MUMBAI: On February 8th 2009, Irish rockers, U2, kicked off the 51st GRAMMY Awards with a performance of their new single "Get On Your Boots."

The ceremony took place at Los Angeles' Staples Center with a staggering line up of talent performing throughout the night.

It was Lil Wayne's night as the awards kept coming, following his huge success in 2008 with album Tha Carter III   He took Best Rap Solo Performance for "A Milli", Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III, "Lollipop" was crowned Best Rap Song (from album Tha Carter III ) and, for his collaboration with Jay-Z, T.I. and Kanye West on "Swagga Like Us", shared Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.

M.I.A joined Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and T.I. on stage for a performance of "Swagga Like Us" to an audience of screaming fans.

The biggest haul of the night went to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss who scooped all five awards they were nominated for.

The event marked both the first trip to the awards and first performance for Robert Plant, who said: "I'm looking forward to being in Los Angeles, but musically -- and spiritually -- I expect we'll be somewhere halfway between the Mississippi Delta and the Clinch Mountains."

The evenings entertainment continued as Taylor Swift joined Miley Cyrus for a take on Swift's "Fifteen."  The Jonas Brothers played "Burnin' Up" and later teamed with Stevie Wonder on hit "Superstition".

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss performed with a band including acclaimed performer and Raising Sand producer T Bone Burnett.

Sugarland won Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a duo or group with vocals for "Stay", later collaborating on a performance of "Chasing Pavements".

The Winners

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUS / RAISING SAND

Album Of The Year

Record of the year (Please read the letter)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (Rich Woman)

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (Killing the blues)

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

LIL WAYNE / THA CARTER III

Best Rap Album

Best Rap Solo Performance (A Mili)

Best Rap Song (Lollipop)

DUFFY / ROCKFERRY

Best Pop Vocal Album

NE-YO / THE YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN

Best R&B Song  (Miss Independent)

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (Miss Independent)

METALLICA / DEATH MAGNETIC

Best Metal Performance (my Apocalypse)

Best Recording Package

SUGARLAND / ENJOY THE RIDE

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (Stay)

Best Country Song (Stay)

OTHERS

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

I Dreamed There Was No War

Eagles

Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Jingle All The Way

B?©la Fleck & The Flecktones

Best Hard Rock Performance

Wax Simulacra

The Mars Volta

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Growing Pains

Mary J. Blige

Best Country Album

Troubadour

George Strait

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

The New Crystal Silence

Chick Corea & Gary Burton

Best Latin Pop Album

La Vida...Es Un Ratico

Juanes

Best Instrumental Composition

The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)

John Williams, composer (John Williams)

Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — Soundtrack [Concord Records]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Short Form Music Video

Pork And Beans

Weezer

Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer

Best Traditional Blues Album

One Kind Favor

B.B. King

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Waltz For Debby

Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

Track from: The New Crystal Silence