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Pop star Billie Eilish was the biggest winner of this year’s Grammys with five awards, including best new artist and song of the year.

The 18-year-old also won album of the year for her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, which was recorded in her childhood home in LA.

Billie Eilish replaces Taylor Swift as the youngest person ever to win the award.

She triumphed in all of the Grammys “big four” marquee categories – song of the year, record of the year, album of the year and best new artist.

Billie Eilish is the first person to achieve the feat since Christopher Cross in 1981.

The winners for the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced in Los Angeles. Here’s a summary of the key categories.

Album of the year

  • Winner: Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • Bon Iver – I,I
  • Lana Del Rey – Norman F***ing Rockwell!
  • Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
  • H.E.R. – I Used To Know Her
  • Lil Nas X – 7
  • Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
  • Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride

Record of the year

  • Winner: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
  • Bon Iver – Hey, Ma
  • Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
  • H.E.R. – Hard Place
  • Khalid – Talk
  • Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
  • Lizzo – Truth Hurts
  • Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower

Song of the year

  • Winner: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
  • Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
  • Lana Del Rey – Norman F***ing Rockwell
  • H.E.R. – Hard Place
  • Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way
  • Lizzo – Truth Hurts
  • Taylor Swift – Lover
  • Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now

Best new artist

  • Winner: Billie Eilish
  • Black Pumas
  • Lil Nas X
  • Lizzo
  • Maggie Rogers
  • Rosalia
  • Tank and the Bangas
  • Yola

Best pop solo performance

  • Winner: Lizzo – Truth Hurts
  • Beyonce – Spirit
  • Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
  • Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
  • Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down

Best pop duo/group performance

  • Winner: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
  • Ariana Grande & Social House – Boyfriend
  • Jonas Brothers – Sucker
  • Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower
  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Senorita

Best traditional pop vocal album

  • Winner: Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now
  • Andrea Bocelli – Si
  • Michael Buble – Love
  • John Legend – A Legendary Christmas
  • Barbra Streisand – Walls

Best pop vocal album

  • Winner: Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • Beyonce – The Lion King: The Gift
  • Ariana Grande (pictured) – Thank U, Next
  • Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project
  • Taylor Swift – Lover

Best dance recording

  • Winner: The Chemical Brothers – Got To Keep On
  • Bonobo – Linked
  • Meduza featuring Goodboys – Piece Of Your Heart
  • Rufus Du Sol – Underwater
  • Skrillex & Boys Noize featuring Ty Dolla $ign – Midnight Hour

Best dance/electronic album

  • Winner: The Chemical Brothers – No Geography
  • Apparat – LP5
  • Flume – Hi This Is Flume
  • Rufus Du Sol – Solace
  • Weather – Tycho

Best rock performance

  • Winner: Gary Clark Jr – This Land (pictured)
  • Bones UK – Pretty Waste
  • Brittany Howard – History Repeats
  • Karen O & Danger Mouse – Woman
  • Rival Sons – Too Bad

Best metal performance

  • Winner: Tool – 7Empest
  • Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi – Astorolus The Great Octopus
  • Death Angel – Humanicide
  • I Prevail – Bow Down
  • Killswitch Engage Unleashed

Best rock album

  • Winner: Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
  • Bring Me The Horizon – Amo
  • The Cranberries – In The End
  • I Prevail – Trauma
  • Rival Sons – Feral Roots

Best alternative album

  • Winner: Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
  • Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
  • James Blake – Assume Form
  • Bon Iver – I,I
  • Thom Yorke – Anima

Best R&B performance

  • Winner: Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000 – Come Home
  • Daniel Caesar & Brandy – Love Again
  • H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller – Could’ve Been
  • Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane – Exactly How I Feel
  • Lucky Daye – Roll Some Mo

Best country album

  • Winner: Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’ (pictured)
  • Eric Church – Desperate Man
  • Reba McEntire – Stronger Than The Truth
  • Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
  • Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road

