It’s Music’s Biggest Night for the World’s Cruelest Year. The Recording Academy is handing out its 63rd annual Grammy Awards tonight in a virtual ceremony starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. CBS and Paramount+ are airing the show live coast-to-coast, and . will be updating the winner.
Ahead of the primetime broadcast ceremony hosted by The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah and being held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony kicked off earlier in the day and just wrapped up its two-plus-hour show. Beyoncé, who has a leading nine nominations, has already won twice including for Best Music Video and for duet-ing with Megan Thee Stallion on “Savage” which won Best Rap Performance.
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Kanye West won for Best Contemporary Christian Album and joined the winners circle with the likes of Fiona Apple, Ice-T (for Body Count), Justin Bieber, John Prine, Brandi Carlisle, James Taylor, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, Chick Corea and Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel among others.
Among Hollywood and media-centric winners are MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in Best Spoken Word Album for her book Blowout and Tiffany Haddish for Comedy Album. Last year’s awards-season pics Joker (Best Score) and Jojo Rabbit (Soundtrack) also took trophies today.
Overall, Grammys are being handed out in 83 categories spanning 30 fields of music released between September 1, 2019, and August 31, 2020.
Beyoncé comes into the ceremony with a leading nine nominations, looking to pad her career total of two dozen wins. Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swift are next with six apiece and are among tonight’s performers.
“This has been a tough year for our industry, but I have witnessed, day after day, the incredible resiliency of the music community,” Recording Academy Chair and Interim President/CEO Harvey Mason Jr said. “I truly believe in the power of music, and the 63rd Grammys will be an opportunity to help us unite, uplift and inspire.”
Below is the full list of Premiere Show winners. Check back throughout the night as we keep track of the marquee categories including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist:
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
ANDREW WATT
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)
Best Country Song
CROWDED TABLE
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 HOURS
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Solo Performance
WHEN MY AMY PRAYS
Vince Gill
Best Rock Album
THE NEW ABNORMAL
The Strokes
Best Rock Song
STAY HIGH
Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Metal Performance
BUM-RUSH
Body Count
Best Rock Performance
SHAMEIKA
Fiona Apple
Best Rap Album
KING’S DISEASE
Nas
Best Rap Performance
SAVAGE
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
AMERICAN STANDARD
James Taylor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
RAIN ON ME
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best R&B Album
BIGGER LOVE
John Legend
Best Progressive R&B Album
IT IS WHAT IT IS
Thundercat
Best R&B Song
BETTER THAN I IMAGINED
Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
ANYTHING FOR YOU
Ledisi
Best Latin Jazz Album
FOUR QUESTIONS
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
DATA LORDS
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
TRILOGY 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album
SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
ALL BLUES
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)
Best Alternative Music Album
FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS
Fiona Apple
Best Musical Theater Album
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Comedy Album
BLACK MITZVAH
Tiffany Haddish
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH
Rachel Maddow
Best Children’s Music Album
ALL THE LADIES
Joanie Leeds
Best Global Music Album
TWICE AS TALL
Burna Boy
Best Reggae Album
GOT TO BE TOUGH
Toots & The Maytals
Best Regional Roots Music Album
ATMOSPHERE
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Folk Album
ALL THE GOOD TIMES
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Contemporary Blues Album
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?
