Adele was the big winner at the 2012 Grammy Awards taking home Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Short Form Music Video. We also congratulate our Skyline Music clients, Rebirth Brass Band who won Best Regional Roots Music Album.
Record of the Year WINNER "Rolling In The Deep" – Adele "Holocene" – Bon Iver "Grenade" – Bruno Mars "The Cave" – Mumford & Sons "Firework" – Katy Perry Album of the Year WINNER "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) WINNER "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele) Best New Artist The Band Perry WINNER Bon Iver J. Cole Nicki Minaj Skrillex Best Pop Solo Performance WINNER "Someone Like You" – Adele "Yoü And I" – Lady Gaga "Grenade" – Bruno Bars "Firework" – Katy Perry "… Perfect" – Pink Best Pop Duo/Group Performance WINNER "Body And Soul" – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse "Dearest" – The Black Keys "Paradise" – Coldplay "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People "Moves Like Jagger" – Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera Best Pop Instrumental Album "Wish Upon A Star" – Jenny Oaks Baker "E Kahe Malie" – Daniel Ho WINNER "The Road From Memphis" – Booker T. Jones "Hello Tomorrow" – Dave Koz "Setzer Goes Instru-Mental!" – Brian Setzer Best Pop Vocal Album WINNER "21" – Adele "The Lady Killer" – Cee Lo Green "Born This Way" – Lady Gaga "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" – Bruno Mars "Loud" – Rihanna Best Dance Recording "Raise Your Weapon" – Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech "Barbra Streisand" – Duck Sauce "Sunshine" – David Guetta & Avicii "Call Your Girlfriend" – Robyn WINNER "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" – Skrillex "Save The World" – Swedish House Mafia Best Dance/Electronica Album "Zonoscope" – Cut/Copy "4×4=12" – Deadmau5 "Nothing But The Beat" – David Guetta "Body Talk, Pt. 3" – Robyn WINNER "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" – Skrillex Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album WINNER "Duets II" – Tony Bennett & Various Artists "The Gift" – Susan Boyle "In Concert On Broadway" – Harry Connick Jr. "Music Is Better Than Words" – Seth MacFarlane "What Matters Most – Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics Of Alan And Marilyn Bergman" – Barbra Streisand Best Rock Performance "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" – Coldplay "Down By The Water" – The Decemberists WINNER "Walk" – Foo Fighters "The Cave" – Mumford & Sons "Lotus Flower" – Radiohead Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance "On The Backs Of Angels" – Dream Theater WINNER "White Limo" – Foo Fighters "Curl Of The Burl" – Mastodon "Public Enemy No. 1" – Megadeth "Blood In My Eyes" – Sum 41 Best Rock Song "The Cave" – Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons) "Down By The Water" – Colin Meloy, songwriter (The Decemberists) "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
"Lotus Flower" – Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
mastering engineers (Various Artists) "Complete Mythology" – Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Syl Johnson) "Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s" – Chris Strachwitz, compilation producer; Mike Cogan, mastering engineer (Various Artists) "Young Man With The Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters" – Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, compilation producer; Vic Anesini, mastering engineer (Elvis Presley) Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical "Follow Me Down" – Brandon Bell & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Sangwook "Sunny" Nam & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Sarah Jarosz) "The Harrow & The Harvest" – Matt Andrews, engineer; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer (Gillian Welch) "Music Is Better Than Words" – Rich Breen & Frank Filipetti, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Seth MacFarlane) "The Next Right Thing" – Kevin Killen, Brendan Muldowney & John Shyloski, engineers; John Shyloski, mastering engineer (Seth Glier) WINNER "Paper Airplane" – Mike Shipley, engineer; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station) Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical Danger Mouse – "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present Rome" (Gilda Buttá, Luciano Ciccaglioni, Gegé Munari, Dario Rosciglione, Antonello Vannucchi et al) (A); "Meyrin Fields EP" (Broken Bells) (S) WINNER Paul Epworth – "Call It What You Want" (Foster The People) (T); "I Would Do Anything For You" (Foster The People) (T); "I'll Be Waiting" (Adele) (T); "Life On The Nickel" (Foster The People) (T); "No One's Gonna Love You" (Cee-Lo Green) (S); "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele) (T) The Smeezingtons – "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (Bruno Mars) (A); "If I Was You (OMG)" (Far East Movement Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T); "Lighters" (Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars) (T); "Mirror" (Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars) (T); "Rocketeer" (Far