Though Beyoncé's stunning performance may have made it easy to forget, awards for the year's best music are also distributed at the Grammys. The story of the night will be the Album of the Year showdown between Beyoncé and Adele, but artists like Chance the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots and David Bowie have all taken home well-deserved hardware for their work in 2016. Here is the complete list of winners.
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Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper
Best Pop Duo or Group Performance: "Stressed Out," Twenty One Pilots
Best Rock Song: "Blackstar," David Bowie
Best Country Solo Performance: "My Church," Maren Morris
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Lemonade, Beyoncé
Best Rap Album: Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
Song of the Year: "Hello," Adele
Record of the Year: "Hello," Adele
Album of the Year: 25, Adele
Pop Solo Performance: "Hello," Adele
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin," Willie Nelson
Pop Vocal Album: 25, Adele
Dance Recording: "Don't Let Me Down," The Chainsmokers feat. Daya
Dance/Electronic Album: Skin, Flume
Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy
Rock Performance: "Blackstar," David Bowie
Metal Performance: "Dystopia," Megadeth
Rock Album: Tell Me I'm Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Alternative Music Album: Blackstar, David Bowie
R&B Performance: "Cranes in the Sky," Solange
Traditional R&B Performance: "Angel," Lalah Hathaway
R&B Song: "Lake By the Ocean," Maxwell
R&B Album: Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Rap Performance: "No Problem," Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Rap/Sung Performance: "Hotline Bling," Drake
Rap Song: "Hotline Bling," Drake
Country Duo/Group Performance: "Jolene," Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton
Country Song: "Humble and Kind," Tim McGraw
Country Album: A Sailor's Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
New Age Album: White Sun II, White Sun
Improvised Jazz Solo: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," John Scofield
Jazz Vocal Album: Take Me to the Alley, Gregory Porter
Jazz Instrumental Album: Country for Old Men, John Scofield
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom, Ted Nash Big Band
Latin Jazz Album: Tribute to Irakere: Live In Marciac, Chucho Valdés
Gospel Performance/Song: "God Provides," Tamela Mann
Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: "Thy Will," Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Gospel Album: Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin
Contemporary Christian Music Album: Love Remains, Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Roots Gospel Album: Hymns, Joey + Rory
Latin Pop Album: Un Besito Mas, Jesse & Joy
Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: iLevitable, iLe
Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo), Vicente Fernández
Tropical Latin Album: Donde Están?, Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo
American Roots Performance: "House of Mercy," Sarah Jarosz
American Roots Song: "Kid Sister," The Time Jumpers
Americana Album: This Is Where I Live, William Bell
Bluegrass Album: Coming Home, O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor
Traditional Blues Album: Porcupine Meat, Bobby Rush
Contemporary Blues Album: The Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito
Folk Album: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz
Regional Roots Music Album: E Walea, Kalani Pe'a
Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley
World Music Album: Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
Children's Album: Infinity Plus One, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Spoken Word Album: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
Comedy Album: Talking for Clapping, Patton Oswalt
Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple
Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams
Song Written for Visual Media: "Can't Stop The Feeling!" from Trolls
Instrumental Composition: "Spoken at Midnight," Ted Nash
Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: "You And I," Jacob Collier
Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: "Flintstones," Jacob Collier
Recording Package: Blackstar, David Bowie
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Edith Piaf 1915-2015, Edith Piaf
Album Notes: Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle
Historical Album: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector's Edition), Bob Dylan
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Blackstar, David Bowie
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin
Remixed Recording: "Tearing Me Up" (RAC Remix), André Allen Anjos
Surround Sound Album: Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement, Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay
Engineered Album, Classical: Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles, Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Orchestral Performance: "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9" — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Opera Recording: "Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles"
Choral Performance: "Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1"
Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Steve Reich," Third Coast Percussion
Classical Instrumental Solo: "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway," Zuill Bailey
Classical Solo Vocal Album: Schumann & Berg, Dorothea Röschmann and Shakespeare Songs, Ian Bostridge [TIE]
Classical Compendium: "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle"
Contemporary Classical Composition: "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway," Michael Daugherty
Music Video: "Formation," Beyoncé
Music Film: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years
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