1. GRAMMY AWARDS 2011

2. List Of Awards Album of the year – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Record of the year – Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
Song of the year – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)
Best new artist – Esperanza Spalding
Best female pop vocal performance – Lady Gaga, Bad Romance
Best male pop vocal performance – Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
Best pop vocal album – Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
Best traditional pop vocal album – Michael Buble, Crazy Love
Best electronic/dance album – La Roux, La Roux
Best solo rock vocal performance – Paul McCartney, Helter Skelter
Best hard rock performance – Them Crooked Vultures, New Fang
Best metal performance – Iron Maiden, El Dorado
Best rock song – Angry World (Neil Young)
Best rock album – Muse, The Resistance
Best alternative music album – The Black Keys, Brothers
Best female R&B vocal performance – Fantasia, Bittersweet
Best male R&B vocal performance – Usher, There Goes My Baby
Best urban/alternative performance – Cee Lo Green, F*** You
Best R&B song – Shine (John Legend and the Roots)
Best contemporary R&B album – Usher, Raymond v Raymond
Best rap solo performance – Eminem, Not Afraid
Best rap song – Empire State of Mind (Jay–Z and Alicia Keys, performers)
Best rap album– Eminem, Recovery
Best female country vocal performance – Miranda Lambert, The House That Built Me
Best male country vocal performance – Keith Urban, Til Summer Comes Around
Best country song – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)
Best country album– Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
Best contemporary jazz album – The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band
Best Americana album – Mavis Staples, You Are Not Alone
Best contemporary blues album – Buddy Guy, Living Proof
Best contemporary folk album – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
Best classical album: Verdi: Requiem (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
• This article was amended on 14 February The original named Ray LaMontagne's band as the Prairie Dogs. This has been corrected.

3. Previous Winners (Metal)
Previous winners of this award were:
Judas Priest "Dissident Aggressor" (live)
Metallica "My Apocalypse“
Slayer "Final Six“
Slayer "Eyes of the Insane"
Slipknot "Before I Forget"
Motörhead "Whiplash“
As of 2011, Metallica currently holds the record for the most wins in the category of Metal category with a total of six. The bands Nine Inch Nails, Slayer, and Tool have both received the award twice. American bands have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians or groups originating from the United Kingdom five times. The band Megadeth holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with nine.