Singer The Weeknd won two awards, for Best Urban Contemporary Album ( Beauty Behind the Madness) and best R&B performance for 'Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey).' Pop singer/songwriter Meghan Trainor was named Best New Artist.īest Dance Recording went to Skrillex and Diplo's 'Where Are Ü Now,' featuring Justin Bieber the duo also won Best Dance/Electronic Album for Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü. Other winners included the band Alabama Shakes, who won both Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their song 'Don't Wanna Fight,' while its album Sound & Color won Best Alternative Music Album. Kendrick Lamar also gave electrifying performances of his songs 'The Blacker the Berry' and 'Alright' together, the Lamar and Hamilton performances were the soul and fire of the telecast. The show's cast performed Hamilton's opening number from the stage of the Richard Rodgers theater in Manhattan.

It went to the rap-fueled musical Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who rapped his acceptance speech. Hip-hop also took center stage in the win for Best Musical Theater Album, an award not usually presented during the evening telecast. 'These Walls,' featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat, won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration the fifth Grammy was for his video collaboration with Swift, on her song 'Bad Blood.' His album To Pimp a Butterfly won the first award presented on the telecast, Best Rap Album, while his song 'Alright' won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during the 58th Grammy Awards.īut although Lamar didn't leave the ceremony with any of the Recording Academy's 'big four' prizes (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year or Best New Artist), he did go home with five statues.

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