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2011 Grammy Award Winners

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2011 Grammy Award Winners

  • The 2011 Grammy Award winners were announced on February 13, 2011.
  • The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
  • Unlike many other years, there was no official host for this ceremony.
  • The eligibility year for the awards ranged from September 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010.

Noteworthy Moments:

  • The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, surprising many.
  • Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now snagged Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
  • Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz artist to win Best New Artist.
  • This was the last Grammy ceremony to be held before the categories were reduced from 109 to 7
  • Mick Jagger made his first-ever live appearance at the Grammys, performing a tribute to Solomon Burke
  • Barbra Streisand returned to the Grammy stage for the first time in 6 years to perform “Evergreen
  • Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding upset Justin Bieber and Drake to win Best New Artist
  • The awards ceremony was watched by 26.6 million viewers, a significant increase from the previous year.

2011 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Record of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Rap Album:
Recovery, Eminem
New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding
Song of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Pop Vocal Album:
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train
Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Crazy Love РMichael Bubl̩
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, The Imagine Project
Pop Instrumental Performance:
Nessun Dorma – Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion
Pop Instrumental Album:
Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Back to Me – 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:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
R&B Song:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
R&B Album:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
Contemporary R&B Album:
Raymond V Raymond – Usher
Rap Song:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
On to the Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Rap Solo Performance:
Eminem – Not Afraid
Urban/Alternative Performance:
F*** You – Cee Lo Green
Rock Album:
The Resistance – Muse
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
Hard Rock Performance:
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
Metal Performance:
El Dorado – Iron Maiden
Rock Instrumental Performance:
Hammerhead – Jeff Beck
Country Album:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Female Country Vocal Performance:
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Male Country Vocal Performance:
-Til Summer Comes Around – Keith Urban
Country Song:
Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Country Instrumental Performance:
Hummingbyrd – Marty Stuart
New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band
Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Latin Pop Album:
Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
El Existential – Grupo Fantasma
Tropical Latin Album:
Viva La Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Tejano Album:
Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia
Norteño Album:
Classic – Intocable
Banda Album:
Enamórate De Mí – El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band
Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Improvised Jazz Solo:
A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Moody 4B – James Moody
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band
Latin Jazz Album:
Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers
Gospel Performance:
Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still
Gospel Song:
It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway), The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III
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
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Dance Recording:
Only Girl (in the World) – Rihanna
Electronic/Dance Album:
La Roux – La Roux
Alternative Music Album:
Brothers, The Black Keys
Americana Album:
You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples
Bluegrass Album:
Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless
Traditional Blues Album:
Joined At The Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith
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
Hawaiian Music Album:
Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere
Native American Music Album:
2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – Various Artists
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 РAli Farka Tour̩ & Toumani Diabat̩
Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks РB̩la Fleck
New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Short Form Music Video:
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Long Form Music Video:
When You’re Strange – The Doors
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)
Musical Show Album:
American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Crazy Heart (Various Artists)
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
Instrumental Composition:
The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble), Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2
Instrumental Arrangement:
Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest), 54
Engineered Album, Classical:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Giancarlo Guerrero &Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost
Classical Album:
Verdi: Requiem – Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus
Orchestral Performance:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Nashville Symphony
Opera Recording:
Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Choral Performance:
Verdi: Requiem – 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):
Paul Jacobs – Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement
Chamber Music Performance:
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Parker Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance:
Dinastia Borja РJordi Savall, conductor; Hesp̬rion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Classical Vocal Performance:
Sacrificium – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
Classical Contemporary Composition:
Michael Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero) – Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
Classical Crossover Album:
Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns
Surround Sound Album:
Britten’s Orchestra – Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
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
Comedy Album:
Lewis Black, Stark Raving Black
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Calling All Dawns
Recording Package:
Brothers – The Black Keys
Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – The White Stripes
Album Notes:
Keep An Eye On The Sky – Big Star
Historical Album:
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – The Beatles
Engineered Album, Nonclassical:
Battle Studies – John Mayer
Producer of the Year, Nonclassical:
Danger Mouse
Remixed Recording, Nonclassical:
Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix) – Madonna

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