Grammy Awards 2009

1Lil Wayne

The artist with the most Grammy nominations, Lil Wayne, took home four awards, most notably best rap album for ‘Tha Carter III’, but also best rap song for ‘Lollipop’, best rap solo performance for ‘A Milli’ and his verse on ‘Swagga Like Us’ scored him best rap performance by a group. You can watch highlights of the ceremony at NME.COM/BLOGS.
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Paul McCartney at the Grammys, pictured ahead of his live collaboration with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl (they performed The Beatles hit ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ with Grohl on drums). However, Macca missed out on the male pop vocal performance prize, with the honour going to John Mayer.
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A heavily pregnant M.I.A. performed at the Grammy Awards (February 8) despite it being the precise date her baby was due. She hit the stage alongside Tip, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne to perform ‘Swagga Like Us’, a collaborative hit that won the award for best rap performance.
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P Diddy and LL Cool J pose for photographers on the red carpet ahead of the Grammy Awards 2009. The night featured many A-list collaborations, including Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl taking on the Beatlesâ

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Radiohead won the Grammy for Alternative Music Album for ‘In Rainbows’ at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night (February 8). They also performed ’15 Step’, a song from the album, at the ceremony, accompanied by a marching band. Radiohead were introduced onstage by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who called them “utterly brilliant”.
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6Robert Trujillo

Metallica picked up the Grammy for best metal performance for ‘My Apocalypse’, a track from their ‘Death Magnetic’ album. Pictured here is bassist Rob Trujillo. Also nominated in this category were British power-metallers Dragonforce.
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Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant Plant took home five Grammys for his collaboration with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, including best album for ‘Raising Sand’. Plant told the crowd: “In the old days we would have called this selling out. But it’s a good way to spend a Sunday.”
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U2 kicked off proceedings at the 2009 Grammy Awards with a live performance of their new single ‘Get On Your Boots’, the first track to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘No Line On The Horizon’.
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Snoop Dogg arrives at the Grammy’s, February 8. His song ‘Sexual Eruption’ was nominated in the best rap solo performance category, but the award ultimately went to Lil’ Wayne for ‘A Milli’.
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Coldplay’s Chris Martin performing live at the 2009 Grammy Awards with Jay-Z. It’s the third time Coldplay have performed at America’s foremost music awards bash. They played ‘Politik’ in 2003 and ‘Talk’ in 2006.
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11Coldplay

Coldplay picked up three Grammys last night (February 8), for best song (‘Viva La Vida’), best rock performance (for the same song), and best album (‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’). “We’ve never had so many Grammys in our life,” said Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin.
“We feel so grateful to be here. I’m going to tear up.”
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Adele, who performed live at the Grammy ceremony in LA last night (February 8) in addition to picking up two awards, led the charge of British talent. Other British acts who picked up gongs were Coldplay, Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel.

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Adele picked up two Grammys last night (February 8) for best new artist and best pop vocal performance for ‘Chasing Pavements’. “Thank you so much. I’m going to cry,” the 20-year-old said after winning best new artist, a category in which she beat UK rival Duffy.
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Green Day have won three Grammy Awards in their time but last night (February 8) they were at the show in a presenting capacity. Their new album ’21st Century Breakdown’ is due for release in May 2009.
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Paul McCartney hangs out backstage with Dave Grohl and actor Jack Black. Earlier in the evening McCartney performed the Beatles hit ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ with Grohl on drums.
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Jay-Z turns up to the Grammys. In addition to picking up a number of nominations, the rapper performed on stage twice, once with Chris Martin for a version of Coldplay’s ‘Lost’, and again for ‘Swagga Like Us’ alongside an all-star cast including Kanye West and M.I.A.
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17Justin Timberlake, Al Green

Justin Timberlake and Al Green perform live at the Grammys in LA (February 8). They were emergency stand-ins for Rihanna and Chris Brown, who pulled out of the show after the latter was questioned by police for allegedly assaulting a woman in a car.
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Estelle (pictured right) was one of many UK artists to pick up a Grammy last night (February 8). She won best rap/sung collaboration for ‘American Boy’, a duet with Kanye West. The pair performed the song live on the night.
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A heavily pregnant M.I.A. performs ‘Swagga Like Us’ alongside the song’s original performers Jay-Z, TI, Kanye West and Lil Wayne. The evening was also notable for the non-appearance of Rihanna. The singer pulled out after Los Angeles police announced her partner, R&B star Chris Brown, was being investigated for allegedly attacking a woman in a car on Saturday night.
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Kings Of Leon won the Grammy for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals, for their song ‘Sex On Fire’. The Followill clan are hot property in the States right now – they recently played a sold out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
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