58th Grammy® Awards Coverage

Welcome to DigitalHit.com's coverage of the 58th Annual Grammy Awards which were handed out on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

8:00 PM

Taylor Swift, in a sequined black catsuit, opens the show with a performance of "Out of the Woods."

8:04 PM

Host LL Cool J strolls out to welcome us to tonight's ceremony and showing clips from past ceremonies.

8:07 PM

Stephen Colbert is live from the Richard Rodgers Theatre where we'll be seeing a number from the hip-hop musical Hamilton later tonight. Right now, tonight's first award is Best Rap Album. It's being presented by Ice Cube and his son, O'Shea Jackson Jr. And the Grammy Award goes to Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly.

8:12 PM

NFLers Von Miller and Anquan Boldin introduce a performance by Sam Hunt and Carrie Underwood.

8:23 PM

Famous donut-licker Ariana Grande introduces a performance by The Weeknd. He performs a medley of "Can't Feel My Face" and "In The Night".

8:33 PM

Selena Gomez introduces yet another performance because, hey, why hand out awards on an awards show. The performers are Andra Day and Ellie Goulding. They perform a mash-up of "Rise Up" and "Love Me Like You Do".

8:38 PM

Cam and Gary Sinise are presenting Best Country Album. And the Grammy Award goes to Chris Stapleton for Traveller.

8:46 PM

LL Cool J and James Corden do some banter before introducing a tribute to Lionel Richie, the Musicares Person of the Year. The tribute is performed by Demi Lovato, John Legend, Luke Bryan, Tyrese and Meghan Trainor. Lionel Richie then joins them on the stage for "All Night Long."

9:02 PM

Ryan Seacrest pays tribute to Phillip Riggs, the 2016 Music Educator Award recipient, before introducing a performance of "Girl Crush" by Little Big Town.

9:07 PM

Stevie Wonder and Pentatonix pay tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire's Maurice White, who passed away on February 4th. They then present the nominations for Song of the Year. And the Grammy Award goes to Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge for "Thinking Out Loud." Unfortuneatly Amy gets cut off and they cut to the tribute to Glenn Frey by Jackson Browne and The Eagles. They perform "Take It Easy", which was co-written by Browne and Frey, who died on January 18th.

9:22 PM

Anna Kendrick pays tribute to recording exec Irving Azoff, who was honored with a Merit Award, before introducing a performance by Tori Kelly and James Bay.

9:27 PM

LL Cool J introduces the performance from the Broadway play Hamilton, live from New York.

9:39 PM

Don Cheadle introduces a performance by Kendrick Lamar, who is nominated for eleven Grammys tonight. Lamar performs "The Blacker The Berry" and "Alright."

9:46 PM

Seth MacFarlane apologizes for what Family Guy has said about them before presenting Best Musical Theater Album. And the Grammy Award goes to Hamilton. Composer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda accepts it with an acceptance speech rap.

9:54 PM

Miguel performs a tribute to Michael Jackson's "She’s Out of My Life" from the album Off the Wall. He then presents Best Rock Performamce. And the Grammy Award goes to Alabama Shakes for "Don't Wanna Fight." Lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard accepts.

9:58 PM

Bruno Mars is now here to introduce a performance of "All I Ask" by Adele. Mars wrote the song with her.

10:10 PM

Kaley Cuoco introduces Skrillex and Diplo performing with Justin Bieber.

10:17 PM

Sam Smith is now here to present Best New Artist, a category he won last year. And the Grammy Award goes to Meghan Trainor. She cries her way through her acceptance speech.

10:24 PM

Ed Sheeran introduces the David Bowie tribute by Lady Gaga. She's joined by Nile Rodgers.

10:37 PM

Bonnie Raitt pays tribute to Lifetime Achievement Recipient Ruth Brown, before paying tribute to the late B.B. King with Chris Stapleton and Gary Clark Jr. performing "The Thrill is Gone."

10:49 PM

LL Cool J introduces a performance by Alabama Shakes. They've already won three Grammys.

