2011 Grammy Awards Winners

Lady Gaga arriving at the Grammy Awards...drama queen!

The winners...

Record of the year:
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

Album of the year:
"The Suburbs" - Arcade Fire

Song of the year:
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

Best new artist:
Esperanza Spalding

 

Pop performance by a duo or group with vocals:
"Hey, Soul Sister" (Live) - Train

Pop vocal album:
"The Fame Monster" - Lady Gaga

Rock album:
"The Resistance" - Muse

Rap album:
"Recovery" - Eminem

Female country vocal performance:
Miranda Lambert, "The House That Built Me"

Country album:
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

Producer of the year, non-classical:
Danger Mouse

Female pop vocal performance:
"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga

Male pop vocal performance:
"Just The Way You Are" – Bruno Mars

Pop collaboration with vocals:
"Imagine" – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

Pop instrumental performance:
"Nessun Dorma" – Jeff Beck

Pop instrumental album:
"Take Your Pick" – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Dance recording:
"Only Girl (In The World)" – Rihanna

Electronic/dance album:
"La Roux" – La Roux

Traditional pop vocal album:
"Crazy Love" – Michael Bublé

Solo rock vocal performance:
"Helter Skelter" – Paul McCartney

Rock performance by a duo or group with vocals:
"Tighten Up" – The Black Keys

Rock song:
"Angry World" – Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)

Alternative music album:
"Brothers" – The Black Keys

Female R&B vocal performance:
"Bittersweet" – Fantasia

Male R&B vocal performance:
"There Goes My Baby" – Usher

R&B Performance by a duo or group with vocals:
"Soldier Of Love" – Sade

Traditional R&B vocal performance:
"Hang On In There" – John Legend & The Roots

Urban/alternative performance:
"F*** You" – Cee Lo Green

R&B song:
"Shine" – John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)

R&B album:
"Wake Up!" – John Legend & The Roots

Contemporary R&B album:
"Raymond V Raymond" – Usher

Rap solo performance:
"Not Afraid" – Eminem

Rap performance by a duo or group:
"On To The Next One" – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Rap/sung collaboration:
"Empire State Of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Rap song:
"Empire State Of Mind" – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Burt Keyes & Sylvia Robinson, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)

Male country vocal performance:
"'Til Summer Comes Around" – Keith Urban

Country performance by a duo or group with vocals:
"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum

Country collaboration with vocals:
"As She's Walking Away" – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson

Country instrumental performance:
"Hummingbyrd" – Marty Stuart

Country song:
"Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Gospel performance:
"Grace" – BeBe & CeCe Winans

Gospel song:
"It's What I Do" – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway)

Rock or rap gospel album:
"Hello Hurricane" – Switchfoot

Pop/contemporary gospel album:
"Love God. Love People." – Israel Houghton

Southern, country, or bluegrass gospel album:
"The Reason" – Diamond Rio

Traditional gospel album:
"Downtown Church" – Patty Griffin

Best contemporary R&B gospel album:
"Still" – BeBe & CeCe Winans

Latin pop album:
"Paraiso Express" – Alejandro Sanz

Contemporary blues album:
"Living Proof" – Buddy Guy

Traditional folk album:
"Genuine Negro Jig" – Carolina Chocolate Drops

Contemporary folk album:
"God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise" – Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs

Zydeco or Cajun music album:
"Zydeco Junkie" – Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band

Reggae album:
"Before The Dawn" – Buju Banton

Traditional world music album:
"Ali And Toumani" – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

Contemporary world music album:
"Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks" – Béla Fleck

Musical album for children:
"Tomorrow's Children" – Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends

Spoken word album for children:
"Julie Andrews' Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies" – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

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 & Sigourney Weaver)

Comedy album:
"Stark Raving Black" – Lewis Black

Musical show album:
"American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)" – Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With John Gallagher, Jr., Michael Esper & Others)

Compilation soundtrack album for motion picture, television or other visual media:
"Crazy Heart" – (Various Artists) Stephen Bruton & T Bone Burnett, producers

Score Soundtrack album for motion picture, television or other visual media:
"Toy Story 3" – Randy Newman, composer

Song written for motion picture, television or other visual media:
"The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart)" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)

Instrumental composition:
"The Path Among The Trees" – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble)

Instrumental arrangement:
"Carlos" – Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest)

Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s):
"Baba Yetu" – Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Recording package:
"Brothers" – Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)

Boxed or special limited edition package:
"Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)" – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)

Album notes:
"Keep An Eye On The Sky" – Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)

Historical album:
"The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)" – Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles)

Engineered album, non-classical:
"Battle Studies" – Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak & Manny Marroquin, engineers (John Mayer)

Remixed recording, non-classical:
"Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)" – David Guetta & Afrojack, remixers (Madonna)

Surround sound album:
"Britten's Orchestra" – Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

Engineered album, classical – TIE:
"Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina" – Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra), AND "Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works" – Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)

Producer of the year, classical:
David Frost

Classical album:
"Verdi: Requiem" – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer

Orchestral performance:
"Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina" – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony)

Opera recording:
"Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin" – Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer

Choral performance:
"Verdi: Requiem" – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Instrumental soloist(s) performance (with orchestra):
"Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24" – Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)

Instrumental soloist performance (without orchestra):
"Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement" – Paul Jacobs

Chamber music performance:
"Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2" – Parker Quartet

Small ensemble performance:
"Dinastia Borja" – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya

Classical vocal performance:
"Sacrificium" – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Classical contemporary composition:
"Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina" – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)

Classical crossover album:
"Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns" – Lucas Richman, conductor (Sussan Deyhim, Lia, Kaori Omura, Dulce Pontes, Jia Ruhan, Aoi Tada & Frederica von Stade; Anonymous 4 & Soweto Gospel Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Short form music video:
"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga

Long form music video:
"When You're Strange (The Doors)" – Tom Dicillo, video director; John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski & Dick Wolf, video producers.