Adele Wins Big at the 2012 Grammy Awards

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Last night, the top names in music came out to honor the best songs and performers of the year. Among the winners, Taylor Swift picked up Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for "Mean" and Adele swept the major categories, taking home Record of The Year for "Rolling in the Deep" and Album of the Year for her second album, 21. For a full list of winners, click "Read More."

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Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Adele, and Katy Perry all took to the stage for totally one-of-a-kind performances, while Jennifer Hudson performed a tribute to Whitney Houston, singing "I Will Always Love You."

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2012 Grammy Award Winners:

Album of the Year: Adele, 21

Record of the Year: Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"

Best New Artist: Bon Iver

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Glen Campbell, The Allman Brothers Band, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Memphis Horns, George Jones, Diana Ross

Best Country Album: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night

Song of the Year: Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (Adele), "Rolling In The Deep"

Best R&B Album: Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.

Best Rock Performance: Foo Fighters, "Walk"

Best Rap Performance: Jay-Z & Kanye West, "Otis"

Best Pop Solo Performance: Adele, "Someone Like You"

Best Pop Vocal Album: Adele, 21

Best Dance Recording: Skillrex, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"

Best Dance and Electronica Album: Skillrex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett, Duets II

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Tony Bennet & Amy Winehouse, "Body And Soul"

Best R&B Performance: Corinne Bailey Rae, "Is This Love"

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, "Fool For You"

Best R&B Song: Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, "Fool For You"

Best Rap Song: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, "All Of The Lights"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kanye West, feat. Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi, "All Of The Lights"

Best Rap Album: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: The Civil Wars, "Barton Hollow"

Best Folk Album" The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow

Best Country Song: Taylor Swift, "Mean"

Best Country Solo Performance: Taylor Swift, "Mean"

Best New Age Album: Pat Metheny, What It's All About

Best Short Form Music Video: Adele, "Rolling In The Deep"

Best Long Form Music Video: Foo Fighers, "Back And Forth"

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" Foo Fighters, "White Limo"

Best Rock Song: Foo Fighters, "Walk"

Best Rock Album: Foo Fighters, Wasting Light

Best Alternative Music Album: Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Best Pop Instrumental Album: Booker T. Jones, "The Road From Memphis"

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea, "500 Miles High"

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists, The Mosaic Project

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Corea, Clarke & White, Forever

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Christian McBride Big Band, The Good Feeling

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Skrillex, "Cinema"

Best Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear

Best Complication Soundtrack: Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1

Best Score Soundtrack: The King's Speech

Best Song for Visual Media: "I See The Light" (from Tangled)

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Aldridge, Elmer Gantry

Best Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance: Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic), "Brahms: Symphony No. 4″

Best Opera Recording: John Adams Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus, "Doctor Atomic"

Best Choral Performance: "Light and Gold," Eric Whitacre, Conductor

Best Small Ensemble Performance: Rinde Eckert and Steven Mackey (Eighth Blackbird), "Lonely Motel, Music From Slide"

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Giancarlo Guerrero, Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony), "Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra"

Best Classical Vocal Solo: Joyce Didonato, "Diva Divo"

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein, "Elmer Gantry"

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling): Betty White, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)

Best Musical Theater Album: The Book of Mormon

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story

Best Album Notes: Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded by the San Francisco Bay

Best Instrumental Composition: Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, Life In Eleven

Best Instrumental Arrangement: Gordon Goodwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Jorge Calandrelli (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah), Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: Le'andria Johnson, "Jesus"

Best Gospel Song: Kirk Franklin, "Hello Fear"

Best Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: Laura Story, "Blessings"

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is for Us...

Best Latin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album: Maná, Drama Y Luz

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album: Pepe Aguilar, Bicentenario

Best Banda or Norteño Album: Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends

Best Tropical Latin Album: Cachao, The Last Mambo

Best Americana Album: Levon Helm, Ramble At The Ryman

Best Bluegrass Album: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane

Best Blues Album: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans

Best Reggae Album: Stephen Marley, Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life

Best World Music Album: Tinariwen, Tassili

Best Children's Album: Various Artists, All About Bullies... Big And Small

Best Comedy Album: Louis C.K., Hilarious

Best Recording Package: Caroline Robert (Arcade Fire), Scenes From The Suburbs

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Dave Bett & Michelle Holme (Bruce Springsteen), The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story

Best Historial Album: Paul McCartney, Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, Brad Blackwood (Alison Krauss & Union Station), Paper Airplane

Best Surround Sound Album: Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner (Derek & The Dominos), Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Egineered Album, Classical: Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, Jesse Lewis (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Paul Epworth

Photo: Courtesy of Phil McCarten/CBS

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