Grammy Awards - Hillary Clinton Included

NEW YORK (REUTER) - Rock giant Eric Clapton won two of the music industry's top awards at the 39th annual Grammy ceremonies on Wednesday while a French Canadian singer and a 14-year-old country star stole the audience's heart. Quebec native Celine Dion's

"Falling Into You" was named album of the year and best pop album. The album of the year award was not totally unexpected but Dion seemed shocked. Clapton, along with megastar producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, won the record of the year award for "Change the World." Clapton also won the best male pop vocal performance award and the writers of the song from the John Travolta film "Phenomenon" walked off with the song of the year award. Edmonds, who came into the awards ceremony with 12 nominations, the most of anyone, won three Grammys. In one of the evening's biggest surprises, 14-year-old country singer LeAnn Rimes was named best new artist of the year and best female country vocal award as well. The long-disbanded Beatles and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton were also winners. Mrs. Clinton won a Grammy in the spoken word category for the audiotape version of "It Takes A Village," her bestselling book about child-rearing that was roundly attacked by Republicans and defended by Democrats in the 1996 presidential campaign. The Beatles, who broke up 27 years ago, also emerged a winner, snaring a Grammmy for best pop duo or group with vocal for "Free As a Bird," a previously unreleased song that appeared on their 1996 album "Anthology." "Free As a Bird" also won the short form video award and "Anthology" won the long form video award. The Beatles have now won a total of seven Grammys. Their last Grammy was in 1967. Bruce Springsteen, best known for his high energy rock 'n roll, won the contemporary folk music award for his album, "The Ghost of Tom Joad," a haunting, quiet tribute to the great folk singers of the Depression era. Smashing Pumpkins won the best hard-rock performance award for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." Lyle Lovett won the best Country music album award for his "The Road to Ensenada." R&B diva Toni Braxton won the best female pop vocal performance award for 'Un-Break My Heart." Braxton also won a Grammy as best female R&B vocalist for her song "You're Makin' Me High" in the non-televised part of the awards ceremony. Alternative rock star Beck won the best male rock performance for his song "Where It's At." Folk rock singer Tracy Chapman won the best rock song award for "Give Me One Reason". The best rock album award went to Sheryl Crow for her album which simply bore her name. Herbie Hancock, who made a rare foray into traditional jazz last year, won the best instrumental composition award for "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)." Other jazz awards went to Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and Cassandra Wilson and the historical album of the year went to an acclaimed jazz collaboration, "The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of Gil Evans and Miles Davis." Comic Al Franken, a big supporter of the Clintons, won the comedy album of the year award for "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot."

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