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  • 25 Biggest Songs of 2010 – 2019

    25 Biggest Songs of 2010 – 2019

    Top 25 Songs 2010-2019

    1. Uptown Funk! Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
    2. Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
    3. Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
    4. Closer – The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
    5. Girls Like You – Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
    6. We Found Love – Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
    7. Old Town Road – Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
    8. Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
    9. Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
    10. Rolling In The Deep – Adele
    11. Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) -Post Malone & Swae
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    12. Without Me – Halsey
    13. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    14. Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell
    15. Perfect – Ed Sheeran
    16. Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
    17. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
    18. Royals – Lorde
    19. God’s Plan – Drake
    20. Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
    21. Happy – Pharrell Williams
    22. Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
    23. Rockstar – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
    24. TiK ToK – Ke$ha
    #25. See You Again – Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
  • 2012 Number One Hits

    2012 Number One Hits

    2012 Number One Hits

    January 1 – January 7, 2012: Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
    January 8 – February 4, 2012: We Found Love – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
    February 5 – February 18, 2012: Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
    February 19 – March 3, 2012: Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
    March 4 – March 10, 2012: Part of Me – Katy Perry
    March 11 – April 7, 2012: We Are Young – Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
    April 8 – April 14, 2012: Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra
    April 15 – May 5, 2012: Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    May 6 – May 12, 2012: Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra
    May 13 – June 2, 2012: Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    June 3 – June 9, 2012: Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra
    June 10 – August 25, 2012: Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    August 26 – September 1, 2012: Whistle – Flo Rida
    September 2 – September 8, 2012: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
    September 9 – September 15, 2012: One More Night – Maroon 5
    September 16 – October 6, 2012: Gangnam Style – Psy
    October 7 – October 13, 2012: One More Night – Maroon 5
    October 14 – November 3, 2012: Diamonds – Rihanna
    November 4 – November 10, 2012: Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
    November 11 – December 1, 2012: Diamonds – Rihanna
    December 2 – December 8, 2012: Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
    December 9 – December 15, 2012: Diamonds – Rihanna
    December 16 – December 29, 2012: Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
    December 30, 2012 – January 5, 2013: Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
    (Data is compiled from various charts, including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance,” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

     

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  • 2012 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    2012 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    2012 Pop Culture History

    Quick Facts from 2012:

    • Map Changing Event: Sandy Island, New Caledonia was a nonexistent island that was mapped from 1774 until it’s ‘un’discovery in 2012.
    • The Top Song was Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson
    • The Movies to Watch include The Avengers, Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, John Carter, Rock of Ages, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hunger Games, Brave and Life of Pi
    • People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: Channing Tatum
    • The Bestselling books included: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
    • Price of a postage stamp in 2012: 45 cents
      Price of a Blu-Ray movie: 19.99
      Price of a music CD: $9.99
    • Before 2012 the largest buyer of kale in the US was Pizza Hut, and they only used it as garnish around their salad bar.
    • The Funny Guys were: John Mullaney & Ron White & Aziz Ansar
    • The Mouse: Employees of Disney World and Disneyland were prohibited from having mustaches, beards, and goatees until the ban was lifted in 2012. Soul patches are still banned.
    • The Conversation: Electronic Arts were voted “The Worst Company In America” by The Consumerist for 2 years in a row in 2012 and 2013
    Top Ten Baby Names of 2012:
    Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia, Ava, Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah, William
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Mila Kunis, Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Munn, Emma Stone, Megan Fox, Emma Watson, Malin Ackerman, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Olivia Wilde
    The Heartthrob(s):
    Chris Evans, Ryan Lochte, Stephen Amell, Tom Hardy, Justin Timberlake, Robert Pattinson, Hugh Laurie, Christian Bale, Adam Levine
    Fresh Faces:
    Rita Ora, Frank Ocean

    “The Quotes”
    “There are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business you didn’t build that.” – President Barack Obama

    “Puny god”
    -Hulk in The Avengers

    “The ‘D’ is silent.”
    Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained

    Time Magazine’s Person of the Year:
    Barack Obama
    Miss America:
    Laura Kaeppeler
    Miss USA:
    Olivia Culpo (Miss Universe), Nana Meriwether

    The Scandals:
    The middle finger that M.I.A. flashed during the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show was a result of the singer’s Hindu spiritual enlightenment, she claimed.

