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The National Win Best Alternative Music Album | 2018 GRAMMYs

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The National take home Best Alternative Music Album for 'Sleep Well Beast' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Gabe Worgaftik
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Jan 28, 2018 - 2:56 pm

The National won Best Alternative Music Album for Sleep Well Beast at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. Bassist Scott Devendorf accepted the award on behalf of the band.

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The other nominees were Arcade Fire's Everything Now, Gorillaz's Humanz, LCD Soundsystem's American Dream, and Father John Misty's Pure Comedy.

Sleep Well Beast marks the National's seventh studio album release, and The Guardian's Kitty Empire has said of the record, "the tension created by the hyper-musical brother duos, pacing the cage of what 'rock band' means with increased vigour. It often adds up to a subtle, grown-up take that still leaves space for drama," also calling the album, "a study in mid-life angst."

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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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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.

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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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Jason Isbell, 2017

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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
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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.

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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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Ed Sheeran Wins Best Pop Solo Performance | 2018 GRAMMYs

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The singer/songwriter takes home Best Pop Solo Performance GRAMMY for "Shape Of You" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 5:38 pm

Ed Sheeran won Best Pop Solo Performance for "Shape Of You" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. This marks Sheeran's second career win in the category.

The other nominees in the category were Kelly Clarkson's "Love So Soft," Kesha's "Praying," Lady Gaga's "Million Reasons," and P!nk's "What About Us."

Sheeran was unable to attend the 60th GRAMMYs due to schedule conflicts, so the award was accepted on his behalf. His win for "Shape Of You," along with his additional win for Best Pop Vocal Album for Divide, at the 60th GRAMMYs brings his career GRAMMY total to four. 

Along with charting No. 1 on the pop songs charts in 44 countries, "Shape Of You" held the distinction of taking the No. 1 slot for all of 2017 on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart. Sheeran told Nick Grimshaw on the U.K.'s Radio 1 Breakfast Show that he'd originally written the song with the intention of handing it off to Rihanna, but changed his mind after realizing it was unlikely that she'd sing lines referencing her listening to "Van The Man [Van Morrison] on the jukebox."

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