Grammy Awards 2011 Winners

Last night’s 53rd annual Grammy Awards brought about appearances, performances (some a bit better than others and others more off-the-wall than some) and a lot, and I mean a lot, of surprises. Here are the nominees and winners of last night.

Those in bold are the winners in each category.

Album of the Year

• Eminem, Recovery
• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
• Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
• Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
• Katy Perry, Teenage Dream

Record of the Year

• B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), “Nothin’ on You”
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna), “Love the Way You Lie”
• Cee Lo, “F— You”
• Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys), “Empire State of Mind”
• Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”

Song of the Year

• Ray LaMontagne, “Beg Steal or Borrow”
• Cee Lo, “F— You”
• Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me”
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna), “Love the Way You Lie”
• Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”

Best New Artist

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence + the Machine
• Mumford & Sons
• Esperanza Spalding

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• “King Of Anything” – Sara Bareilles
• “Halo (Live)” – Beyoncé
• “Chasing Pirates” – Norah Jones
• “Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga
• “Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• “Haven’t Met You Yet” – Michael Bublé
• “This Is It” – Michael Jackson
• “Whataya Want From Me” – Adam Lambert
• “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars
• “Half Of My Heart” – John Mayer

Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals

• “Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version)” – “Glee” Cast
• “Misery” – Maroon 5
• “The Only Exception” – Paramore
• “Babyfather” – Sade
• “Hey, Soul Sister (Live)” – Train

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• “Airplanes II” – B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
• “Imagine” – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
• “If It Wasn’t For Bad” – Elton John & Leon Russell
• “Telephone” – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
• “California Gurls” – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Vocal Album

• My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
• I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle
• The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
• Battle Studies – John Mayer
• Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Best Dance Recording

• “Rocket” – Goldfrapp
• “In For The Kill” – La Roux
• “Dance In The Dark” – Lady Gaga
• “Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna
• “Dancing On My Own” – Robyn

Best Electronic/Dance Album

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

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• “Run Back To Your Side” – Eric Clapton
• “Crossroads” – John Mayer
• “Helter Skelter” – Paul McCartney
• “Silver Rider” – Robert Plant
• “Angry World” – Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• “Ready To Start” – Arcade Fire
• “I Put A Spell On You” – Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
• “Tighten Up” – The Black Keys
• “Radioactive” – Kings of Leon
• “Resistance” – Muse

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, songwriter (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Album

• Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck
• The Resistance – Muse
• Backspacer – Pearl Jam
• Mojo – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
• Le Noise – Neil Young

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• “Gone Already” – Faith Evans
• “Bittersweet” – Fantasia
• “Everything To Me” – Monica
• “Tired” – Kelly Price
• “Holding You Down (Going In Circles)” – Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• “Second Chance” – El DeBarge
• “Finding My Way Back” – Jaheim
• “Why Would You Stay” – Kem
• “We’re Still Friends” – (Kirk Whalum) Musiq Soulchild
• “There Goes My Baby” – Usher

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• “Take My Time” – Chris Brown & Tank
• “Love” – Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
• “You’ve Got A Friend” – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
• “Shine” – John Legend & The Roots
• “Soldier Of Love” – Sade

Best R&B Song

• “Bittersweet” – Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia)
• “Finding My Way Back” – Ivan “Orthodox” Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin “Ransum” Haggins, Jaheim Hoaglar, Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim)
• “Second Chance” – E. Debarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge)
• “Shine” – John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)
• “Why Would You Stay” – K. Owens, songwriter (Kem)

Best R&B Album

• The Love & War Masterpeace – Raheem DeVaughn
• Back To Me – Fantasia
• Another Round – Jaheim
• Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
• Still Standing – Monica

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• “Satisfied” – Jewel
• “The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
• “Swingin’” – LeAnn Rimes
• “Temporary Home” – Carrie Underwood
• “I’d Love To Be Your Last” – Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• “Macon” – Jamey Johnson
• “Cryin’ For Me (Wayman’s Song)” – Toby Keith
• “Turning Home” – David Nail
• “‘Til Summer Comes Around” – Keith Urban
• “Gettin’ You Home” – Chris Young

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• “Free” – Zac Brown Band
• “Elizabeth” – Dailey & Vincent
• “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
• “Little White Church” – Little Big Town
• “Where Rainbows Never Die” – The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• “Bad Angel” – Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
• “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” – Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
• “As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
• “Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
• “I Run To You” – Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song

• “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)
• “Need You Now” – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best Country Album

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

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About the Author: Holly Ord

In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.

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One Comment on Grammy Awards 2011 Winners / Add Your Comment

municipal funds says:

February 14, 2011 at 3:40 pm

I didn’t get to watch last night, but I heard that the Grammy show was actually pretty good this year in comparison with past shows. Happy to see the Katy Perry shutout!

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