Grammys 2016: Winners List

Robyn Beck

Grammys 2016: Winners List

Robyn Beck

The 2016 Grammys are officially underway. We’ll be updating this post with the winners as they’re announced throughout the night. Winners will appear in bold. To protest the snubs, celebrate your fave’s victories, or what have you, we’ll have a Comment Party kicking off when the red carpet opens up. And we’ll keep you in the loop with all the best memes, GIFs, and tweets the night is sure to produce here.

UPDATE: Here’s Taylor Swift accepting Album Of The Year with a speech that seems to diss Kanye West for his controversial “Famous” lyric.

2016 Grammy Winners:

Album Of The Year
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Colour
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Taylor Swift – 1989
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness

Record Of The Year
D’Angelo & The Vanguard “Really Love”
Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

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 Alternative Music Album
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Björk – Vulnicura
My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
Tame Impala – Currents
Wilco – Star Wars

Best Rap Album
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre – Compton
Drake – If You’re Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint

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 Country Album
Sam Hunt – Montevallo
Little Big Town – Pain Killer
Ashley Monroe – The Blade
Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
Chris Stapleton – Traveller

Song Of The Year
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”

Best Rap Performance
J. Cole – “Apparently”
Drake – “Back To Back”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj Feat. Drake & Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”
Kanye West Feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, & Paul McCartney – “All Day”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Big Sean Feat. Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Common & John Legend – “Glory”
Jidenna Feat. Roman GianArthur – “Classic Man”
Kendrick Lamar Feat. Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat – “These Walls”
Nicki Minaj Feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown – “Only”

Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – “L$D” (Dir. Dexter Navy)
The Dead Weather – “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” (Dir. Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz)
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Dir. The Little Homies & Colin Tilley)
Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Dir. Joseph Kahn)
Pharrell Williams – “Freedom” (Dir. Paul Hunter)

Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton – “If I Don’t Have You”
Andra Day – “Rise Up”
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Breathing Underwater”
Jeremih Feat. J. Cole – “Planes”
The Weeknd – “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”

Best Dance Recording
Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston – “We’re All We Need”
The Chemical Brothers – “Go”
Flying Lotus Feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me”
Galantis – “Runaway (U & I)”
Skrillex & Diplo Feat. Justin Bieber – “Where Are U 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 New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Florence + The Machine – “What Kind Of Man”
Foo Fighters – “Something From Nothing”
Elle King – “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Wolf Alice – “Moaning Lisa Smile”

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills

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 American Roots Song
The Mavericks – “All Night Long”
Don Henley & Merle Haggard – “The Cost Of Living”
Punch Brothers – “Julep”
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – “The Traveling Kind”
Jason Isbell – “24 Frames”

Best Americana Album
Brandi Carlile – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – The Traveling Kind
Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
The Mavericks – Mono
Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues

Best American Roots Performance
Mavis Staples – “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – “And I Am Born To Die”
Buddy Guy – “Born To Play Guitar”
The Milk Carton Kids – “City Of Our Lady”
Punch Brothers – “Julep”

Best Country Solo Performance
Cam – “Burning House”
Chris Stapleton – “Traveller”
Carrie Underwood – “Little Toy Guns”
Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16″
Lee Ann Womack – “Chances Are”

Best Music Film
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
Sonic Highways
What Happened, Miss Simone
The Wall
Amy

Best Song Written For Visual Media
The Weeknd – “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”
Common & John Legend – “Glory”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
Wiz Khalifa – “See You Again” (Feat. Charlie Puth)
Lady Gaga – “Til It Happens To You”

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades Of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory Of Everything
Justin Hurwitz – Whiplash

Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical
“Berlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)” – CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope)
“Hold On (Fatum Remix)” – Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)
“Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)” – Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)
“Say My Name (RAC Remix)” – André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra)
“Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)” – Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Of Monsters And Men – Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set)
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)
Various Artists – The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)
Grateful Dead – 30 Trips Around The Sun

Best Metal Performance
August Burns Red – “Identity”
Ghost – “Cirice”
Lamb Of God – “512”
Sevendust – “Thank You”
Slipknot – “Custer”

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt – Brahms: The Piano Trios
Filament – Eighth Blackbird
Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee – Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics
Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth – Render
Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin – Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2

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