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This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Host: LL Cool J
Date: February 12, 2011
City: Los Angeles

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare     IMAGINE
  • Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg CALIFORNIA GURLS
  • Lady Gaga & Beyonce Knowles TELEPHONE
  • Elton John & Leon Russell IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD
  • B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams AIRPLANES, PART II

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Dance Recording

Best Electronic/dance Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Album

Best Female R&b Vocal Performance

Best Male R&b Vocal Performance

Best R&b Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

  • Winner:
    John Legend & The Roots     SHINE
  • Sade Soldier Of Love
  • Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
  • Chris Brown & Tank TAKE MY TIME
  • Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller LOVE

Best Traditional R&b Vocal Performance

Best Urban/alternative Performance

Best R&b Song

Best R&b Album

Best Contemporary R&b Album

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

  • Winner:
    Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz     ON TO THE NEXT ONE
  • Young Jeezy & Plies LOSE MY MIND
  • Ludacris & Nicki Minaj MY CHICK BAD
  • Big Boi & Cutty SHUTTERBUGG
  • Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz FANCY

Best Rap/sung Collaboration

  • Winner:
    Jay-Z & Alicia Keys     EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
  • John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common WAKE UP! EVERYBODY
  • Eminem & Rihanna LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
  • Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall DEUCES
  • B.o.B & Bruno Mars NOTHIN' ON YOU

Best Rap Song

  • Winner:
    Jay-Z & Alicia Keys     EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
  • Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz ON TO THE NEXT ONE
  • B.o.B & Bruno Mars NOTHIN' ON YOU
  • Eminem Not Afraid
  • Eminem & Rihanna LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE

Best Rap Album

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson     AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY
  • Marty Stuart & Connie Smith I RUN TO YOU
  • Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins HILLBILLY BONE
  • Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson BAD ANGEL
  • Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Winner:
    Mingus Big Band     MINGUS BIG BAND LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD
  • Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza 54
  • Dave Holland Octet PATHWAYS
  • Billy Childs Ensemble Featuring The Ying String Quartet AUTUMN: IN MOVING PICTURES JAZZ - CHAMBER MUSIC VOL. 2
  • Darcy James Argue's Secret Society INFERNAL MACHINES

Best Latin Jazz Album

  • Winner:
    Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers     CHUCHO'S STEPS
  • Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet ¡BIEN BIEN!
  • Poncho Sanchez PSYCHEDELIC BLUES
  • Hector Martignon SECOND CHANCE
  • Pablo Aslan TANGO GRILL

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Song

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

Best Pop/contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Gospel Album

Best Contemporary R&b Gospel Album

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Traditional Folk Album

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Best Hawaiian Music Album

  • Winner:
    Tia Carrere     HUANA KE ALOHA
  • Jeff Peterson MAUI ON MY MIND - HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR
  • Ledward Kaapana THE LEGEND
  • Daniel Ho POLANI
  • Amy Hanaiali‘i And Slack Key Masters Of Hawaii AMY HANAIALI'I AND SLACK KEY MASTERS OF HAWAII

Best Native American Music Album

  • Winner:
    Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producers     2010 GATHERING OF NATIONS POW WOW: A SPIRIT'S DANCE
  • Peter Phippen WOODNOTES WYLD: HISTORIC FLUTE SOUNDS FROM THE DR. RICHARD W. PAYNE COLLECTION
  • Northern Cree TEMPTATIONS: CREE ROUND DANCE SONGS
  • Bear Creek XI

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

  • Winner:
    Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band     ZYDECO JUNKIE
  • Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole CREOLE MOON: LIVE AT THE BLUE MOON SALOON
  • The Pine Leaf Boys BACK HOME
  • D.L. Menard HAPPY GO LUCKY
  • Feufollet EN COULEURS

Best Reggae Album

  • Winner: Buju Banton Before The Dawn
  • Andrew Tosh LEGACY AN ACOUSTIC TRIBUTE TO PETER TOSH
  • Sly & Robbie And The Family Taxi ONE POP REGGAE
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry REVELATION
  • Gregory Isaacs & King Isaac ISAACS MEETS ISAAC
  • Bob Sinclair And Sly & Robbie MADE IN JAMAICA

Best Traditional World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Musical Album For Children

