  Adele rules Grammy Awards 2012 February 13, 2012 - 09:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Adele and Foo Fighters rule this year’s Grammy Awards, with multiple gramophones for Kanye, Bon Iver, Skrillex, Cee Lo, Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars. Unsurprisingly, Adele scooped the Grammys, with six awards including the two big ones, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year (as well as Best Pop Solo Performance. Best Short Form Music Video, and Best Pop Solo Performance). The Foo Fighters nabbed five Grammys and swept the rock categories: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance and Best Long Form Music Video for their excellent doco Back And Forth. Kanye West scored four Grammys: Best Rap Album for My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy, Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for ‘All Of The Lights’ and Best Rap Performance with Jay-Z for ‘Otis’. Bon Iver grabbed two Grammys, one for Best New Artist, with his self-titled record scoring Best Alternative Album. Skrillex grabbed two for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites: Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording. Cee Lo Green also picked up two for his ‘Fool For You’ single: Best R&B Song and Best Traditional R&B Performance. Taylor Swift’s ‘Mean’ got Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance and The Civil Wars’ Barton Hollow won Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo Performance. Other winners included Chris Brown, Tony Bennett, and Betty White. Check out the list below, Noise11 reported.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha  Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha.Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. |
