At The Grammy Awards, Canada Does Not Go Home Empty Handed

Arcade Fire picked up the top honour of the evening, winning Record of the Year for The Suburbs. It was also the first Grammy appearance for the band.

Neil Young took home a Grammy for Best Rock Song for Angry World.

In his acceptance speech a very moved Young said, "This is my first Grammy for music and it's appreciated greatly. I'm not nervous, but I'm close."

Michael Buble scored the prize for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Crazy Love. It was the third Grammy for the singer.

Alas there were some Canadians who were nominated but didn't win: Rush, for their concert film Beyond the Lighted Stage, Michael J. Fox, for spoken word album, and Alberta powwow dance group Northern Cree, for best native American album.

On Saturday night, 102-year-old gospel singer George Beverly Shea won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Shea has released more than 70 albums and has been nominated 10 times in his career, last winning in 1966 for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording. Shea received a standing ovation and treated the audience to a few bars from Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho. According to legend, Shea has performed live for more people (220 million) than Elvis, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra combined.