Grammy Awards 2018: Complete List of Winners

All the Winners At the 2018 Grammy Awards
Nile Rodgers poses with his trophies in the press room during the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Lost Angeles, California, January 26, 2014. Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

It was a big night for hip hop and R&B at the 2018 Grammy Awards. Artists like Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar scored the most awards of the evening, with Mars winning Album of the Year and Lamar picking up Best Rap Album.

But Mars and Lamar weren't the only big winners at the 60th annual music celebration. See the full list of winners at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards below.

A Queen. @SZA #GRAMMYs #Ctrl #TDE pic.twitter.com/bUcGKURW2n

— TOP DAWG ENT (@TopDawgEnt) January 29, 2018

Nominations:

Record Of The Year: "24K Magic" — Bruno Mars

Album Of The Year: 24K Magic — Bruno Mars

Song Of The Year: "That's What I Like" — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best New Artist: Alessia Cara

Best Pop Solo Performance: "Shape Of You" — Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Feel It Still" — Portugal. The Man

Talking to the media backstage with my sons Dae and Danny #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/GAZT56N3PS

— Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) January 28, 2018

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — (Various Artists) Dae Bennett, Producer

Best Pop Vocal Album: ÷ (Divide) — Ed Sheeran

Best Dance Recording: "Tonite" — LCD Soundsystem

Best Dance/Electronic Album: 3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Prototype — Jeff Lorber Fusion

Best Rock Performance: "You Want It Darker" — Leonard Cohen

Best Metal Performance: "Sultan's Curse" — Mastodon

Best Rock Song: "Run" — Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Congrats Best Alternative Music Album - 'Sleep Well Beast' @TheNational #GRAMMYs

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 28, 2018

Best Rock Album: A Deeper Understanding — The War On Drugs

Best Alternative Music Album: Sleep Well Beast — The National

Best R&B Performance: "That's What I Like" — Bruno Mars

Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Redbone" — Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino is killing it in all white this year #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/cUp6kUNsxT

— XXL Magazine (@XXL) January 29, 2018

Best R&B Song: "That's What I Like" — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best Urban Contemporary Album: Starboy — The Weeknd

Best R&B Album: 24K Magic — Bruno Mars

.@kendricklamar has already earned three #GRAMMYs tonight, winning Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Video for "Humble." https://t.co/0DtGoNmctR

— XXL Magazine (@XXL) January 28, 2018

Best Rap Performance: "HUMBLE." — Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Performance: "LOYALTY." — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song: "HUMBLE." — Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap Album: DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Solo Performance: "Either Way" — Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "Better Man" — Little Big Town

Congrats Best Country Song - "Broken Halos" Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (@ChrisStapleton) #GRAMMYs

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 28, 2018

Best Country Song: "Broken Halos" — Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album: From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album: Dancing On Water — Peter Kater

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Miles Beyond" — John McLaughlin, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dreams And Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Rebirth — Billy Childs

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Bringin' It — Christian McBride Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album: Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio

.@reba won her third #GRAMMYs, this time for best roots gospel album https://t.co/c3xBlgI5RD pic.twitter.com/yMFSwdbRMc

— Variety (@Variety) January 28, 2018

Best Gospel Performance/Song: "Never Have To Be Alone" — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: "What A Beautiful Name" — Hillsong Worship

Best Gospel Album: Let Them Fall In Love — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Chain Breaker — Zach Williams

Best Roots Gospel Album: Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope — Reba McEntire

Best Latin Pop Album: El Dorado — Shakira

Thank you for this Grammy#GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/tth4lZeMRZ

— Shakira (@shakira) January 28, 2018

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Residente — Residente

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas — Aida Cuevas

Best Tropical Latin Album: Salsa Big Band — Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best American Roots Performance: Killer Diller Blues — Alabama Shakes

Best American Roots Song: "If We Were Vampires" — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

Best Americana Album: The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

#buckshotmovie Jason Isbell Wins 2018 Grammys for Americana Album of the Year – Best American Roots Song - The Grammy for 'The Nashville Sound' adds to an already-impressive list of accolades for the record, including winning the Americana Music Award... https://t.co/z2ByEhPiOl

— Buckshot (@buckshotmovie) January 29, 2018

Best Bluegrass Album: (tie) Laws Of Gravity — The Infamous Stringdusters; All The Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live] — Rhonda Vincent And The Rage

Best Traditional Blues Album: Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones

Best Contemporary Blues Album: TajMo — Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

Best Folk Album: Mental Illness — Aimee Mann

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Kalenda — Lost Bayou Ramblers

Best Reggae Album: Stony Hill — Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Best World Music Album: Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Ladysmith Black Mambazo

What an honor! "Feel What U Feel" has won the GRAMMY for Best Children's Album! A special thank you to all of my amazing collaborators! Thank you for listening too! #GRAMMYs https://t.co/5V412DwocT pic.twitter.com/V4mYo5QZ55

— Lisa Loeb (@LisaLoeb) January 28, 2018

Best Children's Album: Feel What U Feel — Lisa Loeb

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher

Best Comedy Album: The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas — Dave Chappelle

MUSICAL THEATER FIELD

Best Musical Theater Album: Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: La La Land — (Various Artists)

Justin Hurwitz, 'La La Land' composer and Nicolet High School alum, wins two Grammys. https://t.co/RNWJe9Ek2P

— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) January 28, 2018

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media: "How Far I'll Go" — Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli'i Cravalho)

Best Instrumental Composition: "Three Revolutions" — Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: "Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can" — John Williams, arranger (John Williams)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: "Putin" — Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman)​

Best Recording Package: (tie) El Orisha De La Rosa — Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art directors (Magín Díaz); Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) — Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition — Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes: Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings — Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding)

Best Historical Album: Leonard Bernstein – The Composer — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein)

Bruno Mars is nominated for 6 Grammys. Meet the guys who helped give “24K Magic” its bounce. https://t.co/A1MMgWlAIi

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 28, 2018

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: 24K Magic — Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer (Bruno Mars)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin

Best Remixed Recording: "You Move (Latroit Remix)" — Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode)

Best Surround Sound goes to Jane Ira Bloom’s “Early Americans.” #GRAMMYs

— Jordan Pack (@Jordan_Pack) January 28, 2018

Best Surround Sound Album: Early Americans — Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording: Berg: Wozzeck — Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus)

Best Choral Performance: Bryars: The Fifth Century — Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Transcendental — Daniil Trifonov

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio — Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)

Best Classical Compendium: Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Higdon: Viola Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Music Video: "Humble." — Kendrick Lamar

Best Music Film: The Defiant Ones — (Various Artists)

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