Best Country Solo Performance

  • Winner: Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home
  • Tyler Childers – All Your’n
  • Ashley McBryde – Girl Goin’ Nowhere
  • God’s Country – Blake Shelton
  • Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

  • Winner: Dan + Shay – Speechless
  • Brooks & Dunn ft. Luke Combs – Brand New Man
  • Brothers Osborne – I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)
  • Little Big Town – The Daughters
  • Maren Morris ft. Brandi Carlile – Common

Best musical theatre album

  • Winner: Hadestown
  • Ain’t Too Proud: The Life And Times Of The Temptations
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical
  • The Music Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
  • Oklahoma!

Producer of the year, non-classical

  • Winner: Finneas
  • Jack Antonoff
  • Dan Auerbach
  • John Hill
  • Ricky Reed

Best music video

  • Winner: Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
  • The Chemical Brothers – We’ve Got To Try
  • Gary Clark Jr – This Land
  • FKA Twigs – Cellophane
  • Tove Lo – Glad He’s Gone

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Adele was the big winner at the 59th Grammy Awards on February 12, taking home five trophies.

Amongst her haul were three of the “big four” awards: Song of the year, record of the year and album of the year.

The last time someone achieved that was in 2012. And it was Adele.

The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Adele said she couldn’t accept the award for best album because Beyonce’s Lemonade had more fizz.

The British singer also declared her undying love for Beyonce: “I adore you and I want you to be my mummy,” she joked, as she gestured at the heavily-pregnant star.

Beyonce put on a biblical performance of Love Drought and Sandcastles from her record, which won best urban contemporary album.

Adele brought her tribute to George Michael to a juddering halt after veering wildly off key – but made it up to the star on take two.

Chance the Rapper beat Kanye West and Drake to best rap album. He then took the LA crowd to church with the help of a gospel choir.

David Bowie received five posthumous awards including best alternative album for his final LP, Blackstar.

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Adele has been named Billboard’s top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine’s annual review.

Adele, 24, is the first to receive both accolades two years in a row.

The singer was also named top female artist, with hip hop star Drake named top male artist.

Former X Factor contestants One Direction rounded off a successful year of US invasion after being named top new artist and Maroon 5 were top group.

Adele has been named Billboard's top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine's annual review

Adele has been named Billboard’s top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine’s annual review

The honors for Adele come in a year which saw her win six Grammy awards and dominate the US charts.

Her second album 21 went straight to number one when it was released in March 2011 and did not leave the top 10 until the beginning of September this year. During that time, it spent 24 weeks at the top spot.

The year’s top three songs were Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe and Fun’s We Are Young respectively.

The magazine’s review is based on chart performance, as well as streaming and social data.

GRAMMY AWARDS 2012: THE WINNERS

Record of the Year – Rolling In The Deep, Adele

Album of the Year – 21, Adele

Song of the Year – Rolling In The Deep, Adele

Best New Artist – Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance –Someone Like You, Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Body And Soul , Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Vocal Album – 21, Adele

Adele won six Grammy Awards, including the big categories like Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Rolling In the Deep and Album of the Year for her smash hit 21

Adele won six Grammy Awards, including the big categories like Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Rolling In the Deep and Album of the Year for her smash hit 21

Best Dance Recording ¬- Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Skrillex

Best Dance/ Electronica Album – Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Duets II, Tony Bennett & Various Artists

Best Rock Performance – Walk, Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song – Walk, Foo Fighters

Best Rock Album – Waiting Light, Foo Fighters

Best R&B Performance – Is This Love, Corinne Bailey Rae

Best R&B Song – Fool For You

Best R&B Album – F.A.M.E., Chris Brown

Best Rap Performance – Otis, Jay-Z and Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance – Mean, Taylor Swift

Best Country Song – Mean, Taylor Swift

Best Short Form Music Video – Adele

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