51st Grammy Awards
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| Date | February 8, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Network | CBS | |||
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The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on February 8, 2009. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, jointly winning five awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening, following Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse.[1] Lil Wayne received the most nominations with eight.
The awards broadcast won a 2009 Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special.
[edit] Performances
[edit] Awards
[edit] Special merit awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award winners
- Trustees Award winners
- Technical Grammy Award winners
- Clarence "Leo" Fender
- Universal Audio
- President's Merit Award
[edit] General
For all of these there are both nominees and winners, the winners are in bold.
- Record of the Year
"Viva la Vida" - Coldplay
"Paper Planes" - M.I.A.
"Please Read the Letter" - Robert Plant & Allison Kraus
- Album of the Year
Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Allison Kraus
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay
- Song of the Year
"American Boy" - Estelle feat. Kanye West
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"Viva la Vida" - Coldplay
- Best New Artist
[edit] Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Say" – John Mayer
"That Was Me" - Paul McCartney
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Viva la Vida" – Coldplay
"Waiting in the Weeds" - Eagles (band)
"Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5
"Apologize" - OneRepublic
- Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Lessons Learned" - Alicia Keys & John Mayer
"4 Minutes" - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
"Rich Woman" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5 & Rihanna
"No Air" - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Love Appetite" - Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
"I Dreamed There Was No War" – Eagles
"Fortune Teller" - Fourplay
"Steppin' Out" - Stanley Jordan
"Blast!" - Marcus Miller
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One - Larry Carlton
Jingle All the Way – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
The Spice of Life - Earl Klugh
A Night Before Christmas - Spyro Gyra
- Best Pop Vocal Album
Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
[edit] Dance
- Best Dance Recording
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" – Daft Punk
"Ready for the Floor" - Hot Chip
"Just Dance" - Lady Gaga feat. Colby O' Donis
"Give It 2 Me" - Madonna
- Best Electronic/Dance Album
New York City - Brazilian Girls
Bring Ya to the Brink - Cyndi Lauper
[edit] Traditional pop
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable – Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein
In the Swing of Christmas - Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright
[edit] Rock
- Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Gravity" – John Mayer
"I Saw Her Standing There" - Paul McCartney
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen
"Rise" - Eddie Vedder
"No Hidden Path" - Neil Young
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Violet Hill" - Coldplay
"Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles
- Best Hard Rock Performance
"Visions" - Judas Priest
"Wax Simulacra" – The Mars Volta"
"Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
- Best Metal Performance
"Heroes of Our Time" - Dragonforce
"Psychosocial" - Slipknot
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Castellorizon" - David Gilmour
"Suicide & Redemption" - Metallica
"34 Ghosts I-IV" - Nine Inch Nails
"Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)" - Rush
"Peaches En Regalia" – Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
- Best Rock Song
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" – Bruce Springsteen
"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Death Cab for Cutie
"Violet Hill" - Coldplay
- Best Rock Album
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
[edit] Alternative
- Best Alternative Music Album
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie
The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
[edit] R&B
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Me, Myself and I"- Beyoncé
"Need U Bad" - Jazmine Sullivan
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"You're the Only One" - Eric Benét
"Can't Help But Wait" - Trey Songz
"Here I Stand" - Usher
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"Ribbon in the Sky" - Boyz II Men
"Words" - Anthony David feat. India.Arie
"Stay with Me (By the Sea)" – Al Green featuring John Legend
"I'm His Only Woman" - Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia
"Never Give You Up" - Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"A Change is Gonna Come" - Wayne Brady
"You've Got the Love I Need" – Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton
"Baby I Know" - Linda Jones with Helen Bruner & Terry Jones
"Love That Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
"In Love With Another Man" - Jazmine Sullivan
- Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Wanna Be" - Maiysha
"Be OK" – Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am
"Many Moons (song)" - Janelle Monae
"Lovin You (Music)" - Wayna feat. Kokayi
- Best R&B Song
"Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan
- Best R&B Album
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA - Boyz II Men
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq
- Best Contemporary R&B Album
[edit] Rap
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." - Jay-Z
"Sexual Eruption" - Snoop Dogg
"Royal Flush (song) - Big Boi feat. Raekwon and Andre 3000
"Swagga Like Us" – Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West, & Lil Wayne
"Mr. Carter - Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z
"Wish You Would" - Ludacris feat. T.I.
