Grammy Award

Recording Academy — GRAMMYs

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards

February 8, 2009  •  Staples Center, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by LL Cool J

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Plant & Krauss wins
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Lil Wayne wins
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — Album of the Year (Raising Sand) — 5 wins
Lil Wayne — Best Rap Album (Tha Carter III) & 3 more wins — led all artists with 8 nominations
Adele — Best New Artist • Coldplay — Best Rock Album (Viva la Vida)
The Big Four
Album of the Year
Winner
Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends— ColdplayListen Spotify
Tha Carter III— Lil WayneListen Spotify
In Rainbows— RadioheadListen Spotify
Fearless— Taylor Swift
Record of the Year
Winner
Please Read the Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Viva la Vida— Coldplay
Love Song— Sara Bareilles
Paper Planes— M.I.A.
American Boy— Estelle ft. Kanye West
Song of the Year
Winner
Viva la Vida
Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin (Coldplay)
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Love Song— Sara Bareilles
Chasing Pavements— Adele
I’m Yours— Jason Mraz
Pretty Wings— Maxwell
Best New Artist
Winner
Adele
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Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Jazmine Sullivan
Lady Antebellum
Pop
Best Pop Vocal Album
Winner
Rockferry
Duffy
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19— Adele
Funhouse— Pink
Circus— Britney Spears
Best Pop Solo Performance
Winner
Chasing Pavements
Adele
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Mercy— Duffy
I’m Yours— Jason Mraz
Rock
Best Rock Album
Winner
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay
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Consolers of the Lonely— The Raconteurs
Only by the Night— Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic— Metallica
In Rainbows— Radiohead
Best Rock Song
Winner
Sex on Fire
Kings of Leon
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Viva la Vida— Coldplay
Use Somebody— Kings of Leon
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group
Winner
Use Somebody
Kings of Leon
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Viva la Vida— Coldplay
In Bloom— Foo Fighters
R&B
Best R&B Album
Winner
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
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Fearless— Jazmine Sullivan
Good Girl Gone Bad— Rihanna
Best R&B Song
Winner
Miss Independent
Ne-Yo
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Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)— Beyoncé
Spotlight— Jennifer Hudson
Rap/Hip-Hop
Best Rap Album
Winner
Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
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The Carter III— (nominees: The Recession, Untitled, Paper Trail, Carter III)
The Recession— Young Jeezy
Paper Trail— T.I.
Untitled Unmastered— Nas
Best Rap Song
Winner
Lollipop
Lil Wayne
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American Boy— Estelle ft. Kanye West
Live Your Life— T.I. ft. Rihanna
Country
Best Country Album
Winner
Troubadour
George Strait
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Fearless— Taylor Swift
All I Ever Wanted— Brad Paisley
Best Country Song
Winner
In Color
Taylor Swift & Jamey Johnson (Jamey Johnson)
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You’re Gonna Miss This— Trace Adkins
Stay— Sugarland
I Told You So— Carrie Underwood