  • Winner:
    Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends     TOMORROW'S CHILDREN
  • Judy Pancoast WEIRD THINGS ARE EVERYWHERE
  • Battersby Duo SUNNY DAYS
  • Justin Roberts JUNGLE GYM
  • They Might Be Giants HERE COMES SCIENCE

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

  • Winner:
    Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton     JULIE ANDREWS' COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES
  • Emma Thompson NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS
  • Jim Cravero, Paula Lizzi & Steve Pullara HEALTHY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT
  • Bill Harley THE BEST CANDY IN THE WHOLE WORLD
  • Selma Blair ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION

Best Spoken Word Album (includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

  • Winner:
    Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver)     THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART PRESENTS EARTH (THE AUDIOBOOK)
  • Woody Allen THE WOODY ALLEN COLLECTION: MERE ANARCHY, SIDE EFFECTS, WITHOUT FEATHERS, GETTING EVEN
  • Carol Burnett THIS TIME TOGETHER: LAUGHTER AND REFLECTION
  • Michael J. Fox A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FUTURE...
  • Craig Ferguson AMERICAN ON PURPOSE
  • Sarah Silverman THE BEDWETTER

Best Comedy Album

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Winner:
    Billy Childs Ensemble     THE PATH AMONG THE TREES
  • The Norrbotten Big Band BOX OF CANNOLI
  • Temple University Symphony Orchestra FOURTH STREAM...LA BANDA
  • Billy Childs Ensemble THE PATH AMONG THE TREES
  • The Clayton Brothers BATTLE CIRCLE
  • Patrick Williams The Big Band AURORA
  • The Norrbotten Big Band BOX OF CANNOLI
  • Temple University Symphony Orchestra) FOURTH STREAM...LA BANDA
  • Patrick Williams The Big Band AURORA
  • The Clayton Brothers BATTLE CIRCLE

Best Musical Show Album

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Winner:
    John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest     CARLOS
  • Frank Macchia SKIP TO MY LOU
  • Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra MONET
  • Dave Eggar ITSBYNNE REEL
  • Patrick Williams The Big Band FANFARE FOR A NEW DAY

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

  • Winner:
    Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra     BABA YETU
  • Herbie Hancock, Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, India.Arie, Konono No 1 & Oumou Sangare IMAGINE
  • Denise Donatelli Don t Explain
  • Silje Nergaard & Metropole Orchestra Strings BASED ON A THOUSAND TRUE STORIES
  • Bobby McFerrin Baby

Best Recording Package

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Best Album Notes

Best Historical Album

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical

Best Surround Sound Album

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Winner:
    Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra     DAUGHERTY: METROPOLIS SYMPHONY; DEUS EX MACHINA
  • Bobby McFerrin VOCAbuLarieS
  • Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams PORTER, QUINCY: COMPLETE VIOLA WORKS
  • Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project MACKEY, STEVEN: DREAMHOUSE
  • Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall HAVE YOU EVER BEEN...?

Producer Of The Year, Classical

  • Winner:
    DAVID FROST
  • JAMES MALLINSON
  • MARINA A. LEDIN, VICTOR LEDIN
  • TIM HANDLEY
  • Blanton Alspaugh

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus     VERDI: REQUIEM
  • Il Giardino Armonico SACRIFICIUM
  • Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals MACKEY, STEVEN: DREAMHOUSE
  • Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra DAUGHERTY: METROPOLIS SYMPHONY; DEUS EX MACHINA
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra BRUCKNER: SYMPHONIES NOS. 3 & 4

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony     DAUGHERTY: METROPOLIS SYMPHONY; DEUS EX MACHINA
  • Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra STRAVINSKY: PULCINELLA; SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS; FOUR ÉTUDES
  • Mannheimer Mozartorchester SALIERI: OVERTURES & STAGE MUSIC
  • Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals MACKEY, STEVEN: DREAMHOUSE
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra BRUCKNER: SYMPHONIES NOS. 3 & 4

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin     SAARIAHO: L'AMOUR DE LOIN
  • BBC National Orchestra Of Wales; Adrian Partington Singers SULLIVAN: IVANHOE
  • Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre SHCHEDRIN: THE ENCHANTED WANDERER
  • Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House BERG: LULU
  • Ars Lyrica Houston HASSE: MARC' ANTONIO E CLEOPATRA

