54th Grammy® Awards Coverage

Welcome to DigitalHit.com's coverage of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards which were handed out on February 12th, 2012. The nominations for the awards were announced at a star-studded concert hosted by LL Cool J on November 30th, 2011.

8:01 PM

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band open up the ceremony with their new single "We Take Care Of Our Own".

8:05 PM

LL Cool J, tonight's host walks out on stage. He starts the show off with a prayer for the late Whitney Houston, who dies the day before the ceremony.

8:07 PM

They show a clip of Houston's Grammy performance of "I Will Always Love You.

8:11 PM

Bruno Mars takes to the stage to perform "Runaway Baby."

8:20 PM

Bonnie Raitt and Alicia Keys perform "A Sunday Kind Of Love" together to pay tribute to the late Etta James, who died on January 20th.

The two ladies then present Best Pop Solo Performance. And the Grammy goes to Adele for "Someone Like You."

8:25 PM

LL Cool J introduces a performance by Chris Brown.

8:35 PM

Fergie and Marc Anthony present Best Rap Performance. And the Grammy goes to "Otis" by Jay-Z & Kanye West.

8:37 PM

Time for Reba McEntire to stroll out and introduce a performance by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson of "Don't You Wanna Stay".

8:47 PM

Jack Black stands outside the Staple Center to introduce the Foo Fighters performance in a massive tent.

8:56 PM

LL Cool J intros a performance by Rihanna and Coldplay. At points, Rihanna shows off her amazing ability to somehow sing when the mic is nowhere near her mouth...oops.

9:13 PM

New York Giants' Mario Manningham and Victor Cruz join NCIS's Pauley Perrette to present Best Rock Performance. And the Grammy goes to the Foo Fighters for "Walk". Dave Grohl talks about how music should come from the heart and not from a computer, a comment that gets some of the audience on their feet.

9:16 PM

Ryan Seacrest introduces a trubute to the Beach Boys that starts with a performance by Maroon 5, followed by Foster the People, and finally the remaining members of the Beach Boys.

9:31 PM

Stevie Wonder starts playing "Love Me Do" on the harmonica as he pays tribute to Paul McCartney, who plays his new single, "My Valentine." Diana Krall and Joe Walsh join him.

9:36 PM

Common and Taraji P. Henson pay tribute to Gil Scott-Heron before presenting Best R&B Album. And the Grammy goes to Chris Brown for F.A.M.E.. He thanks Team Breezy.

9:38 PM

The Civil Wars tak to the stage. "I'd like to thank all of our opening acts, including that promising young guy from Liverpool," says John Paul White. They introduce Taylor Swift. She sings about yet another guy who's dumped her.

9:50 PM

Neil Patrick Harris presents Song Of The Year. And the Grammy goes to Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth for "Rolling in the Deep."

9:52 PM

LL and Kate Beckinsale introduce a performance by Katy Perry.

9:58 PM

Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley present Best Country Album. And the Grammy goes to Own The Night by Lady Antebellum.

10:05 PM

Gwyneth Paltrow, who performed with Cee Lo last year, introduces Adele singing "Rolling in the Deep." She gets a standing ovation, but the cheers from Paul McCartney must be other worldly.

10:16 PM

Taylor Swift introduces the tribute to Glen Campbell featuring The Band Perry, Blake Shelton, and the man himself. At the end as the camera pans to a standing ovation for Glen Campbell, you can see two women tweeting. Sigh.

10:31 PM

Carrie Underwood brings 16-tome Grammy winner Tony Bennett onto the stage. They sing "It Had to Be You."

The then present Best New Artist. And the Grammy goes to Bon Iver. Founder Justin Vernon accepts.

10:36 PM

Neil Portmow, the Recording Academy prez, makes his annual speech. He talks about the importance of music eduaction for children and for the fair compensation of the artists. He then introduces the In Memoriam segment.

10:43 PM

The In Memoriam segment ends with Jennifer Hudson singing "I Will Always Love You."

10:51 PM

LL Cool J and Questlove intro a performance by Chris Brown, David Guetta, Deadmau5 and the Foo Fighters.

11:04 PM

Drake introduces a performance by Nicki Minaj.

11:10 PM

Lady Antebellum presents Record of the Year. And the Grammy goes to "Rolling in the Deep." Adele, producer Paul Epworth and engineers Tom Elmhirst and Mark Rankin accept the award.

11:19 PM

LL Cool J introduces Diana Ross. They present Album of the Year together. And the Grammy goes to Adele's 21.

11:23 PM

The show closes off with Paul McCartney singing Golden Slumbers. He's joined by Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl.

Thanks for joining us. Here's a list of the winners in all of the Grammy categories:

Record Of The Year

• Rolling In The Deep
  Adele
  Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers
  Track from: 21
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Album Of The Year

• 21
  Adele
  Jim Abbiss, Adele, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Song Of The Year

• Rolling In The Deep
  Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
  Track from: 21
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram/EMI Music Publishing]

Best New Artist

• Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Someone Like You
  Adele
  Track from: 21
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Body And Soul
  Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
  Track from: Duets II
  [Columbia Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• The Road From Memphis
  Booker T. Jones
  [Anti Records]

Best Pop Vocal Album

• 21
  Adele
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Best Dance Recording

• Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
  Skrillex
  Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
  Track from: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
  [Big Beat/Atlantic]

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
  Skrillex
  [Big Beat/Atlantic]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Duets II
  Tony Bennett & Various Artists
  [Columbia Records]

Best Rock Performance

• Walk
  Foo Fighters
  Track from: Wasting Light
  [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

• White Limo
  Foo Fighters
  Track from: Wasting Light
  [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]

