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Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons accept the Grammy for album of the year for 'Babel,' ensuring no single artist or group would dominate the 55th edition of music's biggest night.
The Grammys spread the love as far as they could this year â€" and still had time for fun.
The three top awards went to as many different acts - Mumford & Sons, Gotye, and New York-based Fun.
After fumbling five other prizes on Sunday, Mumford made a surprising Album of the Year choice for their hit disc “Babel.â€
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Gotye, an artist well known for just one song, “Somebody That I Used To Know,†trotted off with the Record of the year trinket, along with two other prizes: Alternative Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
At the same time, the Grammys made sure to have fun., giving the band the Song of the Year title, along with the coveted Best New Artist prize for their ode to drunken youth, “We Are Young.â€
“I don’t know what I was thinking with this song - this is in H.D. and we are not young,†joked their 30-year-old lead singer, Nate Ruess.
The all-over-the place choices made sense in a year that had no clear frontrunner.
Unlike 2012, when Adele overwhelmed the awards from the start, this time no fewer than six acts walked into L.A.’s Staples Center with six nominations a piece.
The split also reflects an era when fans chose their music by individual song rather than through any loyalty to a single artist.
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Before the top awards were announced, The Black Keys looked to have things locked up.
They took home three big awards: Rock Album, Rock Song, and Best Rock Performance of the Year. Meanwhile their guitarist, Dan Auerbach, bagged the coveted Producer of the Year nod. In addition, a disc Auerbach produced - Dr. John’s critically adored “Locked Down†- bagged the Blues Album of the Year prize.
From there things only got more complicated.
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Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West took three awards for songs off their collaboration album last year. Electronic dance god Skrillex and jazzbos Chick Corea and Esperanza Spalding each took a pair of prizes.
The much-talked-about, avant-garde R&B singer Frank Ocean earned Best Urban Contemporary Album over another smooth crooner with multiple bids, Miguel. In that category, Ocean also bested a man he recently brawled with - bad boy Chris Brown.
Ocean took a second prize for his vocal in the best Rap/Sung Collaboration winner, "No Church In The Wild," along with Jay-Z and
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Hot young artists like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Miguel and Drake each got one statue, as did a pair of vintage stars: Paul McCartney and Bonnie Raitt.
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