Most of the 70 Grammy 2013 awards will be handed out at the Pre-show, happening at the Nokia Theater beginning a 4 pm ET You can watch the show live at Grammy.com. I’ll be keeping track of the winners here!
David Allen Grier is the host.
Here’s a rundown of the categories some of your favorite artists are nominated in:
- Kelly Clarkson nominated for 3 awards – Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year for “Stronger” and Solo Pop Performance, also for “Stronger”. The “Stronger” songwriters are nominated for Song of the Year.
- Carrie Underwood nominated for Country Solo Performance for “Blown Away”
- Carrie Underwoood – writers of “Blown Away” for Country Song of the Year. WINNER!
- Carly Rae Jepsen nominated for Song of the Year for co-writing “Call Me Maybe”
- Maroon 5 nominated for Pop Vocal Album for “Overexposed”, Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Payphone”.
- Blake Shelton nominated for Country Solo Performance for “Over”
- The songwriters of Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash feat. Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty) nominated for Song Written for Visual Media
- Jimmy Fallon’s “Blow Your Pants Off” album nominated Comedy Album – “Friday” features Taylor Hicks – WINNER!
WATCH THE GRAMMY PRE_TELECAST HERE
Full List of Pre-Grammy Winners
- Producer of the Year – Dan Auerbach – El Camino (Black Keys) Locked Down (Dr. John)
- Best Pop Instrumental Album – Chris Botti – Impressions
- Best Pop Duo Group Performance – Gotyae – Somebody That I Used to Know feat. Kimbra
- Best Alternative Music Album – Gotye – Making Mirrors
- Best Rock Album – Black Keys – El Camino
- Best Rock Song – Black Keys – Lonely Boy
- Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – Halestorm – Love Bites
- Best Traditional Pop Album – Paul McCartney – Kisses on the Bottom
- Best Country Song (Songwriters) – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins – Blown Away (Carrie Underwood)
- Best Country Duo Group Performance – Little Big Town – Pontoon
- Best World Music Album – Ravi Shankar – The Livingroom Sessions Part 1
- Best Dance Electronica – Bangrang – Skrillex
- Best Dance Recording – Bangarang – Skrillex
- Best R&B Album – Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment
- Best R&B Song (Songwriters) – Miguel – Adorn
- Best Traditional R&B Performance – Beyonce – Love on Top
- Best R&B Performance – Usher – Climax
- Best Rap Album – Take Care – Drake
- Best Rap Song (Songwriters) – Jay-Z and Kanye West – N*z in Paris
- Best Rap Performance – N*z In Paris – Jay Z and Kanye West
- Best Musical Theater Album – Once: A New Musical
- Best Regional Roots Music Album – ‘The Band Courtbouillon’ Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Sav
- Best Folk Album – The Goat Rodeo Sessions’ Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
- Best Blues Album – Locked Down – Dr. John
- Best Bluegrass Album – Steep Canyon Rangers – Nobody Knows You
- Best Americana Album – Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
- Best Song Written for Visual Media – “Safe and Sound” – T Bone Burnett, The Cival Wars, Taylor Swift
- Best Score Soundtrack Album – Trent Reznor – The Girl with Dragon Tattoo
- Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media– Midnight in Paris (Various Artists)
- Best Latin Jazz Album – The Clare Fishcher Latin Jazz Big Band – Ritmo
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – Arturo Sandoval – Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band
- Best Jazz Vocal Album – Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
- Best Improvised Jazz Solo – Gary Burton and Chick Corea – Hot House
- Best New Age Album – Echos of Love – Omar Akram
- Best Comedy Album – Jimmy Fallon – Blow Your Pants Off (Taylor Hicks appears!)
- Best Spoken Word Album – Janis Ian – Society’s Child – My Autobiography
- Best Children’s Album – Can You Canoe – The Okee Doke Brothers
- Best Reggae Album – Rebirth by Jimmy Cliff
- Best Contemporary Classical Compotiion – Stephen Hartke – Meanwhile – Incidental Music to Imaginary
- Classical Ompendium “Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis,” Antoni Wit
- Best Classical Vocal Solo – Renee Fleming – “Poemes,”
- Best Classical Instumental Solo – Kim Kashkashian – Kurtag & Ligeti – Music for Viola
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – Meanwhile – Eighth Blackbird
- Best Choral Performance – Life & Breath
- Best Opera Recording – “Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen,”James Levine and Fabio Luisi
- Best Orchestral Performance – “Adams Harmonielehre and Short Ride In A Fast Machine,” Michael Tilson Thomas
- Best Engineer – Classical Album – Tom Caulfield & ohn Newton – Life & Breath
- Producer Of The Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
- Best Tropical Latin Album – Retro – Marlow Rosado Y La Riquena.
- Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – Pecados & Milagros – Lila Downs
- Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album – Imaginaires – Quetzel
- Best Pop Latin Album – MTV Deluxe Edition – Junes
- Best Christian Contemporary Album – Eye on It – Toby Mac
- Best Gospel Album – Gravity by Lecrae
- Best Contemporary Christian Song – “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)” Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman (tie)…”Your Presence Is Heaven” Israel Houghton & Micah Massey (tie)
- Best Surround Sound Album – Jim Anderson, Darcy Proper, Micheal Friedman – Modern Cool
- Best Gospel Song – “Go Get It” by Mary Mary
- Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance – “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
- Best Remixed Recording Non Classical – Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens – Promises (Skrillex and Nero Remix)
- Best Engineered Album – Non Classical – Richard King, – The Goat Rodeo Sessions
- Best Historical Album – Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Denis Wolfe – The Smile Sessions (The Beach Boys)
- Best Album Notes – Billy Vera – “Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles” (Ray Charles)
- Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package – Fritz Klaetke- Art Director – Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
- Best Recording Package – “Biophilia” Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
- Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocalists – City Of Roses Thara Memory & Esperanza Spaulding
- Best Instrumental Arrangement – How About You – Gil Evans, Arranger – Track from Centennial – Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans – Track from Radio Music Society
- Best Instrumental Composition – “Mozart Goes Dancing” Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
- Music Video Long Form– Big Easy Express – Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show
