Who Took Home Gramophone Gold: Grammy Winners 2012

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 54^th Grammy Award ceremony was held on February 12^th 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