Grammy Awards ke-54 merupakan puncak penganugerahan Penghargaan Grammy tahun 2011-2012 diadakan pada tanggal 12 Februari 2012, di Staples Center di Los Angeles yang disiarkan oleh CBS. LL Cool J menjadi pembawa acara. Ini adalah kali pertama dalam tujuh tahun bahwa acara ini memiliki sebuah host resmi.[1] Nominasi tersebut diumumkan pada tanggal 30 November 2011 pada prime-time televisi sebagai bagian dari "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", siaran satu jam khusus langsung oleh CBS dari Nokia Theatre di LA Live.[2][3] Kanye West menerima nominasi terbanyak dengan tujuh nominasi. Adele, Foo Fighters, dan Bruno Mars masing-masing menerima enam nominasi. Lil Wayne, Skrillex, dan Radiohead semua mendapatkan lima nominasi.
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Sebanyak 78 penghargaan dipresentasikan menyusul keputusan Academy untuk merestrukturisasi kategori Grammy Award. Paul McCartney menerima MusiCares Person of the Year penghargaan pada tanggal 10 Februari 2012, di Los Angeles Convention Center, dua malam sebelum penayangan Grammy.[4]
Pada tanggal 8 Februari 2012, Akademi mengumumkan bahwa Grammy ke-54 Pra-siaran televisi Upacara akan streaming live internasional. Upacara berlangsung di Los Angeles Convention Center dan disiarkan secara langsung secara keseluruhan internasional di website resmi Grammy dan Jaringan CBS Television. Upacara ini co-host oleh Dave Koz dan MC Lyte. Sebanyak 68 Penghargaan yang disajikan dalam upacara Pra-siaran televisi.[5] Poster resmi dirancang oleh Arsitek Frank Gehry.[6]
Malam sebelumnya penghargaan, Whitney Houston meninggal di Los Angeles, dan produser acara dengan cepat merencanakan tribut, dengan pertunjukan Jennifer Hudson.[7] Acara penghargaan dimulai dengan penampilan Bruce Springsteen diikuti dengan doa J LL Cool untuk Whitney Houston. Adele memenangkan nominasi enam-nya, mengikat rekor Beyonce untuk kemenangan terbanyak oleh artis wanita dalam satu malam.[8][9] Foo Fighters dan Kanye West diikuti dengan penghargaan lima dan empat, masing-masing.[8]
Para pemenang per kategori adalah:[12]
Umum
- Record of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele
- Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers
- "Holocene" – Bon Iver
- Justin Vernon, producer; Brian Joseph & Justin Vernon, engineers/mixers
- "Grenade" – Bruno Mars
- The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers
- "The Cave" – Mumford & Sons
- Markus Dravs, producer; Francois Chevallier & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers
- "Firework" – Katy Perry
- Stargate & Sandy Vee, producers; Mikkel S. Eriksen, Phil Tan, Sandy Vee & Miles Walker, engineers/mixers
- Album of the Year
21 – Adele
- Jim Abbiss, Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
- Butch Vig, producer; James Brown & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers
- Born This Way – Lady Gaga
- Paul Blair, DJ Snake, Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jeppe Laursen, RedOne & Clinton Sparks, producers; Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Bill Malina, Trevor Muzzy, RedOne, Dave Russell, Justin Shirley Smith, Horace Ward & Tom Ware, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
- Doo-Wops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
- B.o.B, Cee Lo Green & Damian Marley, featured artists; Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Needlz & The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer
- Loud – Rihanna
- Drake, Eminem & Nicki Minaj, featured artists; Ester Dean, Alex da Kid, Kuk Harrell, Mel & Mus, Awesome Jones, Makeba Riddick, The Runners, Sham, Soundz, Stargate, Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Willy Will, producers; Ariel Chobaz, Cary Clark, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Alex da Kid, Josh Gudwin, Kuk Harrell, Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, Dana Nielsen, Chad "C-Note" Roper, Noah "40" Shebib, Corey Shoemaker, Jay Stevenson, Mike Strange, Phil Tan, Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Sandy Vee, Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva, Miles Walker & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
- Song of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep"
- Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
- "All of the Lights"
- "The Cave"
- Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
- "Grenade"
- Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, The Smeezingtons & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
- "Holocene"
- Best New Artist
Bon Iver
Pop
- Best Pop Solo Performance
"Someone Like You" – Adele
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Body and Soul" – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Road from Memphis – Booker T. Jones
- Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Walt Disney – Jenny Oaks Baker
- E Kahe Malie – Daniel Ho
- Hello Tomorrow – Dave Koz
- Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! – Brian Setzer
- Best Pop Vocal Album
21 – Adele
Dance/Electronica
- Best Dance Recording
"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" – Skrillex
- Sonny Moore, producer & mixer
- "Raise Your Weapon" – deadmau5 featuring Greta Svabo Bech
- "Barbra Streisand" – Duck Sauce
- Armand Van Helden & Alain Macklovitch, producers; Armand Van Helden & Alain Macklovitch, mixers
- "Sunshine" – David Guetta & Avicii
- Tim Bergling, David Guetta & Giorgio Tuinfort, producers; Tim Bergling, mixer
- "Call Your Girlfriend" – Robyn
- Klas Åhlund & Billboard, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer
- "Save the World" – Swedish House Mafia
- Steve Angello, Axel Hedfors & Sebastian Ingrosso, producers; Steve Angello, Axel Hedfors & Sebastian Ingrosso, mixers
- Best Dance/Electronica Album
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – Skrillex
- Zonoscope – Cut Copy
- 4x4=12 – deadmau5
- Nothing but the Beat – David Guetta
- Body Talk Pt. 3 – Robyn
Traditional Pop
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets II – Tony Bennett
Alternative
- Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver, Bon Iver – Bon Iver
R&B
- Best R&B Performance
"Is This Love" – Corinne Bailey Rae
- "Far Away" – Marsha Ambrosius
- "Pieces of Me" – Ledisi
- "Not My Daddy" – Kelly Price featuring Stokley Williams
- "You Are" – Charlie Wilson
- Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Fool for You" – Cee Lo Green featuring Melanie Fiona
- "Sometimes I Cry" – Eric Benét
- "Radio Message" – R. Kelly
- "Good Man" – Raphael Saadiq
- "Surrender" – Betty Wright & The Roots
- Best R&B Song
"Fool for You"
- Cee Lo Green & Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green featuring Melanie Fiona)
- "Far Away"
- Marsha Ambrosius, Sterling Simms & Justin Smith, songwriters (Marsha Ambrosius)
- "Not My Daddy"
- Kelly Price, songwriter (Kelly Price featuring Stokley Williams)
- "Pieces of Me"
- Chuck Harmony, Claude Kelly & Ledisi, songwriters (Ledisi)
- "You Are"
- Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days, Jr., Wirlie Morris, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)
- Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown
- Second Chance – El DeBarge
- Love Letter – R. Kelly
- Pieces of Me – Ledisi
- Kelly – Kelly Price
Rap
- Best Rap Performance
"Otis" – Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding
- "Look at Me Now" – Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
- "The Show Goes On" – Lupe Fiasco
- "Moment 4 Life" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake
- "Black and Yellow" – Wiz Khalifa
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"All of the Lights" – Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi
- Best Rap Song
"All of the Lights"
- Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, Really Doe, Kanye West & Malik Yusef, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi)
- "Black and Yellow"
- "I Need a Doctor"
- "Look at Me Now"
- Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Diplo, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, songwriters (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
- "Otis"
- Jay-Z & Kanye West, songwriters (with James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry M. Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Kanye West) (featuring Otis Redding)
- "The Show Goes On"
- Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Kane & Lupe Fiasco, songwriters (with Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy, songwriters) (Lupe Fiasco)
- Best Rap Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Country
- Best Country Solo Performance
"Mean" – Taylor Swift
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Barton Hollow" – The Civil Wars
- "Don't You Wanna Stay" – Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson
- "You and Tequila" – Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
- "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" – Thompson Square
- Best Country Song
"Mean"
- Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
- "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not"
- Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)
- "God Gave Me You"
- "Just Fishin'"
- Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
- "Threaten Me with Heaven"
- "You and Tequila"
- Matraca Berg & Deana Carter, songwriters (Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter)
- Best Country Album
Speak Now – Taylor Swift
New Age
- Best New Age Album
What's It All About – Pat Metheny
- Northern Seas – Al Conti
- Gaia – Michael Brant DeMaria
- Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame – Peter Kater
- Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6 – Zamora
Jazz
- Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"500 Miles High" – Chick Corea
- "All or Nothing at All" – Randy Brecker
- "You Are My Sunshine" – Ron Carter
- "Work" – Fred Hersch
- "Sonnymoon for Two" – Sonny Rollins
- Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
- 'Round Midnight – Karrin Allyson
- The Gate – Kurt Elling
- American Road – Tierney Sutton (Band)
- The Music of Randy Newman – Roseanna Vitro
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Forever – Corea, Clarke & White
- Bond: The Paris Sessions – Gerald Clayton
- Alone at the Vanguard – Fred Hersch
- Bird Songs – Joe Lovano & Us Five
- Road Shows Vol. 2 – Sonny Rollins
- Timeline – Yellowjackets
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band
- The Jazz Ballad Song Book – Randy Brecker with DR Big Band
- 40 Acres and a Burro – Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- Legacy – Gerald Wilson Orchestra
- Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook – Miguel Zenón
Gospel/Contemporary Christian
- Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
"Jesus" – Le'Andria Johnson
- "Do Everything" – Steven Curtis Chapman
- "Alive (Mary Magdalene)" – Natalie Grant
- "Your Love" – Brandon Heath
- "I Lift My Hands" – Chris Tomlin
- Best Gospel Song
"Hello Fear"
- Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
- "Sitting with Me"
- Gerald Haddon, Tammi Haddon & Mary Mary, songwriters (Mary Mary)
- "Spiritual"
- Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & Co. featuring Blanche McAllister-Dykes)
- "Trust Me"
- Richard Smallwood, songwriter (Richard Smallwood & Vision)
- "Window"
- Canton Jones, songwriter (Canton Jones)
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
"Blessings"
- Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)
- "Hold Me"
- "I Lift My Hands"
- Louie Giglio, Matt Maher & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)
- "Strong Enough"
- Matthew West, songwriter (Matthew West)
- "Your Love"
- Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters (Brandon Heath)
- Best Gospel Album
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin
- The Love Album – Kim Burrell
- The Journey – Andraé Crouch
- Something Big – Mary Mary
- Angel & Chanelle (Deluxe Edition) – Trin-i-tee 5:7
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
And If Our God Is for Us... – Chris Tomlin
- Ghosts Upon the Earth – Gungor
- Leaving Eden – Brandon Heath
- The Great Awakening – Leeland
- What If We Were Real – Mandisa
- Black & White – Royal Tailor
Latin
- Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album
Drama y Luz – Maná
- Entren Los Que Quieran – Calle 13
- Entre La Ciudad Y El Mar – Gustavo Galindo
- Nuestra – La Vida Bohème
- Not So Commercial – Los Amigos Invisibles
- Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album
Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar
- Orale – Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
- Amor A La Musica – Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
- Eres Un Farsante – Paquita la del Barrio
- Huevos Rancheros – Joan Sebastian
- Best Banda or Norteño Album
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends – Los Tigres del Norte
- Estare Mejor – El Güero y Su Banda Centenario
- Intocable 2011 – Intocable
- El Árbol – Los Tucanes de Tijuana
- No Vengo A Ver Si Puedo... Si Por Que Puedo Vengo – Michael Salgado
- Best Tropical Latin Album
The Last Mambo – Cachao
- Homenaje A Los Rumberos – Edwin Bonilla
- Mongorama – José Rizo's Mongorama
American Roots Music
- Best Americana Album
Ramble at the Ryman – Levon Helm
- Emotional Jukebox – Linda Chorney
- Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down – Ry Cooder
- Hard Bargain – Emmylou Harris
- Blessed – Lucinda Williams
- Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Reason and Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale – Jim Lauderdale
- Rare Bird Alert – Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers
- Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe – Del McCoury Band
- A Mother's Prayer – Ralph Stanley
- Sleep with One Eye Open – Chris Thile & Michael Daves
- Best Blues Album
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Low Country Blues – Gregg Allman
- Roadside Attractions – Marcia Ball
- Man in Motion – Warren Haynes
- The Reflection – Keb Mo
- Best Folk Album
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
- I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive – Steve Earle
- Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes
- Ukulele Songs – Eddie Vedder
- The Harrow & The Harvest – Gillian Welch
- Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band
- Can't Sit Down – C.J. Chenier
- Wao Akua: The Forest of the Gods – George Kahumoku, Jr.
- Grand Isle – Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
- Not Just Another Polka – Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
Reggae
- Best Reggae Album
Revelation Pt 1: The Root of Life – Stephen Marley
- Harlem-Kingston Express Live! – Monty Alexander
- Reggae Knights – Israel Vibration
- Wild and Free – Ziggy Marley
- Summer in Kingston – Shaggy
World Music
- Best World Music Album
Tassili – Tinariwen
- AfroCubism – AfroCubism
- Africa for Africa – Femi Kuti
- Songs from a Zulu Farm – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Children's
- Best Children's Album
All About Bullies... Big and Small – Various Artists
- Are We There Yet? – The Papa Hugs Band
- Fitness Rock & Roll – Miss Amy
- GulfAlive – The Banana Plant
- I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs of Fox Hollow – Various Artists
Spoken Word
- Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) – Betty White
- Bossypants – Tina Fey
- Fab Fan Memories – The Beatles Bond – Various Artists
- Hamlet (William Shakespeare) – Dan Donohue & Various Artists – Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- The Mark of Zorro – Val Kilmer & Cast
Musical Show
- Best Musical Theater Album
The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, principal soloists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists
- Anything Goes – New Broadway Cast Recording
- Sutton Foster & Joel Grey, principal soloists; Rob Fisher, James Lowe & Joel Moss, producers (Cole Porter, composer/lyricist)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – The 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
- John Larroquette & Daniel Radcliffe, principal soloists; Robert Sher, producer (Frank Loesser, composer/lyricist)
Composing/Arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
"Life in Eleven"
- Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
- "Falling Men"
- John Hollenbeck, composer (John Hollenbeck, Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ))
- "Hunting Wabbits 3 (Get Off My Lawn)"
- Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
- "I Talk to the Trees"
- Randy Brecker, composer (Randy Brecker with DR Big Band)
- "Timeline"
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
"Rhapsody in Blue"
- Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
- "All or Nothing at All"
- Peter Jensen, arranger (Randy Brecker with DR Big Band)
- "In the Beginning"
- Clare Fischer, arranger (The Clare Fischer Big Band)
- "Nasty Dance"
- "Song Without Words"
- Carlos Franzetti, arranger (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
- Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
- "Ao Mar"
- Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza)
- "Moon Over Bourbon Street"
- Rob Mathes, arranger (Sting & Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra)
- "On Broadway"
- Kevin Axt, Ray Brinker, Trey Henry, Christian Jacob & Tierney Sutton, arrangers (The Tierney Sutton Band)
- "The Windmills of Your Mind"
Package
- Best Recording Package
Scenes from The Suburbs
- Vincent Morisset, art director (Arcade Fire)
- Chickenfoot III
- Todd Gallopo, art director (Chickenfoot)
- Good Luck & True Love
- Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
- Rivers and Homes
- Jonathan Dagan, art director (J.Viewz)
- Watch the Throne
- Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story
- Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
- The King of Limbs
- Donald Twain & Zachariah Wildwood, art directors (Radiohead)
- 25th Anniversary Music Box
- 25 Years
- James Spindler, art director (Sting)
- Wingless Angels (Deluxe Edition)
- David Gorman, art director (Wingless Angels)
Catatan
- Best Album Notes
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s
- Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)
- The Bang Years 1966–1968
- Neil Diamond, album notes writer (Neil Diamond)
- The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music
- Ted Olson & Tony Russell, album notes writers (Various Artists)
- Complete Mythology
- Ken Shipley, album notes writer (Syl Johnson)
- The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75
- Alec Palao, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Historical
- Best Historical Album
Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
- Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
- The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music
- Christopher C. King & Ted Olson, compilation producers; Christopher C. King & Chris Zwarg, 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)
Production
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Paper Airplane
- Mike Shipley, engineer; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
- 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)
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
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)
- Danger Mouse
- Meyrin Fields EP (Broken Bells) (S)
- Rome (Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi) (A)
- The Smeezingtons
- Ryan Tedder
- Butch Vig
- Best Remixed Recording
"Cinema" (Skrillex Remix)
- Skrillex, remixer (Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go)
- "Collide" (Afrojack Remix)
- "End of Line" (Photek Remix)
- "Only Girl (In the World)" (Rosabel Club Mix)
- "Rope" (deadmau5 Mix)
Production, Surround Sound
- Best Surround Sound Album
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 and the Dominos)
- 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)
- Spohr: String Sextet in C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet in F Major, Op. 31
- Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Robin Schmidt & Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden)
Production, Classical
- Best Engineered Album, Classical
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
- Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 & Suite No. 4 From 'The Golden Key'
- Torbjörn Samuelsson, engineer (Thord Svedlund & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
- Producer of the Year, Classical
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)
- 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 Ladymass (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)
Classical
- Best Orchestral Performance
"Brahms: Symphony No. 4"
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- "Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2"
- Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC 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
"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
"Light & Gold"
- Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
- "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)
- "The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen"
- Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen)
- Best Small Ensemble Performance
"Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
- "Frank: Hilos" – Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
- "The Kingdoms of Castille – Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo
- "A Seraphic Fire Christmas" – Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire
- "Sound the Bells!" – The Bay Brass
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo
"Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra"
- Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
- "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"
- Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang (Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
- "Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4"
- Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano (London Symphony Orchestra)
- "Winging It – Piano Music of John Corigliano"
- Best Classical Vocal Solo
"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
"Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry" – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
- "Crumb, George: The Ghosts of Alhambra" – George Crumb
- "Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3" – Jefferson Friedman
- "Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" – Steven Mackey
- "Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2" – Poul Ruders
Music Video
- Best Short Form Music Video
"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele
- Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
- "Yes I Know" – Memory Tapes
- Eric Epstein, video director & video producer
- "All Is Not Lost" – OK Go
- Itamar Kubovy, Damian Kulash & Trish Sie, video directors; Shirley Moyers, video producer
- "Lotus Flower" – Radiohead
- Garth Jennings, video director & 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
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth – Foo Fighters
- James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
- I Am... World Tour – Beyoncé
- Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Frank Gatson, Jr., video directors; Beyoncé & Camille Yorrick, 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
