Tony Bennett and Dae Bennett Win Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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Tony Bennett Wins Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | 2018 GRAMMYs

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Producer Dae Bennett and his dad Tony take home Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for 'Tony Bennett Celebrates 90' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 4:01 pm

Father and son Bennetts were clearly moved on Jan. 28th at the 60th GRAMMY Awards as the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album win went to Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 produced by Dae Bennett.

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Tony Bennett was more the subject than the winner tonight, except as a dad, as you can see from his face.

The birthday celebration at Radio City Music Hall included all-star guests such as Bennett's duet partners Lady Gaga and k.d. lang. His albums with each — 2002's A Wonderful World with lang and 2014's Cheek To Cheek with Gaga — won GRAMMYs for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

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Bruno Mars Wins Song Of The Year
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The Hawaiian native takes home Song Of The Year for "That's What I Like" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 7:11 pm

Feeling the 24K Magic, Bruno Mars' successful progress through the categories he's been nominated in at the 60th GRAMMY Awards picked up another one at Song Of The Year for "That's What I Like."

Christopher Brody Brown and Philip Lawrence co-write with Mars under the name Shampoo Press & Curl. The other winning songwriters for Mars' hit tonight in this category are James Fauntleroy and production team "The Sterotypes" — Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and  Jonathan Yip.

For additional "Finesse" on stage at the 60th GRAMMY Awards, Mars was joined by Cardi B for a reprise of their 148-million-views hit remix.

The Album Of The Year GRAMMY Award wrapped up the night and wrapped up Bruno Mars' complete rampage through his six nominated categories — now six wins.

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Bruno Mars Wins Best R&B Album
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Bruno Mars takes home Best R&B Album for '24K Magic' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 2:56 pm

Bruno Mars at the 60th GRAMMY Awards is approaching the telecast having won three-for-three of the R&B categories that were presented at the preceding Premiere Ceremony. 24K Magic now has the GRAMMY Award for Best R&B Album.

While Mars went on to rack up nothing but wins this special night, it is worth some special reflection on the category Best R&B Album in light of his new place in it. In the course of our new century, its male winners have been D'Angelo and John Legend twice each, