The 66th Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday. Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Midnights, which made her the first person to win that category four times. She also won Best Pop Vocal Album. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus won her first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for Flowers. She won her second Grammy hours later, for Record of the Year.
Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s band Shakti has won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album. The award was given to their music album This Moment’. Percussionist Zakir Hussain and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia won the award for Best Global Music Performance. Their song Pashto, which was awarded, features American musicians Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer.
Album of the year
Winner: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Other Nominees: Jon Batiste – World Music Radio, boygenius – The Record, Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation, Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure, Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Record of the year
Winner: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Other Nominees: Jon Batiste – Worship, boygenius – Not Strong Enough, Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? from Barbie: The Album, Victoria Monét – On My Mama, Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire, Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero, SZA – Kill Bill
Best new artist
Winner: Victoria Monet
Other Nominees: Gracie Abrams, Fred again.., Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, The War and Treaty
Song of the Year
Winner: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? from Barbie
Other Nominees: Lana Del Rey – A&W, Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero, Jon Batiste – Butterfly, Dua Lipa – Dance the Night from Barbie, Miley Cyrus – Flowers, SZA – Kill Bill, Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Best pop vocal album
Winner: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Other Nominees: Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry, Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation, Olivia Rodrigo – Guts, Ed Sheeran – “-” (Subtract)
Best R&B song
Winner: SZA – Snooze
Other Nominees: Halle – Angel, Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley – Back to Love, Coco Jones – ICU, Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Best country album
Winner: Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
Other Nominees: Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne, Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
Best musica urbana album
Winner: Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito
Other Nominees: Rauw Alejandro – Saturno, Tainy – Data
Best pop solo performance
Winner: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Other Nominees: Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red, Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? from Barbie, Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire, Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best progressive R&B album
Winner: SZA – SOS
Other Nominees: 6lack – Since I Have a Lover, Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid, Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – Nova, Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Best R&B performance
Winner: Coco Jones – ICU
Other Nominees: Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot, Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley – Back to Love, Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel, SZA – Kill Bill
Best folk album
Winner: Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
Other Nominees: Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire, The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon, Nickel Creek – Celebrants, Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee, Paul Simon – Seven Psalms, Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
Producer of the year, non-classical
Winner: Jack Antonoff
Other Nominees: Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, Hit-Boy, Metro Boomin, Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the year, non-classical
Winner: Theron Thomas
Other Nominees: Edgar Barrera, Jessie Jo Dillon, Shane McAnally, Justin Tranter
Best pop duo/group performance
Winner: SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
Other Nominees: Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand Miles, Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace, Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So Alone, Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice – Karma
Best dance/electronic recording
Winner: Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan – Rumble
Other Nominees: Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
James Blake – Loading, Disclosure – Higher Than Ever Before, Romy and Fred again.. – Strong
Best pop dance recording
Winner: Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
Other Nominees: David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me, Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding – Miracle, Bebe Rexha and David Guetta – One in a Million, Troye Sivan – Rush
Best dance/electronic music album
Winner: Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)
Other Nominees: James Blake – Playing Robots into Heaven, The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling, Kx5 – Kx5, Skrillex – Quest for Fire
Best traditional R&B performance
Winner: PJ Morton featuring Susan Carol – Good Morning
Other nominees: Babyface featuring Coco Jones – Simple, Kenyon Dixon – Lucky, Victoria Monét featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monet – Hollywood, SZA – Love Language
Best R&B album
Winner: Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
Other Nominees: Babyface – Girls Night Out, Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe), Emily King – Special Occasion, Summer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Best rap performance
Winner: Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Other Nominees: Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies, Black Thought – Love Letter, Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex, Coi Leray – Players
Best melodic rap performance
Winner: Lil Durk featuring J Cole – All My Life
Other Nominees: Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the World, Doja Cat – Attention, Drake and 21 Savage – Spin Bout U, SZA – Low
Best rap song
Winner: Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Other Nominees: Doja Cat – Attention, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua – Barbie World from Barbie: The Album, Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock, Drake and 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Best rap album
Winner: Killer Mike – Michael
Other Nominees: Drake and 21 Savage – Her Loss, Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains, Nas – King’s Disease III, Travis Scott – Utopia
Best country solo performance
Winner: Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Other Nominees: Tyler Childers – In Your Love, Brandy Clark – Buried, Luke Combs – Fast Car, Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
Best country song
Winner: Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Other Nominees: Brandy Clark – Buried, Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything, Tyler Childers – In Your Love, Morgan Wallen – Last Night
Best song written for visual media
Winner: What Was I Made For? from Barbie the Album, Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Other Nominees: Barbie World from Barbie the Album, Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)
Dance the Night from “Barbie the Album, Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa), I’m Just Ken from Barbie the Album, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Ryan Gosling), Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Music From and Inspired By, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Rihanna)
Best comedy album
Winner: Dave Chappelle – What’s in a Name?
Other Nominees: Trevor Noah – I Wish You Would, Wanda Sykes – I’m an Entertainer, Chris Rock – Selective Outrage, Sarah Silverman – Someone You Love
Best global music album
Winner: Shakti – This Moment
Other Nominees: Susana Baca – Epifanias, Bokante – History, Burna Boy – I Told Them…, Davido – Timeless
Best Global Music Performance
Winner: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia - Pashto
Other Nominees: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Shadow Forces, Burna Boy - Alone, Davido - Feel, Silvana Estrada - Milagro Y Disastre, Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) - Abundance In Millets
Best African music performance
Winner: Tyla – Water
Other Nominees: Asake and Olamide – Amapiano, Burna Boy – City Boys, Davido featuring Musa Keys – Unavailable, Ayra Starr – Rush
Best musical theatre album
Winner: Some Like It Hot
Other Nominees: Kimberly Akimbo, Parade, Shucked, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best alternative music album
Winner: boygenius – The Record
Other Nominees: Arctic Monkeys – The Car, Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Gorillaz – Cracker Island, PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best alternative music performance
Winner: Paramore – This Is Why
Other Nominees: Alvvays – Belinda Says, Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint, boygenius – Cool About It, Lana Del Rey – A&W
Best rock album
Winner: Paramore – This Is Why
Other Nominees: Foo Fighters – But Here We Are, Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher, Metallica – 72 Seasons, Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best rock song
Winner: boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Other Nominees: The Rolling Stones – Angry, Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl, Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness, Foo Fighters – Rescued
Best metal performance
Winner: Metallica – 72 Seasons
Other Nominees: Disturbed – Bad Man, Ghost – Phantom of the Opera, Slipknot – Hive Mind, Spiritbox – Jaded
Best rock performance
Winner: boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Other nominees: Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes, Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song, Foo Fighters – Rescued, Metallica – Lux Aeterna
Best country duo/group performance
Winner: Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Other nominees: Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings – High Note, Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s Nobody, Vince Gill and Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold), Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson – Save Me, Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight Anymore