Pop Stars Who Mopped Up on Grammy Night

ADELE (2012)

Adele had a good strategy going into the 2012 Grammys: give the world a Diamond-certified album that spends 24 weeks as the #1 disc in the country. Pretty unbeatable tactic, I'd say. Adele's blockbuster "21" album earned her six Grammys, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year.

BEYONCE (2010)

Good trivia: Beyonce is the only person to twice win five or more Grammys in a single night. Strangely, she's never won Album of the Year, but that didn't stop her from picking up six trophies in 2010.

ALISON KRAUSS (2009)

The bluegrass legend picked up five trophies in 2009, mostly for her work with Robert Plant on their album "Raising Sand." Krauss is also wait for it! the leading Grammy-winning woman of all time with 26 statuettes to her name. Should've learned fiddle, Aretha Franklin.

AMY WINEHOUSE (2008)

"Back to Black" was a unanimously adored album that felt terribly refreshing in the pop wasteland of 2007 with all its "Shorty"-obsessed hip-hop and "Grey's Anatomy" soundtrack hits. Winehouse scored five Grammys for the disc, and she gave us a stirring rendition of "Rehab" (performed live in the UK since she wasn't allowed to leave the country) that we will never forget.

ALICIA KEYS (2002)

"Fallin'" commanded the pop universe's attention in 2001, bringing immediate acclaim to the gifted pianist and singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. Everyone knew she'd earn the Best New Artist Grammy, but it wasn't so expected that she'd pick up four other trophies the same year.

NORAH JONES (2003)

Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" is exactly the kind of album the Grammys love to toast: a commercially succcessful disc that feels more grown up than the average pop record. See also: "Supernatural" by Santana. Jones' bluesy torch songs scored her five Grammys.

LAURYN HILL (1999)

It's a distant memory, but there was a time when Lauryn Hill felt like hip-hop's messiah. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" made neo-soul a preeminent genre, and her gorgeous vocals and lyrics wooed fans of classic singer-songwriters. With five Grammys that night, Hill outperformed the previous record for a one-night haul by a female artist: Carole King in '72.

ERIC CLAPTON (1993)

Eric Clapton became one of two artists to win Album of the Year for an "MTV Unplugged" disc with his melancholic, gentle entry in the series. (Tony Bennett was the other.) He netted six trophies altogether, but the most notable one might be for "Tears in Heaven" perhaps the saddest pop megahit of the '90s which earned Clapton Record of the Year honours.

QUINCY JONES (1991)

Quincy Jones did not need to have his own Grammy windfall. The legendary producer has scored 79 nominations in his career, and he already had all those "Thriller" trophies to his name. In '91, Jones won Album of the Year as a solo artist for "Back on the Block," a disc that featured the last two solo records of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. That's some staggering credibility. Jones picked up six Grammys for "Back on the Block."

MICHAEL JACKSON (1984)

Remember "Thriller"? It was good. Michael Jackson achieved a feat that would only be matched by Santana in 2000: scoring eight Grammys in a single night. He won Record of the Year for "Beat It" and Album of the Year, but he also won a Best Children's Recording with Quincy Jones for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." That's a triumph.