LOS ANGELES:

Troubled British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse and American rap star Kanye West were big winners at the 50th Grammys Award ceremony at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

West won best rap album and Winehouse received top honours, including best new artiste, best album and best song of the year, at the ceremony on February 10.

However, Winehouse did not attend the Grammy ceremony. The singer performed via satellite during the televised show under the arrangement of Grammy organisers.

West paid tribute to his mother during the ceremony, singing his hits Stronger and Hey Mama.

He collected a handful of awards of his own, including best rap album for Graduation. West led all nominees heading into the ceremony, with eight nominations in total, followed by Winehouse with six.

The 24-year-old Winehouse, who shot to the top of the charts with her hit Rehab, beat other promising singers such as Taylor Swift, Paramore, Ledisi and Feist for best new artiste.

The soundtrack of Love, featuring music by the Beatles, was named best compilation soundtrack album for motion picture, television or ot-her visual media. Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was on hand to accept the award. — Xinhua

List of winners at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards

• Album of the Year: River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock

• Record of the Year: Rehab, Amy Winehouse

• Song of the Year: Rehab, Amy Winehouse

• New Artist: Amy

Winehouse

• Pop Vocal Album: Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

• Female Pop Vocal

Performance: Rehab, Amy Winehouse

• Male Pop Vocal

Performance: What Goes Around...Comes Around, Justin Timberlake

• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Makes Me Wonder,

Maroon 5

• Rock Album: Echoes,

Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters

• Rock Song: Radio Nowhere, Bruce

Springsteen

• Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Radio Nowhere, Bruce Springsteen

• Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Icky Thump, The White Stripes

• Hard Rock Performance: The Pretender, Foo

Fighters

• Rap Album: Graduation, Kanye West

• Rap Solo Performance: Stronger, Kanye West

• Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Southside, Common, featuring Kanye West

• Rap/Sung Collaboration: Umbrella, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

• Rap Song: Good Life, Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm and Kanye West,

• Country Album: These Days, Vince Gill

• Country Song: Before He Cheats, Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Female Country Vocal Performance: Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood

• Male Country Vocal

Performance: Stupid Boy, Keith Urban

• Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: How Long, Eagles

• R&B Album: Funk This, Chaka Khan

• R&B Song: No One, Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers and Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

• Female R&B Vocal

Performance: No One,

Alicia Keys

• Male R&B Vocal

Performance: Future

Baby Mama, Prince

• R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Disrespectful, Chaka Khan, featuring Mary J. Blige.

• Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Ratatouille, Michael Giacchino, composer.

• Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Love You I Do, Dreamgirls, Siedah Garrett and Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer

Hudson). — AP