EVENT: The 2013 Grammy Awards

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards
were held on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The event was hosted by LL Cool J and the country singer, Taylor Swift opened
the show with a performance of her
latest song "We are Never Ever Getting
Back Together". Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys,
Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean also performed.

The celebrities came out in style and were all looking gorgeous.

The Winners at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards are:

Record of the Year: "Somebody That
I Used to Know," Gotye featuring
Kimbra

Album of the Year: Babel, Mumford &
Sons

Song of the Year: "We Are Young," Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe

Best New Artist: Fun.

Best Pop Solo Performance: "Set
Fire to the Rain," Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Somebody That I Used to Know,"
Gotye featuring Kimbra

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
Impressions, Chris Botti

Best Pop Vocal Album: Stronger,
Kelly Clarkson

Best Dance Recording: Bangarang,
Skrillex featuring Sirah

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Bangarang, Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney

Best Rock Performance: Lonely Boy,
The Black Keys

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
"Love Bites (So Do I)," Halestrom

Best Rock Song: "Lonely Boy," The
Black Keys

Best Rock Album: El Camino, The
Black Keys

Best Alternative Music Album:
Making Mirrors, Gotye

Best R&B Performance: "Climax,"
Usher

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
"Love on Top," Beyoncé

Best R&B Song: "Adorn," Miguel

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Channel Orange, Frank Ocean

Best R&B Album: Black Radio, Robert
Glasper Experiment

Best Rap Performance: "N****s in
Paris," Jay-Z and Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "No
Church In The Wild," Jay-Z and Kanye
West featuring Frank Ocean and The
Dream

Best Rap Song: "N****s in Paris," Jay-
Z and Kanye West

Best Rap Album: Take Care, Drake

Best Country Solo Performance:
"Blown Away," Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group
Performance: Pontoon, Little Big Town

Best Country Song: "Blown Away,"
Carrie Underwood

Best Country Album: Uncaged, Zac
Brown Band

Best New Age Album: Echoes of
Love, Omar Akram

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Hot
House," Gary Burton and Chick Corea

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Radio Music
Society, Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Unity
Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You),
Arturo Sandoval

Best Latin Jazz Album: ¡Ritmo!, The
Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

Best Gospel/Contemporary
Christian Music Performance:
"10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord),"
Matt Redman

Best Gospel Song: "Go Get It," Erica
Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn
Campbell

Best Contemporary Christian Music
Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless The
Lord)," Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman

Best Gospel Album: Gravity, Lecrae

Best Contemporary Christian Music
Album: Eye on It, TobyMac

Best Latin Pop Album: MTV
Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes

Best Latin Rock, Urban or
Alternative Album: Imaginaries,
Quetzal

Best Regional Mexican Music
Album (Including Tejano): Pecados Y
Milagros, Lila Downs

Best Tropical Latin Album: Retro,
Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

Best Americana Album: Slipstream,
Bonnie Raitt

Best Bluegrass Album: Nobody
Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers

Best Blues Album: Locked Down, Dr.
John

Best Folk Album: "The Goat Rodeo
Sessions," Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan,
Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
The Band Courtbouillon, Wayne Toups,
Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy

Best Reggae Album: Rebirth, Jimmy
Cliff

Best World Music Album: The Living
Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar

Best Children's Album: Can You
Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Spoken Word Album: Society's
Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian

Best Comedy Album: Blow Your Pants
Off, Jimmy Fallon

Best Musical Theater Album: Once:
A New Musical, Steve Kazee and Cristin
Milioti

Best Compilation Soundtrack for
Visual Media: Midnight in Paris

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual
Media: The Girl With The Dragon
Tattoo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Song Written For Visual
Media: "Safe & Sound" (from The
Hunger Games), T Bone Burnett, Taylor
Swift, The Civil Wars

Best Instrumental Composition:
"Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick
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Best Instrumental Arrangement:
"How About You," Gil Evans

Best Instrumental Arrangement
Accompanying Vocalist(s): "City Of
Roses," Thara Memory & Esperanza
Spalding

Best Recording Package: Biophilia,
Michael Amzalag and Mathias
Augustyniak

Best Boxed or Special Limited
Edition Package: Woody At 100: The
Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection,
Fritz Klaetke

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

Best Historical Album: The Smile
Sessions (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd,
Mark Linett, Brian Wilson and Dennis
Wolfe

Best Engineered Album, Non-
Classical: The Goat Rodeo Sessions,
Richard King

Producer Of The Year, Non-
Classical: Dan Auerbach

Best Remixed Recording, Non-
Classical: "Promises (Skrillex & Nero
remix)," Skrillex

Best Surround Sound Album:
Modern Cool, Jim Anderson

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Life & Breath, Tom Caulfield & John
Newton

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh

Best Orchestral Performance:
Adams: "Harmonielehre & Short Ride
In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson
Thomas

Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der
Ring Des Nibelungen," James Levine &
Fabio Luisi

Best Choral Performance: "Life &
Breath – Choral Works By René
Clausen," Charles Bruffy

Best Chamber Music/Small
Ensemble Performance:
"Meanwhile," Eighth Blackbird

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
"Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola," Kim
Kashkashian

Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Poèmes,"
Renée Fleming

Best Classical Compendium:
"Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn
Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of
Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit

Best Contemporary Classical
Composition: "Hartke, Stephen:
Meanwhile – Incidental Music To
Imaginary Puppet Plays," Stephen
Hartke

Best Short Form Music Video: "We
Found Love," Rihanna featuring Calvin
Harris

Best Long Form Music Video: "Big
Easy Express," Mumford & Sons

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