Beyonce sweeps the Grammys

Beyonce last night (Sunday 31st January) picked up six Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal for the hit Halo and the Best R&B Female Vocal for the track Single Ladies. Her achievement also means she's the scooped the record for the most Grammys awarded to an artist in a year.

Following close behind was Taylor Swift who picked up four gongs, whilst three Grammys each were awarded to Jay-Z, the Black Eyed Peas and the Kings of Leon.

A number of artists including, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher paid a tribute to Michael Jackson with a 3D performance of the Earth Song, but before that Jackson's children Prince and Paris collected a Life Time Achievement award for their father.

Here's just some of the winners:

Album of the year
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Record of the year
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

Best male pop vocal
Jason Mraz – Make It Mine

Best female pop vocal
Beyonce - Halo

Song of the year (for songwriting)
Beyonce – Single Ladies

Best duo/group pop performance
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

Best new Artist
Zac Brown Band

Best dance recording
Lady Gaga – Poker Face

Best pop vocal album
Black Eyed Peas – The END

Best electronic/dance album
Lady Gaga - The Fame

Best traditional pop vocal album
Michael Buble – Meets Madison Square Garden