Beyoncé ruled the 52 nd annual Grammy Awards last night where she picked up six wins, a record for a female artrist, including Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Contemporary R&B Album. Country sensation Taylor Swift was the evening’s runner-up with an impressive four GRAMMY wins, including taking Album Of The Year for Fearless, besting Beyoncé.
Black Eyed Peas and Kings Of Leon won three GRAMMYs each, the latter picking up the coveted Record Of The Year for “Use Somebody.” Picking up two GRAMMYs each were Eminem, banjo maestro Béla Fleck, composer Michael Giacchino, Lady Gaga, Maxwell and Jason Mraz.
Here is a list of last night winners:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Fearless – Taylor Swift
RECORD OF THE YEAR – Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
SONG OF THE YEAR – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonce)
BEST NEW ARTIST – Zac Brown Band
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE – Halo – Beyonce
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE – If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Seal
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS – I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM – The E.N.D. – The Black Eyed Peas
BEST DANCE RECORDING – Poker Face – Lady Gaga
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM – Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Buble
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE – Working On A Dream – Bruce Springsteen
BEST ROCK ALBUM – 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
BEST RAP SONG – Run This Town – Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE – White Horse – Taylor Swift
BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE – Sweet Thing – Keith Urban