Here are the Grammy winners for 2011 topped off with the big one for Album of the Year going to Arcade Fire.
The complete winners list for 2011 is:
Album Of The Year
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Record Of The Year
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
Best Rap Album
Recovery -- Eminem
Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
Need You Now -- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Best Country Album
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Best Rock Album
The Resistance -- Muse
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) -- Train
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The House That Built Me -- Miranda Lambert
Nominees:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
EARLY WINNERS
Rock / Metal:
Best Rock Song
Angry World -- Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Hammerhead -- Jeff Beck
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Tighten Up -- The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock Performance
New Fang -- Them Crooked Vultures
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Helter Skelter -- Paul McCartney
Best Metal Performance
El Dorado -- Iron Maiden
Pop:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Bad Romance -- Lady Gaga
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Just The Way You Are -- Bruno Mars
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Imagine -- Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nessun Dorma -- Jeff Beck
Best Pop Vocal Collaboration with Vocals
Imagine -- Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Take Your Pick -- Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Crazy Love – Michael Buble
Urban / Rap / Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Brothers -- The Black Keys (beating Arcade Fire's The Suburbs)
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
F--- You -- Cee Lo Green
Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind -- Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
Best Rap Solo Performance
Not Afraid -- Eminem
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
On To The Next One -- Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
R&B:
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Raymond V Raymond -- Usher
Best R&B Album
Wake Up! -- John Legend & The Roots
Best R&B Song
Shine -- John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Bittersweet -- Fantasia
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
There Goes My Baby -- Usher
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Soldier Of Love -- Sade
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Hang On In There -- John Legend & The Roots
Jazz:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Stanley Clarke Band -- The Stanley Clarke Band
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee -- Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Change Is Gonna Come -- Herbie Hancock, soloist, off The Imagine Project
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Moody 4B -- James Moody
Best Large Jazz Ensemble
Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard -- Mingus Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Chucho's Steps -- Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Country:
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Til Summer Comes Around" -- Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
As She's Walking Away -- Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Hummingbyrd -- Marty Stuart
Best Country Song
Need You Now -- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Blues:
Best Traditional Blues Album
Joined At The Hip -- Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Living Proof -- Buddy Guy
Folk:
Best Traditional Folk Album
Genuine Negro Jig -- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Best Contemporary Folk Album
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise -- Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Best Americana Album
You Are Not Alone -- Mavis Staples
Gospel:
Best Gospel Performance
Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song
It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Love God. Love People. – Israel Houghton
Bluegrass:
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
The Reason – Diamond Rio
Best Bluegrass Album
Mountain Soul II -- Patty Loveless
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Downtown Church – Patty Griffin
Classical:
Best Classical Album
Verdi: Requiem -- Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer
Best Classical Crossover album
Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns -- Lucas Richman, conductor
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina -- Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Best Orchestral Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina -- Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin - Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange
Best Choral Performance
Verdi: Requiem -- Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 -- Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without Orchestra)
Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement -- Paul Jacobs
Best Chamber Music Performance
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 -- Parker Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Dinastia Borja - Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Sacrificium -- Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
Latin / World:
Best Latin Pop Album
Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album}
El Existential – Grupo Fantasma
Best Tropical Latin Album
Viva La Tradicion – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Best Tejano Album
Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia
Best Norteno Album
Classic – Intocable
Best Banda Album
Enamorate De Mi – El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere
Best Native American Music Album
2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – various artists
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Best Reggae Album
Before the Dawn – Buju Banton
Best Traditional World Music Album
Ali and Toumani – Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Bela Fleck
General:
Best Short Form Music Video
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Best Long Form Music Video
When You’re Strange – The Doors
Best Dance Recording
Only Girl (In the World) -- Rihanna
Best Electronic/Dance Album
La Roux -- La Roux
Best Musical Show Album
American Idiot (featuring Green Day) – Billy Joe Armstrong, producer
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Crazy Heart – various artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman composer
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
The Weary Kind (from Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett
Best New Age Album
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Best Musical Album for Children
Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the audiobook) – Jon Stewart with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver
Best Comedy Album
Stark Raving Black -- Lewis Black
Best Instrumental Composition
The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, arranger
Best Recording Package
Brothers – Michael Carney, art director
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors
Best Album Notes
Keep an Eye on the Sky – Robert Gordon, album-notes writer
Best Historical Album
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Battle Studies
Best Engineered Album, Classical (tie)
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina and Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album
Britten’s Orchestra
Best Orchestra Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina
VIDEO: Lady Gaga, watch the Undercover interview:
