British pop star Amy Winehouse led the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday, winning five of the music industry's top honors. Winehouse won five Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Best pop vocal album (Back to Black) and she was also named Best New Artist. She is 24 years old. Amy WineHouse performs live via satellite in London at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards as she was refused a work Visa.  She dedicated one to her mother, her father and one to her incarcerated husband who is in prison following a pub brawl.

The other winners of Grammy are Carrie Underwood for Best Female Vocal Country, Herbie Hancock for album of the year (River) and Best Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Hancock noted it has been 43 years since a jazz musician won the Grammy for Best Album.

Country musician Vince Gill won the Grammy for Best Country Album for These Days.

Kanye West earned Grammys for Best Rap Album for Graduation and Best Rap Vocal Performance for the track "Stronger." He also won Best Rap Song for ''Good Life'' and Best Rap Performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with Common on ''Southside.''

The Foo Fighters won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for "The Pretender," and Best Rock Album for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama earned a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of his book The Audacity of Hope.

Fifteen young musicians got the chance to perform in the broadcast with the rock band Foo Fighters, and 28-year-old Anne Marie Calhoun, a violinist, was the featured performer.

"They're just the perfect rock bank," she said. "They're fun, they're goofy, they're kind. They're everything that you would want them to be."

This 50th Grammy presentation featured performances by rising stars and veterans, often paired in duets. They included Tina Turner, who performed a medley of her hits with Beyonce.