The 2016 Grammy Awards celebrated the best in music Monday night with Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson taking home the coveted Record of the Year award for “Uptown Funk.”

Grammys 2016

When Mars and Ronson were called up on stage to pick up their award for “Uptown Funk,” the duo first took the opportunity to thank their fans. Producer Ronson went on thank Prince, James Brown and George Clinton, who’ve all been great influencers in funk music, for helping them create the most popular song of 2015.

Taylor Swift also had a big night, becoming the first woman to pick up her second Album of the Year Grammy. In a pointed acceptance speech that seemed to be directed at Kanye West, Swift delivered a message of personal empowerment:

As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice,” Swift said, “I want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work, and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world.

 

In addition to beaming about her own historic victory, Swift was also overjoyed about her good pal Ed Sheeran‘s Song of the Year Grammy win for “Thinking Out Loud.” Sheeran’s hit also won for Best Pop Solo Performance. The Best New Artist gong went to Meghan Trainor this year.

Justin Bieber picked up his first Grammy with Skrillex and Diplo for “Where Are Ü Now,” and The Weeknd‘s “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Gray was the Best R&B Performance. Kendrick Lamar not only won for Best Rap Performance, but also for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album in addition to a few other awards. Best Rock Performance went to Alabama Shakes for “Don’t Wanna Fight.”

In country music, Chris Stapleton won for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Album for Traveller. Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” was dubbed the Best Country Song and Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Earth Wind and Fire received the Lifetime Achievement Award last night, while Lionel Richie was named the MusiCares Person of the Year.

SEE BELOW FOR THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS

Record of the Year

Really Love, D’Angelo & The Vanguard

WINNER: Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran

Can’t Feel My Face, The Weeknd

Blank Space, Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes

To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

Traveller, Chris Stapleton

WINNER: 1989, Taylor Swift

Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd

Song of the Year

Alright, Kendrick Lamar

Blank Space, Taylor Swift

Girl Crush, Little Big Town

See You Again, Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

WINNER: Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran 

Best Pop Vocal Album

Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson

Before This World, James Taylor

Uptown Special, Mark Ronson

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,, Florence + The Machine 

WINNER: 1989, Taylor Swift 

Best Pop Solo Performance

Heartbeat Song, Kelly Clarkson

Love Me Like You Do, Ellie Goulding

WINNER: Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran

Blank Space, Taylor Swift

Can’t Feel My Face, The Weeknd

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Ship To Wreck, Florence + The Machine

Sugar, Maroon 5

WINNER: Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Bad Blood, Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

See You Again, Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Best New Artist

Courtney Barnett

James Bay

Sam Hunt

Tori Kelly

WINNER: Meghan Trainor

 Best Dance Recording

We’re All We Need, Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston

Go, The Chemical Brothers

Never Catch Me, Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar

Runaway (U & I), Galantis

WINNER: Where Are Ü Now, Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber

Best R&B Performance

If I Don’t Have You, Tamar Braxton

Rise Up, Andra Day

Breathing Underwater, Hiatus Kaiyote

Planes, Jeremih Featuring J. Cole

WINNER: Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey), The Weeknd

Best Rap Performance

Apparently, J. Cole

Back To Back, Drake

Trap Queen, Fetty Wap

WINNER: Alright, Kendrick Lamar

Truffle Butter, Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne

All Day, Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Rap/Song Collaboration

One Man Can Change The World, Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend

Glory, Common & John Legend

Classic Man, Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur

WINNER: These Walls, Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat

Only, Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song

All Day, Kanye West

WINNER: Alright, Kendrick Lamar

Energy, Drake

Glory, Common & John Legen

Trap Queen, Fetty Wap

Best Rap Album

2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole

Compton, Dr. Dre

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Drake

WINNER: To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj

Best Rock Performance

WINNER: Don’t Wanna Fight, Alabama Shakes

What Kind Of Man, Florence & The Machine

Something From Nothing, Foo Fighters

Ex’s & Oh’s, Elle King

Moaning Lisa Smile, Wolf Alice

Best Country Solo Performance

Burning House, Cam

WINNER: Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Little Toy Gun, Carrie Underwood

John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16, Keith Urban

Chances Are, Lee Ann Womack

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Stay A Little Longer, Brothers Osborne

If I Needed You, Joey+Rory

The Driver, Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay

WINNER: Girl Crush, Little Big Town

Lonely Tonight, Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe

Best Country Song

Chances Are, Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)

Diamond Rings And Old Barstools, Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

WINNER: Girl Crush, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)

Hold My Hand, Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark)

Traveller, Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album

Montevallo, Sam Hunt

Pain Killer, Little Big Town

The Blade, Ashley Monroe

Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves

WINNER: Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Empire: Season 1

Fifty Shades Of Grey

WINNER: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

Pitch Perfect 2

Selma

 Best Song Written For Visual Media

Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

WINNER: Glory

Love Me Like You Do

See You Again

Til It Happens To You

 Best Music Video

LSD, A$AP Rocky

I Feel Love (Every Million Miles), The Dead Weather

Alright, Kendrick Lamar

WINNER: Bad Blood, Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

Freedom, Pharrell Williams

Best Musical Theater Album 

An American In Paris

Fun Home

WINNER: Hamilton

The King And I

Something Rotten!

Lifetime Achievement Award 

WINNER: Earth Wind & Fire

MusiCares Person Of The Year

WINNER: Lionel Richie 

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Article by Chelsea Regan

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