10:54 PM

Dave Grohl pays tribute to the late Kilmister, who died on January 9th and his Motorhead bandmate "Philthy Animal" Phil Taylor, who died last November. He then introduces Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry aka The Hollywood Vampires. They're joined by Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum.

11:07 PM

Neil Portnow, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and rapper Common talk about the importance of paying artists fairly before introducing tonight's youngest nominee 12-year-old Joey Alexander, who was nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

11:11 PM

Tonight's In Memoriam segment. Lots of legends lost in the last year.

11:19 PM

Three of the members of Earth, Wind & Fire — Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson — Lifetime Achievement Awards winners, pay tribute to their late bandmate Maurice White before presenting Album of the Year. And the Grammy Award goes to Taylor Swift for 1989. Swift passionately says that "As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you're going, you will look around and know it was you and the people who love you, who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world."

11:21 PM

The Grammys pay tribute to the special award recipients. The Trustee Award went to John Cage, Fred Foster and Chris Strachwitz. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to: Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Run DMC, and Earth Wind & Fire.

11:23 PM

Beyonce is here now to present Record of the Year. As she pauses before announcing the winner, Bruno Mars yells out, "Let's go Beyonce. Let's do it!" And the Grammy Award goes to Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and featuring Bruno Mars.

11:26 PM

The show closes with a performance by Pitbull, aided by Travis Barker, Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and Sofia Vergara.

And the winners are:

Record Of The Year

• Uptown Funk
  Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
  Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
  Track from: Uptown Special
  RCA Records

Album Of The Year

• 1989
  Taylor Swift
  Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
  Big Machine Records

Song Of The Year

• Thinking Out Loud
  Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
  Track from: X
  Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited

Best New Artist

• Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Thinking Out Loud
  Ed Sheeran
  Track from: X
  Atlantic

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Uptown Funk
  Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
  Track from: Uptown Special
  RCA Records

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
  Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
  RPM Records/Columbia Records

Best Pop Vocal Album

• 1989
  Taylor Swift
  Big Machine Records

Best Dance Recording

• Where Are Ü Now
  Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
  Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
  Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
  Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
  Skrillex And Diplo
  Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Sylva
  Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
  Impulse!

Best Rock Performance

• Don't Wanna Fight
  Alabama Shakes
  ATO Records

Best Metal Performance

• Cirice
  Ghost
  Loma Vista Recordings

Best Rock Song

• Don't Wanna Fight
  Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
  ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music

Best Rock Album

• Drones
  Muse
  Warner Bros. Records

Best Alternative Music Album

• Sound & Color
  Alabama Shakes
  ATO Records

Best R&B Performance

• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
  The Weeknd
  Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  Universal Studios/Republic Records

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Little Ghetto Boy
  Lalah Hathaway
  Entertainment One/8Th Floor

Best R&B Song

• Really Love
  D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
  Track from: Black Messiah
  RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Beauty Behind The Madness
  The Weeknd
  Republic

Best R&B Album

• Black Messiah
  D'Angelo And The Vanguard
  RCA Records

Best Rap Performance

• Alright
  Kendrick Lamar
  Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
  Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• These Walls
  Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
  Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
  Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

Best Rap Song

• Alright
  Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
  Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
  TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV

Best Rap Album

• To Pimp A Butterfly
  Kendrick Lamar
  Aftermath/Interscope

Best Country Solo Performance

• Traveller
  Chris Stapleton
  Track from:Traveller
  Mercury Nashville

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Girl Crush
  Little Big Town
  Track from: Pain Killer
  Capitol Records Nashville

Best Country Song

• Girl Crush
  Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
  Track from: Pain Killer
  Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Best Country Album

• Traveller
  Chris Stapleton
  Mercury Records

Best New Age Album

• Grace
  Paul Avgerinos
  Round Sky Music

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Cherokee
  Christian McBride, soloist
  Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
  Mack Avenue Records

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• For One To Love
  Cécile McLorin Salvant
  Mack Avenue Records

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Past Present
  John Scofield
  Impulse!

