The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the

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. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers.

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

was honored as the

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two nights prior to the telecast on February 11. Nominations were announced on December 1, 2010 and a total of 109 awards were presented. Most of the awards were presented during the pre-telecast, which took place at the

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next to the Staples Center, where the main telecast took place. The eligibility period was October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. For the third year, nominations were announced on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Club Nokia at L.A. Live.

Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member S ...

won

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

for ''

The Suburbs ''The Suburbs'' is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on August 2, 2010. Coinciding with its announcement, the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing the title track and "Month of May".

'' becoming the first

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act to do so, and surprising many viewers and critics.

Baba Yetu "Baba Yetu" (Swahili language, Swahili: "Our father, Our Father") is the theme song for the 2005 video game ''Civilization IV''. It was composed by Christopher Tin and performed by Ron Ragin and the Stanford Talisman. For its re-release in Tin's ...

composed and arranged by

Christopher Tin Christopher Chiyan Tin (born May 21, 1976) is an American composer of art music, often composed for film and video game soundtracks. His work is primarily orchestral and choral, often with a world music influence. He has won two Grammy Awar ...

won

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by ...

, the first Grammy given to a piece of music written for a

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Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, and a Soul Train Music Award. A native of Portland, Oregon, Spalding be ...

was awarded

Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967. The official guidelines are as ...

Lady Antebellum Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar) ...

won five awards including

Record of the Year The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without reg ...

and Song of the Year for "Need You Now". Other multiple winners include:

David Frost Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme ' ...

John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Ever ...

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one of ...

, and

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...

with three awards each.

The Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...

The Roots The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy F ...

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and

BeBe Winans Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born September 17, 1962) is an American gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine albums, seven with his sister CeCe Winans, C ...

won two awards each. The

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of the 53rd Grammy Awards marked the last awards show for the Grammy's

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John Cossette John Cossette (February 22, 1957 – April 26, 2011) was an American theater and television producer known for his work on televised award shows, especially the television broadcasts of the Grammy Awards. Cossette's father, television producer ...

, before his death on April 26, 2011.

Performers

Pre-telecast ceremony

ChocQuibTown ChocQuibTown (sometimes written as Choc Quib Town) is a Colombian hip-hop group that fuses various musical genres. Although the band formed in Cali, the members are originally from the Colombian department of Chocó. The group consists of Carl ...

Trombone Shorty Troy Andrews (born January 2, 1986), also known by the stage name Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, actor and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known as a trombone and trumpet player but also plays drums, ...

Buddy Guy George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray V ...

Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...

Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and has ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst; June 12, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues artist. Life and career Shepherd wa ...

Mavis Staples Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers (she is the last surviving member of that band). Durin ...

, and

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teena ...

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Telecast ceremony

The following performed:

Presenters

;Pre-telecast ceremony * BT *

Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television comedy specials and has released comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show '' Kathy ...

*Wayne Wallace *

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

Sara Bareilles Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nin ...

;Telecast ceremony The following presented: *

LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...

— presented the

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...

-tribute *

Ricky Martin Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...

— introduced

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...

— introduced

Miranda Lambert Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place o ...

Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop and folk. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Roc ...

— introduced

Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

Ryan Seacrest Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American media personality and producer. He is the co-host of ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'', as well as the host of multiple media shows including ''American Idol'', ''American Top 40'', and '' ...

— introduced

Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical s ...

B.o.B Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born November 15, 1988), known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons was signed to Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment imprint in 2006. Two years later, ...

, and

Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Robinson (; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, rapper and actress. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe has received eight Grammy Award nominations. Mon� ...

Dierks Bentley Frederick Dierks Bentley (; born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's ''Modern Day Drifter'', ar ...

and

Zac Brown Zachry Alexander Brown (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and co-founder and lead singer of the country–rock Zac Brown Band, as well as electronic dance music group Sir Rosevelt. In 2019, Brown released a pop su ...

— presented Best Female Country Vocal Performance *

Eva Longoria Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón ( Longoria; March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, and director. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime ...

— introduced

Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...

Jaden Smith Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998), also known mononymously as Jaden, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist ...

and

Paramore Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, whil ...

and

Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series '' NCIS'' from 2003 to 2018. Early life Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the so ...

— presented Best Rock Album *

Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, actress and producer. Gomez began her acting career on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004). As a teenager, she rose to prominence for starring a ...

and

Donnie Wahlberg Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside music, he has had roles in the ''Saw ...

— presented Best Pop Vocal Album *

David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982 debut of ''Late Night with David Letterman' ...

— introduced

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

Mumford & Sons Mumford & Sons is a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band currently consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, bass guitar, double bass), and Ben Lovett (vocals, key ...

, and The Avett Bros. * Clay Matthews and

Lea Michele Lea Michele Sarfati (; born August 29, 1986) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and author. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway (theatre), Broadway, appearing in productions of ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérab ...

— introduced

Kings of Leon Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew Followill. The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and gar ...

and

Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...

— presented Best Country Album *

Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He became widely known for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film '' Ray'', for which he won the ...

— introduced

Cee Lo Green Cee or CEE may refer to: * C, third letter of the Latin alphabet * Cee, Spain, A Coruña, Galicia * Center for Excellence in Education, US * Central and Eastern Europe * Centre for Environment Education * Centre for the Economics of Education, Lon ...

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born ) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films ...

and

The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...

Puppets *

Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received multiple accolades throughout ...

— introduced

Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on modern pop music and her Camp (style), campy style, she has been ...

John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with ...

Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ''Billboard'' named her the ...

and

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...

— presented Song of the Year *

Seth Rogen Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and filmmaker. Originally a stand-up comedian in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles for a part in Judd Apatow's series ''Freaks and Geeks'', and then got a part on ...

— introduced

Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and ...

, and

Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...

* Jewel and

— presented Best New Artist *

Matthew Morrison Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television show ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2009–2015). He has s ...

— introduced Recording Academy President

Neil Portnow Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Nig ...

— introduced

Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accent ...

and

will.i.am William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am (pronounced "Will-I-am"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas. ...

— presented Best Rap Album * Diddy — introduced

Drake Drake may refer to: Animals * A male duck People and fictional characters * Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name * Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * ...

and

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...

and

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

— presented Record of the Year *

and

— presented Album of the Year *

Jason Segel Jason Jordan Segel ( ; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'', as well as for his work with director and pr ...

— introduced

Awards

General

;

*" Need You Now" –

** Lady Antebellum &

Paul Worley Paul Worley (born February 16, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Rec ...

, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer *"

Nothin' on You "Nothin' on You" is the debut single of both American rapper B.o.B and featured American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from the former's debut studio album, '' B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray'' (2010). It was ...

" –

The Smeezingtons The Smeezingtons were an American songwriting and record production team consisting of Bruno Mars (born 1985), Philip Lawrence (born 1980), and Ari Levine (born May 5, 1984). The Smeezingtons were established in Los Angeles, California; their ...

, producers; Ari Levine, engineer/mixer *" Love the Way You Lie" –

featuring

Alex da Kid Alexander Junior Grant (born 27 August 1983), professionally known as Alex da Kid or by.ALEXANDER, is a British musician, record producer, songwriter, record executive and fashion designer from Wood Green, London. He has gained recognition for p ...

& Makeba Riddick, producers; Alex da Kid, Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers *" F*** You" –

Cee-Lo Green Thomas DeCarlo Callaway - Burton (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. He is known for his work in hip hop and R&B, including the Gnarls ...

, producers;

Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is an American mixing engineer.Daley, Dan (May 2005).Manny Marroquin. ''Sound on Sound''. Retrieved February 10, 2007 He has received ten Grammy awards for his professional audio work. Life and career M ...

Graham Marsh Graham Vivian Marsh MBE (born 14 January 1944) is a retired professional golfer who was one of the leading Australian players of his generation. During his career he won more than 70 tournaments around the world, including 10 on the European To ...

, engineers/mixers *"

Empire State of Mind "Empire State of Mind" is a song performed by American rapper Jay-Z featuring American singer Alicia Keys from the former's 11th studio album, '' The Blueprint 3'' (2009). It was released on October 20, 2009. Produced by Al Shux, the song featur ...

" –

**Angela Hunte, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Shux, producers; Ken "Duro" Ifill, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton & Ann Mincieli, engineers/mixers ;

*''

'' –

**Arcade Fire &

Markus Dravs Markus Dravs is a British music producer, songwriter, programmer, engineer and mixer. His credits include Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Wolf Alice, Björk, Brian Eno, Sheep on Drugs, Mumford & Sons, Florence + the Machine, The Maccabees and Kings of ...

