By Christy Lemire
The Associated Press

After being shut out despite seven nominations last year, singer India.Arie won two this year, but you didn't get to see her on TV. And that bothered her.

"It's a shame that none of the R&B categories are televised," the 27-year-old said while picking up one of her two trophies. Her song "Little Things" was chosen best urban/alternative performance and Voyage to India won best rhythm 'n' blues album.

The Grammys are increasingly becoming less an awards show and more of a TV performance. Only 11 awards were scheduled for the three-hour portion of the show on CBS. Ninety-three others were given in a ceremony before cameras rolled.

As a result, Grammy organizers rushed through pre-show awards to make sure they were all finished in time. The contrarian India.Arie didn't like that, either.

"I came for the opportunity to have a platform," she said. "Now that I'm here, I just want to share my opinions with you."

She encouraged fellow artists to get more inspirational - and less lewd - in their lyrics.

Where's the bandage? Nelly was a Grammy winner Sunday night, but it's what he didn't have that caught reporters' attention: the trademark bandage he'd been wearing on his left cheek.

The rapper had worn the bandage to show support for a friend imprisoned for robbery. But he said the news media made such a big deal about the facial accessory that it lost meaning, so he recently stopped wearing it.

"I just wanted to let it go," he said.

Nelly was up for five Grammys, two of which he won in pre-show awards: male rap solo performance for his ubiquitous summer party anthem, "Hot in Herre," and rap/sung collaboration for "Dilemma," featuring Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.

Best musical: Hairspray was the season's biggest musical hit on Broadway, and it's considered a favorite this year at the Tonys - but no matter what happens, the show already has a Grammy.

Marc Shaiman, the musical's producer, provided the biggest laughs of the pre-telecast ceremony as he and lyricist Scott Wittman accepted the trophy for best musical show album.

"For everyone who thinks that Broadway is full of nothing but Jews and gays, Oy! ... me and my lover just won a Grammy!" shouted Shaiman.

Hairspray is based on John Waters' campy 1988 movie about a plump teenage girl obsessed with a '60s TV dance show.