Twenty-year-old songbird Taylor Swift may have taken home four Grammys at last weekend’s 52nd Grammy Awards, but the starlet’s less than impressive duet with rock legend Stevie Nicks has been the subject of many a biting remark on the blogosphere.

The New York Times called Swift “painfully out of tune” and The San Diego Union-Tribune quipped that “her karaoke-level singing made a good argument in favor of using Auto-Tune.”

Now the head of Taylor’s label is coming to Blondie’s rescue.

“This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note,” Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her. This is not American Idol,” he added. “This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

Country starlet Taylor Swift had a tough time handling all the awards she won at Sunday night’s 2010 Grammys! The “You Belong With Me” songstress dropped one of her coveted prizes as she entered the press room after last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles. Where’s Kanye to grab one when you need him? The statuette hit the floor with a thud and broke as photographers continued snapping away. The broken Grammy was promptly replaced with a prop for the photo-op, but no word on whether or not Taylor will be issued a permanent replacement.

Swift won the Album Of The Year award for her platinum-selling disc Fearless, Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “White Horse,” Best Country Song for “Fearless,” and Best Country Album for Fearless.

Sunday night’s 52nd Annual Grammy Awards drew a huge audience for CBS, early viewing figures show.

According to Nielsen projections, an audience of approximately 25.8 million viewers tuned in for the biggest night in American music — which featured a performance by Lady Gaga and Elton John and a historic six wins by nominee frontrunner Beyonce. In fact, this weekend’s live broadcast from the Staples Center Los Angeles attracted the largest Grammy audience since 2004.

Bearded keyboardist Leon Russell shined as he brought his musical stylings to a performance by the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band at Sunday night’s 2010 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift and Beyonce cleaned up on American music’s biggest night, but what other vocalists took home gold at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards?

Here’s the list of winners:

DJ David Guetta, When Love Takes Over

Beyonce made history at this weekend’s 2010 Grammy Awards, according to The Associated Press.

The singing temptress set a Grammy record for most wins by a female artist in one night after collecting six trophies – including Song of the Year for her anthem “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — at Sunday night’s ceremony in Los Angeles. Mrs. Knowles-Carter is now officially the most decorated woman in one night in the 52 year history of the awards show. Before snagging her sixth win, Beyonce was tied for the honor of most wins (five) in a night for a female artist with fellow recording artists Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse, and Alison Krauss.

Beyonce had been up for a leading 10 prizes at this year’s show.

Beyonce may have been the night’s biggest winner — taking home a record-breaking six trophies at this weekend’s 52nd Annual Grammy Awards — but it was 20-year-old crooner Taylor Swift who won the coveted Album of the Year prize for her LP, Fearless. Taylor is the youngest artist in Grammy history to win the award for the year’s best album.

“I just hope that you know how much this means to me,” an ecstatic Taylor beamed as she and her band of producers and musicians converged on stage to accept the prize. “We get to take this back to Nashville. Oh my God. Our families are freaking out in their living rooms. My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in the living room right now. …This is the story all of us, when we’re 80 years old and we’re telling the same story over and over again to our grandkids and they’re so annoyed with us, this is the story we’re going to be telling over and over again — that ‘In 2010 we got to win album of the year at the Grammys.’”

Swift also won three other awards at Sunday’s ceremony, including Best Country Album.

Grammy-winning performers Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige are hoping to raise money for the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti with their 40th Anniversary revival of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water –” which they performed onstage during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

“It’s the most amazing thing. We actually have a chemistry that works,” Blige said Wednesday after the Recording Academy announced that she and Bocelli would sing Bridge Over Troubled Water on Sunday’s Grammy Awards show. “What made me want to do this is the fact that this is a world situation,” Blige said. “Andrea represents another place that is feeling what’s happening in Haiti, too. I felt it was important for people to see us as a team representing what needs to be done.”

Their performance will be available as an audio/video download at iTunes and Target with all proceeds benefitting the American Red Cross’ earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

Jennifer Nettles and Bon Jovi take the stage at the 2010 Grammys at the Staples Center in Los Angeles….

Michael Jackson’s children Prince Michael and Paris Jackson accepted the Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of their dad at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Here’s a video of Prince & Paris’ message to Michael’s fans, which followed a tribute to the King of Pop by recording artists Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, and Usher.