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Artists prepare for Grammys gala Winehouse picks up Grammy treble
(about 16 hours later)
The 50th Grammy Awards are to take place in the US, with Kanye West and Amy Winehouse leading the nominations. Amy Winehouse and Kanye West were among the early winners at this year's Grammy Awards, picking up three prizes each.
But Winehouse will not perform at the ceremony in Los Angeles despite a last-minute issue of a US visa. Winehouse, whose trip to the ceremony was scuppered by US visa problems, won best new artist, best pop vocal album and best female pop vocal performance.
West is shortlisted for eight awards including album of the year, while Winehouse has six nominations. A performance by the troubled singer is due to be beamed by satellite from London into the show in Los Angeles.
Five acts - rock band the Foo Fighters, rapper Jay-Z, producer Timbaland, R&B singer T-Pain and Justin Timberlake - are vying for five awards each. The accolades for West, who led the field with eight nominations, included best rap song for Good Life.
Bruce Springsteen also won three awards, including best rock song for Radio Nowhere.
Alicia Keys opened the show with a "duet" with Frank SinatraThe White Stripes, Justin Timberlake and Mary J Blige were among the other acts to pick up two awards.
Winners in most of the 110 categories were announced before the main ceremony, where the most prestigious awards are being handed out.
The show opened with a duet between Alicia Keys and footage of the late Frank Sinatra singing Learnin' the Blues.
The record of the year category is made up of Beyonce's Irreplaceable, Foo Fighters' The Pretender, Rihanna's Umbrella, Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around Comes Around and Rehab by Amy Winehouse.
Winehouse is the first Briton to win the Grammy for best new artist since soul singer Sade in 1986.
She has left a rehabilitation clinic for her Grammy performance in a London studio.
'Second chance''Second chance'
The prestigious record of the year category is made up of Beyonce's Irreplaceable, Foo Fighters' The Pretender, Rihanna's Umbrella, Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around Comes Around and Rehab by Amy Winehouse. The US embassy reversed its decision to refuse her a visa, but the change of heart came too late to allow her to attend the ceremony in person.
The UK star, whose hits include Back to Black and Rehab, entered a rehabilitation centre last month a few days after a video emerged that apparently showed her smoking a crack pipe. "I'm really sorry I can't be there but I appreciate that I'm being given a second chance via satellite," the singer said.
She was fined for cannabis possession in Norway last year but plans to appeal later this month. Mark Ronson was named best non-classical producer for his work with Winehouse, Lily Allen and on his own album Version.
Turner will perform a duet with Beyonce Songwriter Burt Bacharach received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement at a separate ceremony on Saturday.
The singer will now perform via satellite from a London studio.
"I'm really sorry I can't be there but I appreciate that I'm being given a second chance via satellite," said the singer.
Artists who will be performing include West, Tina Turner, Beyonce, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Fergie and Alicia Keys.
Stevie Wonder, Prince, Tony Bennett, Nelly Furtado, Ringo Starr and Tom Hanks are among the award presenters.
Songwriter Burt Bacharach received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement at a ceremony which was held on Saturday.
The main ceremony was spared the threat of industrial action after the striking Writers Guild of America agreed to let writers work on the show.
The guild said it wants to offer support to musicians facing challenges getting "compensation for the use of their work in new media."