2010 Grammy Awards: Beyonce stole the show: Beyoncé dominates the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on 31/01/2010 and takes 6 awards.But album of the year is Taylor Swift. The favouritism for Beyoncé at the 52nd Grammy award was confirmed by the Recording Academy in the United States, who delivered this Sunday for the singer award six out of the ten that she was running the most important event in the country music business. However, the best album of the year went by Taylor Swift “Fearless” was also nominated as the best album category in the country and was the youngest winner of the category of album of the year.
Driven by the hit single “Single Ladies”, Beyoncé got only three awards with this track: song of the year, best performance of R & B song and best R & B She, who has toured in Brazil in February, has also driven gramophones best pop singer of “Halo,” best album of contemporary R & B with “I Am … Sasha Fierce” and better performance of traditional R & B as “At Last” ( the film “Cadillac Records”).
Taylor Swift, who was running the eight awards, also took the trophy for best country vocal performance for the song “White Horse”, the same band that gave her the award for best country song. Lady Gaga, who had five nominations, went out with the trophies for best dance album for “The Fame” and best dance recording for “Poker Face”.
The Black Eyed Peas, which was nominated for six awards, was awarded the gramophones better performance of the group with “I Gotta Feeling”, best pop vocal album for “The END” and best short music video for “Boom Boom Pow.
The record of the year went to “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, who won other big hits of 2009, “Halo” and Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas, “Poker Face” Lady Gaga and ” You Belong With Me “by Taylor Swift. The Green Day took the prize for best rock album for “21st Century Breakdown”. “Now I can compete with the Kings of Leon,” joked the singer Billie Joe Armstrong to thank for the trophy.
Tributes to Michael Jackson at 2010 Grammy Awards:
Announcement tribute to Michael Jackson took the two older children of the king of pop to the stage at the Staples Center. Presented by Lionel Richie, Prince Michael and Paris thanked the tribute given to the singer. “We are very proud to receive this award on behalf of our father. He always loved the fans too, was always concerned about the planet and humanity. His message was simple: love above all. We will continue to spread their message the world, “said Prince, 12 years.
Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher joined their voices to the King of Pop in a virtual performance, to perform “Earth Song”, which Michael had come in that would do shows in London in 2009.
After the tribute to Michael, the producer Haitian Wyclef Jean opened a space for the Grammy dedicated to raising funds for the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, presented by Andrea Bocelli, Mary J. Blige singing together “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, the duo Simon and Garfunkel.
The traditional tribute to the loss of music in 2009 remembered names like Mercedes Sosa, DJ AM, Jay Bennett, Vic Chesnutt, Al Martino, Maurice Jarre, Bob Beagle, Koko Taylor, Teddy Pendergrass and Willie Mitchell, among others. Les Paul, guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar, has won a tribute to Jeff Beck and Imelda Mar.
2010 Grammy Awards show begins:
The ceremony began to be broadcast live on television at 23h, with Lady Gaga singing a snippet of “Poker Face”, hit that ran for three categories. The singer also received Elton John’s performance, with whom he shared the verses of “Your Song”, one of the great successes of the composer.
Bon Jovi sang a snippet of the single “We Were not Born To Follow”, shared the vocals with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland performed the song and most voted by the public, “Livin ‘on a Prayer.” Fans voted on the music that the band should play at the ceremony, a choice that included “Always”, “Bed of Roses”, “Have a Nice Day, It’s My Life” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.”
We also took the stage to sing Green Day and the cast of the musical “American Idiot”, Pink, Dave Matthews Band, Roberta Flack and Maxwell, Eminem and Lil Wayne, and the favorite of the night Beyonce, who did a medley of “If I Were a Boy “with” You Oughta Know “by Alanis Morissette.
Black Eyed Peas had the megahit of 2009, “I Got A Feeling,” while Taylor Swift sang “Today Was A Fairytale” and also shares the vocals with a veteran in the music Stevie Nicks “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac, and “You Belong With Me, “the newcomer pop singer. Leon Russell and Zac Brown Band revelation is presented with “America the Beautiful”, “Dixie Lullaby” and “Chicken Fried”.
Main winners Grammy 2010:
Album of the Year
“I Am .. Sasha Fierce” – Beyonce
“The E.N.D.” – The Black Eyed Peas
“The Fame – Lady Gaga
“Big Whiskey Groogrux And The King” – Dave Matthews Band
“Fearless” – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
Poker Face – Lady Gaga & RedOne
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” – Beyoncé
“Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift
Record of the Year
“Halo” – Beyoncé
“I Gotta Feeling ‘- The Black Eyed Peas
“Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift
Revelation
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Pop Categories
Best Singer (performances soil)
Adele – “Hometown Glory”
Beyonce – “Halo”
Katy Perry – “Hot N ‘Cold”
Pink – “Sober”
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
Best Singer (performances soil)
John Legend – “This Time”
Maxwell – “Love You”
Jason Mraz – “Make It Mine”
Seal – “If You Do not Know Me By Now”
Stevie Wonder – “All About The Love Again”
Best Performance by a duo or group
The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi – “We Were not Born To Follow”
The Fray – “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall John Oates and – “Sara Smile”
MGMT – “Kids”
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Rosanne Cash and Bruce Springsteen – “Sea Of Heartbreak”
Ciara and Justin Timberlake – “Love Fri Magic”
Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat – “Lucky”
Willie Nelson and Norah Jones – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat – “Breathe”
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Herb Alpert – “Besame Mucho”
Béla Felck – “Throw Down Your Heart”
Imogen Heap – “The Fire”
Maxwell – “Phoenix Rise”
Marcus Miller – Funk Joint ”
Best Pop Instrumental Album
“In Boston” – Chris Botti
“Legacy” – Hiroshima
“Potato Hole” – Booker T. Jones
“Modern Art” – The Rippingtons and Russ Freeman
“Down The Wire” – Spyro Gyra
Best Pop Vocal Album
“The E.N.D.” – The Black Eyed Peas
“Breakthrough” – Colbie Caillat
“All I Ever Wanted” – Kelly Clarkson
“The Fray” – The Fray
“Funhouse” – Pink
Category Rock
Best Solo Performance
Bob Dylan – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin ‘”
John Fogerty – Change In The Weather ”
Prince – “Dreamer”
Bruce Springsteen – Working On A Dream ”
Neil Young – “Fork In The Road”
Best Performance by a duo or group
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood – “Can not Find My Way Home”
Coldplay – “Life In Technicolor II”
Green Day – “21 Guns”
Kings of Leon – “Use Somebody”
U2 – “I’ll Go Crazy If I Do not Go Crazy Tonight”
Best Hard Rock Performance
AC / DC – “War Machine”
Alice in Chains – “Check My Brain”
Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done”
Metallica – “The Unforgiven III”
Nickelback – Burn It To The Ground ”
Best Metal Performance
Judas Priest – “Dissident Aggressor”
lamb of Gid – “Set To Fail”
Megadeth – “Head Crusher”
Ministry – “Señor Peligro”
Slayer – “Hate Worldwide”
Best Rock Song
“The Fixer” – Pearl Jam
“I’ll Go Crazy If I Do not Go Crazy Tonight” – U2
“21 Guns” – Green Day
“Use Somebody” – Kings Of Leon
“Working On A Dream” – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Album
Black Ice – AC / DC
“Live From Madison Square Garden” – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
“21st Century Breakdown” – Green Day
“Big Whiskey Groogrux And The King” – Dave Matthews Band
“No Line On The Horizon” – U2
The full winners list in all 109 categories will be available at Grammy.com