Kendrick Lamar wins five awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “Not Like Us,” while Chappell Roan wins Best New Artist.
Universal Music Group was widely recognized at the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Kendrick Lamar emerged as the night’s big winner, taking home five awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video with “Not Like Us.”
In other major categories, Chappell Roan was named Best New Artist, while Doechii won Best Rap Album for “Alligator Bites Never Heal.” Sabrina Carpenter won awards for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Short N’ Sweet” and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Espresso.” Lady Gaga was awarded Best Pop Duet/Group Performance for “Die With A Smile,” in collaboration with Bruno Mars.
Universal Music Publishing Group songwriters were represented in all major categories, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Rap Song for Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Album of the Year (Raphael Saadiq), Best R&B Song (SZA), Best Rap Album (Doechii), Best Pop Vocal Album (Sabrina Carpenter) and Best Pop Duet Performance (Ariana Grande) were some of the distinctions. In the film/TV and theatre categories, Alicia Keys’ acclaimed Broadway show “Hell’s Kitchen” won Best Musical Theater Album, while “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein,” whose compositions are represented by UMPG, won the award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
In the Rock and Alternative categories, The Beatles won their eighth Grammy, receiving the award for Best Rock Performance for “Now And Then,” their final landmark release. The Rolling Stones won Best Rock Album for “Hackney Diamonds,” and St. Vincent won Best Alternative Music Album for “All Born Screaming,” Best Alternative Music Performance for “Flea,” and Best Rock Song for “Broken Man.”
Samara Joy won Best Jazz Vocal Album for “A Joyful Holiday” and Best Jazz Performance for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me.” Tank And The Bangas won Best Spoken Word Album for “The Heart, The Mind, The Soul.” Meshell Ndegeocello won Best Alternative Jazz Album for “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin,” Norah Jones won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for “Visions,” and Muni Long received Best R&B Performance for “Made For Me (Live).” in BET).”
In the Country, Bluegrass and Americana categories, Chris Stapleton won Best Country Solo Performance for “It Takes A Woman,” and in the songwriting categories, Kacey Musgraves won Best Country Song for “The Architect.” In her first nomination, Sierra Ferrell took home four Grammys, winning Best Americana Album for “Trail of Flowers,” Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song for “American Dreaming,” and Best American Roots Performance for “Lighthouse.”
Jon Batiste’s documentary “American Symphony” won Best Musical Motion Picture, while “It Never Went Away” from the soundtrack won Best Song for Visual Media, and “Hell’s Kitchen” won Best Musical Theater Album.
In other categories, Justice & Tame Impala’s “Neverender” was named Best Dance/Electronic Recording. Carín León won Best Mexican Music Album for “BOCA CHUECA, VOL. 1”, and Best Melodic Rap Performance went to Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu for “3:AM.”
In the Gospel category, the award for Best Roots Gospel Album went to Cory Henry for “Church,” and Best Gospel Performance/Song went to “One Hallelujah” by Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr. The award for Best Contemporary Blues Album went to Ruthie Foster for “Mileage,” and Best Reggae Album went to “Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by The Film.”
In the field of classical music, the award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo went to Víkingur Ólafsson for “Bach: Goldberg Variations”. “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein” by the London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Bradley Cooper was named Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and Best Opera Recording went to “Saariaho: Adriana Mater” by the San Francisco Symphony; the San Francisco Symphony Choir and Timo Kurkikangas. Jacob Collier won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for “Bridge Over Troubled Water” with John Legend & Tori Kelly.
Jimmy Carter’s “Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration” won the award for Best Audio Book, Narration and Story Recording. Simon Hilton & Sean Lennon Ono won Best Snare Drum or Limited Edition for their work on “John Lennon Mind Games”.
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