The Grammy Awards 2009: The Definitive Winners List

The Grammy Awards is famous for its countless number of honours and sprawling ceremony.

Here Gigwise, somewhat arduously, presents a definitive guide to all the winners from the ceremony.

Before you read through, you can also click here to see the stars arriving on the red carpet. To see all the action from the ceremony, click here

Here are the winners in full (deep breath):

Record Of The Year: 'Please Read The Letter' - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Album Of The Year: 'Raising Sand' - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Song Of The Year: 'Viva La Vida' - Coldplay
Best New Artist: Adele
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: 'Chasing Pavements' – Adele
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: 'Say' - John Mayer
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 'Viva La Vida' - Coldplay
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: 'Rich Woman' - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: 'I Dreamed There Was No War' - Eagles
Best Pop Instrumental Album: 'Jingle All The Way' - Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Best Pop Vocal Album: 'Rockferry' - Duffy
Best Dance Recording: 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' - Daft Punk
Best Electronic/Dance Album: 'Alive 2007' - Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: 'Still Unforgettable' - Natalie Cole
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: 'Gravity' - John Mayer
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 'Sex On Fire' - Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance: 'Wax Simulacra' - The Mars Volta
Best Metal Performance: 'My Apocalypse' - Metallica
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: 'Peaches En Regalia' - Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
Best Rock Song: 'Girls In Their Summer Clothes' - Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Album: 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' - Coldplay
Best Alternative Music Album: 'In Rainbows' - Radiohead
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: 'Superwoman' - Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: 'Miss Independent' - Ne-Yo
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 'Stay With Me (By The Sea)' - Al Green Featuring John Legend
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: 'You've Got The Love I Need' - Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: 'Be OK' - Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am
Best R&B Song: 'Miss Independent' - Ne-Yo
Best R&B Album: 'Jennifer Hudson' - Jennifer Hudson
Best Contemporary R&B Album: 'Growing Pains' - Mary J. Blige
Best Rap Solo Performance: 'A Milli' - Lil Wayne
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: 'Swagga Like Us' - Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: 'American Boy' - Estelle featuring Kanye West
Best Rap Song: 'Lollipop' - Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
Best Rap Album: 'Tha Carter III' - Lil Wayne
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: 'Last Name' - Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: 'Letter To Me' - Brad Paisley
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 'Stay' - Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: 'Killing The Blues' - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Country Instrumental Performance: 'Cluster Pluck' - Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner
Best Country Song: 'Stay' - Sugarland
Best Country Album: 'Troubadour' - George Strait
Best Bluegrass Album: 'Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947' - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Best New Age Album: 'Peace Time' - Jack DeJohnette
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: 'Randy In Brasil' - Randy Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Album: 'Loverly' - Cassandra Wilson  
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: 'Be-Bop' - Terence Blanchard
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: 'The New Crystal Silence' - Chick Corea & Gary Burton
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: 'Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard' - The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: 'Song For Chico' - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance: 'Get Up' - Mary Mary
Best Gospel Song: 'Help Me Believe' - Kirk Franklin
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: 'Alive And Transported' - TobyMac
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: 'Thy Kingdom Come' - CeCe Winans
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album: 'Lovin' Life' - Gaither Vocal Band
Best Traditional Gospel Album: 'Down In New Orleans' - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: 'The Fight Of My Life' - Kirk Franklin
Best Latin Pop Album: 'La Vida...Es Un Ratico' - Juanes
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album: '45' - Jaguares
Best Latin Urban Album: 'Los Extraterrestres' - Wisin y Yandel
Best Tropical Latin Album: 'Senor Bachata' - Jose Feliciano
Best Regional Mexican Album: 'Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera' - Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano & Canciones De Amor - Mariachi Divas
Best Tejano Album: 'Viva La Revolucion' - Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution
Best Norteno Album: 'Raices' - Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album: 'No Es De Madera' - Joan Sebastian
Best Traditional Blues Album: 'One Kind Favor' - B.B. King
Best Contemporary Blues Album: 'City That Care Forgot' - Dr. John And The Lower 911
Best Traditional Folk Album: 'At 89' - Pete Seeger
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: 'Raising Sand' - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Native American Music Album: 'Come To Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs' - Various Artists
Best Hawaiian Music Album: 'Ikena' - Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: 'Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival' - BeauSoleil & Michael Douce
Best Reggae Album: 'Jah Is Real' - Burning Spear
Best Traditional World Music Album: 'Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu' - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Contemporary World Music Album: 'Global Drum Project' - Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo
Best Polka Album: 'Let The Whole World Sing' - Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
Best Musical Album For Children: 'Here Come The 123s' - They Might Be Giants
Best Spoken Word Album For Children: 'Yes To Running! Bill Harley Live' - Bill Harley
Best Spoken Word Album: 'An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)' - Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood
Best Comedy Album: 'It's Bad For Ya' - George Carlin
Best Musical Show Album: 'In The Heights' - Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: 'Juno' - Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: 'The Dark Knight' - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: 'Down To Earth (From Wall-E)' - Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman
Best Instrumental Composition: 'The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)' - John Williams
Best Instrumental Arrangement: 'Define Dancing (From Wall-E)' - Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist: 'Here's That Rainy Day' (Natalie Cole) - Nan Schwartz
Best Recording Package: 'Death Magnetic' (Metallica) - Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: 'In Rainbows' (Radiohead) - Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Christiaan Munro
Best Album Notes: 'Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition' (Miles Davis) - Francis Davis
Best Historical Album: 'Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum' - Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: 'Consolers Of The Lonely' (The Raconteurs) - Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell & Jack White III
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: 'Electric Feel' (Justice Remix) (MGMT) - Justice
Best Surround Sound Album: 'Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina' (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) - Michael Bishop & Robert Woods
Best Engineered Album, Classical: 'Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago' (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) - David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis
Producer Of The Year, Classical: 'David Frost'
Best Classical Album: 'Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny' - James Conlon, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald, Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra
Best Orchestral Performance: 'Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4' - Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Best Opera Recording: 'Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny' - James Conlon, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald, Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Chorus
Best Choral Performance: 'Symphony Of Psalms' - Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): 'Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos' - Hilary Hahn with Esa-Pekka Salonen (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): 'Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski' - Gloria Cheng
Best Chamber Music Performance: 'Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5' - Pacifica Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance: 'Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary' - Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale
Best Classical Vocal Performance: 'Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan' - Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: 'Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan' - John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta)
Best Classical Crossover Album: 'Simple Gifts' - The King's Singers
Best Short Form Music Video: 'Pork And Beans' - Weezer, Mathew Cullen & Bernard Rahill
Best Long Form Music Video: 'Runnin' Down A Dream' - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Peter Bogdanovich, Skot Bright
Recording Academy Industry Icon Award: Clive Davis
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Brenda Lee
Dean Martin
Hank Jones
The Four Tops
Tom Paxton
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Trustees Award:
Eliott Carter
George Avakian
MusiCares Person of the Year: Neil Diamond