Grammy Awards 2016 - List Of Major Winners
Well, that was it for the 2016 Grammy Awards. To be clear, "it" was more than enough - easily 30 minutes too long.
If you missed out, tough shit. You should have got up at 3am.
Just kidding.
That was my job. If ya missed out, below is a list of winners from some of the bigger categories:
Album Of The Year: 1989 — Taylor Swift (WINNER) Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes To Pimp A Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar Traveller — Chris Stapleton Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd
Record Of The Year: “Uptown Funk” — Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars (WINNER) “Really Love” — D’Angelo And The Vanguard “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran “Blank Space” — Taylor Swift “Can’t Feel My Face” — The Weeknd
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor (WINNER) Courtney Barnett James Bay Sam Hunt Tori Kelly
Best Rock Performance: “Don’t Wanna Fight” — Alabama Shakes (WINNER) “What Kind Of Man” — Florence + The Machine “Something From Nothing” — Foo Fighters “Ex’s & Oh’s” — Elle King “Moaning Lisa Smile” — Wolf Alice
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) (WINNER)
An American In Paris — Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Fun Home — Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
The King And I — Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O’Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast)
Something Rotten! — Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian d’Arcy James, Brad Oscar & Kate Reinders, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Manchester, Kevin McCollum & Phil Reno, producers; Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick, composers/lyricists (Originial Broadway Cast)
Song Of The Year: “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) (WINNER) “Alright” — Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) “Blank Space” — Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) “Girl Crush” — Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) “See You Again” — Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
Best Country Album: Traveller — Chris Stapleton (WINNER) Montevallo — Sam Hunt Pain Killer — Little Big Town The Blade — Ashley Monroe Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
Best Rap Album: To Pimp A Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar (WINNER) 2014 Forest Hills Drive — J. Cole Compton — Dr. Dre If Youre Reading This Its Too Late — Drake The Pinkprint — Nicki Minaj
Best Pop Vocal Album: 1989 — Taylor Swift (WINNER) Piece By Piece — Kelly Clarkson How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful — Florence + The Machine Uptown Special — Mark Ronson Before This World — James Taylor
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd (WINNER) Ego Death — The Internet You Should Be Here — Kehlani Blood — Lianne La Havas Wildheart — Miguel
Best Dance/Electronic Album Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü — Skrillex And Diplo (WINNER) Our Love — Caribou Born In The Echoes — The Chemical Brothers Caracal — Disclosure In Colour — Jamie XX
Best R&B Album Black Messiah — D’Angelo And The Vanguard (WINNER) Coming Home — Leon Bridges Cheers To The Fall — Andra Day Reality Show — Jazmine Sullivan Forever Charlie — Charlie Wilson
Best Rock Album: Drones — Muse (WINNER) Chaos And The Calm — James Bay Kintsugi — Death Cab For Cutie Mister Asylum — Highly Suspect .5: The Gray Chapter — Slipknot
Best Alternative Music Album: Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes (WINNER) Vulnicura — Björk The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket Currents — Tame Impala Star Wars — Wilco
