Grammys embrace veterans over youth
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Without "American Idol" to worry about, the Grammy Awards bounced back strongly in the ratings this year.
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The Dixie Chicks, who stirred up a  hornet's nest with a jibe at President Bush, won all five  Grammys for which they were nominated on Sunday, including the  coveted album of the year.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Texas teenager Robyn Troup got a taste of fame &#151; and a super 19th birthday present &#151; as the winner of "My Grammy Moment," a talent contest that culminated live during the Grammy Awards Sunday.
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With Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Usher leading the parade, the field of Grammy nominations again signals that the National Academy of Recording Arts &amp; Sciences is moving beyond its history of congenital stodginess.
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When John Mayer  accepted the Grammy for best male pop vocal performance in 2003  for "Your Body Is a Wonderland," he promised to someday "catch  up" to the award, which he won over the likes of Sting and  Elton John. During a near-capacity show at the Verizon  Amphitheater on Wednesday night, he not only caught up to the  recognition but left it in his rearview mirror as he delivered  a set that would have left his fellow nominees proud.
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With "Desperate Housewives" as  competitors, the Grammy awards on Sunday drew their lowest  total viewership in a decade and also fell sharply among the  audience of 18- to 49-year-olds most coveted by advertisers,  according to preliminary figures released on Monday.
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Chicago native Kanye West swept the Grammy categories Tuesday, receiving 10 nominations for his work this year as a rapper, producer and songwriter.
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Led Zeppelin got a "whole lotta"  belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a  lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that  changed the face of rock 'n' roll.
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Influential rock bands The Doors and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, country star Eddy Arnold and late jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton are among recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Recording Academy, which also presents the Grammy Awards.
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Ray Charles posthumously dominated the Grammys with wins in eight categories, while Alicia Keys picked up four awards, including best R&B album.
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Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.
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WASHINGTON  - The music industry scored   some brownie points with rising star, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama,   when it handed him its ultimate award on Wednesday, a Grammy   that he won earlier this year for best spoken word album.
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It's going to be an '80s flashback at Sunday's Grammy Awards when Jimmy Jam revisits his musical roots in a one-night-only reunion with The Time.
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Mary J Blige, James Blunt and Justin Timberlake are among the stars doing battle at the Grammy Awards.
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Willie Suggs appreciates Veterans Day and what the Greatest Generation has done for America.
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The 50th Grammy Awards opened with a dead guy and gave a 67-year-old the big prize, but Amy Winehouse and Tina Turner ruled, while the Beatles and Pavarotti got painful tributes