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Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was honored on Friday, February 10, 2012 when he received the MusiCares' 2012 Person of the Year award at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Grammy organizers ahead of this weekend's major music awards.

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MusiCares Person of the Year Paul McCartney 

Adele made her long-awaited comeback by winning six Grammy Awards and becoming the biggest winner dedicating one of the prizes to the doctors who saved her voice.  On a night overshadowed by the death of Whitney Houston, 23-year-old Londoner Adele picked up all the prizes for which she was nominated on the strength of her steamroller success for album 21, and declared: "Girl did good."

Following is a List of the 54th Grammy Award Winners:

Record of the Year:

"Rolling in the Deep," Adele

Album of the Year:

"21," Adele

Song of the Year:

"Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best New Artist:

Bon Iver

Pop Vocal Album:

"21," Adele

Pop Solo Performance:

"Someone Like You," Adele

Pop Duo/Group Performance:

"Body and Soul," Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse

Pop Instrumental Album:

"The Road From Memphis," Booker T. Jones

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

"Duets II," Tony Bennett and various artists

Electronica/Dance Album:

"Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites," Skrillex

Dance Recording:

"Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites," Skrillex

Rock Album:

"Wasting Light," Foo Fighters

Rock Performance:

"Walk," Foo Fighters

Hard Rock/Metal Performance:

"White Limo," Foo Fighters

Rock Song:

"Walk," Foo Fighters

Rap Album:

"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West

 Rap Performance:

"Otis," Jay-Z and Kanye West

Rap/Sung Collaboration:

"All Of The Lights," Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Rap Song:

"All Of The Lights," Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Alternative Music Album:

"Bon Iver," Bon Iver

R&B Album:

Chris Brown, "F.A.M.E."

R&B Performance:

"Is This Love," Corinne Bailey Rae

Traditional R&B Performance:

"Fool For You," Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

R&B Song:

"Fool For You," Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

Country Album:

"Own the Night," Lady Antebellum

Country Solo Performance:

"Mean," Taylor Swift

Country Duo/Group Performance:

"Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars

Country Song:

"Mean," Taylor Swift

New Age Album:

"What's It All About," Pat Metheny

Jazz vocal album:

"The Mosaic Project," Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists

Improvised Jazz Solo:

"500 Miles High," Chick Corea, soloist

Jazz Instrumental Album:

"Forever," Corea, Clarke and White

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

"The Good Feeling," Christian McBride Big Band

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:

"Jesus," Le'Andria Johnson

Gospel Song:

"Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian Music Song:

"Blessings," Laura Story

Gospel Album:

"Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian Music Album:

"And If Our God Is For Us...," Chris Tomlin

Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album:

"Drama Y Luz," Mana

Regional Mexican or Tejano Album:

"Bicentenario," Pepe Aguilar

Banda or NorteƱo Album:

"Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends," Los Tigres Del Norte

Tropical Latin Album:

"The Last Mambo," Cachao

Americana album:

"Ramble at the Ryman," Levon Helm

Bluegrass Album:

"Paper Airplane," Alison Krauss and Union Station

Blues Album:

"Revelator," Tedeschi Trucks Band

Folk Album:

"Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars

Regional Roots Album:

"Rebirth of New Orleans," Rebirth Brass Band

Reggae Album:

"Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life," Stephen Marley

World Music Album:

"Tassili," Tinariwen

Children's Album:

"All About Bullies...Big and Small," Various artists

Spoken Word Album:

"If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)," Betty White

Comedy Album:

"Hilarious," Louis C.K.

Musical Theater Album:

"The Book of Mormon," Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

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