The 61st Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. The annual event hosted by 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys was a big night. With some electric performances by Camila Cabello, Cardi B, and Shawn Mendes. Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande were the big female artists to win at the prestigious awards. Grande won in the Best Pop vocal album whereas Gaga was awarded for her A Star Is Born song "Shallow".
British pop star Dua Lipa also won her first ever Grammy and was over the moon with the big win. Childish Gambino's "This Is America" won the Song of the Year honour which did not come as a surprise considering how much popularity it gathered since its release. Grammy Awards 2019 Best Dressed: Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello Take The Red Carpet By Storm!
Here is the complete winners' list of 61st Grammy Awards 2019:
Record of the Year: "This Is America" - Childish Gambino
Album of the Year: Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
Song of the Year: "This Is America" - Childish Gambino
Best New Artist: Dua Lipa
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” — Lady Gaga
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Shallow" - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: My Way — Willie Nelson
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sweetner Ariana Grande
Best Dance Recording: “Electricity” — Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Woman Worldwide — Justice
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Steve Gadd Band — Steve Gadd
Best Rock Performance: "When Bad Does Good" - Chris Cornell
Best Metal Performance: "High On Fire" - Electric Messiah
Best Rock Song: "Masseduction" - St Vincent
Best Rock Album: From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet
Best Alternative Music Album: Colors — Beck
Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand & PJ Morton ft Yebba – How Deep Is Your Love" - Leon Bridges
Best R&B Song: "Boo’d Up" - Ella Mai
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Everything is Love - The Carters
Best R&B Album: H.E.R - H.E.R
Best Rap Performance: "King’s Dead" - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake and Anderson .Paak – "Bubblin"
Best Rap/Sung Performance: "This Is America" - Childish Gambino
Best Rap Song: "God's Plan" - Drake
Best Rap Album: Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B
Best Country Solo Performance: "Butterflies" - Kasey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Tequila” — Dan + Shay
Best Country Song: “Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane Mcanally and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters
Best Country Album: Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
Best New Age Album: Opium Moon - Opium Moon
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Don’t Fence Me In” - John Daversa, soloist. Track from: American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom
Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Window - Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: The Wayne Shorter Quartet - Emanon
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom - John Daversa Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: Back to the Sunset - Dafnis Prieto Big Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “You Say” — Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters
Best Gospel Album: Hiding Place - Tori Kelly
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle
Best Roots Gospel Album: Unexpected - Jason Crabb
Best Latin Pop Album: Sincera - Claudia Brant
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Aztlán - Zoé
Best American Roots Performance: “The Joke” - Brandi Carlile
Best American Roots Song: “The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters
Best Americana Album: By the Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile
Best Bluegrass Album: The Travelin’ Mccourys - The Travelin’ Mccourys
“Best Traditional Blues Album: The Blues Is Alive and Well - Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Please Don’t Be Dead - Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album: All Ashore - Punch Brothers
Best Regional Roots Music Album: No ‘Ane’i - Kalani Pe’a
Best Reggae Album: 44/876 — Sting and Shaggy
Best World Music Album: Freedom - Soweto Gospel Choir
Best Children’s Album: All the Sounds - Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling): Faith: A Journey for All - Jimmy Carter
Best Comedy Album: Equanimity & the Bird Revelation - Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album: The Band’s Visit- Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer and lyricist
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Greatest Showman - Hugh Jackman (and Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Greg Wells, compilation producers
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Black Panther- Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Shallow” - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
Best Instrumental Composition: “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)” - Terence Blanchar
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Stars and Stripes Forever” - John Daversa
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: "Spiderman Theme” - Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman and Justin Wilson, arrangers
Best Recording Package: Masseduction - Willo Perron, art director
Best Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package: Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic - Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic, art directors
Best Album Notes: Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris - David Evans, album notes writer
Best Historical Album: Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris - William Ferris, April Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Colors - Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp and Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar and Randy Merrill, mastering engineers
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 - Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharell Williams
Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Best Remixed Recording: “Walking Away (Mura Masa remix)” - Alex Crossan, remixer
Best Orchestral Performance: “Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” - Andris Nelsons, conductor
Best Opera Recording: “Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” - Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer
Best Choral Performance: "Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” - Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: “Kernis: Violin Concerto” -James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi
Best Classical Compendium: Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: “Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
Best Music Video: “This Is America” - Childish Gambino
Best Music Film: Quincy - Quincy Jones; Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula Dupré Pesmen, video producer
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Here are the winners who took home the coveted awards tonight. With so many talented artists competing for the honour, it is almost impossible to say who's better deserving. Did your favorite artists win a Grammy award this year?
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