The 2019 Grammy’s have officially finished and the music industry is currently partying the night away across various exclusive celebrations across the LA. The event saw landmark victory for stars like Billie Eilish, and special performances from the likes of BTS, Ariana Grande but as always there was more than just music.
The annual celebration’s mood was sober following the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant earlier that day. While the industry had close ties with the star, the event was aired live from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, the home of The Lakers, Bryant’s former team. While an endless list of pop stars lined up along the red carpet, many Basketball fans turned up to the stadium to pay their respects. The Awards also paid tribute to Nipsey Hussle, who passed away last year after the fatal shooting in LA.
The awards also weren’t without controversy, usually, it’s something that happens on the day, this year it began two weeks before. The Recording Academy — under whose control the Grammys are presented — removed its recently appointed CEO and president, Deborah Dugan.
The Academy said she had created a “toxic and intolerable” environment and had exhibited “abusive and bullying”, meanwhile she said her firing was in retaliation for her internal allegations that the Grammys are rampant with corrupt voting practices, financial incentives and other concerning irregularities. After being removed from her position at the academy, she then went public with those allegations and launched a lawsuit against the Academy.
Dugan is also said to have accused the outgoing Grammys’ producer Ken Erhlich of manipulating the performance slots, an accusation that Ehrlich strongly denied. Dugan was said to have then demanded a $22 million pay-off to quietly step down according to the academy.
In other controversies, iconic hip-hop star and business mogul Sean “Diddy” Coombs used his acceptance speech for the annual President’s Merit Award to blast the Academy for its lack of respect and representation of Hip-Hop.
“Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys,” said Combs, who drew cheers and applause. “Black music has never been respected by the Grammys to the point that it should be … and that stops right now. I’m officially starting the clock. You’ve got 365 days to get this sh-t together.”
Meanwhile, on the red carpet, things got political with Joy Villa wearing a Trump 2020 outfit that implied the controversial President would be the first to be impeached and then re-elected, Actress and model Megan Pormer walked the red carpet with a “No War … [love] Iran” and Singer Ricky Rebel also paid tribute to the U.S. president, but this time with the words, “Impeach This” on his butt cheeks.
See below for all the winners from the 2019 Grammy Awards.
Album of the Year
I, I
Bon Iver
NORMAN F—ING ROCKWELL!
Lana del Rey
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Billie Eilish
THANK U, NEXT
Ariana Grande
I USED TO KNOW HER
H.E.R.
7
Lil Nas X
CUZ I LOVE YOU
Lizzo
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
Vampire Weekend
Record of the Year
HEY MA
Bon Iver
BAD GUY
Billie Eilish
7 RINGS
Ariana Grande
HARD PLACE
H.E.R.
TALK
Khalid
OLD TOWN ROAD
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
TRUTH HURTS
Lizzo
SUNFLOWER
Post Malone
Song of the Year
ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY
Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
BAD GUY
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
BRING MY FLOWERS NOW
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
HARD PLACE
Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
LOVER
Taylor Swift
NORMAN F***ING ROCKWELL
Jack Antonoff and Lana del Ray, songwriters (Lana del Rey)
SOMEONE YOU LOVED
Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
TRUTH HURTS
Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson and Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)
Best New Artist
BLACK PUMAS
BILLIE EILISH
LIL NAS X
LIZZO
MAGGIE ROGERS
ROSALíA
TANK AND THE BANGAS
YOLA
Best Pop Solo Performance
SPIRIT
Beyoncé
BAD GUY
Billie Eilish
7 RINGS
Ariana Grande
TRUTH HURTS
Lizzo
YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN
Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
BOYFRIEND
Ariana Grande & Social House
SUCKER
Jonas Brothers
OLD TOWN ROAD
Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
SUNFLOWER
Post Malone & Swae Lee
SEÑORITA
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
SÌ
Andrea Bocelli
LOVE (DELUXE EDITION)
Michael Bublé
LOOK NOW
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
A LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS
John Legend
WALLS
Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Vocal Album
THE LION KING: THE GIFT
Beyoncé
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Billie Eilish
THANK U, NEXT
Ariana Grande
NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT
Ed Sheeran
LOVER
Taylor Swift
Best Dance Recording
LINKED
Bonobo
Simon Green, producer; Simon Green, mixer
GOT TO KEEP ON
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers
PIECE OF YOUR HEART
Meduza Featuring Goodboys
Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, producers; Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, mixers
UNDERWATER
RÜFÜS DU SOL
Jason Evigan & RÜFÜS DU SOL, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer
MIDNIGHT HOUR
Skrillex & Boys Noize Featuring Ty Dolla $ign
Boys Noize & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Album
LP5
Apparat
NO GEOGRAPHY
The Chemical Brothers
HI THIS IS FLUME (MIXTAPE)
Flume
SOLACE
RÜFÜS DU SOL
WEATHER
Tycho
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
ANCESTRAL RECALL
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
STAR PEOPLE NATION
Theo Croker
BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC!
