Adele triumphs with six awards at somber Grammys gala in LA
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February 14, 2012, Tuesday
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ADELE, who captured the world's heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at the Grammy Awards, winning six trophies, including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.
The British singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage in Los Angeles on Sunday, sobbed as she won the night's final award, album of the year, for "21." It was last year's top-selling album with more than 6 million copies sold and remains lodged at the No. 1 spot on this year's charts. Her victories tied her with Beyonce as the most wins by a woman in one evening.
The celebration of Adele, a big-voiced, soulful singer, came on a night where the Grammys marked the loss of one of music's great female voices - and one of its most prized talents overall. Whitney Houston died the night before the Grammys, casting a shadow over music's biggest night.
But while her death lent a somber overtone to the evening's show, it did not overwhelm it, perhaps best proved by the show's closing number, a rollicking jam session featuring Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Dave Grohl among others.
The night's other big winners were Grohl's Foo Fighters, who won five Grammys. They noted that they made their album "Wasting Light" in a garage.
"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important. Singing into a microphone, learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do," Grohl said as the band accepted their best rock performance trophy for "Walk."
Among the evening's performances was a dance-heavy number by Chris Brown, and performances by McCartney and Springsteen, who kicked off the show by performing his new song "We Take Care of Our Own," a rousing song that references the troubles of the nation.
The show, as usual, was heavy on performances more than awards. Among those was Brown, who was performing on the stage for the first time since he dropped out of 2009's broadcast; his attack on Rihanna the night before led to both of their absences, an assault charge for Brown and a career low.
But 2011 marked an amazing comeback for Brown and he was rewarded with two planned performances during the show, the first time he and Rihanna performed at the same event since the attack (she sang solo and with Coldplay during the ceremony).
Justin Vernon, whose band Bon Iver beat Nicki Minaj, The Band Perry, J Cole and Skrillex for best new artist, accepted the award with admittedly mixed emotions.
"It's really hard to accept this award ... There's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because when I started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here," he said.
The ceremony marked the first since a major overhaul of the categories last year: They were trimmed from 109 to 78.
The move upset several musicians, and a group of Latin jazz musicians protested the elimination of their category outside arena.
In one of the new categories, Rebirth Brass Band won the best regional roots music award for "Rebirth of New Orleans."
The British singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage in Los Angeles on Sunday, sobbed as she won the night's final award, album of the year, for "21." It was last year's top-selling album with more than 6 million copies sold and remains lodged at the No. 1 spot on this year's charts. Her victories tied her with Beyonce as the most wins by a woman in one evening.
The celebration of Adele, a big-voiced, soulful singer, came on a night where the Grammys marked the loss of one of music's great female voices - and one of its most prized talents overall. Whitney Houston died the night before the Grammys, casting a shadow over music's biggest night.
But while her death lent a somber overtone to the evening's show, it did not overwhelm it, perhaps best proved by the show's closing number, a rollicking jam session featuring Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Dave Grohl among others.
The night's other big winners were Grohl's Foo Fighters, who won five Grammys. They noted that they made their album "Wasting Light" in a garage.
"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important. Singing into a microphone, learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do," Grohl said as the band accepted their best rock performance trophy for "Walk."
Among the evening's performances was a dance-heavy number by Chris Brown, and performances by McCartney and Springsteen, who kicked off the show by performing his new song "We Take Care of Our Own," a rousing song that references the troubles of the nation.
The show, as usual, was heavy on performances more than awards. Among those was Brown, who was performing on the stage for the first time since he dropped out of 2009's broadcast; his attack on Rihanna the night before led to both of their absences, an assault charge for Brown and a career low.
But 2011 marked an amazing comeback for Brown and he was rewarded with two planned performances during the show, the first time he and Rihanna performed at the same event since the attack (she sang solo and with Coldplay during the ceremony).
Justin Vernon, whose band Bon Iver beat Nicki Minaj, The Band Perry, J Cole and Skrillex for best new artist, accepted the award with admittedly mixed emotions.
"It's really hard to accept this award ... There's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because when I started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here," he said.
The ceremony marked the first since a major overhaul of the categories last year: They were trimmed from 109 to 78.
The move upset several musicians, and a group of Latin jazz musicians protested the elimination of their category outside arena.
In one of the new categories, Rebirth Brass Band won the best regional roots music award for "Rebirth of New Orleans."
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