About The Show
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 8, 2013
City: Los Angeles, California
This Year's Performers
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Alicia Keys
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Bruno Mars
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Carrie Underwood
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Chick Corea
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Dierks Bentley
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DJ Z-Trip
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Dr. John
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Ed Sheeran
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Elton John
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Frank Ocean
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Fun.
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Jack White
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Juanes
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Justin Timberlake
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Kelly Clarkson
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Kenny Garrett
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LL Cool J
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Maroon 5
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Miguel
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Miranda Lambert
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Mumford & Sons
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Rihanna
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Stanley Clarke
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Sting
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T Bone Burnett
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Taylor Swift
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The Black Keys
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The Lumineers
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Tom Morello
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Travis Barker
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Wiz Khalifa
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Zac Brown
The Nominees
Record Of The Year
Album Of The Year
Best New Artist
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Pop Duo/group Performance
Best Pop Instrumental Album
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Winner: Chris Botti
Impressions
- Arun Shenoy Rumbadoodle
- Dave Koz Live At The Blue Note Tokyo
- Larry Carlton Four Hands & A Heart Volume One
- Gerald Albright & Norman Brown 24/7
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Dance Recording
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Winner: Skrillex
Bangarang
- Al Walser I Can't Live Without You
- Swedish House Mafia Don't You Worry Child
- Avicii Levels
- Calvin Harris Let's Go
Best Dance/electronica Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Best Hard Rock/metal Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Alternative Music Album
Best R&b Performance
Best Traditional R&b Performance
Best R&b Song
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Best Rap Performance
Best Rap/sung Collaboration
Best Rap Album
Best Country Solo Performance
Best Country Song
Best Country Album
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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Winner:
Gary Burton & Chick Coreas Hot House - Brad Mehldau Ode
- Kenny Garrett J.Mac
- Chick Corea Alice In Wonderland
- Ravi Coltrane Cross Roads
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Winner: Pat Metheny Unity Band
Unity Band
- Ahmad Jamal Blue Moon
- Kenny Garrett Seeds From the Underground
- Chick Corea & Gary Burton Hot House
- Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian Further Explorations
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Best Latin Jazz Album
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Winner: The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
¡ritmo!
- Manuel Valera New Cuban Express New Cuban Express
- Luciana Souza Duos III
- Bobby Sanabria Big Band Multiverse
- Chano Domínguez Flamenco Sketches
Best Gospel/contemporary Christian Music Performance
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Best Gospel Album
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Latin Pop Album
Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
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Winner: Lila Downs
Pecados Y Milagros
- Gerardo Ortiz El Primer Ministro
- Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea Oye
- Los Tucanes de Tijuana 365 Días
- Los Cojolites Sembrando Flores
Best Tropical Latin Album
Best Americana Album
Best Blues Album
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Winner: Dr. John
Locked Down
- Joan Osborne Bring It On Home
- Heritage Blues Orchestra And Still I Rise
- Ruthie Foster Let It Burn
- Shemekia Copeland 33 1/3
Best Reggae Album
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Winner: Jimmy Cliff
Rebirth
- Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill
- Sly & Robbie & The Jam Masters New Legend, Jamaica 50th Edition
- Sean Paul Tomahawk Technique
- The Original Wailers Miracle
Best World Music Album
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Winner: Ravi Shankar
The Living Room Sessions Part 1
- Anoushka Shankar Traveller
- Hugh Masekela Jabulani
- Daniel Ho On A Gentle Island Breeze
- Amadou & Mariam Folila
Best Children's Album
Best Spoken Word Album (includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Musical Theater Album
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Winner:
Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others Once: A New Musical - Original Broadway Cast With Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara & Others Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Original Broadway Cast With Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Others Newsies
- New Broadway Cast With Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier & Others The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess
- New Broadway Cast With Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines & Others Follies
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Best Instrumental Composition
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Winner: Chick Corea
Mozart Goes Dancing
- Bill Holman Without A Paddle
- Bill Cunliffe Overture, Waltz And Rondo
- Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck Music Of Ansel Adams: America
- Chuck Loeb December Dream
