Grammys

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Mumford & Sons got a big prize and Taylor Swift got weird - and that was apparently enough for the hordes who turned up for Sunday's Grammy Awards. CBS' telecast of the 55th ceremony rounded up 28.4 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. That was the second-largest audience for the recording industry's annual awards show in the last 20 years. The largest audience in recent years was for last year's Grammys, which drew 39.9 million - the type of crowd usually seen only for the Oscars and a few other TV events.

Carrie Underwood was in fine voice performing "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" at the 55th Grammy Awards on Sunday. But what really blew us away was her stunning custom couture gown by Theia. The icy platinum gown was gorgeous all on its own, but it became part of the show as changing images of all kinds were projected on it -- stars, roses,  kind of a monarch butterfly pattern and more. It all seemed magical. Perhaps even more magical was what went into making it. Theia reports that they had less than a week from the time Underwood's stylist called to ask them to design and make the gown until they had to ship it for the final fitting.

Millions of tweets and Facebook posts flooded the Internet during Sunday night's Grammy Awards, but despite a slew of live performances, the moment that earned the most online buzz was an onstage joke. According Networked Insights, a social media analytics firm, the show's most popular moment -- at least for Twitter users -- occurred while Jay-Z, The-Dream and Frank Ocean were onstage accepting the Grammy for rap/sung collaboration. Jay-Z leaned to the mike and said, "I want to thank the swap meet for his hat," mocking The-Dream's headgear: a "parental advisory" beanie topped with a Boyz N the Hood cap. GRAMMYS 2013: Full coverage |   Nomination snubs & surprises | Timeline | Red carpet | Video: Red carpet | Red carpet fashion The joke generated 116,400 tweets per minute, the most of any Grammy moment, according to Networked Insights.  Other spikes in Twitter traffic took place during Rihanna's solo performance (114,800 tweets per minute)

The Grammy Awards are known - at least in the minds of people susceptible to corporate branding efforts - as Music's Biggest Night. But at the 55th ceremony, televised Sunday from Staples Center, it wasn't the grand production numbers that stood out but the smaller, more intimate moments. The pleasant-enough British group Mumford & Sons might have won the night's top award for their album "Babel," but more memorable was Rihanna delivering her stripped-down ballad "Stay" with eyes closed and hands outstretched.

Frank Ocean stood alone onstage, his now trademark headband wrapped tightly, to sing "Forrest Gump" on a set that made it seem as though he were on an outdoor treadmill. The singer had won two Grammys, had thanked an audience that was just getting to know him. He had watched the Black Keys run toward a sweep, only to be later silenced by Mumford & Sons. He'd been robbed by future one-hit-wonders Fun. for best new artist and beaten by Gotye for song of the year. The losses no doubt stung.

This post has been updated. See below for details. Owl City can retire now -- the real thing is back. Synth-pop duo the Postal Service, whose one and only album, "Give Up," influenced a generation of bedroom producers with its catchy but complicated songs, on Monday morning released its first new music in 10 years. Called "A Tattered Line of String," the song features singer Ben Gibbard's typically infectious vocal melodies and programmer Jimmy Tamborello's dance-along rhythms.

Strutting the stage in her white tuxedo jacket, shorts and sparkling top hat, Taylor Swift opened Sunday's Grammy Awards with a live performance of her current hit, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. " Inside Staples Center, the singer's performance earned loud applause. But to the Twitterverse watching at home, the pop and country superstar sang a little bit flat. Swift was dancing in the footsteps of countless artists who have performed live at music's biggest night.

Grammy Awards voters gave their top honor to British roots music band Mumford & Sons for their album "Babel" on Sunday at the 55th awards ceremony. Other top honors were distributed to a broad array of younger acts, including indie trio Fun., electronic pop artist Gotye, rapper-R&B singer Frank Ocean and rock group the Black Keys. "We figured we weren't going to win because the Black Keys have been sweeping up all day - and deservedly so," Mumford & Sons front man Marcus Mumford said after he and his band members strode to the stage at Staples Center in Los Angeles to collect the award from last year's winner, R&B-soul singer Adele.

This post has been corrected. See note below for details. Assessments of the Bob Marley tribute number at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday at Staples Center were largely complimentary about the medley delivered by Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna and Ziggy and Damian Marley that concluded with Marley's “Could You Be Loved,” but many fans were wondering why it was served up this year. It came not on a significant birthday (he would have turned 68 earlier in the week)