GRAMMY AWARDS 2021: FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Grammy Awards 2021, the annual ceremony recognizing achievements in the music industry, took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The music’s biggest night delivered the spectacle — with live performances from Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B and more — while the Recording Academy handed out Golden Gramophones in a whopping 83 categories, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist. BEBE AKINBOADE presents to you the full list of winners.
Album of the Year: Folklore, Taylor Swift
Record of the Year: “Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
Song of the Year: “I Can’t Breathe” — H.E.R.
Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
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Best Pop Solo Performance: “Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Rain on Me” — Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: American Standard, James Taylor
Best Pop Vocal Album: Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa
Best Dance Recording: “10%” — Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Bubba, Kaytranada
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance: “Shameika” — Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance: “Bum-Rush” — Body Count
Best Rock Song: “Stay High” — Brittany Howard
Best Rock Album: The New Abnormal, The Strokes
Best Alternative Music Album: Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple
Best R&B Performance: “Black Parade” — Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Anything for You” — Ledisi
Best R&B Song: “Better Than I Imagine” — Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Progressive R&B Album: It Is What It Is, Thundercat
Best R&B Album: Bigger Love, John Legend
Best Rap Performance: “Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance: “Lockdown” — Anderson.Paak
Best Rap Song: “Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Best Rap Album: King’s Disease, Nas
Best Country Solo Performance: “When My Amy Prays” — Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “10,000 Hours” — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Song: “Crowded Table” — The Highwomen
Best Country Album: Wildcard, Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album: More Guitar Stories, Jim “Kimo” West
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “All Blues” — Chick Corea
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Secrets Are the Best Stories, Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Trilogy 2, Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Data Lords, Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: Four Questions, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Movin’ On” — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “There Was Jesus” — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton
Best Gospel Album: Gospel According to PJ, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Jesus Is King, Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album: Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album), Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album : La Conquista del Espacio, Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Musical Album (Including Tejano) : Un Canto por México, Vol. 1, Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album: 40, Grupo Niche
Best American Roots Performance: “I Remember Everything” — John Prine
Best American Roots Song: “I Remember Everything” — Pat McLaughlin & John Prine
Best Americana Album: World on the Ground, Sarah Jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album: Home, Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album: Rawer Than Raw, Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?, Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album: All the Good Times, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Atmosphere, New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Reggae Album: Got to Be Tough, Toots & The Maytals
Best Global Music Album: Twice as Tall, Burna Boy
Best Children’s Music Album: All the Ladies, Joanie Leeds
Best Spoken World Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) : Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth, Rachel Maddow
Best Comedy Album: Black Mitzvah, Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album: Jagged Little Pill, Original Broadway Cast
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Jojo Rabbit
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Joker, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Song Written for Visual Media: “No Time to Die” (from No Time to Die)” — Billie Eilish
Best Instrumental Composition: “Sputnik” — Maria Schneider
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Donna Lee” — John Beasley
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “He Won’t Hold You” — Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody
Best Recording Package : Vols. 11 & 12, Desert Sessions
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Ode to Joy, Wilco
Best Album Notes: Dead Man’s Pop
Best Historical Album: It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers, Mister Rogers
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Hyperspace, Beck
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Andrew Watt
Best Remixed Recording: “Roses (Imanbek Remix)” — SAINt JHN
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Ives: Complete Symphonies, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance : Ives: Complete Symphonies — Los Angeles Philharmonic
Best Opera Recording : Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Best Choral Performance : Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua, James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Contemporary Voices, Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: “Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra” — Albany Symphony
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album : Smyth: The Prison, Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra
Best Classical Compendium: Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke, Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition : Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua, Richard Danielpour
Best Music Video: “Brown Skin Girl” — Beyoncé
Best Music Film: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Linda Ronstadt
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