On Sunday night, Drake won Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan,” and shocked fans by actually appearing to accept his Grammy award.
Also, reigning pop princess, Ariana Grande took home the first Grammy of her career for Best Pop Vocal Album for her fourth studio album “Sweetener,” topping a tough field including perennial favorite Taylor Swift.
For long, Drake hasn’t attended a Grammys show since 2013. He’s been a noted critic of the awards show, in the past citing rap being shut out of major categories. But this year Drake was nominated for seven Grammys in major categories including album of the year for “Scorpion” and song and record of the year for “God’s Plan.”
Accepting his Grammy, the rapper began an impassioned speech, aiming it to kids aspiring to make music and his category-mates who didn’t win.
For Grande, her Grammy comes after six career nominations but the star was notably absent from this year’s gala.
Just days before the event, she slammed the ceremony’s producer for “lying” about her decision not to perform on music’s biggest night.
The chart-topper released her fifth album “Thank U, Next” before lashing out at producer Ken Ehrlich after he told US media the 25-year-old Grande “felt it was too late for her to pull something together.”
The awards which was hosted by singer Alicia Keys, saw the academy handing out more than 80 golden gramophones in total, across different categories and also witnessed performances from the likes of Camila Cabelo, Cardi B, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Diana Ross, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, H.E.R, J Balvin and more.
Former US First Lady, Michelle Obama also made a special appearance at this years Grammy awards.
Album of the Year
By the Way, I forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Scorpion, Drake
Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone
Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves [WINNER]
Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar
Record of the Year
“I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin
“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile
This is America – Childish Gambino [WINNER]
“God’s Plan,” Drake
‘Shallow’ Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
“All the Stars,” Kendrick Lamar, Sza
“Rockstar,” Post Malone
“The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey
Song of the Year
“All the Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears, Anthony Tiffith
“Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, Dijon McFarlane
“God’s Plan,” Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, and Noah Shebib
“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth
“In My Blood,” Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes, and Geoffrey Warburton
“This Is America,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson [WINNER]
Best World Music Album
DERAN – Bombino
FENFO – Fatoumata Diawara
BLACK TIMES – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
FREEDOM – Soweto Gospel Choir [WINNER]
THE LOST SONGS OF WORLD WAR II – Yiddish Glory
Best New Artist
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa [WINNER]
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance
‘Colors’ – Beck
‘Havana (LIVE)’ – Camila Cabello
‘God Is A Woman’ – Ariana Grande
‘Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)’ -Lady Gaga [WINNER]
‘Better Now’ – Post Malone
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
FALL IN LINE – Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART – Backstreet Boys
‘S WONDERFUL – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
SHALLOW – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper [WINNER]
GIRLS LIKE YOU – Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
SAY SOMETHING – Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
THE MIDDLE – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
LOVE IS HERE TO STAY – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
MY WAY – Willie Nelson [WINNER]
NAT “KING” COLE & ME – Gregory Porter
STANDARDS (DELUXE) – Seal
THE MUSIC…THE MEM’RIES…THE MAGIC! – Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Vocal Album
CAMILA – Camila Cabello
MEANING OF LIFE – Kelly Clarkson
SWEETENER – Ariana Grande [WINNER]
SHAWN MENDES – Shawn Mendes
BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA – P!nk
REPUTATION – Taylor Swift
Best Dance Recording
NORTHERN SOUL – Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
ULTIMATUM – Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
LOSING IT – Fisher
ELECTRICITY – Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson [WINNER]
GHOST VOICES – Virtual Self
Best Dance/Electronic Album
SINGULARITY – Jon Hopkins
WOMAN WORLDWIDE – Justice [WINNER]
TREEHOUSE – Sofi Tukker
OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES – SOPHIE
LUNE ROUGE – Tokimonsta
Best Rock Performance
“When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell [WINNER]
Best Rock Song
BLACK SMOKE RISING – Greta Van Fleet
JUMPSUIT – Twenty One Pilots
MANTRA – Bring Me The Horizon
MASSEDUCTION – St. Vincent [WINNER]
RATS – Ghost
Best Rock Album
RAINIER FOG – Alice In Chains
M A N I A – Fall Out Boy
PREQUELLE – Ghost
FROM THE FIRES – Greta Van Fleet [WINNER]
PACIFIC DAYDREAM – Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album
TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL + CASINO – Arctic Monkeys
COLORS – Beck [WINNER]
UTOPIA – Björk
AMERICAN UTOPIA – David Byrne
MASSEDUCTION – St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance
LONG AS I LIVE – Toni Braxton
SUMMER – The Carters
Y O Y – Lalah Hathaway
BEST PART – H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar [WINNER]
FIRST BEGAN – PJ Morton
Best Traditional R&B Performance [TIE]
BET AIN’T WORTH THE HAND – Leon Bridges [WINNER]
DON’T FALL APART ON ME TONIGHT – Bettye LaVette
HONEST – Major
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE – PJ Morton Featuring Yebba [WINNER]
MADE FOR LOVE – Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
BOO’D UP – Ella Mai [WINNER]
COME THROUGH AND CHILL – Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi
FEELS LIKE SUMMER – Childish Gambino
FOCUS – H.E.R.