Best Rock Song

• Walk
  Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
  Track from: Wasting Light
  [RCA Records/ Roswell Records; Publishers: M.J.-Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music, Ruthensmear Music]

Best Rock Album

• Wasting Light
  Foo Fighters
  [RCA Records/ Roswell Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Bon Iver
  Bon Iver
  [Jagjaguwar]

Best R&B Performance

• Is This Love
  Corinne Bailey Rae
  Track from: The Love EP
  [Capitol]

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Fool For You
  Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
  [Radiculture/Elektra]

Best R&B Song

• Fool For You
  Cee Lo Green & Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
  [Radiculture/Elektra; Publishers: Jacks Love Emporium/Radiculture Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music, Chrysalis Music/God Given Music]

Best R&B Album

• F.A.M.E.
  Chris Brown
  [Jive Records]

Best Rap Performance

• Otis
  Jay-Z & Kanye West
  Track from: Watch The Throne
  [Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• All Of The Lights
  Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
  Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  [Def Jam]

Best Rap Song

• All Of The Lights
  Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
  Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  [Roc-A Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

Best Rap Album

• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  Kanye West
  [Def Jam]

Best Country Solo Performance

• Mean
  Taylor Swift
  Track from: Speak Now
  [Big Machine Records]

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Barton Hollow
  The Civil Wars
  Track from: Barton Hollow
  [Sensibility Music LLC]

Best Country Song

• Mean
  Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
  Track from: Speak Now
  [Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music]

Best Country Album

• Own The Night
  Lady Antebellum
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

Best New Age Album

• What's It All About
  Pat Metheny
  [Nonesuch]

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• 500 Miles High
  Chick Corea, soloist
  Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White)
  [Concord Records]

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• The Mosaic Project
  Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
  [Concord Jazz]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Forever
  Corea, Clarke & White
  [Concord Records]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Good Feeling
  Christian McBride Big Band
  [Mack Avenue Records]

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

• Jesus
  Le'Andria Johnson
  Track from: The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson
  [Music World Gospel]

Best Gospel Song

• Hello Fear
  Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
  Track from: Hello Fear
  [Verity Gospel Music Group/Fo Yo Soul Ent.; Publisher: Aunt Gertrude Music]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

• Blessings
  Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)
  Track from: Blessings
  [Fair Trade Services; Publishers: New Spring/Gleaning Publishing]

Best Gospel Album

• Hello Fear
  Kirk Franklin
  [Verity Gospel Music Group/ Fo Yo Soul Ent.]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• And If Our God Is For Us...
  Chris Tomlin
  [Sparrow Records / sixstepsrecords]

Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album

• Drama Y Luz
  Maná
  [Warner Music Mexico]

Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album

• Bicentenario
  Pepe Aguilar
  [Venemusic]

Best Banda Or Norteño Album

• Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  [Fonovisa]

Best Tropical Latin Album

• The Last Mambo
  Cachao
  [Eventus/Sony Music Latin]

Best Americana Album

• Ramble At The Ryman
  Levon Helm
  [Vanguard/Dirt Farmer Music]

Best Bluegrass Album

• Paper Airplane
  Alison Krauss & Union Station
  [Rounder]

Best Blues Album

• Revelator
  Tedeschi Trucks Band
  [Masterworks]

Best Folk Album

• Barton Hollow
  The Civil Wars
  [Sensibility Music LLC]

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Rebirth Of New Orleans
  Rebirth Brass Band
  [Basin Street Records]

Best Reggae Album

• Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
  Stephen Marley
  [Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]

Best World Music Album

• Tassili
  Tinariwen
  [Anti Records]

Best Children's Album

• All About Bullies... Big And Small
  (Various Artists)
  James Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers
  [Cool Beans Music & East Coast Recording Co.]

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

• If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)
  Betty White
  [Penguin Audio]

Best Comedy Album

• Hilarious
  Louis C.K.
  [Comedy Central Records]

Best Musical Theater Album

• The Book Of Mormon
  Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, principal soloists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez,
  Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
  [Ghostlight Records]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
  (Various Artists)
  [Elektra]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The King's Speech
  Alexandre Desplat, composer
  [Decca]

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• I See The Light (From Tangled)
  Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
  Track from: Tangled
  [Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music/Walt Disney Music]

Best Instrumental Composition

• Life In Eleven
  Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
  Track from: Rocket Science
  [eOne Music]

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Rhapsody In Blue
  Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
  Track from: That's How We Roll
  [Telarc International]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
  Track from: Duets II
  [RPM/Columbia Records]

Best Recording Package

• Scenes From The Suburbs
  Vincent Morisset, art director (Arcade Fire)
  [Merge Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
  Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
  [Columbia Records]

Best Album Notes

• 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)
  [Arhoolie Records]

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)
  [Hear Music]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Paper Airplane
  Mike Shipley, engineer; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
  [Rounder]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• 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)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Cinema (Skrillex Remix)
  Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)
  Track from: Electroman
  [Ultra Records]

Best Surround Sound Album

• 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)
  [USM/UMe/Polydor]

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)
  [Naxos]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• 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)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  [Deutsche Grammaphon]

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)
  [Sony Classical]

Best Choral Performance

• Light & Gold
  Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
  [Decca]

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
  Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
  [Cedille Records]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra
  Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
  Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light…
  [Naxos]

Best Classical Vocal Solo

• Diva Divo
  Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
  [Virgin Classics]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry
  Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
  [Naxos]

Best Short Form Music Video

• Rolling In The Deep
  Adele
  Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
  [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Best Long Form Music Video

• Foo Fighters: Back And Forth
  Foo Fighters
  James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
  [Exclusive Media Group/RCA Records/Back & Fort]