2021 Grammy Awards: Burna Boy, Wizkid win big (See full list of winners)

 


Nigerian Stars, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, AKA Burna Boy, and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, AKA Wizkid won their first Grammy award on Sunday.

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, acclaimed to be the world’s most prestigious music honours, held on Sunday night at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles.

Burna Boy won the award for the Best Global Music Album, with ‘Twice as Tall’, while Wizkid’s song with Beyoncé ‘Brown Skin Girl’ won the best music video.

Performers at the event included Burna Boy, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.

Beyoncé, who led the field with nine nominations, broke the record for the most Grammy wins ever by a female artist and most Grammy wins ever by a singer. However, Taylor Swift took home her third Album of the Year award.

Here are the full list of winners:

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL:

WINNER: Andrew Watt

COUNTRY SONG:

WINNER: “Crowded Table” — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: 10,000 Hours — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “When My Amy Prays” — Vince Gill

ROCK ALBUM:

WINNER: The New Abnormal — The Strokes

ROCK SONG:

WINNER: “Stay High” — Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard)

METAL PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “Bum-Rush“ — Body Count

ROCK PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “Shameika” — Fiona Apple

RAP ALBUM:

WINNER: King’s Disease — Nas

RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé

TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM:

WINNER: American Standard — James Taylor

POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “Rain on Me” — Lady Gaga with

R&B ALBUM:

WINNER: Bigger Love — John Legend

PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM:

WINNER: It Is What It Is — Thundercat

R&B SONG:

WINNER: “Better Than I Imagine” — Robert

TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “Anything For You” — Ledisi

LATIN JAZZ ALBUM:

WINNER: Four Questions — Arturo O’farrill &

LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM:

WINNER: Data Lords — Maria Schneider Orchestra

JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM:

WINNER: Trilogy 2 — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM:

WINNER: Secrets Are The Best Stories — Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO:

WINNER: All Blues — Chick Corea, Soloist

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM:

WINNER: Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple

MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM:

WINNER: Jagged Little Pill — Kathryn

COMEDY ALBUM:

WINNER: Black Mitzvah — Tiffany Haddish

SPOKEN WORD ALBUM:

WINNER: Blowout: Corrupted Democracy,

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM:

WINNER: Twice As Tall — Burna Boy

REGGAE ALBUM:

WINNER: Got To Be Tough — Toots & The Maytals

FOLK ALBUM:

WINNER: All the Good Times — Gillian Welch & David Rawling

CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM:

WINNER: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? — Fantastic Negrito

TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM:

WINNER: Rawer Than Raw — Bobby Rush

BLUEGRASS ALBUM:

WINNER: Home — Billy Strings

AMERICANA ALBUM:

WINNER: World On The Ground — Sarah Jarosz

AMERICAN ROOTS SONG:

WINNER: “I Remember Everything” — Pat Mclaughlin & John Prine, Songwriters (John Prine)

AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: “I Remember Everything” — John Prine

SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA:

WINNER: “No Time To Die” [From “No Time To Die”] — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, Songwriters (Billie Eilish)

SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR A VISUAL MEDIA:

WINNER: “Joker” — Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer

COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR A VISUAL MEDIA:

WINNER: “Jojo Rabbit” (Various Artists)

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION:

WINNER: Rouse: Symphony No. 5 — Christopher Rouse, Composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM:

WINNER: Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke — Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor; Jack Vad, Producer

CLASSICAL SOLO ALBUM VOCAL:

WINNER: Smyth: The Prison — Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, Conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:

WINNER: Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra — Richard O’neill; David m

CHORAL PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua — Joann Falletta, Conductor; James K. Bass &

CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: Contemporary Voices — Pacifica Quartet

OPERA RECORDING:

WINNER: Gershwin: Porgy And Bess — David Robertson, Conductor; Angel Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, Producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE:

WINNER: Ives: Complete Symphonies —

TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM:

WINNER: 40 — Grupo Niche

REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM:

WINNER: Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1 — Natalia Lafourcade

Hecho En México — Alejandro Fernández

LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:

WINNER: La Conquista Del Espacio — Fito Paez

ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL:

WINNER: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL:

WINNER: David Frost

REMIXED RECORDING:

WINNER: Roses (IMANBEK Remix) — Imanbek Zeikenov, Remixer (SAINt Jhn)

ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL:

WINNER: Hyperspace — Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, Engineers; Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer (Beck)

HISTORICAL ALBUM:

WINNER: It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers — Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, Compilation Producers; Michael Graves, Mastering Engineer (Mister Rogers)

Celebrated, 1895-1896 — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, Compilation Producers; Richard Martin, Mastering Engineer (Unique Quartette)

Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer (Béla Fleck)

ALBUM NOTES:

WINNER: Dead Man’s Pop — Bob Mehr, Album Notes Writer (The Replacements)

BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE:

WINNER: Ode To Joy — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, Art Directors (Wilco)

RECORDING PACKAGING:

WINNERS: Vols. 11 & 12 — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, Art Directors (Desert Sessions)

Everyday Life — Pilar Zeta, Art Director (Coldplay)

ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM:

WINNER: Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) — Fisk Jubilee Singers

Beautiful Day — Mark Bishop

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM:

WINNER: Jesus Is King — Kanye West

GOSPEL ALBUM:

WINNER: Gospel According To Pj — Pj Morton

2econd Wind: Ready — Anthony Brown

NEW AGE ALBUM:

WINNER: More Guitar Stories — Jim “Kimo” West

DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM:

WINNER: Bubba — Kaytranada

MUSIC FILM:

WINNER: “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice” — Linda Ronstadt

MUSIC VIDEO:

WINNER: “Brown Skin Girl,” Beyoncé — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, Video Directors; Lauren Baker, Astrid Edwards, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, Video Producers

ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCALS:

He Won’t Hold You — Jacob Collier, Arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody) | WINNER

DANCE RECORDING:

WINNER: 10% Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis — Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue,

CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM:

WINNER: Live At The Royal Albert Hall — Snarky Puppy

INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION:

WINNER Sputnik — Maria Schneider, Composer (Maria Schneider)

ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA:

WINNER: Donna Lee — John Beasley, Arranger (John Beasley)