U2 took home trophies for song, album, rock album, rock song and rock perf by a duo or group.
Kelly Clarkson picked up Grammys for female pop vocal perf and pop vocal album.
Mariah Carey took home three trophies for best contemporary R&B album, R&B song and female R&B vocal performance.
The 48th Grammys kicked off with a pre-show perf by Madonna.
Kanye West consults his thank you list as he accepts one of his three Grammys.
U2 swept through the 48th annual Grammy Awards by going five for five and forcing pop stars and rappers to be content with wins in their respective genres.
The Irish band, which has a history of winning Grammy awards in batches, turned in their best perf yet, taking home trophies for song, album, rock album, rock song and rock performance by a duo or group. Steve Lillywhite, one of U2's producers, was named producer of the year.
" 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' is an odd title, and people asked me, 'what are you talking about'?" Bono said in his acceptance speech for song of the year. "My dad Bob was the atom bomb."
Since his father's death, Bono said he has been "screaming about" their relation-ship. "Maybe tonight is the night to stop."
Record of the year went to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," a track that appeared on an album released in September 2004. That album, "American Idiot," received the rock album trophy last year, but the track became eligible in the time frame for the 48th awards due to its release as a single. (U2's song "Vertigo," from "Atomic Bomb," won two awards last year.)
Once again, the Recording Academy turned a deaf ear to hip-hop in the major categories and went with acts safely ensconced in the music mainstream. Kanye West, who was one of the three leaders in noms with eight, had three wins though his stage show was the evening's most elaborate and energetic. Ultimately, he may benefit the most from the telecast as it should bolster sales of his album "Late Registration."
West did achieve something that has only been accomplished by Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Palmieri and Roger Miller: back-to-back album awards. He won rap album trophy for the second year in a row plus rap solo performance and rap song.
"Kanye, you're next," Bono said from the stage, noting that his band lost twice in the album of the year category before winning.
The other nom leaders, Mariah Carey and John Legend, each walked away with three trophies, Legend securing one of the big four -- best new artist.
But the redemption for Carey felt only half fulfilled as she won only in R&B categories. Legend, on the other hand, has seemingly been given a seal of approval from the Academy, drawn in by his mel-low '70s inspired soul music.
Of his song "Ordinary People," Legend said in his acceptance speech, "it didn't sound like anything else on the radio. No drums, just piano." He saluted exex at his label, Columbia, and radio for supporting his sound.
Helping break up Carey's comeback was Kelly Clarkson, the 2002 "American Idol" winner, a performer who was not being given much of a chance in recent weeks from prognosticators. In the pop vocal album category she topped Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney and Gwen Stefani. For female pop vocal perf, a category for singles, she bested Carey, Crow, Stefani and Bonnie Raitt.
"Radio has been very, very, very friendly to me," she said in her rather accurate acceptance speech. "Breakaway," her second album, has sold 4.7 million copies.
Alison Krauss boosted her career win total to 20 tying her with Henry Mancini for seventh place on the all-time list. The trophy collection, though, was minus a country album, which Krauss and her band Union Station received for "Lonely Runs Both Ways."
Stefani, who was up for five awards, was the most high-profile artist to go home empty handed.
Telecast was staged at Staples Center. Pre-telecast ceremony, at which 97 tro-phies were handed out, was held at the Convention Center.
The only other winner of three awards was William Bolcom, the 67-year-old contemporary classical composer based in Michigan. He saw his 1984 work "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" released as a three-CD set by Naxos last year, winning the classical album, choral per-formance and classical contemporary composition categories.
Les Paul, the 90-year-old guitarist, won two trophies as did Stevie Wonder, Damian Marley, jazz pianist Billy Childs, the Chemical Brothers, producer Tim Handley, and the performers and techni-cians involved in the recording of "Bol-com: Songs of Innocence and of Experi-ence."