Mark Guiliana
ELEVATE
Lettuce
METTAVOLUTION
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance
PRETTY WASTE
Bones UK
THIS LAND
Gary Clark Jr.
HISTORY REPEATS
Brittany Howard
WOMAN
Karen O & Danger Mouse
TOO BAD
Rival Sons
Best Metal Performance
ASTOROLUS – THE GREAT OCTOPUS
Candlemass Featuring Tony Iommi
HUMANICIDE
Death Angel
BOW DOWN
I Prevail
UNLEASHED
Killswitch Engage
7EMPEST
Tool
Best Rock Song
FEAR INOCULUM
Tool, songwriters (Tool)
GIVE YOURSELF A TRY
George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald, songwriters (The 1975)
HARMONY HALL
Ezra Koenig, songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
HISTORY REPEATS
Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
THIS LAND
Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
AMO
Bring Me The Horizon
SOCIAL CUES
Cage The Elephant
IN THE END
The Cranberries
TRAUMA
I Prevail
FERAL ROOTS
Rival Sons
Best Alternative Music Album
U.F.O.F.
Big Thief
ASSUME FORM
James Blake
I,I
Bon Iver
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
Vampire Weekend
ANIMA
Thom Yorke
Best R&B Performance
LOVE AGAIN
Daniel Caesar and Brandy
COULD’VE BEEN
H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller
EXACTLY HOW I FEEL
Lizzo ft. Gucci Mane
ROLL SOME MO
Lucky Daye
COME HOME
Anderson .Paak ft. André 3000
Best Traditional R&B Performance
TIME TODAY
BJ The Chicago Kid
STEADY LOVE
India.Arie
JEROME
Lizzo
REAL GAMES
Lucky Daye
BUILT FOR LOVE
PJ Morton Featuring Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Song
COULD’VE BEEN
Dernst Emile II, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, H.E.R. & Hue “Soundzfire” Strother, songwriters (H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller)
LOOK AT ME NOW
Emily King & Jeremy Most, songwriters (Emily King)
NO GUIDANCE
Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Drake)
ROLL SOME MO
David Brown, Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters (Lucky Daye)
SAY SO
PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
APOLLO XXI
Steve Lacy
CUZ I LOVE YOU (DELUXE)
Lizzo
OVERLOAD
Georgia Anne Muldrow
SATURN
NAO
BEING HUMAN IN PUBLIC
Jessie Reyez
Best R&B Album
1123
BJ The Chicago Kid
PAINTED
Lucky Daye
ELLA MAI
Ella Mai
PAUL
PJ Morton
VENTURA
Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Performance
MIDDLE CHILD
J. Cole
SUGE
DaBaby
DOWN BAD
Dreamville Featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy
RACKS IN THE MIDDLE
Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
CLOUT
Offset Featuring Cardi B
Best Rap/Sung Performance
HIGHER
DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
DRIP TOO HARD
Lil Baby & Gunna
PANINI
Lil Nas X
BALLIN
Mustard Featuring Roddy Ricch
THE LONDON
Young Thug Featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
BAD IDEA
Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (YBN Cordae Featuring Chance The Rapper)
GOLD ROSES
Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross Featuring Drake)
A LOT
Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole)
RACKS IN THE MIDDLE
Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy)
SUGE
DaBaby, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (DaBaby)
Best Rap Album
REVENGE OF THE DREAMERS III
Dreamville
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meek Mill
I AM > I WAS
21 Savage
IGOR
Tyler, The Creator
THE LOST BOY
YBN Cordae
Best Country Solo Performance
ALL YOUR’N
