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The Grammy Awards winners have been announced overnight...

Is there anything that Donald Glover can't do? It appears not as Childish Gambino won four Grammy's last night in a lavish awards ceremony, including Best Video, Best Rap/Sung Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Also winning four was country star Kacey Musgraves, whose album Golden Hour scooped the coveted Album of the Year Award.

However, the 2019 Grammys is also being hailed as "The Year of Women" with the female voice dominating the show. At the beginning of the show, Alicia Keys, the host, introduced “my sisters”: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez. Thirteen of the 17 performances throughout the show were by women. Special awards were given to both Dolly Parton and Diana Ross. And  history was made as a woman won the Best Rap Album, with Cardi B taking the award for Invasion of Privacy.

History was also made by Quincy Jones with the 85 year old getting his 28th Grammy. His documentary Quincy winning for best music film made him the living artist with the most ever Grammys, although he still has a few to go to beat the most awards for any artist, with Sir Georg Solti taking that crown with 31. 

But the most poignant moment, for us at least, was when Chris Cornell's children, Toni and Christopher, took to the stage early on in the evening to accept the award for When Bad Does Good which won best rock performance. Wearing a t-shirt with her famous father - who took his own life in 2017 at the age of 52 - Toni said: "I never thought we'd be standing here without my dad, he'd be proud and honoured, he was many things, a rock icon, the godfather of grunge."

The following are the 4 "General Field" category nominations lists and just a few of the other nominations that caught our eye from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields and 84 categories. The ** WINNERS ** have been highlighted. For a complete list, please visit www.grammy.com.



GENERAL FIELD

Record Of The Year: 

Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.

"I Like It" — Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
"The Joke" — Brandi Carlile
** WINNER ** "This Is America" — Childish Gambino
"God's Plan" — Drake
"Shallow" — Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
"All The Stars" — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
"Rockstar" — Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
"The Middle" — Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Album Of The Year:

Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist.

Invasion Of Privacy — Cardi B
By The Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile
Scorpion — Drake
H.E.R. — H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys — Post Malone
Dirty Computer — Janelle Monáe
** WINNER ** Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists)

Song Of The Year:

A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

"All The Stars" — Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
"Boo'd Up" — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
"God's Plan" — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
"In My Blood" — Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
"The Joke" — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
"The Middle" — Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)
"Shallow" — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
** WINNER ** "This Is America" — Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

Best New Artist:

An artist will be considered for Best New Artist if their eligibility year release/s achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.

Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
** WINNER ** Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith

POP

Best Pop Solo Performance

For new vocal or instrumental pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.

COLORS - Beck
HAVANA (LIVE) - Camila Cabello

GOD IS A WOMAN - Ariana Grande
** WINNER ** JOANNE (WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOIN'?) - Lady Gaga
BETTER NOW - Post Malone

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.

FALL IN LINE - Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - Backstreet Boys
'S WONDERFUL - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
** WINNER ** SHALLOW - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
GIRLS LIKE YOU - Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
SAY SOMETHING - Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
THE MIDDLE - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.

LOVE IS HERE TO STAY - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
** WINNER ** MY WAY - Willie Nelson
NAT "KING" COLE & ME - Gregory Porter
STANDARDS (DELUXE) - Seal
THE MUSIC...THE MEM'RIES...THE MAGIC! - Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal pop recordings.

CAMILA - Camila Cabello
MEANING OF LIFE - Kelly Clarkson
** WINNER ** SWEETENER - Ariana Grande
SHAWN MENDES - Shawn Mendes
BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA - P!nk
REPUTATION - Taylor Swift

ROCK

Best Rock Performance

For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.

FOUR OUT OF FIVE - Arctic Monkeys
** WINNER ** WHEN BAD DOES GOOD - Chris Cornell
MADE AN AMERICA - THE FEVER 333
HIGHWAY TUNE - Greta Van Fleet
UNCOMFORTABLE - Halestorm

Best Metal Performance

For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.