, producers; Arcade Fire, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; Mark Lawson, mastering engineer *''

Recovery Recovery or Recover may refer to: Arts and entertainment Books * Recovery (novel), ''Recovery'' (novel), a Star Wars e-book * Recovery Version, a translation of the Bible with footnotes published by Living Stream Ministry Film and television * R ...

'' –

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman (rapper), ...

Pink Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

, featured artists;

, Victor Alexander,

Boi-1da Matthew Jehu Samuels (born October 12, 1986), known professionally as Boi-1da ( , a play on "boy wonder"), is a Jamaican-Canadian Record production, record producer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto raised producer has work ...

, Nick Brongers, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee,

DJ Khalil Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1973), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and DJ from Los Angeles. He is the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Self Scientific (along with rapper Chace Infinite) an ...

, Eminem,

Jason Gilbert Jason Gilbert, known by his nickname JG , is a Caymanian record producer, songwriter, mixing engineer and DJ. JG has produced for artists including Eminem, Bad Meets Evil, Akon, Christina Aguilera and Taio Cruz. In 2011, Gilbert won a Grammy ...

Havoc High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of crewed NASA mission concepts to the planet Venus. All human portions of the missions would be conducted from lighter-than-air craft or from orbit. Background Venus is a planet with a ru ...

Emile Haynie Emile Haynie (born July 13, 1980), often credited simply as Emile, is an American music producer from Buffalo, New York. His range of production includes alternative rock, hip hop, indie and pop music. Haynie has worked with several prominent ar ...

Jim Jonsin James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), professionally known as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer, songwriter, businessman and DJ from South Florida. Jonsin has collaborated with numerous artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, ...

Just Blaze Justin Gregory Smith (born January 8, 1978), known professionally as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop record producer and DJ. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Blaze attended Rutgers University for three years before dropping out to pursue his m ...

Magnedo7 Michael Crawford, better known as Magnedo7, is an American music producer from North Carolina. He has worked with many artists including Jim Jones, Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Eminem and Ice Cube. Michael's first break in the music industry came with the ...

Mr. Porter Denaun Porter (born December 7, 1974), also known by the stage names Mr. Porter, Kon Artis, and more recently simply Denaun, is an American rapper and music producer. He was a member of Detroit hip hop group D12 until its disbandment in 2018. ...

, Robert Reyes,

Makeba Riddick Makeba Riddick-Woods (also known as "Girl Wonder") is an American singer-songwriter who has been active since 2005. She is originally from West Baltimore, Maryland, US. Currently she is managed by Jay-Z's record label and production house, Ro ...

& Script Shepherd, producers; Alex Da Kid, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Kal "Boogie" Dellaportas, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Just Blaze, Robert Marks, Alex Merzin, Matthew Samuels, Joe Strange, Mike Strange & Ryan West, engineers/mixers;

Brian "Big Bass" Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

, mastering engineer *'' Need You Now'' –

**Lady Antebellum &

, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer; Andrew Mendelson, mastering engineer *''

The Fame Monster ''The Fame Monster'' is a reissue of American singer Lady Gaga's debut studio album, ''The Fame'' (2008), and was released on November 18, 2009, through Interscope Records. Initially planned solely as a deluxe edition reissue of ''The Fame'', ...

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Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

, featured artist;

Ron Fair Ronald Fair is an American A&R executive, record producer, record executive, musical arranger, recording engineer and conductor. In a career that has spanned over 30 years at major record labels he has produced and arranged hits for several art ...

Fernando Garibay Fernando Garibay (;) is an American record producer, songwriter, DJ, academic and entrepreneur. Artistic career He was the official musical director of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball and the producer of her '' Born This Way'' album. Fernando ...

, Tal Herzberg,

Rodney Jerkins Rodney Roy Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists. Jerkins has won multiple Grammy Awards. Among hi ...

, Lady Gaga,

RedOne Nadir Khayat ( ar, نادر الخياط; born 9 April 1972), better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...

Teddy Riley Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer credited with the creation of the New Jack Swing genre. Riley credits Barry Michael Cooper with giving the genre its name.Hogan, Paul. " Tedd ...

& Space Cowboy, producers; Victor Alexander, Eelco Bakker, Christian Delano, Mike Donaldson, Paul Foley, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jenkins, Hisashi Mizoguchi, Robert Orton, Dan Parry, Jack Joseph Puig,

, Teddy Riley, Dave Russel, Johnny Severin, Space Cowboy, Mark Stent, Jonas Wetling & Frank Wolff, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer *'' Teenage Dream'' –

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

, featured artist; Ammo, Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke, Kuk Harrell,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
allmusic.com known profess ...

, Stargate, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Greg Wells, producers; Victor Alexander, Steve Churchyard, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jaycen-Joshua, Damien Lewis, Chris O'Ryan, Carlos Oyanedel, Paris, Phil Tan, Brain Thomas, Lewis Tozour, Miles Walker, Emily Wright & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer ; Song of the Year *" Need You Now" **

Dave Haywood David Wesley Haywood (born July 5, 1982) is an American country musician and songwriter. He is one-third of the American country music band Lady A, in which he plays guitar, piano and mandolin, and sings backing vocals. Early life Haywood's fat ...

Josh Kear Josh Kear is a Nashville-based songwriter signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. In 2007, he cowrote Carrie Underwood’s hit "Before He Cheats" with Chris Tompkins. The song spent five weeks at the top of the charts. His song "Drinking Class", pe ...

Charles Kelley Charles Burgess Kelley (born September 11, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and lead singer and founding member of the country music trio Lady A, which was formed in 2006 and are signed to Big Machine Records. Early life and career Kelle ...

Hillary Scott Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-lead singer of Lady A, previously known as Lady Antebellum, a country music group that was formed in 2006, and is signed to Big Machine Records. ...

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Beg, Steal or Borrow "Beg, Steal or Borrow" was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in English by The New Seekers. The song was composed and written by Tony Cole, Steve Wolfe and Graeme Hall. It is a love song to a former lover claiming the t ...

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Ray LaMontagne Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released eight studio albums: ''Trouble'', ''Till the Sun Turns Black'', '' Gossip in the Grain'', ''God Willin' & the Creek Don' ...

, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs) *" F*** You" **

, Philip Lawrence &

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The House That Built Me "The House That Built Me" is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song, but when Lambert heard it, she emotionally reacted ...

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Allen Shamblin Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Huffman, Texas. After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved ...

songwriters (

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Florence & The Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...

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Best Female Pop Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The awar ...

Bad Romance "Bad Romance" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third extended play (EP), ''The Fame Monster'' (2009)—the reissue of her debut studio album, ''The Fame'' (2008). Gaga wrote and produced the song with RedOne. Following an illegal ...

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King of Anything "King of Anything" is a song written and recorded by American singer Sara Bareilles. The song was produced by Neal Avron, and served as the first single from her third studio album, ''Kaleidoscope Heart'' (2010). The song was nominated at the 53r ...

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Halo Halo, halos or haloes usually refer to: * Halo (optical phenomenon) * Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head HALO, halo, halos or haloes may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Video games * ''Halo'' (franch ...

" (Live from '' I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas'') –

Chasing Pirates "Chasing Pirates" is the first single by American singer Norah Jones from her fourth album, '' The Fall''. It was released exclusively to iTunes on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. The song also had its North American radio station premiere on the def ...

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Best Male Pop Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a male in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The award wen ...

*" Just the Way You Are" –

Haven't Met You Yet "Haven't Met You Yet" is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's fourth studio album, '' Crazy Love'', released on August 31, 2009. According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are "about everyone's dream of finding ...

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Michael Bublé Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songboo ...

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Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

Whataya Want from Me "Whataya Want from Me" is a song by American recording artist and ''American Idol'' eighth season runner-up Adam Lambert from his debut studio album, '' For Your Entertainment''. It was released as the second single from the album. The song pea ...

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Adam Lambert Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert is known for his dynamic vocal performances that fuse his theatrical tra ...

Half of My Heart "Half of My Heart" is a song by American singer-songwriter John Mayer featuring American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the third single from Mayer's 2009 album, ''Battle Studies''. Mayer was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop ...

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Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ...

Hey, Soul Sister "Hey, Soul Sister" is a song by American rock band Train. It was written by lead singer Pat Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, ''Save Me, San Francisco'' (2009). The ...

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Train In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pul ...

Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin' is a song by American rock band Journey (band), Journey. It was released in October 1981 as the second single from the group's seventh studio album, ''Escape (Journey album), Escape'' (1981), released through Columbia Reco ...

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Glee Cast ''Glee'' (stylized as ''glee'') is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It centers on the glee club called the New Directions at the fictional ...

*" Misery" –

Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt ...

