Grammy 2016: At a glance

Here is a look at 58th Grammy winners. The 58th Grammy Awards saw Taylor Swift take home her second best album honor and ‘Uptown Funk’ the award for best record. Meghan Trainor bagged prize for best new artist and Ed Sheeran won for best song.

Record of the year

‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars outshines ‘really love’ by D’Angelo and the Vanguard, ‘Thinking out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran, and ‘Blank Space’ by Taylor Swift.

Album of the Year

Taylor Swift bagged her second consecutive Album of the year award with ‘1989’.

“As the first woman to win album of the year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame, but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you are going, you’ll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there and that will be the greatest feeling in the world,” said Taylor Swift referring to Kanye West’s comments on her album, during her prize acceptance speech.

Best new artist

Meghan Trainor won the best new artist award, the only category she was nominated in.

Best Rock Performance

Alabama Shakes’s ‘Dont wanna fight’ won Grammy under the ‘best performance‘ category. Alabama Shakes has  won other awards too this year.

Best Alternative Music Album

Alabama Shakes showcased a prize winning streak as the band bagged the honors in this category as well. Prize for the album was for the album ‘Sound and Color’.

Best Rock Song

Alabama Shakes won yet again with their song  “Don’t Wanna Fight.”

Song of the Year

“Thinking Out Loud,” by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge bagged one of the most prestigious awards of the night.

Best Pop Vocal Album

Taylor Swift’s “1989” bagged one more at the Grammy.

Best Pop Solo Performance

Ed Sheeran bagged another Grammy in this category for “Thinking Out Loud.”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars won another award at the Grammy.

Best Traditiional Pop Vocal Album

Tony and Bill Charlap bagged this award for their Album “The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern.”

 

Best Rap Album

Kendrick Lamar won the Best Rap album category for “To Pimp a Butterfly” and dedicated it to Hip-Hop.

Best Rap Performance

Kendrick Lamar gets another with his “Alright.”.

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“These Walls.” by Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat won this category.

PS: Its not over for Kendrick yet.

Best Rap Song

“Alright” by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams bagged this category registering the name Kendrick in all the Rap categories.

Best Rock Album

“Drones.” by muse won this category fair and square.

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Abęl Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd bagged this category for his album “Beauty Behind The Madness.”

Best Country Album

“Traveller” by Chris Stapleton won the best country album category.

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Little Big Town’s ‘Girl Crush’ won this category.

Best Country Solo Performance

Chris Stapleton again bagged another one for his ‘Traveller’.

Best Country Song

‘Girl Crush’ by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose again won another one of Grammys

Best Metal Performance

Ghost bagged their share of Grammy with ‘Cirice’.

Best Dance Recording

Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber bagged this category for ‘Where Are Ü Now’.

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Skrillex And Diplo, ‘Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü’ won the Best Dance/Electronic Album category.

Best R&B Album

D’Angelo  and the Vanguard’s “Black Messiah.” won the best R&B album category.

Best R&B Performance

The Weekend bagged this award with his song ‘Earned It’ (Fifty Shades Of Grey).

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Lalah Hathaway won this category for  ‘Little Ghetto Boy’.

Best R&B Song

‘Really Love’ by D’Angelo and Kendra Foster won this category.

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

‘Sound & Color’ by Alabama Shakes; Shawn Everett, engineer and Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer.

Best Blues Album

Buddy Guy’s  ‘Born To Play Guitar’ won the best Blue’s album.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Jeff Bhasker with Indian roots, won this award and to his credit, anyone could see that coming.

Best Music Video

‘Bad Blood’ by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar bagged this one.

Best Music Film

Amy Winehouse, ‘Amy’.

Best Reggae Album

Morgan Heritage won this category at Grammy for his album ‘Strictly Roots’.

Best World Music Album

Beninese-born American song writer and activist, Angelique Kidjo  bagged for her album ‘Sings’.

Best Instrumental Composition

Arturo O’Farrill, son of Chico O’Farrill would have made his father proud by bagging Grammy for ‘The Afro Latin Jazz Suite’.

Best New Age Album

Paul Avgerinos won this category for his album ‘Grace’.

 

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