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Kendrick Lamar Wins Best Rap Album | 2018 GRAMMYs

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Rapper takes home Best Rap Album for 'DAMN.' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 6:03 pm

Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album for DAMN. at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. This marks the rapper's second career win in the Rap Album category.

The other nominees were Jay-Z's 4:44, Migos' Culture, Rapsody's Laila's Wisdom, and Tyler, The Creator's Flower Boy.

Watch: Kendrick Lamar Wins Best Rap Album

Marking Lamar's third release in a consecutive string of albums considered instant classics by his fans and critics alike, DAMN. charted Top 5 on the album charts in five countries, taking the No. 1 slots in both Canada and the U.S., while ultimately ending the year as the No. 1 album overall for 2017 on the Billboard 200 year-end chart.

Rolling Stone called the record, "a brilliant combination of the timeless and the modern, the old school and the next-level. The most gifted rapper of a generation stomps into the Nineties and continues to blaze a trail forward."

Along with Best Rap Album, Lamar also took home honors for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Music Video, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song at the 60th GRAMMY Awards, bringing his toal career GRAMMY wins to 12.

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Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna Win Best Rap/Sung Performance | 2018 GRAMMYs

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The duo take home Best Rap/Sung Performance for "LOYALTY." at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 5:14 pm

Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna won Best Rap/Sung Performance for "LOYALTY." at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. 

Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna Win Best Rap/Sung Perf.

The other nominees were "PRBLMS" by 6LACK, "Crew" by Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy, "Family Feud" by JAY-Z Featuring Beyoncé and "Love Galore" by SZA Featuring Travis Scott.

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Bruno Mars, Chris Stapleton, Kendrick Lamar: 14 Milestones At The 60th GRAMMYs

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Mars joins rare company, Stapleton makes Best Country Album history, Cara claims a first for the Great White North, and more
Paul Grein
GRAMMYs
Jan 29, 2018 - 8:54 am

Now that you've read all the major storylines about Music's Biggest Night, find out what history was made in New York on Jan. 28. Here are 14 records that were set at the 60th GRAMMY Awards.

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1. Bruno Mars' Sweeps Three Big Four Categories

Bruno Mars swept the awards for Record, Album and Song Of The Year. He's the first male artist to sweep these three awards in one year since Eric Clapton did it 25 years ago.

2. Mars Captures Record, Song Of The Year

Mars is the first artist to win Record and Song Of The Year in the same year with different songs since Carole King achieved the feat 46 years ago. Mars took Record Of The Year with "24K Magic" and Song Of The Year with "That's What I Like." King won Record Of The Year with "It's Too Late" and Song Of The Year with "You've Got A Friend."

3. "That's What I Like": 8 Songwriters Recognized

"That's What I Like," with eight credited songwriters, set a new record as the Song Of The Year winner with the most co-writers. The old record, shared by seven songs, was four co-writers.

4. Alessia Cara: Canada's Best New Artist

Brampton, Ontario, native Alessia Cara won Best New Artist. She's the first artist who was born in Canada to win in this category.

Watch: Alessia Cara Wins Best New Artist

5. Kendrick Lamar Sweeps The Rap Categories (Again)

Kendrick Lamar swept all four awards in the Rap Field. He also swept all four rap awards two years ago. He's the first artist to take home all of the rap awards more than once. Eminem swept the 2000 rap awards (when there were three). Kanye West swept the 2011 awards (when there were four).

Watch: Kendrick Lamar Wins Best Rap Album

6. Kraftwerk's First

Kraftwerk won Best Dance/Electronic Album for 3-D The Catalogue. This is Kraftwerk's first GRAMMY win, though the group received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2014.

7. The Weeknd Doubles Up On Best Urban Contemporary Album

The Weeknd's Starboy took Best Urban Contemporary Album. The Weeknd won in this category two years ago for Beauty Behind The Madness. He's the first artist to win twice in the category since it was added in 2012.

8. Little Big Town's Best Country Duo/Group Performance Triple Play

Little Big Town won Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Better Man." It's the quartet's third win in this category, which is more than any other duo or group since the category was streamlined in 2011. The group won for "Pontoon" (2012) and "Girl Crush" (2015).