    Most of the millions of fans who were watching her back up Madonna disagreed. When sued by the NFL for $1.5 million, she defended herself by saying that it was no big deal since there were young, provocative cheerleaders also performing.

    Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) blackout as the largest protest in the history of the internet, so far.

    The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar reached the date 13.0.0.0.0 on December 21, 2012. Many people thought that this would be the end of the world.Aztec

    The Terrible:
    28 people, including 20 children, were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

    Pop Culture Facts & History:

    Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world

    Google’s Gmail became the world’s most popular email service

    Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, passed the heliopause, entering interstellar space. (The heliopause is the theoretical boundary where the Sun’s solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium; where the solar wind’s strength is no longer great enough to push back the stellar winds of the surrounding stars.)

    Walt Disney purchased Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion

    Russian scientists regenerated Silene stenophylla (a flower) from a 31,800 year old group of cells, a record for regeneration.

    Edvard Munch’s famous painting ‘The Scream’ sold at auction for $119,922,500.

    Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close

    In March, Wendy’s overtook Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain.

    For the first time since 1977 no Pulitzer Prize is awarded for fiction.

    ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’ grossed $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time

    Doomsday Clock:
    5 minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
    2012: “The challenges to rid the world of nuclear weapons, harness nuclear power, and meet the nearly inexorable climate disruptions from global warming are complex and interconnected. In the face of such complex problems, it is difficult to see where the capacity lies to address these challenges.” Political processes seem wholly inadequate; the potential for nuclear weapons use in regional conflicts in the Middle East, Northeast Asia, and South Asia are alarming; safer nuclear reactor designs need to be developed and built, and more stringent oversight, training, and attention are needed to prevent future disasters; the pace of technological solutions to address climate change may not be adequate to meet the hardships that large-scale disruption of the climate portends.
    The Habits:
    Playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Dancing to PSY’s “Gangnam Style, Reading Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James or The Hunger Games (Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins
    2012 Toys inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame:
    Star Wars action figures, Dominoes

    Broadway Show – Once (Musical) Opened on March 18, 2012 and closed on January 4, 2015

    Broadway Show – Newsies (Musical) Opened on March 29, 2012 and closed on August 24, 2014

    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    The Artist (presented in 2102)

    The Number One Hits Of 2012:
    November 12, 2011 – January 6, 2012:
    Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – We Found Love

    January 7, 2012 – February 3, 2012:
    LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It

    February 4, 2012 – February 17, 2012:
    Adele – Set Fire to the Rain

    February 18, 2012 – March 2, 2012:
    Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)

    March 3, 2012 – March 16, 2012:
    Katy Perry – Part of Me

    March 17, 2012 – April 27, 2012:
    Fun featuring Janelle Monae – We Are Young

    April 28, 2012 – June 22, 2012:
    Gotye featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know

    June 23, 2012 – August 24, 2012:
    Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

    August 25, 2012 – August 31, 2012:
    Flo Rida – Whistle

    September 1, 2012 – September 28, 2012:
    Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

    September 29, 2012 – November 30, 2012:
    Maroon 5 – One More Night

    December 1, 2012 – December 21, 2012:
    Rihanna – Diamonds

    December 22, 2012 – February 1, 2013:
    Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven

    2012 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    3:10 to Yuma (released in 1957)
    Anatomy of a Murder (released in 1959)
    The Augustas (released in 1930s/1950s)
    Born Yesterday (released in 1950)
    Breakfast at Tiffany’s (released in 1961)
    A Christmas Story (released in 1983)
    Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight (released in 1897)
    Dirty Harry (released in 1971)
    Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2 (released in 1980-82)
    Kidnapper’s Foil (released in 1930s)
    A League of Their Own (released in 1992)
    The Matrix (released in 1999)
    The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair (released in 1939)
    One Survivor Remembers (released in 1995)
    Parable (released in 1964)
    Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia (released in 1990)
    Slacker (released in 1991)
    Sons of the Desert (released in 1933)
    The Spook Who Sat by the Door (released in 1973)
    They Call It Pro Football (released in 1966)
    The Times of Harvey Milk (released in 1984)
    Two-Color Kodachrome Test Shots No. III (released in 1922)
    Two-Lane Blacktop (released in 1971)
    Uncle Tom’s Cabin (released in 1914)
    The Wishing Ring: an Idyll of Old England (released in 1914)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Marvel’s The Avengers
    2. The Dark Knight Rises
    3. The Hunger Games
    4. Skyfall
    5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
    7. The Amazing Spider-Man
    8. Brave
    9. Ted
    10. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
    Sports:
    World Series Champions: San Francisco Giants
    Super Bowl Champions: New York Giants
    NBA Champions: Oklahoma City Thunder
    Stanley Cup Champs: Los Angeles Kings
    U.S. Open Golf: Webb Simpson
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies): Andy Murray/Serena Williams
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Roger Federer/Serena Williams
    NCAA Football Champions: North Dakota State
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky
    Kentucky Derby: I’ll Have Another
  • Popular and Best-selling Books From 2012

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 2012

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 2012:
    A Wanted Man by Lee Child
    Amateur by Edward Klein
    American Sniper by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
    Ameritopia by Mark Levin
    The Black Box by Michael Connelly
    The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell
    Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
    Building Stories by Chris Ware
    The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
    Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
    The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
    Drift by Rachel Maddow
    11/22/63 by Stephen King
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
    The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
    Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
    Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
    Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
    Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
    The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    Home Front by Kristin Hannah
    Imagine by Jonah Lehrer
    Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
    Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
    The Last Man by Vince Flynn
    The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
    No Easy Day by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
    Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
    Obama’s America by Dinesh D’Souza
    The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
    The Passage of Power by Robert Caro
    Paterno by Joe Posnanski
    Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    Private Games by James Patterson
    The Racketeer by John Grisham
    Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
    The Round House by Louise Erdich
    Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
    Thomas Jefferson by Jon Meacham
    Threat Vector by Tom Clancy
    Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
    Wild by Cheryl Strayed
    Winter of the World by Ken Follett

  • 2012 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    2012 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    2012 Music Hits Chart

