Major Grammy Winners '10

The Grammy’s are one of the biggest awards ceremonies of the year. They are hosted in America and only the top celebrities and icons attend. Awards are given to those who achieve outstanding musical performances in the past year. The ceremony was first established in 1958, and is now aired on American TV station live from the studio.
Some of the major awards won this year were;

Record of the year: Use Somebody- Kings Of Leon
Album of the year: Fearless- Taylor Swift
Song of the year: Single Ladies- Beyonce Knowles
Best new artist: Zac Brown Band

Some of the stars beat their personal records of last year, such as Beyonce (belongs to record label, Columbia) who went home with six Grammy awards and Taylor Swift (who belongs to record label, Big Machine Records) who took away four. This year the Grammy’s also made a new record with their highest ever viewer ratings, 25.8 million people sat down to watch the artists collect their awards. There were many nominated UK artists who attend the awards in hope of a win such as Coldplay (EMI) and U2 (Mercury record label) along with other European bands like Phoenix who won Best Alternative Music Album (who belongs to one of the big four record labels, EMI). The UK also hosts award ceremonies like the Grammy’s, such as the Brits which is probably the biggest one, and other smaller ceremonies such as the Urban Music Awards.