The 58th annual Grammy Awards kicked off from the Staples Center in Los Angeles and among the winners are mega pop star Taylor Swift, R&B crooner The Weeknd and country singer Chris Stapleton.
Swift snagged the Best Music Video award for her hit "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar and her album "1989" earned the Best Pop Vocal Album award. The Weeknd took home the Best R&B Performance award for "Earned It," a track featured on the "50 Shades of Grey" soundtrack and his album "Beauty Behind the Madness" won the award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Chris Stapleton's single "Traveller" off the album of the same title earned him the Best Country Solo Performance award.
CBS aired the televised awards ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. EST, hosted by entertainer LL Cool J for the fifth time in a row, as previously reported by HNGN. The event featured "Pitch Perfect" star Anna Kendrick, pop star Ariana Grande and hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube as presenters, with performances by Taylor Swift, Adele, Justin Bieber and many more.
See below for the full list of winners, with regular updates throughout the night.
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 (Ed Sheeran)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Meghan Trainor
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
"The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern" - Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
"1989" - Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE RECORDING
"Where Are Ü Now" - Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
"Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü" - Skrillex and Diplo
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"Sylva" - Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
"Don't Wanna Fight" - Alabama Shakes
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"Cirice" - Ghost
BEST ROCK SONG
"Don't Wanna Fight" - songwriters Alabama Shakes (Alabama Shakes)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
"Drones" - Muse
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
"Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
"Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)" - The Weeknd
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
"Little Ghetto Boy" - Lalah Hathaway
BEST R&B SONG
"Really Love" - songwriters D'Angelo & Kendra Foster (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
"Beauty Behind The Madness" - The Weeknd
BEST R&B ALBUM
"Black Messiah" - D'Angelo And The Vanguard
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
"Alright" - Kendrick Lamar
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"These Walls" - Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
BEST RAP SONG
"Alright" - songwriters Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams (Kendrick Lamar)
BEST RAP ALBUM
"To Pimp A Butterfly" - Kendrick Lamar
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Traveller" - Chris Stapleton
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Girl Crush" - Little Big Town
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Girl Crush" - songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose (Little Big Town)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
"Traveller" - Chris Stapleton
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
"Grace" - Paul Avgerinos
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
"Cherokee" - Christian McBride, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
"For One To Love" - Cécile McLorin Salvant
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"Past Present" - John Scofield
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
"The Thompson Fields" - Maria Schneider Orchestra
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
"Made In Brazil" - Eliane Elias
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
"Wanna Be Happy?" - Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
"Holy Spirit" - Francesca Battistelli
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
"Covered: Alive In Asia [Live]" - Israel & NewBreed
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
"This Is Not A Test" - Tobymac
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
"Still Rockin' My Soul" - The Fairfield Four
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
"A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)" - Ricky Martin
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
TIE
"Hasta La Raíz" - Natalia Lafourcade
TIE
"Dale" - Pitbull
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
"Realidades - Deluxe Edition" - Los Tigres Del Norte
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
"Son De Panamá" - Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" - Mavis Staples
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
"24 Frames" - songwriter Jason Isbell (Jason Isbell)
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
"Something More Than Free" - Jason Isbell
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
"The Muscle Shoals Recordings" - The Steeldrivers
BEST BLUES ALBUM
"Born To Play Guitar" - Buddy Guy
BEST FOLK ALBUM
"Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn" - Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
"Go Go Juice" - Jon Cleary
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
"Strictly Roots" - Morgan Heritage
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
"Sings" - Angelique Kidjo
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
"Home" - Tim Kubart
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
"A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety" - Jimmy Carter
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
"Live At Madison Square Garden" - Louis C.K.
BEST MUSICAL THEATER 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 COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" (Various Artists)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"Birdman" - Antonio Sanchez, composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"Glory" - Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
"The Afro Latin Jazz Suite" - Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
"Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" - Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
"Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" - Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
"Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys" - Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
"The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)" - Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
BEST ALBUM NOTES
"Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced" - Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
"The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11" - Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bob Dylan And The Band)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
"Sound & Color" - Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Jeff Bhasker
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
"Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)" - Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
"Amused To Death" - James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
"Ask Your Mama" - Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Judith Sherman
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
"Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10" - Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
BEST OPERA RECORDING
"Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade" - Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
"Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil" - Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
"Filament" - Eighth Blackbird
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
"Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes" - Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
"Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall" - Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
"Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances" - Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
"Bad Blood" - Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
BEST MUSIC FILM
"Amy" (Amy Winehouse)
