The Grammy Awards 2012 Winners List
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Adele dominates with five big wins
It was a sensational night for Adele at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night as the British songstress triumphed in five categories.
The 23-year-old Londoner scooped five of the top gongs at the biggest event in the music calendar including Album of the Year for ‘21’ and Song of the Year for ‘Rolling in the Deep’.
Other big winners on the night included Foo Fighters, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Tony Bennett and Taylor Swift.
The full winners list is as follows:
Album of the year: Adele '21'
Record of the year: Adele 'Rolling the Deep'
Best pop solo performance: Adele 'Someone Like You'
Song of the year: Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'
Short-form music video: Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'
Best rock performance: Foo Fighters 'Walk'
Long-form music video: Foo Fighters 'Back and Forth'
Hard rock/metal performance: Foo Fighters 'White Limo'
Rock Song: Foo Fighters 'Walk'
Rock Album: Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light
Best rap performance: Kanye West and Jay-Z 'Otis'
Rap performance: Kanye West and Jay-Z 'Otis'
Best new artist: Bon Iver
Alternative music album: Bon Iver 'Bon Iver'
Country duo/group performance: The Civil Wars 'Barton Hollow'
Folk album: The Civil Wars 'Barton Hollow'
Country solo performance: Taylor Swift 'Mean'
Country song: Taylor Swift 'Mean'
Dance recording: Skrillex 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'
Dance/electronica album: Skrillex 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'
R&B album: Chris Brown 'F.A.M.E.'
Country album: Lady Antebellum 'Own the Night'
Recording package: Caroline Robert’s Scenes from The Suburbs, for Arcade Fire
Pop duo/group performance: Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse 'Body and Soul'
Pop instrumental album: Booker T. Jones 'The Road from Memphi's
Traditional pop vocal album: Tony Bennett and various artists 'Duets II'
R&B performance: Corinne Bailey Rae 'Is This Love?'
Traditional R&B performance: Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona 'Fool for You'
R&B song: Cee Lo Green ' Fool for You'
Rap/sung collaboration: Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie 'All of the Lights'
Rap song:Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie 'All of the Lights'
Rap album: Kanye West 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'
New age album: Pet Metheny 'What’s It All About'
Improvised jazz solo: Chick Corea '500 Miles High'
Jazz vocal album: Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists 'The Mosaic Project'
Jazz instrumental: Corea, Clarke and White 'Forever'
Large jazz ensemble: Christian McBride Big Band’s The Good Feeling
Gospel/contemporary Christian music performance: Le’Andria Johnson’s Jesus
Gospel song: Kirk Franklin’s Hello Fear
Contemporary Christian music song: Laura Story’s Blessings
Gospel album: Kirk Franklin’s Hello Fear
Contemporary Christian music album: Chris Tomlin’s And If Our God Is For Us…
Latin pop, rock or urban album: Mana’s Drama Y Luz
Regional Mexican or Tejano album: Pepe Aguilar’s Bicentenario
Bands or Norteno album: Los Tigres Del Norte’s Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends
Tropical Latin album: Cachao’s The Last Mambo
Americana album: Levon Helm’s Ramble at the Ryman
Bluegrass album: Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Paper Airplane
Blues album: Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator
Regional roots music album: Rebirth Brass Band 'Rebirth of New Orleans'
Reggae album: Stephen Marley 'Revelatino Pt. 1: The Root of Life'
World music album: Tinariwen 'Tassili'
Children’s album: All About Bullies… Big & Small
Spoken world album (includes poetry, audio books and story telling): Betty White’s If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
Comedy album: Louis C.K.’s Hilarious
Musical theatre album: The Book of Mormom
Compilation soundtrack for visual media: Boardwalk Empire: Vol. 1
Score soundtrack for visual media: Alexandre Desplat’s The King’s Speech
Song written for visual media: I See the Light (from Tangled)
Instrumental composition: Bela Fleck and Howard Levy’s Life in Eleven
Instrumental arrangement: Gordon Goodwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist: Jorge Calandrelli’s Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), for Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah
Boxed or special limited edition package: Dave Bett and Michelle Holme’s The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story
Album notes: Hear Me Howling: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s
Historical album: Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
Engineered album, non-classical: Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Paper Airplane
Producer of the year, non-classical: Paul Epworth
Remixed recording, non-classical: Cinema (Skrillex Remix)
Surround sound album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
Engineered album, classical: Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Producer of the year, classical: Judith Sherman
Orchestral performance: Brahms, Symphony No. 4 by Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel
Opera recording: Adams: Doctor Atomic
Choral performance: Light & Gold - Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
Small-ensemble performance: Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide
Classical instrumental solo: Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra by Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Nashville Symphony
Classical vocal solo: Joyce DiDonato with Kazushi Ono and Orchestre de l’Opera National de Lyon with Choeur de l’Opera National de Lyon for Diva Divo
Contemporary classical composition: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s Elmer Gantry
