- Mon, 2012-02-13 07:05
The 54th Grammy Awards has been conquered by Adele, who won all six awards she was nominated for; Record of the year - Rolling In The Deep, Album of The Year - 21, 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.
Matching a record set by Beyonce in 2010 for most Grammy wins by a female act in one night, Adele was moved to tears as she claimed the award for Album of the Year for her record-breaking second album 21:
"This record is inspired by something that is really normal and everyone's been through it, just a rubbish relationship, and it's gone on to do things I can't tell you how I feel about it, it's been the most life-changing year."
Adele's producer Paul Epworth also picked up Producer Of The Year, having produced two tracks from 21 plus Cee-Lo Green and Foster The People.
Foo Fighters also faired well, picking up five awards for Best Long Form Music Video - Back and Forth, Best Rock Performance - Walk, Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance - White Limo, Best Rock Song - Walk and Best Rock Album - Wasting Light.
Collecting the award for Best Rock Album, frontman Dave Grohl said:
"This is a great honour because this record was a special record for our band," frontman Dave Grohl told the crowd. "Rather than go to the best studio, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine. It shows that the human element of making music is what's most important."
Kanye West picked up three awards for his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, giving the rapper a total of eighteen Grammy Awards to his name. Neither Kanye West nor Jay Z were present at the ceremony.
DJ Skrillex also picked up three awards, while folk duo The Civil Wars, country singer Taylor Swift and gospel singer Kirk Franklin all picked up two.
Bon Iver collected the award for Best New Act, Corinne Bailey Rae won Best R&B Performance while Paul McCartney collected an award for Best Historical Album for his deluxe re-issue of Wings' Band On The Run.
Amy Winehouse's parents accepted her award for best pop duo/group performance for Body And Soul, her duet with Tony Bennett and the last recording made by Winehouse before her death in July 2011.
Live performances came from Rihanna and Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Sir Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson, who performed a version of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You following the singer's death in Los Angeles the day before the ceremony. Alicia Keys also took to the stage in tribute of Etta James who died last month, performing a rendition of A Sunday Kind of Love.
54th Grammy Awards 2012 - Full list of winners
1. Record Of The Year
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
2. Album Of The Year
21 - Adele
3. Song Of The Year
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
4. Best New Artist
Bon Iver
5. Best Pop Solo Performance
Someone Like You - Adele
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Body And Soul - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
7. Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Road From Memphis - Booker T. Jones
8. Best Pop Vocal Album
21 - Adele
9. Best Dance Recording
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites - Skrillex
10. Best Dance/Electronica Album
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites - Skrillex
11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets II - Tony Bennett & Various Artists
12. Best Rock Performance
Walk - Foo Fighters
13. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
White Limo - Foo Fighters
14. Best Rock Song
Walk - Foo Fighters
15. Best Rock Album
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
16. Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
17. Best R&B Performance
Is This Love - Corinne Bailey Rae
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
Fool For You - Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
19. Best R&B Song
Fool For You - Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
20. Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
21. Best Rap Performance
Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West
22. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
All Of The Lights - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
23. Best Rap Song
All Of The Lights - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
24. Best Rap Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
25. Best Country Solo Performance
Mean - Taylor Swift
26. Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
27. Best Country Song
Mean - Taylor Swift
28. Best Country Album
Own The Night - Lady Antebellum
29. Best New Age Album
What's It All About - Pat Metheny
30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
500 Miles High - Chick Corea, soloist
31. Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Mosaic Project - Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Forever - Corea, Clarke & White
33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Good Feeling - Christian McBride Big Band
34. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Jesus - Le'Andria Johnson
35. Best Gospel Song
Hello Fear - Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
36. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Blessings - Laura Story
37. Best Gospel Album
Hello Fear - Kirk Franklin
38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
And If Our God Is For Us... - Chris Tomlin
39. Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album
Drama Y Luz - Maná
40. Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album
Bicentenario - Pepe Aguilar
41. Best Banda Or Norteño Album
Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends - Los Tigres Del Norte
42. Best Tropical Latin Album
The Last Mambo - Cachao
43. Best Americana Album
Ramble At The Ryman - Levon Helm
44. Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane - Alison Krauss & Union Station
45. Best Blues Album
Revelator - Tedeschi Trucks Band
46. Best Folk Album
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
47. Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth Of New Orleans - Rebirth Brass Band
48. Best Reggae Album
Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life - Stephen Marley
49. Best World Music Album
Tassili - Tinariwen
50. Best Children's Album
All About Bullies... Big And Small- (Various Artists)
51. Best Spoken Word Album
If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) - Betty White
52. Best Comedy Album
Hilarious - Louis C.K.
53. Best Musical Theater Album
The Book Of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast
54. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 - (Various Artists)
55. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat, composer
56. Best Song Written For Visual Media
I See The Light (From Tangled)
57. Best Instrumental Composition
Life In Eleven - Béla Fleck & Howard Levy
58. Best Instrumental Arrangement
Rhapsody In Blue - Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
59. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
60. Best Recording Package
Scenes From The Suburbs - Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)
61. Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story - Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
62. Best Album Notes
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s - Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)
63. Best Historical Album
Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)
64. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Paper Airplane - Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
65. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Paul Epworth
66. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Cinema (Skrillex Remix)
67. Best Surround Sound Album
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) - Derek & The Dominos
68. Best Engineered Album, Classical
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry - Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
69. Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
70. Best Orchestral Performance
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
71. Best Opera Recording
Adams: Doctor Atomic - Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
72. Best Choral Performance
Light & Gold - Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
73. Best Small Ensemble Performance
Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide - Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
74. Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
75. Best Classical Vocal Solo
Diva Divo - Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
76. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry - Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
77. Best Short Form Music Video
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
78. Best Long Form Music Video
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth- Foo Fighters
