2009 Grammy Award Winners

The Grammy Awards were presented on February 8, 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Best Musical Show Album was amongst the awards given out this afternoon and the Grammy went to IN THE HEIGHTS.

In The Heights

Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)
[Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]

Winners of the televised awards included:

Pop male vocal performance
John Mayer, Say

Record of the year
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Please Read the Letter

New artist
Adele

Rock album
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Pop collaboration with vocals
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Rich Woman

Song of the year
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Country performance by duo/group
Sugarland, Stay

R&B album
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson

Short-form music video
Weezer, Pork and Beans

Long-form music video
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Runnin' Down a Dream, directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Traditional blues
B.B. King, One Kind Favor

Contemporary blues
Dr. John and the Lower 911, The City That Care Forgot

Contemporary folk/Americana
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand

Male country vocal
Brad Paisley, Letter to Me

Country collaboration with vocals
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Killing the Blues

Country song
Jennifer Nettles, Stay

Traditional pop vocal album
Natalie Cole, Still Unforgettable

Female R&B vocal performance
Alicia Keys, Superwoman

Male R&B vocal performance
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent

R&B duo/group
Al Green featuring John Legend, Stay with Me (By the Sea)

Traditional R&B vocal performance
Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton, You've Got the Love I Need

R&B song
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent

Contemporary R&B album
Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains

Spoken-word album
Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth

Female pop vocal performance
Adele, Chasing Pavements

Pop duo/group
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Pop vocal album
Duffy, Rockferry

Alternative album
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Solo rock vocal
John Mayer, Gravity

Rock duo/group
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire

Hard rock performance
The Mars Volta, Wax Simulacra

Metal performance
Metallica, My Apocalypse

Rock song
Bruce Springsteen, Girls in Their Summer Clothes

Producer of the year, non-classical
Rick Rubin

For the complete list of winners, click here.