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14th February, 2017
Adele takes home Grammy for Album and Record of the Year.

The 59th Annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night. It was a huge night for Brit pop star Adele who took home album and song of the year. Beyoncé who lead her peers with nine nominations while Drake, Rihanna, and Kanye West were all tied with eight.

The night's performers included Adele, Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, The Weeknd and Daft Punk, Anderson .Paak and A Tribe Called Quest, amongst many others.

The 2017 Grammy Awards handed out 84 awards to the music industry’s best and brightest with the major awards handed out during the televised broadcast, but many were handed out before the big show began.

The big winner of the night was Adele, who took home five Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Hello,” and, in a major upset, beat out Beyoncé for Album of the Year (25). Newcomer Chance the Rapper took home three trophies, including Best New Artist. And David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ earned five Grammys.

Here is the full list of winners from the 59th annual Grammy Awards:

Album Of The Year

Adele, 25

Song Of The Year

Adele, "Hello"

Best Rap Album

Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Beyoncé, Lemonade

Best Country Solo Performance

Maren Morris, "My Church"

Best Rock Song

David Bowie, "Blackstar"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out"

Best New Artist

Chance The Rapper

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Greg Kurstin

Best Pop Vocal Album

Adele, 25

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Willie Nelson, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele, “Hello”

Best Musical Theater Album

The Color Purple

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Miles Ahead (Miles Davis and various artists)

Best Metal Performance

Megadeth, “Dystopia”

Best Rap Song

Drake, “Hotline Bling”

Best Rap/Sung Performance

Drake, “Hotline Bling”

Best Rap Performance

Chance the Rapper, “No Problem” [featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz]

Best R&B Album

​Lalah Hathaway - Lalah Hathaway Live

Best Comedy Album

Patton Oswalt, Talking for Clapping

Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Kalani Pe'a, E Walea

Best Folk Album

Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Fantastic Negrito, The Last Days of Oakland

Best Traditional Blues Album

Bobby Rush, Porcupine Meat

Best Bluegrass Album

O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor, Coming Home

Best Americana Album

William Bell, This Is Where I Live

Best American Roots Song

​Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers), “Kid Sister”

Best American Roots Performance

Sarah Jarosz, “House of Mercy”

Best Tropical Latin Album

Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo, Donde Están?

Best Regional Mexican Music Album

Vicente Fernández - Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

iLe, iLevitable

Best Latin Pop Album

Jesse & Joy, Un Besito Mas

Best Country Album

​Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Best Country Song

Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw) - “Humble and Kind”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

​Pentatonix - “Jolene” [featuring Dolly Parton]

Best Roots Gospel Album

Joey+Rory - Hymns

Best Latin Jazz Album

Chucho Valdés, Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Ted Nash Big Band, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

John Scofield, Country for Old Men

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

John Scofield, soloist,  “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry”

Contemporary Instrumental

Snarky Puppy, Culcha Vulcha

Best Dance Recording

The Chainsmokers, “Don't Let Me Down” [ft. Daya]

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist - Schmann & Berg (tie) Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker), Shakespeare Songs (tie)

Best Classical Compendium

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer - Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony) - Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Steve Reich

Best Choral Performance

​Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir) - Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1

Best Opera Recording

James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus) - Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles

Best Orchestra Performance

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9

 


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