2010 Grammy Award Nominees and Winners

On Sunday, January 31, 2010 the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The night was bedecked with singers, composers and performers from all categories of the music world. Lady Gaga wore a sheer pink "dress" by Giorgio Armani which was the most outrageous of the night Her "out-of-this-world dress" was extreme to say the least. The show was inundated with nominees including Beyonce paving the way with ten nominations followed close behind by Taylor Swift with eight.

To view some of the major categories, nominees and winners see the list below:

Record Of The Year
Halo, Beyoncé
I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
Poker Face, Lady Gaga
You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift
WINNER - Use Somebody, Kings of Leon

Album Of The Year
I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé
The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
The Fame, Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
Fearless, Taylor Swift
WINNER - Fearless, Taylor Swift

Song Of The Year
Poker Face, Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters
Pretty Wings, Hod David & Musze, songwriters
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash &
Christopher Stewart, songwriters
Use Somebody, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters
You Belong With Me, Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters
WINNER - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
WINNER - Zac Brown Band

Best Pop Vocal Album
The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Breakthrough, Colbie Caillat
All I Ever Wanted, Kelly Clarkson
The Fray, The Fray
Funhouse, Pink
WINNER - The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas

Best Dance Recording
Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas
When Love Takes Over, David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
Poker Face, Lady Gaga
Celebration, Madonna
Womanizer, Britney Spears
WINNER - Poker Face, Lady Gaga

Best Rock Album
Black Ice, AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon, U2
WINNER - 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day

Best Contemporary R&B Album
I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé
Intuition, Jamie Foxx
The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper, Pleasure P
Ready, Trey Songz
Thr33 Ringz, T-Pain
WINNER - I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce

Best Rap Album
Universal Mind Control, Common
Relapse, Eminem
R.O.O.T.S., FloRida
The Ecstatic, Mos Def
The Renaissance, Q-Tip
WINNER - Relapse, Eminem

Best Country Album
The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
Twang, George Strait
Fearless, Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity, Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy, Lee Ann Womack
WINNER - Fearless, Taylor Swift

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group
Quartet Live, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez
Brother To Brother, Clayton Brothers
Five Peace Band - Live, Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Remembrance, John Patitucci Trio
The Bright Mississippi, Allen Toussaint
WINNER - Five Peace Band - Live

Best Gospel Performance
Free To Be Me, Francesca Battistelli
Jesus Is Love, Heather Headley Featuring Smokie Norful
I Believe, Jonny Lang With Fisk Jubilee Singers
Wait On The Lord, Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Born Again, Third Day Featuring Lacey Moseley
WINNER - Wait On The Lord

Best Latin Pop Album
5to Piso, Ricardo Arjona
Te Acuerdas..., Francisco Céspedes
Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estación
Hu Hu Hu, Natalia Lafourcade
Gran City Pop, Paulina Rubio
WINNER - Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estacion

Best Contemporary Blues Album
This Time, The Robert Cray Band
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster, Ruthie Foster
Live: Hope At The Hideout, Mavis Staples
Back To The River,Susan Tedeschi
Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band
WINNER - Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band

Best Reggae Album
Rasta Got Soul, Buju Banton
Brand New Me, Gregory Isaacs
Awake, Julian Marley
Mind Control - Acoustic, Stephen Marley
Imperial Blaze, Sean Paul
WINNER - Mind Control

Best Musical Album For Children
American Heroes #3, Jonathan Sprout
Banjo To Beatbox, Cathy & Marcy With Special Guest Christylez Bacon
Family Time, Ziggy Marley
Great Day, Milkshake
Jumpin' & Jammin', Greg & Steve
Pete Seeger Tribute - Ageless Kids' Songs, Buck Howdy
WINNER - Family Time

Best Comedy Album
Back From The Dead, Spinal Tap
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!, Stephen Colbert
Internet Leaks, "Weird Al" Yankovic
My Weakness Is Strong, Patton Oswalt
Suckin' It For The Holidays, Kathy Griffin
Tall, Dark & Chicano, George Lopez
WINNER - A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, Stephen Colbert

Best Classical Album
Bernstein: Mass, Marin Alsop, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas,
conductor
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé, James Levine, conductor
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges, Alastair Willis, conductor
Shostakovich: The Nose, Valery Gergiev, conductor
WINNER - Mahler: Symphony No. 8

Halfway through the show, Lionel Ritchie introduced a special performance in honor of the late Michael Jackson. Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson sang Michael's inspiring song "We Are The World." Michael's two oldest children gave a moving speech in honor of their father, an incredible musician who died too soon but whose music will live on.