Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean and Kanye West lead the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, which were handed out Sunday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, with six apiece.
Awards were handed in 81 categories from the Grammys’ 30 fields ceremony at Sunday’s ceremony, which aired live on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. The show, hosted by LL Cool J, is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich as executive producer and Louis J. Horvitz as director.
Below are the winners in a sampling of top categories.
Album of the Year:
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Record of the Year:
Thinkin Bout You — Frank Ocean
Best New Artist:
FUN.
Song of the Year:
We Are Young — Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe)
Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger — Kelly Clarkson
Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To The Rain (Live)— Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Somebody That I Used To Know — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Bangarang — Skrillex
Best Rock Performance:
Lonely Boy — The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
Love Bites (So Do I) — Halestorm
Best Rock Album:
El Camino — The Black Keys
Best Alternative Music Album
Making Mirrors — Gotye
Best R&B Performance:
Climax — Usher
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album:
Black Radio — Robert Glasper Experiment
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
No Church in the Wild — Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
Best Rap Performance:
N****s In Paris — Jay-Z & Kanye West
Best Rap Album
Take Care — Drake
Best Country Solo Performance:
Blown Away — Carrie Underwood
Best Country Album:
Uncaged — Zac Brown Band
Best Americana Album:
Slipstream — Bonnie Raitt
Best Blues Album:
Locked Down — Dr. John
Best Spoken Word Album:
Society’s Child: My Autobiography — Janis Ian
Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off — Jimmy Fallon
