Penghargaan Grammy ke-53
Grammy Awards ke-53 atau 53rd Grammy Awards diadakan pada 13 Ferbruari, 2011, di Staples Center di Los Angeles. Acara disiarkan melalui CBS dan mendapat perhatian 26.6 juta penonton. Barbra Streisand mendapat penghargaan MusiCares Person of the Year dua malam sebelum siaran pada tanggal 11 Februari. Nominasi diumumkan pada tanggal 1 Desember 2010 dan total 109 penghargaan dipresentasikan. Sebagian besar penghargaan dipresentasikan selama pra-siaran, yang bertempat di Los Angeles Convention Center sebelah Staples Center, dimana siaran utama bertempat. Periode kelayakan yaitu 1 September, 2009 hingga 30 September 2010.
"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum
"The Suburbs" – Arcade Fire
"Need You Now"
Esperanza Spalding"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga"Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars
"Hey, Soul Sister" (Live) – Train"Imagine" – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono Nº1, Jeff Beck, & Oumou Sangaré"Nessun Dorma" – Jeff Beck"Take Your Pick" – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
"The Fame Monster" – Lady Gaga"Only Girl (In the World)" – Rihanna"La Roux" – La Roux"Crazy Love" – Michael Bublé"Helter Skelter" – Paul McCartney"Tighten Up" – The Black Keys"New Fang" – Them Crooked Vultures"El Dorado" – Iron Maiden"Hammerhead" – Jeff Beck"Angry World"
"The Resistance" – Muse"Brothers" – The Black Keys
"Bittersweet" – Fantasia
"There Goes My Baby" – Usher
"Soldier of Love" – Sade
"Hang On in There" – John Legend & The Roots
"Fuck You!" – Cee Lo Green
"Shine"
"Wake Up!" – John Legend & The Roots
"Raymond vs. Raymond" – Usher"Not Afraid" – Eminem"On to the Next One" – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz"Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys"Empire State of Mind""Recovery" – Eminem
"The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert"'Til Summer Comes Around" – Keith Urban"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum"As She's Walking Away" – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson"Hummingbyrd" – Marty Stuart"Need You Now"
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum"" – Paul Winter Consort"The Stanley Clarke Band" – The Stanley Clarke Band"" – Dee Dee Bridgewater"A Change Is Gonna Come" – Herbie Hancock"Moody 4B" – James Moody"Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard" – Mingus Big Band"Chucho's Steps" – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers"Grace" – BeBe & CeCe Winans"It's What I Do""Hello Hurricane" – Switchfoot"Love God. Love People." – Israel Houghton"The Reason" – Diamond Rio"Downtown Church" – Patty Griffin"Still" – BeBe & CeCe Winans"Paraíso Express" – Alejandro Sanz"El Existential" – Grupo Fantasma"Viva la Tradición" – Spanish Harlem Orchestra"Recuerdos" – Little Joe & la Familia"Classic" – Intocable"Enamórate de Mí" – El Güero y Su Banda Centenario"You Are Not Alone" – Mavis Staples"Mountain Soul II" – Patty Loveless"Joined at the Hip" – Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith"Living Proof" – Buddy Guy"Genuine Negro Jig" – Carolina Chocolate Drops"God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise" – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs"Huana Ke Aloha" – Tia Carrere"2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance" – (Various Artists); Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producersZydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band"Before the Dawn" – Buju Banton"Ali and Toumani" – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté"Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks" – Béla Fleck"Tomorrow's Children" – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends"Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies" – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
"Earth" – Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver)"Stark Raving Black" – Lewis Black"" (featuring Green Day) – Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist)Crazy Heart
"Toy Story 3" – Randy Newman"The Weary Kind" (From "Crazy Heart")
"The Path Among the Trees" – Billy Childs
"Carlos" – Vince Mendoza
"Baba Yetu" – Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
"Brothers" – Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)"Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)" – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)Keep an Eye on the Sky – Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)""'The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)"
An Engineer's Award.
Battle StudiesDanger Mouse
Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)
An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)
"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga"When You're Strange" – The Doors
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