The 59th annual ceremony of Grammys was held last night at the Staples Centers, Los Angeles, and winner’ announcement begin at 9:30 PM Nigerian time.
Album of the Year
25, Adele
Record of the Year
“Hello,” Adele
Song of the Year
“Hello,” Adele and Greg Kurstin
Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper
Best Pop Vocal Album
25, Adele
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Hello,” Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
Best Country Album
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Best Country Solo Performance
“My Church,” Maren Morris
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Jolene” [ft. Dolly Parton], Pentatonix
Best Country Song
“Humble and Kind,” Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
Best Rock Album
Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Best Rock Song
“Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Rock Performance
“Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Alternative Music Album
Blackstar, David Bowie
Best Metal Performance
“Dystopia,” Megadeth
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
Best Rap Song
“Hotline Bling,” Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
Best Rap Performance
“No Problem,” Chance the Rapper [ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz]
“Hotline Bling,” Drake
Best R&B Album
Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
“Lake By the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Best R&B Performance
“Cranes in the Sky,” Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Angel,” Lalah Hathaway
Best Comedy Album
Talking for Clapping, Patton Oswalt
Best Spoken Word Album
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
Best Folk Album
Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz
Best Americana Album
This Is Where I Live, William Bell
Best American Roots Song
“Kid Sister,” Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Best American Roots Performance
“House of Mercy,” Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
E Walea, Kalani Pe’a
Best Bluegrass Album
Coming Home, O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley
Best Surround Sound Album
Dutilleux: Sur La Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère de L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement, Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Best Traditional Blues Album
Porcupine Meat, Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy
Best Dance Recording
“Don’t Let Me Down” [ft. Daya], The Chainsmokers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin, Flume
Best New Age Album
White Sun II, White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Take Me to the Alley, Gregory Porter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Country for Old Men, John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom, Ted Nash Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac, Chucho Valde?s
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“God Provides,” Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Thy Will,” Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Love Remains, Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Best Roots Gospel Album
Hymns, Joey+Rory
Best Latin Pop Album
Un Besito Mas, Jesse & Joy
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
iLevitable, iLe
Best Regional Mexican Music Album
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo), Vicente Ferna?ndez
Best Tropical Latin Album
Donde Están?, Jose Lugo & Guasa?bara Combo
Best World Music Album
Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Best Children’s Album
Infinity Plus One, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Best Historical Album
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Collector’s Edition), Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)
Best Instrumental Composition
”Spoken at Midnight,” Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“You and I,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Flintstones,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Recording Package
Blackstar, Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Edith Piaf 1915-2015, Ge?rard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)
Best Album Notes
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
Best Remixed Recording
“Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix),” Andre? Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Best Engineered Album: Classical
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles, Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album: Non-Classical
Blackstar, David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Greg Kurstin
Producer of the Year: Classical
David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9, Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles, James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1, Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Steve Reich, Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway, Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schmann & Berg (tie), Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist
Shakespeare Songs (tie), Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Best Classical Compendium
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle,Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Music Video
“Formation,” Beyoncé
Best Music Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years, The Beatles
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Track from Trolls – “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists; Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers
Best Musical Theater Album
The Color Purple, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)
