53rd Grammy Award Winners

Special Merit Awards


MusiCares Person of the Year

Barbra Streisand

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Julie Andrews
• Roy Haynes
• Juilliard String Quartet
• the Kingston Trio
• Dolly Parton
• Ramones
• George Beverly Shea

General

Record of the Year


"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer

"Nothin' on You" – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine, engineer/mixer

"Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
Alex Da Kid & Makeba Riddick, producers; Alex Da Kid, Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers

"F*** You" – Cee Lo Green
The Smeezingtons, producers

 "Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Angela Hunte, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Shux, producers; Ken "Duro" Ifill, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton & Ann Mincieli, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year


The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; Mark Lawson, mastering engineer

Recovery – Eminem
featured artists; Kobe, Lil Wayne, Pink & Rihanna, producers; Alex Da Kid, Boi-1da, Nick Brongers, Supa Dups, DJ Khalil, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Havoc, Emile Haynie, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, Mr. Porter & Script Shepherd, engineers/mixers; Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer; Andrew Mendelson, mastering engineer
 
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Beyoncé, featured artist; Ron Fair, Fernando Garibay, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jerkins, Lady Gaga, RedOne, Teddy Riley & Space Cowboy, producers; Eelco Bakker, Christian Delano, Mike Donaldson, Paul Foley, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jenkins, Hisashi Mizoguchi, Robert Orton, Dan Parry, Jack Joseph Puig, RedOne, Teddy Riley, Dave Russel, Johnny Severin, Space Cowboy, Mark Stent, Jonas Wetling & Frank Wolff, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer

Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
Snoop Dogg, featured artist; Ammo, Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke, Kuk Harrell, Max Martin, Stargate, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Greg Wells, producers; Steve Churchyard, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jaycen-Joshua, Damien Lewis, Chris O'Ryan, Carlos Oyanedel, Paris, Phil Tan, Brain Thomas, Lewis Tozour, Miles Walker, Emily Wright & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer


Song of the Year

"Need You Now"
Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

"Beg Steal or Borrow"
o Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs)

"F*** You"
Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)

"The House That Built Me"
Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

"Love the Way You Lie"
Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

Best New Artist

Esperanza Spalding

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence & The Machine
• Mumford & Sons

Pop


Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga

• "King of Anything" – Sara Bareilles
• "Halo" (Live) – Beyoncé
• "Chasing Pirates" – Norah Jones
• "Teenage Dream" – Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

"Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars

• "Haven't Met You Yet" – Michael Bublé
• "This Is It" – Michael Jackson
• "Whataya Want from Me" – Adam Lambert
• "Half of My Heart" – John Mayer

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Hey, Soul Sister" (Live) – Train

• "Don't Stop Believin'" (Regionals Version) – Glee Cast
• "Misery" – Maroon 5
• "The Only Exception" – Paramore
• "Babyfather" – Sade

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

"Imagine" – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono Nº1, Jeff Beck, & Oumou Sangaré

• "Airplanes, Part II" – B.o.B, Eminem, & Hayley Williams
• "If It Wasn't for Bad" – Elton John & Leon Russell
• "Telephone" – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
• "California Gurls" – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga

• My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
• I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
• Battle Studies – John Mayer
• Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Dance

Best Dance Recording

"Only Girl (In the World)" – Rihanna
Crystal Johnson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, producers: Stargate, Sandy Vee

"Rocket" – Goldfrapp
Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer

"In for the Kill" – La Roux
Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid, producers; Serban Ghenea & John Hanes, mixers

"Dance in the Dark" – Lady Gaga
Fernando Garibay & Lady Gaga, producers; Robert Orton, mixer

"Dancing on My Own" – Robyn
Patrik Berger & Robyn, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer


Best Electronic/Dance Album

La Roux – La Roux

• These Hopeful Machines – BT
• Further – The Chemical Brothers
• Head First – Goldfrapp
• Black Light – Groove Armada

Traditional pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album


Crazy Love – Michael Bublé

• The Greatest Love Songs of All Time – Barry Manilow
• Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville – Johnny Mathis
• Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V – Rod Stewart
• Love Is the Answer – Barbra Streisand

Rock

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

"Helter Skelter" – Paul McCartney

• "Run Back to Your Side" – Eric Clapton
• "Crossroads" – John Mayer
• "Silver Rider" – Robert Plant and the Band of Joy
• "Angry World" – Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Tighten Up" – The Black Keys

• "Ready to Start" – Arcade Fire
• "I Put a Spell on You" – Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
• "Radioactive" – Kings of Leon
• "Resistance" – Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

"New Fang" – Them Crooked Vultures

• "A Looking in View" – Alice in Chains
• "Let Me Hear You Scream" – Ozzy Osbourne
• "Black Rain" – Soundgarden
• "Between the Lines" – Stone Temple Pilots

Best Metal Performance

"El Dorado" – Iron Maiden

• "Let the Guilt Go" – Korn
• "In Your Words" – Lamb of God
• "Sudden Death" – Megadeth
• "World Painted Blood" – Slayer

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

"Hammerhead" – Jeff Beck

• "Black Mud" – The Black Keys
• "Do the Murray" – Los Lobos
• "Kundalini Bonfire" – Dave Matthews &Tim Reynolds
• "The Deathless Horsie" – Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

