DALLAS, Feb 1, 2010 / FW/ — It was a contest between Beyoncé and Taylor Swift on who will be the Queen of the Grammy. Beyoncé won as she took home 6 prizes including Song of the Year.
But, Beyoncé should not let her guard down because current teen-heartthrob Taylor Swift who just turned 20 received 4 Grammys including the top prize Album of the Year.
This is not a scene of the old guard versus the new guard; this is about the fractalization of the music audience. The days of one music genre dominating the airwaves are gone.
In an era where publishing can be as easy as uploading your music to a social networking site, stardom is within reach to more aspiring musicians than it was a decade ago.
Or, is it? The rules of the game had changed. It is not just about the music anymore. It is about going viral, to use a social networking term. It is about putting together an “act” beginning from your public persona to your private persona.
Case in point is Lady Gaga; a newcomer in the scene, her meteoric rise to popularity is largely due to her outlandish outfits. She is always a good copy for writers and always a photo-op wherever she goes.
And, so is Taylor Swift; sweet and poised, the country-pop singer can be the girl-next-door who became famous. Of course, an off-stage romance with Taylor Lautner who is also a teen heartthrob on his own because of the “Twilight” saga, keeps both Taylors on gossip columns and paparazzi list all the time.
The music remains the focal point, because if it was not, then there would be no tweets about Taylor Swift hitting sour notes during her performance with Stevie Nicks. Interestingly enough, being off-key on national television did not make her less popular.
In fact, because of social networking, those sour notes put her on Twitter trends. Go figure! Do we love Taylor Swift less? Of course not! Those mistakes just made her more human to us.
Record Of The Year
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Album Of The Year
Fearless
Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Halo
Beyoncé
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Make It Mine
Jason Mraz
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Lucky
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Throw Down Your Heart
Béla Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Potato Hole
Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
Best Dance Recording
Poker Face
Lady Gaga
Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Fame
Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden
Michael Bublé
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance
War Machine
AC/DC
Best Metal Performance
Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song
Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Best Rock Album
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
Best Alternative Music Album
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Blame It
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
At Last
Beyoncé
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Pearls
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Track from: Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Best R&B Song
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best R&B Album
Blacksummers’ Night
Maxwell
Best Contemporary R&B Album
I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
Best Rap Solo Performance
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Crack A Bottle
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Run This Town
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Rap Song
Run This Town
Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album
Relapse
Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
White Horse
Taylor Swift
Track from: Fearless
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Sweet Thing
Keith Urban
Track from: Defying Gravity
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
I Run To You
Lady Antebellum
Track from: Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Producer’s Medley
Steve Wariner
Best Country Song
White Horse
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best Country Album
Fearless
Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album
Prayer For Compassion
David Darling
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
WinnerDancin’ 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group
Five Peace Band – Live
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
Best Gospel Performance
Wait On The Lord
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
Best Gospel Song
God In Me
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard)
Track from: The Sound
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Live Revelations
Third Day
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
The Power Of One
Israel Houghton
Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album
Jason Crabb
Jason Crabb
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Oh Happy Day
(Various Artists)
Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Audience Of One
Heather Headley
Best Latin Pop Album
Sin Frenos
La Quinta Estación
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album
Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo
Calle 13
Best Tropical Latin Album
Ciclos
Luis Enrique
Best Regional Mexican Album
Necesito De Ti
Vicente Fernández
Best Tejano Album
Borders Y Bailes
Los Texmaniacs
Best Norteño Album
Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album
Tu Esclavo Y Amo
Lupillo Rivera
Best Americana Album
Electric Dirt
Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album
The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin
Best Traditional Blues Album
A Stranger Here
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Already Free
The Derek Trucks Band
Best Traditional Folk Album
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Townes
Steve Earle
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2
(Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
Best Native American Music Album
Spirit Wind North
Bill Miller
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Lay Your Burden Down
Buckwheat Zydeco
Best Reggae Album
Mind Control – Acoustic
Stephen Marley
Best Traditional World Music Album
Douga Mansa
Mamadou Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions
Béla Fleck
Best Musical Album For Children
Family Time
Ziggy Marley
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs
Buck Howdy
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox
Best Comedy Album
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!
Stephen Colbert
Best Musical Show Album
West Side Story
David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Slumdog Millionaire
(Various Artists)
A.R. Rahman, producer
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Up
Michael Giacchino, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Track from: Slumdog Millionaire – Music From The Motion Picture
Best Instrumental Composition
Married Life (From Up)
Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
Track from: Up – Soundtrack
Best Instrumental Arrangement
West Side Story Medley
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Track from: Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Quiet Nights
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: Quiet Nights
Best Recording Package
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972)
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Album Notes
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)
Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Best Historical Album
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Ellipse
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Brendan O’Brien
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix)
David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland)
Best Surround Sound Album
Transmigration
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Steven Epstein
Best Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors; Andreas Neubronner, producer;
Peter Laenger, engineer/mixer; Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé
James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
Best Opera Recording
Britten: Billy Budd
Daniel Harding, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors
(Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
Journey To The New World
Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O’Connor)
Best Chamber Music Performance
Intimate Letters
Emerson String Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion
Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Verismo Arias
Renée Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto
Jennifer Higdon (Marin Alsop)
Track from: Alsop Conducts MacMillan, Ad
Best Classical Crossover Album
Yo-Yo Ma
(Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d’Rivera, Renée Fleming, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)
Best Short Form Music Video
Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
Mathew Cullen & Mark Kudsi, video directors; Javier Jimenez, Anna Joseph & Patrick Nugent, video producers
Best Long Form Music Video
The Beatles Love – All Together Now
(Various Artists)
Adrian Wills, video director; Martin Bolduc & Jonathan Clyde, video producers
