The 61st Grammy Awards also known as the most important event in the music industry took place Sunday at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. If you did not get a chance to watch, TUC’s got you covered!
With 18 musical performances, 37 different performers and four dozen different songs the Grammy’s were anything but average. However, what stood out the most over the course of three hours and 40 minutes event, was this year’s efforts towards diversity and inclusion. By shedding light on some of the most musically talented women in various genres, celebrating the successful music career of Diana Ross and recognizing Childish Gambino’s, “This is America” as the record of the year, the Grammy’s showed it is becoming more progressive.
From the beginning, the show opened, with host Alicia Keys, who made a grand entrance with some of the badass women in the world, Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, J-Lo, and Michelle Obama.
Photo courtesy Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Here are the list complete winners:
- Album of the year: Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour
- Record of the year: Childish Gambino, This Is America
- Song of the year: Childish Gambino, This Is America
- Best new artist: Dua Lipa
- Best rap song: Drake, God’s Plan
- Best pop solo performance: Lady Gaga, Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)
- Best pop duo/group performance: Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper, Shallow
- Best rap album: Cardi B, Invasion Of Privacy
- Best R&B album: H.E.R, H.E.R
- Best pop vocal album: Ariana Grande, Sweetener
- Best traditional pop vocal album: Willie Nelson, My Way
- Best alternative music album: Beck, Colors
- Best country solo performance: Kacey Musgraves, Butterflies
- Best country duo/group performance: Dan + Shay, Tequila
- Best country song: Kacey Musgraves, Space Cowboy
- Best country album: Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour
- Best gospel album: Tori Kelly, Hiding Place
- Best Latin pop album: Claudia Brant, Sincera
- Best Americana album: Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You
- Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: The Greatest Showman
- Best song written for visual media: Shallow, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
- Best music video: This Is America, Childish Gambino, Hiro Murai, with video directors Ibra Ake, Jason Cole and Fam Rothstein
- Best comedy album: Equanimity And The Bird Revelation, Dave Chappelle
- Best dance/electronic album: Woman Worldwide, Justice
- Best rap performance: Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake, King’s Dead (TIE)
- Anderson.Paak, Bubblin (TIE)
- Best traditional R&B performance: Leon Bridges, Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand (TIE)
- PJ Morton ft Yebba, How Deep Is Your Love (TIE)
- Best R&B song: Ella Mai, Boo’d Up
- Best rap/sung performance: Childish Gambino, This Is America
Prefer to listen in? Check out the Grammys Spotify playlist!
