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Sunday 12 February 2012

2012 Grammy Awards Winners List

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are being handed out on Sunday in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J hosts the ceremony, starting at 8:00 p.m., although winners in many categories will be announced before the telecast begins.
Check out the FULL LIST of winners below!
 Best Dance Recording
Skillrex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
Best Dance and Electronica Album
Skillrex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Best Tradition Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett, Duets II
Best R&B Performance
Corinne Bailey Rae, “Is This Love”
Best Rap Song
Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
Best Rap Album
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best New Age Album
Pat Metheny, What It’s All About
Best Short Form Music Video
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Best Long Form Music Video
Foo Fighers, “Back And Forth”

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Chick Corea, “500 Miles High”
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists, The Mosaic Project
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Corea, Clarke & White, Forever
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Christian McBride Big Band, The Good Feeling
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Skrillex, “Cinema”
Best Gospel Album
Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
Best Complication Soundtrack
“Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″
Best Score Soundtrack
“The King’s Speech”
Best Song for Visual Media
“I See The Light” (from Tangled)
Engineered Album, Classical
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman

Orchestral Performance
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic), “Brahms: Symphony No. 4″

Opera Recording
John Adams Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus, “Doctor Atomic”

Choral Performance
“Light and Gold,” Eric Whitacre, Conductor

Small Ensemble Performance
Rinde Eckert and Steven Mackey (Eighth Blackbird), “Lonely Motel,  Music From Slide,”

Classical Instrumental Solo
Giancarlo Guerrero, Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony), “Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra”

Classical Vocal Solo
Joyce Didonato, “Diva Divo”

Contemporary Classical Composition
Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein, “Elmer Gantry”
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling)
Betty White, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)

Musical Theater Album
The Book of Mormon
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story

Album Notes
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded by the San Francisco Bay

Instrumental Composition
Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, Life In Eleven

Instrumental Arrangement
Gordon Goodwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Jorge Calandrelli, Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Le’andria Johnson, “Jesus”

Gospel Song
Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
Gospel Album
Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear

Contemporary Christian Music Song
Laura Story, “Blessings

Contemporary Christian Music Album
Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is for Us…

Latin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album
Maná, Drama Y Luz

Regional Mexican or Tejano Album
Pepe Aguilar, Bicentenario

Banda or Norteño Album
Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends

Tropical Latin Album
Cachao, The Last Mambo
Best Americana Album
Levon Helm, Ramble At The Ryman
Best Bluegrass Album
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane
Best Blues Album
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans
Best Reggae Album
Stephen Marley, Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
Best World Music Album
Tinariwen, Tassili
Best Children’s Album
Various Artists, All About Bullies… Big And Small
Best Comedy Album
Louis C.K., Hilarious
Best Recording Package
Caroline Robert (Arcade Fire), Scenes From The Suburbs
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Dave Bett & Michelle Holme (Bruce Springsteen), The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
Best Historial Album
Paul McCartney, Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, Brad Blackwood (Alison Krauss & Union Station), Paper Airplane
Best Surround Sound Album
Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner (Derek & The Dominos), Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Egineered Album, Classical
Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, Jesse Lewis (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman