
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 13: (L-R) Musicians Scott Underwood, Patrick Monahan and Jimmy Stafford of the band Train accept the Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Award onstage during The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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Sunday night’s ratings-winning 53rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony included a number of firsts — Lady Gaga being hatched is one of them — but perhaps one of the most historic, and mostly overlooked, was the presentation of the first-ever Grammy for iTunes original content.
Multiplatinum-selling rock band Train picked up their third Grammy on February 13, for best performance by a duo or group with vocals, for the exclusive iTunes Session EP version of their hit single “Hey, Soul Sister.” The win marks the first time that an iTunes-generated composition was awarded one of the iconic golden phonograph trophies.
“Hey, Soul Sister” is the biggest-selling song of 2010 and has been certified five times Platinum by the RIAA. And with over 5 million legal downloads, the lead single from the band’s fifth studio album, Save Me San Francisco, is the most downloaded song in Columbia Records history.
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