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Presenting some of those awards, the comedian Kathy Griffin got the biggest applause for mocking the multiplicity of awards - "best Hawaiian recording with two ukuleles," she said in fact the category is best Hawaiian album - as well as for making hay of the winners' poor attendance at the pretelecast event.

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Presenting some of those awards, the comedian Kathy Griffin got the biggest applause for mocking the multiplicity of awards - "best Hawaiian recording with two ukuleles," she said in fact the category is best Hawaiian album - as well as for making hay of the winners' poor attendance at the pretelecast event.

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LOS ANGELES - Jay-Z and John Legend were the early leaders at the Grammys on Sunday, as both were awarded three trophies each during the show's pretelecast ceremony.

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Presenting some of those awards, the comedian Kathy Griffin got the biggest applause for mocking the multiplicity of awards - "best Hawaiian recording with two ukuleles," she said in fact the category is best Hawaiian album - as well as for making hay of the winners' poor attendance at the pretelecast event.

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Lady Gaga won two Grammys during the pretelecast ceremony but didn't get a chance to show her multitude of outrageous dresses during the primetime show, losing out on record, song and album of the year.

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Notable winners in pretelecast presentations in 100 categories under way Sunday afternoon included Michael J. Fox for best spoken world album for "Always Looking Up," and producer and DJ.David Guetta, one of the night's top nominees, for best remixed recording, non-classical, for his song "When Love Takes Over."

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Accepting an award during the pretelecast ceremony for best-spoken-word album for children, Buck Howdy, a singer-songwriter from San Diego, commented that it cost him less to produce his album than it did to pay for valet parking at the Grammy nominees 'dinner.

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Beyonce early leader with 4 Grammys; Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga also winners more images more images more images more images Beyonce wins 4 Grammys in pretelecast show LOS ANGELES - Beyonce, the year's top Grammy nominee with 10 bids, was the early leader Sunday as she won four trophies during the pre-telecast ceremony including best R&B song for her omnipresent hit, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)."

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Of the 109 award categories this year, 100 were given out in a brisk and far less glamorous pretelecast ceremony.

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Also in the pretelecast ceremony, Alison Krauss won her 27th Grammy as a participant in the album "Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace," tying her with Quincy Jones for the most lifetime wins of any living musician.

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