Kings And Green Day Scoop Grammys

added 01 February 2010 at 09.56

The Followills and Billy Joe Armstrong’s mob pick up gongs at last night's glittering ceremony.

Kings Of Leon and Green Day walked away with a Grammy each at last night’s glittering awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The Followills bagged Record Of The Year for ‘Use Somebody’ while Green Day scored Best Rock Album for ‘21st Century Breakdown’.

In other Grammy news, Brendan O’Brien, producer of records by Pearl Jam, AC/DC and Mastodon, nabbed the award for Producer Of The Year. The Ting Tings, Silversun Pickups and MGMT all wore disappointed faces as country music band Zac Brown Band stole the award for Best New Band.

The full list of winners are:

Album Of The Year
Taylor Swift 'Fearless'

Record Of The Year
Kings of Leon 'Use Somebody'

Song Of The Year
Beyoncé 'Single Ladies'

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling'

Best Rock Album
Green Day '21st Century Breakdown'

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain 'Blame It'

Best Rap Album
Eminem 'Relapse'

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyoncé 'I Am… Sasha Fierce'

Best R&B Song
Beyoncé 'Single Ladies'

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Beyoncé 'Halo'

Best Country Album
Taylor Swift 'Fearless'

Best Dance Recording
Lady GaGa 'Poker Face'

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Lady GaGa 'The Fame'

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Brendan O'Brien

 

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