The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the
Staples Center in
Los Angeles being broadcast on
CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host.[2] Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from
Nokia Theatre at
L.A. Live.[3][4]Kanye West received the most nominations with seven.
Adele,
Foo Fighters, and
Bruno Mars each received six nominations.
Lil Wayne,
Skrillex, and
Radiohead all earned five nominations. The nominations were criticised by many music journalists as
Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy missed out on a nomination for
Album of the Year despite being highly critically acclaimed and topping many end of year charts.[5][6] West's album went on to win
Best Rap Album.[7]
On February 8, 2012, the Academy announced that the 54th Grammy Pre-Telecast Ceremony would stream live internationally. The ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and was streamed live in its entirety internationally at Grammy's official website and CBS Television Network. The ceremony was co-hosted by
Dave Koz and
MC Lyte. A total of 68 awards were presented in the Pre-Telecast ceremony.[9] The official poster was designed by Architect
Frank Gehry.[10]
The anticipation for the show's tributes to the late
Whitney Houston greatly helped increased the ratings for the 54th Grammy Awards, which became the second highest in its history with 39.9 million viewers (trailing only behind the
1984 Grammys with 51.67 million viewers). The rating was 50% higher than in
2011.[16] This remains the highest-rated Grammy telecast on 21st-century U.S. television.
Maceo Parker was scheduled to pay tribute to
Clarence Clemons following the montage of those that had died in 2011 although his tribute was dropped in the 24 hours leading up to the awards show to make room for the Jennifer Hudson tribute to Whitney Houston.[18]
Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling, surround mix engineers; Frank Filipetti, surround mastering engineer; Phil Ramone, surround producer (Various Artists)
Spohr: String Sextet in C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet in F Major, Op. 31
Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Robin Schmidt & Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden)
Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo,
Darren Jeffery,
Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
"Rautavaara: Kaivos"
Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus)
"Verdi: La Traviata"
Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
"Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte"
Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu &
Rolando Villazón; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo)
Eric Whitacre, conductor (
Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
"Beyond All Mortal Dreams – American A Cappella"
Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir of Trinity College Cambridge)
"Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45"
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute &
Seraphic Fire)
Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari;
Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)
"Three Baroque Tenors"
Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke,
Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)
^Braiker, Brian; Alston, Joshua (February 13, 2012).
"Grammys 2012 – as it happened". Guardian. London.
Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the
Staples Center in
Los Angeles being broadcast on
CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host.[2] Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from
Nokia Theatre at
L.A. Live.[3][4]Kanye West received the most nominations with seven.
Adele,
Foo Fighters, and
Bruno Mars each received six nominations.
Lil Wayne,
Skrillex, and
Radiohead all earned five nominations. The nominations were criticised by many music journalists as
Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy missed out on a nomination for
Album of the Year despite being highly critically acclaimed and topping many end of year charts.[5][6] West's album went on to win
Best Rap Album.[7]
On February 8, 2012, the Academy announced that the 54th Grammy Pre-Telecast Ceremony would stream live internationally. The ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and was streamed live in its entirety internationally at Grammy's official website and CBS Television Network. The ceremony was co-hosted by
Dave Koz and
MC Lyte. A total of 68 awards were presented in the Pre-Telecast ceremony.[9] The official poster was designed by Architect
Frank Gehry.[10]
The anticipation for the show's tributes to the late
Whitney Houston greatly helped increased the ratings for the 54th Grammy Awards, which became the second highest in its history with 39.9 million viewers (trailing only behind the
1984 Grammys with 51.67 million viewers). The rating was 50% higher than in
2011.[16] This remains the highest-rated Grammy telecast on 21st-century U.S. television.
Maceo Parker was scheduled to pay tribute to
Clarence Clemons following the montage of those that had died in 2011 although his tribute was dropped in the 24 hours leading up to the awards show to make room for the Jennifer Hudson tribute to Whitney Houston.[18]
Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling, surround mix engineers; Frank Filipetti, surround mastering engineer; Phil Ramone, surround producer (Various Artists)
Spohr: String Sextet in C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet in F Major, Op. 31
Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Robin Schmidt & Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden)
Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo,
Darren Jeffery,
Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
"Rautavaara: Kaivos"
Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus)
"Verdi: La Traviata"
Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
"Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte"
Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu &
Rolando Villazón; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo)
Eric Whitacre, conductor (
Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
"Beyond All Mortal Dreams – American A Cappella"
Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir of Trinity College Cambridge)
"Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45"
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute &
Seraphic Fire)
Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari;
Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)
"Three Baroque Tenors"
Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke,
Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)
^Braiker, Brian; Alston, Joshua (February 13, 2012).
"Grammys 2012 – as it happened". Guardian. London.
Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2012.