61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony
The61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at theStaples Center inLos Angeles .[ 2] [ 3] Alicia Keys hosted.[ 4] [ 5] Lady Gaga ,Jada Pinkett Smith ,Jennifer Lopez , and former First Lady of the United StatesMichelle Obama , each of whom spoke about the impact that music had on their lives.[ 6]
The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018.[ 7]
Dolly Parton was honored as theMusiCares Person of the Year two days prior on February 8, 2019.[ 8]
Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations, with eight.Childish Gambino andKacey Musgraves tied for the most wins of the night with four each.[ 9] Amy Winehouse in 2008.[ 10] This Is America " producerLudwig Göransson and recording engineer Riley Mackin accepted theRecord of the Year Grammy on Gambino's behalf.
Nominations announcement [ edit ] Nominations were to be announced on December 5, 2018, but were delayed to Friday, December 7, 2018 following thedeath and state funeral of formerPresident George H.W. Bush .[ 3] [ 11]
Devin McCourty andJulian Edelman – presentedBest Pop Duo/Group Performance Nina Dobrev – introducedKacey Musgraves Alicia Keys andJohn Mayer – presentedSong of the Year Anna Kendrick – introducedKacey Musgraves ,Katy Perry ,Miley Cyrus ,Little Big Town ,Maren Morris , andDolly Parton Alicia Keys – introducedShawn Mendes andMiley Cyrus Kane Brown ,Meghan Trainor ,Luke Combs – presentedBest Country Album Dan + Shay – presentedBest Rap Song Alicia Keys – introducedPost Malone andRed Hot Chili Peppers Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick – introducedDiana Ross Alicia Keys – introducedLady Gaga Eve andSwizz Beatz – introducedTravis Scott ,James Blake , andPhilip Bailey Alicia Keys andSmokey Robinson – introducedJennifer Lopez ,Smokey Robinson , andNe-Yo BTS – presentedBest R&B Album Kelsea Ballerini – introducedBrandi Carlile Leon Bridges andCharlie Wilson – introducedChloe x Halle Chloe x Halle – presentedBest Rap Album Wilmer Valderrama – introducedSt. Vincent andDua Lipa Alessia Cara andBob Newhart – presentedBest New Artist Jimmy Jam – introduced outgoing President of the Recording AcademyNeil Portnow Neil Portnow – introduced in memoriam montage Alicia Keys – announcedProducer of the Year, Non-Classical andBest Engineered Album, Non-Classical Alicia Keys – presentedRecord of the Year andAlbum of the Year [ 12] Listed in no particular order.[ 13]
Nominations and winners [ edit ] Winners are highlighted inBold
"This Is America " –Childish Gambino "I Like It " –Cardi B ,Bad Bunny &J Balvin "The Joke " –Brandi Carlile "God's Plan " –Drake Boi-1Da ,Cardo & Young Exclusive, producers; Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell &Noah Shebib , engineers/mixers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer "Shallow " –Lady Gaga &Bradley Cooper "All the Stars " –Kendrick Lamar &SZA Al Shux & Sounwave, producers; Sam Ricci & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer "Rockstar " –Post Malone featuring21 Savage Louis Bell & Tank God, producers; Louis Bell, Lorenzo Cardona,Manny Marroquin & Ethan Stevens, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer "The Middle " –Zedd ,Maren Morris andGrey Grey,Monsters & Strangerz & Zedd, producers; Grey, Tom Morris, Ryan Shanahan & Zedd, engineers/mixers; Mike Marsh, mastering engineer Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Belcalis Almanzar & Jorden Thorpe, songwriters;Colin Leonard , mastering engineer By the Way, I Forgive You Brandi Carlile Dave Cobb &Shooter Jennings , producers; Dave Cobb & Eddie Spear, engineers/mixers; Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters; Pete Lyman, mastering engineerScorpion Drake Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell &Noah Shebib , engineers/mixers; Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters; Chris Athens, mastering engineer H.E.R. H.E.R. Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr., David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, H.E.R., Walter Jones & Jeff Robinson, producers; Miki Tsutsumi, engineer/mixer; Darhyl Camper Jr. & H.E.R., songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By Kendrick Lamar , featured artist; Kendrick Duckworth &Sounwave , producers; Matt Schaeffer, engineer/mixer; Kendrick Duckworth & Mark Spears, songwriters;Mike Bozzi , mastering engineerBest Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Best Pop Vocal Album [ edit ] Best Dance Recording Best Dance/Electronic Album Contemporary Instrumental Music [ edit ] Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Best Rock Performance Best Metal Performance Best Rock Song Best Rock Album Best Alternative Music Album Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance Best R&B Song Best Urban Contemporary Album Best R&B Album Best Rap Performance Best Rap/Sung Performance Best Rap Song "God's Plan " "King's Dead "Kendrick Duckworth ,Samuel Gloade ,James Litherland ,Johnny McKinzie , Axel Morgan,Mark Spears ,Travis Walton ,Nayvadius Wilburn &Michael Williams II , songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake) "Lucky You " "Sicko Mode "Khalif Brown ,Rogét Chahayed ,BryTavious Chambers ,Mike Dean , Mirsad Dervic,Kevin Gomringer ,Tim Gomringer ,Aubrey Graham ,Chauncey Hollis ,Jacques Webster , Ozan Yildirim &Cydel Young , songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake & Swae Lee) "Win " Best Rap Album Best Country Solo Performance Best Country Duo/Group Performance Best Country Song Best Country Album Best New Age Album Best Improvised Jazz Solo Best Jazz Vocal Album Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Best Latin Jazz Album [ edit ] Best Gospel Performance/Song Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Best Gospel Album Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Best Roots Gospel Album Best Latin Pop Album Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) Best Tropical Latin Album American Roots Music [ edit ] Best American Roots Performance Best American Roots Song Best Americana Album Best Bluegrass Album Best Traditional Blues Album Best Contemporary Blues Album Best Folk Album Best Regional Roots Music Album Best Reggae Album Best World Music Album Best Children's Album Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) Best Comedy Album Best Musical Theater Album The Band's Visit Adam Kantor ,Katrina Lenk &Ari'el Stachel , principal soloists; Dean Sharenow &David Yazbek , producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)Carousel Renée Fleming ,Alexander Gemignani ,Joshua Henry ,Lindsay Mendez &Jessie Mueller , principal soloists;Steven Epstein , producer (Richard Rodgers , composer;Oscar Hammerstein II , lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Sara Bareilles ,Alice Cooper ,Ben Daniels ,Brandon Victor Dixon ,Erik Grönwall , Jin Ha,John Legend ,Norm Lewis &Jason Tam , principal soloists;Andrew Lloyd Webber &Harvey Mason Jr. , producers (Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer;Tim Rice , lyricist) (Original Television Cast)My Fair Lady Lauren Ambrose ,Norbert Leo Butz &Harry Hadden-Paton , principal soloists; Van Dean, David Lai, &Ted Sperling , producers (Frederick Loewe , composer;Alan Jay Lerner , lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)Once on This Island Phillip Boykin ,Merle Dandridge ,Quentin Earl Darrington ,Hailey Kilgore , Kenita R. Miller,Alex Newell , Isaac Powell &Lea Salonga , principal soloists;Lynn Ahrens ,Stephen Flaherty &Elliot Scheiner , producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)Music for Visual Media [ edit ] Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Song Written for Visual Media Best Instrumental Composition Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella "Stars and Stripes Forever" John Daversa , arranger (John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists)"Batman Theme (TV)" "Change the World"Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6 ) "Madrid Finale" "The Shape of Water" Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Best Recording Package Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Best Album Notes Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument The 1960 Time Sessions The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various artists) Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition) Best Historical Album Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris Any Other Way Rob Bowman , Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineer (Jackie Shane )At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight... Martin Hawkins, compilation producer;Christian Zwarg , mastering engineer (Various artists) Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War Hugo Keesing, compilation producer;Christian Zwarg , mastering engineer (Various artists) A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant [ edit ] Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Colors Julian Burg,Şerban Ghenea , David "Elevator" Greenbaum,John Hanes ,Beck Hansen ,Greg Kurstin , Florian Lagatta,Cole M.G.N. , Alex Pasco,Jesse Shatkin ,Darrell Thorp &Cassidy Turbin , engineers;Chris Bellman ,Tom Coyne ,Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck) All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do Earthtones Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas ) Head Over Heels Nathaniel Alford,Jason Evigan , Chris Galland, Tom Gardner,Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel ,Şerban Ghenea , John Hanes,Tony Hoffer , Derek Keota,Ian Kirkpatrick ,David Macklovitch ,Amber Mark ,Manny Marroquin , Vaughn Oliver,Chris "TEK" O'Ryan ,Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers;Chris Gehringer & Emerson Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo ) Voicenotes Manny Marroquin &Charlie Puth , engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth) Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Best Remixed Recording "Walking Away" (Mura Masa Remix) "Audio " (CID Remix) "How Long " (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix) "Only Road" (Cosmic Gate Remix) "Stargazing " (Kaskade Remix) [ edit ] Best Immersive Audio Album Eye in the Sky : 35th Anniversary EditionFolketoner Morten Lindberg , surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)Seven Words from the Cross Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark) Sommerro: Ujamaa & the Iceberg Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby,Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir) Symbol Prashant Mistry &Ronald Prent , surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment) [ edit ] Best Engineered Album, Classical Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 John Williams at the Movies Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh ) Visions and Variations Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry ) Producer of the Year, Classical Blanton Alspaugh Arnesen: Infinity – Choral Works (Joel Rinsema & Kantorei)Aspects of America Carlos Kalmar &Oregon Symphony )Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore, Elisabeth Leone, Maximillian Macias, Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer,Heidi Stober ,Daniel Belcher ,Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus & Houston Grand Opera Orchestra)Haydn: The Creation (Andrés Orozco-Estrada , Betsy Cook Weber,Houston Symphony & Houston Symphony Chorus)Heggie: Great Scott (Patrick Summers , Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel,Kevin Burdette ,Anthony Roth Costanzo ,Nathan Gunn ,Frederica von Stade ,Ailyn Pérez ,Joyce DiDonato ,Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)Music of Fauré, Buide & Zemlinsky (Trio Séléné)Paterson: Three Way – A Trio of One-Act Operas (Dean Williamson, Daniele Pastin, Courtney Ruckman, Eliza Bonet, Melisa Bonetti, Jordan Rutter, Samuel Levine,Wes Mason , Matthew Treviño &Nashville Opera Orchestra )Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian &Toronto Symphony Orchestra )David Frost Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss )Mirror in Mirror (Anne Akiko Meyers ,Kristjan Järvi &Philharmonia Orchestra )Mozart: Idomeneo (James Levine ,Alan Opie ,Matthew Polenzani ,Alice Coote ,Nadine Sierra ,Elza van den Heever , TheMetropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)Presentiment (Orion Weiss)Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (Sebastian Weigle ,Renée Fleming ,Elīna Garanča ,Erin Morley ,Günther Groissböck ,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)Elizabeth Ostrow Judith Sherman Dirk Sobotka Best Orchestral Performance Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4 Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 Best Opera Recording Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Adams: Doctor Atomic Lully: Alceste Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier Verdi: Rigoletto Best Choral Performance McLoskey: Zealot Canticles Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing) Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir) Kastalsky: Memory Eternal Rachmaninov: The Bells Seven Words from the Cross Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Best Classical Instrumental Solo Kernis: Violin Concerto –James Ehnes Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 –Yuja Wang Biber: The Mystery Sonatas – Christina Day MartinsonBruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Best Classical Compendium Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush Gold The John Adams Edition John Williams at the Movies Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi Best Contemporary Classical Composition Kernis: Violin Concerto Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Du Yun: Air Glow Heggie: Great Scott Jake Heggie , composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers , Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel,Kevin Burdette ,Anthony Roth Costanzo ,Nathan Gunn ,Frederica von Stade , Ailyn Pérez,Joyce DiDonato ,Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin Best Music Video "This Is America " –Childish Gambino Hiro Murai , video directors; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers"Apeshit " –The Carters Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers "I'm Not Racist " –Joyner Lucas Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer "Pynk " –Janelle Monáe Emma Westenburg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers "Mumbo Jumbo" –Tierra Whack Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer Best Music Film Special Merit Awards [ edit ] Music Educator Award [ edit ] Grammy Hall of Fame inductions [ edit ] Multiple nominations and awards [ edit ] The following received multiple nominations:
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For the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, multiple category changes are being made;[ 14]
On February 4, 2019, reports surfaced that American singer-songwriterAriana Grande would not be performing at or attending the Grammys, due to a dispute with producerKen Ehrlich . On February 7, 2019, Grande made a public statement on the matter, alleging that Ehrlich stifled her creativity and tried to stipulate what song she could perform.[ 15] [ 16]
On February 11, 2019, Trinidadian-American rapperNicki Minaj backed up Grande and alleged Ehrilch "bullied" her. Minaj later said in a statement onTwitter : "I was bullied into staying quiet for 7 years out of fear. But I'll tell my fans the REAL on the next episode of #QueenRadio they deserve the truth."[ 17]
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