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The Grammy Awards aired Sunday night with some big surprises. Grammy nominee Chris Brown allegedly assaulted an unidentified woman, police announced before the show. And Robert Plant and Alison Krauss walked away with victories for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Raising Sand" and "Please Read The Letter," respectively.
Although the award for Album of the Year was predicted to go to Coldplay's "Viva La Vida," the band still made out with a win for Song of the Year and Best Rock Album.
The performances were a distinct highlight, including some unusual collaborations like the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder, T.I. and Justin Timberlake,and Radiohead with the "other" USC's Trojan marching band.
A very pregnant M.I.A. performed "Swagga Like Us" with Kanye West in a tight polka dot outfit.
Singer-songwriter Adele rightfully snagged the award for Best New Artist. She performed her critically praised "Chasing Pavements" in a duo next to a performance of Sugarland's "Stay." Her works have been previously nominated for a Mercury Prize.
Other big and predictable wins went to John Mayer for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in "Say," Daft Punk for "Alive 2007" for Best Electronic/Dance Album, Metallica for Best Metal Performance for "My Apocalypse" and Radiohead for Best Alternative Music Album for "In Rainbows."
A wide variety of titles were awarded, in 110 different "fields," or categories, ranging from Best Tropical Latin Album to Best Polka Album. Interesting wins went to Al Gore for Best Spoken Word Album for "An Inconvenient Truth," and "Juno" for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album.
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