Adele sweeps 2012 Grammy Awards

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Adele leads 2012 Grammy winners, with 6 awards

MANILA, Philippines –  Adele was the big winner of the night taking home 6 Grammy Awards including “Record of The Year”, “Song of The Year” and “Album of the Year”. The Bristh pop superstar also took to the stage to perform “Rolling In The Deep”, her first public appearance since vocal-cord surgey.

Other big winners were the Foo Fighters whose 5 Grammys included Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song (Walk) and Taylor Swift who took home 2 Grammys for Best Counry Solo Performance and Best Country Song (Mean).

The 54th Grammys took a somber note to remember music legend Whitney Houston who passed away at the age of 48 yesterday. Jennifer Hudson led the tribute singing “I Will Always Love You”.

Full list of winners below.

  • Album of the Year
    21, Adele 
     
  • Record of the Year
    Rolling in the Deep, Adele 
     
  • Best New Artist
    Bon Iver 
     
  • Song of the Year
    Rolling In The Deep, Adele
     
  • Best Country Album
    Own The Night, Lady Antebellum

  • Best R&B Album
    F.A.M.E., Chris Brown
     
  • Best Pop Vocal Album
    21, Adele
     
  • Best Pop Solo Performance
    Someone Like You, Adele
     
  • Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
    Body and Soul, Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
     
  • Best Country Song
    Mean, Taylor Swift 
     
  • Best Country Solo Performance
    Mean, Taylor Swift 
     
  • Best Rap Album
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fanstasy, Kanye West
     
  • Best Rap Song
    All of the Lights
     
  • Best Rap Performance
    Otis, JayZ and Kanye West
     
  • Best R&B Song
    Fool For You, Ceelo Green 
     
  • Best Traditional R&B Peformance
    Fool For You, Ceelo Green 
     
  • Best R&B Peformance
    Is This Love, Bailey Rae
     
  • Best Dance Recording
    Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
     
  • Best Dance/Electronica Album
    Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
     
  • Best Rock Album
    Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
     
  • Best Rock Song
    Walk, Foo Fighters
     
  • Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
    White Limo, Foo Fighters
     
  • Best Rock Performance
    Walk, Foo Fighters
     
  • Best Long Form Music Video
    Foo Fighters, Back And Forth
     
  • Best Short Form Music Video
    Adele, Rolling In The Deep
     
  • Best Song Written For Visual Media
    I See The Light (From Tangled)
     
  • Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
    The King’s Speech


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