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
"Hey, Soul Sister" (Live)- Train"Imagine"- Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No1, Jeff Beck, dan Oumou Sangaré"Nessun Dorma"- Jeff Beck"Take Your Pick"- Larry Carlton dan 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"
"Raymond vs. Raymond"- Usher"Not Afraid"- Eminem"On to the Next One"- Jay-Z dan Swizz Beatz"Empire State of Mind"- Jay-Z dan 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 dan 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 dan 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 dan CeCe
Winans"Paraso Express"- Alejandro Sanz"El Existential"- Grupo Fantasma"Viva la Tradición"- Spanish Harlem Orchestra"Recuerdos"- Little Joe dan la Familia"Classic"- Intocable"Enamórate de M"- El Güero y Su Banda Centenario"You Are Not Alone"- Mavis Staples"Mountain Soul II"- Patty Loveless"Joined at the Hip"- Pinetop Perkins dan Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith"Living Proof"- Buddy Guy"Genuine Negro Jig"- Carolina Chocolate Drops"God Willin' dan 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 dan Melonie Mathews, producersZydeco Junkie- Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band"Before the Dawn"- Buju Banton"Ali and Toumani"- Ali Farka Touré dan 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 dan Emma Walton Hamilton
"Earth"- Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver dan Sigourney Weaver)"Stark Raving Black"- Lewis Black"" (featuring Green Day)- Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist) Crazy Heart
"Brothers"- Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)"Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)"- Rob Jones dan 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)"
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.)