Prince and Alicia Keys at the Grammy Awards on Sunday
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With most of this year's Grammy Awards handed out before the show even started, the early winners list included Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake and more.

(Check out the list of 2008 Grammy Award winners right here.)

Winehouse and Keys were big winners early, taking Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "No One," respectively. Kanye landed a pair of victories before the televised ceremony started, grabbing Best Rap Solo Performance for the hit single "Stronger" and Best Rap Song for "Good Life." Maroon 5, meanwhile, won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Makes Me Wonder." The win meant that even though Plain White T's singer Tom Higgenson brought the inspiration for the band's hit "Hey There Delilah" to the show with him, he wasn't going to be able to wave a Grammy in her face at the end of the night. Amy Winehouse also struck early pay dirt with a Best Pop Vocal Album win for Back to Black and a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance victory for "Rehab."

Former and once-again Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant won Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for his song "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. Justin Timberlake scored a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" and Best Dance Recording for "LoveStoned/ I Think She Knows" and the Beastie Boys beat out a galaxy of jazz stars for the Best Pop Instrumental Album for The Mix-Up, while former "American Idol" Carrie Underwood won Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Before He Cheats," though former "Idol" finalist Chris Daughtry's eponymous band was 0-3 in the early running.

Other early wins included Best Electronic/Dance Album for the Chemical Brothers' We Are the Night, and Best Rock Song and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for Bruce Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere," with the latter denying Beck the chance to be the first artist to win a Grammy for an online-only single. The White Stripes struck gold with "Icky Thump," which won for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals and Best Alternative Music Album, the Foo Fighters won Best Hard Rock Performance for "The Pretender," and Slayer took Best Metal Performance for "Final Six."

A pair of R&B legends won awards as well, with Prince nabbing the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Future Baby Mama" and Chaka Khan taking Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Disrespectful" (featuring Mary J. Blige); Khan also won Best R&B Album for Funk This, which denied buzzed-about singer Ledisi one of her two potential Grammys. Gerald Levert, who passed away in late 2006, won Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for his tune "In My Songs." Lupe Fiasco made his pal Kanye proud with a Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Daydreamin' " from his 2006 debut, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor.

Other early winners included Keys for Best R&B Song ("No One"), Ne-Yo for Best Contemporary R&B Album (Because of You) and Common for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Southside"). Mark Ronson was awarded the Producer of the Year prize for his work on albums by Winehouse, Lily Allen and his own solo album, while controversial director Tony Kaye won Best Short Form Music Video for his stark, star-filled video for the song "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by the late Johnny Cash.

In other categories, the "Dreamgirls" track "Love You I Do" was named Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, while composer Michael Giacchino's musical accompaniment to "Ratatouille" picked up Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

And in a grudge match worthy of the presidential primary season, Senator Barack Obama bested former President Bill Clinton — as well as Maya Angelou and another former president, Jimmy Carter — in the Best Spoken Word Album category for the audio-book version of his book "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming The American Dream."

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[This story was originally published at 8:10 pm E.T. on 2.10.2008]

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• Amy Winehouse
• Alicia Keys
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Queen Latifah
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Mama continues to get what she wants, and in this case, it's to share the stage with a bunch of fellow divas.

Queen Latifah is slated to host the sixth annual VH1 Divas concert, dubbed "Divas Duets," on May 22. The show will feature a series of collaborations, including performances by Mary J. Blige, Jewel and Chaka Khan, according to organizers.

"Divas Duets" will air live on VH1 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and will benefit the nonprofit VH1 Save the Music Foundation. More participating artists are expected to be announced soon.

More than $25 million worth of musical instruments have been donated to 1,000 public schools since the founding of Save the Music in 1997.

Last year's "Divas Las Vegas" show featured performances from Celine Dion, Anastacia, the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks, Cher and Shakira (see "Celine Does AC/DC, Blige Brings Drama To 2002's 'Divas' ").

• Mary J. Blige
• Jewel
• Chaka Khan

Herbie Hancock's <I>Future 2 Future</i>
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Herbie Hancock, a jazz keyboardist consistently ahead of his time, continues his forward thinking on his new album, Future 2 Future.

With saxophonist Wayne Shorter, electric bassist Bill Laswell (who also produced the album) and acoustic bassist Charnett Moffatt rounding out Hancock's ensemble; guest DJs Rob Swift, A Guy Called Gerald, Carl Craig and DXT providing the cutting edge; and Chaka Khan and Imani Uzuri adding classically soulful vocals, Future 2 Future seamlessly bridges the gaps between electronica, cool jazz, hip-hop and funk. The set is scheduled for release September 25, according to Hancock's publicist.

Future 2 Future marks the first time Hancock and Laswell have collaborated since 1983's scratch-loaded "Rockit," which earned a Grammy award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. The project stands as Hancock's first contemporary jazz project since his 1995 fusion album Dis Is Da Drum. Additional cameos are made by spoken-word poet Dana Bryant and drummers Jack DeJohnette, Karsh Kale, and the late Tony Williams, with whom Hancock played in the Miles Davis Quintet of the mid-'60s.

While Hancock is scheduled to tour in the fall with tenor-saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpet player Roy Hargrove, a jaunt to support Future 2 Future is being planned for 2002, his publicist said.

Hancock, who began his musical career with 1962's Takin' Off, joined Miles Davis' group a year later, remaining with the innovative trumpeter for the next five years. Davis became Hancock's mentor, and the pair equally influenced each other's progression throughout their residency together. After leaving the Davis group, Hancock fully immersed himself in synthesized funk, recording albums with his own group and forming the Head Hunters in 1973. However, unlike Davis — who never looked back once he forged into fusion — Hancock periodically returned to his conventional jazz roots.

Hancock's last album of new material was 1998's Gershwin's World, an LP featuring the songs of composer George Gershwin interpreted by Hancock and a slew of collaborators, including Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder and pianist Chick Corea.

• Herbie Hancock
• Chaka Khan
• Carl Craig