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
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Winner: Esperanza Spalding
City Of Roses
- Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot Wild Is The Wind
- Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest Spain (I Can Recall)
- Lorraine Feather Out There
- Gil Evans Project And Luciana Souza Look To The Rainbow
Best Recording Package
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
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Winner: Woody Guthrie
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
- Rolling Stones Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition
- Paul & Linda Mccartney Ram: Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)
- Ben Kweller Go Fly A Kite
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Historical Album
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Winner: Beach Boys
The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)
- Woody Guthrie Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
- Paul & Linda Mccartney Ram: Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)
- Various Artists Opika Pende: Africa At 78 Rpm
- Various Artists Old time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads, And Instrumentals Recorded In The Great Smoky Mountains By "song Catcher" Joseph S. Hall
- Arizona Dranes He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
Producer Of The Year, Non-classical
Best Surround Sound Album
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Winner: Patricia Barber
Modern Cool
- Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion
- Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Rupa-khandha
- Hoff Ensemble Quiet Winter Night
- David Miles Huber Chamberland
Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Winner: Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale
Life & Breath Choral Works By Rene Clausen
- trondheimsolistene Souvenir
- Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony Music For A Time Of War
- Modern Mandolin Quartet Americana
- Brentano String Quartet Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131
Producer Of The Year, Classical
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Winner: Blanton Alspaugh
- Dan Merceruio
- James Mallinson
- Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin
- Tim Handley
Best Orchestral Performance
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Winner:
San Francisco Symphony Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine - London Symphony Orchestra Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
- Budapest Festival Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 1
- Oregon Symphony Music For A Time Of War
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Le Concert des Nations Vivaldi: Teuzzone
- London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
- Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin Handel: Agrippina
- Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu Berg: Lulu
Best Choral Performance
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Winner:
Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale Life & Breath - Le Concert Spirituel Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices
- Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble The Nightingale
- Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; Wdr Sinfonieorchester Koln; Swr Vokalensemble Stuttgart & Wdr Rundfunkchor Koln Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony
- Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street Handel: Israel In Egypt
Chamber Music/small Ensemble Performance
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Winner: Eighth Blackbird
Meanwhile
- Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Rupa khandha
- Boston Symphony Chamber Players Profanes Et Sacrées
- Zofo Duet Mind Meld
- Modern Mandolin Quartet Americana
Classical Instrumental Solo
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Winner: Kim Kashkashian
Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola
- Hansjorg Albrecht Holst: The Planets
- Claudio Cruz, Conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia) Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos
- Jory Vinikour The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau
- Andras Schiff Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
Classical Vocal Solo
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Winner:
Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France Poémes - Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg; Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea Sogno Barocco
- Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet Paris Days, Berlin Nights
- Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony Homecoming: Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce Didonato
- Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris Debussy: Clair De Lune
Classical Compendium
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Winner:
Antoni Wit, Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis - Emmanuelle Haïm Une Fête Baroque
- Partch, Ensemble; John Schneider Partch: Bitter Music
Short Form Music Video
Best Album Notes
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Winner: Billy Vera
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
- Fernando Gonzalez Piazzolla In Brooklyn
- Holly George-Warren The Pearl Sessions
- Hans Olof Gottfridsson First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Stephen Wade Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition
Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical
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Winner: Skrillex
Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
- Thomas Olsen The Veldt (Tommy Trash Remix)
- Eric Prydz Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)
- Photek Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix)
- Axel Hedfors In My Mind (Axwell Remix)
Best Gospel Song
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Winner: Mary Mary
Go Get It
- Bill Winston & Living Word featuring Donald Lawrence Released
- Marvin Sapp My Testimony
- Fred Hammond I Feel Good
- James Fortune & Fiya, Monica & Fred Hammond Hold On
Best Folk Album
Best Regional Roots Music Album
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Winner: Wayne Toups
The Band Courtbouillon
- Corey Ledet With Anthony Dopsie, Dwayne Dopsie And André Thierry Nothin' But The Best
- Weldon Kekauoha Pilialoha
- Radmilla Cody Shi Kéyah Songs For The People
- Keola Beamer Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)