Tyler Childers
GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE
Ashley McBryde
RIDE ME BACK HOME
Willie Nelson
GOD’S COUNTRY
Blake Shelton
BRING MY FLOWERS NOW
Tanya Tucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
BRAND NEW MAN
Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs
I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU)
Brothers Osborne
SPEECHLESS
Dan + Shay
THE DAUGHTERS
Little Big Town
COMMON
Maren Morris Featuring Brandi Carlile
Best Country Song
BRING MY FLOWERS NOW
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE
Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)
IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH
Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
SOME OF IT
Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church)
SPEECHLESS
Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
Best Latin Pop Album
VIDA
Luis Fonsi
11:11
Maluma
MONTANER
Ricardo Montaner
#ELDISCO
Alejandro Sanz
FANTASIA
Sebastian Yatra
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
X 100PRE
Bad Bunny
OASIS
J Balvin & Bad Bunny
INDESTRUCTIBLE
Flor De Toloache
ALMADURA
iLe
EL MAL QUERER
ROSALÍA
Best Comedy Album
QUALITY TIME
Jim Gaffigan
RELATABLE
Ellen DeGeneres
RIGHT NOW
Aziz Ansari
SON OF PATRICIA
Trevor Noah
STICKS & STONES
Dave Chappelle
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
ALL THESE THINGS
Tchad Blake, Adam Greenspan & Rodney Shearer, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Thomas Dybdahl)
ELLA MAI
Chris “Shaggy” Ascher, Jaycen Joshua & David Pizzimenti, engineers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer (Ella Mai)
RUN HOME SLOW
Paul Butler & Sam Teskey, engineers; Joe Carra, mastering engineer (The Teskey Brothers)
SCENERY
Tom Elmhirst, Ben Kane & Jeremy Most, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Emily King)
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Best Remixed Recording
I RISE (TRACY YOUNG’S PRIDE INTRO RADIO REMIX)
Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
MOTHER’S DAUGHTER (WUKI REMIX)
Wuki, remixer (Miley Cyrus)
THE ONE (HIGH CONTRAST REMIX)
Lincoln Barrett, remixer (Jorja Smith)
SWIM (FORD. REMIX)
Luc Bradford, remixer (Mild Minds)
WORK IT (SOULWAX REMIX)
David Gerard C Dewaele & Stephen Antoine C Dewaele, remixers (Marie Davidson)
Best Music Video
WE’VE GOT TO TRY
The Chemical Brothers
Ellie Fry, video director; Ninian Doff, video producer
THIS LAND
Gary Clark Jr.
Savanah Leaf, video director; Jason Cole, Danielle Hinde & Alicia Martinez, video producers
CELLOPHANE
FKA twigs
Andrew Thomas Huang, video director; Alex Chamberlain, video producer
OLD TOWN ROAD (OFFICIAL MOVIE)
Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers
GLAD HE’S GONE
Tove Lo
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Nathan Schottenfels, video producer
Best Music Film
HOMECOMING
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, video directors; Dora Melissa Vargas, video producer
REMEMBER MY NAME
David Crosby
A.J. Eaton, video director; Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola & Greg Mariotti, video producers
BIRTH OF THE COOL
(Miles Davis)
Stanley Nelson, video director; Nicole London, video producer
SHANGRI-LA
(Various Artists)
Morgan Neville, video director; Emma Baiada, video producer
ANIMA
Thom Yorke
Paul Thomas Anderson, video director; Paul Thomas Anderson, Erica Frauman & Sara Murphy, video producers
