Grammy Award Winners for 2011: Big Upset for Eminem, Bieber, Lady Antebellum Scores the Most Wins

53rd Grammy Awards Nominees and Winners:

Record of the Year:

• Nothin' On You, B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
• Love The Way You Lie, Eminem feat. Rihanna
• F*** You, Cee Lo Green
• Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

Album of the Year:

• The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
• Recovery, Eminem
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
• The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
• Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Song of the Year:

• Beg, Steal or Borrow, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
• F*** You, Cee-Lo Green
• The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
• Love The Way You Lie, Eminem, feat. Rihanna
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

Best New Artist:

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence and The Machine
• Mumford & Sons
• Esperanza Spalding

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

• Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version), Glee Cast
• Misery, Maroon 5
• The Only Exception, Paramore
• Babyfather, Sade
• Hey, Soul Sister (Live), Train

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

• Airplanes II, B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
• Imagine, Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
• If It Wasn't For Bad, Elton John & Leon Russell
• Telephone, Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
• California Gurls, Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Dance Recording:

• Rocket, Goldfrapp
• In For The Kill, La Roux
• Dance In The Dark, Lady Gaga
• Only Girl (In The World), Rihanna
• Dancing On My Own, Robyn

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

• Ready To Start, Arcade Fire
• I Put A Spell On You, Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
• Tighten Up, The Black Keys
• Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
• Resistance, Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance:

• A Looking In View, Alice In Chains
• Let Me Hear You Scream, Ozzy Osbourne
• Black Rain, Soundgarden
• Between The Lines, Stone Temple Pilots
• New Fang, Them Crooked Vultures

Best Rock Song:

• Angry World, Neil Young
• Little Lion Man, (Mumford & Sons
• Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
• Resistance, Muse
• Tighten Up, The Black Keys

Best Alternative Music Album:

• The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
• Infinite Arms, Band Of Horses
• Brothers, The Black Keys
• Broken Bells, Broken Bells
• Contra, Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

• Take My Time, Chris Brown & Tank
• Love, Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
• You've Got A Friend, Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
• Shine, John Legend & The Roots
• Soldier Of Love, Sade

Best Contemporary R&B Album:

• Graffiti, Chris Brown
• Untitled, R. Kelly
• Transition, Ryan Leslie
• The ArchAndroid, Janelle Monáe
• Raymond V Raymond, Usher

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

• Nothin' On You, B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
• Deuces, Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
• Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
• Empire State Of Mind, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
• Wake Up! Everybody, John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song:

• Empire State Of Mind, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
• Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
• Not Afraid, Eminem
• Nothin' On You, B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
• On To The Next One, Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album:

• The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
• Thank Me Later, Drake
• Recovery, Eminem
• The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
• How I Got Over, The Roots

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:

• Bad Angel, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
• Pride (In The Name Of Love), Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
• As She's Walking Away, Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
• Hillbilly Bone, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
• I Run To You, Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song:

• The Breath You Take, George Strait
• Free, Zac Brown Band
• The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
• I'd Love To Be Your Last, Gretchen Wilson
• If I Die Young, The Band Perry
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

Best Country Album:

• Up On The Ridge, Dierks Bentley
• You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
• The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
• Revolution, Miranda Lambert

The 53rd Annual Grammy awards took place on Sunday, February 13 at 8 pm EDT on CBS from the Staples Center  in Los Angeles, California.  Hip hop artist, Eminem topped the list with with getting 10 nominations, but only won 2.  Bruno Mars is second with 7 nominees and won 1,  Lady Gaga, Jay Z and Lady Antebellum all had 6 nominations, and Ms Gaga won 2 and Lady Antelbellum won 4.
 Lady Gaga who showed up on stage inside of an egg and sang her new single, Born this Way.  Jennifer Hudson  did a tribute to the  Lady of Soul, Aretha Franklin and looked terrific.  Barbra Streisand performed a song, and Mick Jagger did a fantastic job singing.  He was on the stage a very long time, but kept the audience alive.  This was the first time Mr. Jagger ever performed at a Grammy awards show. 
As for Eminem's album, Recovery was released on June 18, 2010 and it won best Hip hop album.  It took a year to do it and has been worked on by several producers.  The album came in number one on Billboard Magazines top 200 list by selling 741,000 copies the very first week it was released.  The album has sold 5.7 million copies around the world to date. It was the second best selling album for 2010.
Katy Perry's performance was the most enjoyable. It was up, very colorful, and the setting was most imaginative.  It also paid homage to Valentine's day. Justin Bieber did not win for the best new artist.
The show was a little bit of a spectacle with costumes becoming more extreme. Sometimes you wonder if you were watching a circus rather than a Grammy show. It would be nice if the attention was based around the music rather than the ridiculous outfits.  What happened to the good old days when people looked elegant and tried to look their best at an award show?