The Only Exception "The Only Exception" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released by Fueled by Ramen in February 2010 as the third single from the band's third studio album, ''Brand New Eyes'' (2009). The song was written by band members Hayley W ...

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Babyfather ''Babyfather'' is a BBC Two television programme which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002. The show has been described as a "black, male, UK version of ''Sex and the City''".SBS television homepage, http://www.sbs.com.au/babyfather/ It ran for two ...

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Sade Sade may refer to: People * Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, writer, and libertine * Sade (singer) (born 1959, Helen Folasade Adu), British Nigerian musician and lead singer of the eponymous band * Sade Baderinwa (born 1969), WAB ...

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Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals The Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop songs on which singers c ...

Imagine Imagine may refer to: * Imagination Music Albums * ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008 * ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002 * ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012 * ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971 ** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...

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India.Arie India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975), also known as India Arie (sometimes styled as india.arie), is an American singer and songwriter. She has sold over five million records in the US and ten million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards ...

Seal Seal may refer to any of the following: Common uses * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...

Konono Nº1 Konono Nº1 is a musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are known for their DIY aesthetic, combining electric likembé (a traditional instrument similar to the mbira) with vocals, dancers, and percussion instruments ...

, &

Oumou Sangaré Oumou Sangaré ( bm, Umu Sangare; born 25 February 1968 in Bamako) is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou". Wassoulou is a historical region south of the Niger River, where the mu ...

Airplanes, Part II "Airplanes" is a song by American rapper B.o.B, featuring vocals from Hayley Williams, lead singer of the American rock band Paramore. The song was released in April 2010, as the third single from his debut studio album, '' B.o.B Presents: The ...

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Hayley Williams Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore. Born and raised in Missi ...

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Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and ...

Telephone A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...

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California Gurls "California Gurls" is a song recorded by American singer Katy Perry. It served as the lead single for her third studio album, '' Teenage Dream'' (2010). The song features verses from rapper Snoop Dogg. The artists co-wrote the song with Bon ...

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Best Pop Instrumental Performance The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011. *In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental *From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance ...

Nessun Dorma "" (; English: "Let no one sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), w ...

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*"Flow" –

*"No Mystery" –

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...

*"Orchestral Intro" –

Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, ...

*"Sleepwalk" –

The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. In 1998, for their breakout album '' The Dirty Boogie'', the group covered Louis Prima's "Jump, ...

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Best Pop Instrumental Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording arti ...

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Take Your Pick ''Take Your Pick!'' is a United Kingdom game show originally broadcast by Radio Luxembourg starting in 1952. The show was transferred to television in 1955 with the launch of ITV, where it continued until 1968. It was the first game show broad ...

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Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorde ...

Tak Matsumoto is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career where, in addition to winn ...

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Pushing the Envelope In aerodynamics, the flight envelope, service envelope, or performance envelope of an aircraft or spacecraft refers to the capabilities of a design in terms of airspeed and load factor or atmospheric density, often simplified to altitude. The t ...

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Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

*'' Heart and Soul'' –

Kenny G Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...

*'' Singularity'' –

Robby Krieger Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", " Touch Me", and "L ...

*''Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway'' –

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Best Pop Vocal Album The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality vocal pop music albums. Awards in several ...

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My World 2.0 ''My World 2.0'' is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released on March 19, 2010, by Island Records. It is considered the second half of a two-piece project, being supplemented by Bieber's debut extended play '' My ...

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I Dreamed a Dream "I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the 1980 musical ''Les Misérables''. It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron. The English lyri ...

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Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'', singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from '. Boyle's debut studio album, ''I D ...

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Battle Studies ''Battle Studies'' is a book by Ardant du Picq, a colonel in the French Army who was killed in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War. The work was never completed, but Du Picq had written many chapters completely and left sufficient notes behind to com ...

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*'' Teenage Dream'' –

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Only Girl (In the World) "Only Girl (In the World)" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth album, '' Loud'' (2010). Serving as the album's lead single, it was released on September 10, 2010. Crystal Johnson wrote the song in collaboration with producers S ...

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** Crystal Johnson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, producers: Stargate, Sandy Vee *"

Rocket A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...

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Goldfrapp Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesiser) and Will Gregory (synthesiser). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, their ...

**Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer *" In for the Kill" –

La Roux La Roux ( ) is an English synthpop act formed in 2008 by singer Elly Jackson and record producer Ben Langmaid. The act's debut album ''La Roux'' (2009) was a critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy Award and producing hit singles suc ...

**Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid, producers; Serban Ghenea & John Hanes, mixers *"

Dance in the Dark "Dance in the Dark" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third extended play (EP), ''The Fame Monster'' (2009)—the reissue of her debut studio album, ''The Fame'' (2008). It is about a woman who prefers to have sex in the dark as ...

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Dancing on My Own "Dancing On My Own" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn, released on 20 April 2010 as the lead single from her fifth studio album, ''Body Talk Pt. 1'' (2010), the first in her ''Body Talk'' series. "Dancing On My Own" was produced by ...

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Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

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These Hopeful Machines ''These Hopeful Machines'' is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician BT. Released on February 1, 2010, the album sees collaborations with the likes of JES, Rob Dickinson, Christian Burns and Kirsty Hawkshaw, also featuring a cov ...

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Further Further or Furthur may refer to: * ''Furthur'' (bus), the Merry Pranksters' psychedelic bus * Further (band), a 1990s American indie rock band * Furthur (band), a band formed in 2009 by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh * ''Further'' (The Chemical Brothers a ...

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The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...

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Head First Head First or Headfirst may refer to: Music * ''Head First'' (The Babys album) (1979) * ''Head First'' (Badfinger album) (recorded 1974, released 2000) * ''Head First'' (Goldfrapp album) (2010), or its title track * ''Head First'' (Uriah Hee ...

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Black Light A blacklight, also called a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or ultraviolet light, is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and very little visible light. One type of lamp has a violet filter material, either on the bulb or in a separat ...

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Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of whic ...

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The Greatest Love Songs of All Time ''The Greatest Love Songs of All Time'' is a studio album by American singer Barry Manilow, released on January 26, 2010 through Arista. Commercial and chart performance The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart at #5, but droppe ...

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Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

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Johnny Mathis John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum s ...

* '' Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V'' –

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

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Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing qua ...

*" Helter Skelter" –

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

* " Run Back to Your Side" –

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

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Crossroads Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to: * Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet Film and television Films * ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa * ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...

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Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following the ...

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Band of Joy Band of Joy (sometimes known as Robert Plant and the Band of Joy) was an English rock band. Various line-ups of the group performed from 1965 to 1968 and from 1977 to 1983. Robert Plant revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour of No ...

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Angry World "Angry World" is a song by Neil Young from his 2010 album ''Le Noise''. It is a solo performance by Young on guitar and vocals with no additional musicians. Young wrote the tune and Daniel Lanois produced it. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best ...

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Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

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Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1980 and 2011. The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Beginning in 2012, all solo or duo/group ...

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Ready to Start "Ready to Start" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album ''The Suburbs''. It was released as a single on October 3, 2010. The band performed "Ready to Start" as their second performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards, immediately following ''The Su ...

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I Put a Spell on You "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also included in Rober ...

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Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, ''The Soul Sessions'', which made the 2004 Merc ...

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Radioactive Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consid ...

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Resistance Resistance may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm: ** ''Resistance'' (comics), based on the video game of the same title ** ''T ...

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Best Hard Rock Performance The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards until 2011. The academy recognized hard rock music artists for the first time at the 31st Grammy Awards (1989). The category was ori ...

New Fang "New Fang" is the debut single by Los Angeles-based rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. It was the first track the band worked on. "New Fang" was released as the first single from the band's self-titled debut album (2009). The single was rel ...

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Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures is an English-American alternative rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss) on lead vocals and guitar, John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin) on bass and keyboards, and D ...

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A Looking in View "A Looking in View" is a song by American rock music, rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album, ''Black Gives Way to Blue'' (2009). It was the first publicly released song from the album and was available for purchase on Jun ...

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Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...

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Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

* " Black Rain" –

Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil (both of whom are the only members to appear in every incarnation of the band), and bassist Hiro Yamamo ...

* " Between the Lines" –

Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (also known by the initialism STP) is an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals), and Eric Kretz ...

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Best Metal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality performances in the heavy metal music genre. The Grammy Awards is an annual ceremony, where ...

El Dorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...

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Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

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Let the Guilt Go "Let the Guilt Go" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn, and the second single for their ninth studio album, '' Korn III: Remember Who You Are''. It was released on July 26, 2010. Korn performed "Let the Guilt Go" on ' ...

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Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream. Originally formed in 1993 ...

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Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

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Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...

