Mumford & Sons topped British success at the 55th
annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as their album Babel won Record of the Year - and they were given their award by
another Brit pop darling, Adele, who joked that winning the prize means you go
on to get "knocked up". The folk band won their second Grammy for Big Easy Express in the Best Long Form
Music Video category as well as performing on the night with Sir Elton John.
Sir Elton also performed a duet with fellow Brit Ed Sheeran.
New mum Adele took home her ninth Grammy, this time it
was for Best Pop Solo Performance for Set
Fire to the Rain (Live). Belgian/Australian Gotye
won three awards including record of the year for his smash hit Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring
New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra. Other big winners were
Fun., who won Best New Artist and Song of the Year for We Are Young which featured Janelle Monáe. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys ended up the night's
top winner with four trophies, including producer of the year and three rock
category victories with band mate Patrick Carney
Kelly Clarkson walked away with Best Pop Vocal Album for
Stronger, and Sir Paul McCartney won best
traditional pop vocal album for Kisses On
The Bottom. Beyonce won best traditional R&B performance, Franck Ocean picked up two Grammys for best Urban Contemporary album and best rap/spoken collaboration, Jay-Z picked up three Grammys in the rap genre including Best Rap Song, Skrillex picked up two Grammys in the Dance categories and Carrie Underwood topped the country genre with Best Country Solo and Best Country Song.
A tribute to the late reggae legend Bob Marley
was performed by Bruno Mars, Sting and Rihanna along with sons Damian and Ziggy
Marley. Other stars who performed included Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia
Keys with Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake with Jay-Z and Frank Ocean.
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