53rd Grammy Awards
Rihanna ft. Drake
Bruno Mars, B.O.B, Janelle Monae
Aretha Frankline Tribute
Awards
Special Merit Awards
- MusiCares Person of the Year
- Barbra Streisand
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, the Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, Ramones, George Beverly Shea
General
- Record of the Year
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
- Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer
- “Nothin’ on You” – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
- The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine, engineer/mixer
- “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
- Alex Da Kid & Makeba Riddick, producers; Alex Da Kid, Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers
- “Fuck You!” – Cee-Lo Green
- The Smeezingtons, producers
- “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
- Angela Hunte, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Shux, producers; Ken “Duro” Ifill, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton & Ann Mincieli, engineers/mixers
- Album of the Year
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; Mark Lawson, mastering engineer
- Recovery – Eminem
- featured artists; Kobe, Lil Wayne, Pink & Rihanna, producers; Alex Da Kid, Boi-1da, Nick Brongers, Supa Dups, DJ Khalil, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Havoc, Emile Haynie, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, Mr. Porter & Script Shepherd, engineers/mixers; Brian “Big Bass” Gardner, mastering engineer
- Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
- Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer; Andrew Mendelson, mastering engineer
- The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
- Beyoncé, featured artist; Ron Fair, Fernando Garibay, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jerkins, Lady Gaga, RedOne, Teddy Riley & Space Cowboy, producers; Eelco Bakker, Christian Delano, Mike Donaldson, Paul Foley, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jenkins, Hisashi Mizoguchi, Robert Orton, Dan Parry, Jack Joseph Puig, RedOne, Teddy Riley, Dave Russel, Johnny Severin, Space Cowboy, Mark Stent, Jonas Wetling & Frank Wolff, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
- Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
- Snoop Dogg, featured artist; Ammo, Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke, Kuk Harrell, Max Martin, Stargate, C. “Tricky” Stewart, Sandy Vee & Greg Wells, producers; Steve Churchyard, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jaycen-Joshua, Damien Lewis, Chris O’Ryan, Carlos Oyanedel, Paris, Phil Tan, Brain Thomas, Lewis Tozour, Miles Walker, Emily Wright & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
- Song of the Year
“Need You Now”
- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
- “Beg, Steal or Borrow”
- Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs)
- “Fuck You!”
- Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
- “The House That Built Me”
- Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
- “Love the Way You Lie”
- Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
- Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding
- Justin Bieber
- Drake
- Florence & The Machine
- Mumford & Sons
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