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So much Britain on one stage when Adele presented the award to Mumford

 

Best Rock Album

WINNER: El Camino, The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
The 2nd Law, Muse
Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss, Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, Fiona Apple
Biophilia, Björk
WINNER: Making Mirrors, Gotye
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, M83
Bad As Me, Tom Waits

Best R&B Performance

Thank You, Estelle
Gonna Be Alright (f.t.b.), Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Ledisi
I Want You, Luke James
Adorn, Miguel
WINNER: Climax, Usher

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Lately, Anita Baker
WINNER: Love On Top, Beyoncé
Wrong Side Of A Love Song, Melanie Fiona
Real Good Hands, Gregory Porter
If Only You Knew, Swv

 

Best R&B Song

WINNER: Adorn, Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Beautiful Surprise, Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
Heart Attack, Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
Pray For Me, Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jque” Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Refill, Darhyl “dj” Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew “pop” Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Fortune, Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel
WINNER: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean

Best R&B Album

WINNER: Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment
Back To Love, Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back, R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise, Tamia
Open Invitation, Tyrese

Best Rap Performance:

Hyfr (Hell Ya … Right), Drake Featuring Lil’ Wayne
WINNER: Paris, Jay-z & Kanye West
Daughters, Nas
Mercy, Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
I Do, Young Jeezy featuring Jay-z & André 3000

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia
WINNER: No Church In The Wild, Jay-z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-dream
Tonight (Best You Ever Had), John Legend Featuring Ludacris
Cherry Wine, Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
Talk That Talk, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song

Daughters, Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary Decarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas) Track From: Life Is Good
Lotus Flower Bomb, Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
Mercy, Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
The Motto, Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil’ Wayne)
WINNER: Paris, Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, Songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Young, Wild & Free, Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (t. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars)

 

Best Rap Album

WINNER: Take Care, Drake
Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1, Lupe Fiasco
Life Is Good, Nas
Undun, The Roots
God Forgives, I Don’t, Rick Ross
Based On A T.r.u. Story, 2 Chainz

Best Country Solo Performance

Home, Dierks Bentley
Springsteen, Eric Church
Cost Of Livin’, Ronnie Dunn
Wanted, Hunter Hayes
Over, Blake Shelton
WINNER: Blown Away, Carrie Underwood

 

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Even If It Breaks Your Heart, Eli Young Band
WINNER: Pontoon, Little Big Town
Safe & Sound, Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
On The Outskirts Of Town, The Time Jumpers
I Just Come Here For The Music, Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss

Best Country Song

WINNER: Blown Away, Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Cost Of Livin’, Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
Even If It Breaks Your Heart, Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore, Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Springsteen, Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)

Best Country Album

WINNER: Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran, Jamey Johnson
Four The Record, Miranda Lambert
The Time Jumpers, The Time Jumpers