Grammys 2012: The Highlights
Adele makes the Grammys her bitch. Meanwhile, Skrillex secures dubstep's place in history.
And in music news, Adele makes the Grammys her bitch. LL Cool J opened the ceremony, held Sunday in LA, with a prayer for Whitney Houston, who died yesterday in her Beverly Hilton hotel room. Tributes to the singer were plentiful, with Jennifer Hudson performing 'I Will Always Love You', the Dolly Parton song made legendary by Houston.
Also, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon wins Best New Artist despite not really being all that new; Amy Winehouse wins posthumously for her duet with Tony Bennett; and dubstep reigns supreme with Skrillex winning thrice.
Kanye West was sadly absent from the proceedings, presumably sulking at home over his measly seven nominations (in the end he won five, including best rap album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). Jay-Z and Beyonce also stayed home, whereas they were probably just being responsible parents.
Bask in the sometimes crazy, sometimes surprisingly classy red carpet highlights in our gallery below and scroll down for the full list of winners.
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Here are ALL of the winners (in bold).
RECORD OF THE YEAR
'Rolling In The Deep' - Adele
'Holocene' - Bon Iver
'Grenade' - Bruno Mars
'The Cave' - Mumford & Sons
'Firework' - Katy Perry
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
21 - Adele
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
Born This Way - Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
Loud - Rihanna
SONG OF THE YEAR
'All Of The Lights' - Jeff Bhasker, 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)
BEST NEW ARTIST
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
'Someone Like You' - Adele
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