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2011 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 15 years ago February 13, 2011

2011 Grammy Award Winners

The 2011 Grammy Award winners were announced on February 13, 2011.
The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Unlike many other years, there was no official host for this ceremony.
The eligibility year for the awards ranged from September 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010.

Noteworthy Moments:

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, surprising many.
Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now snagged Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz artist to win Best New Artist.
This was the last Grammy ceremony to be held before the categories were reduced from 109 to 7
Mick Jagger made his first-ever live appearance at the Grammys, performing a tribute to Solomon Burke
Barbra Streisand returned to the Grammy stage for the first time in 6 years to perform “Evergreen
Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding upset Justin Bieber and Drake to win Best New Artist
The awards ceremony was watched by 26.6 million viewers, a significant increase from the previous year.

2011 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Record of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Rap Album:
Recovery, Eminem

New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding

Song of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Pop Vocal Album:
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Crazy Love – Michael Bublé

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Imagine – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, The Imagine Project

Pop Instrumental Performance:
Nessun Dorma – Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion

Pop Instrumental Album:
Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Back to Me – Fantasia

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
There Goes My Baby – Usher

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Soldier of Love – Sade

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

R&B Song:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

R&B Album:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

Contemporary R&B Album:
Raymond V Raymond – Usher

Rap Song:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
On to the Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Rap Solo Performance:
Eminem – Not Afraid

Urban/Alternative Performance:
F*** You – Cee Lo Green

Rock Album:
The Resistance – Muse

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Helter Skelter – Paul McCartney

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Tighten Up – The Black Keys

Rock Song:
Angry World – Neil Young

Hard Rock Performance:
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang

Metal Performance:
El Dorado – Iron Maiden

Rock Instrumental Performance:
Hammerhead – Jeff Beck

Country Album:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Female Country Vocal Performance:
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert

Male Country Vocal Performance:
-Til Summer Comes Around – Keith Urban

Country Song:
Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Country Instrumental Performance:
Hummingbyrd – Marty Stuart

New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort

Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band

Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Latin Pop Album:
Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz

Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
El Existential – Grupo Fantasma

Tropical Latin Album:
Viva La Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Tejano Album:
Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia

Norteño Album:
Classic – Intocable

Banda Album:
Enamórate De Mí – El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario

Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band

Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Improvised Jazz Solo:
A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Moody 4B – James Moody

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band

Latin Jazz Album:
Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

Gospel Performance:
Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still

Gospel Song:
It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway), The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III

Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
Love God. Love People – Israel Houghton

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
The Reason – Diamond Rio

Traditional Gospel Album:
Downtown Church – Patty Griffin

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans

Dance Recording:
Only Girl (in the World) – Rihanna

Electronic/Dance Album:
La Roux – La Roux

Alternative Music Album:
Brothers, The Black Keys

Americana Album:
You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples

Bluegrass Album:
Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless

Traditional Blues Album:
Joined At The Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith

Contemporary Blues Album:
Living Proof – Buddy Guy

Traditional Folk Album:
Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops

Contemporary Folk Album:
God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

Hawaiian Music Album:
Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere

Native American Music Album:
2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – Various Artists

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

Reggae Album:
Before The Dawn – Buju Banton

Traditional World Music Album:
Ali And Toumani – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Béla Fleck

New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort

Short Form Music Video:
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

Long Form Music Video:
When You’re Strange – The Doors

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

Musical Show Album:
American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Crazy Heart (Various Artists)

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman, composer

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart), Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters

Instrumental Composition:
The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble), Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2

Instrumental Arrangement:
Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest), 54

Engineered Album, Classical:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Giancarlo Guerrero &Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Classical Album:
Verdi: Requiem – Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus

Orchestral Performance:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Nashville Symphony

Opera Recording:
Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Choral Performance:
Verdi: Requiem – Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 – Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Paul Jacobs – Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement

Chamber Music Performance:
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Parker Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance:
Dinastia Borja – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya

Classical Vocal Performance:
Sacrificium – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Michael Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero) – Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony

Classical Crossover Album:
Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns

Surround Sound Album:
Britten’s Orchestra – Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony

Musical Album for Children:
Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

Comedy Album:
Lewis Black, Stark Raving Black

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Calling All Dawns

Recording Package:
Brothers – The Black Keys

Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – The White Stripes

Album Notes:
Keep An Eye On The Sky – Big Star

Historical Album:
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – The Beatles

Engineered Album, Nonclassical:
Battle Studies – John Mayer

Producer of the Year, Nonclassical:
Danger Mouse

Remixed Recording, Nonclassical:
Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix) – Madonna