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The Gleaner's Grammy Guide

Published:Sunday | February 12, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The nominees are:

1. Record Of The Year

Rolling In The Deep

Adele

Holocene

Bon Iver

Grenade

Bruno Mars

The Cave

Mumford & Sons

Firework

Katy Perry

2. Album Of The Year

21

Adele

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Born This Way

Lady Gaga

Doo-Wops & Hooligans

Bruno Mars

Loud

Rihanna

3. Song Of The Year

All Of The Lights

Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

The Cave

Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

Grenade

Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Holocene

Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)

Rolling In The Deep

Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

4. Best New Artist

The Band Perry

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

5. Best Pop Solo Performance

Someone Like You

Adele

Yoü And I

Lady Gaga

Grenade

Bruno Mars

Firework

Katy Perry

Fin' Perfect

Pink

6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Body And Soul

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Dearest

The Black Keys

Paradise

Coldplay

Pumped Up Kicks

Foster The People

Moves Like Jagger

Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

7. Best Pop Instrumental Album

Wish Upon A Star

Jenny Oaks Baker

E Kahe Malie

Daniel Ho

The Road From Memphis

Booker T. Jones

Hello Tomorrow

Dave Koz

Setzer Goes Instru-Mental!

Brian Setzer

8. Best Pop Vocal Album

21

Adele

The Lady Killer

Cee Lo Green

Born This Way

Lady Gaga

Doo-Wops & Hooligans

Bruno Mars

Loud

Rihanna

9. Best Dance Recording

Raise Your Weapon

Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech

Barbra Streeisand

Duck Sauce

Sunshine

David Guetta

Call Your Girlfriend

Robyn

Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

Skrillex

Save The World

Swedish House Mafia

10. Best Dance/ Electronica Album

Zonoscope

Cut/Copy

4x4=12

Deadmau5

Nothing But The Beat

David Guetta

Body Talk, Pt. 3

Robyn

Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

Skrillex

11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Duets II

Tony Bennett & Various Artists

The Gift

Susan Boyle

In Concert On Broadway

Harry Connick Jr.

Music Is Better Than Words

Seth MacFarlane

What Matters Most - Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics Of Alan And Marilyn Bergman

12. Best Rock Performance

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Coldplay

Down By The Water

The Decemberists

Walk

Foo Fighters

The Cave

Mumford & Sons

Lotus Flower

Radiohead

13. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

On The Backs Of Angels

Dream Theater

White Limo

Foo Fighters

Curl Of The Burl

Mastodon

Public Enemy No. 1

Megadeth

Blood In My Eyes

Sum 41

14. Best Rock Song

The Cave

Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

Down By The Water

Colin Meloy, songwriter (The Decemberists)

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Lotus Flower

Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)

Walk

Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

15. Best Rock Album

Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul

Jeff Beck

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Come Around Sundown

Kings Of Leon

I'm With You

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Whole Love

Wilco

16. Best Alternative Music Album

Bon Iver

Bon Iver

Codes And Keys

Death Cab For Cutie

Torches

Foster The People

My Morning Jacket

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

[XL/ TBD Records]

17. Best R&B Performance

Far Away

Marsha Ambrosius

Pieces Of Me

Ledisi

Not My Daddy

Kelly Price & Stokley

Is This Love

Corinne Bailey Rae

You Are

Charlie Wilson

18. Best Traditional R&B Performance

Sometimes I Cry

Eric Benet

Fool For You

Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

Radio Message

R. Kelly

Good Man

Raphael Saadiq

Surrender

Betty Wright & The Roots

19. Best R&B Song

Far Away

Marsha Ambrosius, Larrance Dopson, Lamar Edwards, Sterling Simms & Justin Smith, songwriters (Marsha Ambrosius)

Fool For You

Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)

Not My Daddy

Kelly Price, songwriter (Kelly Price & Stokley)

Pieces Of Me

Charles Harmon, Claude Kelly & Ledisi Young, songwriters (Ledisi)

You Are

Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days, Jr., Wirlie Morris, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)

20. Best R&B Album

F.A.M.E.

