Arcade Fire, Muse, The Black Keys Pick Up Grammy Awards


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Canadian rock band Arcade Fire were the big winners at the weekend’s 53rd Grammy Awards, after taking home the coveted Album of the Year prize for their third record ‘The Suburbs‘.

Blues duo The Black Keys also enjoyed a successful night in the specialist categories, winning awards in the Alternative Album section for ‘Brothers‘, and Rock Performance for ‘Tighten Up‘. Muse were recognised in the Rock Album category for ‘The Resistance‘, while veteran Neil Young was handed the Rock Song Grammy for his track ‘Angry World‘.

Elsewhere, country act Lady Antebellum won five awards, and Lady Gaga predictably stole the headlines after arriving at the ceremony in an
understated fashion inside a giant egg. The pop superstar went on to win three awards at the event which was held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

Selected winners:

Album of the Year: Arcade Fire, ‘The Suburbs’
Record of the Year: Lady Antebellum, ‘Need You Now’
Song of the Year: Lady Antebellum, ‘Need You Now’
New Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Alternative Album: The Black Keys, ‘Brothers’
Rock Song: Neil Young, ‘Angry World’
Rock Album: Muse, ‘The Resistance’
Rock Performance: The Black Keys, ‘Tighten Up’
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Paul McCartney – ‘Helter Skelter’
Hard Rock Performance: Them Crooked Vultures – ‘New Fang’
Metal Performance: Iron Maiden, ‘El Dorado’



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