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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 11, 2012
City: Los Angeles, California

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Duo/group Performance

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/electronica Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Rock Performance

Best Hard Rock/metal Performance

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Album

Best Traditional R&b Performance

Best R&b Album

Best Rap/sung Collaboration

  • Winner:
    Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi , Fergie     All Of The Lights
  • Kelly Rowland feturing Lil Wayne Motivation
  • Rihanna feturing Drake What’s My Name
  • Dr. Dre, Eminem, Skylar Grey I Need A Doctor
  • Beyonce Knowles Party
  • DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne I’m On One
  • TBA

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Album

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Song

  • Winner: Taylor Swift Mean
  • Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O’Brian Threaten Me With Heaven
  • Matraca Berg & Deana Carter You And Tequila
  • Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill Just Fishin’
  • Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not
  • Dave Barnes God Gave Me You
  • TBA

Best Americana Album

Best Blues Album

Best Folk Album

Best Short Form Music Video

Best Long Form Music Video

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Rock Song

Best R&b Performance

Best R&b Song

Best Rap Song

Best Country Duo/group Performance

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Best Jazz Vocal Album

  • Winner:
    Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists     MOSAIC PROJECT
  • Tierney Sutton AMERICAN ROAD
  • Kurt Elling The Gate
  • TBA
  • Karrin Allyson

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Gospel/contemporary Christian Music Performance

Best Gospel Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album

Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album

Best Banda Or Norteño Album

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Best Reggae Album

Best World Music Album

Best Children's Album

Best Spoken Word Album (includes Poetry, Audio Books &

Best Comedy Album

Best Musical Theater Album

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

  • Winner:
    Jorge Calandrelli     Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  • Barbra Streisand THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
  • The Tierney Sutton Band ON BROADWAY
  • Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra MOON OVER BOURBON STREET
  • Vince Mendoza AO MAR

Best Recording Package

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Best Album Notes

  • Winner:
    Adam Machado     HEAR ME HOWLING!: BLUES, BALLADS & BEYOND AS RECORDED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BY CHRIS STRACHWITZ IN THE 1960S
  • Alec Palao THE MUSIC CITY STORY: STREET CORNER DOO WOP, RAW R&B AND SOULFUL SOUNDS FROM BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1950-75
  • Ken Shipley COMPLETE MYTHOLOGY
  • Ted Olson & Tony Russell THE BRISTOL SESSIONS, 1927-1928: THE BIG BANG OF COUNTRY MUSIC
  • Neil Diamond THE BANG YEARS 1966-1968
  • TBA

Best Historical Album

  • Winner: Paul McCartney BAND ON THE RUN (PAUL MCCARTNEY ARCHIVE COLLECTION - DELUXE EDITION)
  • Ernst Mikael Jorgensen YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT: THE COMPLETE '56 ELVIS PRESLEY MASTERS
  • Chris Strachwitz HEAR ME HOWLING!: BLUES, BALLADS & BEYOND AS RECORDED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BY CHRIS STRACHWITZ IN THE 1960S
  • Christopher C. King & Ted Olson THE BRISTOL SESSIONS, 1927-1928: THE BIG BANG OF COUNTRY MUSIC
  • TBA
  • Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley COMPLETE MYTHOLOGY

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

  • Winner:
    Mike Shipley     PAPER AIRPLANE
  • Kevin Killen, Brendan Muldowney & John Shyloski THE NEXT RIGHT THING
  • Rich Breen & Frank Filipetti MUSIC IS BETTER THAN WORDS
  • Matt Andrews THE HARROW & THE HARVEST
  • Brandon Bell & Gary Paczosa FOLLOW ME DOWN
  • TBA

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical

Best Surround Sound Album

  • Winner:
    Elliot Scheiner     LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (SUPER DELUXE EDITION)
  • Andreas Spreer SPOHR: STRING SEXTET IN C MAJOR, OP. 140 & NONET IN F MAJOR, OP. 31
  • Morten Lindberg KIND
  • Steven Wilson GRACE FOR DROWNING
  • Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN
  • TBA

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Winner:
    Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton     ALDRIDGE: ELMER GANTRY
  • Torbjörn Samuelsson WEINBERG: SYMPHONY NO. 3 & SUITE NO. 4 FROM 'THE GOLDEN KEY'
  • Arne Akselberg RACHMANINOV: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 3 & 4
  • Richard King GLAZUNOV: COMPLETE CONCERTOS
  • TBA
  • Tom Lazarus & Bill Maylone MACKEY: LONELY MOTEL - MUSIC FROM SLIDE

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Los Angeles Philharmonic     BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 4
  • Onyx Classics MARTINU: THE 6 SYMPHONIES
  • Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin HENZE: SYMPHONIES NOS. 3-5
  • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra HAYDN: SYMPHONIES 104, 88 & 101
  • TBA
  • BBC Philharmonic BOWEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 & 2

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    Alan Gilbert     ADAMS: DOCTOR ATOMIC
  • Fabio Biondi VIVALDI: ERCOLE SUL TERMODONTE
  • Antonio Pappano VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
  • Mark Elder BRITTEN: BILLY BUDD
  • TBA
  • Hannu Lintu RAUTAVAARA: KAIVOS

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner: Eric Whitacre LIGHT & GOLD
  • Paul Hillier THE NATURAL WORLD OF PELLE GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN
  • Kjetil Almenning KIND
  • Patrick Dupré Quigley BRAHMS: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, OP. 45
  • Stephen Layton BEYOND ALL MORTAL DREAMS - AMERICAN A CAPPELLA

Best Small Ensemble Performance

  • Winner:
    Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey     MACKEY: LONELY MOTEL - MUSIC FROM SLIDE
  • Patrick Dupré Quigley A SERAPHIC FIRE CHRISTMAS
  • The Bay Brass SOUND THE BELLS!
  • Richard Savino THE KINGDOMS OF CASTILLE
  • Gabriela Lena Frank FRANK: HILOS
  • TBA

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Best Classical Vocal Solo

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

  • Winner:
    Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein     ALDRIDGE, ROBERT: ELMER GANTRY
  • Poul Ruders RUDERS, POUL: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
  • Steven Mackey MACKEY, STEVEN: LONELY MOTEL - MUSIC FROM SLIDE
  • George Crumb CRUMB, GEORGE: THE GHOSTS OF ALHAMBRA
  • TBA
  • Jefferson Friedman FRIEDMAN, JEFFERSON: STRING QUARTET NO. 3

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical

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