Chris Brown

Second Chance

El DeBarge

Love Letter

R. Kelly

Pieces Of Me

Ledisi

Kelly

Kelly Price

21. Best Rap Performance

Look At Me Now

Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes

Otis

Jay-Z & Kanye West

The Show Goes On

Lupe Fiasco

Moment 4 Life

Nicki Minaj & Drake

Black And Yellow

Wiz Khalifa

22. Best Rap/Sung

Collaboration

Party

Beyoncé & Andre 3000

I'm On One

DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne

I Need A Doctor

Dr Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey

What's My Name?

Rihanna & Drake

Motivation

Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne

All Of The Lights

Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

23. Best Rap Song

All Of The Lights

Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Black And Yellow

Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)

I Need A Doctor

Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III, Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey, songwriters (Dr Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey)

Look At Me Now

Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Wesley Pentz & Nick Van De Wall, songwriters (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)

Otis

Shawn Carter & Kanye West, songwriters (James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

The Show Goes On

Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriters (Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy, songwriters) (Lupe Fiasco)

24. Best Rap Album

Watch The Throne

Jay-Z & Kanye West

Tha Carter IV

Lil Wayne

Lasers

Lupe Fiasco

Pink Friday

Nicki Minaj

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

25. Best Country Solo Performance

Dirt Road Anthem

Jason Aldean

I'm Gonna Love You Through It

Martina McBride

Honey Bee

Blake Shelton

Mean

Taylor Swift

Mama's Song

Carrie Underwood

26. Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Don't You Wanna Stay

Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson

You And Tequila

Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

Thompson Square

27. Best Country Song

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)

God Gave Me You

Dave Barnes, songwriter (Blake Shelton)

Just Fishin'

Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

Mean

Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Threaten Me With Heaven

Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O'Brian, songwriters (Vince Gill)

You And Tequila

Matraca Berg & Deana Carter, songwriters (Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter)

28. Best Country Album

My Kinda Party

Jason Aldean

Chief

Eric Church

Own The Night

Lady Antebellum

Red River Blue

Blake Shelton

Here For A Good Time

George Strait

Speak Now

Taylor Swift

29. Best New Age Album

Northern Seas

Al Conti

Gaia

Michael Brant DeMaria

Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame

Peter Kater

What's It All About

Pat Metheny

Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6

Zamora

30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo

All Or Nothing At All

Randy Brecker, soloist

You Are My Sunshine

Ron Carter, soloist

500 Miles High

Chick Corea, soloist

Work

Fred Hersch, soloist

Sonnymoon For Two

Sonny Rollins, soloist

31. Best Jazz Vocal Album

'Round Midnight

Karrin Allyson

The Mosaic Project

Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists

The Gate

Kurt Elling

American Road

Tierney Sutton (Band)

The Music Of Randy Newman

Roseanna Vitro

32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Bond: The Paris Sessions

Gerald Clayton

Forever

Corea, Clarke & White

Alone At The Vanguard

Fred Hersch

Bird Songs

Joe Lovano/Us Five

Road Shows Vol. 2

Sonny Rollins

Timeline

Yellowjackets

33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Jazz Ballad Song Book

Randy Brecker With DR Big Band

The Good Feeling

Christian McBride Big Band

40 Acres And A Burro

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Legacy

Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook

Miguel Zenón

34. Best Gospel/ Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Do Everything

Steven Curtis Chapman

Alive (Mary Magdalene)

Natalie Grant

Your Love

Brandon Heath

Jesus

Le'Andria Johnson

I Lift My Hands

Chris Tomlin

35. Best Gospel Song

Hello Fear

Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

Sitting With Me

Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Gerald Haddon & Tammi Haddon, songwriters (Mary Mary)

Spiritual

Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & Co. Featuring Blanche McAllister-Dykes)

Trust Me

Richard Smallwood, songwriter (Richard Smallwood & Vision)

Window

Canton Jones, songwriter (Canton Jones)

36. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Blessings

Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)

Hold Me

Jamie Grace Harper, Toby McKeehan & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Jamie Grace Featuring Tobymac)