CONDEMNED TO THE GALLOWS - Between The Buried And Me
HONEYCOMB - Deafheaven
** WINNER ** ELECTRIC MESSIAH - High On Fire
BETRAYER - Trivium
ON MY TEETH - Underoath

Best Rock Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

BLACK SMOKE RISING - Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
JUMPSUIT - Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
MANTRA - Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me The Horizon)
** WINNER ** MASSEDUCTION - Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
RATS - Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)

Best Rock Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.

RAINIER FOG - Alice In Chains
M A N I A - Fall Out Boy
PREQUELLE - Ghost
** WINNERS ** FROM THE FIRES - Greta Van Fleet
PACIFIC DAYDREAM - Weezer

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL + CASINO - Arctic Monkeys
** WINNER **COLORS - Beck
UTOPIA - Björk
AMERICAN UTOPIA - David Byrne
MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent

RAP

Best Rap Performance

For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.

BE CAREFUL - Cardi B
NICE FOR WHAT - Drake
** WINNER - tie ** KING'S DEAD - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
** WINNER - tie ** BUBBLIN - Anderson .Paak
SICKO MODE - Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance

For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.

LIKE I DO - Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
PRETTY LITTLE FEARS - 6lack Featuring J. Cole
** WINNERS ** THIS IS AMERICA - Childish Gambino
ALL THE STARS - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
ROCKSTAR - Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

JAZZ

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.

SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE - Regina Carter, soloist, Track from: Some Of That Sunshine (Karrin Allyson)
** WINNER **DON'T FENCE ME IN - John Daversa, soloist, Track from: American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists)
WE SEE - Fred Hersch, soloists
DE-DAH - Brad Mehldau, soloist, Track from: Seymour Reads The Constitution! (Brad Mehldau Trio)
CADENAS - Miguel Zenón, soloist, Track from: Yo Soy La Tradición (Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet)

BLUES

Best Traditional Blues Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental traditional blues recordings.

SOMETHING SMELLS FUNKY 'ROUND HERE - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
BENTON COUNTY RELIC - Cedric Burnside
** WINNER **THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL - Buddy Guy
NO MERCY IN THIS LAND - Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite
DON'T YOU FEEL MY LEG (THE NAUGHTY BAWDY BLUES OF BLUE LU BARKER) - Maria Muldaur

COMEDY

Best Comedy Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.

ANNIHILATION - Patton Oswalt
** WINNER **EQUANIMITY & THE BIRD REVELATION - Dave Chappelle
NOBLE APE - Jim Gaffigan
STANDUP FOR DRUMMERS - Fred Armisen
TAMBORINE - Chris Rock

MUSICAL THEATRE

Best Musical Theater Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.

** WINNER ** THE BAND'S VISIT
CAROUSEL
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
MY FAIR LADY
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND


MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Award to the artist(s) and/or ‘in studio' producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album. In the absence of both, award to the one or two individuals proactively responsible for the concept and musical direction of the album and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable. Award also goes to appropriately credited music supervisor(s).

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DEADPOOL 2
** WINNER ** THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
LADY BIRD
STRANGER THINGS

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series, video games or other visual media.

** WINNER ** BLACK PANTHER - Ludwig Göransson, composer
BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers
COCO - Michael Giacchino, composer
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Alexandre Desplat, composer
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI - John Williams, composer



Best Song Written For Visual Media

A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television, video games or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. 

ALL THE STARS - Track from: Black Panther
MYSTERY OF LOVE - Track from: Call Me By Your Name
REMEMBER ME - Track from: Coco
** WINNER ** SHALLOW - Track from: A Star Is Born
THIS IS ME - Track from: The Greatest Showman

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Music Video

Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.

APES*** - The Carters
** WINNER ** THIS IS AMERICA - Childish Gambino
I'M NOT RACIST - Joyner Lucas
PYNK - Janelle Monáe
MUMBO JUMBO - Tierra Whack

Best Music Film

For concert/performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.

LIFE IN 12 BARS - Eric Clapton
WHITNEY - (Whitney Houston)
** WINNER ** QUINCY - Quincy Jones
ITZHAK - Itzhak Perlman
THE KING - (Elvis Presley)

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