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World Painted Blood ''World Painted Blood'' is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. It was released through American Recordings and Sony Music on November 3, 2009 and was produced by Greg Fidelman and executively produced by Rick Rubin. I ...

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Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...

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Best Rock Instrumental Performance The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Award ...

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Do the Murray ''Tin Can Trust'' is a 2010 album by the band Los Lobos, and is the band's first collection of new original material since 2006. It features rock 'n' roll, blues, two Spanish language tracks, and a Grateful Dead cover song. The album was nominate ...

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Los Lobos Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, ...

* " Kundalini Bonfire" – Dave Matthews &

Tim Reynolds Tim Reynolds (born 15 December 1957) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as a lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. AllMusic critic MacKenzie Wilson has called Reynolds "an under-rated master". ...

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Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil dev ...

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Best Rock Song The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre. Honors in several ...

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Little Lion Man "Little Lion Man" is the debut single by English folk rock band Mumford & Sons. It was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, '' Sigh No More'', on 11 August 2009 in the United Kingdom. The song had a positive commercial per ...

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Ted Dwane Ted Dwane (born Edward James Milton Dwane, 15 August 1984) is a British musician and photographer, best known for being the bassist of the Grammy Award-winning British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. Before this he was the bassist in experimental ...

Ben Lovett Ben Lovett (born May 3, 1978) is an American singer, film composer, songwriter and producer. Lovett is the founder of record label, Lovers Label. His non-film compositions are released under the names Lovett and Lovers & Friends. Previous wor ...

Marcus Mumford Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the band folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with the group ...

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Matthew Bellamy Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English singer, musician, producer, and songwriter. He is primarily known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his eccen ...

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) * " Tighten Up" **

Dan Auerbach Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...

Patrick Carney Patrick James Carney (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. Early life Carney's father, Jim, is a retired reporter for the '' Akron Beacon Journ ...

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Best Rock Album The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre. Honors in sever ...

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Emotion & Commotion ''Emotion & Commotion'' is the tenth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in April 2010 on Atco Records. In addition to featuring vocal performances by Joss Stone, Imelda May, and Olivia Safe, the album showcases a 64-piece orchestra on ...

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Backspacer ''Backspacer'' is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on September 20, 2009. The band members started writing instrumental and demo tracks in 2007, and got together the following year to work on an album. It was ...

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Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...

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Mojo Mojo may refer to: *Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * MOJO HD, an American television network * ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film * '' ...

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...

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Le Noise ''Le Noise'' is the 30th studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released on September 28, 2010. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Daniel Lanois, hence the titular pun. Recording Young initially called Daniel ...

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Alternative

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Best Alternative Music Album The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Ho ...

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Brothers A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...

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Infinite Arms ''Infinite Arms'' is the third album of indie rock band Band of Horses, released on May 18, 2010, on Brown Records, Fat Possum Records and Columbia Records, Columbia. Most of the album was recorded in Asheville, North Carolina with some overdubbing ...

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Band of Horses Band of Horses is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Led by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes, the band's current line-up also includ ...

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Broken Bells Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, ...

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Contra Contra may refer to: Places * Contra, Virginia * Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California * Contra Costa County, California * Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland ...

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Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, ...

R&B

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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards ...

Bittersweet Bittersweet, bitter-sweet, or bitter sweet may refer to: Biology * A vine in the nightshade family, ''Solanum dulcamara'' * Some species of vines in the genus ''Celastrus'', including American bittersweet (''C. scandens'') and Oriental bitters ...

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Fantasia Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore ...

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Monica Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...

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Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B ...

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Kelly Price Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American R&B and gospel singer. She started her singing career in 1992. Price originally garnered attention by singing backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including her ''Billboa ...

* " Holding You Down" –

Jazmine Sullivan Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American R&B and soul singer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, her debut album, ''Fearless'' was released in 2008. The record topped ''Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certifie ...

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Best Male R&B Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes: *In 1968 it was awarded as Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male *From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as Best R&B V ...

*" There Goes My Baby" –

* "Second Chance" –

El DeBarge Eldra Patrick "El" DeBarge (born June 4, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include "Time Will Reveal", "Who's Holding ...

* "Finding My Way Back" –

Jaheim Jaheim H. Hoagland (born May 26, 1978), known mononymously as Jaheim, is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. He was signed by Naughty by Nature's Kaygee to Divine Mill Records in 2000, and released his debut album ''Ghetto Love (album), Ghe ...

* "Why Would You Stay" – Kem * "We're Still Friends" –

Musiq Soulchild Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by the stage name Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (pronounced "music") is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and Gospel music, gospel influ ...

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Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1970 and 2011. From 1967 to 1969 and in 1971 the award included instrumental performances. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1967 to 1968 the ...

*" Soldier of Love" –

*"Love" – Chuck Brown, Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott & Marcus Miller *"Take My Time" – Chris Brown & Tank (American singer), Tank *"You've Got a Friend" – Ronald Isley &

*"Shine" –

;Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance *"Hang On in There" –

*"When a Woman Loves" – R. Kelly *"You're So Amazing" – Calvin Richardson *"In Between" – Ryan Shaw *"Go" (Live) –

;Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, Best Urban/Alternative Performance *"Fuck You! (Cee Lo Green song), Fuck You" – CeeLo Green, Cee Lo Green *"Little One" – Bilal (American singer), Bilal *"Orion" – Carolyn Malachi *"Tightrope" –

& Big Boi *"Still" – Eric Roberson ;Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best R&B Song *"Shine" **John Legend, John Stephens, songwriter (

) * "

" **Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (

) *"Finding My Way Back" **Ivan Barias, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin & Ivan, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Jaheim, Jaheim Hoagland & Miguel (singer), Miquel Jontel, songwriters (

) *"Second Chance" **

& Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge) *"Why Would You Stay" **Kem (singer), Kim Owens, songwriter ( Kem) ;Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Album *''Wake Up! (John Legend and The Roots album), Wake Up!'' –

*''Still Standing (Monica album), Still Standing'' –

*''Back to Me (Fantasia album), Back to Me'' – Fantasia (singer), Fantasia *''Another Round (album), Another Round'' –

*''The Love & War Masterpeace'' – Raheem DeVaughn ;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Contemporary R&B Album *''Raymond vs. Raymond'' –

*''Untitled (R. Kelly album), Untitled'' – R. Kelly *''Graffiti (Chris Brown album), Graffiti'' – Chris Brown *''Transition (Ryan Leslie album), Transition'' – Ryan Leslie *''The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), The ArchAndroid'' –

Rap

;Best Rap Solo Performance *"Not Afraid" –

*"Over (Drake song), Over" –

*"How Low" – Ludacris *"I'm Back (song), I'm Back" – T.I. *"Power (Kanye West song), Power" – Kanye West ;Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group *"On to the Next One" – Jay Z & Swizz Beatz *"Shutterbugg" – Big Boi & Cutty *"Fancy (Drake song), Fancy" –

, T.I. & Swizz Beatz *"My Chick Bad" – Ludacris &

*"Lose My Mind (Young Jeezy song), Lose My Mind" – Young Jeezy & Plies (rapper), Plies ;Best Rap/Sung Collaboration *"

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*"Deuces (song), Deuces" – Chris Brown (American singer), Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall *" Love the Way You Lie" –

*"Wake Up Everybody (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song), Wake Up Everybody" –

, Melanie Fiona & Common (rapper), Common ;Best Rap Song *"

" **Jay-Z, Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Burt Keyes,

, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Al Shux, Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (

& Alicia Keys) *" Love the Way You Lie" **

, Holly Hafferman & Eminem, Marshall Mathers, songwriters (

) *"Not Afraid" **Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans (producer), Jordan Evans, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto (musician), Luis Resto & Boi-1da, Matthew Samuels, songwriters (

) *"

" **Philip Lawrence (songwriter), Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine,

& B.o.B., Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B. & Bruno Mars) *"On to the Next One" **Shawn Carter, Swizz Beatz, Kasseem Dean, Gaspard Augé, Xavier de Rosnay & Jessie Chaton, songwriters (

& Swizz Beatz) ;Best Rap Album *''

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*''B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, The Adventures Of Bobby Ray'' – B.o.B. *''Thank Me Later'' – Drake (musician), Drake *''The Blueprint 3'' –

*''How I Got Over (album), How I Got Over'' –

Country

;Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Female Country Vocal Performance *"

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*"Satisfied (Jewel song), Satisfied" – Jewel *"Swingin' (John Anderson song), Swingin'" – LeAnn Rimes *"Temporary Home" – Carrie Underwood *"I'd Love To Be Your Last" – Gretchen Wilson ;Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance *"'Til Summer Comes Around" –

*"Macon" – Jamey Johnson *"Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" – Toby Keith *"Turning Home" – David Nail *"Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song), Gettin' You Home" – Chris Young (singer), Chris Young ;Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals *" Need You Now" –

