Wednesday, February 15, 2012

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

As we thought, six-time Grammy nominee Adele is now a six-time Grammy winner, sweeping Album, Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Short Form Video and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 12). The singer netted trophies for her record-smashing album 21 and hit singles “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You”. Jump below to see the full list of winners.

Kanye West, the most nominated act of the night, picked up trophies for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “All of the Lights”, and Best Rap Performance (with Jay-Z) for “Otis”, and Best Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Foo Fighters won their first Grammy ever — and then four more.

EDM producer Skrillex surprised many by picking up three Grammy wins, including Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronica album, while Taylor Swift surprised few taking home Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for her ode to comeuppance, “Mean.”

2012 GRAMMY AWARDS WINNERS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: 21, Adele
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Rolling In The Deep”, Adele
SONG OF THE YEAR: “Rolling In The Deep”, Adele
BEST NEW ARTIST: Bon Iver
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE: “Someone Like You”, Adele
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: 21, Adele
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: “Body And Soul”, Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO: “Rolling in the Deep”, Adele
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO: “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth”, Foo Fighters
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA: Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA: The King’s Speech
BEST DANCE RECORDING: “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites”, Skrillex
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM: Duets II, Tony Bennett & Various Artists
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE: “Walk”, Foo Fighters
BEST ROCK SONG: “Walk”, Foo Fighters
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE: “White Limo”, Foo Fighters
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Bon Iver, Bon Iver
BEST R&B ALBUM: F.A.M.E., Chris Brown
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE: “Is This Love”, Corinne Bailey Rae
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE: “Fool For You”, Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
BEST R&B SONG: “Fool for You”, Cee Lo Green and Jack Splash
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: “All Of The Lights”, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: “Otis”, Jay-Z & Kanye West
BEST RAP SONG: “All of the Lights”, Jeff Ghasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter, Kanye West
BEST RAP ALBUM: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Own The Night, Lady Antebellum
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE: “Mean”, Taylor Swift
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: “Barton Hollow”, The Civil Wars
BEST COUNTRY SONG: “Mean”, Taylor Swift
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM: Ramble At The Ryman, Levon Helm
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM: Paper Airplane, Alison Krauss and Union Station
BEST BLUES ALBUM: Revelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band
BEST FOLK ALBUM: Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO: “500 Miles High”, Chick Corea
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM: The Mosaic Project, Terri Lyne Carrington and Various Artists
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: The Good Feeling, Christian McBride Big Band
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Forever, Corea, Clarke and White
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t), Betty White
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM: All About Bullies… Big and Small, Various Artists
BEST MUSIC THEATER ALBUM: The Book of Mormon
BEST COMEDY ALBUM: Hilarious, Louis C.K.
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM: Rebirth of New Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: Tassili, Tinariwen
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL: Paul Epworth

2012 GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, the Memphis Horns, Diana Ross, Gil Scott-Heron

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others

2012 Grammy Awards Surprise None and Shock Others
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