I Lift My Hands

Louie Giglio, Matt Maher & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)

Strong Enough

Matthew West, songwriter (Matthew West)

Your Love

Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters (Brandon Heath)

37. Best Gospel Album

The Love Album

Kim Burrell

The Journey

Andraé Crouch

Hello Fear

Kirk Franklin

Something Big

Mary Mary

Angel & Chanelle Deluxe Edition

Trin-I-Tee 5:7

38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Ghosts Upon The Earth

Gungor

Leaving Eden

Brandon Heath

The Great Awakening

Leeland

What If We Were Real

Mandisa

Black & White

Royal Tailor

And If Our God Is For Us ...

Chris Tomlin

39. Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album

Entren Los Que Quieran

Calle 13

Entre La Ciudad Y El Mar

Gustavo Galindo

Nuestra

La Vida Bohème

Not So Commercial

Los Amigos Invisibles

Drama Y Luz

Man?

40. Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album

Bicentenario

Pepe Aguilar

Orale

Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

Amor A La Musica

Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle

Eres Un Farsante

Paquita La Del Barrio

Huevos Rancheros

Joan Sebastian

41. Best Banda Or Norteño Album

Estare Mejor

El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario

Intocable 2011

Intocable

Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends

Los Tigres Del Norte

El çrbol

Los Tucanes De Tijuana

No Vengo A Ver Si Puedo... Si Por Que Puedo Vengo

Michael Salgado

42. Best Tropical Latin Album

Homenaje A Los Rumberos

Edwin Bonilla

The Last Mambo

Cachao

Mongorama

José Rizo's Mongorama

43. Best Americana Album

Emotional Jukebox

Linda Chorney

Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

Ry Cooder

Hard Bargain

Emmylou Harris

Ramble At The Ryman

Levon Helm

Blessed

Lucinda Williams

44. Best Bluegrass Album

Paper Airplane

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale

Jim Lauderdale

Rare Bird Alert

Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers

Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe

The Del McCoury Band

A Mother's Prayer

Ralph Stanley

Sleep With One Eye Open

Chris Thile & Michael Daves

45. Best Blues Album

Low Country Blues

Gregg Allman

Roadside Attractions

Marcia Ball

Man In Motion

Warren Haynes

The Reflection

Keb Mo

Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

46. Best Folk Album

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Steve Earle

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Ukulele Songs

Eddie Vedder

The Harrow & The Harvest

Gillian Welch

47. Best Regional Roots Music Album

Can't Sit Down

C.J. Chenier

Wao Akua - The Forest Of The Gods

George Kahumoku, Jr.

Rebirth Of New Orleans

Rebirth Brass Band

Grand Isle

Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys

Not Just Another Polka

Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

48. Best Reggae Album

Harlem-Kingston Express Live!

Monty Alexander

Reggae Knights

Israel Vibration

Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life

Stephen Marley

Wild And Free

Ziggy Marley

Summer In Kingston

Shaggy

49. Best World Music Album

AfroCubism

AfroCubism

Africa For Africa

Femi Kuti

Songs From A Zulu Farm

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Tassili

Tinariwen

50. Best Children's Album

All About Bullies... Big And Small

(Various Artists)

Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers

Are We There Yet?

The Papa Hugs Band

Fitness Rock & Roll

Miss Amy

GulfAlive

The Banana Plant

I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow

(Various Artists)

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, producers

51. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

Bossypants

Tina Fey

Fab Fan Memories - The Beatles Bond

(Various Artists)

Nathan Burbank, Bryan Cumming, Dennis Scott & David Toledo, producers

Hamlet (William Shakespeare)

Dan Donohue & Various Artists - Oregon Shakespeare Festival

If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)

Betty White

The Mark Of Zorro

Val Kilmer & Cast

52. Best Comedy Album

Alpocalypse

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Finest Hour

Patton Oswalt

Hilarious

Louis C.K.

Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant

Kathy Griffin

Turtleneck & Chain

The Lonely Island

53. Best Musical Theater Album

Anything Goes

Sutton Foster & Joel Grey, artists; Rob Fisher, James Lowe & Joel

Moss, producers (Cole Porter, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

The Book Of Mormon

Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez,

Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

John Larroquette & Daniel Radcliffe, artists; Robert Sher, producer

(Frank Loesser, composer/lyricist) (The 2011 Broadway Cast Recording)

54. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1

(Various Artists)

Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers

Burlesque

Christina Aguilera

Glee: The Music, Volume 4

(Glee Cast)

Adam Anders, Peer Astrom & Ryan Murphy, producers

Tangled

(Various Artists)

Alan Menken, producer

True Blood: Volume 3

(Various Artists)

Gary Calamar, producer

55. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Black Swan

Clint Mansell, composer

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Alexandre Desplat, composer

The King's Speech

Alexandre Desplat, composer

The Shrine

Ryan Shore, composer

Tron Legacy

Daft Punk, composers

56. Best Song Written For Visual Media

Born To Be Somebody (From Never Say Never)

Diane Warren, songwriter (Justin Bieber)

Christmastime Is Killing Us (From Family Guy)

Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith, songwriters (Danny Smith, Ron Jones & Seth MacFarlane)

I See The Light (From Tangled)

Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)

So Long (From Winnie The Pooh)

Zooey Deschanel, songwriter (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)

Where The River Goes (From Footloose)

Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven, songwriters (Zac Brown)

You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me (From Burlesque)

Diane Warren, songwriter (Cher)

Track from: Burlesque

57. Best Instrumental Composition

Falling Men

John Hollenbeck, composer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ))

Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn)

Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

I Talk To The Trees

Randy Brecker, composer (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)

Life In Eleven

Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)

Timeline

Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets)

58. Best Instrumental Arrangement

All Or Nothing At All

Peter Jensen, arranger (Randy Brecker With DR Big Band)

In The Beginning

Clare Fischer, arranger (The Clare Fischer Big Band)

Nasty Dance

Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)

Rhapsody In Blue

Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Song Without Words

Carlos Franzetti, arranger (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)

59. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Ao Mar

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza)

Moon Over Bourbon Street

Nicola Tescari, arranger (Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra)

On Broadway

Kevin Axt, Ray Brinker, Trey Henry, Christian Jacob & Tierney Sutton, arrangers (The Tierney Sutton Band)

Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

The Windmills Of Your Mind

William Ross, arranger (Barbra Streisand)

60. Best Recording Package

Chickenfoot III

Todd Gallopo, art director (Chickenfoot)

Good Luck & True Love

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)

Rivers And Homes

Jonathan Dagan, art director (J.Viewz)

Scenes From The Suburbs

Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

Watch The Throne

Virgil Abloh & Riccardo Tisci, art directors (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

61. Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

The King Of Limbs

Donald Twain & Zachariah Wildwood, art directors (Radiohead)

The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story

Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

25th Anniversary Music Box

Matt Taylor & Ellen Wakayama, art directors (Danny Elfman & Tim Burton)

25 Years

James Spindler, art director (Sting)

Wingless Angels - Deluxe Edition

David Gorman, art director (Wingless Angels)

62. Best Album Notes

The Bang Years 1966-1968

Neil Diamond, album notes writer (Neil Diamond)

The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928: The Big Bang Of Country Music

Ted Olson & Tony Russell, album notes writers (Various Artists)

Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology

Ken Shipley, album notes writer (Syl Johnson)

Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s

Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B And Soulful Sounds From Berkeley, California 1950-75

Alec Palao, album notes writer (Various Artists)

63. Best Historical Album

Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)

Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928: The Big Bang Of Country Music

Christopher C. King & Ted Olson, compilation producers; Christopher C. King & Chris Zwarg, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology

Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Syl Johnson)

Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s

Chris Strachwitz, compilation producer; Mike Cogan, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

Young Man With The Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters

Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, compilation producer; Vic Anesini, mastering engineer (Elvis Presley)

64. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Follow Me Down

Brandon Bell & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Sangwook "Sunny" Nam & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Sarah Jarosz)

The Harrow & The Harvest

Matt Andrews, engineer; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer (Gillian Welch)

Music Is Better Than Words

Rich Breen, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Seth MacFarlane)

The Next Right Thing

Seth Glier, Kevin Killen, Brendan Muldowney & John Shyloski, engineers; John Shyloski, mastering engineer (Seth Glier)

Paper Airplane

Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

65. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present Rome (Gilda Butt?, Luciano Ciccaglioni, Gegé Munari, Dario Rosciglione, Antonello Vannucchi et al) (A)

Meyrin Fields EP (Broken Bells) (S)

Paul Epworth

Call It What You Want (Foster The People) (T)

I Would Do Anything For You (Foster The People) (T)

I'll Be Waiting (Adele) (T)

Life On The Nickel (Foster The People) (T)

No One's Gonna Love You (Cee-Lo Green) (S)

Rolling In The Deep (Adele) (T)

The Smeezingtons

Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Bruno Mars) (A)

If I Was You (OMG) (Far

East Movement Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)

Lighters (Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

Mirror (Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)

Rocketeer (Far East Movement Featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic) (T)

Ryan Tedder

Brighter Than The Sun (Colbie Caillat) (T)

Favorite Song (Colbie Caillat Featuring Common) (T)

I Remember Me (Jennifer Hudson) (T)

I Was Here (Beyonc) (T)

Not Over You (Gavin DeGraw) (S)

#1Nite (One Night) (Cobra Starship) (S)

Rumour Has It (Adele) (T)

Sweeter (Gavin DeGraw) (T)

Who's That Boy (Demi Lovato Featuring Dev) (T)

Butch Vig

Wasting Light (Foo Fighters) (A)

66. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)

Collide (Afrojack Remix)

Afrojack, remixer (Leona Lewis)

End Of Line (Photek Remix)

Photek, remixer (Daft Punk)

Only Girl (In The World) (Rosabel Club Mix)

Abel Aguilera & Ralphi Rosario, remixers (Rihanna)

Rope (Deadmau5 Mix)

Deadmau5, remixer (Foo Fighters)

Track from: Wasting Light: Deluxe

67. Best Surround Sound Album

An Evening With Dave Grusin

Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling, surround mix engineers; Frank Filipetti, surround mastering engineer; Phil Ramone & Larry Rosen, surround producers (Various Artists)

Grace For Drowning

Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Paschal Byrne, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Steven Wilson)

Kind

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Kjetil Almenning, Ensemble 96 & Nidaros String Quartet)

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)

Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

Spohr: String Sextet In C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet In F Major, Op. 31

Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Robin Schmidt & Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineers; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden)

68. Best Engineered Album, Classical

Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Glazunov: Complete Concertos

Richard King, engineer (José Serebrier, Alexey Serov, Wen-Sinn Yang, Alexander Romanovsky, Rachel Barton Pine, Marc Chisson & Russian National Orchestra)

Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide

Tom Lazarus, Mat Lejeune, Bill Maylone & Jon Zacks, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

Arne Akselberg, engineer (Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra)

Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 & Suite No. 4 From 'The Golden Key'

Torbjsrn Samuelsson, engineer (Thord Svedlund & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)

69. Producer Of The Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

Aldridge: Elmer Gantry (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (Peter Takacs)

Osterfield: Rocky Streams (Paul Osterfield, Todd Waldecker & Various Artists)

Manfred Eicher

Bach: Concertos & Sinfonias For Oboe; Ich Hatte Viel BekŸmmernis (Heinz Holliger, Eric Hsbarth & Camerata Bern)

Hymns & Prayers (Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica)

Manto & Madrigals (Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killius)

Songs Of Ascension (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, Todd Reynolds Quartet, The M6 & Montclair State University Singers)

Tchaikovsky/Kissine: Piano Trios (Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite & Khatia Buniatishvili)

A Worcester Ladymass (Trio Mediaeval)

David Frost

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass)

Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide (Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird)

Prayers & Alleluias (Kenneth Dake)

