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LL Cool J,  Host of the 55 Grammy Awards 

The star-studded performance lineup for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards had a bit of everything — the music comeback of a six-time GRAMMY winner, first-time artist collaborations, a tribute to an American legend, GRAMMY debuts, and generous sides of country, rock, pop, and hip-hop. Plus, the GRAMMYs are guaranteed to be cool with two-time GRAMMY-winning artist/actor LL Cool J serving as host.  It's a lot to keep track of, so we've compiled a handy alphabetical guide to artists who will be taking the GRAMMY stage. Of course, be sure to stay logged on to GRAMMY.com and follow our liveblog to complement your GRAMMY experience and join the conversation.  And the performers for the 55th GRAMMY Awards are:

Travis Barker, Chuck D, LL Cool J, Tom Morello, and DJ Z-Trip Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert  

The Black Keys

Zac Brown, T Bone Burnett (as musical director), Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, Elton John, Mumford & Sons, and Mavis Staples, who will pay tribute to the late Levon Helm of the Band  Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Kenny Garrett in tribute to Dave Brubeck 

Kelly Clarkson  

Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with the Black Keys Fun 

Elton John with Ed Sheeran, performing together live for the first time

Juanes

Alicia Keys and Maroon 5,

The Lumineers

Bruno Mars, Rihanna, and Sting

Miguel and Wiz Khalifa

Mumford & Sons

Frank Ocean

Rihanna

Taylor Swift

Justin Timberlake

Carrie Underwood

Jack White

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    55th Annual GRAMMY Award Winners

    (Display By Award Genre)

    1. RECORD OF THE YEAR

    Somebody That I Used To Know

    Gotye Featuring Kimbra

    Wally De Backer, producer; Wally De Backer & Francois Tetaz, engineers/mixers; William Bowden, mastering engineer

    Track from: Making Mirrors

    Label: Universal Republic

    2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR

    Babel

    Mumford & Sons

    Markus Dravs, producer; Robin Baynton & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

    Label: Glassnote

    Channel Orange

     

    3. SONG OF THE YEAR

    We Are Young

    Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. Featuring Janelle Monáe)

    Track from: Some Nights

    Label: Fueled By Ramen; Publishers: WB Music, FBR Music, Bearvon Music/Rough Art/Shira Lee Lawrence Rick Music/Way Above Music/Sony ATV Songs

     

    4. BEST NEW ARTIST

    Fun

     

    5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

    Set Fire To The Rain [Live]

    Adele

    Track from: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

    Label: XL/Columbia

     

    6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

    Somebody That I Used To Know

    Gotye Featuring Kimbra

    Track from: Making Mirrors

    Label: Universal Republic

     

    7. BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

     

    Impressions

    Chris Botti

    Label: Columbia

     

    8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

    Stronger

    Kelly Clarkson

    Label: RCA Records/19 Recordings LLC

     

    9. BEST DANCE RECORDING

    Bangarang

    Skrillex Featuring Sirah

    Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer

    Track from: Bangarang

    Label: OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic

     

    10. BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM

    Bangarang

    Skrillex

    Label: OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic

     

    11. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM

    Kisses On The Bottom

    Paul McCartney

    Label: Hear Music

     

    12. BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

    Lonely Boy

    The Black Keys

    Track from: El Camino

    Label: Nonesuch

     

    13. BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE

    Love Bites (So Do I)

    Halestorm

    Track from: The Strange Case Of...

    Label: Atlantic

     

    14. BEST ROCK SONG

    Lonely Boy

    Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

    Track from: El Camino

    Label: Nonesuch; Publisher: McMoore McLesst Publishing

     

    15. BEST ROCK ALBUM

    El Camino

    The Black Keys

    Label: Nonesuch

     

    16. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

    Making Mirrors

    Gotye

    Label: Universal Republic

     

    17. BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

    Climax

    Usher

    Track from: Looking 4 Myself

    Label: RCA Records

    18. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

    Love On Top

    Beyoncé

    Track from: 4

    Label: Columbia Records

     

    19. BEST R&B SONG

    Adorn

    Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)

    Label: RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic

     

    20. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

    Channel Orange

    Frank Ocean

    Label: Def Jam

     

    21. BEST R&B ALBUM

    Black Radio

    Robert Glasper Experiment

    Label: Blue Note

     

    22. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

    N****s In Paris

    Jay-Z & Kanye West

    Track from: Watch The Throne

    Label: Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC

     

    23. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

    No Church In The Wild

    Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream

    Track from: Watch The Throne

    Label: Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC

     

    24. BEST RAP SONG

    N****s In Paris

    Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

    Track from: Watch The Throne

    Label: Roc-A-Fella Records; Publishers: Hit-Boy Music/Very Good Beats, Hip Hop Since 1978, Dean's List Productions, 

     

    25. BEST RAP ALBUM

    Take Care

    Drake

    Label: Cash Money Records

     

    26. BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

    Blown Away

    Carrie Underwood

    Track from: Blown Away

    Label: 19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville

     

    27. BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

    Pontoon

    Little Big Town

    Label: Capitol Records Nashville

    Safe & Sound

     

    28. BEST COUNTRY SONG

    Blown Away

    Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

    Track from: Blown Away

    Label: 19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Global Dog Music/Lunalight Music, Big Loud Songs/Angel 

    29. BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

    Uncaged

    Zac Brown Band

    Label: Southern Ground/Atlantic

     

    30. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM

    Echoes Of Love

    Omar Akram

    Label: Real Music

     

    31. BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

    Hot House

    Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

    Track from: Hot House

    Label: Concord Jazz

     

    32. BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

    Radio Music Society

    Esperanza Spalding

    Label: Heads Up International

     

    33. BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

    Unity Band

    Pat Metheny Unity Band

    Label: Nonesuch

     

    34. BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

    Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Label: Concord Jazz

     

    35. BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

    ¡Ritmo!

