Music

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