AND, THE GRAMMYS TURNED 50 THIS YEAR AND CELEBRATED ITS HISTORY BY PAIRING PERFORMERS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT LAST NIGHT.

HISTORY MAY HAVE BEEN THE THEME OF THE NIGHT, BUT HIGH EMOTION WAS FELT TOO -- IN THE FORM OF FOUR-TIME WINNER KANYE WEST... WHO PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE MOTHER DONDA:

SPEAKING OF HISTORY, GRAMMY VOTERS SHOCKED EVERYONE BY GIVING HERBIE HANCOCK'S "RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS" THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A JAZZ ARTIST HAS RECEIVED THAT HONOR IN 43 YEARS.

BUT THE NIGHT WAS DOMINATED BY A TROUBLED 24-YEAR-OLD SINGER BY THE NAME OF... AMY WINEHOUSE.

THE RETRO-SOUL SINGER WHO PERFROMED VIA SATELLITE FROM LONDON, LED THE PACK WITH FIVE TROPHIES, INCLUDING BEST NEW ARTIST, AND BOTH SONG AND RECORD OF THE YEAR FOR HER AUTOBIOGRAHICAL HIT, "REHAB."

AMY WINEHOUSE'S DRUG PROBLEMS MAY HAVE KEPT HER OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY DIDN'T KEEP HER FROM GRAMMY GLORY.