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Singer Alicia Keys poses with the five Grammy Awards she won for Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song and Best R&B Album.
But the 21-year-old New York native had to share the spotlight with Irish rockers U2 and the hit country-themed soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Keys' haul included the coveted Best New Artist and Song of the Year races. She had been nominated in six categories, and was prevented from a clean sweep when U2 won the final prize of the night, record of the year for its tune "Walk On." The veteran rock quartet, which led the field with eight nominations, ended up with four Grammys, after winning three awards last year. R&B rookie India.Arie, who trailed U2 with seven nominations, went home empty-handed. She had competed against Keys in most categories. "O Brother" was the biggest surprise of the night, yielding four Grammy Awards in total. Its musical mastermind, T-Bone Burnett also nabbed four Grammys, including Producer of the Year. Although "O Brother" has sold a staggering four million copies in the United States, it was considered a long-shot in a field comprising former category winners U2 and Bob Dylan, and also including rap duo Outkast and rookie R&B singer India.Arie. The album, which consists of blues, gospel, country and bluegrass tunes performed by various artists, becomes the first soundtrack to win this category since "The Bodyguard" in 1994, and the first country album since Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get To Phoenix" in 1969. It also won the movie soundtrack Grammy. The album of the year prize also goes to the artists, who included 75-year-old banjo picker Ralph Stanley, bluegrass musician Alison Krauss and country veteran Emmylou Harris and folk singer Gillian Welch. "O Brother" shone on two soundtrack performers: Stanley and the Foggy Bottom Boys. Stanley, who turned 75 two days ago, won the male country vocal Grammy for his rendition of "O Death." The Foggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow" won the Grammy for best country collaboration with vocals. The awards were the first of Stanley's five-decade career. Keys, whose debut album was one of the best selling releases of last year, was considered a clear favorite. Her debut album, "Songs In A Minor," one of the best selling releases of last year, was named best R&B album. Its first single, the piano ballad, "Fallin'," was honoured for female R&B vocal and R&B song. "You don't know how much this humbles me," Keys said as she accepted her fifth award for song of the year, "Fallin' ". She earlier said that the album, which was a surprise omission from the album of the year race, took a lot of years and a lot of struggle. U2 singer Bono told reporters that the band's two-year Grammy haul was all for the same album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind." He said the 10 million-selling album, which was released in 2000, was created in "desperate fashion" as the band sought to make music that was not only successful, but connected with fans
Reuters
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