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus     VERDI: REQUIEM
  • (Judith Gauthier, Marianne Beate Kielland, Adrian Thompson, Mattijs Van De Woerd & Konstantin Wolff; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Cappella Amsterdam & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) MARTIN: GOLGOTHA
  • Julia Kleiter, Maximilian Schmitt & Johannes Weisser; Freiburger Barockorchester; RIAS Kammerchor HAYDN: THE CREATION
  • Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir BALTIC RUNES
  • Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christian Gerhaher, Werner Güra, Julia Kleiter, Christine Schäfer, Anton Scharinger & Kurt Streit; Concentus Musicau Wien; Arnold Schoenberg Chor BACH: CANTATAS

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 23 & 24     The Cleveland Orchestra
  • PORTER, QUINCY: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA & ORCHESTRA Northwest Sinfonia
  • KLETZKI: PIANO CONCERTO IN D MINOR, OP. 22 Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DORMAN, AVNER: MANDOLIN CONCERTO Metropolis Ensemble
  • DAUGHERTY: DEUS EX MACHINA Nashville Symphony

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    MESSIAEN: LIVRE DU SAINT-SACREMENT     Paul Jacobs
  • 20TH CENTURY HARP SONATAS Sarah Schuster Ericsson
  • PAGANINI: 24 CAPRICES Julia Fischer
  • CHOPIN: THE NOCTURNES Nelson Freire
  • HAMELIN: ÉTUDES Marc-André Hamelin

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Winner:
    Parker Quartet     LIGETI: STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1 & 2
  • Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams PORTER, QUINCY: COMPLETE VIOLA WORKS
  • Fred Sherry String Quartet (Christopher Oldfather & Rolf Schulte SCHOENBERG: STRING QUARTETS NOS. 3 & 4
  • Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO
  • Marc Regnier (Tacy Edwards, Natalia Khoma & Marco Sartor GNATTALI: SOLO & CHAMBER WORKS FOR GUITAR

Best Small Ensemble Performance

  • Winner:
    Jordi Savall     DINASTIA BORJA
  • Noel Edison WHITACRE, ERIC: CHORAL MUSIC
  • Peter Phillips VICTORIA: LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
  • Øyvind Gimse & Geir Inge Lotsberg, TRONDHEIMSOLISTENE - IN FOLK STYLE
  • Harry Christophers CEREMONY AND DEVOTION - MUSIC FOR THE TUDORS

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Winner: Cecilia Bartoli SACRIFICIUM
  • Measha Brueggergosman WAGNER: WESENDONCK-LIEDER
  • Vivica Genaux VIVALDI: OPERA ARIAS - PYROTECHNICS
  • Lucia Duchonová TURINA: CANTO A SEVILLA
  • Anne Sofie Von Otter OMBRE DE MON AMANT - FRENCH BAROQUE ARIAS

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    Michael Daugherty     DAUGHERTY, MICHAEL: DEUS EX MACHINA
  • Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin SHCHEDRIN, RODION KONSTANTINOVICH: THE ENCHANTED WANDERER
  • Arvo Part PART, ARVO: SYMPHONY NO. 4
  • Magnus Lindberg LINDBERG, MAGNUS: GRAFFITI
  • Hans Werner Henze HENZE, HANS WERNER: APPASSIONATAMENTE PLUS

Best Classical Crossover Album

  • Winner:
    Lucas Richman     TIN, CHRISTOPHER: CALLING ALL DAWNS
  • Bobby McFerrin VOCAbuLarieS
  • Jessye Norman ROOTS - MY LIFE, MY SONG
  • The Silk Road Ensemble OFF THE MAP
  • Matt Haimovitz MEETING OF THE SPIRITS

Best Long Form Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

Best Regional Mexican Album

  • Winner:
    NO NOMINEES

GaGamir

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GaGamir

LOl!GAGA May Not Win All The Nominations This Time(Not ALL OF EM) BUT WAIT FOR GRAMMY 2012 GUYS YOU ALL WE WILL BE SHOCKED!!!!! 2011 Is GaGa's Year Lil Monsters Year OUR YEAR! cuz We R BORN !!!!!!!!1 THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAY!!!!!!!!!!

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justin bieber!!!!!!!!

backo

Bruno Mars is the Best!

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