Awards

A very quick Grammys round up

By | Published on Monday 14 February 2011

Grammys

So, whose night was it then? Well, country trio Lady Antebellm led the way with five awards, Lady Gaga stole most attention with her three gongs and an egg, Arcade Fire took the all important Album Of The Year prize, and jazz lady, multi-instrumentalist, bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding beat rap star Drake and a certain Justin Bieber to be declared Best New Artist of the year, the first jazz act to ever win that award. Hurrah. And that, my friends, is the extra quick Grammys summary.

Elsewhere at America’s big awards party, Jay-Z and John Legend both got three awards too, while Eminem, despite leading the shortlists with ten nominations, only took home two prizes on the night.  As for the Brits (that is to say British artists nominated for a Grammy, not our rival awards event), guitar man Jeff Beck got two prizes, while La Roux won the Best Electronic/Dance Album award, Muse got Best Rock Album, Iron Maiden Best Metal Performance, Sade Best R&B Performance and Paul McCartney won Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for his live album ‘Good Evening New York City’. A Beatles box set also won the prize for Best Historical Album.

Because yes, the Grammys is the sort of awards event where there are so many prizes there’s even one for Best Historical Album. You can check out all 18,909 winners on the Grammys website at www.grammy.com/nominees. And don’t forget to tune into the BRITS tomorrow and, if nothing else, admire how we manage to do the whole thing with just thirteen awards.



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