Ray, Alicia, Usher and Kanye
Top 47th GRAMMY Winners

And, although Kanye may seem like an advert for dropping out of college and making it big, he is in fact launching a national foundation to help fight surging drop-out rates and to help at-risk students (and his mum is a college professor).

Another key highlight of the evening was the spectacular all-star tsunami relief performance, anchored by Velvet Revolver and featuring Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Bono, Keys, Tim McGraw, Steven Tyler, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, soul great Al Green and Brian Wilson in a version of the Beatles' "Across The Universe." The song is available to download on iTunes and CBS.com now, with the proceeds going to benefit the survivors of the tragedy.

Singer Loretta Lynn won for Best Country Album for Van Lear Rose, having been nominated for five awards. This was Loretta's first grammy since 1979. She took her collaborator, Jack White of the White Stripes, to the stage with her, "Loretta told me, 'Fourteen of my songs got banned by country radio, and every time they did that, the song went to No. 1.' Well they didn't play this record either, but it's No. 1 now."

The final performance of the evening, fittingly, was dedicated to Charles as Bonnie Raitt and Billy Preston performed a soulful rendition of "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind". A fitting end to a perfect and sumptously soulful Grammys 2005.page << 1 2 3 4 5 >>