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2012 Grammy Award Winners and Nominees

2011 Grammy Award Winners
and Nominees



Record of the Year:
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Nominees:
Nothin' On You, B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem featuring Rihanna
F*** You, Cee Lo Green
Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes


Album of the Year:
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Nominees:
The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
Recovery, Eminem
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry


Song of the Year: (songwriter award)
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum:
Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelly, Hillary Scott
Nominees:
Beg, Steal or Borrow, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
F*** You, Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem, featuring Rihanna


Best New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding
Nominees:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and The Machine
Mumford & Sons


Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Hey, Soul Sister (Live)
Train
Nominees:
Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version), Glee Cast
Misery, Maroon 5
The Only Exception, Paramore
Babyfather, Sade


Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Imagine
Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Nominees:
Airplanes II, B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
If It Wasn't For Bad, Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone, Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls, Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg


Best Dance Recording:
Only Girl (In The World)
Rihanna
Nominees:
Rocket, Goldfrapp
In For The Kill, La Roux
Dance In The Dark, Lady Gaga
Dancing On My Own, Robyn


Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Tighten Up
The Black Keys
Nominees:
Ready To Start, Arcade Fire
I Put A Spell On You, Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
Resistance, Muse


Best Hard Rock Performance:
New Fang
Them Crooked Vultures
Nominees:
A Looking In View, Alice In Chains
Let Me Hear You Scream, Ozzy Osbourne
Black Rain, Soundgarden
Between The Lines, Stone Temple Pilots


Best Rock Song:  (songwriter award)
Angry World
Neil Young
Nominees:
The Resistance, Muse
Little Lion Man, Mumford & Sons
Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
Tighten Up, The Black Keys


Best Alternative Music Album:
Brothers
The Black Keys
Nominees:
The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms, Band Of Horses
Broken Bells, Broken Bells
Contra, Vampire Weekend


Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Soldier Of Love
Sade
Nominees:
Take My Time, Chris Brown & Tank
Love, Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
You've Got A Friend, Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Shine, John Legend & The Roots


Best Contemporary R&B Album:
Raymond V Raymond
Usher
Nominees:
Graffiti, Chris Brown
Untitled, R. Kelly
Transition, Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid, Janelle Monáe


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Empire State Of Mind
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Nominees:
Nothin' On You, B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
Deuces, Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
Wake Up! Everybody, John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common


Best Rap Song: (songwriter award)
Empire State Of Mind
Sylvia Robinson, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic, Alexander Shuckburgh
Nominees:
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid, Eminem
Nothin' On You, B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
On To The Next One, Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz


Best Rap Album:
Recovery
Eminem
Nominees:
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
Thank Me Later, Drake
The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
How I Got Over, The Roots


Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
As She's Walking Away
Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Nominees:
Bad Angel, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In The Name Of Love), Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
Hillbilly Bone, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
I Run To You, Marty Stuart & Connie Smith


Best Country Song: (songwriter award)
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Nominees:
The Breath You Take, George Strait
Free, Zac Brown Band
The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
I'd Love To Be Your Last, Gretchen Wilson
If I Die Young, The Band Perry
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum


Best Country Album:
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelly, Hillary Scott
Nominees:
Up On The Ridge, Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
Revolution, Miranda Lambert

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga

Best Rock Album

The Resistance - Muse

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Hey, Soul Sister (Live) - Train

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert

Best Rock Song

Angry World - Neil Young

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Hammerhead - Jeff Beck

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Tighten Up - The Black Keys

Best Hard Rock Performance

New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney

Best Metal Performance

El Dorado - Iron Maiden

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Imagine - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Nessun Dorma - Jeff Beck

Best Pop Vocal Collaboration with Vocals

Imagine - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Take Your Pick - Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Crazy Love - Michael Buble

Best Alternative Music Album

Brothers - The Black Keys 

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

F**k You - Cee Lo Green

Best Rap Solo Performance

Not Afraid - Eminem

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

On To The Next One - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Empire State Of Mind" - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Raymond V Raymond - Usher

Best R&B Album

Wake Up! - John Legend & The Roots

Best R&B Song

Shine - John Stephens, John Legend & The Roots

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Bittersweet - Fantasia

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

There Goes My Baby - Usher

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Soldier Of Love - Sade

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

Still - BeBe & CeCe Winans

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Hang On In There - John Legend & The Roots

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

The Stanley Clarke Band - The Stanley Clarke Band

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee - Dee Dee Bridgewater

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Change Is Gonna Come - Herbie Hancock - off The Imagine Project

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Moody 4B - James Moody

Best Large Jazz Ensemble

Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard - Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Chucho's Steps - Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Hummingbyrd - Marty Stuart

Best Country Song

Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best Traditional Blues Album

Joined At The Hip - Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Living Proof - Buddy Guy

Best Traditional Folk Album

Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops

Best Contemporary Folk Album

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise - Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs

Best Americana Album

You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples

Best Gospel Performance

Grace - BeBe & CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

It’s What I Do - Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

Hello Hurricane - Switchfoot

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Love God. Love People. - Israel Houghton

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

The Reason - Diamond Rio

Best Bluegrass Album

Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless

Best Traditional Gospel Album

Downtown Church - Patty Griffin

Best Classical Album

Verdi: Requiem - Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer

Best Classical Crossover album

Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns - Lucas Richman, conductor

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Michael Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina - Michael Daugherty, Giancarlo Guerrero

Best Orchestral Performance

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina - Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Best Opera Recording

Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin - Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange

Best Choral Performance

Verdi: Requiem - Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 - Mitsuko Uchida - The Cleveland Orchestra

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without Orchestra)

Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement - Paul Jacobs

Best Chamber Music Performance

Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 - Parker Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance

Dinastia Borja - Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Sacrificium - Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Best Engineered Album, Classical (Tie)

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Rob Cavallo

Producer of the Year, Classical

David Frost

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix)

Best Surround Sound Album

Britten’s Orchestra

Best Orchestra Performance

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina

Best Latin Pop Album

Paraiso Express - Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album

El Existential - Grupo Fantasma

Best Tropical Latin Album

Viva La Tradicion - Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Best Tejano Album

Recuerdos - Little Joe & La Familia

Best Norteno Album

Classic - Intocable

Best Banda Album

Enamorate De Mi - El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Huana Ke Aloha - Tia Carrere

Best Native American Music Album

2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance - Various Artists

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Zydeco Junkie - Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

Best Reggae Album

Before the Dawn - Buju Banton

Best Traditional World Music Album

Ali and Toumani - Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks - Bela Fleck

Best Short Form Music Video

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Best Long Form Music Video

When You’re Strange - The Doors

Best Dance Recording

Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna

Best Electronic/Dance Album

La Roux - La Roux

Best Musical Show Album

American Idiot (featuring Green Day) - Billy Joe Armstrong, producer

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Crazy Heart - Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman, composer

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

The Weary Kind (from Crazy Heart) - Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett

Best New Age Album

Miho: Journey to the Mountain - Paul Winter Consort

Best Musical Album for Children

Tomorrow’s Children - Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies - Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the audiobook) - Jon Stewart with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver

Best Comedy Album

Stark Raving Black - Lewis Black

Best Instrumental Composition

The Path Among the Trees - Billy Childs, composer

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Carlos - Vince Mendoza, arranger

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Baba Yetu - Christopher Tin, arranger

Best Recording Package

Brothers - Michael Carney, art director

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) - Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors

Best Album Notes

Keep an Eye on the Sky - Robert Gordon, album-notes writer

Best Historical Album

The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) - Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Battle Studies