Sharon Isbin & Friends - Guitar Passions (Sharon Isbin & Various Artists)

Peter Rutenberg

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Patrick Dupré Quigley, James K. Bass, Seraphic Fire & Professional Choral Institute)

The Vanishing Nordic Chorale (Philip Spray & Musik Ekklesia)

Judith Sherman

Adams: Son Of Chamber Symphony; String Quartet (John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet & International Contemporary Ensemble)

Capricho Latino (Rachel Barton Pine)

85th Birthday Celebration (Claude Frank)

Insects & Paper Airplanes - Chamber Music Of Lawrence Dillon (Daedalus Quartet & Benjamin Hochman)

Midnight Frolic - The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)

Notable Women - Trios By Today's Female Composers (Lincoln Trio)

The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1 - String Quartets By Dmitri Shostakovich & His Contemporaries (Pacifica Quartet)

Speak! (Anthony De Mare)

State Of The Art - The American Brass Quintet At 50 (The American Brass Quintet)

Steve Reich: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns (Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich Musicians & So Percussion)

Winging It - Piano Music Of John Corigliano (Ursula Oppens)

70. Best Orchestral Performance

Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101

Nicholas McGegan, conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra)

Henze: Symphonies Nos. 3-5

Marek Janowski, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)

Martinu: The 6 Symphonies

Jir' Belohl vek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

71. Best Opera Recording

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Britten: Billy Budd

Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo, Darren Jeffery, Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)

Rautavaara: Kaivos

Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu NiemelS, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus)

Verdi: La Traviata

Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)

Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte

Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villaz—n; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo)

72. Best Choral Performance

Beyond All Mortal Dreams - American A Cappella

Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge)

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute & Seraphic Fire)

Kind

Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96)

Light & Gold

Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pav‹o Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

The Natural World Of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen)

73. Best Small Ensemble Performance

Frank: Hilos

Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

The Kingdoms Of Castille

Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo

Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide

Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

A Seraphic Fire Christmas

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire

Sound The Bells!

The Bay Brass

74. Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Chinese Recorder Concertos - East Meets West

Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri (Copenhagen Philharmonic)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini

Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang (Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano (London Symphony Orchestra)

Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light …

Winging It - Piano Music Of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens

75. Best Classical Vocal Solo

Diva Divo

Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opra National De Lyon)

Grieg/Thommessen: Veslem y Synsk

Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen)

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Handel: Cleopatra

Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Ham; Le Concert D'Astre)

Purcell: O Solitude

Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)

Three Baroque Tenors

Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)

76. Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry

Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Crumb, George: The Ghosts Of Alhambra

George Crumb

Track from: Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 15

Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3

Jefferson Friedman

Track from: Jefferson Friedman: Quartets

Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide

Steven Mackey

Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2

Poul Ruders

Track from: Music Of Poul Ruders, Vol. 6

77. Best Short Form Music Video

Rolling In The Deep

Adele

Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer

Yes I Know

Memory Tapes

Eric Epstein, video director; Eric Epstein, video producer

All Is Not Lost

OK Go

Itamar Kubovy, Damian Kulash Jr & Trish Sie, video directors; Shirley Moyers, video producer

Lotus Flower

Radiohead

Garth Jennings, video director; Garth Jennings, video producer

First Of The Year (Equinox)

Skrillex

Tony Truand, video director; David Gitlis & Noah Klein, video producers

Perform This Way

'Weird Al' Yankovic

'Weird Al' Yankovic, video director; Cisco Newman, video producer

78. Best Long Form Music Video

I Am ... World Tour

Beyoncé

Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. & BeyoncKnowles, video directors; BeyoncKnowles & Camille Yorrick, video producers

Foo Fighters: Back And Forth

Foo Fighters

James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers

Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon

Kings Of Leon

Stephen C. Mitchell, video director; Casey McGrath, video producer

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

Michael Rapaport, video director; Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler, Eric Matthies, Frank Mele, Edward Parks & A Tribe Called Quest, video producers

Nine Types Of Light

TV On The Radio

Tunde Adebimpe, video director; Michelle An & Caren Braj, video producers