Fantastic Negrito
Best Traditional Blues Album
RAWER THAN RAW
Bobby Rush
Best Bluegrass Album
HOME
Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
WORLD ON THE GROUND
Sarah Jarosz
Best American Roots Song
I REMEMBER EVERYTHING
Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best American Roots Performance
I REMEMBER EVERYTHING
John Prine
Best Song Written For Visual Media
NO TIME TO DIE [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
JOKER
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
JOJO RABBIT
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
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 Classical Solo Vocal Album
SMYTH: THE PRISON
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
THEOFANIDIS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
CONTEMPORARY VOICES
Pacifica Quartet
Best Choral Performance
DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUAH
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Opera Recording
GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO
Fito Paez
Producer Of The Year, Classical
DAVID FROST
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, ‘BABI YAR’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Remixed Recording
ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
HYPERSPACE
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Best Historical Album
IT’S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Album Notes
DEAD MAN’S POP
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
ODE TO JOY
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Recording Package
VOLS. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Roots Gospel Album
CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
JESUS IS KING
Kanye West
Best Gospel Album
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ
PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
THERE WAS JESUS
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
MOVIN’ ON
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best New Age Album
MORE GUITAR STORIES
Jim “Kimo” West
Best Music Film
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Best Music Video
BROWN SKIN GIRL
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Astrid Edwards, Aya Kaida, Jean Mougin, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video producers
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
HE WON’T HOLD YOU
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
DONNA LEE
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Instrumental Composition
SPUTNIK
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Snarky Puppy
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BUBBA
Kaytranada
Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
Here are the key categories coming up during tonight’s primetime telecast:
Record of the Year
“Black Parade” — Beyoncé
“Colors” — Black Pumas
“Rockstar” — DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch
“Say So” — Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa
“Circles” — Post Malone
“Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Song of the Year
“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
“Cardigan” — Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Circles” — Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
“Don’t Start Now” — Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“I Can’t Breathe” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“If the World Was Ending” — Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)
Album of the Year
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas
Everyday Life — Coldplay
Djesse Vol. 3 — Jacob Collier
Women In Music Pt. III — Haim
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
Folklore — Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Megan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Un Dia (One Day)” — J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
“Intentions” — Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo
“Dynamite” — BTS
“Rain on Me” — Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
“Exile” — Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver
Best Pop Vocal Album
Changes — Justin Bieber
Chromatica — Lady Gaga
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
Fine Line — Harry Styles
Folklore — Taylor Swift
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Kick I — Arca
Planet’s Mad — Baauer
Energy — Disclosure
Bubba — Kaytranada
Good Faith — Madeon
Best Rock Performance
“Shameika” — Fiona Apple
“Not” — Big Thief
“Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers
“The Steps” — HAIM
“Stay High” — Brittany Howard
“Daylight” — Grace Potter
Best Progressive R&B Album
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Ungodly Hour — Chloe X Halle
Free Nationals — Free Nationals
F*** Yo Feelings — Robert Glasper
It Is What It Is — Thundercat
Best Rap Performance
“Deep Reverence” — Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle
“Bop” — DaBaby
“What’s Poppin” — Jack Harlow
“The Bigger Picture” — Lil Baby
“Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
“Dior” — Pop Smoke
Best Country Album
Lady Like — Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record — Brandy Clark
Wildcard — Miranda Lambert
Nightfall — Little Big Town
Never Will — Ashley McBryde
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Ona — Thana Alexa
Secrets Are the Best Stories — Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Modern Ancestors — Carmen Lundy
Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper — Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band
What’s the Hurry — Kenny Washington
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny
Por Primera Vez — Camilo
Mesa Para Dos — Kany García
Pausa — Ricky Martin
3:33 — Debi Nova
Best Americana Album
Old Flowers — Courtney Marie Andrews
Terms of Surrender — Hiss Golden Messenger
World on the Ground — Sarah Jarosz
El Dorado — Marcus King
Good Souls Better Angels — Lucinda Williams
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? — Fantastic Negrito
Live at the Paramount — Ruthie Foster Big Band
The Juice — G. Love
Blackbirds — Bettye LaVette
Up and Rolling — North Mississippi Allstars
Best Global Music Album
FU Chronicles — Antibalas
Twice as Tall — Burna Boy
Agora — Bebel Gilberto
Love Letters — Anoushka Shankar
Amadjar — Tinariwen
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Acid for the Children: A Memoir — Flea
Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life — Ken Jennings
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth — Rachel Maddow
Catch and Kill — Ronan Farrow
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) — Meryl Streep (& Full Cast)
Best Music Film
Beastie Boys Story — Beastie Boys
Black Is King — Beyoncé
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme — Freestyle Love Supreme
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Linda Ronstadt
That Little Ol’ Band From Texas — ZZ Top
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