Beyonce, bare breasts and the Beatles were all in the spotlight during an energy-filled Grammy Awards bash on Sunday, but rap outfit OutKast swept in at the end and stole the show.While the biggest night in music was marked by numerous references to Janet Jackson's Super Bowl peep show performance a week earlier, it still managed to highlight an electic year of brazen recordings. Destiny's Child singer Beyonce netted five Grammy wins including one for her duet with the ailing Luther Vandross, who won a total of four Grammys -- including song of the year for Dance With My Father. "It's amazing," Beyonce said backstage. "(After) I won I went to my dressing room and all my family was there. You should have heard it. We just yelled and screamed." OutKast closed the show with an energetic rendition of their hit Hey Ya! and won album of the year for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The Southern rap duo also took the prizes for Best Rap Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance. They received two standing ovations -- one when they won Best Rap Album, and another at the end of their showstopping performance of Hey Ya! There were also multiple wins by rock duo The White Stripes, pop star Justin Timberlake and bluegrass star Alison Krauss.

Photos from L to R: #1. : Three-time nominee Christina Aguilera in a retro look for this year’s Grammy ceremony extravaganza. #2. A lot of violet and smiles Cheryl with Creed singer Scott Stapp.

The best new artist was Evanescence, which seemed to surprise audience members including nominee 50 Cent who walked on to the stage, apparantly thinking he'd won. "Oh, what did I do?" said the modern rock act's Amy Lee in reaction. Another surprise came when Coldplay took record of the year for Clocks, beating out Beyonce and Outkast. Frontman Chris Martin dedicated the trophy to the late Johnny Cash and presidential hopeful John Kerry. Canucks fared well with famed film composer Howard Shore, former SCTV comedian Eugene Levy and singer k.d. lang receiving Grammys at the 46th annual music celebration. Shore earned yet another accolade for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Grammy was for best score for Two Towers. "It's a great honour to work on these movies," said the Toronto-born musician who won a Grammy last year and was honoured at the Golden Globes this year. "(I had) great inspirations from professor Tolkien's book and Peter Jackson's amazing imagery." Hamilton-born Levy took home his first gramophone trophy for writing the song A Mighty Wind for the film of the same title. "This is really a shock. The songs aren't real," said a startled Levy, who lives in Toronto with his wife and two children. He had to learn guitar in order to write the music for the film, which he co-wrote with Christopher Guest. Alberta-born lang and Tony Bennett's album A Wonderful World won the award for best traditional pop vocal album. And Nova Scotia-born Sarah McLachlan gave a stunning performance of her Grammy-nominated song Fallen accompanied by Krauss. McLachlan and Avril Lavigne lost to Christina Aguilera in the best pop female vocal performance. Jokes about the Super Bowl hoopla started early on, with the first coming during the two-hour ceremony before the televised awards. "I gotta think you have a Janet Jackson song ready. Try it out here," presenter David Foster urged Weird Al Yankovic when the comedian came to the stage to accept the award for best comedy album. Jackson and Timberlake's Super Bowl performance, which sparked outrage and a federal investigation, had far-reaching effects on CBS's Grammy telecast. The network instituted a five-minute tape delay of the event to make sure no lewd or potentially offensive behaviour made it on the air. Without Jackson at the show, Timberlake was left to fend for himself. "It's been a rough week on everybody. What occurred was unintentional, completely regrettable and I apologize if you guys were offended," he said, accepting his best pop vocal performance trophy. He also won best pop vocal album for Justified. But he managed to lighten the mood, holding up his Grammy and saying, "This is officially the greatest moment of my life." The tape delay nearly came in handy for the network when Aguilera partially fell out of her low-cut dress when she got up to collect her trophy for best female pop vocal performance. "But, uh, if I can keep it together," she mumbled as she tucked herself back into the front of her dress. Afterwards she said she couldn't define what would be too raunchy for TV. "Music in itself is an expression. It's a state of mind and whatever you think it should be," she said backstage.

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