The 51st Grammy Awards were held last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and this is a huge event in the music calendar with music award cred ratings on a par with the Oscars. All star turnout for this event and our top award has to go to M.I.A who performed at the event heavily pregnant with her due date being on the night of Grammy’s but that didn’t stop her putting on one hell of a show.
This was a Brit and London night yet again and Londoner Adele shone picking up 2 gongs for Best Newcomer and Best Female Pop Vocal Perfromance for Chasing Pavements, and Welsh singer Duffy wasn’t far behind with 1 gong with her award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry.
Another Londoner Estelle won the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for American Boy with Kanye West. Other female artist winners included Carrie Underwood, Mary J Blige, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys. Coldplay were the top award winners of the night with 3 gongs in total.
Live perfromances included Paper Planes by M.I.A who was heavily pregnant and let the world know loud and clear that she wasn’t hiding the fact. Kanye West did a duet with Estelle singing “American Boy.
Katy Perry was on form singing “I Kissed a Girl” and she is famous for her awards dresses, this time it was a “fruit dress” and she arrived on the stage lowered in a giant banana. Miley Cyrus also performed live with Taylor Swift and Britney Spears did a live performance of Circus.
Top names attended the event including Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Britney spears, M.I.A, Rihanna, Kate Beckinsale, Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and stacks more.
Red Carpet Video Interviews:
Loads of red carpet interview videos including Miley cyrus, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Kate Beckinsale and more
The winners list is incredibly long and is listed below:
Album of the Year: Raising Sand – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Rap Album: Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Say – John Mayer
Record of the Year: Please Read The Letter – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
New Artist: Adele
Rock Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends – Coldplay
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Rich Woman – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Song of the Year: Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Stay – Sugarland
R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Chasing Pavements – Adele
Pop Vocal Album: Rockferry – Duffy
Pop Instrumental Performance: I Dreamed There Was No War – Eagles
Pop Instrumental Album: Jingle All the Way – Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Alternative Music Album: In Rainbows – Radiohead
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Gravity – John Mayer,
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
Hard Rock Performance: Wax Simulacra – The Mars Volta
Metal Performance: My Apocalypse – Metallica
Rock Instrumental Performance: Peaches En Regalia – Zappa Plays Zappa
Rock Song: Girls in Their Summer Clothes – Bruce Springsteen
Rap Solo Performance: A Milli – Lil Wayne
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Swagga Like Us – Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne
Rap/Sung Collaboration: American Boy – Estelle featuring Kanye West
Rap Song: Lollipop – Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor,
Country Song: Stay – Sugarland
Female Country Vocal Performance: Last Name – Carrie Underwood,
Male Country Vocal Performance: Letter to Me – Brad Paisley,
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Killing the Blues – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss,
Country Instrumental Performance: Cluster Pluck – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner
R&B Song: Miss Independent – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith
Contemporary R&B Album: Growing Pains – Mary J. Blige
Female R&B Vocal Solo: Superwoman – Alicia Keys
Male R&B Vocal Solo: Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Stay With Me (By the Sea), Al Green featuring John Legend
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: You’ve Got the Love I Need – Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton
Urban/Alternative Performance: Be OK – Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am
Dance Recording: Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
Electronic Dance Album: Alive 2007 – Daft Punk
Bluegrass Album: Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Traditional Blues Album: One Kind Favor – B.B. King
Contemporary Blues Album: City That Care Forgot – Dr. John and The Lower 911
New Age Album: Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette
Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy in Brasil – Randy Brecker
Jazz Vocal Album: Loverly – Cassandra Wilson
Jazz Instrumental Solo: BE-BOP – Terence Blanchard,
Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album: Song for Chico – Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Latin Pop Album: La Vida … Es Un Ratico – Juanes
Latin Rock or Alternative Album: 45 – Jaguares
Latin Urban Album: Los Extraterrestres – Wisin y Yandel
Tropical Latin Album: Senor Bachata – Jose Feliciano
Regional Mexican Album: Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas – Musica Ranchera
Tejano Album: Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution
Norteno Album: Raices – Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album: No Es De Madera – Joan Sebastian
Traditional Folk Album: At 89 – Pete Seeger
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder)
Native American Music Album: Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various Artists)
Hawaiian Music Album: Ikena – Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album – Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet
Engineering Album, Classical: Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis
Reggae Album: Jah Is Real – Burning Spear
Traditional World Music Album: Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Contemporary World Music Album: Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Juno – Various Artists
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Television or Other Visual Media: The Dark Knight
Polka Album: Let the Whole World Sing – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Gospel Performance: Get Up – Mary Mary
Gospel Song: Help Me Believe – Kirk Franklin
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Alive and Transported – TobyMac
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel: Lovin’ Life – Gaither Vocal Band
Traditional Gospel Album: Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
Classical Album: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Down to Earth – WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Musical Show Album: In the Heights – Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore) – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood
Musical Album for Children: Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants
Spoken Word Album Children: Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley
Comedy Album: It’s Bad for Ya – George Carlin
Instrumental Composition: The Adventures of Mutt – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – John Williams
Instrumental Arrangement: Define Dancing – WALL-E Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Here’s That Rainy Day, Nan Schwartz
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Consolers of the Lonely – Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers
Remixed Recording: Electric Feel (Justice Remix) – Justice
Surround Sound Album: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Michael Bishop
Opera Recording: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 – Bernard Haitink, conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski – Gloria Cheng
Chamber Music Performance: Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 – Pacifica Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance: Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary – Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale
Classical Vocal Performance: Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – Hila Plitmann
Classical Contemporary Composition: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, – John Corigliano
Classical Crossover Album: Simple Gifts – The King’s Singers
Short Form Music Video: Pork and Beans – Weezer, Mathew Cullen,
Long Form Music Video: Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Recording Package: Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro
Album Notes: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition – Francis Davis
Historical Album: Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum – Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers
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