New
York
(ANI):
Rapper
Jay-Z
and
R
'n" B
singer
Alicia
Keys"
'Empire
State
of
Mind"
won
this
year"s
Grammy
for
Best
Rap
Song
and
Best
Rap/Sung
Collaboration.
Jay-Z,
41,
also
took
the
Best
Rap
Performance
by
a
Duo
or
Group
statue
for
'On
To
the
Next
One",
a
dual
effort
with
Keys"
husband,
Swizz
Beats,
the
New
York
Daily
News
reported.
Rapper
Emimem,
38,
won
the
Best
Rap
Solo
statue
for
his
single
'Not
Afraid".
John
Legend
and
The
Roots
earned
Best
R
'n" B
Song,
Best
R
'n"
B
album
and
Best
Traditional
R
'n"
B
Vocal
Performance
for
songs
associated
with
their
joint
CD
of
political
anthems,
'Wake
Up!"
Lady
Gaga
won
Best
Female
Pop
Vocal
Performance
and
Best
Short
Form
Music
(both
for
'Bad
Romance"),
and
Best
Pop
Vocal
Album,
for
'The
Fame
Monster".
Lady
Antebellum
also
won
three
awards
including
Best
Country
Album,
Best
Country
Song
and
Best
Country
Performance
by
a
Duo
or
Group,
all
for
'Need
You
Now".
Blues-rock
duo
The
Black
Keys
won
Best
Alternative
Album,
and
classic-rock
guitarist
Jeff
Beck
won
Best
Pop
Instrumental
for
his
six-string
interpretation
of
the
opera
classic
'Nessum
Dorma"
and
Best
Rock
Instrumental
Performance
for
his
album
'Hammerhead".
The
already
Oscar-endorsed
music
for
the
film
'Crazy
Hearts"
won
Best
Compilation
Soundtrack
Album
and
Best
Song
Written
for
TV
or
a
Movie,
with
the
latter
being
for
Ryan
Bingham"s
husky
piece
'The
Weary
Kind".
Usher
also
snagged
two
prizes,
including
Best
Contemporary
R
'n"
B
Album,
for
his
CD
'Raymond
V
Raymond",
while
Rihanna
earned
an
early
nod
for
Best
Dance
Recording
for
'Only
Girl
(In
The
World)".
Rock
legend
Neil
Young
received
his
very
first
Grammy
for
music
on
Sunday
night.
He
won
Best
Rock
Song
for
'Angry
World".
Another
first,
'Baba
Yetu",
became
the
first
piece
of
music
written
for
a
video
game
ever
to
win
a
Grammy.
It
got
Best
Instrumental
Arrangement
Accompanying
Vocals.