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2012 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 13 years ago February 12, 2012

2012 Grammy Award Winners

Winners for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced on February 12, 2012.
The event was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J served as the host for the night, his first time in this role for the Grammys.
Music that was released from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011, was eligible for the awards.
Noteworthy Moments: Adele dominated the night, sweeping six categories including Album of the Year for 21 and Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep. The Beach Boys returned to the Grammy stage for their 50th anniversary, sharing the limelight with Maroon 5 and Foster the People. Jennifer Hudson delivered a touching tribute to the recently departed Whitney Houston. Skrillex broke into the mainstream by winning three awards in the electronic dance music categories.
Trivia:
1. LL Cool J began the event with a heartfelt prayer in memory of Whitney Houston.
2. The Foo Fighters also had a big night, winning five of the six awards for which they were nominated.
3. The ceremony marked the first time that the Grammys did not have a General Field category nomination for a woman in seven years.
4. Bruce Springsteen opened the show, making it a rock-solid start before the awards were handed out.
5. This was the first year the Grammys were held after a major overhaul of award categories, reducing the total number from 109 to 78.

2012 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
21 – Adele

Record Of The Year:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele

Song Of The Year:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters

New Artist
Bon Iver

Best Country Album:
Own The Night – Lady Antebellum

Best R&B Album:
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown

Best Rock Performance:
Walk – Foo Fighters

Best Rap Performance:
Otis – Jay-Z & Kanye West

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Someone Like You – Adele

Best Country Solo Performance:
Mean – Taylor Swift

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars

Best Country Song:
Mean – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Best Folk Album:
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
White Limo – Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song:
Walk – Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album:
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album:
Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Paul Epworth, For work with Foster the People, Adele and Cee-Lo Green

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
All Of The Lights – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Song:
All Of The Lights – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Best Rap Album:
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West

Best R&B Performance:
Is This Love – Corinne Bailey Rae

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Fool For You – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

Best R&B Song:
Fool For You – Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Body And Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
The Road From Memphis – Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album:
21 – Adele

Best Short Form Music Video:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele, Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video:
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
500 Miles High – Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Forever – Corea, Clarke & White

Best Americana Album:
Ramble At The Ryman – Levon Helm

Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station

Best Blues Album:
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Rebirth Of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band

Best New Age Album:
What’s It All About – Pat Metheny

Best Reggae Album:
Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life – Stephen Marley

Best World Music Album:
Tassili – Tinariwen

Best Children’s Album:
All About Bullies … Big And Small – (Various Artists) Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling):
If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t) – Betty White

Best Comedy Album:
Hilarious – Louis C.K

Best Musical Theater Album:
The Book Of Mormon – Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Dance Recording:
Skrillex – Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Duets II – Tony Bennett & Various Artists

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording:
Adams: Doctor Atomic – Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance
Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

Best Small Ensemble Performance:
Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Diva Divo – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L’Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L’Opéra National De Lyon)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
Jesus – Le’Andria Johnson

Best Gospel Song:
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
Blessings – Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)

Best Gospel Album:
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
And If Our God Is For Us… – Chris Tomlin

Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album:
Drama Y Luz – Maná

Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album:
Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar

Best Banda Or Norteño Album:
Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends – Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Tropical Latin Album:
The Last Mambo – Cachao

Best Recording Package:
Scenes From The Suburbs – Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story – Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Album Notes:
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s – Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album
Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition), Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Paper Airplane – Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Cinema (Skrillex Remix) – Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs(Super Deluxe Edition) – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Rhapsody In Blue – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″ (Various Artists), Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
I See The Light” (From “Tangled”). Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)