The British singer - who took home six gongs at the same ceremony last year - won the award for her live performance of 'Set Fire to the Rain' and praised her fellow nominees in her acceptance speech.

Speaking at the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, she said: "Thank you so much. This is amazing, honestly! I just wanted to come and be part of the night 'cause I loved it last year, obviously. Thank you! I just want to say a massive ... some big love to the other girls. We work so hard ... See you later. Have a wonderful night."

Adele - whose win was the first of the night - surprised onlookers with her bright, printed dress, a change from her usual black attire and revealed she has been so busy with motherhood since giving birth in October that she has made very little progress on any new music.

She said: "I'm not very far along [with my new album]. I've been having lots of meetings ... I've been out the loop, really.

"I've been singing my baby nursery rhymes."

Jay-Z and Kanye West took home three awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for 'No Church in the Wild,featuring Frank Ocean and The Dream, along with Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for N****s In Paris.

Meanwhile Goyte capped off a successful 18 months by also picking up three awards.

The Australian singer won Best Alternative Album for Making Mirrors, Best Pop Duo/Performance for Somebody That I Used To Know and was presented with the gong for Record of the Year for the same song by his idol Prince.

Fun won twice, Song of the Year for We Are Young along with Best New Artist.

Kelly Clarkson picked up the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger while Sir Paul McCartney took home his 15th Grammy Award for Kisses On The Bottom, which won the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

The crowd were treated to performances from Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys and a collaboration from Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran.

Grammy Awards 2013 Winners List

Song of the Year
We Are Young  - Fun and Janelle Monae

Record of the Year
Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye & Kimbra

Best New Artist
Fun

Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
No Church in the Wild -  Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The Dream

Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

Best Country Solo Performance
Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Best Rock Performance
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

Producer of the Year
Non-Classical - Dan Auerbach

Best Country Album
Uncaged - Zac Brown Band

Best Alternative Music Album
Making Mirrors - Gotye

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye featuring Kimbra

Best Rock Album
El Camino - The Black Keys

Best Rock Song
Lonely Boy - Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton and Patrick Carney

Best Long Form Music Video
Big Easy Express - Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show

Best Short Form Music Video
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris

Best World Music Album
The Living Room Sessions - Part 1, Ravi Shankar

Best Country Song
Blown Away - Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins and Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Pontoon - Little Big Town

Best Rap Song
N****s In Paris - Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis and Kanye West

Best Rap Performance
N****s In Paris - Shawn Carter and Kanye West

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Best R&B Album
Black Radio-  Robert Glasper

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Bangarang -Skrillex

Best Dance Recording
Bangarang - Skrillex featuring Sirah

Best Regional Roots Album
The Band Courtbouillon - Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy

Best Folk Album
The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Best Blues Album
Locked Down - Dr. John

Best Americana Album
Slipstream - Bonnie Raitt

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
Midnight In Paris

Best Latin Jazz Album
¡Ritmo! - The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Radio Music Society - Esperanza Spaulding

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Hot House - Gary Buron & Chick Corea

Best New Age Album
Echoes of Love - Oakram

Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off - Jimmy Fallon

Best Spoken Word Album
Society's Child: My Autobiography -  Janis Ian

Best Children's Album
Can You Canoe? -The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Reggae Album
Rebirth - Jimmy Cliff

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays - Stephen Hartke

Best Classical Compendium
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis - Antoni Wit

Best Classical Vocal Performance
Poemes - Renee Fleming 

Best Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh

Best Orchestral Performance
Adams Harmonielehre and Short Ride In A Fast Machine - Michael Tilson Thomas

Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - James Levine and Fabio Luisi

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Life & Breath - Tom Caufield and John Newton

Best Tropical Latin Album
Retro - Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album
Pecados Y Milagros, Lila Downs

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Imaginaries - Quetzal

Best Latin Pop Album, Rock or Urban Album
MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition - Juanes

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Eye on It - TobyMac

Best Gospel Album
Gravity - Lecrae

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman  (Writers: Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman)
Your Presence is Heaven - Israel and New Breed (Writers: Israel Houghton and Micah Massey)

Best Gospel Song
Go Get It - Mary Mary (Writer: Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell and Warryn Campbell)

Best Gospel Contemporary Christian Musical Performance
10,000 Reason (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman

Best Surround Sound Album
Modern Cool - Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)

Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical
Promises -(Skrillex & Nero Remix) Skrillex, remixer (Nero)

Best Engineered Album, Non Classical
The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Richard King, engineer, Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)

Best Historical Album
The Smile Sessions - (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)

Best Album Notes
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles - Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection - Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)

Best Recording Package
Biophilia - Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist
City of Roses - Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)

Best Instrumental Arrangement
How About You - Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)

Best Instrumental Composition
Mozart Goes Dancing - Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)