The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards took place in  Staples Center, Los Angeles, California 13th February 2011, as usual it didnt hold without surprises, as Lady Antebellum emerged with the highest amount of awards.

Herez a full list of winners


Record of the Year
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum. Lady Antebellum and Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer

Album of the Year
"The Suburbs," Arcade Fire. Arcade Fire and Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs, Mark Lawson and Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; George Marino, mastering engineer

Song of the Year
"Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Bad Romance," Lady Gaga

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Just The Way You Are," Bruno Mars

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Hey, Soul Sister (Live)," Train

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Imagine," with Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Nessun Dorma," Jeff Beck

Best Pop Instrumental Album
"Take Your Pick," Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto

Best Pop Vocal Album
"The Fame Monster," Lady Gaga

Best Dance Recording
"Only Girl (in the World)," Rihanna

Best Electronic Dance Album
"La Roux," La Roux

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"Crazy Love," Michael Buble

Best Solo Rock Performance
"Helter Skelter," Paul McCartney

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 Metal Performance
"El Dorado," Iron Maiden

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Hammerhead," Jeff Beck

Best Rock Song
"Angry World," Neil Young

Best Rock Album
"The Resistance," Muse

Best Alternative Music Album
"Brothers," The Black Keys

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Bittersweet," Fantasia

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"There Goes My Baby," Usher

Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals
"Soldier of Love," Sade

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"Hang On In There," John Legend and The Roots

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"bleep You," Cee Lo Green

Best R&B Song
"Shine," John Legend and The Roots

Best R&B Album
"Wake Up!" John Legend and The Roots

Best Contemporary R&B Album
"Raymond v. Raymond," Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance
"Not Afraid," Eminem

Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group
"On To The Next One," Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Best Rap Song
"Empire State of Mind," Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic and Alexander Shuckbergh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys)

Best Rap Album
"Recovery," Eminem

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"The House The Built Me," Miranda Lambert

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 and Alan Jackson

Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Hummingbyrd," Marty Stuart

Best Country Song
"Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best Country Album
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum

Best New Age Album
"Journey to the Mountain," Miho

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
"The Stanley Clarke Band," The Stanley Clarke Band

Best Jazz Vocal Album
"Eleanora Fagan: To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater," Dee Dee Bridgewater

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"A Change Is Gonna Come," Herbie Hancock, soloist

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
"Moody No. 4B," James Moody

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
"Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard," Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album
"Chucho's Steps," Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messangers

Best Gospel Performance
"Grace," BeBe and CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song
"It's What I Do," Jerry Peters and Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway)

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
"Hello Hurricane," Switchfoot

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
"Love God. Love People." Israel Houghton

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album
"The Reason," Diamond Rio

Best Traditional Gospel Album
"Downtown Church," Patty Griffin

Best Contemporary Gospel R&B Album
"Still," BeBe and CeCe Winans

Best Latin Pop Album
"Paradiso 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 Regional Mexican Album
N/A

Best Tejano Album
"Recurdos," Little Joe and La Familia

Best Norteno Album
"Classic," Intocable

Best Banda Album
"Enamorate De Mi," El Guero y su Banda Centenario

Best Americana Album
"You Are Not Alone," Mavis Staples

Best Bluegrass Album
"Mountain Soul II," Patty Loveless

Best Traditional Blues Album
"Joined at the Hip," Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Best Contemporary Blues Album
"Living Proof," Buddy Guy

Best Traditional Folk Album
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops

Best Contemporary Folk Album
"God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise," Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

Best Hawaiian Music Album
"Huana Ke Aloha," Tia Carrere

Best Native American Music Album
"2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit Dance," Various Artists. Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews and Melonie Mathews, producers

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 Toumani," Ali Faka Toure and Toumani Diabate

Best Contemporary World Music Album
"Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks," Bela Fleck

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 and Emma Walton Hamilton

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling)
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audio Book)," Jon Stewart (with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver)

Best Comedy Album
"Stark Raving Black," Lewis Black

Best Musical Show Album
"American  (featuring Green Day)," Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast with John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper and others)

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" by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)

Best Instrumental Composition
"The Path Among the Trees," Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble)

Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Carlos," Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orkest)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Baba Yetu," Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Best Recording Package
"Brothers," Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
"Under Great White Northern Lights," (Limited Edition Box Set) Robert Jones and Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)

Best Album Notes
"Keep an Eye on the Sky," Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)

Best Historical Album
"The Beatles" (Original Studio Recordings), Jeff Jones, compilation producer; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell and Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
"Battle Studies," Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak and Manny Marroquin, engineers (John Mayer)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse, "Broken Bells (Broken Bells), "Dark Night of the Soul" (Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse) and "Tighten Up" (The Black Keys)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Revolver" (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix), David Guetta and Afrojack, remixers (Madonna)

Best Surround Sound Album
"Britten's Orchestra," Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
[Reference Recordings]

Best Engineered Album, Classical
"Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina," Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
[Naxos]
"Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works," Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)
[Dorian Sono Luminus]

Producer of the Year , Classical
David Frost
"Britten's Orchestra" (Michael Stern and Kansas City Symphony)
"Chambers, Evan: The Old Burying Ground" (Kenneth Kiesler and The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra)
"Dorman, Avner: Concertos For Mandolin, Piccolo, Piano And Concerto Grosso" (Andrew Cyr, Eliran Avni, Mindy Kaufman, Avi Avital & Metropolis Ensemble)
"The 5 Browns In Hollywood" (5 Browns)
"Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse" (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
"Meeting Of The Spirits" (Matt Haimovitz)
"Two Roads To Exile" (ARC Ensemble

Best Classical Album
"Verdi: Requiem," Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder,
producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Best Orchestral Performance
"Daughtery: Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina," Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony)

Best Opera Recording
"Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin," Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)

Best Choral Performance
"Verdi: Requiem," Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
"Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 24," Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
"Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement," Paul Jacobs

Best Chamber Music Performance
"Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2," Parker Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance
"Dinastia Borja," Jordi Savall, conductor; Hesperion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya (Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Lior Elmalich, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Maloumi, Marc Mauillon, Lluis Vilamajo & Furio Zanasi; Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Josep Piera & Francisco Rojas)

Best Classical Vocal Performance
"Sacrificium," Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina," Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)

Best Classical Crossover Album
"Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns," Lucas Richman, conductor (Sussan Deyhim, Lia, Kaori Omura, Dulce Pontes, Jia Ruhan, Aoi Tada & Frederica von Stade; Anonymous 4 & Soweto Gospel Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Best Short Form Music Video
"Bad Romance," Lady Gaga

Best Long Form Music Video
"When You're Strange," (The Doors) Tom Dicillo, video director; John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski & manliness Wolf, video producers


Source : http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Lady Gaga's Grand Entrance

The Biggest shocker - Canadian indie troupe Arcade Fire were jumping with joy after beating Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Lady Antebellum to the coveted album of the year prize.

BIGGEST UPSET!!!

With household names like Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence and the Machine and even Mumford & Sons all battling it out for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards, it was an unexpected victory for Esperanza Spalding, who nabbed the prize.

the whole events was rubbish

^^^^ Why?

Let me guess your artist didnt win?

I never expected Eminem to even win any awards.He was lucky Rick Ross lost out in the nomonations."Mc Hammer" or "BMF" could have beaten "Not Afraid".

grammys ain't what it used to be anymore. sometimes i wonder what criteria they use in selecting their winners. Ever since they awarded nora jones a plethora of awards for her debut album I stopped paying attention.