Grammys 2021: A list of winners
Record of the year: "Everything I Wanted," Billie Eilish. Song of the year: "I Can't Breathe," H.E.R. Album of the year: "Folklore," Taylor Swift. Best new artist: Megan Thee Stallion. Solo performance: "Watermelon Sugar," Harry Styles. Duo/group performance: "Rain on Me," Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande. Pop vocal album: "Future Nostalgia," Dua Lipa." Traditional pop vocal album: "American Standard," James Taylor. Dance recording: "10%," Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis. Dance/electronic album: "Bubba," Kaytranada. Remix: "Roses (Imanbek Remix)," Imanbek Zeikeno. Contemporary instrumental album: "Live at the Royal Albert Hall," Snarky Puppy. Producer of the year: Andrew Watt. Best engineered album: "Hyperspace," Beck.
HIP-HOP/R&B
Rap album: "King's Disease," Nas. Rap song: "Savage," Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé. R&B album: "Bigger Love," John Legend. Progressive R&B album: "It Is What It Is," Thundercat. Rap performance: "Savage," Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé. Melodic rap performance: "Lockdown," Anderson .Paak. R&B song: "Better Than I Imagined," Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello and H.E.R. R&B performance: "Black Parade," Beyoncé. Traditional R&B performance: "Anything For You," Ledisi.
ROCK
Album: "The New Abnormal," Strokes. Song: "Stay High," Brittany Howard. Alternative album: "Fetch the Bolt Cutters," Fiona Apple. Rock performance: "Shameika," Fiona Apple. Metal: "Bum-Rush," Body Count.
COUNTRY/ ROOTS
Country album: "Wild Card," Miranda Lambert. Country song: "Crowded Table," the Highwomen. Solo performance: "When My Amy Prays," Vince Gill. Duo/group: "10,000 Hours," Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber. Americana album: "World on the Ground," Sarah Jarosz. Roots performance: "I Remember Everything," John Prine. Roots song: "I Remember Everything." Traditional blues album: "Rawer Than Raw," Bobby Rush. Contemporary blues: "Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?" Fantastic Negrito. Bluegrass album: "Home," Billy Strings. Folk: "All The Good Times," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. Regional roots: "Atmosphere," New Orleans Nightcrawlers. Reggae: "Got To Be Tough," Toots & the Maytals. Global music: "Twice As Tall," Burna Boy.
LATIN
Pop/urban album: "YHLQMDLG," Bad Bunny. Rock/alternative album: "La Conquista del Espacio," Fito Paez. Regional Mexican music: "Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1," Natalia Lafourcade. Tropical Latin album: "40," Grupo Niche.
CLASSICAL
Orchestral performance: "Ives: Complete Symphonies," Los Angeles Philharmonic. Opera recording: "Gershwin: Porgy and Bess," Metropolitan Opera. Choral: "Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua," Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. Chamber: "Contemporary Voices," Pacifica Quartet. Solo vocal: "Smyth: The Prison," Sarah Brailey & Experiential Orchestra. Instrumental solo: "Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra," Richard O'Neill & Albany Symphony. Composition: "Symphony No. 5," Christopher Rouse. Classical compendium: "Michael Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditation on Rilke." Producer of the year: David Frost. Best engineered album: "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13," Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
JAZZ
Vocal album: "Secrets Are the Best Stories," Kurt Elling. Instrumental album: "Trilogy 2," Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade. Large ensemble album: "Data Lords," Maria Schneider Orchestra. Latin jazz album: "Four Questions," Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Improvised solo: "All Blues," Chick Corea. Instrumental composition: "Sputnik," Maria Schneider.
GOSPEL
Album: "Gospel According to PJ," PJ Morton. Song: "Movin' On," Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music. Contemporary Christian album: "Jesus Is King," Kanye West. Contemporary Christian song: "There Was Jesus," Zach Williams & Dolly Parton. Roots gospel album: "Celebrating Fisk!" Fisk Jubilee Singers.
MISC.
Comedy album: "Black Mitzvah," Tiffany Haddish. Children's music album: "All The Ladies," Joanie Leeds. New Age: "More Guitar Stories," Jim "Kimo" West. Musical theater: "Jagged Little Pill." Music video: "Brown Skin Girl," Beyoncé. Music film: "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice." Spoken word: "Blowout," Rachel Maddow. Score soundtrack: "Joker," Hildur Guðnadóttir. Compilation soundtrack: "Jojo Rabbit." Song for visual media: "No Time to Die," Billie Eilish & Finneas. Boxed set: "Ode to Joy," Wilco. Historical album: "It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers."
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