The 2010 Grammy Awards were one of the highest watched in years. The show had an audience of 25.8 million people, up 35 percent from last year.
Beyonce lead the winners with six awards, the most by a female in a single night. Her "Halo" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" won Song of the Year.
Album of the Year was won by Taylor Swift, the youngest artist to ever win in this category. Swift also walked home with a Grammy for Best Country Album, Best Female Country Performance for "White Horse", and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Breathe" with Colbie Callait.
Record of the Year was awarded to Kings of Leon for "Use Somebody", and the Zac Brown Band took home the award for Best New Artist.
See the complete list of winners after the jump.
Album Of The Year: Fearless — Taylor Swift
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Halo” — Beyonce
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town” — Jay-Z feat. Rihanna
Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day
Record Of The Year: “Use Somebody” — Kings Of Leon
Best Country Album: Fearless — Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Beyonce
Best Dance Recording: “Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame — Lady Gaga
Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix —
Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Beyoncé
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Rock Song: “Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings” — Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Blame It” — Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last” — Beyoncé
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day in the Life” — Jeff Beck
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: “Pearls” — India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” — Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: “Crack a Bottle” — Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
Best Rap Song: “Run This Town” — Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album: Relapse — Eminem
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Make It Mine” — Jason Mraz
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Lucky” — Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “White Horse” — Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Sweet Thing” — Keith Urban
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album — Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden — Michael Bublé
Best Solo Rock Performance: “Working on a Dream” — Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine” — AC/DC
Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor” — Judas Priest
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Run to You” — Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So” — Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
Best Country Song: “White Horse” — Liz Rose and Taylor Swift, songwriters
Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt — Levon Helm
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free — The Derek Trucks Band
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire — Various Artists, A.R. Rahman, producer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: “Jai Ho” (From Slumdog Millionaire) — Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — Stefan Sagmeister, art director
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) — Gary Burden, Jenice Heo and Neil Young, art directors
Best Short Form Music Video: “Boom Boom Pow” — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love – All Together Now”
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Your article in tomorrow's paper looks like a winner. Sorry, there wasn't enough room for any pictures. But hey, you have another byline. ;o) Good job, kid.
Great List of winners...I am sure it was a fun show. I only watched the mj tribute and I will admit it made me cry.
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