It was Amy Winehouse’s night, and it was about the music.
The British R&B / soul singer pulled off a near sweep at the 50th annual Grammy Awards Sunday, scoring five honors including record of the year, song of the year and best new artist, while performing via satellite in London.
Amy Winehouse won all the night’s top awards, except album of the year, which went to Herbie Hancock for River: The Joni Letters.
The 24-year-old recently saw her rise to music success overshadowed by a battle with drug and alcohol abuse. She has been in rehab and received a visa to attend the Grammy Awards, but too late for her to attend the ceremony.
Sunday night, however, brought the focus back onto Winehouse’s talent and her terrific breakthrough album, Back to Black, and its hit single “Rehab.”
In an emotional acceptance speech via satellite in London after she sang “You Know That I’m No Good” and “Rehab,” Winehouse, thanked her producer Mark Ronso, her mother and father, and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
“To my Blake, my Blake incarcerated,” Winehouse said.
Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, is currently awaiting trial in a London jail on charges of assault and witness tampering.
The major Grammy Awardwinners …
Record Of The Year
- Irreplaceable, Beyoncé
- The Pretender, Foo Fighters
- Umbrella, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
- What Goes Around. . .Comes Around, Justin Timberlake
- WINNER Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Album Of The Year
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
- These Days, Vince Gill
- WINNER River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
- Graduation, Kanye West
- Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
Song Of The Year
- Before He Cheats (Carrie Underwood)
- Hey There Delilah (Plain White T’s)
- Like A Star (Corinne Bailey Rae)
- WINNER Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
- Umbrella (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
Best New Artist
- Feist
- Ledisi
- Paramore
- Taylor Swift
- WINNER Amy Winehouse
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Candyman, Christina Aguilera
- 1234, Feist
- Big Girls Don’t Cry, Fergie
- Say It Right, Nelly Furtado
- WINNER Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Everything, Michael Bublé
- Belief, John Mayer
- Dance Tonight, Paul McCartney
- Amazing, Seal
- WINNER What Goes Around… Comes Around, Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
- The Reminder, Feist
- It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5
- Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
- WINNER Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
- (You Want To) Make A Memory, Bon Jovi
- Home, Daughtry
- WINNER Makes Me Wonder, Maroon 5
- Hey There Delilah, Plain White T’s
- Window In The Skies, U2
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
- It’s Not Over, Daughtry
- Working Class Hero, Green Day
- If Everyone Cared, Nickelback
- Instant Karma, U2
- WINNER Icky Thump, The White Stripes
Best Rap Solo Performance
- The People, Common
- I Get Money, 50 Cent
- Show Me What You Got, Jay-Z
- Big Things Poppin’ (Do It), T.I.
- WINNER Stronger, Kanye West
Best Rap Album
- Finding Forever, Common
- Kingdom Come, Jay-Z
- Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas
- T.I. vs T.I.P., T.I.
- WINNER Graduation, Kanye West
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Simple Love, Alison Krauss
- Famous In A Small Town, Miranda Lambert
- Nothin’ Better To Do, LeAnn Rimes
- WINNER Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood
- Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love, Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Long Trip Alone, Dierks Bentley
- A Woman’s Love, Alan Jackson
- If You’re Reading This, Tim McGraw
- Give It Away, George Strait
- WINNER Stupid Boy, Keith Urban