This just happened: Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs won Album of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammys.
We’re still in shock, mostly because Lady Antebellum won everything else and Win Butler’s crew were denied the more minor, Alternative Album of the Year. But yeah, it did happen, and well, sometimes you just have to let Kanye do the talking: “#Arcade fire!!!!!!!!!! There is hope!!! I feel like we all won when something like this happens! FUCKING AWESOME!”
Other notable winners included The Black Keys, who beat out Arcade Fire for both Alternative Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals. The White Stripes (R.I.P.) were denied Best Long Form Music Video, but their Under Great White Northern Lights documentary did take home Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. Also, Neil Young won his second-ever Grammy for “Best Rock Song”, Them Crooked Vultures scored “Best Hard Rock Performance”, and Danger Mouse earned Best Producer.
Below, you can find all the noteworthy winners (they’re in bold).
Record of the Year
Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”
B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ On You”
Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
Cee-Lo Green – “Fuck You”
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”
Album of the Year
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Eminem – Recovery
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Song of the Year
Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”
Ray Lamontagne – “Beg Steal Or Borrow”
Cee-Lo Green – “Fuck You”
Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
Miranda Lambert – “The House That Built Me”
Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Best Electronic/Dance Album
La Roux – La Roux
BT – These Hopeful Machines
The Chemical Brothers – Further
Goldfrapp – Head First
Groove Armada – Black Light
Best Rock Song
Neil Young – “Angry World”
Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
Muse – “Resistance”
The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”
Best Hard Rock Performance
Them Crooked Vultures – “New Fang”
Alice in Chains – “A Looking In View”
Ozzy Osbourne – “Let Me Hear You Scream”
Soundgarden – “Black Rain”
Stone Temple Pilots – “Between The Lines”
Best Alternative Album
The Black Keys – Brothers
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
Broken Bells – Broken Bells
Vampire Weekend – Contra
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”
Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”
Jeff Beck & Joss Stone – “I Put a Spell on You”
Kings Of Leon – “Radioactive”
Muse – “Resistance”
Best Rock Album
Muse – The Resistance
Jeff Beck – Emotion & Commotion
Pearl Jam – Backspacer
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Mojo
Neil Young – Le Noise
Best R&B Album
John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!
Raheem DeVaughn – The Love & War Masterpeace
Fantasia – Back to Me
Jaheim – Another Round
Monica – Still Standing
Best Rap Song
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”
Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ On You”
Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz – “On To The Next One”
Best Rap Album
Eminem – Recovery
B.o.B. – The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Drake – Thank Me Later
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
The Roots – How I Got Over
Best Spoken Word Album
Jon Stewart – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth
Craig Ferguson – American On Purpose
Sarah Silverman – The Bedwetter
Michael J. Fox – A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Future…
Carol Burnett – This Time Together: Laughter And Reflection
Best Comedy Album
Lewis Black – Stark Raving Black
Margaret Cho – Cho Dependent
Flight Of The Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky
Kathy Griffin – Kathy Griffin Does The Bible Belt
Robin Williams – Weapons Of Self Destruction
Best Recording Package
The Black Keys – Brothers
Oh No Ono – Eggs
Anaïs Mitchell – Hadestown
Devendra Banhart – What Will We Be
Chip Taylor – Yonkers NY
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights
Pixies – Minotaur
Various Artists – Story Island
Various Artists – Light: On The South Side
Voormann & Friends – A Sideman’s Journey
Producer of the Year
Danger Mouse (Broken Bells, (The Black Keys)
Rob Cavallo (Paramore)
Dr. Luke (Ke$ha)
RedOne (Lady Gaga)
The Smeezingtons (Cee-Lo, Bruno Mars)
Best Short Form Music Video
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
The Johnny Cash Project – “Ain’t No Grave”
Gorillaz – “Stylo”
Cee-Lo – “Fuck You”
Eminem & Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
Best Long Form Music Video
The Doors – When You’re Strange
Blur – No Distance Left To Run
Rush – Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
Arif Mardin – The Greatest Ears In Town: The Arif Mardin Story
The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights