Amy Winehouse Scoops Five Grammy Awards

Amy Winehouse scooped a massive five gongs at yesterday’s Grammy Awards, in what was a triumphant night for the troubled star.

Despite Wino not being present at the Los Angeles ceremony, she was on video link-up from a London studio throughout the evening to accept her five awards and perform the tracks ‘Rehab’ and ‘You Know I’m No Good.’

The singer scooped Record of the Year and Song of the Year for ‘Rehab’, Pop Vocal Album for ‘Back To Black’, Best New Artist and Female Pop Vocal Performance.



Upon accepting an award, a jubilant Winehouse accompanied by her mother Janice said: "Thank you to everyone at Island (her record label), my mum and dad. This is for my Blake, my Blake incarcerated, and for London because Camden Town is burning down."



Another big winner on the night was Kanye West who treated the audience to a ‘future-shock’ performance which he dedicated to his late mother Donda, saying: “I know you're really proud of me right now and I know you want me to be the number one artist in the world. And mama, all I'm going to do is keep making you proud.”

The star scooped five awards including the Best Rap Album.

He said upon being handed the prestigious honour:  "It definitely feels good to be home here at the Grammys. You know, we snuck in about four, five years ago, and now we basically made this our new place of residence."

Other big winners on the night were Bruce Springsteen with three, The White Stripes took two including Best Rock Performance, while Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood and Mary J Blige also went home with two awards.

The Chemical Brothers scooped the Grammy for Best Electronic Album with ‘We Are The Night’, while Foo Fighters won the Best Hard Rock Performance honour.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was Herbie Hancock who scored the Record of the Year for ‘Herbie Hancock for River: The Joni Letters’, his tribute to Joni Mitchell. It’s the first a jazz album has triumphed in the awards’ 50 years.

The performance of the evening went to Beyonce Knowles who teamed up with Tina Turner for a duet of ‘Proud Mary.’ Turner also performed her own tracks ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ and ‘Better Be Good To Me.’

The main winners:

Record of the year
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
 
Album of the year
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters

Song of the year
Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Best new artist
Amy Winehouse

Best female pop vocal performance
Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Best male pop vocal performance
What Goes Around...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake

Best pop vocal album
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
 
Best dance recording
LoveStoned/I Think She Knows - Justin Timberlake
 
Best rock song
Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
 
Best rock album
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Best solo rock vocal performance
Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
 
Best alternative music album
Icky Thump - The White Stripes

Best female R&B vocal performance
No One - Alicia Keys

Best male R&B vocal performance
Future Baby Mama - Prince

Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals
Disrespectful - Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J Blige

Best R&B song
No One - Alicia Keys
 
Best R&B album
Chaka Khan - Funk This
 
Best contemporary R&B album
Ne-Yo - Because Of You
 
Best rap solo performance
Stronger - Kanye West

Best rap performance by a duo or group
Southside - Common Featuring Kanye West

Best rap song
Good Life - Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
 
Best rap album
Kanye West - Graduation

Best female country vocal performance
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

Best male country vocal performance
Stupid Boy - Keith Urban

Producer of the year, non-classical
Mark Ronson