Least Gracious Winners
Natalie Maines and Ludacris

So you've just won a Grammy, and high on your list is... thumbing your nose at your nemeses? Well, alrighty then, Natalie Maines and Ludacris, if that's how you guys wanna play it! Indeed, the Dixie Chicks' lead singer — who, moments earlier, had made a graceful artistic statement during her band's powerful performance — quoted The Simpsons' meanie Nelson with a ''HA-ha!'' as her band picked up the Best Country Album trophy; presumably, she was laughing at country radio stations and fans who had ostracized the Chicks. Ludacris, meanwhile, referenced public beefs with Oprah Winfrey and Bill O'Reilly when he name-checked the media titans in his acceptance speech for Best Rap Album. Then again, at least these winners weren't painfully dull at the podium — like pretty much everyone else.