Grammy Awards 2013

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards, one of the biggest night for all the musicians across the globe took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles on sunday. LL Cool J was served as host of the Grammy Awards ceremony. He introduced many of the nominees and reminisced about seeing Michael Jackson cradling an armful of Grammys in 1984. "That magical image inspired me to go after my own dreams," he said, "and the same is true for many of us in this great hall tonight." LL Cool J added to his words. Taylor Swift kicked off the night with a theatrical performance of her song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean, Carrie Underwood and dozens more performed during the Awards show. The quirky New York City band Fun  took the best new artist award, and song of the year for "We Are Young." Other winners announced during the star-studded event included folk act Mumford & Sons, for album of the year ("Babel"), and Gotye for record of the year ("Somebody That I Used to Know"). Faith Hill and Tim McGraw present the award for song of the year. The group Fun. accepts the song of the year Grammy for "We Are Young." The song, which became a singalong anthem after it was released in late 2011, hit No. 1 in the spring. The late Ravi Shankar won the world music Grammy for his "Traveller." The prize was accepted by his daughter Anoushka, who was also nominated. "It's two months tomorrow since he passed away. I'm just really proud that he was making records right to the end. … If he were here, he would thank my mom," she said. Adele accepts her Grammy for pop solo performance for "Set Fire to the Rain." "I just want to send massive big love to all the other girls ... [who] all work so hard and make it look so easy," she said. Pitbull gave away the award to Adele. Al Walser's Grammy dream turned into reality this year. He lost the dance recording prize to Skrillex's "Bangarang" featuring Sirah. Of note was the dead silence in the room when Walser's name was read. "It's crazy to be here again," Skrillex said. "I was on tour and I had this beat and the energy was really raw. The whole premise of it was just like 'Peter Pan,' never growing up." Skrillex then immediately won the dance/electronica album prize for "Bangarang." He brought up everyone on stage who worked with him, but as Skrillex swept the dance awards. There's no rap artist recognized in the album of the year field, but Drake's "Take Care" took the rap album prize.

"Yay," said Taylor Swift as she accepted the Grammy for "Safe & Sound," which won for song written for visual media. "Safe & Sound" was featured in "The Hunger Games" but was not nominated for an Oscar. "This is unbelievable," Swift said. "I just want to thank my collaborators for working with me — the Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett. You guys were awesome. We just won a Grammy." John Paul White of the Civil Wars, who may be broken up at the moment, joked of working with Swift, "We've been carrying her for a while and it's getting a little tiring." Rihanna also won the first Grammy of the day. Her "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris takes the prize for short-form music video. There were many fantabulous performances from the stars from all around. Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Mumford & many other rocked the stage with their performances. The Grammy drought for the Beach Boys also finished. The historical album trophy goes to the Beach Boys for "The Smile Sessions," a 2011 set commemorating the long-lost album begun by the  Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks in the mid-'60s  and eventually released as "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" in 2004. Wilson was there to accept the prize, and he kept it curt. "Van Dyke Parks and I knew we were very ahead of our time in 1965. In 2004 we released it. Good." And away we go. This is the Beach Boys' first-ever Grammy win. The band did receive a lifetime achievement award in 2001 and Wilson won a rock instrumental perforance Grammy in 2004 for his "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow." Here is the List Of all the Grammy Award Winners:- Record Of The Year: "Somebody That I Used To Know" Album Of The Year: "Babel" Song Of The Year: "We Are Young" Best Pop Solo Performance: "Set Fire To The Rain [Live]" Grammy Award Winners Complete List
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