Prize Haul Keeps U2 on Top Irish Times
Prize Haul Keeps U2 on Top Irish Times
Prize Haul Keeps U2 on Top Irish Times

Prize Haul Keeps U2 on Top, Irish Times

U2's four Grammy's this week consolidates their position as the biggest rock group in the world writes Brian Boyd.

01 Mar 2002
U2's four Grammy's this week consolidates their position as the biggest rockgroup in the world writes Brian Boyd.

U2 won four Grammy awards at the US Music Industry annual prize-giving eventin Los Angeles late on Wednesday night, consolidating their position as thebiggest rock group in the world.

The Donegal singer Enya also carried off one of the prestigious awards,winning in the Best New Age Album category for her work A Day Without Rain.

All eyes though were on the Dublin quartet who, over 20 years after theirforming, remain at the top of the global music pile. U2 celebrated wins forBest Rock Album, Best Group Rock Performance, Best Group Pop Performance andRecord Of The Year.

All the awards were in recognition of their current album All That You Can'tLeave Behind and their ongoing world tour. Lead singer Bono said: "BeingIrish, if you get eight nominations and get no awards, they wouldn't let youback in the country. So this is a public safety issue." U2 have won Grammysbefore, but last night's haul was a record amount for them. It also broughttheir Grammy total to 14 - a world record for any band. Industry observerspoint to the fact that no other band besides U2 has remained commerciallypopular and, for the most part, critically acclaimed for such a long periodof time in the ephemeral world of rock/pop music. The band's All That YouCan't Leave Behind is one of their biggest sellers over their nine albumcareer and their live show routinely breaks box-office records.

Enya's success came as no surprise. The ex-Clannad singer has always enjoyedhuge sales in the US and, rather uniquely in the music world, she manages tosell millions of records while keeping a low personal profile.

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Report from Irish Timeswww.ireland.com

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