British soul singer Adele won the Grammy Award for song of the year, with "Rolling in the Deep", for Best Pop Solo Performance, with "Someone Like You" and two other awards at the ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The ceremony began with emcee El El Cool J offering his condolences to Whitney Houston's family and praying on stage for’ her. Houston's death almost monopolized the talk before the event while it was constantly referenced during it.
Adele receiving the first awards thanked the surgeons who removed a polyp from her vocal cords.
Rock band Foo Fighters were also among the big winners, winning four awards, among them this one for Best Rock Performance with 'Walk'. The leader of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, pointed out that their last record was not recorded in a studio, “but in my garage, with some microphones and a cassette player. ..»
This "shows that the human element is important" in music, he added.
The reports in Houston, who was found dead yesterday in a hotel in Los Angeles aged 48 years, they were continuous. Melanie Fiona, which won the award in the R performance category&B with the song "Fool For You" said that the deceased was her source of inspiration. "I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for you", he said.
Among the rest of the winners - in total 75 categories- it was also Jay Z and Kanye West for the rap song 'Otis', who, however, did not show up to receive their award.