Grammy 2010 Winners: Beyonce breaks Grammy record, Taylor Swift wins album of year

The FINANCIAL — The 28-year-old Beyoncé was the top winner at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, taking six prizes, including Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), she shared the spotlight with 20-year-old Swift, who took four awards, including the Album of the Year and became the youngest artist to win the Grammy for album of the year.

Swift had never previously won any Grammys. Her second album, "Fearless," was the most popular release in the United States last year. U.S. sales to date stand at 5.4 million copies, Reuters reports. The fresh-faced singer, known for her blonde curly mane, had been expected to dominate the music industry's top awards. But she was overshadowed by R&B singer Beyonce, who won six awards including song of the year — the most won by a female artist at a single event.

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Both were eclipsed for record of the year by Tennessee rock band Kings of Leon, who were the surprise honorees for their pop-radio hit "Use Somebody." In winning album of the year, Swift broke a record held since 1996 by Alanis Morissette, who was 21 when she won for "Jagged Little Pill," an album with decidedly more adult content, according to the same source. Swift also was the first solo female country winner ever of the award, and the first female pop winner since Celine Dion won in 1997 for "Falling Into You."

"I hope that you know how much this means to me … that we get to take this back to Nashville!" Swift squealed while accepting the Album of the Year award, as MTV informs. "Our families are freaking out in their living rooms! My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in our living room right now!"

Swift's three other Grammys came in the country category, with Fearless winning Best Country Album and her hit "White Horse" grabbing Best County Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Beyoncé's haul was spread out across many categories. Her ubiquitous "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" won three Grammys, for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, according to the same source. "Halo" won for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance, and her version of Etta James' "At Last" took home the award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. "This has been such an amazing night for me," B said while accepting her Best Female Pop award. "I'd like to thank my family, including my husband. I love you."

The Black Eyed Peas won for best pop vocal album (“The E.N.D.”) and best pop performance by a duo or group, and the R&B singer Maxwell won best male R&B performance and best R&B album (for “BLACKsummers’ Night”), The New York Times reports. The Zac Brown Band, a country-rock group from Atlanta, won best new artist, though since 2004 it has released three albums. The ceremony, packed with splashy performances, celebrated the power of pop celebrity in an age when the foundations of the recording industry are being shaken, and it linked older, established stars with their younger progeny, whose record sales may not be as great but are reaching for the same level of fame.

According to the same source, lady Gaga opened the show, she won Grammys for best dance recording and electronic/dance album, held at the Staples Center, in a duet with Elton John, both singers covered in soot as they faced each other for a medley of Lady Gaga’s “Speechless” and John’s “Your Song.” It was a typically meta statement by Lady Gaga about her travails through the machinery of “the fame factory,” as the stage set proclaimed. “How wonderful life is with Gaga in the world,” John sang.

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