LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 31, 2010 – Sony Music Entertainment artists representing virtually every genre of music from across the company’s labels and divisions were honored last night at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY awards. SME artists received a total of 31 awards in ceremonies held at the StaplesCenter in Los Angeles, Calif. Congratulations to all of our nominees and winners.
Following is a complete list of SME’s winners:
General Field
Category 1
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
[RCA
Records]
Category 3
Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music
World Music / Columbia;
Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing,
Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]
Field 1 — Pop
Category 5
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Halo
Beyoncé
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia]
Field 4 — Rock
Category 15
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]
Category 16
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]
Category 17
Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* War Machine
AC/DC
Track from: Black Ice
[Columbia]
Category 18
Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Track from: A Touch Of Evil — Live
[Epic]
Category 20
Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street
Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of
Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or
Me Publishing/Bug Music.]
Field 6 — R&B
Category 23
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music/Columbia]
Category 24
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Track from: Blacksummers’ Night
[Columbia]
Category 25
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Blame It
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
[J Records]
Category 26
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* At Last
Beyoncé
Track from: Cadillac Records Music From The Motion Picture
[Music World Music/Columbia]
Category 28
Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th
Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music,
B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]
Category 29
Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* Blacksummers’ Night
Maxwell
[Columbia]
Category 30
Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
[Music World Music/Columbia]
Field 8 — Country
Category 39
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
* I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
[19/Arista Nashville]
Field 10 — Jazz
Category 49
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
Field 11 — Gospel
Category 50
Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)
* Wait On The Lord
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
[Verity]
Category 51
Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* God In Me
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra "KiKi" Sheard)
Track from: The Sound
[Columbia
Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Wet Ink Red Music, That’s Plum Song, It’s Tea Tyme.]
Category 52
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* Live Revelations
Third Day
[Essential Records]
Category 53
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* The Power Of One
Israel Houghton
[Integrity Music]
Field 12 — Latin
Category 57
Best Latin Pop Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Sin Frenos
La Quinta Estación
[Sony Music Latin]
Category 58
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo
Calle 13
[Sony Music Norte]
Category 60
Best Regional Mexican Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Necesito De Ti
Vicente Fernández
[Sony Music Norte]
Field 13 — American Roots
Category 67
Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Already Free
The Derek Trucks Band
[Victor Records]
Field 19 — Musical Show
Category 80
Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parentheses.))
* West Side Story
David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]
Field 25 — Production, Non-Classical
Category 91
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))
* Ellipse
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
[RCA/Megaphonic Records]
Category 92
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))
* Brendan O’Brien
o Black Ice (AC/DC) (A)
o Working On A Dream (Bruce Springsteen) (A)
Field 27 — Production, Classical
Category 96
Producer Of The Year, Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))
* Steven Epstein
o Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace (Yo-Yo Ma & Various Artists)
Field 28 — Classical
Category 102
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)
* Journey To The New World
Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O’Connor)
[Sony Classical]
Category 107
Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
* Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace
Yo-Yo Ma (Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d’Rivera, Renée Fleming, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)
[Sony Classical]
Martin Myers 
1st Grammy for AC/DC!!