"Put On" - Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
"American Boy" – Estelle featuring Kanye West
"Green Light" - John Legend & Andre 3000
"Got Money" - Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain
"Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
"Lollipop" – Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
"Sexual Eruption" - Snoop Dogg
"Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
"Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West and Lil Wayne
[edit] Country
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"For These Times" - Martina McBride
"What I Cannot Change" - LeAnn Rimes
"Last Name" – Carrie Underwood
"This Is Me You're Talking To" - Trisha Yearwood
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
"Just Got Started Lovin' You" - James Otto
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"God Must Be Busy" - Brooks & Dunn
"Love Don't Live Here" - Lady Antebellum
"Blue Side of the Mountain" - The Steel Drivers
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Shiftwork" - Kenny Chesney & George Strait
"Killing the Blues" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
"House of Cash" - George Strait & Patty Loveless
"Life in a Northern Town" - Jake Owen & Little Big Town
"Let the Wind Chase You" - Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
"Sumatra" - Cherryholmes
"Two Small Cars In Rome" - Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green
"Sleigh Ride" - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
"Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" - Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby
"Cluster Pluck" – Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
- Best Country Song
"Dig Two Graves" - Randy Travis
"I Saw God Today" - George Strait
"You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
- Best Country Album
That Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
Around the Bend - Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood
- Best Bluegrass Album
Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe - Cherryholmes
Del McCoury Band — Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Del McCoury Band
The Ultimate Collection / Live At The Ryman - Earl Scruggs
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Wheels - Dan Tyminski
[edit] New Age
- Best New Age Album
Meditations - William Ackerman
Pathfinder - Will Clipman
Peace Time – Jack DeJohnette
Ambrosia - Peter Kater
The Scent of Light - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
[edit] Jazz
- Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Randy in Brasil – Randy Brecker
Floating Point - John McLaughlin
Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley - Various Artists
Miles From India - Various Artists
Lifecycle - Yellowjackets feat. Mike Stern
- Best Jazz Vocal Album
Imagina: Songs Of Brasil - Karrin Allyson
Breakfast On The Morning Tram - Stacey Kent
If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything - Kate McGarry
Distances - Norma Winstone
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
"Be-Bop" – Terence Blanchard
"Seven Steps to Heaven" - Till Brönner
"Waltz for Debby" - Gary Burton & Chick Corea
"Son of Thirteen" - Pat Metheny
"Be-Bop" - James Moody
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea & Gary Burton
History, Mystery - Bill Frisell
Brad Mehldau Trio: Live - Brad Mehldau Trio
Day Trip - Pat Metheny with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
Standards - Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
- Best Latin Jazz Album
Song for Chico – Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
[edit] Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance
- "Get Up" – Mary Mary
- "East to West" - Casting Crowns
- "I Understand" - Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, BeBe Winans, Mariah Carey, & Hezekiah Walker's LFC
- "Shall We Gather at the River" - Take 6
- "Waging War" - CeCe Winans
- Best Gospel Song
- "Help Me Believe" – Kirk Franklin
- Kirk Franklin, songwriter
- "Cover Me" - 21:03 with Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, & J Moss
- James L. Moss, songwriter
- "Get Up" - Mary Mary
- Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell, & Eric Dawkins, songwriters
- "Give Me Your Eyes" - Brandon Heath
- Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters
- "You Reign" - MercyMe
- Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer, & Robby Shaffer, songwriters
- Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
- Alive and Transported – tobyMac
- Hello - After Edmund
- Our World Redeemed - Flame
- We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real
- Rock What You Got - Superchick
- Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
- This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman
- What If We - Brandon Heath
- Opposite Way - Leeland
- Hello Love - Chris Tomlin
- Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Lovin' Life – Gaither Vocal Band
- Room For More - Booth Brothers
- Steps to Heaven - Charlie Louvin
- Hymned Again - Bart Millard
- Ephesians One - Karen Peck and New River
- Best Traditional Gospel Album
- Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
- I'll Say Yes - Carol Cymbala & The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
- Take It Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole
- Voices in Unity: Together In Worship - Deitrick Haddon
- No Limit - Bishop Charles E. Blake presents the West Angeles Church of God in Christ Choir
- Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
- Reflections - Jason Champion
- The Sound - Mary Mary
- Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer - The Murrills
- Stand Out - Tye Tribbett & G.A.
[edit] Latin
- Best Latin Pop Album
- Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Best Latin Urban Album
- Best Tropical Latin Album
- Señor Bachata – José Feliciano
- Best Regional Mexican Album
- Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera – Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
- Canciones de Amor – Mariachi Divas
- Best Tejano Album
- Viva La Revolucion – Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution
- Best Norteño Album
- Best Banda Album
- No Es De Madera – Joan Sebastian
[edit] Blues
- Best Traditional Blues Album
- Best Contemporary Blues Album
- City That Care Forgot – Dr. John And The Lower 911
[edit] Folk
- Best Traditional Folk Album
- At 89 – Pete Seeger
- Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
- Best Native American Music Album
- Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs – Various artists (Tom Wasinger, producer)
- Best Hawaiian Music Album
- Ikena – Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
- Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
[edit] Reggae
- Best Reggae Album
[edit] World music
- Best Traditional World Music Album
- Best Contemporary World Music Album
- Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
[edit] Polka
- Best Polka Album
[edit] Children's music
- Best Musical Album For Children
- Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live – Bill Harley
[edit] Spoken word
- Best Spoken Word Album
[edit] Comedy
- Best Comedy Album
[edit] Musical show
- Best Musical Show Album
- In the Heights – Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda & Others
- Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist
[edit] Film, television and other visual media
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
- Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams
There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood
- Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
"Down to Earth" (from WALL-E) – Peter Gabriel
"Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted) - Carrie Underwood
"Say" - (from The Bucket List) - John Mayer
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) - Amy Adams
"Walk Hard" (from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) - John C. Reilly
[edit] Composing and arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- "The Adventures of Mutt" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) – John Williams
- John Williams, composer
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- "Define Dancing" (from WALL-E) – Thomas Newman
- Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- "Here's That Rainy Day" – Natalie Cole
- Nan Schwartz, arranger
[edit] Package
- Best Recording Package
- Death Magnetic – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffatt & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)
- Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
- In Rainbows – Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
[edit] Album notes
- Best Album Notes
- Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition – Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
[edit] Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music – Documented By Art Rosenbaum Steven; Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
[edit] Production, non-classical
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
- Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III, engineers
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
- "Electric Feel" (Justice Remix)
[edit] Production, surround sound
- Best Surround Sound Album
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina – Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Michael Bishop & Robert Woods
[edit] Production, classical
- Best Engineered Album, Classical
- David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis – Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Producer of the Year, Classical
- David Frost
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Right Through The Bone—Julius Röntgen Chamber Music
- Schubert: Sonata in D major; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy – Min Kwon
- Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
[edit] Classical
- Best Classical Album
- Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor
- Best Orchestral Performance
- Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
- Best Opera Recording
- Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – James Conlon, conductor; Fred Vogler, producer; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald – Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus
- Best Choral Performance
- Symphony of Psalms – Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master – Berlin Philharmonic; Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) – Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
- Gloria Cheng – Piano music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Pacifica Quartet – Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5
- Best Small Ensemble Performance
- Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale – Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Hila Plitmann – Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
- Classical Crossover Album
- Simple Gifts – King's Singers
[edit] Music video
- Best Short Form Music Video
- "Pork and Beans" – Weezer
- Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
- Best Long Form Music Video
- Runnin' Down a Dream – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
[edit] Trivia
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- Alison Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won five Grammys in one evening. The artists who won five before her are Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse.[2] However, at the ceremony next year, Beyoncé surpassed the record that she make with Hill, Keys, Jones, Winehouse and Krauss with 6 awards.
- Blink-182 appeared at the Grammy Awards and presented an award together. The band's official reunion was also announced.
- The Show won a 2009 Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special.
- While presenting the Album Of The Year Award, it was revealed that Green Day's upcoming album would be titled 21st Century Breakdown. The band's official site posted the release date (May 15, 2009) earlier that night.
- British rapper M.I.A. gave birth to a son a few days after her performance, which occurred on her due date.
- Singer Rihanna's scheduled performance at the awards was canceled. Reports later surfaced regarding an alleged altercation with then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats. On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats.
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