Music’s biggest night of the year and the 2016 Grammy nominees and winners that made it unforgettable:
Record of the year
Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars -WINNER
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd
Album of the year
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
1989 – Taylor Swift -WINNER
Beauty Behind the Madness – the Weeknd
Best rap performance
Apparently – J Cole
Back to Back – Drake
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
Alright – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Truffle Butter – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan
Kingdom and Paul McCartney
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
Song of the year
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran -WINNER
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Best country album
Montevallo – Sam Hunt
Pain Killer – Little Big Town
The Blade – Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
Traveller – Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Best rap album
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
2014 Forest Hills Drive – J Cole
Compton – Dr Dre
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
Best pop solo performance
Heartbeat Song – Kelly Clarkson
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Thinking Out Loud –
Ed Sheeran – WINNER
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd
Best pop duo/group
performance
Ship to Wreck – Florence + The Machine
Sugar – Maroon 5
Uptown Funk – Mark
Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – WINNER
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Best pop vocal album
Piece By Piece – Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
1989 – Taylor Swift –
WINNER
Before This World – James Taylor
Best dance recording
We’re All We Need – Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston
Go – the Chemical Brothers
Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
Runaway (U & I) – Galantis
Where Are Ü Now –
Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber – WINNER
Best dance/electronic
album
Our Love – Caribou
Born in the Echoes – the Chemical Brothers
Caracal – Disclosure
In Colour – Jamie xx
Skrillex and Diplo
Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo – WINNER
Best metal
performance
Identity – August Burns Red
Cirice – Ghost –
WINNER
512 – Lamb Of God
Thank You – Sevendust
Custer – Slipknot
Best rock song
Don’t Wanna Fight –
Alabama Shakes – WINNER
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King
Hold Back the River – James Bay
Lydia – Highly Suspect
What Kind Of Man – Florence + The Machine
Best rock album
Chaos and the Calm – James Bay
Kintsugi – Death Cab For Cutie
Mister Asylum – Highly Suspect
Drones – Muse –
WINNER
.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
Best R&B
performance
If I Don’t Have You – Tamar Braxton
Rise Up – Andra Day
Breathing Underwater – Hiatus Kaiyote
Planes – Jeremiah featuring J Cole
Earned It (Fifty
Shades Of Grey) – the Weeknd – WINNER
Best R&B song
Coffee – Miguel
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – the Weeknd
Let It Burn – Jazmine Sullivan
Really Love –
D’Angelo and the Vanguard – WINNER
Shame – Tyrese
Best urban
contemporary album
Ego Death – the Internet
You Should Be Here – Kehlani
Blood – Lianne La Havas
Wildheart – Miguel
Beauty Behind the
Madness – the Weeknd – WINNER
Best R&B album
Coming Home – Leon Bridges
Black Messiah –
D’Angelo and the Vanguard – WINNER
Cheers to the Fall – Andra Day
Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson
Best rap/sung
collaboration
One Man Can Change the World – Big Sean featuring Kanye West
and John Legend
Glory – Common and John Legend
Classic Man – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
These Walls –
Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat – WINNER
Only – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris
Brown
Best rap song
All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan
Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Alright – Kendrick
Lamar – WINNER
Energy – Drake
Glory – Common & John Legend
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
Best country solo
performance
Burning House – Cam
Traveller – Chris
Stapleton – WINNER
Little Toy Guns – Carrie Underwood
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 – Keith Urban
Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack
Best country song
Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack
Diamond Rings and Old Barstools – Tim McGraw
Girl Crush – Little
Big Town – WINNER
Hold My Hand – Brandy Clark
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
Best music video
LSD – A$AP Rocky
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) – The Dead Weather
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Bad Blood – Taylor
Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
For a complete list of the 2016 Grammy nominees in all 83
categories, go to the official website: https://www.grammy.com/
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