Billie Eilish dominates the Grammys as music world mourns Kobe

US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish in the press room with the awards for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. - AFP

LOS ANGELES: Pop iconoclast Billie Eilish cleaned up at the Grammys - winning five awards, as the music world mourned the loss of LA's hometown basketball hero Kobe Bryant with a series of emotional tributes.

Eilish, 18, swept the "big four" prizes -- Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist -- in an industry acknowledgement of her wave-making role as the new reference point for pop's future.