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Live-Blogging the 2012 Grammy Awards

Relive Rob Sheffield's blow-by-blow chat about the winners, losers and more

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February 10, 2012 3:05 PM ET

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Could Adele sweep? Would Bon Iver or Skrillex take the Best New Artist category over established star Nicki Minaj? Did the Beach Boys/Foster the People/Maroon 5 performance become a total train wreck? Rob Sheffield riffed on all this and more when he live-blogged the Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 12th. Read the live-blog replay and relive all the highs and lows of music's biggest night.

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