    The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

    Label: Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records

     

    36. BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

    10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)

    Matt Redman

    Track from: 10,000 Reasons

    Label: sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records

     

    37. BEST GOSPEL SONG

    Go Get It

    Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)

    Label: Columbia; Publishers: EMI April Music, It's Tea Tyme, That's Plum Song, Wet Ink Red Music

     

    38. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG

    10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)

    Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)

    Track from: 10,000 Reasons

    Label: sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: Thankyou Music/sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Said 

    39. BEST GOSPEL ALBUM

    Gravity

    Lecrae

    Label: Reach Records

     

    40. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM

    Eye On It

    TobyMac

    Label: ForeFront Records

     

    41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

    MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition

    Juanes

    Label: Universal Music Latino

     

    42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

    Imaginaries

    Quetzal

    Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

     

    43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

    Pecados Y Milagros

    Lila Downs

    Label: Sony Music

     

    44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

    Retro

    Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

    Label: Pink Chaos Productions

     

    45. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

    Slipstream

    Bonnie Raitt

    Label: Redwing Records

     

    46. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

    Nobody Knows You

    Steep Canyon Rangers

    Label: Rounder

     

    47. BEST BLUES ALBUM

    Locked Down

    Dr. John

    Label: Nonesuch

     

    48. BEST FOLK ALBUM

    The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

    Label: Sony Classical

     

     

    49. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

    The Band Courtbouillon

    Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy

    Label: Valcour Records

     

    50. BEST REGGAE ALBUM

    Rebirth

    Jimmy Cliff

    Label: UMe/Sunpower

     

    51. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

    The Living Room Sessions Part 1

    Ravi Shankar

    Label: East Meets West Music

     

    52. BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM

    Can You Canoe?

    The Okee Dokee Brothers

    Label: Okee Dokee Music LLC

     

    53. BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM

    Society's Child: My Autobiography

    Janis Ian

    Label: Audible, Inc.

     

    54. BEST COMEDY ALBUM

    Blow Your Pants Off

    Jimmy Fallon

    Label: Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment

     

    55. BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

    Once: A New Musical

    Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others)

    Label: Masterworks

     

    56. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

    Midnight In Paris

    (Various Artists)

    Label: Madison Gate Records, Inc.

     

    57. BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

    The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

    Label: Null/Madison Gate

     

    58. BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

    Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)

    T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters

    (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)

    Label: Big Machine Records/Universal Republic; Publishers: Sony ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Sensibility Songs, Absurd Music, Shiny Happy Music, Baffle Music, Henry Burnett Music

     

    59. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION

    Mozart Goes Dancing

    Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)

    Track from: Hot House

    Label: Concord Jazz

     

    60. BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT

    How About You

    Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)

    Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans

    Label: ArtistShare

     

    61. BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)

    City Of Roses

    Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)

    Track from: Radio Music Society

    Label: Heads Up International

     

    62. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

    Biophilia

    Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)

    Label: One Little Indian / Nonesuch

     

    63. BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE

    Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

    Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)

    Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

     

    64. BEST ALBUM NOTES

    Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles

    Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

    Label: Concord

     

    65. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

    The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)

    Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)

    Label: Capitol Records

     

    66. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL

    The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)

    Label: Sony Classical

     

    67. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

    Dan Auerbach

    El Camino (The Black Keys) (A)

    Locked Down (Dr. John) (A)

    Savage (Hacienda) (S)

    Shakedown (Hacienda) (A)

     

    68. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL

    Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

    Skrillex, remixer (Nero)

    Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers

    Label: Cherry Tree/Interscope

     

    69. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM

    Modern Cool

    Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)

    Label: Premonition Records

     

    70. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

    Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)

    Label: Chandos

     

    71. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

    Blanton Alspaugh

    Chamber Symphonies (Gregory Wolynec & Gateway Chamber Orchestra)

    Davis: Río De Sangre (Joseph Rescigno, Vale Rideout, Ava Pine, John Duykers, Kerry Walsh, Guido LeBron, The Florentine Opera Company & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

    Gjeilo: Northern Lights (Charles Bruffy & Phoenix Chorale)

    In Paradisum (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale)

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)

    Music For A Time Of War (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)

    Musto: The Inspector (Glen Cortese & Wolf Trap Opera Company)

     

    72. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

    Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

    Label: SFS Media

     

    73. BEST OPERA RECORDING

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

    James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

    Label: Deutsche Grammophon

     

    74. BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

    Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)

    Label: Chandos

     

    75. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

    Meanwhile

    Eighth Blackbird

    Label: Cedille Records

     

    76. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

    Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola

    Kim Kashkashian

    Label: ECM New Series

     

    77. BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO

    Poèmes

    Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)

    Label: Decca Records

     

    78. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

    Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis

    Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers

    Label: Naxos

     

    79. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

    Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays

    Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)

    Track from: Meanwhile

     

    80. BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO

    We Found Love

    Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris

    Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe, Ben Sullivan, Candice Ouaknine & Inga Veronique video producers

    Label: Def Jam

     

    81. BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO

    Big Easy Express

    Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show

    Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers

    Label: S2BN Films

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