Grammy awards 2016: Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar triumph - see the full winners list
Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar were among the big winners at this year's Grammy Awards.
Swift bagged the top prize as her latest album 1989 won the coveted Album Of The Year award, as well as Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Music Video for Bad Blood.
The superstar thanked her fans and addressed her detractors when picking up the evening's big prize, hinting at her recent feud with Kanye West over lyrics in his new album that suggest he made her famous.
"I want to thank the fans for the last ten years," she said. "As the first woman to win Album of the Year twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success, or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.
"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 it's you and the people who love you who put you there. That will be the greatest feeling in the world!"
It was also a good night for Kendrick Lamar, who triumphed in the Best Rap Performance (Alright), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (These Walls) and Best Rap Album (To Pimp A Butterfly) categories.
Elsewhere, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk picked up Record Of The Year, The Weeknd bagged prizes for Best Urban Contemporary Album (Beauty Behind The Madness) and Best R&B Performance (Earned It), and Ed Sheeran was awarded Song Of The Year for Thinking Out Loud, which was handed to him by Stevie Wonder.
Swift kicked off proceedings on the night with a rendition of Out Of The Woods, while Lady Gaga's delivered a stunning David Bowie tribute.
The Grammy Awards will air in the UK tonight (Feb 16) on 4Music from 8pm.
The key winners from the 2016 Grammys are:
Record Of The Year
Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - WINNER
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd
Album Of The Year
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
1989 – Taylor Swift - WINNER
Beauty Behind the Madness – the Weeknd
Song Of The Year
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor - WINNER
Best Pop Solo Performance
Heartbeat Song – Kelly Clarkson
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ship to Wreck – Florence + The Machine
Sugar – Maroon 5
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - WINNER
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Best Pop Vocal Album
Piece By Piece – Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
1989 – Taylor Swift - WINNER
Before This World – James Taylor
Best Dance Recording
We’re All We Need – Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston
Go – the Chemical Brothers
Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
Runaway (U & I) – Galantis
Where Are Ü Now – Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber – WINNER
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Our Love – Caribou
Born in the Echoes – the Chemical Brothers
Caracal – Disclosure
In Colour – Jamie xx
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo - WINNER!
Best Rock Performance
Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes – WINNER
What Kind of Man – Florence + the Machine
Something From Nothing – Foo Fighters
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King
Moaning Lisa Smile – Wolf Alice
Best Metal Performance
Identity – August Burns Red
Cirice – Ghost - WINNER!
512 – Lamb Of God
Thank You – Sevendust
Custer – Slipknot
Best Rock Song
Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes - WINNER
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King
Hold Back the River – James Bay
Lydia – Highly Suspect
What Kind Of Man – Florence + The Machine
Best Rock Album
Chaos and the Calm – James Bay
Kintsugi – Death Cab For Cutie
Mister Asylum – Highly Suspect
Drones – Muse – WINNER
.5: The Gray Chapter – Slipknot
Best Alternative Music Album
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes - WINNER
Vulnicura – Björk
The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket
Currents – Tame Impala
Star Wars – Wilco
Best R&B Performance
If I Don’t Have You – Tamar Braxton
Rise Up – Andra Day
Breathing Underwater – Hiatus Kaiyote
Planes – Jeremiah featuring J Cole
Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) – the Weeknd - WINNER
Best R&B Song
Coffee – Miguel
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – the Weeknd
Let It Burn - Jazmine Sullivan
Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard - WINNER
Shame – Tyrese
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Ego Death - the Internet
You Should Be Here – Kehlani
Blood – Lianne La Havas
Wildheart – Miguel
Beauty Behind the Madness – the Weeknd - WINNER
Best R&B Album
Coming Home – Leon Bridges
Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard - WINNER
Cheers to the Fall – Andra Day
Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Performance
Apparently – J Cole
Back to Back – Drake
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
Alright – Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
Truffle Butter – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
One Man Can Change the World – Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend
Glory – Common and John Legend
Classic Man – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
These Walls – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat - WINNER
Only – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Best Rap Song
All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Alright – Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
Energy – Drake
Glory – Common & John Legend
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
Best Rap Album
2014 Forest Hills Drive – J Cole
Compton – Dr Dre
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
Best Country Solo Performance
Burning House – Cam
Traveller – Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Little Toy Guns – Carrie Underwood
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 – Keith Urban
Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Stay a Little Longer – Brothers Osborne
If I Needed You – Joey+Rory
The Driver – Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley and Eric Paslay
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
Lonely Tonight – Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe
Best Country Song
Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack
Diamond Rings and Old Barstools – Tim McGraw
Girl Crush – Little Big Town - WINNER
Hold My Hand – Brandy Clark
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Album
Montevallo – Sam Hunt
Pain Killer – Little Big Town
The Blade – Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
Traveller – Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me - WINNER
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma
Producer Of The Year, non-classical
Jeff Bhasker - WINNER!
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Best Music Video
LSD – A$AP Rocky
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) – The Dead Weather
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Best Music Film
Mr Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown – James Brown
Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters
What Happened, Miss Simone? – Nina Simone
The Wall – Roger Waters
Amy – Amy Winehouse – WINNER
The full list of winners in all 83 categories can be found on the Grammys website.
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Alexander
first time in the history of the awards that a female artist has won album of the year twice. well done taylor you and you alone are responsible for your amazing fame. congrats to everyone who won. all deserving winners.
Brian Quinn
These Awards are far too political. Also I notice that Elvis lost out yet again with his historic recording of 'My Happiness'. Imagine, the 'King Of Rock 'n' Roll' only won 4 Grammies and they were all for Gospel recordings. Go figure!!
I Am A Stegosaurus
Actually pretty good besides Kendrick Lamae. He's getting so overrated lately. But at least there was no Sam Smith hogging the awards.