The 58th annual
Grammy Awards saw big wins from the likes of Taylor Swift, Broadway’s Hamilton
and the Alabama Shakes, and King Kendrick.
Other big winners included Taylor
Swift, who earned three awards, including Best Music Video for her
Kendrick-assisted “Bad Blood” clip. The Weekend won two; Best R&B
Performance, Best Urban Contemporary Album and so did D’Angelo and Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album of the year.
See a list of winners below:
Best
New Artist
Meghan Trainor – WINNER
Record
of the Year
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
featuring Bruno Mars – WINNER
Song
of the Year
Thinking Out Loud – Ed
Sheeran & Amy Wadge – WINNER
Album
of the Year 1989 –
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Best
Pop Solo Performance
Thinking Out Loud – Ed
Sheehan – WINNER
Best
Pop Duo/Group Performance
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
featuring Bruno Mars – WINNER
Best
Pop
Vocal Album 1989 – Taylor
Swift – WINNER
Best
Dance Recording
Where Are Ü Now – Skrillex
And Diplo With Justin Bieber – WINNER
Best
Rock Performance
“Don’t Wanna Fight” —
Alabama Shakes – WINNER
Best
Alternative Music Album Sound & Colour — Alabama Shakes – WINNER
Best
Urban Contemporary Album
Beauty Behind The Madness —
The Weekend – WINNER
Best
Rap Album
To Pimp A Butterfly —
Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Best
Country Album
Traveller — Chris Stapleton
– WINNER
Best
Jazz Instrumental Album
Past Present — John
Scofield – WINNER
Best
Gospel Album Covered:
Alive Is Asia (Deluxe) — Israel
& Newbreed – WINNER
Best
Latin Pop
Album A Quien Quiera
Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) — Ricky Martin – WINNER
Best
Spoken Word Album
(Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) A Full Life: Reflections At
Ninety — Jimmy Carter – WINNER
Producer
Of The Year,
Non-Classical Jeff Bhaskar
– WINNER
Best
Music Film
Amy — Amy Winehouse –
WINNER Kevin Olusola
Kevin Olusola American
multi-instrumentalist of Nigerian origin, Kevin Olusola was one of the winners
at the just concluded 2016 Grammys. Kevin, who is also known as KO, won for the
second consecutive year in the ‘Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella’
category with his group Pentatonix. The group won in the same category at the
57th edition of the Grammys which held on Febrary 8, 2015. KO and his group
presented the award for Song of the Year with the visually-impaired music
legend.
Angelique Kidjo
Beninese-born music powerhouse, Angelique Kidjo on Monday won her third Grammy,
the most coveted music award in the world. This came eight years after her 2007
album, Djin Djin, won her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary world music
album in 2008. The new win is coming about two years after she won her second
Grammy in the world music album category for her album titled “eve,” a tribute
to African women.
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