*"Free (Zac Brown Band song), Free" – Zac Brown Band *"Elizabeth (The Statler Brothers song), Elizabeth" – Dailey & Vincent *"Little White Church" – Little Big Town *"Where Rainbows Never Die" – The SteelDrivers ;Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Best Country Collaboration with Vocals *"As She's Walking Away" – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson *"Bad Angel" –

& Jamey Johnson *"Pride (In the Name of Love)" –

, Del McCoury & Punch Brothers, The Punch Brothers *"Hillbilly Bone (song), Hillbilly Bone" –

& Trace Adkins *"I Run to You" – Marty Stuart & Connie Smith ;Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Best Country Instrumental Performance *"Hummingbyrd" – Marty Stuart *"Tattoo of a Smudge" – Cherryholmes *"Magic #9" – The Infamous Stringdusters *"New Chance Blues" – Punch Brothers *"Willow Creek" – Darrell Scott ;Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Best Country Song *" Need You Now" :Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (

) *"The Breath You Take" **Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait) *"Free (Zac Brown Band song), Free" **Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band) *"

" **Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (

) *"I'd Love to Be Your Last" **Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson) *"If I Die Young" **Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry) ;Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Album *'' Need You Now'' –

*''Up on the Ridge, Up On The Ridge'' –

*''You Get What You Give (album), You Get What You Give'' – Zac Brown Band *''The Guitar Song'' – Jamey Johnson *''Revolution (Miranda Lambert album), Revolution'' –

New Age

;Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Best New Age Album *''Miho: Journey to the Mountain'' – Paul Winter Consort *''Ocean'' – Michael DeMaria *''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 4'' – Kitaro *''Dancing into Silence'' – R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman *''Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 4'' – Zamora (pianist), Zamora

Jazz

;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Best Contemporary Jazz Album *''The Stanley Clarke Band'' – The

Band *''Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson, Never Can Say Goodbye'' – Joey DeFrancesco *''Now Is the Time (Jeff Lorber Fusion album), Now Is the Time'' – Jeff Lorber, Jeff Lorber Fusion *''To the One'' – John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin *''Backatown'' –

;Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Best Jazz Vocal Album *''Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater'' – Dee Dee Bridgewater *''Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B'' – Freddy Cole *''When Lights Are Low'' – Denise Donatelli *''Ages'' – Lorraine Feather *''Water'' – Gregory Porter ;Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Best Improvised Jazz Solo *"A Change Is Gonna Come" –

*"Solar" – Alan Broadbent *"Body and Soul" – Keith Jarrett *"Lonely Woman" – Hank Jones *"Van Gogh" – Wynton Marsalis ;Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group *''Moody 4B'' – James Moody (saxophonist), James Moody *''Positootly!'' – John Beasley (musician), John Beasley *''The New Song and Dance'' – Clayton Brothers *''Historicity'' – Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio *''Providencia'' – Danilo Pérez ;Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album *''Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard'' – Mingus Big Band *''Infernal Machines'' – Darcy James Argue's Secret Society *''Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2'' – Billy Childs Ensemble featuring Ying Quartet, the Ying String Quartet *''Pathways (album), Pathways'' – Dave Holland Octet *''54'' – Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza ;Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, Best Latin Jazz Album *''Chucho's Steps'' – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers *''Tango Grill'' – Pablo Aslan *''Second Chance'' – Hector Martignon *''Psychedelic Blues'' – Poncho Sanchez *''¡Bien Bien!'' – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Gospel

;Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance, Best Gospel Performance *"Grace" – BeBe Winans, BeBe & CeCe Winans *"He Wants It All" – Forever Jones *"You Hold My World" – Israel Houghton *"Nobody Greater" – VaShawn Mitchell *"He's Been Just That Good –

& Lalah Hathaway ;Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song, Best Gospel Song *"It's What I Do" **Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (

& Lalah Hathaway) *"Beautiful Things" **Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor, songwriters (Michael Gungor, Gungor) *"Better Than a Hallelujah" **Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford, songwriters (Amy Grant) *"Our God" **Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin) *"Return to Sender" **Gordon Kennedy, songwriter (Ricky Skaggs) ;Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album, Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album *''Hello Hurricane'' – Switchfoot *''Church Music (album), Church Music'' – David Crowder Band *''For Those Who Wait'' – Fireflight *''Beautiful Things (EP), Beautiful Things'' – Michael Gungor, Gungor *''Rehab (Lecrae album), Rehab'' – Lecrae ;Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album *''Love God, Love People (Israel Houghton album), Love God. Love People.'' – Israel Houghton *''Beauty Will Rise'' – Steven Curtis Chapman *''Pieces of a Real Heart'' – Sanctus Real *''Mosaic'' – Ricky Skaggs *''Tonight (TobyMac album), Tonight'' – TobyMac ;Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album, Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album *''The Reason (Diamond Rio album), The Reason'' – Diamond Rio *''Times Like These (Austins Bridge album), Times Like These'' – Austins Bridge *''Expecting Good Things'' – Jeff & Sheri Easter *''Journey On'' – Ty Herndon *''Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River'' – Karen Peck & New River ;Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album, Best Traditional Gospel Album *''Downtown Church'' – Patty Griffin *''The Experience'' – Vanessa Bell Armstrong *''A City Called Heaven'' – Shirley Caesar *''Here I Am'' – Marvin Sapp *All in One (Karen Clark Sheard album), ''All in One'' – Karen Clark Sheard ;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album *''Still (BeBe & CeCe Winans album), Still'' – BeBe & CeCe Winans *''Get Ready'' – Forever Jones *''Love Unstoppable'' – Fred Hammond *''Triumphant'' – VaShawn Mitchell *''Aaron Sledge'' – Aaron Sledge

Latin

;Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Best Latin Pop Album *''Paraíso Express'' – Alejandro Sanz *''Poquita Ropa'' – Ricardo Arjona *''Alex Cuba (album), Alex Cuba'' – Alex Cuba *''Boleto De Entrada, Boleto de Entrada'' – Kany García *''Otra Cosa'' – Julieta Venegas ;Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album *''El Existential'' – Grupo Fantasma (American band), Grupo Fantasma *''Oro'' –

*''Amor Vincit Omnia'' – Draco Rosa, Draco *''Bulevar 2000'' – Nortec Collective, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible *''1977 (Ana Tijoux album), 1977'' – Ana Tijoux ;Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album, Best Tropical Latin Album *''Viva la Tradición'' – Spanish Harlem Orchestra *''Sin Salsa No Hay Paraiso'' – El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico *''Asondeguerra'' – Juan Luis Guerra, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 *''Irrepetible'' – Gilberto Santa Rosa *''100 Sones Cubanos'' – (Various Artists); Edesio Alejandro, Nelson Estevez & Juan Hidalgo, producers ;Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album, Best Tejano Album *''Recuerdos'' – Little Joe & la Familia *''Sabes Bien'' – Juan P. Moreno *''In the Pocket'' – Joe Posada *''Homenaje a Mi Padre'' – Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso *''Cookin'' – Tortilla Factory ;Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album, Best Norteño Album *''Classic'' – Intocable *''Indispensable'' – Angel Fresnillo *''Ni Hoy Ni Mañana'' – Gerardo Ortíz *''Desde la Cantina Volumen 1'' – Pesado *''Intensamente'' – Principez de la Musica Norteña ;Grammy Award for Best Banda Album, Best Banda Album *''Enamórate de Mí'' – El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario *''Ando Bien Pedo'' – Banda Los Recoditos *''Caricias Compradas...'' – Cuisillos *''Con la Fuerza del Corrido'' – El Chapo *''Todo Depende de Ti'' – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón

American roots music

;Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, Best Americana Album *''You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples album), You Are Not Alone'' –

*''The List (album), The List'' – Rosanne Cash *''Tin Can Trust'' –

*''Country Music (Willie Nelson album), Country Music'' – Willie Nelson *''Band of Joy (album), Band of Joy'' –

;Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, Best Bluegrass Album *''Mountain Soul II'' – Patty Loveless *''Circles Around Me'' – Sam Bush *''Family Circle'' – The Del McCoury Band *''Legacy'' – Peter Rowan, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band *''Reckless'' – The SteelDrivers ;Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Traditional Blues Album *''Joined at the Hip'' – Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith *''Giant'' – James Cotton *''Memphis Blues'' –

*''The Well'' – Charlie Musselwhite *''Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites'' – Jimmie Vaughan ;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues Album *''Living Proof (Buddy Guy album), Living Proof'' –

