Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, D’Angelo and Alabama Shakes all took home Grammys, but there was much more to the show than awards. Miguel, John Legend, Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Adele and The Weeknd made memorable performances.
Courtesy of Uproxx, here’s what you missed.
Chris Stapleton, Gary Clark Jr. And Bonnie Raitt Pay Tribute To B.B. King with “The Thrill Is Gone.”
Kendrick Lamar delivers an epic performance to “The Blacker The Berry” & “Alright” before taking home 5 Grammys.
John Legend, Demi Lovato, Luke Bryan, Meghan Trainor, And Tyrese perform “Easy,” “Hello,” “Penny Lover,” “You Are,” and “Brick House” in tribute to Lionel Richie.
Miguel sings Michael Jackson’s “Out Of My LIfe” during Off The Wall tribute.
Nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ for their second album, Sound & Color, The Alabama Shakes sing “Don’t Wanna Fight.”
Gwen Stefani debuts the music video for “Make Me LIke You” live on the Grammy stage. Her first solo album in 10 years, This Is What The Truth Feels Like releases March 18.
Justin Bieber performs “Love Yourself” and “Where Are U Now” with Skrillex & Diplo.
Lady Gaga tributes David Bowie with a greatest hits medley.
Adele sings “All I Ask” through sound problems.
Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp And Joe Perry pay respects to Lemmy with “As Bad As I Am” and “Ace of Spades.”
The Eagles surviving members perform “Take it Easy” with Jackson Brown.
The Weeknd sings “Can’t Feel My Face” and “In The Night.”
Nominated for 11 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar ended up taking home five. One for his collaboration with Taylor Swift on the music video for “Bad Blood.” His own music video for “Alright” did not win in the ‘Best Music Video’ category. Lamar also won for ‘Best Rap Performance,’ ‘Best Rap Album’, ‘Best Rap/Sung Collaboration’ and ‘Best Rap Song. ’ Swift’s 1989 won ‘Album of The Year’ over Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. Although nominated, “Alright” did not win ‘Song of The Year.’ Instead, Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” took home the Grammy.
Taylor Swift, nominated for 7 Grammys, won three including ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’ for 1989. The Weeknd was awarded two Grammys, one for “Earned It” as ‘Best R&B Performance,’ and the second for Beauty Behind The Madness as ‘Best Urban Contemporary Album.’
Winners List
Best Rap Album
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Performance
“Alright” by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“These Walls” by Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
Best Rap Song
“Alright” by Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Album
Traveller by Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
“Girl Crush” by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
Song of the Year
"Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
Best New Artist
Meghan Trainor
Best Music Video
“Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
Album of the Year
1989 by Taylor Swift
Record of the Year
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Best Dance Recording
"Where Are Ü Now" by Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd
Best Alternative Music Album
Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
Best Rock Performance
"Don't Wanna Fight" by Alabama Shakes
Best Rock Album
Drones by Muse
Best R&B Performance
“Earned It (50 Shades of Grey)” by The Weeknd
Best R&B Song
“Really Love” by D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters ( D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Best R&B Album
Black Messiah by D’Angelo
For the full list of winners, visit the Grammys official website.
