THE 2019 GRAMMY AWARDS

by Déja Monique | Feb 11, 2019 | Entertainment, Events, FEATURED POST, MUSIC

With the Academy awards right around the corner, tonight was one of the biggest nights in the music industry- the 61st annual Grammy Awards. Some of the biggest names in music came together for tonight’s ceremony. People were pretty bummed that Ariana Grande didn’t appear, but with other live performances by Camila Cabello & Ricky Martin, Cardi B, Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus, Shawn Mendes, Janelle Monáe, Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, and Chloe x Halle, the night was a dope success. Check out the list of winners from the ceremony!

Best Rap Album

Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B
Swimming, Mac Miller

Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle

Daytona, Pusha-T

Astroworld, Travis Scott

Best R&B Album

Sex & Cigarettes, Toni Braxton

Good Thing, Leon Bridges

Honestly, Lalah Hathaway

H.E.R., H.E.R.
Gumbo Uplugged (Live), PJ Mortion

Best Country Album

Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini

Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne

Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde

Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
Volume 2, Chris Stapleton

Song Of The Year

“All The Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Anthony Tiffith, and Solana Rowe (Kendrick Lamar and SZA)

“Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane (Ella Mai)

“God’s Plan,” Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron Latour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib (Drake)

“In My Blood,” Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton (Shawn Mendes)

“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth (Brandi Carlile)

“The Middle,” Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski (Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey)

“Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)

“This Is America,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Fall In Line,” Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato

“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Backstreet Boys

“Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
“Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 and Cardi B

“Say Something,” Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton

“The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Love Is Here To Stay, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

My Way, Willie Nelson
Nat “King” Cole & Me, Gregory Porter

Standards, Seal

The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!, Barbra Streisand

Best Spoken Word Album

“Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson & Avis Lang),” Courtney B. Vance

“Calypso,” David Sedaris

“Creative Quest,” Questlove

“Faith – A Journey For All,” Jimmy Carter
“The Last Black Unicorn,” Tiffany Haddi

Best Pop Vocal Album

Camila, Camila Cabello

Meaning Of Life, Kelly Clarkson

Sweetener, Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes

Beautiful Trauma, Pink

Reputation, Taylor Swift

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
“Better Now,” Post Malone

Best Americana Album

By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Things Have Changed, Bettye LaVette

The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone, Lee Ann Womack

One Drop of Truth, The Wood Brothers

Best Music Video

“APES***,” The Carters, Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers

“This Is America,” Childish Gambino, Hiro Murai, video director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers
“I’m Not Racist,” Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer

“Pynk,” Janelle Monáe, Emma Westenberg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers

“Mumbo Jumbo,” Tierra Whack Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

The Emancipation Procrastination, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Steve Gadd Band, Steve Gadd Band

Modern Lore, Julian Lage

Laid Black, Marcus Miller

Protocol 4, Simon Phillips

Best Alternative Music Album

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Arctic Monkeys

Colors, Beck
Utopia, Bjork

American Utopia, David Byrne

Masseduction, St. Vincent

Best Comedy Album

Annihilation, Patton Oswalt

Equanimity & The Bird Revelation, Dave Chappelle
Noble Ape, Jim Gaffigan

Standup For Drummers, Fred Armisen

Tamborine, Chris Rock

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Call Me By Your Name
Deadpool 2
The Greatest Showman

Lady Bird
Stranger Things

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers

Coco, Michael Giacchino, composer

The Shape Of Water, Alexandre Desplat, composer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Williams, composer

Best Music Film

Life in 12 Bars, Eric Clapton, Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers

Whitney, Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers

Quincy, Quincy Jones, Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer
Itzhak, Itzhak Perlman, Alison Chernick, video director; Alison Chernick, video producer

The King, Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers

Best Song Written For Visual Media

“All The Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

“Mystery Of Love,” Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)

“Remember Me,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)

“Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
“This Is Me,” Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble)

Best R&B Performance

“Long As I Live,” Toni Braxton

“Summer,” The Carters

“Y O Y,” Lalah Hathaway

“Best Part,” H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar
“First Began,” PJ Morton

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand,” Leon Bridges (Tie)
“Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight” Bettye LaVette

“Honest, MAJOR.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” PJ Morton and Yebba (Tie)
“Made For Love,” Charlie Wilson and Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song

“Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane (Ella Mai)
“Come Through And Chill, Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel, and Salaam Remi (Miguel with J. Cole andSalaam Remi)

“Feels Like Summer,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)

“Focus,” Darhyl Camper Jr, H.E.R., and Justin Love (H.E.R.)

“Long As I Live,” Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton, and Antonio Dixon (Toni Braxton)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Everything Is Love, The Carters
The Kids Are Alright, Chloe x Halle

Chris Dave And The Drumhedz, Chris Dave And The Drumhedz

War & Leisure, Miguel

Ventriloquism, Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Rap Performance

“Be Careful,” Cardi B

“Nice For What,” Drake

“King’s Dead,” Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake (Tie)
“Bubblin,” Anderson .Paak (Tie)
“Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, and Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Like I Do,” Christina Aguilera and Goldlink

“Pretty Little Fears,” 6LACK and J. Cole

“This Is America,” Childish Gambino
“All The Stars,” Kendrick Lamar andSZA

“Rockstar,” Post Malone and 21 Savage

Best Rock Performance

“Four Out Of Five,” Arctic Monkeys

“When Bad Does Good,” Chris Cornell
“Made An America,” THE FEVER 333

“Highway Tune,” Greta Van Fleet

“Uncomfortable,” Halestorm

Best Rock Song

“Black Smoke Rising,” Greta Van Fleet

“Jumpsuit,” Twenty One Pilots

“MANTRA,” Bring Me The Horizon

“Masseduction,” St. Vincent
“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
Pacific Daydream, Weezer

Best Dance Recording

“Northern Soul,” Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford

“Ultimatum,” Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara”

“Losing It,” Fisher

“Electricity,” Silk City and Dua Lipa with Diplo andMark Ronson
“Ghost Voices,” Virtual Self

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Singularity, Jon Hopkins

Woman Worldwide, Justice
Treehouse, Sofi Tukker

Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, SOPHIE

Lune Rouge, TOKiMONSTA

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Shoot Me Straight,” Brothers Osborne

“Tequila,” Dan + Shay
“When Someone Stops Loving You,” Little Big Town

“Dear Hate,” Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill

“Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

Best Country Song

“Break Up in the End,” Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill and Jon Nite (Cole Swindell)

“Dear Hate,” Tom Douglas, David Hodges and Maren Morris) Maren Morris and Vince Gill

“I Lived It,” Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley and Ben Hayslip (Blake Shelton)

“Space Cowboy,” Luke Laird, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves)
“Tequila,” Nicolle Gaylon, Jordan Reynolds and Dan Smyers (Dan + Shay)

“When Someone Stops Loving You,” Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill and Lori McKenna (Little Big Town)

Best American Roots Performance

“Kick Rocks,” Sean Ardoin

“Saint James Infirmary Blues,” Jon Batiste

“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile
“All on My Mind,” Anderson East

“Last Man Standing,” Willie Nelso

Best Bluegrass Album

Portraits in Fiddles, Mike Barnett

Sister Sadie II, Sister Sadie

Rivers and Roads, Special Consensus

The Travelin’ McCourys, The Travelin’ McCourys
North of Despair, Wood & Wire

Best Country Solo Performance

“Wouldn’t It Be Great,” Loretta Lynn

“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters,” Maren Morris

“Butterflies,” Kacey Musgraves
“Millionaire,” Chris Stapleton

“Parallel Line,” Keith Urban

Best Metal Performance

Condemned To The Gallows, Between the Buried and Me

Honeycomb, Deafheavenbest best

Electric Messiah, High On Fire
Betrayer, Trivium

On My Teeth, Underoath

Best New Artist

Chloe X Halle

Luke Combs

Greta Van Fleet

H.E.R.

Dua Lipa
Margo Price

Bebe Rexha

Jorja Smith

Record Of The Year

“I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin

“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile

“This Is America,” Childish Gambino

“God’s Plan,” Drake

“Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

“All The Stars,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA

“Rockstar,” Post Malone and 21 Savage

“The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey

Album Of The Year

Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B

By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile

Scorpion, Drake

H.E.R., H.E.R.

Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone

Dirty Computer, Janelle Monae

Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

Black Panther: The Album, Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song

“God’s Plan,” Drake
“King’s Dead,” Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake

“Lucky You,” Eminem

“Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, and Swae Lee

“Win,” Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar