The much anticipated 2020 Grammy Awards has come and gone but memories of the event and the lucky winners of the night will not be forgotten in a hurry.
The 62nd Grammy Awards show which lasted for almost four hours long, kicked off with a solemn a cappella tribute to late NBA legend Kobe Bryant by Boys II Men.
Grammy host Alicia Keys also summed up the year with a song while Lil Nas X and BTS rotated the venue with their renditions of “Old Town Road”.
Demi Lovato performed her song, “Anyone” written four days before her 2018 overdose for the first time and it was quite emotional while a Nipsey Hussle tribute was done by John Legend, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, YG and others.
For the awards, Billie Eilish went home as the biggest winners of the night as she swept this year’s top four categories (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist), making her only the second artist in history to do so.
Below is a complete list of winners:
Record of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish
Album of the Year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish
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Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Song of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher,” DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
Best Rap Album
IGOR, Tyler the Creator
Best Comedy Album
Sticks & Stones, Dave Chapelle
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Speechless,” Dan + Shay
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
Best Pop Vocal Album
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go — Billie Eilish
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Finneas
Best R&B Album
Ventura — Anderson .Paak
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Best R&B Performance
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak & André 300
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Jerome” — Lizzo
Best R&B Song
“Say So” — Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo)
Best Rock Performance
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr.
Best Rock Song
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version), Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (Lady Gaga and Bradley
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Becoming — Michelle Obama
Best Instrumental Composition
“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite” — John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Remixed Recording
“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix),” Tracy Young (Madonna)
Best Music Video
“Old Town Road (Official Movie),” Lil Nas X featuring Billie Ray Cyrus
Best Music Film
Homecoming, Beyoncé
Best Dance Recording
“Got to Keep On,” The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
No Geography, The Chemical Brothers
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now,” Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album
While I’m Livin’, Tanya Tucker
Best Rap Performance
“Racks in the Middle,” Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Best Rap Song
“A Lot,” Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)
Best Recording Package
Chris Cornell — Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Woodstock: Back To The Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive — Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story — Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Lux — Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
Best New Age Album
Wings — Peter Kater
Best Bluegrass Album
Tall Fiddler — Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
Tall, Dark & Handsome — Delbert McClinton & Self-made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album
This Land — Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin — Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Good Time — Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
Rapture — Koffee
Best Children’s Music Album
Ageless Songs For The Child Archetype — Jon Samson
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Moon River” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“All Night Long” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sozinho” — Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Finding Gabriel — Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Antidote — Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory”– Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows” — for King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Burn The Ships — for King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album
Testimony — Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album
#ELDISCO — Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
El Mal Querer – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
Opus — Marc Anthony (TIE)
A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola (TIE)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riley: Sun Rings — Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance
“Norman: Sustain” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
“Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox” — Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Duruflé: Complete Choral Works” — Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Shaw: Orange” — Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite” — Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songplay — Joyce Didonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium
The Poetry Of Places — Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hadestown — Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Metal Performance
“7empest” — Tool
Best Alternative Music Album
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Best World Music Album
Celia — Angelique Kidjo
Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty” — Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
“Call My Name” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Americana Album
Oklahoma — Keb’ Mo’
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