Adele sweeps Grammys Awards with 5 wins; Bowie wins 4

LOS ANGELES -- Even though Adele flubbed during her live performance at the Grammys, she walked away the belle of the ball: She took home five awards Sunday night, including album, record and song of the year.

She beat Beyonce in the top three categories with her comeback album "25," and repeated her accomplishments from 2012, when the British star also won album, song and record of the year at the Grammys.

She used her speech to honor Beyonce and her groundbreaking "Lemonade" album, which also was nominated.

"The way you make my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel is empowering," Adele said at the Staples Center in Los Angeles when accepting album of the year.

"I adore you. You move my soul every day. ... I adore you, and I want you to be my mommy," Adele said to a very pregnant Beyonce just minutes before picking up song of the year for "Hello."

FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Beyonce performs Freedom at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. There are few things Beyonce has not conquered, and the Grammy for album of the year is one of them. Beyonce's main competition is Adele, who won album, song and record of the year in 2010 with 21 and Rolling In the Deep. The 2017 Grammy Awards are held Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

The night for Adele wasn't all good, though: The singer, who had trouble with her live performance at last year's Grammys, asked to restart her tribute to George Michael, telling the audience: "I can't mess this up for him."

She stopped and used an expletive after singing some of a new arrangement of Michael's "Fastlove," as videos and photos of Michael played in the background.

She re-sang the song and earned applause and support from the crowd, though she was teary-eyed.

Michael died Christmas Day. At last year's show, the British singer had a hiccup after a microphone inside a piano fell onto the instrument's strings.

A number of other icons were honored, including Prince: Bruno Mars -- rocking a glittery, Prince-like purple blazer, worked the guitar like a pro while singing the icon's "Let's Go Crazy."

The Time -- who worked closely with the Prince -- brought the audience to its feet with funky performances of "Jungle Love" and "The Bird."

"Make some noise for Prince y'all," Mars yelled.

Mars also was a winner Sunday -- he won for his producing work on Adele's album. Adele's other wins included best pop vocal album and pop solo performance.

Until Adele's abrupt restart, Beyonce was the talk of the show. In glittery gown, gilded crown and gold choker, a pregnant Beyonce took the Grammy stage in a lengthy performance of two songs from her critically acclaimed album "Lemonade."

Beyonce sang on top of a long table, even leaning back on a chair while singing "Love Drought."

She later sang "Sandcastles" while sitting in a chair that tilted alarmingly backward, hitting high notes.

She earned a loud applause from the audience, including daughter, Blue Ivy, and husband, Jay Z.

Beyonce, who walked into the show with nine nominations, won two: best music video ("Formation") and urban contemporary album ("Lemonade").

"My intention for the film and album is to create a body of work that would give voice to our pain, our struggles, our doubts, and our history, to confront issues that make us uncomfortable. It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow in a world, where they look in the mirror, first with their own families as well as in the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys and see themselves," said Beyonce, reading from a card.

"This is something that I want for every child of every race, and I feel that it's vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes."

David Bowie, who died last year from cancer, won all four awards for which he was nominated.

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Select winners at the 2017 Grammys

Select winners at the 2017 Grammy Awards:

Album of the year: "25," Adele.

Record of the year: "Hello," Adele.

Best new artist: Chance the Rapper.

Song of the year (songwriter's award): "Hello," Adele and Greg Kurstin.

Best pop solo performance: "Hello," Adele.

Best pop vocal album: "25," Adele.

Best traditional pop vocal album: "Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin," Willie Nelson.

Best pop duo or group performance: "Stressed Out," twenty one pilots.

Best dance/electronic album: "Skin," Flume.

Best rock song: "Blackstar," David Bowie.

Best rock album: "Tell Me I'm Pretty," Cage the Elephant.

Best alternative music album: "Blackstar," David Bowie.

Best R&B album: "Lalah Hathaway Live," Lalah Hathaway.

Best urban contemporary album: "Lemonade," Beyonce.

Best rap album: "Coloring Book," Chance the Rapper.

Best country album: "A Sailor's Guide to Earth," Sturgill Simpson.

Best country solo performance: "My Church," Maren Morris.

Best jazz vocal album: "Take Me to the Alley," Gregory Porter.

Best jazz instrumental album: "Country for Old Men," John Scofield.

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: "Miles Ahead," Miles Davis & various artists

Producer of the year, non-classical: Greg Kurstin.

Best music video: "Formation," Beyonce.

-- Associated Press