Backstage And On, At The Grammys
Hattie Kauffman With Headliner Morsels And Headlines From The Show
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Play CBS Video Video First-Time Grammy Winners CBS News RAW: Kelly Clarkson and John Legend talked backstage about how it felt to win Grammy Awards for the first time in their careers.
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Video Clarkson On Winning A Grammy Only On The Web: Hattie Kauffman speaks with first-time Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson about the honor and how she felt performing during the show.
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Video Carey: On Top Of The World Only On The Web: Mariah Carey speaks to Hattie Kauffman about winning three Grammy Awards following a 16-year drought and the success of her album, "The Emancipation of Mimi."
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Mariah Carey shows off her newly-won Grammys. (AP)
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Kelly Clarkson performs during the show. (AP)
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U2 was the night's big winner with five trophies. (AP)
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Photos 2006 Grammy Snapshots Music stars come out for parties, tributes and, of course, for the ceremony itself.
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Video Grammy Videos Watch some clips and interviews featuring some of the stars favored this year by the recording academy.
The Early Show national correspondent Hattie Kauffman reports it also marked the first time a certain superstar took the Grammy stage.
Though Paul McCartney's performance left the audience begging for more, the ex-Beatle was beaten out for best pop album by an "American Idol," Kelly Clarkson, who ended the night with two Grammys, and cried during an emotional acceptance speech, saying, "Thank you so much. You have no idea what this means to me."
Backstage later, Kauffman asked Clarkson if she'd ever felt she had to prove herself, since she'd gotten her start from the reality show.
"No," Clarkson quickly replied. "I never felt that. Everybody gets in the industry in some manner or form. Everyone usually knows someone who gets you there. So, it's just that one time that it happens, then that's your chance, and you take it and you run with it, or you take it and you sit on it. And I'm running with it."
U2 grabbed five Grammys, bringing the group's total to 20. Among them: album of the year, best rock album and song of the year.
And they rocked the house with a performance during the show, with a little help from Mary J. Blige.
Also performing was Mariah Carey, who won best new artist in 1990. She solidified her comeback with three more Grammys.
"The first time I performed at the Grammys, I was just really young and nervous, and I just kinda held my breath the whole time," she told Kauffman.
How did Carey sing while holding her breath?
"You hold your breath and you sing and you're, like, nervous and you're tense and you're uptight, and of course we all have those moments," she said.
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