2009 Grammy Award Winners

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Lil’ Wayne may have had the most nominations going in, but he wasn’t the biggest winner coming out.

Next to Rihanna and Chris Brown, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest newsmakers of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. The collaboration between the Led Zeppelin lead singer and the bluegrass artist earned the duo five awards last night including Album of the Year for Raising Sand and Record of the Year. Prior to yesterday, Plant, 60, had only racked up one Grammy in his career. (Krauss, on the other hand, is now up to 26.)

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Although he didn’t nab all the eight statues he was up for, Lil’ Wayne didn’t go home empty-handed. The rapper won four awards including Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song (“Lollipop”). Meanwhile, Coldplay racked up three wins for Best Rock Album, Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. (Yes - they were honored for both Rock and Pop.)

Coldplay and Robert Plant weren’t the only British artists to go home winners last night. Estelle, Duffy, Adele and Radiohead were also honorees.

You can see a partial list of winners below:

• Album of the Year: Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• Rock Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay
• Rap Album: Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
• Record of the Year: “Please Read The Letter” - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• Song of the Year: “Viva La Vida” - Coldplay
• New Artist: Adele
• Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Rich Woman” - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Say” - John Mayer
• R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
• Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Chasing Pavements” - Adele
• Pop Vocal Album: Rockferry - Duffy
• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Viva La Vida” - Coldplay
• Alternative Music Album: In Rainbows - Radiohead
• Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Gravity” - John Mayer
• Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Sex on Fire” - Kings of Leon
• Hard Rock Performance: “Wax Simulacra” - The Mars Volta
• Metal Performance: “My Apocalypse” - Metallica
• Rock Song: “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” - Bruce Springsteen
• Rap Solo Performance: “A Milli” - Lil Wayne
• Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Swagga Like Us” - Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne
• Rap/Sung Collaboration: “American Boy” - Estelle featuring Kanye West
• Rap Song: “Lollipop” - Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor
• Female Country Vocal Performance: “Last Name” - Carrie Underwood
• Country Collaboration with Vocals: “Killing the Blues” - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• R&B Song: “Miss Independent” - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith
• Contemporary R&B Album: Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige
• Female R&B Vocal Solo: “Superwoman” - Alicia Keys
• Male R&B Vocal Solo: “Miss Independent” - Ne-Yo
• R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Stay With Me (By the Sea)” - Al Green featuring John Legend
• Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “You’ve Got the Love I Need” - Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton

(You can see a full list of winners here.)