Another year, another interesting list of Grammy Award Winners. The big winner of this year’s festivities was the collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand. Krauss and Plant won 5 Awards, including album of the year, record of the year, pop collaboration with vocals, country collaboration with vocals, and Americana/folk album.

Lil Wayne took home awards for best rap album, rap solo performance, rap group performance (for Swagga Like Us along with Jay-Z, Kanye West, and T.I.), and best rap song. Daft Punk won best dance song (for Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger) and best album for Alive 2007.<br><br>

John Mayer took home solo pop vocal and rock vocal performance awards for “Say” and “Gravity”. Coldplaywon for rock album of the year, as well as song of the year and best vocal performance by a duo/group for “Viva La Vida”. Radiohead’s self-released, pay-what-you-want record In Rainbows was picked as best alternative album, and for best limited or special edition packaging. Bruce Springsteen’s “Girls in their Summer Clothes” won for best rock song. Metallica’s “My Apocalypse” won best metal performance. British singer-songwriter Adele won best new artist and best female pop performance.

Sugarland took home both best country performance by a duo/group and best country song. Jennifer Hudson’s self-titled album won for best R&B album. Coldplay opener Duffy’s Rockferry won for best pop vocal album. Kings of Leon single “Sex on Fire” won best rock performance. Estelle and Kanye West’s “American Boy” won for best rap/sung collaboration. Freak-out rockers The Mars Volta’s “Wax Simulacra” won for best hard rock performance. Carrie Underwood won best female country vocal performance for “Last Name”. Brad Paisley’s “Letter to Me” won for best male country vocal performance. Ne-Yo won for best R&B song and best R&B vocal solo. Mary J. Blige’s “Growing Pains” won the award for best contemporary R&B album. Alicia Keys’ “Superwoman” won for best female R&B vocal solo.

Alicia Keys is one of the most successful R&B recording artists in the world, and is currently strutting her stuff on the “As I Am” UK tour. Don’t be worried though, you will have a chance to see her very soon because her US tour kicks off in about a month in Hampton, VA on April 19th, 2008.

Keys has enjoyed a lot of recent success especially with her smash hit single “No One” which has gone double platinum, selling over 2 million copies worldwide. This track helped her earn two 2008 Grammy awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Make sure to check out Alicia Keys in a city near you. Tour dates listed below! Alicia Keys Tickets are availalble now.

2008 Alicia Keys Tour

Sat-Apr-19 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
Sun-Apr-20 Philadelphia Liacouras Center
Tue-Apr-22 Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center
Thu-Apr-24 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Sat-Apr-26 Columbus, OH Value City Arena at Schottenstein Ctr
Sun-Apr-27 St Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Wed-Apr-30 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Thu-May-01 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Mon-May-05 Los Angeles, CA TBA
Wed-May-07 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
Fri-May-09 Las Vegas, NV MGM Garden Arena
Sat-May-10 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
Mon-May-12 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Wed-May-14 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
Sun-May-18 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Thu-May-22 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
Sat-May-24 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Sun-May-25 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
Wed-May-28 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Fri-May-30 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Sat-May-31 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
Tue-Jun-03 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Thu-Jun-05 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center at Cleveland State
Fri-Jun-06 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Sun-Jun-08 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Wed-Jun-11 Boston, MA TD Bank North Garden
Fri-Jun-13 Washington D.C. Verizon Center
Sun-Jun-15 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
Tue-Jun-17 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Wed-Jun-18 New York, NY Madison Square Garden