53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

Texas born or based recipients at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards.

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year September 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010

See also Grammy Past Winners to search by artist, genre, category, year, or title.

Ryan Bingham (Austin)
-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for The Weary Kind with T Bone Burnett (New West)

Stephen Bruton (Fort Worth)
-Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Crazy Heart (New West)

T Bone Burnett (Fort Worth)
-Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Crazy Heart (New West)
-Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for The Weary Kind with Ryan Bingham (New West)

Patty Griffin (Austin)
-Best Traditional Gospel Album for Downtown Church (Credential Recordings)

El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario (San Antonio)
-Best Banda Album for Enamórate De Mí (A.R.C. Discos)

Grupo Fantasma (Austin)
-Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album for El Existential (Nat Geo Music)

Intocable (Zapata)
-Best Norteño Album for Classic(Sony Music Latin)

Israel Houghton (Houston)
-Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for Love God, Love People (Integrity Music)

Rob Jones (Austin)
-Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package for Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) with Jack White (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

Miranda Lambert (Lindale)
-Best Female Country Vocal Performance for The House That Built Me (Columbia)

Little Joe Y La Familia (Temple)
-Best Tejano Album for Recuerdos (TDI)

 Pinetop Perkins (Austin)
-Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip (with Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith) (Telarc)

Esperanza Spalding (Austin)
-Best New Artist

Kirk Whalum (Houston)
-Best Gospel Song for It’s What I Do (with Lalah Hathaway) (Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue)

Notes: Will and Win Butler of Album of the Year winners Arcade Fire were raised in The Woodlands.
Gary Nicholson from Garland wrote the song Fallin' & Flyin' which appears twice on  Crazy Heart, the winner for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

Compiled by the Texas Music Office, Governor's Office