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GRAMMYs 2016: Full List of Winners

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Tonight marked music’s biggest night! The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards were definitely one for the books. Here is a complete list of the 2016 GRAMMY winners.

  • Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
  • Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
  • Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller 
  • Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
  • Best Musical Album: Hamilton 
  • Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
  • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
  • Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, 1989
  • Record of the Year: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
  • Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
  • Best Pop Solo Performance: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
  • Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
  • Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat, “These Walls”
  • Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color
  • Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones
  • Best R&B Album: D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah
  • Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  • Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”
  • Best R&B Song: D’Angelo and The Vanguard, “Really Love”
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, “Little Ghetto Boy”
  • Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
  • Best Dance Recording: Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”
  • Best Music Video: Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
  • Best Country Song: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
  • Best Music Film: Amy Winehouse, Amy
  • Best Rap/Song Collaboration: Common & John Legend, “Glory”
  • Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift, 1989
  • Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Tobymac, This Is Not a Tes
  • Best Roots Gospel Album: The Fairfield Four, Still Rockin’ My Soul
  • Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Pitbull, Dale
  • Best Latin Pop Album: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
  • Best Comedy Album: Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden
  • Best Spoken Word Album: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
  • Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman
  • Best Gospel Album: Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
  • Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy?”
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Francesca Battistelli, “Holy Spirit”
  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Augustin Hadelich, “Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes”
  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Eighth Blackbird, “Filament”
  • Best Choral Performance: Charles Bruffy, “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil”
  • Best Opera Recording: Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus, “Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade”
  • Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
  • Best Regional Roots Music Album: Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice
  • Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
  • Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar
  • Best Bluegrass Album: The Steeldrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings
  • Best Americana Album: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
  • Best American Roots Song: Jason Isbell, “24 Frames”
  • Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”
  • Best Tropical Latin Album: Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá
  • Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Los Tigres Del Norte,Realidades – Deluxe Edition
  • Best Children’s Album: Tim Kubart, Home
  • Best World Album: Angélique Kidjo, Sings
  • Best Reggae Album: Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots
  • Best Latin Jazz Album: Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Past Present
  • Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cécile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love
  • Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death
  • Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)”
  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
  • Best Historical Album: Various artists; The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
  • Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Various Artists, The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
  • Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
  • 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 Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Maria Schneider, “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”
  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O. Olusola; “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy”
  • Best Instrumental Composition: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, “The Afro Latin Jazz Suite”
  • MusiCares Person of the Year: Lionel Richie

Twenty two year old Sports, Arts and Entertainment Management graduate from Pittsburgh, PA. Avid concert goer, music lover, and travel enthusiast.