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Absent Amy Winehouse Wins Five Grammy's

Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse was this year's big winner at the Grammy Awards 2008. Despite being absent from the LA award ceremony due to problems getting a visa, Amy won five awards including song of the year for Rehab and record of the year, plus best new artist, best pop vocal album for Back To Black and best female pop vocal performance for Rehab.

Fortunately though, Amy was able to perform You Know I'm No Good and Rehab and make an acceptance speech by satellite from a London studio.

Amy gave her mum a big hug as the Los Angeles crowd chanted her name. The 24-year-old singer paid tribute to her husband, "my Blake incarcerated", who is in custody awaiting trial on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and GBH. "Camden Town ain't burning down," added Amy, in reference to the Camden fire this weekend, dedicating the award to London.

The US embassy refused her visa initially, then reversed their decision at the eleventh hour, but they were too late, as she wouldn't have made it to the ceremony in time by the time she'd been granted a visa.

Amy Winehouse was the first British Act to take home a Grammy for best new artist since Sade won it in 1986. The only award she didn't win for which she was nominated for was the award for album of the year which went to Herbie Hancock for River. Amy is now set to go back in to rehab at Capio Nightingale clinic to continue her treatment for drug addiction.

Other big winners included Kanye West who was nominated for eight and took home four Grammy Awards and Bruce Springsteen with three. Justin Timberlake, Mary J Blige, The White Stripes and Carrie Underwood all scooped two awards each.

Kanye West dedicated his awards to his mother who died suddenly in November. "I know you're really proud of me right now and I know you want me to be the number one artist in the world," he said. "And mama, all I'm going to do is keep making you proud. We run this," said Kanye.
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  1. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
  2. Amy Winehouse Live @ Brixton Academy Review
  3. The Grammy Awards 2005 - Review
  4. The Grammy Awards 2006 - Review
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