Inainte de show-ul de la Staples Center din Beverly Hills o parte dintre premii sunt anuntate la ceremonia de la Convention Center din Los Angels. O mare parte dintre castigatori sunt anuntati aici.
Albumul 21 al lui Adele a primit premiul Best Pop Vocal Album iar clipul pentru "Rolling In The Deep" a castigat la categoria Best Short Form Music Video . Taylor Swift a castigat cele mai importante 2 premii din sfera country iar Foo Fighters au facut curatenie si ei in zona rock castigand premiile pentru Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance dar si premiul Best Long Form Music Video.
La capitolul coloane sonore, premiile Grammy au mers catre filmele Tangled si The King's Speech iar serialul Boardwalk Empire a incasat si el un premiu.
Tanarul producator american Skrillex, in varsta de doar 24 de ani si-a adjudecat ambele premii din sfera dance pentru cea mai buna piesa si cel mai bun album.
O alta surpriza este trupa americana The Civil Wars care au castigat premiile pentru Cel mai bun album folk si cel mai bun duo dar si Cei de la Foo Fighters care au strans 5 premii.
Costi Ionita, nominalizat la un Grammy ca parte a echipei care a lucrat la albumul "Summer in Kingston" al lui Shaggy nu a castigat.
Castigatorii premiilor Grammy 2012 decernate pana la acest moment sunt:
- Best Alternative Music Album - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
- Best Rock Album - Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
- Best Rock Song - Walk, Foo Fighters
- Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - White Limo, Foo Fighters
- Best Folk Album - Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
- Best Country Song - Mean, Taylor Swift, songwriter
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
- Best Country Solo Performance - Mean, Taylor Swift
- Best Pop Vocal Album - 21, Adele
- Best Pop Instrumental Album - The Road From Memphis, Booker T. Jones
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Body And Soul, Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
- Best R&B Song - Fool For You, Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash
- Best Traditional R&B Performance - Fool For You, Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
- Best R&B Performance - Is This Love, Corinne Bailey Rae
- Best Rap Album - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
- Best Rap Song - All Of The Lights, Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - All Of The Lights, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
- Best Regional Roots Music Album - Rebirth Of New Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band
- Best Blues Album - Revelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Best Bluegrass Album - Paper Airplane, Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Best Americana Album - Ramble At The Ryman, Levon Helm
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Forever, Corea, Clarke & White
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - The Good Feeling, Christian McBride Big Band
- Best Jazz Vocal Album - The Mosaic Project, Terri Lyne Carrington
- Best Improvised Jazz Solo - 500 Miles High, Chick Corea
- Best Long Form Music Video - Foo Fighters: Back And Forth, Foo Fighters
- Best Short Form Music Video - Rolling In The Deep, Adele, Sam Brown, video director
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Duets II , Tony Bennett & Various Artists
- Best Dance/Electronica Album - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
- Best Dance Recording - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
- Best Comedy Album - Hilarious, Louis C.K.
- Best Spoken Word Album - If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't), Betty White
- Best Children's Album - All About Bullies... Big And Small, (Various Artists)
- Best Reggae Album - Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life, Stephen Marley
- Best New Age Album - What's It All About, Pat Metheny
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition - Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry
- Best Classical Vocal Solo - Diva Divo, Joyce DiDonato
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra
- Best Small Ensemble Performance - Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
- Best Choral Performance - Light & Gold, Eric Whitacre
- Best Opera Recording - Adams: Doctor Atomic, Alan Gilbert
- Best Orchestral Performance - Gustavo Dudamel, Brahms: Symphony No. 4
- Producer Of The Year, Classical - Judith Sherman
- Best Engineered Album, Classical - Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
- Best Tropical Latin Album - The Last Mambo, Cachao
- Best Banda Or Norteño Album - Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends, Los Tigres Del Norte
- Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album - Bicentenario, Pepe Aguilar
- Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album - Drama Y Luz, Maná
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - And If Our God Is For Us..., Chris Tomlin
- Best Gospel Album - Hello Fear, Kirk Franklin
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Song - Blessings, Laura Story
- Best Gospel Song - Hello Fear, Kirk Franklin
- Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music - Jesus, Le'Andria Johnson
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), Jorge Calandrelli, Track from: Duets II (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
- Best Instrumental Arrangement - Rhapsody In Blue, Gordon Goodwin
- Best Instrumental Composition - Life In Eleven, Bela Fleck & Howard Levy
- Best Surround Sound Album - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
- Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - Cinema (Skrillex Remix), Sonny Moore
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Paper Airplane
- Best Reggae Album - Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life, Stephen Marley
- Best Historical Album - Band On The Run , Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition
- Best Album Notes - Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s, Adam Machado
- Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story, Dave Bett & Michelle Holme (Bruce Springsteen)
- Best Recording Package - Scenes From The Suburbs, Caroline Robert
- Best Song Written For Visual Media - I See The Light (From Tangled), Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
- Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media - The King's Speech, Alexandre Desplat
- Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media - Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
