The 58th Annual Grammy Awards were held on Monday, February 15, in Los Angeles, California at the STAPLES Center. LL Cool J returned to host the star-studded event. Who won big at the Grammy Awards and who went home empty-handed? Check out the full list of winners below.
Winners at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards
Album of the Year – Taylor Swift, 1989
Best Album Notes – Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces – A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
Best Alternative Music Album – Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best American Roots Performance – Mavis Staples, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Best American Roots Song – Jason Isbell, 24 Frames
Best Americana Album – Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella – Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O. Olusola; Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals – Maria Schneider, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
Best Bluegrass Album – The Steeldrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings
Best Blues Album – Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package – Various Artists, The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – Eighth Blackbird, Filament
Best Children’s Album – Tim Kubart, Home
Best Choral Performance – Charles Bruffy, Rachmaninoff – All-Night Vigil
Best Classical Compendium – Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto, Giancarlo Guerrero; Tim Handley
Best Classical Instrumental Solo – Augustin Hadelich, Dutilleux – Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album – Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall
Best Comedy Album – Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – Tobymac, This Is Not a Test
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song – Francesca Battistelli, Holy Spirit
Best Contemporary Classical Composition – Stephen Paulus, Paulus – Prayers & Remembrances
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album – Sylva, Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
Best Country Album – Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – Little Big Town, Girl Crush
Best Country Solo Performance – Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Best Country Song – Little Big Town, Girl Crush
Best Dance Recording – Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, Where Are Ü Now
Best Dance/Electronic Album – Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
Best Engineered Album, Classical – Ask Your Mama, George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Folk Album – Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Best Gospel Album – Israel & Newbreed, Covered – Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Best Gospel Performance/Song – Kirk Franklin, Wanna Be Happy?
Best Historical Album – Bob Dylan, The Band; The Basement Tapes Complete – The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Best Improvised Jazz Solo – Cherokee by Christian McBride
Best Instrumental Composition – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
Best Jazz Instrumental Album – John Scofield, Past Present
Best Jazz Vocal Album – Cécile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields
Best Latin Jazz Album – Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil
Best Latin Pop Album – Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album – Pitbull, Dale
Best Metal Performance – Cirice by Ghost
Best Music Film – Amy Winehouse, Amy
Best Music Video – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Best Musical Theater Album – Hamilton
Best New Age Album – Grace, Paul Avgerinos
Best New Artist – Meghan Trainor
Best Opera Recording – Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus, Ravel – L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
Best Orchestral Performance – Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10, Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Best Pop Solo Performance – Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Best Pop Vocal Album – Taylor Swift, 1989
Best R&B Album – D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah
Best R&B Performance – The Weeknd, Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Best R&B Song – D’Angelo and The Vanguard, Really Love
Best Rap Album – Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Best Rap Performance – Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Best Rap Song – Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Best Rap/Song Collaboration – Common & John Legend, Glory
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, These Walls
Best Recording Package – Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves; Asleep at the Wheel, Still the King – Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Best Reggae Album – Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – Los Tigres Del Norte, Realidades – Deluxe Edition
Best Regional Roots Music Album – Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Best Rock Album – Muse, Drones
Best Rock Performance – Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
Best Rock Song – Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
Best Roots Gospel Album – The Fairfield Four, Still Rockin’ My Soul
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Birdman by Antonio Sanchez
Best Song Written for Visual Media – Glory by John Legend and Common
Best Spoken Word Album – Jimmy Carter, A Full Life – Reflections at Ninety
Best Surround Sound Album – James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining – The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Traditional R&B Performance – Lalah Hathaway, Little Ghetto Boy
Best Tropical Latin Album – Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá
Best Urban Contemporary Album – The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Best World Album – Angélique Kidjo, Sings
MusiCares Person of the Year – Lionel Richie
Producer of the Year, Classical – Judith Sherman
Record of the Year – Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
Song of the Year – Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
What did you think of this year’s Grammy Awards show? Did any of your favorites take home a Grammy? Sound off in the comments section below and let us know!
By Trixie Dillwood
Photo Courtesy CBS