    1. Gangnam Style – PSY
    2. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepson
    3. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
    – Taylor Swift
    4. Starships – Nicki Minaj
    5. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
    6. Sexy and I Know It – LMAFO
    7. We Are Young – fun.
    8. Domino – Jessie J
    9. We Found Love – Rihanna with Calvin Harris
    10. Some Nights – fun.
    11. Glad You Came – The Wanted
    12. Brokenhearted – Karmin
    13. Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera
    14. Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra
    15. Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine
    16. Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
    17. Payphone – Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
    18. Die Young – Kesha
    19. Drive By – Train
    20. As Long As You Love Me – Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
    21. Titanium – David Guetta Featuring Sia
    22. Love You Like A Love Song – Selena Gomez
    23. Everybody Talks -Neon Trees
    24. Without You – David Guetta and Usher
    25. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
    26. Good Feeling – Flo Rida
    27. Lights – Ellie Goulding
    28. The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
    29. I Like It Like That – Hot Chelle Rae
    30. Good Time – Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
    31. One Thing – One Direction
    32. Part Of Me – Katy Perry
    33. Whistle – Flo Rida
    34. Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith
    35. Too Close – Alex Clare
    36. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) – Pink
    37. How We Do – Rita Ora
    38. Rumour Has It It – Adele
    39. She’s So Mean – Matchbox 20
    40. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
    41. International Love – Pitbull with Usher
    42. Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
    43. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye – Train
    44. Not Over You – Gavin DeGraw
    45. A Thousand Years – Christina Perry
    46. Turn Me On – David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj
    47. It Will Rain – Bruno Mars
    48. Give Your Heart a Break – Demi Lovato
    49. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson
    50. Scream – Usher
    51. Ed Sheeran – The “A” Team
    52. Wild Ones – Flo-Rida with Sia
    53. Home – Philip Phillips
    54. Diamonds – Rihanna
    55. Madness – Muse
    56. Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls) – Foster The People
    57. You & I – Lady Gaga
    58. Fine By Me – Andy Grammer
    59. Crawling Back To You – Daughtry
    60. Where Have You Been? – Rihanna
    61. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
    62. Burn It Down –
    Linkin Park
    63. It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
    64. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift
    65. Want U Back – Cher Lloyd
    66. Feels So Close – Calvin Harris
    67. Dance Again – Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull
    68. Try – Pink
    69. One More Night – Maroon 5
    70. Wide Awake – Katy Perry
    71. Tonight Is The Night – Outasight
    72. Finally Found You – Enrique Iglesias
    73. Boyfriend – Justin Beiber
    74. Just A Kiss – Lady Antebellum
    75. Feel Again – OneRepublic
    76. Aerosmith – What Could Have Been Love
    77. Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys
    78. Blackout – Breathe Carolina
    79. Let’s Go – Calvin Harris ft Ne-Yo
    80. Don’t Wake Me Up – Chris Brown
    81. Vision Of Love – Kris Allen
    82. Back In Time – Pitbull
    83. Tongue Tied – Grouplove
    84. Let Me Love You – Ne-Yo
    85. Watching You Watching Him – Eric Hutchinson
    86. Dark Side – Kelly Clarkson
    87. Graffiti6 – Free
    88. Heartbeat – The Fray
    89. Pound The Alarm – Nicki Minaj
    90. Skyfall – Adele
    91. Gold On The Ceiling – The Black Keys
    92. Levels – Avicii
    93. Hall of Fame – Script with will.i.am
    94. Little Talks – Of Monsters And Men
    95. When We Stand Together – Nickelback
    96. Brighter Than the Sun – Colbie Caillat
    97. In The Dark – Dev
    98. Take Care – Drake Featuring Rihanna
    99. Shake It Out – Florence + The Machine
    100. Paradise – Coldplay
  • 2012 Oscars 84th Academy Awards

    2012 Oscars 84th Academy Awards

    2012 Oscars 84th Academy Awards

    • The 84th Academy Awards announced its winners on February 24, 2012.
    • The venue was the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles.
    • Billy Crystal took on the hosting duties for the ninth time in his career.
    • Films released during the 2011 calendar year were eligible for the awards.
    • Noteworthy Moments:
      • The Artist took home the Best Picture, making it the first silent feature to win the award since Wings in 1929.
      • Meryl Streep won her third Oscar for The Iron Lady, her first win in 29 years.
      • Christopher Plummer became the oldest actor to win an Oscar at the age of 82 for his supporting role in Beginners.
      • Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Help, receiving a standing ovation.
    • Trivia:
      1. Billy Crystal’s hosting stint was last-minute; he replaced Eddie Murphy, who withdrew after Brett Ratner resigned as the ceremony’s producer.
      2. The Artist‘s Uggie became the first dog to be invited to leave his paw prints outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
      3. Sacha Baron Cohen, invited for Hugo, came dressed as his character from The Dictator and spilled “ashes” on Ryan Seacrest.
      4. A tribute to the James Bond franchise was notably absent, despite 2012 being its 50th anniversary.
      5. The awards ceremony ran for 3 hours and 14 minutes, making it one of the shorter Oscars broadcasts in recent years.