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Thompson Fields
  Maria Schneider Orchestra
  ArtistShare

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Made In Brazil
  Eliane Elias
  Concord Jazz

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Wanna Be Happy?
  Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
  RCA Records/Fo Yo Soul Recordings; Publisher(s): Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs and Irving Music, Inc. admin. by Universal Music Publishing

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Holy Spirit
  Francesca Battistelli
  Track from: If We're Honest (Deluxe Edition)
  Fervent/Curb/Word

Best Gospel Album

• Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
  Israel & Newbreed
  RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• This Is Not A Test
  Tobymac
  ForeFront Records

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Still Rockin' My Soul
  The Fairfield Four
  Fairfield Four Records

Best Latin Pop Album

• A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
  Ricky Martin
  Sony Music Latin

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• Hasta La Raíz
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Sony Music Latin
• Dale
  Pitbull
  Mr. 305 / Sony Music Latin

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Realidades - Deluxe Edition
  Los Tigres Del Norte
  Fonovisa

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Son De Panamá
  Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
  Ruben Blades Productions

Best American Roots Performance

• See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  Mavis Staples
  Track from: Your Good Fortune
  Anti

Best American Roots Song

• 24 Frames
  Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
  Track from: Something More Than Free
  Southeastern Records; Publisher(s): Songs Of Emchant

Best Americana Album

• Something More Than Free
  Jason Isbell
  Southeastern Records

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Muscle Shoals Recordings
  The Steeldrivers
  Rounder

Best Blues Album

• Born To Play Guitar
  Buddy Guy
  RCA Records/Silvertone Records

Best Folk Album

• Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
  Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
  Rounder

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Go Go Juice
  Jon Cleary
  FHQ Records

Best Reggae Album

• Strictly Roots
  Morgan Heritage
  CTBC Music Group

Best World Music Album

• Sings
  Angelique Kidjo
  429 Records

Best Children's Album

• Home
  Tim Kubart
  Tim And The Space Cadets

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
  Jimmy Carter
  Simon & Schuster Audio

Best Comedy Album

• Live At Madison Square Garden
  Louis C.K.
  Comedy Dynamics

Best Musical Theater Album

• Hamilton
  Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
  Atlantic

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
  (Various Artists)
  Big Machine Records

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Birdman
  Antonio Sanchez, composer
  Milan Records

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Glory
  Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
  Track from:Selma
  Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited

Best Instrumental Composition

• The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
  Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
  Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
  Motema Music

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
  Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
  Track from:That's Christmas To Me
  RCA Records

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
  Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
  Track from: Nothing Has Changed
  Legacy/Columbia

Best Recording Package

• Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
  Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
  Bismeaux Records

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
  Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
  Third Man Records / Revenant Records

Best Album Notes

• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
  Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
  Rhino

Best Historical Album

• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
  Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
  Columbia/Legacy

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Sound & Color
  Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
  ATO Records

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jeff Bhasker
  
  • Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
  • Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
  • Burning House (Cam) (T)
  • Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)
  • Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
  • Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)
  • Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
  • Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
  Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
  RCA Records

Best Surround Sound Album

• Amused To Death
  James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
  Columbia/Legacy

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Ask Your Mama
  Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
  Avie Records

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman
  
  • Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
  • Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kucera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare)
  • Montage - Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng)
  • Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)
  • Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon)
  • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens)
  • Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin & Piano (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)
  • Turina: Chamber Music For Strings & Piano (Lincoln Trio)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10
  Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  Deutsche Grammophon

Best Opera Recording

• Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
  Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
  Decca

Best Choral Performance

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
  Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
  Chandos

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Filament
  Eighth Blackbird
  Cedille Records

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
  Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
  Track from:Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
  Seattle Symphony Media

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
  Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
  Erato

Best Classical Compendium

• Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto
  Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
  Naxos

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
  Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
  Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens
  Reference Recordings

Best Music Video

• Bad Blood
  Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
  Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer
  Big Machine Records

Best Music Film

• Amy
  Amy Winehouse
  Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer
  Universal Music Enterprises