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55th Annual Grammy Awards

55th Annual Grammy Awards
Official poster by Erika Iris Simmons
DateFebruary 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)
5:00–8:30 p.m. PST
LocationStaples Center, Los Angeles, US
Hosted byLL Cool J
Most awardsDan Auerbach (5)
Most nominationsDan Auerbach, Fun, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West (6 each)
Websitehttp://www.grammy.com/nominees Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership28.3 million viewers[1]
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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. The "Pre-Telecast Ceremony" was streamed live from LA's Nokia Theater at the official Grammy website. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each.[3][4]

Gotye and Kimbra won the Record of the Year for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award. Mumford & Sons won the Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun won the Song of the Year (with Jeff Bhasker) for "We Are Young" as well as the Best New Artist.[5] Kelly Clarkson won the Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger, becoming the first and only artist to win the award twice.[5] Dan Auerbach won the most awards during the ceremony, with five (including three as part of The Black Keys); followed by The Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z, Skrillex, Kanye West, with three each.[5] Other multiple winners include: Chick Corea, Fun, Kimbra, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Matt Redman and Esperanza Spalding with two awards each.[5][6][7]

The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony—Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards.[8] 70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre, with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony.[9] Bruce Springsteen received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 8, 2013, at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony.[10] The official poster was designed by Artist Erika Iris Simmons.[11] The program producer is AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich serving as executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz as director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich as writers.[12]

  1. ^ Jon Weisman, Grammy Awards Set for Jan. 26, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2013
  2. ^ "2013 Grammy Nominations". MTV. December 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Grammys 2013: male artists lead nominations". Guardian UK. London. December 6, 2012. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Lewis, Randy (February 11, 2012). "Grammy Awards 2013: Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' wins album of the year". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Grammy Awards voters spread the love all around". Associated Press. February 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Keller, Emma G; Braiker, Brian (February 11, 2012). "The Grammys 2013 – live coverage of the 55th annual music awards". Guardian UK. London. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  7. ^ McCormick, Neil (February 11, 2012). "Grammys 2013: Mumford & Sons steal America's thunder". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "News". GRAMMY.com. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  9. ^ Kennedy, Gerrick D. (February 5, 2013). "Grammys 2013: Pre-telecast to stream live from Nokia Theatre". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  10. ^ "Twenty-time Grammy® Winner Bruce Springsteen to be honored as the 2013 MusiCares® Person of the Year". Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  11. ^ "Artist Erika Iris Simmons Creates Official Artwork For 55th GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2012. Archived from the original on January 7, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  12. ^ Justin Timberlake To Perform On Music's Biggest Night Archived January 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Grammy.com, January 30, 2013

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