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Beyonce emerged from the ceremony as the big winner in terms of the number of awards, winning a record-breaking six golden gramophones, the most trophies awarded by a female artist in one night. The most prestigious of the awards won by Beyonce was Song of the Year, in which the #1 hit single, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," received its due honor. When accepting her award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Halo," the nervous singer thanked her family and her husband, while expressing her amazement at the awards she has won.
While Beyonce may have taken home the most awards, some of the biggest awards of the night made for some record-breaking news. Country-pop sensation Taylor Swift took home the coveted Album of the Year award for her enormous hit album Fearless, which garnered the most sales of any album in 2009 and has spent an astounding 53 weeks within the Billboard 200 and counting. At 20 years old, she was the youngest artist to earn the ceremony's most prestigous award. The singer-songwriter was a winner of four awards and her appreciation and organic excitement was most evident upon accepting the two primetime televised awards she won.
Other big winners of the night included Kings of Leon, whose "Use Somebody" earned the Tennessee rock group three awards, including Record of the Year, while Jay-Z three awards, one for "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)" and two for "Run This Town," sharing the latter two awards with R&B/pop singer Rihanna and a noticeably absent Kanye West. The Black Eyed Peas also took home three awards, including Pop Vocal Album. Lastly, dance queen Lady Gaga earned two awards at tonight's ceremony, taking home awards for Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face" and Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame.
The ceremony's performances were the highlights of the show, with Lady Gaga opening the ceremony, singing her hit song "Poker Face", before joining Sir Elton John on the piano with smeared black makeup on their faces adding to the performances artistic premise. Energetic and proof of her inherent talent, the performance was met with resounding applause and cheers from the crowd.
Beyonce took the stage to sing a mashup of her song "If I Were a Boy" and Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know," while Pink paraded her mastery of trapeze artistry with a physically demanding performance of "Glitter in the Air" off of her album Funhouse. The Black Eyed Peas performed their hit song "I Gotta Feeling," but not before they energized the crowd with an abridged performance of their new single "Imma Be," which had raced to number one on iTunes shortly after the performance.
While the show included many more performances, the 3-D glasses-assisted Michael Jackson tribute, which included vocals from Michael Jackson in "Earth Song" and additional vocals contributed by singers Usher, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson, was one of the highlights and most highly anticipated performance of the night.
The ceremony lasted about 3 hours and 30 minutes.
While Beyonce may have taken home the most awards, some of the biggest awards of the night made for some record-breaking news. Country-pop sensation Taylor Swift took home the coveted Album of the Year award for her enormous hit album Fearless, which garnered the most sales of any album in 2009 and has spent an astounding 53 weeks within the Billboard 200 and counting. At 20 years old, she was the youngest artist to earn the ceremony's most prestigous award. The singer-songwriter was a winner of four awards and her appreciation and organic excitement was most evident upon accepting the two primetime televised awards she won.
Other big winners of the night included Kings of Leon, whose "Use Somebody" earned the Tennessee rock group three awards, including Record of the Year, while Jay-Z three awards, one for "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)" and two for "Run This Town," sharing the latter two awards with R&B/pop singer Rihanna and a noticeably absent Kanye West. The Black Eyed Peas also took home three awards, including Pop Vocal Album. Lastly, dance queen Lady Gaga earned two awards at tonight's ceremony, taking home awards for Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face" and Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame.
The ceremony's performances were the highlights of the show, with Lady Gaga opening the ceremony, singing her hit song "Poker Face", before joining Sir Elton John on the piano with smeared black makeup on their faces adding to the performances artistic premise. Energetic and proof of her inherent talent, the performance was met with resounding applause and cheers from the crowd.
Beyonce took the stage to sing a mashup of her song "If I Were a Boy" and Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know," while Pink paraded her mastery of trapeze artistry with a physically demanding performance of "Glitter in the Air" off of her album Funhouse. The Black Eyed Peas performed their hit song "I Gotta Feeling," but not before they energized the crowd with an abridged performance of their new single "Imma Be," which had raced to number one on iTunes shortly after the performance.
While the show included many more performances, the 3-D glasses-assisted Michael Jackson tribute, which included vocals from Michael Jackson in "Earth Song" and additional vocals contributed by singers Usher, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson, was one of the highlights and most highly anticipated performance of the night.
The ceremony lasted about 3 hours and 30 minutes.
