Surprised Mumford and Sons took home the album of the year prize for Babel.
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At first glance, the title of Black Milk's Album of the Year is a bit off-putting.
Merritt's second record, Tambourine, was nominated for a Country Album of the Year Grammy in 2004.
The award, traditionally presented by broadcaster Jools Holland, celebrates the best British or Irish album of the year.
In the Album of the Year category, Arcade Fire topped heavyweights Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
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Tenor Alfie Boe has two nominations for this year's awards, including male artist and album of the year.
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"Kanye certainly deserved an album of the year nomination, and I was pretty surprised that he didn't, " Robertson said.
Album of the Year the Grammy's top honor went to the independently released Fearless by 20-year-old Taylor Swift.
She had already received artist of the year and pop album of the year at a gala dinner on Saturday.
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Church's producer, Jay Joyce, also won two awards for album of the year and the off-camera producer of the year.
The most coveted prize of the night is the album of the year award, which is voted for by the public.
Musician Chris Wood took home the album of the year prize for Trespasser and was named folk singer of the year.
The Scottish singer's Our Version Of Events is the biggest-selling album of the year, with sales of more than 1.32 million.
Fellow tenor Rolando Villazon is up for two awards on Thursday in the album of the year and best male artist categories.
The group took home five Grammys in all, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
Album of the Year is one of a handful of Grammy categories available for wagering on sites like BetUS, Sportsbook and BetOnline.
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If West had been nominated, said Spin's Kandell, the race for the album of the year honor would've been a tight one.
Buble's eighth studio album is the fastest selling album of the year with 121, 000 sales outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined.
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Eminem may be the odds-on favorite for Album of the Year, but he trails Jay-Z and Alicia Keys for Record of the Year.
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Their win came 10 days after the group's LP Babel took the album of the year trophy at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Industry watchers from The Los Angeles Times to MSNBC believe that his album, Recovery, is a lock for Album of the Year.
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In the shadow of these giants, this year's nominees for album of the year offer a more realistic snapshot of what success looks like today.
They had a chance to nominate a great song from the band that would go on to win this year's Grammy for Album of the Year.
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Tronic's beats were exceptional bombastic and subtle in the same breath and Album of the Year offers up more of what made Black Milk buzzworthy.
But Church won album of the year for Chief and vocal event of the year, with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, for The Only Way I Know.
Church won two awards, including album of the year for "Chief, " and was tied with Aldean, Little Big Town and Florida Georgia Line in overall win total.
Sunday's show saw awards for Adele, The Black Keys, Fun and Gotye, with the coveted album of the year prize going to British band Mumford and Sons.
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