9. Chris Stapleton Wins Second Best Country Album

Chris Stapleton's From A Room: Volume 1 won Best Country Album. He's the first male solo artist to win twice in this category since the category was re-introduced in 1994.

10. Shakira's Best Latin Pop Album Mark

Shakira took Best Latin Pop Album for El Dorado. The Colombian superstar is the first female artist to win twice in this category (which dates to 1983). She won 17 years ago for MTV Unplugged.

11. The Rolling Stones Roll With Blues Win

The Rolling Stones took Best Traditional Blues Album for Blue & Lonesome. The legendary band took the 1994 award for Best Rock Album for Voodoo Lounge. They are the first artists to win in both of these categories.

12. La La Land Soundtrack Doubles Up

La La Land won both Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. La La Land is the first film to win in both of these categories since Ray took both awards for 2005.

13. Greg Kurstin Joins Elite Producer Company

Greg Kurstin took Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for the second straight year. He's the first producer to win two years in a row in this category since Babyface won three years running from 1995-1997.

14. Kendrick Lamar Joins With Best Music Video Win

Lamar took Best Music Video for "Humble." He won in this category two years ago for "Bad Blood," a collaboration with Taylor Swift. Lamar is the first rapper to win twice in this category. (Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson are also two-time winners in this category.)

(Paul Grein is a veteran music journalist and historian whose work appears regularly at Yahoo.com and Hitsdailydouble.com.)

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Bruno Mars Wins Album Of The Year | 2018 GRAMMYs

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The R&B singer/songwriter takes home Album Of The Year for '24K Magic' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 8:18 pm

Bruno Mars won Album Of The Year for 24K Magic at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. This marks Mars' first-ever win in the Album Of The Year category as a solo artist.

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The Hawaiian native previously won Album Of The Year for his role as a producer on Adele's 25, which took the honor at the 59th GRAMMY Awards. 

His Album Of The Year win was part of an amazing night for Mars, which saw him sweep all of the categories for which he was nominated, including Record and Song Of The Year. 24K Magic also took home Best R&B Album honors.

"Wow, all right first off, to the other nominees in this category ... you guys are the reason why I'm in the studio pulling my hair out, man, because I know you guys are only going to come with the top-shelf artistry and music," said Mars during his acceptance. "Thank you, you guys, for blessing the world with your music. I mean that."

The other nominees were Jay-Z's 4:44, Lorde's Melodrama, Kendrick Lamar's DAMN., and Childish Gambino's "Awaken, My Love!"

Recent Album Of The Year winners include Adele's 25, Taylor Swift's 1989, Beck's Morning Phase, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, and Mumford & Sons' Babel.

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Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Win Best Americana Album | 2018 GRAMMYs

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The group takes home Best Americana Album for "The Nashville Sound" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 5:42 pm

Just as he did at the 58th GRAMMY Awards two years earlier with his album Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell won both Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Song at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. The former award also went to his band, The 400 Unit,  for their efforts on their critically-acclaimed album, The Nashville Sound.

Watch: Jason Isbell Wins Best Americana Album

Coming off his time in alt-country rock ramblers Drive-By Truckers, Isbell's latest GRAMMY wins beef up his already wildly successful solo career. His breakout 2013 album Southeastern showed his chops as a true songwriter's songwriter, and he followed it up with the aforementioned 2015 GRAMMY-winning album, Something More Than Free, which also won Best Americana Album as well as Best American Roots Song for "24 Frames."

The Nashville Sound not only solidified Isbell as one of today's finest songwriters, but name checked and showcased his remarkable band, which includes his talented wife, Amanda Shires, on violin — a successful singer/songwriter in her own right. The couple's romantic and musical compatibility is on full display in the painful and stunning "If We Were Vampires," which also earned Isbell a GRAMMY as a songwriter for Best American Roots Song. All in all, a very big night for Isbell, his band, and the genre he so succinctly represents.

The road to the top was extra daunting this year, considering the other nominees in the category were Gregg Allman's Southern Blood, Brent Cobb's Shine On Rainy Day, Iron & Wine's Beast Epic, and the Mavericks' Brand New Day. The quality and diversity of this crop of nominees is a testiment to what Americana music can represent, include, and accomplish at its finest through authentic, crafty songwriting, and a sound with one foot in the American roots tradition and one foot stepping forward. 

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