Who Won At The 59th Grammy Awards
All hail Adele and Beyoncé
The Grammy’s is always full of noteworthy moments and this year was no exception. In its 59th year the who’s who of the music world flocked down to the Staples Centre in Los Angeles hoping to walk away with one of the prize accolades. With British comedian James Cordon hosting the event, there were a whole host of performances form Adele to Beyoncé and the Weekend to Lady Gaga. Of course Adele and Beyoncé did more than just perform, sweeping the boards with Adele taking home the top three categories with a total of five awards and Queen B securing three. See a list of some of the winners below:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Hello Adele – Winner
Formation Beyoncé
7 Years Lukas Graham
Work Rihanna Featuring Drake
Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
25 Adele – Winner
Lemonade Beyoncé
Purpose Justin Bieber
Views Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth Sturgill Simpson
SONG OF THE YEAR
Hello Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele) – Winner
Formation Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
7 Years Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Chance The Rapper – Winner
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Maren Morris
Anderson Paak
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Hello Adele – Winner
Hold Up Beyoncé
Love Yourself Justin Bieber
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande
BEST POP DUE/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots – Winner
Closer The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
7 Years Lukas Graham
Work Rihanna Featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills Sia Featuring Sean Paul
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
25 Adele – Winner
Purpose Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande
Confident Demi Lovato
This Is Acting Sia
BEST DANCE RECORDINGB
Don’t Let Me Down The Chainsmokers featuring Daya – Winner
Tearing Me Up Bob Moses
Never Be Like You Flume featuring Kai
Rinse & Repeat Riton featuring Kah-Lo
Drinkee Sofi Tukker
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Blackstar David Bowie- Winner
Joe (Live From Austin City Limits) Alabama Shakes
Don’t Hurt Yourself Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
The Sound Of Silence Disturbed
Heathens Twenty One Pilots
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Cranes in the Sky Solange – Winner
Turnin’ Me Up BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission Ro James
I Do Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me Rihanna
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Lemonade Beyoncé – Winner
Ology Gallant
We Are King KING
Malibu Anderson Paak
Anti Rihanna
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
No Problem Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – Winner
Panda Desiigner
Pop Style Drake Featuring The Throne
All The Way Up Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
That Part Schoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West
BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE
Hotline Bling Drake – Winner
Freedom Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Broccoli D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
Famous Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
BEST RAP SONG
Hotline Bling Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake) – Winner
All The Way Up Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)
Famous Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)
No Problem Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Ultralight Beam Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Star Wars: The Force Awakens John Williams, composer
Bridge of Spies Thomas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
Stranger Things Volume 1 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls – Winner
“Heathens” Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Just Like Fire” Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
“Purple Lamborghini” Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Try Everything” Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
“The Veil” Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Formation Beyoncé – Winner
River Leon Bridges
Up & Up Coldplay
Gosh Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out OK Go
BEST MUSIC FILM
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years (The Beatles) – Winner
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead Steve Aoki
Lemonade Beyoncé
The Music Of Strangers Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry (Various Artists)