Results of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)

[JamesG]

Record Of The Year:
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum



Album Of The Year:
"The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire



Song Of The Year:
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum



Best New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding







POP:


Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga



Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
"Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars



Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Hey, Soul Sister (Live)" by Train



Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
"Imagine" by Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare



Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
"Nessun Dorma" by Jeff Beck



Best Pop Instrumental Album:
"Take Your Pick" by Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto



Best Pop Vocal Album:
"The Fame Monster" by Lady Gaga



Best Dance Recording:
"Only Girl (In The World)" by Rihanna



Best Electronic/Dance Album:
"La Roux" by La Roux



Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
"Crazy Love" by Michael Bublé







ROCK/METAL:


Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Helter Skelter" by Paul McCartney



Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Tighten Up" by The Black Keys



Best Hard Rock Performance:
"New Fang" by Them Crooked Vultures



Best Metal Performance:
"El Dorado" by Iron Maiden



Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
"Hammerhead" by Jeff Beck



Best Rock Song:
"Angry World" by Neil Young



Best Rock Album:
"The Resistance" by Muse



Best Alternative Music Album:
"Brothers" by The Black Keys






R&B:


Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
"Bittersweet" by Fantasia



Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
"There Goes My Baby" by Usher



Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Soldier of Love" by Sade



Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
"Hang On In There" by John Legend and The Roots



Best Urban/Alternative Performance:
"F You" by Cee Yo Green



Best R&B Song:
"Shine" by John Legend and The Roots



Best R&B Album:
"Wake Up!" by John Legend and The Roots



Best Contemporary R&B Album:
"Raymond V Raymond" by Usher






RAP:


Best Rap Solo Performance:
"Not Afraid" by Eminem



Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group:
"On To The Next One" by Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz



Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Empire State Of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys



Best Rap Song:
"Empire State Of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys



Best Rap Album:
"Recovery" by Eminem






COUNTRY:


Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
"The House That Built Me" by Miranda Lambert



Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
"'Til Summer Comes Around" by Keith Urban



Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum



Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
"As She's Walking Away" by Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson



Best Country Instrumental Performance:
"Hummingbyrd" by Marty Stuart



Best Country Song:
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum



Best Country Album:
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum






JAZZ:


Best New Age Album:
"Miho: Journey To The Mountain" by Paul Winter Consort



Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
"The Stanley Clarke Band" by The Stanley Clarke Band



Best Jazz Vocal Album:
"Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee" by Dee Dee Bridgewater



Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
"A Change Is Gonna Come" by Herbie Hancock



Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group:
"Moody 4B" by James Moody



Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
"Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard" by Mingus Big Band



Best Latin Jazz Album:
"Chucho's Steps" by Chucho Valdés and The Afro-Cuban Messengers






GOSPEL:


Best Gospel Performance:
"Grace" by BeBe and CeCe Winans



Best Gospel Song:
"It's What I Do" by Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway



Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album:
"Hello Hurricane" by Switchfoot



Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
"Love God. Love People." by Israel Houghton



Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album:
"The Reason" by Diamond Rio



Best Traditional Gospel Album:
"Downtown Church" by Patty Griffin



Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
"Still" by BeBe and CeCe Winans






LATIN:


Best Latin Pop Album:
"Paraiso Express" by Alejandro Sanz



Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album:
"El Existential" by Grupo Fantasma



Best Tropical Latin Album:
"Viva La Tradición" by Spanish Harlem Orchestra



Best Regional Mexican Album:
*No winners this year because there were fewer than 10 artists nominated



Best Tejano Album:
"Recuerdos" by Little Joe and La Familia



Best Norteño Album:
"Classic" by Intocable



Best Banda Album:
"Enamórate De Mí" by El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario



Best Americana Album:
"You Are Not Alone" by Mavis Staples






BLUES:


Best Bluegrass Album:
"Mountain Soul II" by Patty Loveless



Best Traditional Blues Album:
"Joined At The Hip" by Pinetop Perkins and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith



Best Contemporary Blues Album:
"Living Proof" by Buddy Guy






FOLK:


Best Traditional Folk Album:
"Genuine Negro Jig" by Carolina Chocolate Drops



Best Contemporary Folk Album:
"God Willin' and The Creek Don't Rise" by Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs



Best Hawaiian Music Album:
"Huana Ke Aloha" by Tia Carrere



Best Native American Music Album:
"2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance" by Various Artists



Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album:
"Zydeco Junkie" by Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp Band



Best Reggae Album:
"Before The Dawn" by Buju Banton



Best Traditional World Music Album:
"Ali And Touman" by Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté




Best Contemporary World Music Album:
"Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks" by Béla Fleck






SPOKEN WORD/CHILDREN:


Best Musical Album For Children:
"Tomorrow's Children" by Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids and Friends



Best Spoken Word Album For Children:
"Julie Andrews' Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies" by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton



Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling):
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)" by Jon Stewart (with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver &
Sigourney Weaver)



Best Comedy Album:
"Stark Raving Black" by Lewis Black






SOUNDTRACK:


Best Musical Show Album:
"American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)" by Billie Joe Armstrong and Original Broadway Cast



Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:
"Crazy Heart" Soundtrack



Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:
"Toy Story 3" Soundtrack



Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" soundtrack



Best Instrumental Composition:
"The Path Among The Trees" by Billy Childs



Best Instrumental Arrangement:
"Carlos" by Vince Mendoza



Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin






TECHNICAL ALBUM:


Best Recording Package:
"Brothers" by Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)



Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
"Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)" by Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)



Best Album Notes:
"Keep An Eye On The Sky" by Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)



Best Historical Album:
"The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)" by The Beatles



Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
"Battle Studios" by John Mayer



Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Danger Mouse



Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
"Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)" by David Guetta & Afrojack, remixers (Madonna)



Best Surround Sound Album:
"Britten's Orchestra" by Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony






CLASSICAL:


Best Engineered Album, Classical:
"Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina" by Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony Orchestra



Producer Of The Year, Classical:
David Frost



Best Classical Album:
"Verdi: Requiem" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus



Best Orchestral Performance:
"Verdi: Requiem" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus



Best Opera Recording:
"Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin" by Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin



Best Choral Performance:
"Verdi: Requiem" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus



Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
"Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24" by The Cleveland Orchestra



Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
"Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement" by Paul Jacobs



Best Chamber Music Performance:
"Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2" by Parker Quartet



Best Small Ensemble Performance:
"Dinastia Borja" by Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya



Best Classical Vocal Performance:
"Sacrificium" by Cecilia Bartoli



Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
"Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina" by Michael Daugherty



Best Classical Crossover Album:
"Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns" by Soweto Gospel Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra





MUSIC VIDEO:


Best Short Form Music Video:
"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga



Best Long Form Music Video:
"When You're Strange" by The Doors

[Schmoopie]

Oh man, I can't believe that Michael Buble was nominated and won! And I missed it! He totally deserves it! If I had known that he was nominated I would have totally watched!

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

Oh man, I can't believe that Michael Buble was nominated and won! And I missed it! He totally deserves it! If I had known that he was nominated I would have totally watched!

Michael Bublé also won last year.

[ABlairican Pie]

Wow, they were totally skimping on RAWK and METAL this year.
At least the MAIDEN won for 'El Dorado'!!