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La parola d’ordine sembra essere stata Lady. A trionfare infatti il gruppo dei Lady Antebellum (Need You now premiata 
come canzone dell’anno) e Lady Gaga (premiata come miglior perfermance vocale single e miglior album per “The Fame monster”). La cantante ha anche presentato in anteprima il nuovo singolo “Born This Way” in una esibizione improntata sul tema del “diverso”. Dopo essere uscita da una sorta di uovo alieno, GaGa ha ballato con dei ballerini dalle spalle appuntite e ha suonato perfino un organo elettrico.
lady GaGa – Born this way LIVE AT GRAMMY AWARDS
Interessante anche la performace d’apertura tributo ad Aretha Franklin cantata da Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Florence Welch & Martina McBride. Justin Bieber si è esibito con l’attore Jaden Smith (figlio di Will Smith) 
ma è tornato a casa a mani vuote mentre Rihanna è salita sul palco con Drake per il singolo “What’s my name”.
Premiati anche i Muse nella categoria rock, Eminem in quella rap ed Esperanza Spalding come miglior artista emergente.
Enorme la lista dei vincitori divisi per categorie musicali. Eccola:
Album Of The Year
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Record Of The Year
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
Best Rap Album
Recovery — Eminem
Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
Need You Now — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Best Country Album
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Fame Monster — Lady Gaga
Best Rock Album
The Resistance — Muse
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) — Train
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The House That Built Me — Miranda Lambert
EARLY WINNERS
Rock / Metal:
Best Rock Song
Angry World — Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Hammerhead — Jeff Beck
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Tighten Up — The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock Performance
New Fang — Them Crooked Vultures
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Helter Skelter — Paul McCartney
Best Metal Performance
El Dorado — Iron Maiden
Pop:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Bad Romance — Lady Gaga
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Just The Way You Are — Bruno Mars
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Imagine — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nessun Dorma — Jeff Beck
Best Pop Vocal Collaboration with Vocals
Imagine — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Take Your Pick — Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Crazy Love – Michael Buble
Urban / Rap / Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Brothers — The Black Keys (beating Arcade Fire´s The Suburbs)
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
F— You — Cee Lo Green
Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind — Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane´t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
Best Rap Solo Performance
Not Afraid — Eminem
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
On To The Next One — Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
R&B:
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Raymond V Raymond — Usher
Best R&B Album
Wake Up! — John Legend & The Roots
Best R&B Song
Shine — John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Bittersweet — Fantasia
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
There Goes My Baby — Usher
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Soldier Of Love — Sade
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Hang On In There — John Legend & The Roots
Jazz:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Stanley Clarke Band — The Stanley Clarke Band
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee — Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Change Is Gonna Come — Herbie Hancock, soloist, off The Imagine Project
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Moody 4B — James Moody
Best Large Jazz Ensemble
Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard — Mingus Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Chucho´s Steps — Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Country:
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Til Summer Comes Around” — Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
As She´s Walking Away — Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Hummingbyrd — Marty Stuart
Best Country Song
Need You Now — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Blues:
Best Traditional Blues Album
Joined At The Hip — Pinetop Perkins & Willie ´Big Eyes´ Smith
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Living Proof — Buddy Guy
Folk:
Best Traditional Folk Album
Genuine Negro Jig — Carolina Chocolate Drops
Best Contemporary Folk Album
God Willin´ & The Creek Don´t Rise — Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Best Americana Album
You Are Not Alone — Mavis Staples
Gospel:
Best Gospel Performance
Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song
It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Love God. Love People. – Israel Houghton
Bluegrass:
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
The Reason – Diamond Rio
Best Bluegrass Album
Mountain Soul II — Patty Loveless
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Downtown Church – Patty Griffin
Classical:
Best Classical Album
Verdi: Requiem — Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer
Best Classical Crossover album
Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns — Lucas Richman, conductor
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina — Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Best Orchestral Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: L´Amour De Loin – Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange
Best Choral Performance
Verdi: Requiem — Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 — Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without Orchestra)
Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement — Paul Jacobs
Best Chamber Music Performance
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 — Parker Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Dinastia Borja – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Sacrificium — Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
Latin / World:
Best Latin Pop Album
Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album}
El Existential – Grupo Fantasma
Best Tropical Latin Album
Viva La Tradicion – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Best Tejano Album
Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia
Best Norteno Album
Classic – Intocable
Best Banda Album
Enamorate De Mi – El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere
Best Native American Music Album
2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – various artists
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Best Reggae Album
Before the Dawn – Buju Banton
Best Traditional World Music Album
Ali and Toumani – Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Bela Fleck
General:
Best Short Form Music Video
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Best Long Form Music Video
When You’re Strange – The Doors
Best Dance Recording
Only Girl (In the World) — Rihanna
Best Electronic/Dance Album
La Roux — La Roux
Best Musical Show Album
American Idiot (featuring Green Day) – Billy Joe Armstrong, producer
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Crazy Heart – various artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman composer
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
The Weary Kind (from Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett
Best New Age Album
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Best Musical Album for Children
Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the audiobook) – Jon Stewart with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver
Best Comedy Album
Stark Raving Black — Lewis Black
Best Instrumental Composition
The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, arranger
Best Recording Package
Brothers – Michael Carney, art director
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors
Best Album Notes
Keep an Eye on the Sky – Robert Gordon, album-notes writer
Best Historical Album
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Battle Studies
Best Engineered Album, Classical (tie)
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina and Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album
Britten’s Orchestra
Best Orchestra Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina
