Here are the complete pre-telecast ceremony of the 55th annual event honors:
Best Rock Song: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
Best Rock Album: "El Camino," The Black Keys
Best Comedy Album: "Blow Your Pants Off," Jimmy Fallon
Best Reggae Album: "Rebirth," Jimmy Cliff
Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Radio Music Society," Esperanza Spaulding
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Hot House," Gary Burton & Chick Corea
Best New Age Album: "Echoes of Love, Oakram
Best Long Form Music Video: "Big Easy Express" Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Short Form Music Video: "We Found Love," Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
Best Spoken Word Album: "Society's Child: My Autobiography," Janis Ian
Best Children's Album: "Can You Canoe?," The Okee Dokee Brothers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays," Stephen Hartke
Best Classical Compendium: "Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit
Best Classical Vocal Performance: "Poemes," Renee Fleming
Best Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance: "Adams Harmonielehre and Short Ride In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson Thomas
Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen," James Levine and Fabio Luisi
Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Life & Breath," Tom Caufield and John Newton
Best Tropical Latin Album: "Retro," Marlow Rosado Y La Riquena
Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album: "Pecados Y Milagros," Lila Downs
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Imaginaries," Quetzal
Best Latin Pop Album, Rock or Urban Album: "MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition," Juanes
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Eye on It," TobyMac
Best Gospel Album: "Gravity," Lecrae
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman (Writers: Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman) & "Your Presence is Heaven," Israel and New Breed (Writers: Israel Houghton and Micah Massey)
Best Gospel Song: "Go Get It," Mary Mary (Writer: Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell and Warryn Campbell)
Best Gospel Contemporary Christian Musical Performance: "10,000 Reason (Bless the Lord)" Matt Redman
Best Surround Sound Album: "Modern Cool," Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Promises" (Skrillex & Nero Remix) Skrillex, remixer (Nero)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," Richard King, engineer, Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
Best Historical Album: "The Smile Sessions," Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
Best Album Notes: "Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles," Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection," Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
Best Recording Package: "Biophilia" Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Bj?rk)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist: "City of Roses," Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: "How About You," Gil Evans arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Best Instrumental Composition: "Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
While she wasn't around long, Adele was both a "safe" choice and had high sales. That's the kind of territory they usually go for, and probably will again. That's where i think the award will go -- to mumford & sons. It's safe music that has sold well .
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