2013 Grammy Awards

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013,at the Staples Center in Los Angeles

and the show is broadcast on CBS  and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J

Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift  and broadcast live on CBS

The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th  Grammy Awards -

• Best Classical Compendium
• Best Latin Jazz Album and
• Best Urban Contemporary Album

 bringing it to a total of 81 awards

70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony

Bruce Springsteen received the MusicCares Person of the Year Award on February 8, 2013 at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony

Winners List

1)Album of the year: Babel, Mumford & Sons

2)Record of the year: Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra

3)Song of the year: We Are Young, fun

4)New artist: fun

5)Pop solo performance: Set Fire to the Rain (Live), Adele

 

6)Pop vocal album: Stronger, Kelly Clarkson

 

7)Rock performance: Lonely Boy, The Black Keys

 

8)Urban contemporary album: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean

 

9)Rap/sung collaboration: No Church in the Wild, Jay-Z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream

 

10)Country solo performance: Blown Away, Carrie Underwood

 

11)Country album: Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 

 

12)Best Traditional R&B Performance: Beyoncé — “Love on Top” 

 

13)Best R&B Song: Miguel — “Adorn” 

14)Best R&B Album: Robert Glasper Experiment — Black Radio
15)Best Rock Album: The Black Keys — El Camino
16)Best Rock Performance: The Black Keys — “Lonely Boy”
17)Best Dance Recording: Skrillex — “Bangarang” feat. Sirah
18)Best Dance/Electronica Album: Skrillex — Bangarang
19)Best Spoken Word Album: Janis Ian — Society’s Child: My Autobiography
20)Best Comedy Album: Jimmy Fallon — Blow Your Pants Off