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Monday, February 11, 2013

Gotye, Fun lead 55th Grammy Awards winners

The annual 55th Grammy Awards 2013 has now awarded top caliber and highly excellent talents in the international music industry

Gotye took home the Record of the Year award for international hit "Somebody that I Used to Know". Newcomer Fun enjoyed two highly esteemed recognitions, one for bagging the title the Best New Artist and another for bringing in the Song of the Year for "We Are Young".

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The list of the winners of the Grammy Awards 2013 are as follows:
  • Record of the Year: "Somebody that I Used to Know" - Gotye
  • Song of the Year: “We Are Young” - Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
  • Best New Artist: Fun
  • Best Pop Solo Performance: “Set Fire to the Rain” (Live) – 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 & 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)” – Halestorm
  • 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 Pimentel
  • Best Urban Contemporary Album - Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
  • Best R&B Album: Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment
  • Best Rap Performance: “Ni**as in Paris” – Jay-Z & Kanye West
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “No Church in the Wild” – Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
  • Best Rap Song: “Ni**as In Paris”
  • 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 & 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” - Mary Mary
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” - Matt Redman; “Your Presence Is Heaven” - Israel & New Breed
  • 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 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
  • Best Folk Album
  • Best Regional Roots Music Album
  • 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 – Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Midnight In Paris – Various Artists
  • Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
  • Best Song Written for Visual Media: “Safe & Sound” (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars, from the movie ‘The Hunger Games’)
  • Best Instrumental Composition: “Mozart Goes Dancing” - Chick Corea & Gary Burton
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement: “How About You”- Gil Evans Project
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “City Of Roses” - Esperanza Spalding
  • Best Recording Package: Biophilia - Björk
  • Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection - Woody Guthrie
  • Best Album Notes: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles - Ray Charles
  • Best Historical Album: The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) - The Beach Boys
  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
  • Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Dan Auerbach
  • Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Promises” (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Nero
  • Best Surround Sound Album: Modern Cool - Patricia Barber
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: Life & Breath - Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale
  • Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
  • Best Orchestral Performance: “Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine” - San Francisco Symphony
  • Best Opera Recording: “Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen” - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
  • Best Choral Performance: “Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen” - Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale
  • 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” - Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France
  • Best Classical Compendium: Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis
  • Best Classical Contemporary Composition: “Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays” - Eighth Blackbird
  • Best Short Form Music Video: “We Found Love” – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
  • Best Long Form Music Video: Big Easy Express - Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe, Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
Special Merit Awards
  • MusiCares Person of the Year: Bruce Springsteen
  • President’s Merit Award: L.A. Reid
  • Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Grammy Trustees Award
  • Technical Grammy Award
Hosted by LL Cool J for the second time around, the 55th Grammy Awards 2013 was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 10. It was broadcast live on CBS.