The 58th annual Grammy Awards concluded earlier today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As we previously noted, several Aussies were nominated, including Courtney Barnett and previous nominees Tame Impala and Hiatus Kaiyote.
Barnett was nominated in the highly coveted Best New Artist category following the success of her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit, pitting her against Meghan Trainor, James Bay, Sam Hunt, and Tori Kelly.
Despite creating two of the most annoying songs of 2015 and being nominated alongside the songwriter behind one of last year’s most acclaimed albums and one of the UK’s most talked-about new musicians, Trainor came out the victor.
Sadly, Tame Impala and Hiatus Kaiyote didn’t fare any better. Tame Impala’s third album, Currents, picked up a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, which eventually went to Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color.
Hiatus Kaiyote, meanwhile, nabbed their second Grammy nomination with their single ‘Breathing Underwater’, which scored a nod in the Best R&B Performance category, eventually losing out to The Weeknd’s soundtrack cut ‘Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)’.
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However, all the attention that would’ve gone to the nominees and winners was stolen by Kendrick Lamar’s stunning performance (see below), Lady Gaga’s tribute to David Bowie, and Taylor Swift hitting back at Kanye West during her acceptance speech for Album of the Year.
After West claimed on his new album that he made Swift famous, the first female artist to win Album of the Year twice said in her speech, “There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.”
“But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and know that it was you,” she continued. No word yet on when West will recover from that third-degree burn.
2016 Grammy Awards Results
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 Ü 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
