If you are a music fan you have heard about and watched the Grammy’s year after year (running since 1959). The Grammy Award (originally Gramophone Award), is a very prestigious award in the music industry. It symbolizes and recognizes outstanding achievements in the world of music. The annual presentation features performances by the most prominent artists. The 54th Grammy Award ceremony was held on February 12th 2012. In case you missed seeing the winners accept their trophies here are a list of the talented artists who now have Gold Grammy’s to add to their collection of achievements…BNL congratulates all of the talented nominees and winners.
Record of the Year- Adele for Rolling In The Deep
Album of the Year- Adele for 21
Song of the Year- Adele for Rolling In The Deep
Best New Artist- Bon Iver
Best Pop Solo Performance- Adele for Someone Like You
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance- Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse for Body and Soul
Best Pop Instrumental Album- The Road From Memphis by Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album- Adele for 21
Best Dance Recording- Skrillex for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Best Dance/Electronic Album- Skillex for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album- Tony Bennett & Various Artists for Duets ll
Best Rock Performance- Foo Fighters for Walk
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance- Foo Fighters for White Limo
Best Rock Song- Foo Fighters for Walk
Best Rock Album- Foo Fighters for Wasting Light
Best Alternative Music Album- Bon Iver for Bon Iver
Best R&B Performance- Corinne Baily Rae for Is This Love
Best Traditional R&B Performance- Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona- Fool For You
Best R&B Song- Cee Lo Green for Fool For You
Best R&B Album- Chris Brown for F.A.M.E
Best Rap Performance- Jay-Z & Kayne West for Otis
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration- Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie for All Of The Lights
Best Rap Song- All Of the Lights (All artists with the song)
Best Rap Album- Kanye West for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Country Solo Performance- Taylor Swift for Mean
Best Country Duo/Group Performance- The Civil Wars for Barton Hollow
Best Country Song- Taylor Swift for Mean
Best Country Album- Lady Antebellum for Own The Light
Best New Age Album- Pat Metheny for What’s It All About
Best Improvised Jazz Solo- Chick Corea for 500 Miles High
Best Jazz Vocal Album- Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists for The Mosaic Project
Best Jazz Instrumental Album- Corea, Clarke & White for Forever
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album- Christian McBride Big Band for The Good Feeling
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music- Le’Andria Johnson for Jesus
Best Gospel Song- Kirk Franklin for Hello Fear
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song- Laura Story for Blessings
Best Gospel Album- Kirk Franklin for Hello Fear
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album- Chris Tomlin for And If Our God Is For Us
Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album- Mana for Drama Y Luz
Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album- Pepe Aguilar for Bicentenario
Best Banda Or Norteno Album- Los Tigres Del Norte for Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends
Best Tropical Latin Album- Cachao for The Last Mambo
Best Americana Album- Levon Helm for Ramble At The Ryman
Best Bluegrass Album- Alison Krauss & Union Station for Paper Airplane
Best Blues Album- Tedeshi Trucks Band for Revelator
Best Fold Album- Civil Wars for Barton Hollow
Best Regional Roots Music Album- Rebirth Brass Band for Rebirth of New Orleans
Best Reggae Album- Stephen Marley for Revelation Pr: The Root of Life
Best World Music Album- Tinariwen for Tassili
Best Children’s Album- Various Artists for All About Bullies…Big and Small
Best Spoken Word Album- Betty White for If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)
Best Comedy Album- Louis C.K. for Hilarious
Best Musical Theater Album- Josh Gad & Andrew Fannells for The Book of Mormon
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media- Various Artists for Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media- Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech
Best Song Written For Visual Media- Alan Menken & Glenn Slater for I See The Light (Tangled)
Best Instrumental Composition- Bela Fleck and Howard Levy for Life In Eleven
Best Instrumental Arrangement- Gordon Goodwin for Rhapsody In Blue
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying- Jorge Calandrelli for Who Can I Turn To
Best Recording Package- Caroline Robert Art Director (Arcade Fire) for Scenes From The Suburbs
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Packages- Dave Bett & Michelle Holme for The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
Best Album Notes- Adam Machado for Hear Me Howling!
Best Historical Album- Paul McCartney and others for Band On The Run
Best Engineered Album- Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley for Paper Airplane
Producer of the Year- Paul Epworth for Foster the People, Cee Lo Green and Adele
Best Remixed Recording- Sonny Moore for Cinema (Skillex Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album- Elliot Scheiner for Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Best Engineered Album- Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton for Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Producer of the Year- Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance- Gustavo Dudamel Los Angeles Philharmonic for Brahms: symphony No. 4
Best Opera Recording- Alan Gilbert for Adams: Doctor Atomic
Best Choral Performance- Eric Whitacre for Light & Gold
Best Small Ensemble Performance- Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey for Macky: Lonely Motel
Best Classical Instrumental Solo- Giancarlo Guerrero for Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra
Best Classical Vocal Solo- Joyce DiDonato for Diva Divo
Best Contemporary Classical Composition- Robert Aldridge & Hershel Garfien for Elmer Gantry
Best Short Form Music Video- Adele for Rolling In The Deep
Best Long Form Music Video- Foo Fighters for Back and Forth
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