Grammys 2016: The Complete Winners List

The full rundown of who won what on Music's Biggest Night

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Taylor Swift won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘1989’ and Video of the Year for “Bad Blood”

 

Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd all came into the 58th annual Grammy Awards with strong chances of winning, with Lamar earning 11 nominations and Swift and the Weeknd up for seven each. But they were hardly the only nominees up for a Gramophone Monday. Here’s a full rundown of all the Grammy winners. Rolling Stone will be updating this list as awards come in.

 

Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, 1989

Record of the Year: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”

Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”

Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor

Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”

Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

Best Musical Theatre Album: Hamilton

Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift, 1989

Best Instrumental Composition: Arturo O’Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Suite

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella: “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”

Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals: Maria Schneider, “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”

Best Recording Package: Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys

Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, ‘Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced’

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)

Best Historical Album: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Shawn Everett, Bob Ludwig, Sound & Color

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Dave Audé, “Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)”

Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie, Joel Plante, Amused To Death

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest, Sylva

Best New Age Album: Paul Avgerinos, Grace

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Christian McBride, “Cherokee”

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cecile McLorin Salvent, For One To Love

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Past Present

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider Orchestra, The Thompson Fields

Best Latin Jazz Album: Eliane Elias, Made In Brazil

Best Reggae Album: Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots

Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Sings

Best Children’s Album: Tim Kubart, Home

Best Spoken Word Album: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Best Comedy Album: Louis CK,  Live At Madison Square Garden

Best Latin Pop Album: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)

Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Los Tigres Del Norte, Realidades – Deluxe Edition

Best Tropical Latin Album: Ruben Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá

Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean’

Best American Roots Song: Jason Isbell,”24 Frames”

Best Americana Album: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

Best Bluegrass Album: The SteelDrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings

Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born To Play Guitar

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice

Producer Of The Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Opera Recording: Seiji Ozawa, Isabel Leonard, Dominic Fyfe, “Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade”

Best Choral Performance: Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale, Kansas City Chorale, “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil”

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Eighth Blackbird, “Filament”

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Augustin Hadelich, Ludovic Morlot, “Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes”

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato, Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Stephen Paulus, “Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances”

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato, Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman

Best Song Written For Visual Media: Common, Rhymefest, John Legend, “Glory”

Best Music Video: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”

Best Music Film: Amy

Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy?”

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Francesca Battistelli, “Holy Spirit”

Best Gospel Album: Israel and Newbreed, Covered: Alive In Asia [Live]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Toby Mac, This Is Not A Test

Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”

Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”

Best Country Song: Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, “Girl Crush”

Best Dance Recording: Skrillex, Diplo and Justin Bieber – “Where Are Ãœ Now”

Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd – “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, “Little Ghetto Boy”

Best R&B Song: D’Angelo, Kendra Foster, “Really Love”

Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness

Best R&B Album: D’Angelo, Black Messiah

Best Metal Performance: Ghost, “Cirice”

Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”

Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones

Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color

Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat, ‘These Walls’

Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, Kawan Prather, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams, “Alright”

Best Pop Solo Performance: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars,”Uptown Funk”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett, Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Jeff Bhasker

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