Update: adding in the real winners as I finish reviewing full nominee listings! Just sort of my way to keep up on these things. Hope y'all enjoyed the show as much as I did!!
GRAMMYS!!!
My Picks are in normal type.
Final results are in bold.
Tally:
Correct - 10
Incorrect - 15
Record of the Year - "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
CORRECT!
Album of the Year - Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
incorrect - WINNER: 21 - Adele
Song of the Year - "The Cave" - Mumdord & Sons
incorrect - "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
Best New Artist - Bon Iver
CORRECT
Best Pop Solo Performance - "You and I" - Lady Gaga
incorrect - WINNER: "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera
incorrect - WINNER: "Body and Soul" - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Best Pop Instrumental Album - The Road From Memphis - Booker T. Jones
CORRECT
Best Pop Vocal Album - 21 - Adele
CORRECT
Best Dance Recording - "Raise Your Weapon" - Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech
incorrect - WINNER: "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites" - Skrillex
Best Dance/Electronica Album - 4x4=12 - Deadmau5
Incorrect - WINNER: Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites - Skrillex
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Duets II - Ton Bennett & Various Artists
CORRECT
Best Rock Performance - "Down By The Water" - The Decemberists
incorrect - WINNER: "Walk" - Foo Fighters
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "White Limo" - Foo Fighters
CORRECT
Best Rock Song - "The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
incorrect - WINNER: "Walk" - Foo Fighters
Best Rock Album - The Whole Love - Wilco
incorrect - WINNER: Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album - Torches - Foster the People
incorrect - WINNER: Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Best R&B Performance - Is This Love - Corinne Bailey Rae
CORRECT
Best Traditional R&B Performance - "Fool For You" - Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
CORRECT
Best R&B Song - "You Are" - Charlie Wilson
incorrect - WINNER: "Fool For You" - Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
Best R&B Album - F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
CORRECT
Best Rap Performance - "Otis" - Jay-Z & Kanye West
CORRECT
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "What's My Name?" - Rihanna & Drake
incorrect - WINNER: "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Best Rap Song - "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
incorrect - WINNER: "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Best Rap Album - Lasers - Lupe Fiasco
incorrect - WINNER: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance - "Mama's Song" - Carrie Underwood
incorrect - WINNER: "Mean" - Taylor Swift
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - "Don't You Wanna Stay" - Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
Best Country Song - "God Gave Me You" - Blake Shelton
Best Country Album - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
Best New Age Album - What It's All About - Pat Metheny
Best Improvised Jazz Solo - "Sonnymoon For Two" - Sonny Rollins, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album - The Music of Randy Newman - Roseanna Vitro
Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Forever - Corea, Clark & White
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - The Good Feeling - Christian mcBride Big Band
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance - "I Lift My Hands" - Chris Tomlin
Best Gospel Song - "Trust Me" - Richard Smallwood & Vision
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song - "Hole Me" - Jamie Grace"
Best Gospel Album - Hello Fear - Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - And If Our God Is For Us... - Chris Tomlin
Best Latin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album - Nuestra - La Vida Boheme
Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album - Huevos Rancheros - Joan Sebastian
Best Banda or Norteno Album - Intocable - Intocable 2011
Best Tropical Latin Album - The Last Mambo - Cachao
Best Americana Album - Hard Bargain - Emmylou Harris
Best Bluegrass Album - Paper Airplane - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Blues Album - Man in Motion - Warren Haynes
Best Folk Album - Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
Best Regional Roots Music Album - Can't Sit Down - C.J. Chenier
Best Reggae Album - Wild And Free - Ziggy Marley
Best World Music Album - AfroCubism - AfroCubism
Best Children's Album - Fitness Rock & Roll - Miss Amy
Best Spoken Word Album - Bossy Pants - Tina Fey
Best Comedy Album - Finest Hour - Patton Oswalt
Best Musical Theatre Album - The Book of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - True Blood: Volume 3 - Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - Tron Legacy - Daft Punk
Best Song Written For Visual Media - "You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me" - from Burlesgue, Cher
Best Instrumental Composition - "Falling Men" - John Hollenbeck
Best Instrumental Arrangement - "Rhapsody In Blue" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - Jorge Calandrelli, arrangers; Tony Bennett & Queen latifah
Best Recording Package - Watch the Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - 25th Anniversary Music Box - Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Best Album Notes - The Music City Story - Various Artists
Best Historical Album - Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - The Harrow & The Harvest - Gillian Welch
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical - Ryan Tedder ("Brighter Than The Sun," "Not Over You," "Rumor Has It")
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - "Only GIrl (In The World) (Rosabel Club Mix)" - Rihanna
Best Surround Sound Album - Grace for Drowning - Steven Wilson
Best Engineered Album, Classical - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4 - Arne Akselberg
Producer of the Year, Classical - Paul Rutenberg (Brahms, The Vanishing Nordic Chroale)
Best Orchestral Performance - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Best Opera Recording - Verdi: La Traviata - Royal Opera Chrous
Best Choral Performance - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 - Seraphic Fire
Best Small Ensemble Performance - "A Seraphic Fire Christmas" - Seraphic Fire
Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Winging It - Piano Music of John Corigliano - Ursula Oppens
Best Classical Vocal Solo - "Three Baroque Tenors" - Ian Bostridge
Best Contemporary Classical Composition - Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide - Steven Mackey
Best Short Form Music Video - "All Is Not Lost" - OK Go
Best Long Form Music Video - Foo Fighters: Back and Forth - Foo Fighters