2013 Grammy Awards: WINNERS

The 55^th Annual American Music Awards (Grammy Awards) has come and gone but it memories will linger a lot longer. The event which took place on Sunday February 10, 2013 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California was hosted by renowned R n B Star LL Cool J.

In the pre – Grammy where nominations were announced on December 5, 2012, Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each.

Read More after the break for the full list of winners in the different categories

1. ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Babel, Mumford and Sons

2. RECORD OF THE YEAR

“Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye Feat. Kimbra

3. BEST NEW ARTIST

Fun.

4. BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Uncaged, Zac Brown Band

5. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

“No Church in the Wild,” Kanye West and Jay-Z, Feat. Frank Ocean and The-Dream

6. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Stronger, Kelly Clarkson

7. BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

“Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys

8. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Channel Orange, Frank Ocean

9. SONG OF THE YEAR

“We Are Young,” Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. Featuring Janelle Monáe)

10. BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Blown Away,” Carrie Underwood

11. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele

12. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye Feat. Kimbra

13. BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Impressions, Chris Botti

14. BEST DANCE RECORDING

“Bangarang,” Skrillex Feat. Sirah

15. BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM

Bangarang, Skrillex

16. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM

Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney

17. BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE

“Love Bites (So Do I),” Halestorm

18. BEST ROCK SONG

“Lonely Boy,” Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

19. BEST ROCK ALBUM

 El Camino, The Black Keys 

20. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Making Mirrors, Gotye

21. BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

“Climax,” Usher

22. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

“Love on Top,” Beyoncé

23. BEST R&B SONG

“Adorn,” Miguel

24. BEST R&B ALBUM

Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment

25. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

“N****s in Paris,” Jay-Z and Kanye West

26. BEST RAP SONG

“N****s in Paris,” Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

27. BEST RAP ALBUM

Take Care, Drake

28. BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Pontoon,” Little Big Town

29. BEST COUNTRY SONG

“Blown Away,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

30. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM

Echoes of Love, Omar Akram

31. BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

“Hot House,” Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

32. BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spaulding

33. BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band

34. BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), Arturo Sandoval

35. BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

¡Ritmo!, The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

36. BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE

“10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” Matt Redman

37. BEST GOSPEL SONG

“Go Get It,” Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)

38. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SONG (Tie)

“10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord),” Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)

“Your Presence Is Heaven,” Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)

39. BEST GOSPEL ALBUM

Gravity, Lecrae

40. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM

Eye On It, TobyMac

41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes

42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

Imaginaries, Quetzal

43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (Including Tejano)

Pecados Y Milagros, Lila Downs

44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

45. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt

46. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers

47. BEST BLUES ALBIM

Locked Down, Dr. John

48 BEST FOLK ALBUM

The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

49. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS ALBUM

The Band Courtbouillon, Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy

50. BEST REGGAE ALBUM

Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff

51. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar

52. BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM

Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers

53. BEST SPOKEN-WORD ALBUM

Society’s Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian

54. BEST COMEDY ALBUM

Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon

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)

56. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Midnight In Paris, (Various Artists)

57. BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

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)

59. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION

“Mozart Goes Dancing,” Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)

60. BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT

“How About You,” Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)

61. BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALISTS

“City Of Roses,” Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)

62. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

Biophilia, Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)

63. BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE

Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)

64. BEST ALBUM NOTES

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

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)

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)

67. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL

Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix), Skrillex, remixer (Nero), Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers

68. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM

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

69. 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)

70. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Blanton Alspaugh

71. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

“Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine,” Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

72. 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)

73. 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)

74. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

“Meanwhile,” Eighth Blackbird

75. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT SOLO

“Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola,” Kim Kashkashian

76. BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO

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

77. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

“Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis,” Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers

78. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

“Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays,” Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)

79. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

Dan Auerbach

80. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL

“Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)” Skrillex, remixer (Nero) Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers

81. 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

82. 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