Jakob Eiseman, Editor

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The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences held their 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14 featuring musical performances from Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, HAIM, DaBaby, Roddy Ricch, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s new R&B group. The event was hosted by Trevor Noah (“The Daily Show”) and, as always, pleased and upset fans with their picks for award winners. Below is a list of all of the major awards from the night:

Record of the Year

WINNER: Billie Eilish — “Everything I Wanted”

Nominees:

• Beyoncé — “Black Parade”
• Black Pumas — “Colors”
• DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch — “Rockstar”
• Doja Cat — “Say So”
• Dua Lipa — “Don’t Start Now”
• Post Malone — “Circles”
• Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé — “Savage”

Album of the Year

WINNER: Taylor Swift — Folklore

Nominees:

• Jhené Aiko — Chilombo
• Black Pumas — Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)
• Coldplay — Everyday Life
• Jacob Collier — Djesse Vol. 3
• Haim — Women in Music Pt. III
• Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia
• Post Malone — Hollywood’s Bleeding

Song of the Year

WINNER: H.E.R. — “I Can’t Breathe”

Nominees:

• Beyoncé — “Black Parade”
• Roddy Ricch — “The Box”
• Taylor Swift — “Cardigan”
• Post Malone — “Circles”
• Dua Lipa — “Don’t Start Now”
• Billie Eilish — “Everything I Wanted”
• JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels — “If the World Was Ending”

Best New Artist

WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion

Nominees:

• Ingrid Andress
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Chika
• Noah Cyrus
• D Smoke
• Doja Cat
• Kaytranada

Best Pop Solo Performance

WINNER: Harry Styles — “Watermelon Sugar”

Nominees:

• Justin Bieber — “Yummy”
• Doja Cat — “Say So”
• Billie Eilish — “Everything I Wanted”
• Dua Lipa — “Don’t Start Now”
• Taylor Swift — “Cardigan”

Best Rock Album

WINNER: The Strokes — The New Abnormal

Nominees:

• Fontaines D.C. — A Hero’s Death
• Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
• Grace Potter — Daylight
• Sturgill Simpson — Sound and Fury

Best Alternative Music Album

WINNER: Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Nominees:

• Beck — Hyperspace
• Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
• Brittany Howard — Jaime
• Tame Impala — The Slow Rush

Best R&B Album

WINNER: John Legend — Bigger Love

Nominees:

• Ant Clemons — Happy 2 Be Here
• Giveon — Take Time
• Luke James — To Feel Love/d
• Gregory Porter — All Rise

Best Rap Album

WINNER: Nas — King’s Disease

Nominees:

• D SMOKE — Black Habits
• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo
• Jay Electronica — A Written Testimony
• Royce 5’9” — The Allegory

Best Country Album

WINNER: Miranda Lambert — Wildcard

Nominees:

• Ingrid Andress — Lady Like
• Brandy Clark — Your Life Is a Record
• Little Big Town — Nightfall
• Ashley McBryde — Never Will

Best Folk Album

WINNER: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings — All the Good Times

Nominees:

• Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman
• Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
• Laura Marling — Song for Our Daughter
• The Secret Sisters – Saturn Return

Best Reggae Album

WINNER: Toots & the Maytals — Got to Be Tough

Nominees:

• Buju Banton — Upside Down 2020
• Skip Marley — Higher Place
• Maxi Priest — It All Comes Back to Love
• The Wailers — One World

Best Comedy Album

WINNER: Tiffany Haddish — Black Mitzvah

Nominees:

• Patton Oswalt — I Love Everything
• Jim Gaffigan — The Pale Tourist
• Bill Burr — Paper Tiger
• Jerry Seinfeld — 23 Hours to Kill

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

WINNER: Hildur Guðnadóttir — Joker

Nominees:

• Max Richter — “Ad Astra”
• Kamasi Washington — “Becoming”
• Thomas Newman — “1917”
• John Williams — “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

Best Music Video

WINNER: Beyoncé — “Brown Skin Girl”

Nominees:

• Future Featuring Drake — “Life Is Good”
• Anderson .Paak — “Lockdown”
• Harry Styles — “Adore You”
• Woodkid — “Goliath”

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