"Angry World"
Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)

"Little Lion Man"
Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

"Radioactive"
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon)

"Resistance"
Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

"Tighten Up"
Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)


Best Rock Album

"The Resistance" – Muse

• Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck
• Backspacer – Pearl Jam
• Mojo – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Le Noise – Neil Young

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album


Brothers – The Black Keys

• The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
• Infinite Arms – Band of Horses
• Broken Bells – Broken Bells
• Contra – Vampire Weekend

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

"Bittersweet" – Fantasia

• "Everything to Me" – Monica
• "Gone Already" – Faith Evans
• "Tired" – Kelly Price
• "Holding You Down" – Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

"There Goes My Baby" – Usher

• "Second Chance" – El DeBarge
• "Finding My Way Back" – Jaheim
• "Why Would You Stay" – Kem
• "We're Still Friends" – (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Soldier of Love" – Sade

• "Love" – Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
• "Take My Time" – Chris Brown & Tank
• "You've Got a Friend" – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
• "Shine" – John Legend & The Roots

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

"Hang On in There" – John Legend & The Roots

• "When a Woman Loves" – R. Kelly
• "You're So Amazing" – Calvin Richardson
• "In Between" – Ryan Shaw
• "Go" (Live) – Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

"Fuck You!" – Cee Lo Green

• "Little One" – Bilal
• "Orion" – Carolyn Malachi
• "Tightrope" – Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
• "Still" – Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

"Shine"
John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)

"Bittersweet"
Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia)

"Finding My Way Back"
Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miquel Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim)

"Second Chance"
E. Debarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge)

"Why Would You Stay"
K. Owens, songwriter (Kem)

Best R&B Album

Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

• Still Standing – Monica
• Back to Me – Fantasia
• Another Round – Jaheim
• The Love & War Masterpeace – Raheem DeVaughn

Best Contemporary R&B Album


Raymond vs. Raymond – Usher

• Untitled – R. Kelly
• Graffiti – Chris Brown
• Transition – Ryan Leslie
• The ArchAndroid – Janelle Monáe

Rap


Best Rap Solo Performance

"Not Afraid" – Eminem

• "Over" – Drake
• "How Low" – Ludacris
• "I'm Back" – T.I.
• "Power" – Kanye West

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group


"On to the Next One" – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

• "Shutterbugg" – Big Boi & Cutty
• "Fancy" – Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
• "My Chick Bad" – Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
• "Lose My Mind" – Young Jeezy & Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

• "Nothin' on You" – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
• "Deuces" – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
• "Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
• "Wake Up Everybody" – John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song

"Empire State of Mind"
Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)

"Love the Way You Lie"
Alex da Kid, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)

"Not Afraid"
M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)

"Nothin' on You"
Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B & Bruno Mars)

"On to the Next One"
o Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)


Best Rap Album

Recovery – Eminem

• The Adventures Of Bobby Ray – B.o.B
• Thank Me Later – Drake
• The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
• How I Got Over – The Roots

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance


"The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert

• "Satisfied" – Jewel
• "Swingin'" – LeAnn Rimes
• "Temporary Home" – Carrie Underwood
• "I'd Love To Be Your Last" – Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

"'Til Summer Comes Around" – Keith Urban

• "Macon" – Jamey Johnson
• "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" – Toby Keith
• "Turning Home" – David Nail
• "Gettin' You Home" – Chris Young

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum

• "Free" – Zac Brown Band
• "Elizabeth" – Dailey & Vincent
• "Little White Church" – Little Big Town
• "Where Rainbows Never Die" – The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

"As She's Walking Away" – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson

• "Bad Angel" – Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
• "Pride (In the Name of Love)" – Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
• "Hillbilly Bone" – Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
• "I Run to You" – Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song

"Need You Now"
Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

"The Breath You Take"
Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait)

"Free"
Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)

"The House That Built Me"
Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

"I'd Love to Be Your Last"
Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

"If I Die Young"
Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)

Best Country Album


Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

• Up On The Ridge – Dierks Bentley
• You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band
• The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson
• Revolution – Miranda Lambert

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga
Francis Lawrence, video director; Heather Heller, video producer

"Ain't No Grave" – (Johnny Cash)
Chris Milk, video director; Jennifer Heath, Aaron Koblin & Rick Rubin, video producers

"Love The Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
Joseph Kahn, video director; Maryann Tanedo, video producer

"Stylo" – Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack
Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett, video directors; Cara Speller, video producer

"Fuck You!" – Cee Lo Green
Matt Stawski, video director; Paul Bock, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

When You're Strange – The Doors
Tom Dicillo, video director; John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski & Dick Wolf, video producers

No Distance Left to Run – Blur
Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern & Giorgio Testi, video directors; Thomas Benski, Laura Collins & Lucas Ochoa, video producers

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story – Arif Mardin
Doug Biro & Joe Mardin, video directors; Doug Biro & Joe Mardin, video producers

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage – Rush
Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video directors; Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video producers

Under Great White Northern Lights – The White Stripes
Emmett Malloy, video director; Ian Montone & Mike Sarkissian, video producers