East Movement Featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic) (T) Ryan Tedder – "Brighter Than The Sun" (Colbie Caillat) (T); "Favorite Song" (Colbie Caillat Featuring Common) (T); "I Remember Me" (Jennifer Hudson) (T); "I Was Here" (Beyoncé) (T); "Not Over You" (Gavin DeGraw) (S); "#1Nite" (One Night) (Cobra Starship) (S); "Rumour Has It" (Adele) (T); "Sweeter" (Gavin DeGraw) (T); "Who's That Boy" (Demi Lovato Featuring Dev) (T) Butch Vig – "Wasting Light" (Foo Fighters) (A) Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical WINNER "Cinema" (Skrillex Remix) – Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi) "Collide" (Afrojack Remix) – Afrojack, remixer (Leona Lewis) "End Of Line" (Photek Remix) – Photek, remixer (Daft Punk) "Only Girl (In The World)" (Rosabel Club Mix) – Abel Aguilera & Ralphi Rosario, remixers (Rihanna) "Rope" (Deadmau5 Mix) – Deadmau5, remixer (Foo Fighters) Best Surround Sound Album "An Evening With Dave Grusin" – Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling, surround mix engineers; Frank Filipetti, surround mastering engineer; Phil Ramone, surround producer (Various Artists) "Grace For Drowning" – Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Paschal Byrne, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Steven Wilson) "Kind" – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Kjetil Almenning, Ensemble 96 & Nidaros String Quartet) WINNER "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)" – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos) "Spohr: String Sextet In C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet In F Major, Op. 31" – Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden) Best Engineered Album, Classical WINNER "Aldridge: Elmer Gantry" – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) "Glazunov: Complete Concertos" – Richard King, engineer (José Serebrier, Alexey Serov, Wen-Sinn Yang, Alexander Romanovsky, Rachel Barton Pine, Marc Chisson & Russian National Orchestra) "Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" – Tom Lazarus & Bill Maylone, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird) "Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4" – Arne Akselberg, engineer (Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra) "Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 & Suite No. 4 From 'The Golden Key'" – Torbjörn Samuelsson, engineer (Thord Svedlund & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) Producer Of The Year, Classical Blanton Alspaugh – "Aldridge: Elmer Gantry" (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra); "Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas" (Peter Takács); "Osterfield: Rocky Streams" (Paul Osterfield, Todd Waldecker & Various Artists) Manfred Eicher – "Bach: Concertos & Sinfonias For Oboe; Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis" (Heinz Holliger, Eric Höbarth & Camerata Bern); "Hymns & Prayers" (Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica); "Manto & Madrigals" (Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killius); "Songs Of Ascension" (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, Todd Reynolds Quartet, The M6 & Montclair State University Singers); "Tchaikovsky/Kissine: Piano Trios" (Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite & Khatia Buniatishvili); "A Worcester L
adymass" (Trio Mediaeval) David Frost – "Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live" (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass); "Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" (Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird); "Prayers & Alleluias" (Kenneth Dake); "Sharon Isbin & Friends" – Guitar Passions (Sharon Isbin & Various Artists) Peter Rutenberg – "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45" (Patrick Dupré Quigley, James K. Bass, Seraphic Fire & Professional Choral Institute); "The Vanishing Nordic Chorale" (Philip Spray & Musik Ekklesia) WINNER Judith Sherman – "Adams: Son Of Chamber Symphony; String Quartet" (John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet & International Contemporary Ensemble); "Capricho Latino" (Rachel Barton Pine); "85th Birthday Celebration" (Claude Frank); "Insects & Paper Airplanes – Chamber Music Of Lawrence Dillon" (Daedalus Quartet & Benjamin Hochman); "Midnight Frolic – The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch" (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra); "Notable Women – Trios By Today's Female Composers" (Lincoln Trio); "The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1 – String Quartets By Dmitri Shostakovich & His Contemporaries" (Pacifica Quartet); "Speak!" (Anthony De Mare); "State Of The Art" – The American Brass Quintet At 50 (The American Brass Quintet); "Steve Reich: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns (Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich Musicians & So Percussion); "Winging It – Piano Music Of John Corigliano" (Ursula Oppens) Best Orchestral Performance "Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" – Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC Philharmonic) WINNER "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) "Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101" – Nicholas McGegan, conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra) "Henze: Symphonies Nos. 3-5" – Marek Janowski, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) "Martinu: The 6 Symphonies" – Jirí Belohlávek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra) Best Opera Recording WINNER "Adams: Doctor Atomic" – Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) "Britten: Billy Budd" – Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo, Darren Jeffery, Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus) "Rautavaara: Kaivos" – Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus) "Verdi: La Traviata" – Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus) "Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte" – Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo) Best Choral Performance "Beyond All Mortal Dreams – American A Cappella" – Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge) "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45" – Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute & Seraphic Fire) "Kind" – Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96) WINNER "Light & Gold" – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers) "The Natural World Of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen" – Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen) Best Small Ensemble Performance "Frank: Hilos" – Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble "The Kingdoms Of Castille" – Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo WINNER "Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird "A Seraphic Fire Christmas" – Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire "Sound The Bells!" – The Bay Brass Best Classical Instrumental Solo "Chinese Recorder Concertos – East Meets West" – Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri (Copenhagen Philharmonic) "Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" – Yuja Wang (Claudio Abbado; Mahler Chamber Orchestra) "Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4" – Leif Ove Andsnes (Antonio Pappano; London Symphony Orchestra) WINNER "Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra" – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony); Track from: "Schwantner: Chasing Light…" "Winging It – Piano Music Of John Corigliano" – Ursula Oppens Best Classical Vocal Solo WINNER "Diva Divo" – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon) "Grieg/Thommessen: Veslemøy Synsk" – Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen) "Handel: Cleopatra" – Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Haïm; Le Concert D'Astrée) "Purcell: O Solitude" – Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina) "Three Baroque Tenors" – Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert) Best Contemporary Classical Composition WINNER "Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry" – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
"Crumb, George: The Ghosts Of Alhambra" – George Crumb; Track from: "Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 15" "Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3" – Jefferson Friedman; Track from: "Jefferson Friedman: Quartets" "Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" – Steven Mackey "Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2" – Poul Ruders; Track from: "Music Of Poul Ruders, Vol. 6" Best Short Form Music Video WINNER "Rolling In The Deep" – Adele; Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer "Yes I Know" – Memory Tapes; Eric Epstein, video director; Eric Epstein, video producer "All Is Not Lost" – OK Go; Itamar Kubovy, Damian Kulash Jr & Trish Sie, video directors; Shirley Moyers, video producer "Lotus Flower" – Radiohead; Garth Jennings, video director; Garth Jennings, video producer "First Of The Year (Equinox)" – Skrillex; Tony Truand, video director; Noah Klein, video producer "Perform This Way" – "Weird Al" Yankovic; "Weird Al" Yankovic, video director; Cisco Newman, video producer Best Long Form Music Video "I Am…World Tour" – Beyoncé; Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. & Beyoncé Knowles, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles & Camille Yorrick, video producers WINNER "Foo Fighters: Back And Forth" – Foo Fighters; James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers "Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon" – Kings Of Leon; Stephen C. Mitchell, video director; Casey McGrath, video producer "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest" – A Tribe Called Quest; Michael Rapaport, video director; Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler, Eric Matthies, Frank Mele, Edward Parks & A Tribe Called Quest, video producers "Nine Types Of Light" – TV On The Radio; Tunde Adebimpe, video director; Michelle An & Braj, video producers
