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Tuesday, 16 February 2016

List Of Winners At The 2016 Grammys

The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony was held yesterday, February 15, 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which is from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015.

This year winners are:


Best rap album

"2014 Forest Hills Drive": J. Cole
"Compton": Dr. Dre
"If You're Reading This It's Too Late": Drake
"To Pimp A Butterfly": Kendrick Lamar *
"The Pinkprint": Nicki Minaj

Best country album

"Montevallo": Sam Hunt
"Pain Killer": Little Big Town
"The Blade": Ashley Monroe
"Pageant Material": Kacey Musgraves
"Traveller": Chris Stapleton *

Song of the year

"Alright": Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
"Blank Space": Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
"Girl Crush": Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
"See You Again": Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
"Thinking Out Loud": Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) *

Best new artist

Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor *

 

Album of the year

"Sound & Color" by Alabama Shakes
"To Pimp a Butterfly" by Kendrick Lamar
"Traveller" by Chris Stapleton
"1989" by Taylor Swift*
"Beauty Behind the Madness" by The Weeknd

Record of the year

"Really Love" by D'Angelo and the Vanguard
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars*
"Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd

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)": Gallants
"Where Are Ü Now": Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber *

Best pop duo/group performance

"Ship To Wreck": Florence + The Machine
"Sugar": Maroon 5
"Uptown Funk": Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars *
"Bad Blood": Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
"See You Again": Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Pluth

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 *

Best alternative music album

"Sound & Color": Alabama Shakes *
"Vulnicura": Björk
"The Waterfall": My Morning Jacket
"Currents": Tame Impala
"Star Wars": Wilco

Best rock performance

"Don't Wanna Fight" : Alabama Shakes *
"What Kind of Man": Florence + The Machine
"Something From Nothing": Foo Fighters
"Ex's & Oh's": Elle King
"Moaning Lisa Smile": Wolf Alice

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