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Grammy glory for absent Winehouse | Grammy glory for absent Winehouse |
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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been showered with glory by the prestigious Grammy Awards, winning five prizes - despite being absent from the ceremony. | |
Her awards included song of the year and record of the year, both for her single Rehab, and best new artist. | |
But she was not at the Los Angeles ceremony to collect them due to visa problems. Instead, she performed and made an acceptance speech by satellite. | |
Kanye West scooped four Grammy Awards, while Bruce Springsteen won three. | |
The White Stripes, Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood and Mary J Blige were among the acts who picked up two awards. | |
But the night belonged to Winehouse, whose stunned reaction to winning record of the year, was beamed into the ceremony from a London studio. | |
Beyonce (left) performed a duet with Tina TurnerThe 24-year-old singer was seen hugging her mother as the crowd in Los Angeles chanted her name. | |
She paid tribute to her husband, "my incarcerated Blake", who is in custody awaiting trial on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and grievous bodily harm. | |
She also dedicated the win to London, "because Camden Town is burning down", a reference to a huge fire in the capital this weekend. | |
Winehouse, the first Briton to win the Grammy for best new artist since soul singer Sade in 1986, also performed You Know I'm No Good and Rehab. | |
In the song of the year category, Rehab saw off competition from singles by Rihanna, Carrie Underwood, the Plain White Ts and Corinne Bailey Rae. | |
Kanye West paid tribute to his mother on stageRehab was also named record of the year, beating efforts by Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and the Foo Fighters. | |
Her other accolades were best pop vocal album for Back To Black and best female pop vocal performance for Rehab. | Her other accolades were best pop vocal album for Back To Black and best female pop vocal performance for Rehab. |
Winehouse will now return to the Capio Nightingale clinic, where she has been treated for the past two weeks to overcome her high-profile drug problems. | |
The US embassy initially refused her a visa, then reversed their decision - but it was too late to allow her to travel to the ceremony. | |
The star had been nominated for six awards, but lost out on the prize for album of the year. | |
In a major upset, that went to jazz legend Herbie Hancock for River: The Joni Letters, his tribute to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell - only the second time a jazz album has triumphed in the 50-year history of the Grammys. | |
"I'd like to thank the academy for courageously breaking the mould this time," Hancock said. | |
Kanye West led the nominations with eight, and came away with four trophies - for best rap song, best rap album, best rap solo performance and best rap performance by a duo or group. | |
The hip-hop star used his acceptance speech for best rap album to pay tribute to his mother Donda, who died in November. | |
Alicia Keys opened the show with a "duet" with Frank SinatraBut when the band struck up to try to cut short his speech, he said: "It would be in good taste to stop the music," and the music stopped. | |
"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," he said. "And mama, all I'm going to do is keep making you proud. We run this." | "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," he said. "And mama, all I'm going to do is keep making you proud. We run this." |
The show opened with a duet between Alicia Keys and footage of the late Frank Sinatra singing Learnin' the Blues. | The show opened with a duet between Alicia Keys and footage of the late Frank Sinatra singing Learnin' the Blues. |
Tina Turner returned to the stage for the first time in seven years to perform with Beyonce. | |
Songwriter Burt Bacharach received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement at a separate ceremony on Saturday. | Songwriter Burt Bacharach received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement at a separate ceremony on Saturday. |