Indie pop band fun. won best song Grammy on Sunday for "We Are Young," one of six categories in which they were nominated at music's biggest awards show. The New York group are also shortlisted for the three other top categories of best record, best album and best new artist, as well as best pop vocal album and best pop duo/group performance. Their beaten rivals in the best song category were Ed Sheeran for "The A Team," Miguel for "Adorn," Carly Rae Jepsen for "Call Me Maybe" and the songwriters of Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)."

* Gotye, Mumford & Sons, FUN. pick up top trophies * Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean also among winners * Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna perform By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Grammy awards were bestowed widely on Sunday as Australian singer Gotye, New York indie-pop trio FUN. and British folk band Mumford & Sons took home top honors on the music's industry's biggest night.

The music world gathers in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Grammys, with veterans like Elton John and Sting joining the latest stars -- including oddly named indie pop band fun., hoping to win big. Security could be even tighter than usual for the industry's biggest awards show, as LA police watch out for a fugitive suspected cop killer, on the run for three days after threatening to murder more officers.

The music world gathers in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Grammys, with oddly-punctuated indie pop band fun. hoping to win big at the industry's top awards show -- as long as they keep their clothes on. Elton John, Taylor Swift and Mumford & Sons are among a galaxy of stars to take the stage at the Staples Center -- albeit with a warning not to show too much flesh, be it breasts, nipples or the dreaded "buttock crack."