*''Nothing's Impossible'' – Solomon Burke *''Tribal'' – Dr. John, Dr. John and the Lower 911 *''Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook'' – Bettye LaVette *''Live! In Chicago'' – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee, and Buddy Flett ;Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Traditional Folk Album *''Genuine Negro Jig (album), Genuine Negro Jig'' – Carolina Chocolate Drops *''Onward and Upward'' – Luther Dickinson & Luther Dickinson#Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy, The Sons Of Mudboy *''Memories of John'' – John Hartford, The John Hartford Stringband *''Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy'' –

*''Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved'' – Ricky Skaggs ;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, Best Contemporary Folk Album *''God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise'' –

and Ray LaMontagne#Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs, the Pariah Dogs *''Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino'' – Jackson Browne & David Lindley (musician), David Lindley *''The Age of Miracles (album), The Age of Miracles'' – Mary Chapin Carpenter *''Somedays the Song Writes You'' – Guy Clark *''Dream Attic'' – Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson ;Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Hawaiian Music Album *''Huana Ke Aloha'' – Tia Carrere *''Amy Hanaiali'i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii'' – Amy Hanaiali‘i And Slack Key Masters of Hawaii *''Polani'' – Daniel Ho *''The Legend'' – Ledward Kaapana *''Maui on My Mind – Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar'' – Jeff Peterson ;Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, Best Native American Music Album *''2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance'' – (Various Artists); Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producers *''XI'' – Bear Creek *''Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs'' – Northern Cree *''Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds from the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection'' – Peter Phippen ;Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album *''Zydeco Junkie'' – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band *''En Couleurs'' – Feufollet *''Happy Go Lucky'' – D. L. Menard *''Back Home'' – Pine Leaf Boys, The Pine Leaf Boys *''Creole Moon: Live at the Blue Moon Saloon'' – Cedric Watson, Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole

Reggae

;Best Reggae Album *''Before the Dawn (Buju Banton album), Before the Dawn'' – Buju Banton *''Isaacs Meets Isaac'' – Gregory Isaacs & King Isaac *''Revelation'' – Lee "Scratch" Perry *''Made in Jamaica'' – Bob Sinclar And Sly & Robbie *''One Pop Reggae +'' – Sly & Robbie and the Family Taxi *''Legacy An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh'' – Andrew Tosh

World music

;Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album, Best Traditional World Music Album *''Ali and Toumani'' – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté *''Pure Sounds'' – Gyuto Monks of Tibet *''I Speak Fula'' – Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba *Mushtari- a live concert - Cassius Khan *''Grace'' – Soweto Gospel Choir *''Tango Universal'' – Vayo ;Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album, Best Contemporary World Music Album *''Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks'' – Béla Fleck *''All in One'' – Bebel Gilberto *''ÕŸÖ'' – Angelique Kidjo *''Bom Tempo'' – Sérgio Mendes *''Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call'' – Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon

Children's

;Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children, Best Musical Album for Children *''Tomorrow's Children'' – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends *''Here Comes Science'' – They Might Be Giants *''Jungle Gym'' – Justin Roberts (musician), Justin Roberts *''Sunny Days'' �
Battersby Duo
*''Weird Things Are Everywhere!'' – Judy Pancoast ;Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Best Spoken Word Album for Children *''Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies'' – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton *''Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition'' – Selma Blair *''The Best Candy in the Whole World'' – Bill Harley *''Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough to Eat'' – (Various Artists); Jim Cravero, Paula Lizzi & Steve Pullara, producers *''Nanny McPhee Returns'' – Emma Thompson

Spoken Word

;Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Spoken Word Album *''Earth (The Book), Earth'' – Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones (actor), Jason Jones, John Oliver (comedian), John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver) *''American on Purpose'' – Craig Ferguson *''The Bedwetter'' – Sarah Silverman *''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future…'' – Michael J. Fox *''This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection'' – Carol Burnett *The Woody Allen Collection: ''Mere Anarchy'', ''Side Effects (Allen book), Side Effects'', ''Without Feathers'', ''Getting Even'' – Woody Allen

Comedy

;Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Best Comedy Album *''Stark Raving Black (album), Stark Raving Black'' – Lewis Black *''Cho Dependent'' – Margaret Cho *''I Told You I Was Freaky'' – Flight of the Conchords *''Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt'' –

*''Weapons of Self Destruction'' – Robin Williams

Musical show

;Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Best Musical Show Album *''American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording, American Idiot'' (featuring Green Day) – Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist) * ''Fela!'' – Robert Sher, producer (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, composer; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, lyricist) * ''A Little Night Music'' – Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) * ''Promises, Promises (musical), Promises, Promises'' – David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Burt Bacharach, composer; Hal David, lyricist) * ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' – Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist)

Film, TV and other visual media

;Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media *''Crazy Heart (soundtrack), Crazy Heart'' *''Glee: The Music, Volume 1'' *''Treme (TV series)#Soundtrack, Tremé'' *''True Blood – Volume 2'' *''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' ;Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media *''Toy Story 3 (Score), Toy Story 3'' – Randy Newman *''Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)#Score, Alice in Wonderland'' – Danny Elfman *''Avatar soundtrack, Avatar'' – James Horner *''Inception#Music, Inception'' – Hans Zimmer *''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)#Music, Sherlock Holmes'' – Hans Zimmer ;Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media *"The Weary Kind" (From ''Crazy Heart'') **Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham) *"Down in New Orleans" (From ''The Princess and the Frog'') **Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John) *"I See You (Theme from Avatar), I See You" (From ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'') **Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis) *"Kiss Like Your Kiss" (From ''True Blood'') **Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello) *"This City" (From ''Treme (TV series), Tremé'') **Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle)

Composing and arranging

;Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Composition *"The Path Among the Trees" – Billy Childs *"Aurora" – Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams *"Battle Circle" – Gerald Clayton *"Box of Cannoli" – Tim Hagans *"Fourth Stream...La Banda" – Bill Cunliffe ;Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, Best Instrumental Arrangement *"Carlos" – Vince Mendoza *"Fanfare for a New Day" – Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams *"Itsbynne Reel" – Gil Goldstein *"Monet" – Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1960), Ted Nash *"Skip to My Lou" – Frank Macchia ;Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) *"

" **

, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) *"Vocabularies, Baby" **Roger Treece, arranger (Bobby McFerrin) *"Based on a Thousand True Stories" **Vince Mendoza, arranger (Silje Nergaard & Metropole Orchestra Strings) *"Don't Explain" **Geoffrey Keezer, arranger (Denise Donatelli) *"Imagine" **

& Larry Klein, arrangers (

, Pink, Seal,

, India.Arie, Konono No 1 & Oumou Sangare)

Package

;Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Recording Package *''

'' – Michael Carney, art director (

) *''Eggs'' – Malene Mathiasson, Malthe Fischer, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård & Aske Zidore, art directors (Oh No Ono) *''Hadestown (album), Hadestown'' – Brian Grunert, art director (Anaïs Mitchell) *''What Will We Be'' – Devendra Banhart & Jon Beasley, art directors (Devendra Banhart) *''Yonkers NY'' – Andrew Taray, art director (Chip Taylor) ;Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package *''Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)'' – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes) *''Light: On the South Side'' – Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists) *''Minotaur (Pixies album), Minotaur (Deluxe Edition)'' – Jeff Anderson & Vaughan Oliver, art directors (The Pixies) *''A Sideman's Journey (Limited Collector's Super Deluxe Box Set)'' – Daniel Reiss & Klaus Voormann, art directors (Voormann & Friends) *''Story Island'' – Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Various Artists)

Album notes

;Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Best Album Notes *Keep an Eye on the Sky – Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star) *Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937 – Gage Averill, album notes writer (Various Artists) *Side Steps – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane) *There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work III and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916 – Doug Seroff, album notes writer (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet) *True Love Cast Out All Evil – Will Sheff, album notes writer (Roky Erickson With Okkervil River)

Historical

;Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, Best Historical Album *''The Beatles Stereo Box Set, The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)'' **Jeff Jones (music industry executive), Jeff Jones, compilation producer; Paul Hicks (musician), Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles) *''Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The Library Of Congress, 1936–1937'' **Jeffrey A. Greenberg, David Katznelson & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Steve Rosenthal & Warren Russell-Smith, mastering engineers (Various Artists) *''The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus!'' **Colin Escott, Mike Jason & Jett Williams, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineer (Hank Williams) *''Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More'' **Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Buddy Holly) *''Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968'' **Alec Palao, Cheryl Pawelski & Andrew Sandoval, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Andrew Sandoval, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Production, non-classical

;Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical *''

'' **Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak &

, engineers (

) *''Dirty Side Down'' **John Keane (record producer), John Keane, engineer (Widespread Panic) *''

'' **Steve Lipson, engineer (

) *''God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise'' **Ryan Freeland, engineer (

