JUANES Wins Grammy For Latin Pop Album, Black Keys Are Top Winners

11 Feb 2013 by admin in Music

With rousing performances by fun., Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift the 55th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best in music. Highlights included the musical return of Justin Timberlake (joined by Jay Z) and a rousing tribute to Bob Marley with Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna and Ziggy and Damian Marley. The Latin Pop Album of the Year went to Juanes – who also briefly performed –  and multiple winners included The Black Keys with four for best rock performance, best rock album and best rock song, as well as producer of the year for Auerbach. Gotye, Skrillex and Jay-Z and Kanye West were tied with three awards apiece.


Miguel won for R&B Song and was the big surprise of the night with a standing ovation winning performance while presenting an award.

Although we applaud the Grammys for featuring Juanes in abbreviated performance of “Your Song,” we look forward to the day when the show presents a complete performance by a Latin music nominee. And even though we at HOMBRE are fans of Elton John we would have preferred to hear one of the most accomplished singer/ songwriters in Latin music history sing one of his original songs – in SPANISH!

Here’s the complete list of winners:

_ Latin pop album: “MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition,” Juanes.

_ Latin rock, urban or alternative album: “Imaginares,” Quetzal.

_ Latin jazz album: “Ritmo!,” The Clare Fisher Latin Jazz Big Band.

_ Tropical Latin album: “Retro,” Marlow Rosado Y La Riquena.

_ Regional Mexican Album: “Pecados Y Milagros,”  Lila Downs

_ R&B song: “Adorn,” Miguel Pimentel.

_ Album of the year: “Babel,” Mumford & Sons.

_ Record of the year: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra.

_ Song of the year: “We Are Young,” fun.

_ New artist: fun.

_ Pop solo performance: “Set Fire to the Rain (Live),” Adele.

_ Pop vocal album: “Stronger,” Kelly Clarkson.

_ Rock performance: “Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys.

_ Urban contemporary album: “Channel Orange,” Frank Ocean.

_ Rap/sung collaboration: “No Church in the Wild,” Jay-Z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream.

_ Country solo performance: “Blown Away,” Carrie Underwood.

_ Country album: “Uncaged,” Zac Brown Band.

_ Pop/duo group performance: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra.

_ Traditional pop vocal album: “Kisses on the Bottom,” Paul McCartney.

_ Rap performance: “N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris,” Jay-Z, Kanye West.

_ Rap song: “N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris,” Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis, Kanye West.

_ Rap album: “Take Care,” Drake.

_ R&B performance: “Climax,” Usher.

_ Traditional R&B performance: “Love on Top,” Beyonce.

_ R&B album: “Black Radio,” Robert Glasper Experiment.

_ Rock song: “Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys.

_ Rock album: “El Camino,” The Black Keys.

_ Hard rock/metal performance: “Love Bites (So Do I),” Halestorm.

_ Alternative music album: “Making Mirrors,” Gotye.

_ Dance recording: “Bangarang,” Skrillex featuring Sirah.

_ Dance/electronica album: “Bangarang,” Skrillex.

_ Country duo/group performance: “Pontoon,” Little Big Town.

_ Country song: “Blown Away,” Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins.

_ Gospel song: “Go Get It,” Mary Mary.

_ Gospel album: “Gravity,” Lecrae.

_ Blues album: “Locked Down,” Dr. John.

_ Folk album: “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile.

_ Americana album: “Slipstream,” Bonnie Raitt.

_ Bluegrass album: “Nobody Knows You,” Steep Canyon Rangers.

_ Reggae album: “Rebirth,” Jimmy Cliff.

_ World music album: “The Living Room Sessions Part 1,” Ravi Shankar.

_ Children’s album: “Can You Canoe?,” The Okee Dokee Brothers.

_ Spoken word album: “Society’s Child: My Autobiography,” Janis Ian.

_ Comedy album: “Blow Your Pants Off,” Jimmy Fallon.

_ New age album: “Echoes of Love,” Omar Akram.

_ Jazz vocal album: “Radio Music Society,” Esperanza Spalding.

_ Jazz instrumental album: “Unity Band,” Pat Metheny Unity Band.

_ Large jazz ensemble album: “Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You),” Arturo Sandoval.

_ Pop instrumental album: “Impressions,” Chris Botti.

_ Compilation soundtrack album: “Midnight in Paris,” various artists.

_ Score soundtrack album: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.

_ Song written for visual media: “Safe & Sound” (From “The Hunger Games”), Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams.

_ Musical theater album: “Once: A New Musical,” Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti.

_ Producer of the year, classical: Blanton Alspaugh.

_ Producer of the year, non-classical: Dan Auerbach.

_ Instrumental composition: “Mozart Goes Dancing,” Chick Corea.

_ Orchestral performance: “Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony).

_ Opera recording: “Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen,” James Levine and Fabio Luisi.

_ Choral performance: “Life & Breath: Choral Works by Rene Clausen,” Charles Bruffy.

_ Short-form music video: “We Found Love,” Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris.

_ Long-form music video: “Big Easy Express,” Mumford & Sons.

_ Historical album: “The Smile Sessions” (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wolfe

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