Luis Miguel nabbed a Grammy to place next to his Latin Grammy; both wins were for "Mexico en la Piel."
Televised kudoscast boasted 26 per-formances and the handing out of 11 awards. Among the performers was Paul McCartney, who had never performed at the Grammys, and Sly Stone, who showed up for a tribute to his soul and funk music of the 1960s and early '70s.
As usual, a few awards stood out as odd: A 12-year-old tune, "Bless the Broken Road," won the country song award; new artist winners from last year, Maroon 5, won a pop award for a live version of a tune that appeared on their only album; and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) won his first Grammy.
In film-related projects, Dianne Reeves' work for the film "Good Night, and Good Luck," released by Concord Records, garnered her the prize for jazz vocal album. It was her fourth win this decade.
Martin Scorsese was among the win-ners of the long form video award for the Bob Dylan docu "No Direction Home"
Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri's track for "The Polar Express," "Believe," nabbed the visual media song. The soundtrack album and Craig Armstrong's score for "Ray" were both winners. Gordon Good-win's "The Incredits," from "The Incredi-bles," was feted for instrumental arrange-ment.
Rounder's Jelly Roll Morton package, "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax," was honored in the album notes and historical album categories.
And polka legend Jimmy Sturr won his 15th Grammy.
"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" -- U2; Brian Eno, Flood, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite, Chris Thomas, producers; Greg Collins, Flood, Carl Glanville, Simon Gogerly, Nellee Hooper, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite, engineers/mixers; Arnie Acosta, mastering engineer (Interscope Records)
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" -- Green Day; Rob Cavallo, Green Day, producers; Chris Lord-Alge, Doug McKean, engineers/mixers (track from "American Idiot") (Reprise)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" -- U2, songwriters (U2) (track from "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb") (Interscope Records; publisher: Universal Music Publishing)
John Legend
"Since U Been Gone" -- Kelly Clarkson (track from "Breakaway") (RCA Records)
"From the Bottom of My Heart" Stevie Wonder (track from "A Time to Love") (Motown Records)
"This Love" -- Maroon 5 (track from "Live -- Friday the 13th") (Octone Records/J Records)
"Feel Good Inc." -- Gorillaz & De La Soul (track from "Demon Days") (Virgin Records)
"Caravan" -- Les Paul (track from "American Made, World Played") (Capitol Records)
"At This Time" -- Burt Bacharach (Columbia Records)
"Breakaway" -- Kelly Clarkson (RCA Records)
"Galvanize" -- the Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip; the Chemical Brothers, producers; the Chemical Brothers, Steve Dub, mixers (track from "Push the Button") (Astralwerks)
"Push the Button" -- the Chemical Brothers (Astralwerks)
"The Art of Romance" -- Tony Bennett (RPM Records/Columbia Records)
"Devils & Dust" -- Bruce Springsteen (track from "Devils & Dust") (Columbia Records)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" -- U2 (track from "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb") (Interscope Records)
"B.Y.O.B." -- System of a Down (track from "Mezmerize") (Columbia Records)
"Before I Forget" -- Slipknot (track from "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)") (Roadrunner Records)
"69 Freedom Special" -- Les Paul & Friends (track from "American Made, World Played") (Capitol Records)
"City of Blinding Lights" -- U2, songwriters (U2) (track from "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb") (Interscope Records; publisher: Universal Music Publishing)
"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" -- U2 (Interscope Records)
"Get Behind Me Satan" -- the White Stripes (Third Man/V2 Records)
"We Belong Together" -- Mariah Carey (track from "The Emancipation of Mimi") (Island Records)
"Ordinary People" -- John Legend (track from "Get Lifted") (Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
"So Amazing" -- Beyonce & Stevie Wonder (track from "So Amazing -- An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross") (J Records)
"A House Is Not a Home" -- Aretha Franklin (track from "So Amazing -- An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross") (J Records)
"Welcome to Jamrock" -- Damian Marley (track from "Welcome to Jamrock") (Tuff Gong/Universal)
"We Belong Together" -- J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri, M. Seal, songwriters (Mariah Carey) (track from "The Emancipation of Mimi") (Island; publishers: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April, Seal Music, BMG Songs, Naked Under My Clothes, Ballads by Design, Chrysalis Music, Sony/ATV Songs, Hip Chic Music, Mister Johnson's Jams, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Abkco Music)
"Get Lifted" -- John Legend (Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
"The Emancipation of Mimi" -- Mariah Carey (Island Records)
"Gold Digger" -- Kanye West (track from "Late Registration") (Roc-A-Fella)
"Don't Phunk With My Heart" -- the Black Eyed Peas (track from "Monkey Business") (A&M Records)
"Numb/Encore" -- Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park (track from "Collision Course") (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Machine Shop/Warner Bros.)
"Diamonds From Sierra Leone" --D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (Kanye West) (Roc-A-Fella; publisher: EMI Unart Catalog)
"Late Registration" -- Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella)
"The Connection" -- Emmylou Harris (track from "The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways") (Warner Bros. Records/Rhino)
"You'll Think of Me" -- Keith Urban (Capitol Records Nashville)
"Restless" -- Alison Krauss & Union Station (track from "Lonely Runs Both Ways") (Rounder)
"Like We Never Loved at All" --Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (track from "Fireflies") (Warner Bros.)
"Unionhouse Branch" -- Alison Krauss & Union Station (track from "Lonely Runs Both Ways") (Rounder)
"Bless the Broken Road" -- Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts) (track from "Feels Like Today") (Lyric Street Records; publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Floyd's Dream Music, Jeff Diggs Music)
"Lonely Runs Both Ways" -- Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder)
"The Company We Keep" -- Del McCoury Band (McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records)
"Silver Solstice" -- Paul Winter Consort (Living Music)
"The Way Up" -- Pat Metheny Group (Nonesuch)
"Good Night, and Good Luck" -- Dianne Reeves (Concord Jazz)
"Why Was I Born?" -- Sonny Rollins, soloist (track from "Without a Song -- The 9/11 Concert") (Milestone)
"Beyond the Sound Barrier" -- Wayne Shorter Quartet (Verve)
"Overtime" -- Dave Holland Big Band (Sunnyside/Dare2)
"Listen Here!" -- Eddie Palmieri (Concord Picante)
"Pray" -- CeCe Winans (track from "Purified") (Puresprings Gospel/INO/Sony Urban Music/Epic)
"Be Blessed" -- Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, James Q. Wright, songwriters (Yolanda Adams) (track from "Day by Day") (Elektra/Atlantic; publishers: EMI April Music, Flyte Tyme Tunes, Jibranda Music Works, Minneapolis Guys Music, Jamyo Music)
"Until My Heart Caves In" -- Audio Adrenaline (ForeFront Records)
"Lifesong" -- Casting Crowns (Beach Street/Reunion Records)
"Rock of Ages … Hymns & Faith" -- Amy Grant (Word Records)
"Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs" -- Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records)
"Purified" -- CeCe Winans (Puresprings Gospel/INO/Sony Urban Music/Epic)
"One Voice" -- Gladys Knight, choir director; Saints Unified Voices (Many Roads Records)
"Escucha" -- Laura Pausini (Warner Music Latina)
"Fijacion Oral Vol. 1" -- Shakira (Sony)
"Bebo de Cuba" -- Bebo Valdes (Calle 54 Records)
"Son del Alma" -- Willy Chirino (Latinum Music)
"Mexico en la Piel" -- Luis Miguel (Warner Music Latina)
"Chicanisimo" -- Little Joe y la Familia (TDI Records)
"80" -- B.B. King & Friends (Geffen)
"Cost of Living" -- Delbert McClinton (New West Records)
"Fiddler's Green" -- Tim O'Brien (Sugar Hill Records)
"Fair & Square" -- John Prine (Oh Boy Records)
"Sacred Ground -- A Tribute to Mother Earth" -- Various artists; Jim Wilson, producer (Silverwave Records)
"Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar -- Vol. 1" -- Various Artists; Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser, Wayne Wong, producers (Daniel Ho Creations)
"Welcome to Jamrock" -- Damian Marley (Tuff Gong/Universal)
"In the Heart of the Moon" -- Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
"Eletracustico" -- Gilberto Gil (Warner Music Latina)
"Shake, Rattle and Polka!" -- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra (Rounder)
"Songs From the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers" -- Various Artists Dennis Scott, producer (Memory Lane Syndications)
"Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long" -- Various Artists Christopher Cerf & Marlo Thomas, producers (Warner Strategic Marketing)
"Dreams From My Father" -- Barack Obama (Random House Audio)
"Never Scared" -- Chris Rock (Geffen)
"Monty Python's Spamalot" -- John Du Prez, Eric Idle, producers; John Du Prez, composer; Eric Idle, composer/lyricist (original Broadway cast including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, Sara Ramirez) (Decca Broadway)
"Ray" -- Ray Charles (Atlantic/Rhino/WMG Soundtracks)
"Ray" -- Craig Armstrong, composer (Atlantic/Rhino/WMG Soundtracks)
"Believe" -- Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban) (track from The Polar Express) (Warner Sunset/Reprise; Publishers: Warner Olive Music, Aerostation Corp., Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Jobanala Music.)
