53rd Grammy Awards: And the winners are...

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Los Angeles, 15 February 2011: US-based Indian jazz pianist Vijay Iyer lost the Grammy for best jazz instrumental album, individual or group at the 53rd edition of the awards. Iyer along with his team members bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, popularly known as Vijay Iyer Trio, were nominated for their album ’Historicity’, but lost out to James Moody (Moody 4B) at the gala event at the Staples Center, Los Angeles on Sunday night.

 

Tandon lost out on the prestigious award to Bela Fleck (Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks). The other nominations included Bebel Gilberto (All In One), Angelique Kidjo (ÕŸÖ) and Sergio Mendes (Bom Tempo) at a glittering ceremony Sunday night. Her Grammy-nominated album features Sanskrit chants and combines traditional Indian sounds such as sarod, sitar, and esraj with the Western instruments such as the piano, the electric bass and the classical guitar.

 

Last year, music maestro AR Rahman did the country proud by winning two Grammy gongs for Danny Boyle’s ’Slumdog Millionaire’. Sitar expert Ravi Shankar and tabla great Zakir Hussain are also among the Indians that have brought Grammy home. Los Angeles: Singer Eminem won a Grammy for his track ’Not Afraid’ in the best rap solo performance category at the 53rd Grammy awards at a glittering ceremony at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles.

 

 

Singer Lady Gaga, who showed up on the red carpet encased in a giant egg, walked away with the Grammy for best female pop vocal for the song ’Bad Romance’ at the 53rd edition of the awards.

 

Here is the list of the Grammy winners:

 

Album of the year - Arcade Fire, ’The Suburbs’

 

Record of the year - Lady Antebellum, ’Need You Now’

 

Song of the year - ’Need You Now’ (Lady Antebellum, performers)

 

Best new artist - Esperanza Spalding

 

Best female pop vocal performance - Lady Gaga, ’Bad Romance’

 

Best male pop vocal performance - Bruno Mars, ’Just the Way You Are’

 

Best pop vocal album - Lady Gaga, ’The Fame Monster’

 

Best traditional pop vocal album - Michael Buble, ’Crazy Love’

 

Best electronic/dance album - La Roux, ’La Roux’

 

Best solo rock vocal performance - Paul McCartney, ’Helter Skelter’

 

Best hard rock performance - Them Crooked Vultures, ’New Fang’

 

Best metal performance - Iron Maiden, ’El Dorado’

 

Best rock song - ’Angry World’ (Neil Young)

 

Best rock album - Muse, ’The Resistance’

 

Best alternative music album - The Black Keys, ’Brothers’

 

Best female R and B vocal performance - Fantasia, ’Bittersweet’

 

Best male R and B vocal performance - Usher, ’There Goes My Baby’

 

Best urban/alternative performance - Cee Lo Green, ’F*** You!’

 

Best R and B song - ’Shine’ (John Legend and the Roots)

 

Best contemporary R and B album - Usher, ’Raymond v. Raymond’

 

Best rap solo performance - Eminem, ’Not Afraid’

 

Best rap song - ’Empire State of Mind’ (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, performers)

 

Best rap album - Eminem, ’Recovery’

 

Best female country vocal performance - Miranda Lambert, ’The House That Built Me’

 

Best male country vocal performance - Keith Urban, ’Til Summer Comes Around’

 

Best country song - ’Need You Now’ (Lady Antebellum, performers)

 

Best country album - Lady Antebellum, ’Need You Now’

 

Best contemporary jazz album - The Stanley Clarke Band, ’The Stanley Clarke Band’

 

Best Americana album - Mavis Staples, ’You Are Not Alone’

 

Best contemporary blues album - Buddy Guy, ’Living Proof’

 

Best contemporary folk album - Ray LaMontagne and the Prairie Dogs, ’God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise’

 

- IANS / Reuters