As we approach 28 January, awards shows like The Grammy’s can offer a small rest bite from the agonising wait until payday! Alongside the best of the best when it comes to music there’s always going to be awkward speeches, funny interviews and *drama* in their aftermath to look forward to.
The drama started before the event even kicked off, with Deborah Dugan, former CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, filing a lawsuit against the organising body, alleging sexual harrassment, racial discrimination, mentioning “irregularities and conflicts” in the nomination and review process, and even a rape accusation against her predecessor.
The actual event was largely without incident however. That said, with 18-year-old Billie Eilish winning ‘The Big Four’ awards for Best Record, Album, Song and New Artist of the year. Ariana stans then took to their keyboards on Twitter proclaiming that Grande had been ‘snubbed’ instead of being happy that an extraordinarily talented teenager broke records this week.
But if ‘pop’ music isn’t your kind of a vibe, never fear because with a list of 84 categories across every genre of music imaginable The Grammy’s are the only awards show that truly showcase talent from all corners of music.
So strap in as we give you a whistle stop tour of all the 84 2020 Grammy Award winners.
Record Of The Year
BAD GUY - Billie Eilish
Album Of The Year
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
Song Of The Year
BAD GUY - Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
BILLIE EILISH
Best Pop Solo Performance
TRUTH HURTS - Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
OLD TOWN ROAD - Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
LOOK NOW - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Best Pop Vocal Album
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
Best Dance Recording
GOT TO KEEP ON - The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
NO GEOGRAPHY - The Chemical Brothers
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
METTAVOLUTION - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance
THIS LAND - Gary Clark Jr.
Best Metal Performance
7EMPEST - Tool
Best Rock Song
THIS LAND - Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
SOCIAL CUES - Cage The Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album
FATHER OF THE BRIDE - Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance
COME HOME - Anderson .Paak Featuring André 3000
Best Traditional R&B Performance
JEROME - Lizzo
Best R&B Song
SAY SO - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
CUZ I LOVE YOU (DELUXE) - Lizzo
Best R&B Album
VENTURA - Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Performance
RACKS IN THE MIDDLE - Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Best Rap/Sung Performance
HIGHER - DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
Best Rap Song
A LOT - Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole)
Best Rap Album
IGOR - Tyler, The Creator
Best Country Solo Performance
RIDE ME BACK HOME - Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
SPEECHLESS - Dan + Shay
Best Country Song
BRING MY FLOWERS NOW - Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album
WHILE I'M LIVIN' - Tanya Tucker
Best New Age Album
WINGS - Peter Kater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
SOZINHO - Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
LITTLE SPELLS - Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
FINDING GABRIEL - Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
THE OMNI-AMERICAN BOOK CLUB - Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
ANTIDOTE - Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song
LOVE THEORY - Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
LONG LIVE LOVE - Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
BURN THE SHIPS - for KING & COUNTRY
Best Roots Gospel Album
TESTIMONY - Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album
#ELDISCO - Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
EL MAL QUERER - ROSALÍA
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
DE AYER PARA SIEMPRE - Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album (Tie winner)
OPUS - Marc Anthony
A JOURNEY THROUGH CUBAN MUSIC - Aymée Nuviola
Best American Roots Performance
SAINT HONESTY - Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
CALL MY NAME - Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I'm With Her)
Best Americana Album
OKLAHOMA - Keb' Mo'
Best Bluegrass Album
TALL FIDDLER - Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
TALL, DARK & HANDSOME - Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana
Best Contemporary Blues Album
THIS LAND - Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
PATTY GRIFFIN - Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album
GOOD TIME - Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
RAPTURE - Koffee
Best World Music Album
CELIA - Angelique Kidjo
Best Children's Album
AGELESS SONGS FOR THE CHILD ARCHETYPE - Jon Samson
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
BECOMING - Michelle Obama
Best Comedy Album
STICKS & STONES - Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album
HADESTOWN - Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
A STAR IS BORN - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Paul “DJWS” Blair, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson, Mark Nilan Jr. & Benjamin Rice, compilation producers; Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels, music supervisors
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
CHERNOBYL - Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN (FILM VERSION) - Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Track from: A Star Is Born
Best Instrumental Composition
STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE SYMPHONIC SUITE - John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
MOON RIVER - Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
ALL NIGHT LONG - Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Recording Package
CHRIS CORNELL - Barry Ament, Jeff Ament & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
WOODSTOCK: BACK TO THE GARDEN - THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE - Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
STAX '68: A MEMPHIS STORY - Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
PETE SEEGER: THE SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS COLLECTION - Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
FINNEAS - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish) (A)
Best Remixed Recording
I RISE (TRACY YOUNG'S PRIDE INTRO RADIO REMIX) - Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Immersive Audio Album
LUX - Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
RILEY: SUN RINGS - Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; John Kilgore, Judith Sherman & David Harrington, engineers/mixers; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
BLANTON ALSPAUGH
Best Orchestral Performance
NORMAN: SUSTAIN - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
PICKER: FANTASTIC MR. FOX - Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
DURUFLÉ: COMPLETE CHORAL WORKS - Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
SHAW: ORANGE - Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
MARSALIS: VIOLIN CONCERTO; FIDDLE DANCE SUITE - Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
SONGPLAY - Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium
THE POETRY OF PLACES - Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
HIGDON: HARP CONCERTO - Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Music Video
OLD TOWN ROAD (OFFICIAL MOVIE) - Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers
Best Music Film
HOMECOMING - Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, video directors; Steve Pamon & Erinn Williams, video producers
Tom Inniss and Sophie McCarthy contributed to this piece.
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