Amy Winehouse performs live via satellite in London at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. Winehouse was honored with five awards during the annual ceremony.

Kanye West accepts the award for best rap album for Graduation. He also won three other Grammys.

Herbie Hancock's album River:

Los Angeles ? Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never “go, go, go,” a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit “Rehab” via satellite from London.

Wearing a sly smile as she performed for a small cabaret audience, Winehouse gave a sultry, soulful rendition of the hit that has defined her recent fall from grace. She looked just as coy as she sang the song “You Know I’m No Good” – almost reveling in the irony of her words.

But she seemed dumbfounded when she was announced as the record of the year winner. She was immediately enveloped by her band, then her mother and father, who have publicly worried whether Winehouse – who recently entered a drug rehabilitation center after months of erratic behavior and canceled performances – would survive her demons.

“To my mom and dad, for my Blake, my Blake incarcerated, and for London!” shouted Winehouse, referring to her incarcerated husband – another tabloid aspect of her troubled life.

In a major shocker, Winehouse lost the final award of the night, album of the year, to Herbie Hancock’s “River: The Joni Letters.”

“You know it’s been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award,” Hancock said.

“I’d like to thank the Academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. In doing so, honoring the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane … unquestionably, deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.”

Winehouse’s performance was not the only dramatic moment of the night. Kanye West, who had a leading eight nominations and won four trophies, delivered an electric, glow-in-the-dark rendition of “Stronger,” then segued into a stirring tribute to his mother, Donda West, who died unexpectedly last year at age 58.

“Last night I saw you in my dreams, and now I can’t wait to go to sleep,” sang West, dressed in all black and with MAMA etched into his haircut, as he launched into “Hey Mama,” a celebratory tune from his second album that has now turned into a somber ode.

He won awards for best rap album for “Graduation,” best solo performance for “Stronger,” best rap song for “Good Life” and best rap performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with Common on “Southside.”

When West accepted the best rap album trophy, the orchestra was trying to play him off the stage when he began speaking about his mother.

“It would be in good taste to stop the music,” West said – and the music stopped.

“I know you’re really proud of me right now and I know you want me to be the No. 1 artist in the world and Mama,” West continued, “all I’m going to do is keep making you proud. We run this.”

The Grammys emphasized its history from the first performance. Alicia Keys, glammed-up with a ’50s style, sat at the piano and sang “Learnin’ the Blues” along with a black-and-white video performance from the late Frank Sinatra.