It was a night filled with music and memories of the late Whitney Houston at the 2012 Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Sunday (February 12) in Los Angeles.
The big winner of the night was Adele, who picked up six awards: Album of the Year (21), Record of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”), Song of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Someone Like You”), Best Pop Vocal Album (21), and Best Short Form Music Video (“Rolling in the Deep”).
Other big winners included Foo Fighters with five awards, Kanye West with four awards, and Taylor Swift with two awards.
The late Amy Winehouse picked up a posthumous award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her song “Body and Soul” with Tony Bennett.
Adele
Foo Fighters
Kanye West
Taylor Swift
Some of the Categories & Winners are:
1. Album of the Year – Adele, 21
2. Record of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
3. Song of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
4. Best New Artist – Bon Iver
5. Best Pop Solo Performance – Adele, “Someone Like You”
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse, “Body and Soul”
7. Best Pop Instrumental Album – Booker T. Jones, The Road From Memphis
8. Best Pop Vocal Album – Adele, 21
9. Best Dance Recording – Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
10. Best Dance/Electronica Album – Skrillex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Tony Bennett & Various Artists, Duets II
12. Best Rock Performance – Foo Fighters, “Walk”
13. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – Foo Fighters, “White Limo”
14. Best Rock Song – Foo Fighters, “Walk”
15. Best Rock Album – Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
16. Best Alternative Music Album – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
17. Best R&B Performance – Corinne Bailey Rae, “In This Love”
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”
19. Best R&B Song – “Fool For You” (Performed by Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
20. Best R&B Album – Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
21. Best Rap Performance – Kanye West & Jay-Z, “Otis”
22. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie, “All Of The Lights”
23. Best Rap Song – “All Of The Lights” (Performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
24. Best Rap Album – Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
25. Best Country Solo Performance – Taylor Swift, “Mean”
26. Best Country Duo/Group Performance – The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollow”
27. Best Country Song – Taylor Swift, “Mean”
28. Best Country Album – Lady Antebellum, Own The Night
29. Best Spoken Word Album – Betty White, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)
30. Best Comedy Album – Louis C.K., Hilarious
31. Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon
32. Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
33. Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
34. Best Song Written For Visual Media – Tangled, “I See The Light”
35. Best Historical Album – Paul McCartney, Band On The Run
36. Best Short Form Music Video – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
37. Best Long Form Music Video – Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth
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