Congratulations to Buju Banton for taken home the Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 53th Grammy Awards. Even with all the controversy, trials and jail time for Buju Banton, his music still stand on top as the top reggae album. I am proud of Buju Banton and all my Jamaican people that we have such a achievement from one of our greatest artist.
I actually for the first time watched the entire Grammy Award, and I believed it was a pretty great show. One of the best organized I seen in a while, minor little rough edges, but very smooth. The 53th Grammy Awards were held on Sunday (February 13, 2011) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Here is the Links to COMPLETE LIST ALL WINNERS and LOSERS:
Record of the year: – “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum Album of the year: – “The Suburbs” – Arcade Fire
Song of the year: – “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
Best new artist: – Esperanza Spalding Pop performance by a duo or group with vocals: – “Hey, Soul Sister” (Live) – Train Pop vocal album: – “The Fame Monster” – Lady Gaga Rock album: – “The Resistance” – Muse Rap album: – “Recovery” – Eminem Female country vocal performance: – Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me” Country album: – “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum Producer of the year, non-classical: – Danger Mouse Female pop vocal performance: – “Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga Male pop vocal performance: – “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars Pop collaboration with vocals: – “Imagine” – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare Pop instrumental performance: – “Nessun Dorma” – Jeff Beck Pop instrumental album: – “Take Your Pick” – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto Dance recording: – “Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna Electronic/dance album: – “La Roux” – La Roux Traditional pop vocal album: – “Crazy Love” – Michael Bublé Solo rock vocal performance: – “Helter Skelter” – Paul McCartney Rock performance by a duo or group with vocals: – “Tighten Up” – The Black Keys Hard rock performance: – “New Fang” – Them Crooked Vultures Metal performance: – “El Dorado” – Iron Maiden Rock instrumental performance: – “Hammerhead” – Jeff Beck Rock song: – “Angry World” – Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young) Alternative music album: – “Brothers” – The Black Keys Female R&B vocal performance: – “Bittersweet” – Fantasia Male R&B vocal performance: – “There Goes My Baby” – Usher R&B Performance by a duo or group with vocals: – “Soldier Of Love” – Sade Traditional R&B vocal performance: – “Hang On In There” – John Legend & The Roots Urban/alternative performance: – “F*** You” – Cee Lo Green R&B song: – “Shine” – John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots) R&B album: – “Wake Up!” – John Legend & The Roots Contemporary R&B album: – “Raymond V Raymond” – Usher Rap solo performance: – “Not Afraid” – Eminem Rap performance by a duo or group: – “On To The Next One” – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz Rap/sung collaboration: – “Empire State Of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Rap song: – “Empire State Of Mind” – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Burt Keyes & Sylvia Robinson, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys) Male country vocal performance: – “‘Til Summer Comes Around” – Keith Urban Country performance by a duo or group with vocals: – “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum Country collaboration with vocals: – “As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson Country instrumental performance: – “Hummingbyrd” – Marty Stuart Country song: – “Need You Now” – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) New age album: – “Miho: Journey To The Mountain” – Paul Winter Consort Contemporary jazz album: – “The Stanley Clarke Band” – The Stanley Clarke Band Gospel performance: – “Grace” – BeBe & CeCe Winans Gospel song: – “It’s What I Do” – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway) Rock or rap gospel album: – “Hello Hurricane” – Switchfoot Best contemporary R&B gospel album: – “Still” – BeBe & CeCe Winans Latin pop album: – “Paraiso Express” – Alejandro Sanz Traditional blues album: – “Joined At The Hip” – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith Reggae album: – “Before The Dawn” – Buju Banton Spoken word album for children: – “Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies” – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton Spoken word album (includes poetry, audio books & story telling): – “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)” – Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver) Comedy album: – “Stark Raving Black” – Lewis Black
Today is the Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLV actually February 6, 2011. It is the Steelers vs the Packers. I not actually too much a football fan, but I actually love a good football game. I watch it every year ever since about 8 years ago. It’s a good time to just kick back watch some funny commercials and watch a team go hard or go home. Who are you guys hoping to win? The underdog Steelers, or the fan favorites the Packers?
I will be watching, with a pack of beer and chips hopefully…
The game will be held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the first time that the Super Bowl will be held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area; and the third time it will be held in Texas (Houston was the host city to VIII and XXXVIII). Kickoff time is approximately 5:25pm CST (UTC-06). This will be the eighth appearance in the Super Bowl for the Steelers (who hold the record with six Super Bowl wins) and the fifth for the Packers (who hold the record with 12 overall NFL titles, including three Super Bowl wins and nine league titles prior to the Super Bowl-era). This will be the fourth time that two pre-expansion era (pre 1960) teams meet in the Super Bowl (XIV, XLI, and XLIII).
As of February 2, the Packers are two to three point favorites,[3] making this the first Super Bowl in which the Steelers were underdogs since Super Bowl XXX. In all four previous Super Bowls that Green Bay played in, they were favored to win.
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