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The 55th annual Grammy Awards ceremony saw some great wins, and some interesting performances by Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Sting and Bruno Mars.
Here's a quick glance at the winners:
Album of the year: Babel, Mumford & Sons.
Record of the year: Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra.
Song of the year: We Are Young, fun.
New artist: fun.
World music album: The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar.
Pop solo performance: Set Fire to the Rain (Live), Adele.
Pop vocal album: Stronger, Kelly Clarkson.
Rock performance: Lonely Boy, The Black Keys.
Urban contemporary album: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean.
Rap/sung collaboration: No Church in the Wild, Jay-Z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream.
Country solo performance: Blown Away, Carrie Underwood.
Country album: Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
Pop/duo group performance: Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra.
Traditional pop vocal album: Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney.
Rap performance: N****s in Paris, Jay-Z, Kanye West.
Rap song: N****s in Paris, Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis, Kanye West.
Rap album: Take Care, Drake. 
R&B performance: Climax, Usher.
Traditional R&B performance: Love on Top, Beyonce.
R&B song: Adorn, Miguel Pimentel.
R&B album: Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment.
Rock song: Lonely Boy, The Black Keys.
Rock album: El Camino, The Black Keys.
Hard rock/metal performance: Love Bites (So Do I), Halestorm.
Alternative music album: Making Mirrors, Gotye.
Dance recording: Bangarang, Skrillex featuring Sirah.
Dance/electronica album: Bangarang, Skrillex.
Latin pop album: MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes.
Latin rock, urban or alternative album: Imaginares, Quetzal.
Latin jazz album: Ritmo!, The Clare Fisher Latin Jazz Big Band.
Tropical Latin album: Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riquena.
Country duo/group performance: Pontoon, Little Big Town.
Country song: Blown Away, Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins.
Gospel song: Go Get It, Mary Mary.
Gospel album: Gravity, Leerae. 
Blues album: Locked Down, Dr. John.
Folk album: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile.
Americana album: Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt.
Bluegrass album: Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers.
Reggae album: Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff.
Children’s album: Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers.
Spoken word album: Society’s Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian.
Comedy album: Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon.
New age album: Echoes of Love, Omar Akram.
Jazz vocal album: Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding.
Jazz instrumental album: Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band.
Large jazz ensemble album: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), Arturo Sandoval.
Pop instrumental album: Impressions, Chris Botti.
Compilation soundtrack album: Midnight in Paris, various artists.
Score soundtrack album: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.
Song written for visual media: Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games), Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams. 
Musical theater album: Once: A New Musical, Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti.
Producer of the year, classical: Blanton Alspaugh.
Producer of the year, non-classical: Dan Auerbach.
Instrumental composition: Mozart Goes Dancing, Chick Corea.
Orchestral performance: Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony).
Opera recording: Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, James Levine and Fabio Luisi.
Choral performance: Life & Breath: Choral Works by Rene Clausen, Charles Bruffy.
Short-form music video: We Found Love, Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris.
Long-form music video: Big Easy Express, Mumford & Sons.
Historical album: The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wolfe.