• Singer Adele (C) accepts Best Pop Solo Performance for "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)" onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == *** Local Caption *** 462073-01-09.jpg
    Singer Adele (C) accepts Best Pop Solo Performance for "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)" onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == *** Local Caption *** 462073-01-09.jpg
  • Musician Frank Ocean performs. AFP
    Musician Frank Ocean performs. AFP
  • Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Sting, Ziggy and Stephen and Damian Marley performed in tribute to Bob Marley. AFP
    Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Sting, Ziggy and Stephen and Damian Marley performed in tribute to Bob Marley. AFP
  • Gotye busted up the predictions, taking record of the year for 2012's top-selling single, the haunting Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring New Zealand's Kimbra, and finished with three awards. Prince, in hood and sunglasses and carrying a sparkly silv???
    Gotye busted up the predictions, taking record of the year for 2012's top-selling single, the haunting Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring New Zealand's Kimbra, and finished with three awards. Prince, in hood and sunglasses and carrying a sparkly silv???
  • Taylor Swift holds the award for Best Song Written For Visual Media. AFP
    Taylor Swift holds the award for Best Song Written For Visual Media. AFP
  • Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys ended up the night's top winner with four trophies, including producer of the year and three rock category victories with bandmate Patrick Carney. AFP
    Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys ended up the night's top winner with four trophies, including producer of the year and three rock category victories with bandmate Patrick Carney. AFP
  • Fun. took home major awards best new artist, in something of an upset over R&B singer Frank Ocean, and song of the year for the transcendent anthem We Are Young, featuring Janelle Monae. AFP
    Fun. took home major awards best new artist, in something of an upset over R&B singer Frank Ocean, and song of the year for the transcendent anthem We Are Young, featuring Janelle Monae. AFP
  • Justin Timberlake debuted new tracks Suit & Tie with Jay-Z and Pusher Love in a performance that was broadcast in retro black and white. AFP
    Justin Timberlake debuted new tracks Suit & Tie with Jay-Z and Pusher Love in a performance that was broadcast in retro black and white. AFP
  • Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for Babel. AFP
    Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for Babel. AFP
  • Musician Anoushka Shankar accepts Best World Music Album for The Living Room Sessions Part 1 on behalf of her father, the late Ravi Shankar. AFP
    Musician Anoushka Shankar accepts Best World Music Album for The Living Room Sessions Part 1 on behalf of her father, the late Ravi Shankar. AFP
  • Skrillex won best dance recording for Bangarang, featuring Sirah, best dance/electronica album for Bangarang and best remixed recording a year after winning those same awards in his first appearance at the Grammys. AFP
    Skrillex won best dance recording for Bangarang, featuring Sirah, best dance/electronica album for Bangarang and best remixed recording a year after winning those same awards in his first appearance at the Grammys. AFP

In pictures: the 55th Annual Grammy Awards

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