    2012 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    The Artist – Thomas Langmann, producer (WINNER)
    The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne, producers
    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin, producer
    The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan, producers
    Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese, producers
    Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, producers
    Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt, producers
    The Tree of Life – Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, and Bill Pohlad, producers
    War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers
    Best Director:
    Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (WINNER)
    Alexander Payne – The Descendants
    Martin Scorsese – Hugo
    Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
    Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
    Best Actor:
    Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin (WINNER)
    Demián Bichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo
    George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew “Matt” King
    Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
    Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
    Best Actress:
    Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (WINNER)
    Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
    Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
    Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
    Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields (WINNER)
    Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
    Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
    Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
    Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as The Renter
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (WINNER)
    Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
    Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
    Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
    Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
    Best Original Screenplay:
    Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen (WINNER)
    The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
    Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
    Margin Call – J. C. Chandor
    A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
    Best Adapted Screenplay:
    The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings (WINNER)
    Hugo – John Logan based on the book entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
    The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon
    Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin based on the book by Michael Lewis
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor (posthumous nomination) and Peter Straughan based on the novel by John le Carré
    Best Animated Feature Film:
    Rango – Directed by Gore Verbinski (WINNER)
    A Cat in Paris – Directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
    Chico and Rita – Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
    Kung Fu Panda 2 – Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
    Puss in Boots – Directed by Chris Miller
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadi (WINNER)
    Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
    Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Directed by Joseph Cedar
    In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Directed by Philippe Falardeau
    Best Documentary – Feature:
    Undefeated – T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay, and Rich Middlemas (WINNER)
    Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
    Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
    Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
    Best Documentary – Short Subject:
    Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge (WINNER)
    The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin (posthumous nomination)
    God Is the Beggir Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
    Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George (WINNER)
    Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
    Raju – Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren
    Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
    Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø (nomination revoked)
    Best Animated Short Film:
    The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (WINNER)
    Dimanche – Patrick Doyon
    La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
    A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
    Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
    Best Original Score:
    The Artist – Ludovic Bource (WINNER)
    The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
    Hugo – Howard Shore
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
    War Horse – John Williams
    Best Original Song:
    “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie (WINNER)
    “Real in Rio” from Rio – Music by Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
    Best Sound Editing:
    Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty (WINNER)
    Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
    War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
    Best Sound Mixing:
    Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (WINNER)
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
    Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin
    War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson
    Best Art Direction:
    Hugo – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo (WINNER)
    The Artist – Art Direction: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
    Midnight in Paris – Art Direction: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
    War Horse – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
    Best Cinematography:
    Hugo – Robert Richardson (WINNER)
    The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
    The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
    War Horse – Janusz Kaminski
    Best Makeup:
    The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland (WINNER)
    Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin
    Best Costume Design:
    The Artist – Mark Bridges (WINNER)
    Anonymous – Lisy Christl
    Hugo – Sandy Powell
    Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
    W.E. – Arianne Phillips
    Best Film Editing:
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (WINNER)
    The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
    The Descendants – Kevin Tent
    Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
    Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen
    Best Visual Effects:
    Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning (WINNER)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
    Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, and Swen Gillberg
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier
    Academy Honorary Award:
    James Earl Jones.
    Dick Smith
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
    Oprah Winfrey
  • 2012 Grammy Award Winners

    2012 Grammy Award Winners

    2012 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced on February 12, 2012.
    • The event was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
    • LL Cool J served as the host for the night, his first time in this role for the Grammys.
    • Music that was released from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011, was eligible for the awards.
    • Noteworthy Moments: Adele dominated the night, sweeping six categories including Album of the Year for 21 and Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep. The Beach Boys returned to the Grammy stage for their 50th anniversary, sharing the limelight with Maroon 5 and Foster the People. Jennifer Hudson delivered a touching tribute to the recently departed Whitney Houston. Skrillex broke into the mainstream by winning three awards in the electronic dance music categories.
    • Trivia:
      1. LL Cool J began the event with a heartfelt prayer in memory of Whitney Houston.
      2. The Foo Fighters also had a big night, winning five of the six awards for which they were nominated.
      3. The ceremony marked the first time that the Grammys did not have a General Field category nomination for a woman in seven years.
      4. Bruce Springsteen opened the show, making it a rock-solid start before the awards were handed out.
      5. This was the first year the Grammys were held after a major overhaul of award categories, reducing the total number from 109 to 78.

