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How AllMusic Reviewed the Grammy Winners

RECORD OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars, 24K Magic ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars, 24K Magic SONG OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars.

How AllMusic Reviewed the Grammy Winners

RECORD OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars, 24K Magic

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars, 24K Magic

SONG OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars. “That’s What I Like”

BEST NEW ARTIST Alessia Cara

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE Ed Sheeran, “Shape Of You”

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still”

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Ed Sheeran. ÷ (Divide)

BEST DANCE RECORDING LCD Soundsystem, “Tonite”

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM Kraftwerk, 3-D The Catalogue

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM The Jeff Lorber Fusion, Prototype

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE Mastodon, “Sultan’s Curse”

BEST ROCK SONG Foo Fighters, “Run”

BEST ROCK ALBUM The War On Drugs, A Deeper Understanding

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM The National, Sleep Well Beast

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE Childish Gambino, “Redbone”

BEST R&B SONG Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM The Weeknd, Starboy

BEST R&B ALBUM Bruno Mars, 24K Magic

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”

BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna, “LOYALTY.”

BEST RAP SONG Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”

BEST RAP ALBUM Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE Chris Stapleton, “Either Way”

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Little Big Town, “Better Man”

BEST COUNTRY SONG Chris Stapleton, “Broken Halos”

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM Peter Kater, Dancing On Water

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO John McLaughlin, soloist, “Miles Beyond” Track From: Live @ Ronnie Scott’s (John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension)

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams And Daggers

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Billy Childs, Rebirth

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin’ It

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM Pablo Ziegler Trio, Jazz Tango

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG CeCe Winans, “Never Have To Be Alone”

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG Hillsong Worship, “What A Beautiful Name”

BEST GOSPEL ALBUM CeCe Winans, Let Them Fall In Love

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM Zach Williams, Chain Breaker

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM Reba McEntire, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM Shakira, El Dorado

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM Residente, Residente

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO) Aida Cuevas, Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM Rubén Blades, Salsa Big Band

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE Alabama Shakes, “Killer Diller Blues”

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, “If We Were Vampires”

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM (tie) The Infamous Stringdusters, Laws Of Gravity

Rhonda Vincent And The Rage, All The Rage – In Concert Volume One

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM The Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, TajMo

BEST FOLK ALBUM Aimee Mann, Mental Illness

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM Lost Bayou Ramblers, Kalenda

BEST REGGAE ALBUM Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Stony Hill

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration

BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM Lisa Loeb, Feel What U Feel

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING) Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

BEST COMEDY ALBUM Dave Chappelle, The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM Dear Evan Hansen

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA La La Land

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA Lin-Manuel Miranda, “How Far I’ll Go”

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION Arturo O’Farrill, “Three Revolutions”

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA John Williams, Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From ‘Catch Me If You Can’

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS Randy Newman, “Putin”

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE (tie) Father John Misty, Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)

Magin Diaz, El Orisha De La Rosa

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition

BEST ALBUM NOTES Otis Redding, Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM Leonard Bernstein – The Composer

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL Bruno Mars, 24K Magic

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Greg Kurstin

BEST REMIXED RECORDING Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode), “You Move (Latroit Remix)”

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL Manfred Honeck & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL David Frost

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Manfred Honeck & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio

BEST OPERA RECORDING Berg: Wozzeck

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE Donald Nally with The Crossing and PRISM Quartet Bryars: The Fifth Century

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Death & The Maiden

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO Daniil Trifonov, Transcendental

BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM Barbara Hannigan & the Ludwig Orchestra, Crazy Girl Crazy

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM Giancarlo Guerrero & the Nashville Symphony, Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & the Nashville Symphony (Jennifer Higdon, composer), Viola Concerto

BEST MUSIC VIDEO Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”

BEST MUSIC FILM The Defiant Ones

Source: https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/how-allmusic-reviewed-the-grammy-winners

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