"Into the Light" -- Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble) (track from "Lyric") (Lunacy Music/Artistshare)
"The Incredits" -- Gordon Goodwin, arranger (various artists) (track from "The Incredibles") (Walt Disney Records)
"What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" -- Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting) (Columbia Records)
"The Forgotten Arm" -- Aimee Mann, Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann) (SuperEgo Records)
"The Legend"-- Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash) (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)
"The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax" -- John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton) (Rounder Records)
"The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax" -- Jeffrey Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton) (Rounder Records)
"Back Home" -- Alan Douglas, Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton) (Reprise/Duck Records)
Steve Lillywhite -- "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (U2) (album), "Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz) (album)
"Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)" -- Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield) (track from "Mayfield: Remixed" The Curtis Mayfield Collection") (Rhino Records)
"Brothers in Arms -- 20th Anniversary Edition" -- Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler, surround producers (Dire Straits) (Warner Bros.)
"Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets" -- Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet) (Deutsche Grammophon)
Tim Handley -- "Adams: Shaker Loops" (Marin Alsop); "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience" (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris); "Brahms: Sym. No. 1" (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra); "Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories" (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie); "Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 and 3" (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
"Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience" -- Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer, Joan Morris; U. of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra) (Naxos)
"Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13" -- Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (EMI Classics)
"Verdi: Falstaff" -- Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Jose Moreno, Michele Pertusi, principal soloists; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) (LSO Live)
"Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience" -- Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson, Thomas Young; Michigan State U. Children's Choir, U. of Michigan Chamber Choir, U. of Michigan Orpheus Singers, U. Michigan University Choir and U. Musical Society Choral Union; U. of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra) (Naxos)
"Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3" -- Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra) (Deutsche Grammophon)
"Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky" -- Evgeny Kissin (BMG Classics RCA Red Seal)
"Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets" -- Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)
"Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Derive 1 & 2" -- Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain (Deutsche Grammophon)
"Bach: Cantatas" -- Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; members of the RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists) (Deutsche Grammophon)
"Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience" -- William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin) (Naxos)
"4 + Four" -- Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet (Telarc)
"Lose Control" -- Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop; Missy Elliot, Dave Meyers, video directors; Joseph Sasson, video producer (Goldmind/Atlantic)
"No Direction Home" -- Bob Dylan; Martin Scorsese, video director; Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair, Anthony Wall, video producers (Columbia Records)
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