The 54th Grammy Awards or Grammys 2012 winners have been revealed. This year's Grammy Awards presentation was held on February 12, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The recording industry's most prestigious award, the Grammy, is handed out annually by The Recording Academy (TRA).It is awarded by TRA's members to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences. It is truly a peer honor, awarded by and to artists and technical professionals for artistic or technical achievement, not sales or chart positions.
The annual presentation ceremony of the Grammy Awards brings together thousands of creative and technical professionals in the recording industry from all over the world.
Here is the complete list of winners in the 54th Grammy Awards or Grammys 2012:
RECORD OF THE YEAR: Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Bon Iver
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Glen Campbell, The Allman Brothers Band, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Memphis Horns, George Jones, Diana Ross
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night
SONG OF THE YEAR: “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele)
BEST R&B ALBUM: Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE: Foo Fighters, “Walk”
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: Jay-Z & Kanye West, “Otis”
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Adele, “Someone Like You”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Adele, 21
BEST DANCE RECORDING: Skillrex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
BEST DANCE AND ELECTRONICA ALBUM: Skillrex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
BEST TRADITION POP VOCAL ALBUM: Tony Bennett, Duets II
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: Tony Bennet & Amy Winehouse, “Body And Soul”
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE: Corinne Bailey Rae, “Is This Love”
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”
BEST R&B SONG: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”
BEST RAP SONG: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
BEST RAP ALBUM: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollow”
BEST FOLK ALBUM: The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow
BEST COUNTRY SONG: Taylor Swift, “Mean”
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE: Taylor Swift, “Mean”
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM: Pat Metheny, What It’s All About
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO: Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO: Foo Fighers, “Back And Forth”
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE: Foo Fighters, “White Limo”
BEST ROCK SONG: Foo Fighters, “Walk”
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Bon Iver, Bon Iver
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Booker T. Jones, “The Road From Memphis”
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO: Chick Corea, “500 Miles High”
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM: Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists, The Mosaic Project
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Corea, Clarke & White, Forever
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: Christian McBride Big Band, The Good Feeling
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL: Skrillex, “Cinema”
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM: Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK: “Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK: “The King’s Speech”
BEST SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA: “I See The Light” (from Tangled)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE: Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic), “Brahms: Symphony No. 4″
BEST OPERA RECORDING: John Adams Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus, “Doctor Atomic”
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE: “Light and Gold,” Eric Whitacre, Conductor
BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Rinde Eckert and Steven Mackey (Eighth Blackbird), “Lonely Motel, Music From Slide,”
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: Giancarlo Guerrero, Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony), “Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra”
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO: Joyce Didonato, “Diva Divo”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein, “Elmer Gantry”
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: Betty White, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM: The Book of Mormon
BEST ALBUM NOTES: Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded by the San Francisco Bay
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, Life In Eleven
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT: Gordon Goodwin, Rhapsody in Blue
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S): Jorge Calandrelli (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah), Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Le’andria Johnson, “Jesus”
BEST GOSPEL SONG: Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM: Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG: Laura Story, “Blessings”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM: Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is for Us…
BEST LATIN POP, ROCK OR URBAN ALBUM: Maná, Drama Y Luz
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN OR TEJANO ALBUM: Pepe Aguilar, Bicentenario
BEST BANDA OR NORTENO ALBUM: Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM: Cachao, The Last Mambo
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM: Levon Helm, Ramble At The Ryman
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane
BEST BLUES ALBUM: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM: Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans
BEST REGGAE ALBUM: Stephen Marley, Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: Tinariwen, Tassili
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM: Various Artists, All About Bullies… Big And Small
BEST COMEDY ALBUM: Louis C.K., Hilarious
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE: Caroline Robert (Arcade Fire), Scenes From The Suburbs
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE: Dave Bett & Michelle Holme (Bruce Springsteen), The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM: Paul McCartney, Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL: Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, Brad Blackwood (Alison Krauss & Union Station), Paper Airplane
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM: Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner (Derek & The Dominos), Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL: Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, Jesse Lewis (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL: Judith Sherman
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Paul Epworth
BEST NEW ARTIST: Bon Iver
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Glen Campbell, The Allman Brothers Band, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Memphis Horns, George Jones, Diana Ross
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night
SONG OF THE YEAR: “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele)
BEST R&B ALBUM: Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE: Foo Fighters, “Walk”
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: Jay-Z & Kanye West, “Otis”
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Adele, “Someone Like You”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Adele, 21
BEST DANCE RECORDING: Skillrex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
BEST DANCE AND ELECTRONICA ALBUM: Skillrex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
BEST TRADITION POP VOCAL ALBUM: Tony Bennett, Duets II
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: Tony Bennet & Amy Winehouse, “Body And Soul”
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE: Corinne Bailey Rae, “Is This Love”
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”
BEST R&B SONG: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”
BEST RAP SONG: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
BEST RAP ALBUM: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollow”
BEST FOLK ALBUM: The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow
BEST COUNTRY SONG: Taylor Swift, “Mean”
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE: Taylor Swift, “Mean”
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM: Pat Metheny, What It’s All About
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO: Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO: Foo Fighers, “Back And Forth”
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE: Foo Fighters, “White Limo”
BEST ROCK SONG: Foo Fighters, “Walk”
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Bon Iver, Bon Iver
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Booker T. Jones, “The Road From Memphis”
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO: Chick Corea, “500 Miles High”
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM: Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists, The Mosaic Project
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Corea, Clarke & White, Forever
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: Christian McBride Big Band, The Good Feeling
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL: Skrillex, “Cinema”
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM: Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK: “Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK: “The King’s Speech”
BEST SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA: “I See The Light” (from Tangled)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE: Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic), “Brahms: Symphony No. 4″
BEST OPERA RECORDING: John Adams Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus, “Doctor Atomic”
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE: “Light and Gold,” Eric Whitacre, Conductor
BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Rinde Eckert and Steven Mackey (Eighth Blackbird), “Lonely Motel, Music From Slide,”
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: Giancarlo Guerrero, Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony), “Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra”
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO: Joyce Didonato, “Diva Divo”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein, “Elmer Gantry”
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: Betty White, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM: The Book of Mormon
BEST ALBUM NOTES: Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded by the San Francisco Bay
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, Life In Eleven
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT: Gordon Goodwin, Rhapsody in Blue
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S): Jorge Calandrelli (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah), Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Le’andria Johnson, “Jesus”
BEST GOSPEL SONG: Kirk Franklin, “Hello Fear”
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM: Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG: Laura Story, “Blessings”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM: Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is for Us…
BEST LATIN POP, ROCK OR URBAN ALBUM: Maná, Drama Y Luz
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN OR TEJANO ALBUM: Pepe Aguilar, Bicentenario
BEST BANDA OR NORTENO ALBUM: Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM: Cachao, The Last Mambo
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM: Levon Helm, Ramble At The Ryman
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane
BEST BLUES ALBUM: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM: Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans
BEST REGGAE ALBUM: Stephen Marley, Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM: Tinariwen, Tassili
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM: Various Artists, All About Bullies… Big And Small
BEST COMEDY ALBUM: Louis C.K., Hilarious
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE: Caroline Robert (Arcade Fire), Scenes From The Suburbs
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE: Dave Bett & Michelle Holme (Bruce Springsteen), The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM: Paul McCartney, Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL: Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, Brad Blackwood (Alison Krauss & Union Station), Paper Airplane
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM: Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner (Derek & The Dominos), Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL: Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, Jesse Lewis (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL: Judith Sherman
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Paul Epworth
