2010 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 15 years ago January 31, 2010

2010 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: January 31, 2010
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: John Goodman
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009

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Behind-the-Beats Trivia

Taylor Swift, at the age of 20, became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year for Fearless.
Beyoncé broke the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night, taking home six awards.
Lady Gaga made a grand entrance by arriving in a giant egg; she later performed Born This Way.
John Goodman, known for his acting rather than hosting music events, was an unexpected choice that added a different flavor to the ceremony.
Jazz musician Chick Corea was the only artist nominated in two different genres: Jazz and Classical.
The eligibility year for this particular Grammy Awards was shortened by one month, to synchronize the Grammy Award cycle with that of its peer awards.
The award for Best New Artist went to the Zac Brown Band, marking a rare win for a country group in this category.
David Guetta won his first Grammy this year for the song When Love Takes Over, featuring Kelly Rowland, in the category Best Dance Recording.

2010 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
Fearless – Taylor Swift

Record of the Year:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Song of the Year:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

New Artist:
Zac Brown Band

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas

Pop Vocal Album:
The Black Eyed PeasThe E.N.D.

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Halo – Beyoncé

Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Make It Mine – Jason Mraz

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Bublé

Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat – Lucky

Pop Instrumental Performance:
Throw Down Your Heart – Bela Fleck

Pop Instrumental Album:
Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones

Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Pretty Wings – Maxwell

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Blame It – Jamie Foxx and T-Pain

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
At Last, Beyoncé

R&B Song:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

R&B Album:
Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell

Contemporary R&B Album:
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Crack a Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent

Rap Song:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Rap Album:
Relapse – Eminem

Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

Urban/Alternative Performance:
India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré – Pearls

Country Album:
Fearless – Taylor Swift

Female Country Vocal Performance:
White Horse – Taylor Swift

Male Country Vocal Performance:
Sweet Thing – Keith Urban

Country Song:
White Horse – Taylor Swift

Country Collaboration With Vocals:
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Run to You – Lady Antebellum

Country Instrumental Performance:
Producer’s Medley – Steve Wariner

Rock Album:
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Working on a Dream – Bruce Springsteen

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Rock Song:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Hard Rock Performance:
War Machine – AC/DC

Metal Performance:
Dissident Aggressor – Judas Priest

Rock Instrumental Performance:
A Day in the Life – Jeff Beck

Dance Recording:
Poker Face – Lady Gaga

Electronic/Dance Album:
The Fame – Lady Gaga

Alternative Music Album:
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

Americana Album:
Electric Dirt – Levon Helm

Bluegrass Album:
The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin

Traditional Blues Album:
A Stranger Here – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Contemporary Blues Album:
Already Free – The Derek Trucks Band

Traditional Folk Album:
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III

Contemporary Folk Album:
Townes – Steve Earle

Hawaiian Music Album:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists

Native American Music Album:
Spirit Wind North – Bill Miller

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Lay Your Burden Down – Buckwheat Zydeco

Reggae Album:
Mind Control – Acoustic, Stephen Marley

Traditional World Music Album:
Douga Mansa – Mamadou Diabate

Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck

New Age Album:
Prayer for Compassion – David Darling

Short Form Music Video:
Boom Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas

Long Form Music Video:
The Beatles Love – All Together Now – Various Artists

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox

Musical Show Album:
West Side Story

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Slumdog Millionaire

Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Up – Michael Giacchino

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Jai Ho – (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash

Instrumental Composition:
Married Life (from Up) – Michael Giacchino

Instrumental Arrangement:
West Side Story Medley – Bill Cunliffe

Gospel Performance:
Wait on the Lord – Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard

Gospel Song:
God in Me – Mary Mary featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard

Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Live Revelations – Third Day

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
The Power of One – Israel Houghton

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb

Traditional Gospel Album:
Oh Happy Day – Various Artists

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Audience of One – Heather Headley

Latin Pop Album:
Sin Frenos – La Quinta Estación

Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13

Tropical Latin Album:
Ciclos – Luis Enrique

Regional Mexican Album:
Necesito De Ti – Vicente Fernández

Tejano Album:
Borders y Bailes – Los Texmaniacs

Norteño Album:
Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres Del Norte

Banda Album:
Tu Esclavo y Amo – Lupillo Rivera

Contemporary Jazz Album:
75 – Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate

Jazz Vocal Album:
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, Kurt Elling

Improvised Jazz Solo:
Dancin’ 4 Chicken – Terence Blanchard, soloist

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Five Piece Band Live, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Latin Jazz Album:
Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés

Engineered Album, Classical:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Steven Epstein

Classical Album:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Orchestral Performance:
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Opera Recording:
Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus

Choral Performance:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir – San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 – Philharmonia Orchestra

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Journey to the New World – Sharon Isbin

Chamber Music Performance:
Intimate Letters – Emerson String Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance:
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion – Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre of Voices

Classical Vocal Performance:
Renée Fleming – Verismo Arias

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto – Jennifer Higdon

Classical Crossover Album:
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-Yo Ma

Surround Sound Album:
Transmigration, Robert Spano – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

Musical Album for Children:
Family Time – Ziggy Marley

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs – Buck Howdy

Comedy Album:
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – Stephen Colbert

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Quiet Nights – Diana Krall

Recording Package:
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today – David Byrne and Brian Eno

Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963–1972) – Neil Young

Album Notes:
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) – Louis Armstrong

Historical Album:
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) – Little Walter

Engineered Album, Nonclassical:
Ellipse – Imogen Heap

Producer of the Year, Nonclassical:
Brendan O’Brien

Remixed Recording, Nonclassical:
When Love Takes Over” (Electro Extended Remix) – David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland