2012 Grammy Awards

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The 2012 Grammy Awards was the annual music awards ceremony that introduced the Best Rock Performance category among its many honors recognizing achievements in the recording industry.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Awards ceremony
music award ceremony
albumOfTheYearWinner 21
albumOfTheYearWinnerArtist Adele
awardsFor recorded music
bestNewArtistWinner Bon Iver
bestRockPerformanceWinner Walk
bestRockPerformanceWinnerArtist Foo Fighters
broadcastOn CBS
city Los Angeles
country United States
date 2012-02-12
followedBy 2013 Grammy Awards
follows 2011 Grammy Awards
genre music awards
hasCategory Album of the Year
Best New Artist
Best Rock Performance
Record of the Year
Song of the Year
host LL Cool J
inMemoriamFocus Whitney Houston
introducedCategory Best Rock Performance
language English
location Staples Center
majorWinner Adele
Foo Fighters
Kanye West
networkType television
notableEvent first Grammy ceremony after the death of Whitney Houston
notablePerformanceBy Adele
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry
Rihanna
officialName 54th Annual Grammy Awards
ordinalNumber 54
organizer National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
partOfSeries Grammy Awards
precededBy 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
presentedBy The Recording Academy
recordOfTheYearWinner Rolling in the Deep
recordOfTheYearWinnerArtist Adele
songOfTheYearWinner Rolling in the Deep
songOfTheYearWinnerSongwriter Adele Adkins
Paul Epworth
sponsoredBy MasterCard
Pepsi
Target
state California
viewershipUS 39 million

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Best Rock Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
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