And The Pariah Dogs) *''Pink Elephant (album), Pink Elephant'' **Seth Presant & Leon F. Sylvers III, engineers (N'dambi) ;Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical *Danger Mouse (musician), Danger Mouse ** ''

'' –

(A) ** ''Dark Night of the Soul (album), Dark Night of the Soul'' – Danger Mouse (musician), Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (A) ** " Tighten Up" –

(T) *Rob Cavallo ** ''Brand New Eyes'' –

(A) ** ''Hang Cool Teddy Bear'' – Meat Loaf (A) ** ''Happy Hour (Uncle Kracker album), Happy Hour'' – Uncle Kracker (A) ** "Music Again" –

(T) ** "Soaked" –

(T) ** "Sure Fire Winners" –

(T) ** "Time for Miracles" –

(T) ** "When It's Time" – Green Day (T) *Dr. Luke ** "

" –

featuring

(T) ** "For Your Entertainment (song), For Your Entertainment" –

(T) ** "Hungover" – Ke$ha (T) ** "Animal (Kesha album), Kiss n Tell" – Kesha, Ke$ha (T) ** "Magic (B.o.B song), Magic" – B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo (T) ** "Take It Off (Kesha song), Take It Off" – Kesha, Ke$ha (T) ** " Teenage Dream" –

(T) ** "Your Love Is My Drug" – Kesha, Ke$ha (T) *

** "Alejandro (song), Alejandro" –

(S) ** "

" –

(S) ** ''

'' –

(A) ** "I Like It (Enrique Iglesias song), I Like It" – Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull (S) ** "More (Usher song), More" –

(T) ** "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" – Various Artists (S) ** "Whole Lotta Love" – Mary J. Blige (S) *

(Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine) ** "Billionaire (song), Billionaire" – Travie McCoy Featuring

(T) ** "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" – Mike Posner (musician), Mike Posner (T) ** "Fuck You (CeeLo Green song), Fuck You" – CeeLo Green, Cee Lo Green (S) ** "Island Queen" – Sean Kingston (T) ** " Just the Way You Are" –

(S) ** "

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Featuring

(T) ;Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical *"Revolver (song), Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)" **David Guetta & Afrojack, remixers (Madonna (entertainer), Madonna) *"Fantasy (Nadia Ali song), Fantasy (Morgan Page Remix)" **Morgan Page, remixer (Nadia Ali (singer), Nadia Ali) *"Funk Nasty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix Edit)" **Wolfgang Gartner, remixer (Andy Caldwell Featuring Gram'ma Funk) *"Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) (Funk Generation Mix)" **Mike Rizzo, remixer (Sérgio Mendes) *"Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)" **Axel Hedfors & Dragan Roganovic, remixers (The Temper Trap)

Production, surround sound

;Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Surround Sound Album *''Britten's Orchestra'' **Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer;

, surround producer (Michael Stern (conductor), Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony) *''The Incident (album), The Incident'' **Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Porcupine Tree) *''Parallax Eden'' **David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber) *''Songs and Stories (Monster Music Version)'' **Don Murray, surround mix engineer; Sangwook Nam & Doug Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Noel Lee & Marcus Miller, surround producers (George Benson) *''Trondheimsolistene – In Folk Style'' **Morten Lindberg (sound engineer), Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (TrondheimSolistene)

Production, classical

;Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Album, Classical *''Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina'' **Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra) *''Have You Ever Been...?'' **Robert Friedrich, engineer (Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall) *''Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse'' **David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project) *''Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works'' **Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) *''Vocabularies'' **Steve Miller, Allen Sides & Roger Treece, engineers (Bobby McFerrin) ;Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical, Producer Of The Year, Classical *Blanton Alspaugh ** Corigliano: Violin Concerto 'The Red Violin' (Michael Ludwig, JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) ** Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) ** Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra) ** Tower Of The Eight Winds – Music For Violin & Piano By Judith Shatin (Borup-Ernst Duo) ** Tyberg: Symphony No. 3; Piano Trio (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) ** Wind Serenades (Gregory Wolynec & Gateway Chamber Ensemble) *David Frost ** Britten's Orchestra (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony) ** Chambers, Evan: The Old Burying Ground (Kenneth Kiesler & The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra) ** Dorman, Avner: Concertos For Mandolin, Piccolo, Piano And Concerto Grosso (Andrew Cyr, Eliran Avni, Mindy Kaufman, Avi Avital & Metropolis Ensemble) ** The 5 Browns In Hollywood (5 Browns) ** Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project) ** Meeting Of The Spirits (Matt Haimovitz) ** Two Roads To Exile (ARC Ensemble) *Tim Handley ** Adams: Nixon In China (Marin Alsop, Tracy Dahl, Marc Heller, Thomas Hammons, Maria Kanyova, Robert Orth, Chen-Ye Yan, Opera Colorado Chorus & Colorado Symphony Orchestra) ** Debussy: Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien (Jun Märkl & Orchestre National De Lyon) ** Dohnányi: Variations On A Nursery Song (JoAnn Falletta, Eldar Nebolsin & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) ** Harris: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) ** Hubay: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 (Chloë Hanslip, Andrew Mogrelia & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) ** Messiaen: ''Poèmes pour Mi'' (Anne Schwanewilms, Jun Märkl & Orchestre National De Lyon) ** Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires (Daniel Binelli, Tianwa Yang, Giancarlo Guerro & Nashville Symphony Orchestra) ** Ries: Works For Flute And Piano (Uwe Grodd & Matteo Napoli) ** Roussel: Symphony No. 1 (Stéphane Denève & Royal Scottish National Orchestra) ** Shchedrin: Concertos For Orchestra Nos. 4 & 5 (Kirill Karabits & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) ** Stamitz: Flute Concertos (Robert Aitken, Donatas Katkus & St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra) ** Strauss, R: Josephs-Legende; Rosenkavalier; Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Orchestral Suites) (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) *Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin ** Brubeck: Songs Of Praise (Lynne Morrow, Richard Grant, Quartet San Francisco & The Pacific Mozart Ensemble) ** Cascade Of Roses (Janice Weber) ** Gnattali: Solo & Chamber Works For Guitar (Marc Regnier) ** If I Were A Bird (Michael Lewin) ** Kletzki: Piano Concerto (Joseph Banowetz, Thomas Sanderling & Russian Philharmonic Orchestra) ** Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) ** Rubinstein: Piano Music (1852–1894) (Joseph Banowetz) ** Rubinstein: Piano Music (1871–1890) (Joseph Banowetz) ** 20th Century Harp Sonatas (Sarah Schuster Ericsson) *James Mallinson ** Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Bernard Haitink, Duain Wolfe, Miah Persson, Christianne Stotijn, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) ** Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra) ** Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer (Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin, Kristina Kapustinskaya, Mariinsky Chorus & Mariinsky Orchestra) ** Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind (Bernard Haitink & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) ** Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie (Bernard Haitink & London Symphony Orchestra) ** Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante (Gautier Capuçon, Valery Gergiev & Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) ** Wagner: Parsifal (Valery Gergiev, Gary Lehman, Violeta Urmana, René Pape, Evgeny Nikitin, Alexei Tanovitski, Nikolai Putilin, Mariinsky Chorus & Mariinsky Orchestra)

