: D.O.A
. (Death Of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z =20 Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: Crack A Bottle - Eminem, Dr
. Dr= e & 50 Cent =20 Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye Wes= t =20 Best Rap Song: Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West =20 Best Rap Album: Relapse - Eminem =20 Best Female Country Vocal Performance: White Horse - Taylor Swift =20 Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Sweet Thing - Keith Urban =20 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Run To You - = Lady Antebellum =20 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: I Told You So - Carrie Underwoo= d & Randy Travis =20 Best Country Instrumental Performance: Producer's Medley - Steve Warine= r =20 Best Country Song: White Horse - Taylor Swift =20 Best Country Album: Fearless - Taylor Swift =20 Best New Age Album: Prayer For Compassion - David Darling =20 Best Contemporary Jazz Album: 75 - Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate =20 Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of= Coltrane And Hartman - Kurt Elling =20 Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Dancin' 4 Chicken - Terence Blanchard =20 Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Five Peace Band Live= - Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band =20 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One - New Orleans Jazz Orchestra =20 Best Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre - Bebo Valdes And Chucho Val= des =20 Best Gospel Performance: Wait On The Lord - Donnie McClurkin Featuring = Karen Clark Sheard =20 Best Gospel Song: God In Me - Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Ca= mpbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra 'KiKi' Sheard) =20 Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: Live Revelations - Third Day =20 Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Power Of One - Israel Houghton =20 Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album: Jason Crabb - Jason Crabb =20 Best Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day - Various =20 Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Audience Of One - Heather Headley =20 Best Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos - La Quinta Estacion =20 Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmig= o - Calle 13 =20 Best Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos - Luis Enrique =20 Best Regional Mexican Album: Necesito De Ti - Vicente Fernandez =20 Best Tejano Album: Borders Y Bailes - Los Texmaniacs =20 Best Norteno Album: Tu Noche Con..
. Los Tigres Del Norte - Los Tigres D= el Norte =20 Best Banda Album: Tu Esclavo Y Amo - Lupillo Rivera =20 Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt - Levon Helm =20 Best Bluegrass Album: The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo - = Steve Martin =20 Best Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here - Ramblin' Jack Elliott =20 Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free - The Derek Trucks Band =20 Best Traditional Folk Album: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Pr= oject - Loudon Wainwright III =20 Best Contemporary Folk Album: Townes - Steve Earle =20 Best Native American Music Album: Spirit Wind North - Bill Miller =20 Best Hawaiian Music Album: Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume= 2 - Various =20 Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: Lay Your Burden Down - Buckwheat Zyde= co =20 Best Reggae Album: Mind Control: Acoustic - Stephen Marley =20 Best Traditional World Music Album: Douga Mansa - Mamadou Diabate =20 Best Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From = The Acoustic Planet, Vol
. 3 Africa Sessions - Bela Fleck =20 Best Musical Album For Children: Family Time - Ziggy Marley =20 Best Spoken Word Album For Children: Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & So= ngs - Buck Howdy =20 Best Spoken Word Album: Always Looking Up - Michael J
. Fox =20 Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! - Ste= phen Colbert =20 Best Musical Show Album: West Side Story - David Caddick & David Lai, p= roducers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New B= roadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others) =20 Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Oth= er Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire - Various Artists =20 Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Vis= ual Media: Up - Michael Giacchino =20 Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:= Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) - Gulzar, A.R
. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, so= ngwriters =20 Best Instrumental Composition: Married Life (From Up) - Michael Giacchi= no =20 Best Instrumental Arrangement: West Side Story Medley - Bill Cunliffe, = arranger (Resonance Big Band) =20 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Quiet Nights - = Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall) =20 Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - Ste= fan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno) =20 Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol.= I (1963-1972) - Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Nei= l Young) =20 Best Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-194= 6) - Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong) =20 Best Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) - Andy Mc= Kaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walt= er) =20 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Ellipse - Imogen Heap, engineer (= Imogen Heap) =20 Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Brendan O'Brien =20 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: When Love Takes Over (Electro Ex= tended Remix) - David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowla= nd) =20 Best Surround Sound Album: Transmigration - Michael Bishop, surround mi= x engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, = surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses) =20 Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mahler: Symphony No
. 8; Adagio From S= ymphony No
. 10 - Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Fra= ncisco Symphony) =20 Producer Of The Year, Classical: Steven Epstein =20 Best Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No
. 8; Adagio From Symphony No
. = 10 - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan M= cMane, choir directors; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engi= neer/mixer; Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer (Laura Claycomb, Antho= ny Dean Griffey, Katarina Karneus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Nae= f, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boych= oir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus) =20 Best Orchestral Performance: Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe - James Levine, co= nductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus) =20 Best Opera Recording: Britten: Billy Budd - Daniel Harding, conductor; = Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & = Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen O= f The London Symphony Chorus) =20 Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No
. 8; Adagio From Symphony N= o
. 10 - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susa= n McMane, choir directors (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van= den Heever, Katarina Karneus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & = Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Sympho= ny Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus) =20 Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Prokofiev: P= iano Concertos Nos
. 2 & 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin = (Philharmonia Orchestra) =20 Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Journey To T= he New World - Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor) =20 Best Chamber Music Performance: Intimate Letters - Emerson String Quart= et =20 Best Small Ensemble Performance: Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Pas= sion - Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices =20 Best Classical Vocal Performance: Verismo Arias - Renee Fleming (Marco = Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi; = Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi) =20 Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion C= oncerto - Jennifer Higdon =20 Best Classical Crossover Album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Pe= ace -Yo-Yo Ma =20 Best Short Form Music Video: Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas =20 Best Long Form Music Video: The Beatles Love: All Together Now - Variou= s =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Leonard Cohen =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Jackson =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Loretta Lynn =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Darin =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Clark Terry =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: David 'Honeyboy' Edwards =20 Lifetime Achievement Award: Andre Previn =20 Trustees Award: Walter C
. Miller =20 Trustees Award: Florence Greenberg =20 Trustees Award: Harold Bradley =20 Presidents Merit Award: Doug Morris =20 Presidents Merit Award: Placido Domingo =20 Presidents Merit Award: Ken Ehrlich =20 MusiCares Person of the Year: Neil Young