Troubled British pop singer Amy Winehouse scooped five Grammy Awards last night.
Amy Winehouse performs in London for the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony via video link overnight. Photograph: Getty Images
Jazz veteran Herbie Hancock was the shock winner of the coveted album of the year award, preventing Winehouse from enjoying a historic clean sweep.
Winehouse (24) won the key awards for record and song of the year for her hit Rehab, as well as best new artist. She also won an award for female pop vocal solo performance for Rehab, and pop vocal album for Back to Black, her breakthrough release.
Winehouse entered a London rehab clinic last month after a long battle with drugs and alcohol.
Due to the rehab - and problems getting a US work visa - Winehouse performed two songs live via satellite from a London venue.
Hip-hop star Kanye West (30) who led all Grammy contenders with eight nominations, received four awards.
But it was Hancock who claimed the best album Grammy for River: The Joni Letters, a tribute to Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.
He also won the contemporary jazz album Grammy, bringing his career haul to 12.
"What a beautiful day this is in Los Angeles," Hancock said, as he took the stage at the Staples Centre to pick up the album of the year award. "Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, thank you so much."
Mitchell won a pop instrumental Grammy for One Week Last Summer.