Rock group U2 swept three awards in the rock album category of this year's Grammy ceremony.

The live legends won two in contention for five awards - best rock duo or group performance ("Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own") and best rock song ("City of Blinding Lights"), both from the album of the year contender "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."

Pop diva Mariah Carey won her first Grammy awards Wednesday night, since she snatched the best new artist Grammy in 1990. During the pre-telecast ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Carey's comeback collection "The Emancipation of Mimi" triumphed as best modern rhythm and blues (R&B) album for the 48th edition of Grammy.

But fellow eight-time nominee John Legend's debut "Get Lifted" was named best R&B album.

John Legend won in the category male R&B vocal performance for "Ordinary People" and Kelly Clarkson won two Grammys for pop vocalalbum ("Breakaway") and in the female pop vocal performance category for "Since U Been Gone."

Kanye West won in the rap album category for "Late Registration," and Alison Krauss and Union Station won the country album Grammy for "Lonely Runs Both Ways." Also in the running for eight awards, West took best rap solo performance for "Gold Digger" and shared the best rap song award for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" in the pre-telecast ceremony.

Stevie Wonder, with 22 previous Grammys to his credit and up for six this year, rang up two awards. Wonder and Beyonce Knowles,also a six-time nominee this year, were cited together in the category of best R&B performance by a duo or group, for their duet"So Amazing".

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