The soul traditionalists Adele win over pop star, veteran rock acts and producers up-and-coming songwriter / to win the Grammy's most prestigious prize, album year, her "21." It was the sixth award from six nominations, swept clean. Leading heavy, Adele surprised no one in taking top honors at the Grammy Awards-54.
His "21" championed by critics and embraced by the fans, because it is a best-selling album of 2011 and did not leave the 10 on the U.S. pop charts since its release last February.
Adele, who was named best new artist at the ceremony in 2009, underwent vocal surgery in November and was forced to cancel his U.S. tour. Grammy night marked the return to the stage, and his album won the year suggests that the Grammy voters will choose songcraft, raw emotion and stunning sound more pop trends or Slingers guitar. He defeated Lady Gaga pop art performance, single engine Rihanna, pop / R & B craftsman Bruno Mars and alt-rock survivors Foo Fighters.
Singer-style-over substance is the heavy favorite heading into the awards. "21" is the best-selling album of 2011, with a final tally of 5.82 million copies moved during the year. In the meantime, he's hit single "Rolling in the Deep" was cut this year with 5.81 million copies sold. The two numbers are taken from Nielsen SoundScan's year-end data. Critics also flocked to the artist, the album was in position 6 in the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics poll of the nation.
Adele fits well with a previous album of the year winner. Though indie rock dramatically Arcade Fire took action last year to honor her album "The Suburbs" and the country-pop upstart Taylor Swift won in 2010 for her "Fearless", winner of the last have included the number of roots-leaning action. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss took top honors in 2009 for "Raising Sand," Herbie Hancock upset Kanye West in 2008 with "River: The Joni Letters" and the Dixie Chicks took his prize in 2007 with "Taking the Long Way."
Adele's biggest challenger in the field is probably Mars, who honed his meat producing and writing for other artists and was nominated for his solo debut, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans." Among the songs Mars has had a hand in co-write or produce is Cee-Lo "Forget You," Bob "Nothin 'on You" and "Billionaire" Travie McCoy among many others (he was part of the hot production team Smeezingtons) . Mars "Just the Way You Are" won male pop vocal performance Grammy in 2011.
With "Born This Way," Lady Gaga has been nominated for a second album this year. He competes with the Arcade Fire last year for "The Fame Monster," which he won for female pop vocal album.
Go to the 2012 ceremony, Foo Fighters have never won outside the realm of rock. Last year's "Wasting Light," however, take action to get the second album of the year nomination, as "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" competition in 2008. Rihanna's "Loud" is the first album artist of the year nomination.
Grammy Awards are determined by the approximately 13,000 member votes. Eligibility period for nominated recordings is October 1, 2010, to 30 September 2011. The ceremony was held at the Staples Center and broadcast on CBS. It is broadcast live except for West Coast viewers. Recent headlines and breaking news will be posted here on Pop & Hiss.
His "21" championed by critics and embraced by the fans, because it is a best-selling album of 2011 and did not leave the 10 on the U.S. pop charts since its release last February.
Adele, who was named best new artist at the ceremony in 2009, underwent vocal surgery in November and was forced to cancel his U.S. tour. Grammy night marked the return to the stage, and his album won the year suggests that the Grammy voters will choose songcraft, raw emotion and stunning sound more pop trends or Slingers guitar. He defeated Lady Gaga pop art performance, single engine Rihanna, pop / R & B craftsman Bruno Mars and alt-rock survivors Foo Fighters.
Singer-style-over substance is the heavy favorite heading into the awards. "21" is the best-selling album of 2011, with a final tally of 5.82 million copies moved during the year. In the meantime, he's hit single "Rolling in the Deep" was cut this year with 5.81 million copies sold. The two numbers are taken from Nielsen SoundScan's year-end data. Critics also flocked to the artist, the album was in position 6 in the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics poll of the nation.
Adele fits well with a previous album of the year winner. Though indie rock dramatically Arcade Fire took action last year to honor her album "The Suburbs" and the country-pop upstart Taylor Swift won in 2010 for her "Fearless", winner of the last have included the number of roots-leaning action. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss took top honors in 2009 for "Raising Sand," Herbie Hancock upset Kanye West in 2008 with "River: The Joni Letters" and the Dixie Chicks took his prize in 2007 with "Taking the Long Way."
Adele's biggest challenger in the field is probably Mars, who honed his meat producing and writing for other artists and was nominated for his solo debut, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans." Among the songs Mars has had a hand in co-write or produce is Cee-Lo "Forget You," Bob "Nothin 'on You" and "Billionaire" Travie McCoy among many others (he was part of the hot production team Smeezingtons) . Mars "Just the Way You Are" won male pop vocal performance Grammy in 2011.
With "Born This Way," Lady Gaga has been nominated for a second album this year. He competes with the Arcade Fire last year for "The Fame Monster," which he won for female pop vocal album.
Go to the 2012 ceremony, Foo Fighters have never won outside the realm of rock. Last year's "Wasting Light," however, take action to get the second album of the year nomination, as "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" competition in 2008. Rihanna's "Loud" is the first album artist of the year nomination.
Grammy Awards are determined by the approximately 13,000 member votes. Eligibility period for nominated recordings is October 1, 2010, to 30 September 2011. The ceremony was held at the Staples Center and broadcast on CBS. It is broadcast live except for West Coast viewers. Recent headlines and breaking news will be posted here on Pop & Hiss.
