Taylor Swift and Beyonce dominated the Grammys last night, both setting records. Swift took home the evening's top prize, Album of the Year, for Fearless, her 2008 sophomore album that was last year's best-selling album. At just 20 years old, she's the youngest person to ever win this honor, besting Alanis Morissette, who was 21 when she won in 1996. Fearless is one of a handful of country albums to crossover to the pop charts with its big hits "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me." The album also won Best Country Album, and its track "White Horse" won Best Female Country Performance and Best Country Song.
Beyonce took whom the most trophies--six in all--breaking the record for most Grammys won in one evening by a female artist. Her biggest award was Song of the Year (shared with the other songwriters) for "Single Ladies." She also won best Contemporary R&B Album for I Am...Sasha Fierce, which was a contender for AOTY, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Halo," Best Female R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "Single Ladies," and Best Traditional R&B Performance from "At Last," from her film Cadillac Records.
In a bit of an upset, Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and GrooGrux King was the only album nominated for Album of the Year that didn't win a genre award, when it lost Best Rock Album to Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown. Lady GaGa's The Fame took whom the honor for Best Electronic Album and The Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. won Best Pop Album. Also snagging an genre album award was Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which beat The Yeah Yeah Yeahs for Best Alternative Album, and Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night, which won Best R&B Album.
Record of the Year went to Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody," beating the year's biggest hit, "I Gotta Feeling" for the honor. More on ROTY to follow.
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