Rihanna grabs sixth Grammy for We Found Love

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Barbados’ pop princess and Calvin Harris snag Best Short Form Video on music’s biggest night.

CALIFORNIA, United States, Tuesday February 12, 2013 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna kicked off the 2013 Grammy Awards in style on Sunday, even though she did not arrive at Los Angeles’ Staples Centre in time to receive the accolade in person.

The Diamonds girl won the night's very first award, as "We Found Love" bagged the Grammy for Best Short Form Video, ahead of such notable competition as M.I.A. "Bad Girls" and the Throne's "No Church in the Wild."

A Grammy representative accepted the award, which brought Rihanna’s Academy wins to six, on behalf of the Unapologetic singer, who later brought the house down with two live performances.

The Rated R girl made the stage her own alongside Mikky Ekko performing "Stay" from her latest album, going on to collaborate with Bruno Mars, Sting, Ziggy and Damien “Junior Gong” Marley for a special tribute to reggae legend Bob Marley.

Rihanna was also nominated for two more awards in the Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration categories for "Where Have You Been" and "Talk That Talk," but trailed Adele’s “Set Fire To The Rain” and “No Church in the Wild” by Jay-Z & Kanye West, featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream, respectively, in those categories.

Unlike last year, the honours were spread around evenly at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Record of the Year went to Gotye and Kimbra for “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Album of the Year went to Mumford & Sons for “Babel,” and Song of the Year went to Fun. for “We Are Young”.

Fun. also got the nod as the Best New Artist.

The list of nominees and winners follows:

Record of the Year

“Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys

“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson

“We Are Young” by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe

“Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye, featuring Kimbra – WINNER

“Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean

“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

“El Camino” by The Black Keys

“Some Nights” by Fun.

“Babel” by Mumford & Sons – WINNER

“Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean

“Blunderbuss” by Jack White

Song of the Year

“The A Team” by Ed Sheeran

“Adorn” by Miguel Pimentel

“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen

“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson

“We Are Young” by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe – WINNER

Best New Artist

Alabama Shakes

Fun. – WINNER

Hunter Hayes

The Lumineers

Frank Ocean

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Set Fire To The Rain” [Live] by Adele - WINNER

“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen

“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson

“Wide Awake” by Katy Perry

“Where Have You Been” by Rihanna

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Shake It Out” by Florence & The Machine

“We Are Young” by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe

“Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye, featuring Kimbra – WINNER

“Sexy And I Know It” by LMFAO

“Payphone” by Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Instrumental Album

“24/7” by Gerald Albright & Norman Brown

“Impressions” by Chris Botti - WINNER

“Four Hands & A Heart Volume One” by Larry Carlton

“Lives At The Blue Note Tokyo” by Dave Koz

“Rumbadoodle” by Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson – WINNER

“Ceremonials” by Florence & The Machine

“Some Nights” by Fun.

“Overexposed” by Maroon 5

“The Truth About Love” by Pink

Dance

Best Dance Recording

“Levels” by Avicii

“Let’s Go” by Calvin Harris, featuring Ne-Yo

“Bangarang” by Skrillex, featuring Sirah – WINNER

“Don’t You Worry Child” by Swedish House Mafia, featuring John Martin

“I Can’t Live Without You” by Al Walser

Best Dance/Electronica Album

“Wonderland” by Steve Aoki

“Don’t Think” by The Chemical Brothers

“Album Title Goes Here” by Deadmau5

“Fire & Ice” by Kaskade

“Bangarang” by Skrillex – WINNER

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“Christmas” by Michael Bublé

“A Holiday Carole” by Carole King

“Kisses On The Bottom” by Paul McCartney – WINNER

Rock

Best Rock Performance

“Hold On” by Alabama Shakes

“Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys – WINNER

“Charlie Brown” by Coldplay

“I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons

“We Take Care Of Our Own” by Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

“I’m Alive” by Anthrax

“Love Bites (So Do I)” by Halestorm – WINNER

“Blood Brothers” by Iron Maiden

“Ghost Walking” by Lamb of God

“No Reflection” by Marilyn Manson

“Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)” by Megadeth

Best Rock Song

“Freedom At 21” by Jack White

“I Will Wait” by Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford

“Lonely Boy” by Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney – WINNER

“Madness” by Matthew Bellamy

“We Take Care Of Our Own” by Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Album

“El Camino” by The Black Keys – WINNER

“Mylo Xyloto” by Coldplay

“The 2nd Law” by Muse

“Wrecking Ball” by Bruce Springsteen

“Blunderbuss” by Jack White

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

“The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do” by Fiona Apple

“Biophilia” by Björk

“Making Mirrors” by Gotye – WINNER

“Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” by M83

“Bad As Me” by Tom Waits

R&B

Best R&B Performance

“Thank You” by Estelle

“Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)” by Robert Glasper Experiment, featuring Ledisi

“I Want You” by Luke James

“Adorn” by Miguel

“Climax” by Usher – WINNER

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Lately” by Anita Baker

“Love On Top” by Beyoncé – WINNER

“Wrong Side Of A Love Song” by Melanie Fiona

“Real Good Hands” by Gregory Porter

“If Only You Knew” by SWV

Best R&B Song

“Adorn” by Miguel Pimentel – WINNER

“Beautiful Surprise” by Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi

“Heart Attack” by Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson

“Pray For Me” by Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jQue” Smith

“Refill” by Darhyl “DJ” Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew “Pop” Wansel

Best Urban Contemporary Album

“Fortune” by Chris Brown

“Kaleidoscope Dream” by Miguel

“Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean – WINNER

Best R&B Album

“Black Radio” by Robert Glasper Experiment – WINNER

“Back To Love” by Anthony Hamilton

“Write Me Back” by R. Kelly

“Beautiful Surprise” by Tamia

“Open Invitation” by Tyrese

Rap

Best Rap Performance

“HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right) by Drake, featuring Lil’ Wayne

“N****s In Paris” by Jay-Z & Kanye West – WINNER

“Daughters” by Nas

“Mercy” by Kanye West, featuring Big Sean, Push T & 2 Chainz

“I Do” by Young Jeezy, featuring Jay-Z & André 3000

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Wild Ones” by Flo Rida, featuring Sia

“No Church in the Wild” by Jay-Z & Kanye West, featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream – WINNER

“Tonight (Best You Ever Had)” by John Legend, featuring Ludacris

“Cherry Whine” by Nas, featuring Amy Winehouse

“Talk That Talk” by Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song

“Daughters” by Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson

“Lotus Flower Bomb” by Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel

“Mercy” by Sean Anderson, Mike Dean, Tauheed Epps, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Stephen Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton, Herbert Turner & Kanye West

“The Motto” by Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham, Noah “40″ Shebib & Tyler Williams

“N****s In Paris” by Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West – WINNER

“Young, Wild & Free” by Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz

Best Rap Album

“Take Care” by Drake – WINNER

“Life Is Good” by Nas

“Undun” by The Roots

“God Forgives, I Don’t” by Rick Ross

“Based On A T.R.U. Story” by 2 Chainz

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

“Home” by Dierks Bentley