LONG AS I LIVE – Toni Braxton
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
WINNER: Steve Gadd Band – Steve Gadd Band
Best Urban Contemporary Album
EVERYTHING IS LOVE – The Carters [WINNER]
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT – Chloe x Halle
CHRIS DAVE AND THE DRUMHEDZ – Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
WAR & LEISURE – Miguel
VENTRILOQUISM – Meshell Ndegeocello
Best R&B Album
SEX & CIGARETTES – Toni Braxton
GOOD THING – Leon Bridges
HONESTLY – Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R – H.E.R. [WINNER]
GUMBO UNPLUGGED (LIVE) – PJ Morton
Best Rap Performance (TIE)
BE CAREFUL – Cardi B
NICE FOR WHAT – Drake
KING’S DEAD – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake [WINNER]
BUBBLIN – Anderson .Paak [WINNER]
SICKO MODE – Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) & Swae Lee
Best Rap/Sung Performance
LIKE I DO – Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
PRETTY LITTLE FEARS – 6lack Featuring J. Cole
THIS IS AMERICA – Childish Gambino [WINNER]
ALL THE STARS – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
ROCKSTAR – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
Best Rap Song
GOD’S PLAN – Drake [WINNER]
KING’S DEAD – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
LUCKY YOU – Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas
SICKO MODE -Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk) & Swae Lee)
WIN – Jay Rock
Best Rap Album
INVASION OF PRIVACY – Cardi B [WINNER]
SWIMMING – Mac Miller
VICTORY LAP – Nipsey Hussle
DAYTONA – Pusha T
ASTROWORLD – Travis Scott
Best Reggae Album
AS THE WORLD TURNS – Black Uhuru
REGGAE FOREVER – Etana
REBELLION RISES – Ziggy Marley
A MATTER OF TIME – Protoje
44/876 – Sting & Shaggy [WINNER]
Best Gospel Performance/Song: WINNER: “Never Alone” — Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters (Tori Kelly feat. Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
WINNER: “You Say” — Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters (Lauren Daigle)
Producer of the year (Non-Classical) – Pharell Williams [WINNER]
Best Country Solo Performance
“Butterflies” — Kacey Musgraves [WINNER]
Country Album of the year
“Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves [WINNER]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Emanon” — The Wayne Shorter Quartet [WINNER]
Best Latin Pop Album
“Sincera” — Claudia Brant [WINNER]
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) [WINNER]
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
Band Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters [WINNER]
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“You Say” — Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters [WINNER]
Best Gospel Album
“Hiding Place” — Tori Kelly [WINNER]
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Look Up Child” — Lauren Daigle [WINNER]
Best Roots Gospel Album
“Unexpected” — Jason Crabb [WINNER]
Best Children’s Album
“All the Sounds” — Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats [WINNER]
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling)
“Faith – A Journey for All” — Jimmy Carter [WINNER]
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
“¡México Por Siempre!” — Luis Miguel [WINNER]
Best Tropical Latin Album
“Anniversary” — Spanish Harlem Orchestra [WINNER]
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a [WINNER]
Best Music Film
“Quincy” — Quincy Jones; Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula Dupré Pesmen, video producer [WINNER]
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Tequila” — Dan + Shay [WINNER]
Best Country Song
“Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane Mcanally and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters [WINNER]
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“My Way” — Willie Nelson [WINNER]
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer [WINNER]
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh [WINNER]
Best Orchestral Performance
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor [WINNER]
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 [WINNER]
Best Choral Performance
“Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor [WINNER]
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet [WINNER]
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor [WINNER]
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’india & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles [WINNER]
Best Classical Compendium
“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — Joann Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer [WINNER]
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