The 2016 Grammy Awards have just wrapped at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ending what’s been a marathon ceremony that saw awards handed out in a plethora of categories.
Taylor Swift did alright for herself, picking up the coveted Album Of The Year gong for her multi-platinum smash ‘1989’, as well as the award for Best Pop Vocal album (‘1989’) and Best Video for ‘Bad Blood’.
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ megahit ‘Uptown Funk’ cleaned up the Record Of The Year’ gong; the single also triumphing in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category.
And Britain’s Ed Sheeran also nabbed a couple of awards – for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, both for ‘Thinking Out Loud’.
Sony starlet Meghan Trainor, who incessantly peppered global charts with her ’60s-leaning sound throughout the past year, picked up the award for Best New Talent.
For a full wrap of the winners and grinners in the 2016 Grammy Awards, head over to www.grammy.com.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
RECORD OF THE YEAR
D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Really Love
Mark Ronson ftg. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
SONG OF THE YEAR
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Little Big Town – Girl Crush
Wiz Khalifa ftg. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
BEST NEW ARTIST
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
Maroon 5 – Sugar
Mark Ronson ftg. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift ftg. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa ftg. Charlie Puth – See You Again
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Kelly Clarkson – Piece by Piece
Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Mark Ronson – Uptown Special
Taylor Swift – 1989
James Taylor – Before This World
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Above & Beyond ftg. Zoë Johnston – We’re All We Need
The Chemical Brothers – GO
Flying Lotus ftg. Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me
Galantis – Runaway (U & I)
Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber – Where Are Ü Now
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Caribou – Our Love
The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echoes
Disclosure – Caracal
Jamie XX – In Colour
Skrillex and Diplo – Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
The Internet – Ego Death
Kehlani – You Should Be Here
Lianne La Havas – Blood
Miguel – Wildheart
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Tamar Braxton – If I Don’t Have You
Andra Day – Rise Up
Hiatus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
Jeremih ftg. J. Cole – Planes
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
BEST R&B SONG
Miguel – Coffee
The Weeknd – Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Jazmine Sullivan – Let It Burn
D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Really Love
Tyrese – Shame
BEST R&B ALBUM
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
D’Angelo & the Vanguard – Black Messiah
Andra Day – Cheers To The Fall
Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show
Charlie Wilson – Forever Charlie
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
A$AP Rocky – LSD
The Dead Weather – I Feel Love
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Taylor Swift ftg. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Pharrell Williams, Freedom