There is justice in the music world. Amy Winehouse swept the Grammys. Almost.

The British soul singer picked up five awards for work she did on her album, "Back to Black." Winehouse even performed from London, doing two songs -- "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab."

The latter won for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. After performing, Amy won for Record of the Year and seemed perplexed. Then her band and family mobbed her, and it was probably the most joyous moment of the night among winners. Here's to hoping, sincerely, that this triggers her to get it together. She is one of the great talents of this generation.

Well, when it came time to hand over the Album of the Year, everybody thought it would come down to Winehouse and Kanye West, who has become insufferable. Yes, sorry his mom died, but his comments toward Common and about himself in general were totally those of an insufferable prima donna.

More on him in a moment.

Alas, if you read my predictions last week, you would have read this relative to who should win:

Winehouse probably, but watch out for Herbie Hancock. That CD featured Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Corinne Bailey Rae.

Here's a little news for you. Herbie Hancock just pulled off the biggest Grammy upset in history, winning Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters. It was only the second jazz album to win Album of the Year, after Stan Getz did it back in 1964.

No gripe here. Herbie has always been one of my favorite pianists, along with Oscar Peterson, Dr. Billy Taylor and Bill Evans, and his 2007 release was certainly deserving of the honor.

When Kanye got up to accept his award for Best Rap Album, he made comments toward Mark Ronson regarding Amy's album, Back to Black, noting that his deserved Album of the Year honors just as much as hers.

He didn't think to mention Foo Fighters, Vince Gill or Herbie Hancock in that monologue, did he?

Kanye then told rapper Common to quit releasing CDs in the same Grammy year as himself so he'd have a chance to win. When Kanye started blubbering about his mother, the music started playing, and in prima donna fashion, Kanye started chiding the producers live on air.

It's just too much for a guy who's artistic worth is marginal. Sure, I'll listen to rap sometimes, but like I have said and written a billion times, most of it is rubbish. There are a few artists who bring musicality and musicianship to rap, but I'm not sure Kanye is one of them. Boy, he sure thinks he is.

The best moment of the Grammy night goes to fellow Oklahoman Vince Gill. When he was handed a Grammy award by Ringo Starr for his 2007 four-CD set called "These Days," Gill quipped, "I just got handed a Grammy by a Beatle. Cool. Kanye, have you ever done that?"

By a mile, it was the line of the night. It was wonderful, and it drew a large ooooooh from the crowd. Seriously, I already like Vince Gill a ton already, but this cemented it further.

My only regret is that when Herbie won, he didn't dig the knife a little deeper. He could have suggested that Kanye learn how to play an instrument, for example. Let's just put it this way: Herbie is an American treasure.

On the other hand, as you can tell, Kanye's act has worn extremely thin with me.

However, I'm very happy for both Amy and Herbie. Art won out over crap. I'm sorry; there just isn't a better way to put it. I would have been vastly disappointed if Kanye had won Album of the Year.

Here's a great clip on the making of "River: The Joni Letters" ...