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    Grammy Winners!



    The Grammys were awarded last night and the show brought in its biggest audience since 1984.  This is sure to be attributed to those wanting to see tribute paid to Whitney Houston and other big names we lost this past year.

    While the performances were hit (Adele), miss (Rihanna/Coldplay), and just plain well...odd (Nikki Minaj), it was a show that has a lot of people talking, espeically abnout Adele's whopping 6 wins!

    Here is the complete list of winners.  What do you think?  Are the Grammys relevant again?

    Pop vocal album: Adele's 21

    Album of the year: Adele's 21

    Record of the year: Adele's Rolling the Deep

    Best pop solo performance: Adele's Someone Like You

    Song of the year: Adele's Rolling in the Deep

    Short-form music video: Adele’s Rolling in the Deep

    Best rock performance: Foo Fighters' Walk

    Long-form music video: Foo Fighters’ Back and Forth

    Hard rock/metal performance: Foo Fighters’ White Limo

    Rock song: Foo Fighters’ Walk

    Rock Album: Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light

    Best rap performance: Otis, by Kanye West and Jay-Z

    Rap performance: Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Otis

    Best new artist: Bon Iver

    Alternative music album: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver

    Country duo/group performance: The Civil Wars’ Barton Hollow

    Folk album: The Civil Wars’ Barton Hollow

    Country solo performance: Taylor Swift’s Mean

    Country song: Taylor Swift’s Mean

    Dance recording: Skrillex’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

    Dance/electronica album: Skrillex’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

    R&B album: Chris Brown's F.A.M.E.

    Country album: Lady Antebellum's Own the Night

    Recording package: Caroline Robert’s Scenes from The Suburbs, for Arcade Fire

    Pop duo/group performance: Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse’s Body and Soul

    Pop instrumental album: Booker T. Jones’ The Road from Memphis

    Traditional pop vocal album: Tony Bennett and various artists’ Duets II

    R&B performance: Corinne Bailey Rae’s Is This Love

    Traditional R&B performance: Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona’s Fool for You

    R&B song: Cee Lo Green and Co.’s Fool for You

    Rap/sung collaboration: Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie’s All of the Lights

    Rap song: All of the Lights

    Rap album: Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    New age album: Pet Metheny’s What’s It All About

    Improvised jazz solo: Chick Corea’s 500 Miles High

    Jazz vocal album: Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists’ The Mosaic Project

    Jazz instrumental: Corea, Clarke and White’s Forever

    Large jazz ensemble: Christian McBride Big Band’s The Good Feeling

    Gospel/contemporary Christian music performance: Le’Andria Johnson’s Jesus

    Gospel song: Kirk Franklin’s Hello Fear

    Contemporary Christian music song: Laura Story’s Blessings

    Gospel album: Kirk Franklin’s Hello Fear

    Contemporary Christian music album: Chris Tomlin’s And If Our God Is For Us…

    Latin pop, rock or urban album: Mana’s Drama Y Luz

    Regional Mexican or Tejano album: Pepe Aguilar’s Bicentenario

    Bands or Norteno album: Los Tigres Del Norte’s Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends

    Tropical Latin album: Cachao’s The Last Mambo

    Americana album: Levon Helm’s Ramble at the Ryman

    Bluegrass album: Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Paper Airplane

    Blues album: Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator

    Regional roots music album: Rebirth Brass Band’s Rebirth of New Orleans

    Reggae album: Stephen Marley’s Revelatino Pt. 1: The Root of Life

    World music album: Tinariwen’s Tassili

    Children’s album: All About Bullies… Big & Small

    Spoken world album (includes poetry, audio books and story telling): Betty White’s If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)

    Comedy album: Louis C.K.’s Hilarious

    Musical theatre album: The Book of Mormom

    Compilation soundtrack for visual media: Boardwalk Empire: Vol. 1

    Score soundtrack for visual media: Alexandre Desplat’s The King’s Speech

    Song written for visual media: I See the Light (from Tangled)

    Instrumental composition: Bela Fleck and Howard Levy’s Life in Eleven

    Instrumental arrangement: Gordon Goodwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

    Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist: Jorge Calandrelli’s Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), for Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah

    Boxed or special limited edition package: Dave Bett and Michelle Holme’s 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 by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s

    Historical album: Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)

    Engineered album, non-classical: Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Paper Airplane

    Producer of the year, non-classical: Paul Epworth

    Remixed recording, non-classical: Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

    Surround sound album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)

    Engineered album, classical: Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

    Producer of the year, classical: Judith Sherman

    Orchestral performance: Brahms, Symphony No. 4 by Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

    Opera recording: Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Choral performance: Light & Gold - Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

    Small-ensemble performance: Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide

    Classical instrumental solo: Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra by Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Nashville Symphony

    Classical vocal solo: Joyce DiDonato with Kazushi Ono and Orchestre de l’Opera National de Lyon with Choeur de l’Opera National de Lyon for Diva Divo

    Contemporary classical composition: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s Elmer Gantry

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