    2012 Grammy Winners

    Album of the Year:
    21 – Adele
    Record Of The Year:
    Rolling In The Deep – Adele
    Song Of The Year:
    Rolling In The Deep – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters
    New Artist
    Bon Iver
    Best Country Album:
    Own The Night – Lady Antebellum
    Best R&B Album:
    F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown
    Best Rock Performance:
    Walk – Foo Fighters
    Best Rap Performance:
    Otis – Jay-Z & Kanye West
    Best Pop Solo Performance:
    Someone Like You – Adele
    Best Country Solo Performance:
    Mean – Taylor Swift
    Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
    Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
    Best Country Song:
    Mean – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
    Best Folk Album:
    Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
    Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
    White Limo – Foo Fighters
    Best Rock Song:
    Walk – Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
    Best Rock Album:
    Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
    Best Alternative Music Album:
    Bon Iver – Bon Iver
    Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
    Paul Epworth, For work with Foster the People, Adele and Cee-Lo Green
    Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
    All Of The Lights – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
    Best Rap Song:
    All Of The Lights – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
    Best Rap Album:
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
    Best R&B Performance:
    Is This Love – Corinne Bailey Rae
    Best Traditional R&B Performance:
    Fool For You – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
    Best R&B Song:
    Fool For You – Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
    Body And Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
    Best Pop Instrumental Album:
    The Road From Memphis – Booker T. Jones
    Best Pop Vocal Album:
    21 – Adele
    Best Short Form Music Video:
    Rolling In The Deep – Adele, Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
    Best Long Form Music Video:
    Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters
    Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
    500 Miles High – Chick Corea, soloist
    Best Jazz Vocal Album:
    The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
    The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band
    Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
    Forever – Corea, Clarke & White
    Best Americana Album:
    Ramble At The Ryman – Levon Helm
    Best Bluegrass Album
    Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Best Blues Album:
    Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band
    Best Regional Roots Music Album:
    Rebirth Of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band
    Best New Age Album:
    What’s It All About – Pat Metheny
    Best Reggae Album:
    Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life – Stephen Marley
    Best World Music Album:
    Tassili – Tinariwen
    Best Children’s Album:
    All About Bullies … Big And Small – (Various Artists) Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers
    Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling):
    If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t) – Betty White
    Best Comedy Album:
    Hilarious – Louis C.K
    Best Musical Theater Album:
    The Book Of Mormon – Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
    Best Dance Recording:
    Skrillex – Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
    Best Dance/Electronica Album:
    Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex
    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
    Duets II – Tony Bennett & Various Artists
    Best Engineered Album, Classical:
    Aldridge: Elmer Gantry – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
    Producer Of The Year, Classical:
    Judith Sherman
    Best Orchestral Performance:
    Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
    Best Opera Recording:
    Adams: Doctor Atomic – Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
    Best Choral Performance
    Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
    Best Small Ensemble Performance:
    Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
    Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
    Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
    Best Classical Vocal Solo:
    Diva Divo – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L’Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L’Opéra National De Lyon)
    Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
    Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
    Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
    Jesus – Le’Andria Johnson
    Best Gospel Song:
    Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
    Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
    Blessings – Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)
    Best Gospel Album:
    Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin
    Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
    And If Our God Is For Us… – Chris Tomlin
    Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album:
    Drama Y Luz – Maná
    Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album:
    Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar
    Best Banda Or Norteño Album:
    Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends – Los Tigres Del Norte
    Best Tropical Latin Album:
    The Last Mambo – Cachao
    Best Recording Package:
    Scenes From The Suburbs – Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)
    Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
    The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story – Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
    Best Album Notes:
    Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s – Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)
    Best Historical Album
    Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition), Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
    Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
    Paper Airplane – Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
    Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
    Cinema (Skrillex Remix) – Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)
    Best Surround Sound Album:
    Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs(Super Deluxe Edition) – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)
    Best Instrumental Composition:
    Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
    Best Instrumental Arrangement:
    Rhapsody In Blue – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
    Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
    Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
    Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
    Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″ (Various Artists), Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers
    Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
    The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat, composer
    Best Song Written For Visual Media:
    I See The Light” (From “Tangled”). Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)