Classical

Best Classical Album *''Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4'' – Mariss Jansons, conductor; Everett Porter, producer; Everett Porter, mastering engineer (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) *''Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina'' – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra) *''Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse'' – Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert; Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; David Frost, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals) *''Sacrificium'' – Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli; Arend Prohmann, producer; Philip Siney, engineer/mixer (Il Giardino Armonico) *''Verdi: Requiem'' – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus) Best Orchestral Performance *Bruckner: "Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4" – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) *Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; "Deus Ex Machina" – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony) *Mackey, Steven: "Dreamhouse" – Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert (Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals) *Salieri: "Overtures & Stage Music" – Thomas Fey, conductor (Mannheimer Mozartorchester) *Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; "Four Études" – Pierre Boulez, conductor (Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Best Opera Recording *Berg: "Lulu" **Antonio Pappano, conductor; Agneta Eichenholz, Jennifer Larmore, Klaus Florian Vogt & Michael Volle; David Groves, producer (Orchestra of The Royal Opera House) *Hasse: "Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra" **Matthew Dirst, conductor; Jamie Barton & Ava Pine; Keith Weber, producer (Ars Lyrica Houston) *Saariaho: "L'Amour de Loin" **Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin) *Shchedrin: "The Enchanted Wanderer" **Valery Gergiev, conductor; Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin & Kristina Kapustinskaya; James Mallinson, producer (Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre) *Sullivan: "Ivanhoe" **David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Neal Davies, Geraldine McGreevy, James Rutherford, Toby Spence & Janice Watson; Brian Pidgeon, producer (BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Adrian Partington Singers) Best Choral Performance *Bach: "Cantatas" – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; Erwin Ortner, chorus master (Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christian Gerhaher, Werner Güra, Julia Kleiter, Christine Schäfer, Anton Scharinger & Kurt Streit; Concentus Musicus Wien; Arnold Schoenberg Chor) *"Baltic Runes" – Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) *Haydn: "The Creation" – René Jacobs, conductor; Hans-Christoph Rademann, choir director (Julia Kleiter, Maximilian Schmitt & Johannes Weisser; Freiburger Barockorchester; RIAS Kammerchor) *Martin: "Golgotha" – Daniel Reuss, conductor (Judith Gauthier, Marianne Beate Kielland, Adrian Thompson, Mattijs Van De Woerd & Konstantin Wolff; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Cappella Amsterdam & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) *Verdi: "Requiem" – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus) Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) *Daugherty: "Deus Ex Machina" – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Terrence Wilson (Nashville Symphony) *Dorman, Avner: "Mandolin Concerto" – Andrew Cyr, conductor; Avi Avital (Metropolis Ensemble) *Kletzki: "Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22" – Thomas Sanderling, conductor; Joseph Banowetz (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra) *Mozart: "Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24" – Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra) *Porter, Quincy: "Concerto for Viola & Orchestra" – John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Eliesha Nelson (Northwest Sinfonia) Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) *Messiaen: "Liver du Saint-Sacrement" - Paul Jacobs (organist), Paul Jacobs *Chopin: "The Nocturnes" – Nelson Freire *Hamelin: "Études" – Marc-André Hamelin *Paganini: "24 Caprices" – Julia Fischer *"20th Century Harp Sonatas" – Sarah Schuster Ericsson Best Chamber Music Performance *Beethoven: "Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano" – Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov (pianist), Alexander Melnikov *Gnattali: "Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar – Marc Regnier" (Tacy Edwards, Natalia Khoma & Marco Sartor) *Ligeti: "String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2" – Parker Quartet *Porter, Quincy: "Complete Viola Works" – Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams (Douglas Rioth; Northwest Sinfonia) *Schoenberg: "String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4" – Fred Sherry String Quartet (Christopher Oldfather & Rolf Schulte) Best Small Ensemble Performance *"Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors" – Harry Christophers, conductor; The Sixteen *"Dinastia Borja" – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya (Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Lior Elmalich, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Maloumi, Marc Mauillon, Lluís Vilamajó & Furio Zanasi; Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Josep Piera & Francisco Rojas) *"Trondheimsolistene – In Folk Style" – Øyvind Gimse & Geir Inge Lotsberg, conductors (Emilia Amper & Gjermund Larsen; TrondheimSolistene) *"Victoria: Lamentations Of Jeremiah" – Peter Phillips, conductor; The Tallis Scholars *Whitacre, Eric: "Choral Music" – Noel Edison, conductor; Elora Festival Singers (Carol Bauman & Leslie De'Ath) Best Classical Vocal Performance *"Ombre de Mon Amant – French Baroque Arias" – Anne Sofie von Otter (William Christie; Les Arts Florissants (ensemble), Les Arts Florissants) *"Sacrificium" – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico) *Turina: "Canto A Sevilla" – Lucia Duchonová (Celso Antunes; NDR Radiophilharmonie) *Vivaldi: "Opera Arias – Pyrotechnics" – Vivica Genaux (Fabio Biondi; Europa Galante) *Wagner: "Wesendonck-Lieder" – Measha Brueggergosman (Franz Welser-Möst; The Cleveland Orchestra) Best Classical Contemporary Composition *"Deus ex Machina (composition), Deus Ex Machina" – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero) *"Appassionatamente Plus" – Hans Werner Henze (Stefan Soltesz) *"Graffiti" – Magnus Lindberg (Sakari Oramo) *"Symphony No. 4" – Arvo Pärt (Esa-Pekka Salonen) *"The Enchanted Wanderer" – Rodion Shchedrin (Valery Gergiev) Best Classical Crossover Album *''Meeting of the Spirits'' – Matt Haimovitz (Amaryllis Jarczyk, Jan Jarczyk, John McLaughlin, Dominic Painchaud, Leanna Rutt & Matt Wilson) *''Off the Map'' – The Silk Road Ensemble *''Roots – My Life, My Song'' – Jessye Norman (Ira Coleman, Steve Johns, Mike Lovatt, Mark Markham & Martin Williams) *''Christopher Tin, Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns'' – Lucas Richman, conductor. Bill Hare & John Kurlander, engineers/mixers. Christopher Tin, producer. (Sussan Deyhim, Lia, Kaori Omura, Dulce Pontes, Jia Ruhan, Aoi Tada & Frederica von Stade; Anonymous 4 & Soweto Gospel Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) *''Vocabularies'' – Bobby McFerrin

Music video

;Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Best Short Form Music Video *"

" –

**Francis Lawrence, video director; Heather Heller, video producer *"Ain't No Grave" – (Johnny Cash) **Chris Milk, video director; Jennifer Heath, Aaron Koblin & Rick Rubin, video producers *" Love the Way You Lie" –

**Joseph Kahn (director), Joseph Kahn, video director; MaryAnn Tanedo, video producer *"Stylo (song), Stylo" –

, Mos Def & Bobby Womack **Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett, video directors; Cara Speller, video producer *"Fuck You (Cee Lo Green song), Fuck You" –

**Matt Stawski, video director; Paul Bock, video producer ;Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Best Long Form Music Video *''When You're Strange'' – The Doors **Tom Dicillo, video director; John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski & Dick Wolf, video producers *''No Distance Left to Run (film), No Distance Left to Run'' – Blur (band), Blur **Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern & Giorgio Testi, video directors; Thomas Benski, Laura Collins & Lucas Ochoa, video producers *''The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story'' – Arif Mardin **Doug Biro & Joe Mardin, video directors; Doug Biro & Joe Mardin, video producers *''Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage'' – Rush (band), Rush **Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video directors; Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video producers *''Under Great White Northern Lights'' – The White Stripes **The Malloys, Emmett Malloy, video director; Ian Montone & Mike Sarkissian, video producers

Special Merit Awards

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President's Merit Award

*David Geffen

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award

*Julie Andrews *Roy Haynes *Juilliard String Quartet *The Kingston Trio *Dolly Parton *Ramones *George Beverly Shea

Grammy Trustees Award, Trustees Award

*Al Bell *Wilma Cozart Fine *Bruce Lundvall

Technical Grammy Award

*Roger Linn

Artists with multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations: * Ten:

* Seven:

* Six:

, and

* Five:

, David Frost, Philip Lawrence (songwriter), Philip Lawrence,

and

* Four:

, Ari Levine,

, Dirk Sobotka and

* Three: Damon Albarn,

, Chris Brown (American singer), Chris Brown,

and

* Two:

, Matt Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth, Fantasia (singer), Fantasia, Glee (TV series), Glee Cast,

, Monica (entertainer), Monica,

, and The White Stripes The following artists received multiple awards: * Five:

* Three:

and

* Two:

and

In Memoriam

James Moody (saxophonist), James Moody, John D. Kendall, Billy Taylor, Herb Ellis, Lena Horne, Margaret Whiting, Charlie Louvin, Hank Cochran, Carl Smith (country musician), Carl Smith, Bobby Charles, Bobby Hebb, Gladys Horton, Teena Marie, General Norman Johnson, General Johnson, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Harvey Fuqua, Garry Shider, Dick Griffey, Gerry Rafferty, George David Weiss, Wally Traugott, Jim Williamson, Bill Porter (sound engineer), Bill Porter, Richie Hayward, Ben Keith, Captain Beefheart, Malcolm McLaren, Herman Leonard, Irwin Silber, Jim Marshall (photographer), Jim Marshall, Jerry Bock, Allyn Ferguson, John Barry (composer), John Barry, Peter Lopez (cantante), Peter Lopez, Caresse Henry, Bill Aucoin, Hal Uplinger, Ron Baird, Ronni Chasen, Mitch Miller, Roberto Cantoral, Olga Guillot, Enrique Morente, Joan Sutherland, Helen Boatwright, Margaret Price, Earl Wild, Raphael Hillyer, Ronnie James Dio, Doug Fieger, Don Kirshner, Esteban Jordan, Esteban "Steve" Jordan, Tony "Ham" Guerrero, Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher, Jimmy Dean, Alex Chilton, Walter Hawkins, Albertina Walker and Solomon Burke.

References

External links

NARASAward Fields & categoriesAward category description guideCBS GRAMMY Site
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