At long last, the many, many Grammy Awards have been announced for another year. There are some clear favorites this year, like Coldplay, Lil Wayne, and John Mayer, along with some oldsters who just keep on gettin' it right, like Robert Plant and Al Green. Indeed, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss made out like bandits this year for their collaboration on the album Raising Sand.
Elsewhere, the late George Carlin was honored with the award for Best Comedy Album, the Juno soundtrack earned the award for Compilation Soundtrack, and The Dark Knight's score was awarded Best Score Soundtrack Album. To check out a list of 2009 Grammy winners, read more.
For a complete list of the winners in all 110 Grammy categories, click here. The following is a partial list.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
BEST NEW ARTIST
Adele
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Chasing Pavements," Adele
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Say," John Mayer
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
"Rich Woman," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"I Dreamed There Was No War," Eagles
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Jingle All The Way, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
BEST POP ALBUM
Rockferry, Duffy
BEST DANCE RECORDING
"Harder Better Faster Stronger," Daft Punk
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
Alive 2007, Daft Punk
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Gravity," John Mayer
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Sex On Fire," Kings Of Leon
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
"Wax Simulacra," The Mars Volta
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"My Apocalypse," Metallica
BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"Peaches En Regalia," Zappa Plays Zappa
BEST ROCK SONG
"Girls In Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Coldplay
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
In Rainbows, Radiohead
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Superwoman," Alicia Keys
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Stay With Me (By The Sea)," Al Green Featuring John Legend
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"You've Got The Love I Need," Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton
BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
"Be OK," Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am
BEST R&B SONG
"Miss Independent," Ne-Yo
BEST R&B ALBUM
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Growing Pains, Mary J. Blige
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"A Milli," Lil Wayne
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
"Swagga Like Us," Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"American Boy," Estelle Featuring Kanye West
BEST RAP SONG
"Lollipop," Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
BEST RAP ALBUM
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Last Name," Carrie Underwood
BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Letter To Me," Brad Paisley
BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Stay," Sugarland
BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
"Killing The Blues," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"Cluster Pluck," Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Stay," Sugarland
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Troubadour, George Strait
BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK/AMERICANA ALBUM
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
It's Bad For Ya, George Carlin
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
Juno
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
The Dark Knight
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
"Down To Earth" (From Wall-E), Peter Gabriel
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Rick Rubin
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
"Electric Feel (Justice Remix)," Justice (MGMT)
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
"Pork And Beans," Weezer
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Runnin' Down A Dream, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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yay! Dark Knight score!
1Oh, Juno's was cute... much better than I'd anticipated.
2YES YES YES, i love kings of leon and MGMT!
3i only knew like 3 songs !
guess im not a huge music fan !
4Seems like there was a lack of quality music that garnered grammy recognition this year. Not that many of there artists aren't talented, just seems like there was something missing here.
Some of the performances were great though like Coldplay, Radiohead and Swagga like Us compilation! Katy Perry on the other hand had an emotionless boring performance that reminded me of Britney's infamous VMA disaster.
5Radiohead's performance was my favourite of the evening and I was really rooting for them to win Album of The Year but... oh well!
6I agree Popdiva. After their jaw-dropping performance of 15 Step, for them to not win Best Album was a shocker. But happy for Page/Krauss.
7I know Miss Shapes... I don't begrudge Page and Krauss their win at all because 'Raising Sand' was a great album albeit a safe choice for the Academy to go with. I'm just glad Radiohead didn't lose out to Coldplay... that would have been a REAL travesty!!!
Also, can someone explain to me how the hell Ne-Yo was even nominated for AOTY? I mean, I totally get Lil Wayne's nomination but NE-YO???
8Sorry... I meant Plant and Krauss.
9I'm really glad that Raising Sand won a couple of awards - it's a really good album, and I'm not usually into that type of music. And glad Kings of Leon won for Sex is on Fire too!
I don't understand why Ne-Yo was nominated either.
10I'm sorry I think Coldplay is horrible!!!!
And I think J Mraz should of beat J. Mayer.
11I'm so happy that Radiohead won
. Overall I thought the show was pretty entertaining.
Much better than the last few years. I'm not a tween, so I don't understand the love of Miley. But I am a fan of music and know that Taylor Swift just sang circles around her. The Jennifer
Hudson performance was wonderful. There is no way I would have been able to keep it under control as well as she did.
12I understand why NeYo was nominated the album was actually pretty good. Music is pretty much anyman's game becuase peoplehave varying tastes. I could hate someone's music that somenone else thinks is genius. It just happens that way sometimes.
I am glad that Adele received some recognition because I believe that it is well deserved.
13There should be recognition for indie and alternative music.
14holdoll...there is some recognition for alternative. It doesn't get as many awards as rock, but there is best alternative album. Which Radiohead won for In Rainbows.
15T.I.'s Paper Trail definitely should've won for best rap album. Lil Wayne?! seriously??
and I agree, Jason Mraz should've beat John Mayer!
16Jason Mraz deserves a freakin' Grammy!
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