GRAMMY AWARDS 2016 : THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS

American rapper Kendrick Lamar dominated the 58th

Grammy Awards with five notable wins during the highly

anticipated ceremony held on Monday night. Icons of

the music industry gathered at the Staples Center in Los

Angeles, California for the awards night, which was

hosted by two-time Grammy winner LL Cool J.

The 28-year old artist from Compton, California, took

home the coveted gramophones after bagging Best Rap

Album for “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Best Rap Performance

and Best Rap Song for “Alright” and Best Rap/Sung

Collaboration for “These Walls.” Lamar also got credit

for Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood,” which won in the Best

Music Video category.

Lamar, who got 11 nominations for this year’s awards,

also treated the live crowd and home viewers with a

performance of “The Blacker the Berry.” The socially

relevant number showed Lamar and several back-up

dancers clasped in chains with the backdrop of a

prison. As the song went on, they released their chains

and danced, dressed in glow-in-the-dark outfits. He also

gave a live rendition of the award-winning “Alright,”

while African dancers danced around him. His

performance garnered a standing ovation from the

audience.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars took home the Record of

the Year Award for “Uptown Funk.” Mars, who earlier

performed the song on stage, dedicated their victory to

the fans “who danced on this song.” The track also won

in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category.

Bagging the Album of the Year is Taylor Swift for her

highly successful “1989.” Swift, in her speech, noted

that she is the first female ever to win the category

twice. As mentioned, Swift also won Music Video of the

Year for “Bad Blood.”

Ed Sheeran took home the gramophone for Song of the

Year for “Thinking Out Loud” from his album “X.” The

24-year old artist, who co-wrote the track with Amy

Wedge, also won the Best Pop Solo Performance for the

same song.

Meanwhile, Meghan Trainor got one of the awards

biggest honours when she bagged the Best New Artist

Award. The artist behind the songs “Dear Future

Husband,” “All About the Bass” and “Like I’m Gonna

Lose You” tearfully accepted the award. She bested four

of today’s biggest newcomers: Courtney Barnett, James

Bay, Sam Hunt and Tori Kelly.

The Weeknd, a Canadian singer, songwriter and record

producer also collected two Grammy awards: Best

Urban Contemporary Album for “Beauty Behind the

Madness” and Best R&B Performance for “Earned It”

from the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Alabama

Shakes, an American rock band formed in Athens,

Alabama in 2009, won their first Grammy awards. They

brought home three wins: Best Rock Song and Best

Rock Performance for “Don’t Wanna Fight” and Best

Alternative Music Album for “Sound and Color.”

Here is the complete list of Grammy Awards 2016

winners:

Record of the Year: “Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson feat.

Bruno Mars

Album of the Year: “1989,” Taylor Swift

Song of the Year: “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran &

Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)

Best Country Album: “Traveller,” Chris Stapleton

Best R&B Performance: “Earned It (Fifty Shades of

Grey,” The Weeknd

Best Rock Album: “Drones,” Muse

Best Pop Vocal Album: “1989,” Taylor Swift

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed

Sheeran

Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jeff Bhasker for

“Ain’t Gonna Drown,” “Burning Doves,” “Burning

House,” “Grand Romantic,” “Last Damn Night,” “Never

Let You Down,” “Runaway Train” and “Uptown Special”

Best Folk Album: “Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn,”

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Best Americana Album: “Something More Than Free,”

Jason Isbell

Best American Roots Song: “Frames,” Jason Isbell,

songwriter (Jason Isbell)

Best American Roots Performance: “See That My Grave

Is Kept Clean,” Mavis Staples

Best Regional Roots Performance: “Go Go Juice,” Jon

Cleary

Best R&B Album: “Black Messiah” D’Angelo And The

Vanguard

Best Urban Contemporary Album: “Beauty Behind the

Madness,” The Weeknd

Best R&B Song: “Really Love,” D’Angelo & Kendra

Foster, songwriters (D’Angelo And The Vanguard)

Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Little Ghetto Boy,”

Lalah Hathaway

Best Rap Album: To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song: “Alright,” Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan

Prather, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams,

songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “These Walls,” Kendrick

Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat

Best Rap Performance: “Alright,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Comedy Album: “Live At Madison Square Garden,”

Louis C.K.

Best Musical Theatre Album: “Hamilton,” Daveed Diggs,

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher

Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda,

Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos

& Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-

Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson &

Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer

& lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Spoken Word Album: “A Full Life: Reflections at

Ninety,” Jimmy Carter

Best Blues Album: “Born To Play Guitar,” Buddy Guy

Best Alternative Music Album: “Sound and Color,”

Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Song: “Don’t Wanna Fight,” Alabama Shakes

Best Metal Performance: “Ghost,” Cirice

Best Rock Performance: “Don’t Wanna Fight,” Alabama

Shakes

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: “Sylva,” Snarky

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