Backstage at the Grammy Awards

Grammy Award Winners- Spoiler Alert

Here you can find a full list of all of last nights winners, a few suprises but we can discuss that later in the post:

Album of the Year: The Suburbs, Arcade Fire- Nobody saw this coming!


Record of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum- Woohoo, well deserved!!!!

Rap Album: Recovery, Eminem

New Artist: Esperanza Spalding- Who saw this one coming? sorry Drake, as Gis says, looks like we will have to thank you much later!

Song of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum- Can't deny they deserved this more than anyone else.

Pop

Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Train, “Hey, Soul Sister (Live)”
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé, Crazy Love
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance,” The Fame Monster
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are,” Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Imagine,” Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, The Imagine Project

R&B

Female R&B Vocal Performance: Fantasia, “Bittersweet,” Back to Me- Seriously?
Male R&B Vocal Performance: Usher, “There Goes My Baby,” Raymond V Raymond
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Sade, “Soldier of Love,” Soldier of Love
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: John Legend & The Roots, “Hang On In There,” Wake Up!
R&B Song: John Legend & The Roots, “Shine,” Wake Up!
R&B Album: Wake Up!, John Legend & The Roots
Contemporary R&B Album: Raymond V Raymond, Usher

Rap

Rap Song: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” The Blueprint 3
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” The Blueprint 3
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz, “On to the Next One,” The Blueprint 3
Rap Solo Performance: Eminem, “Not Afraid,” Recovery
Urban/Alternative Performance: “F*** You,” Cee Lo Green

Rock

Rock Album: Muse, The Resistance
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Paul McCartney, “Helter Skelter,” Good Evening New York City
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Keys, “Tighten Up,” Brothers
Rock Song: “Angry World,” Neil Young, Le Noise

Dance

Dance Recording: Only Girl (in the World), Rihanna
Electronic/Dance Album: La Roux, La Roux



Congrats to Lady Antebellum who took home 5 Grammy awards.

Lady Gaga- Best Voice of the generation?? WHAT?

Lady Gaga is a freak show! There is no better way to say it. She has achieved tremendous chart and commercial success since her debut and frankly I say more fire to her. Its no secret that the music industry today is in a crisis mode with even established artists struggling to get a silver certification from the RIAA (see Christina Aguliera- Bionic) but Gaga manages to defy that. Her music is far from revolutionary in my opinion but Gaga herself is, she wore a freaken dress made of meat for crying in a bucket. Now the way I see it, all of us have encountered a 'Lady Gaga' at some stage in our lives, be it at school or at work we all know a freak and some of us are Lady Gaga and always have been. The only difference is that Gaga has now sent out the message that we should not beat up freaks anymore, or throw stones at them when they walk by (oops!sorry) and that essentially we must embrace the freaks of the world! That is all good and well, and butchery sales will no doubt increase but hold the damn phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

In her recent interview with Vogue magazine, the singer boldly declared that she has “one of the greatest voices in the industry” and that she is “one of the greatest songwriters” in the game today. Yes, like you I felt a little sick to my stomach when I read it. In terms of songwritng I can not really fault her, but that said I do  not see her as great either! But now lets all get real for a darn minute, Gaga has the most average voice ever! Can I really be the only person who feels this way? Maybe I am losing my mind but something has to be said for raw natural talent and vocally Gaga does not possess a shred of it! As for comparisons of her and Christina Aguilera all I can say to the world is 'PASS THE DAMN CRACK PIPE AROUND'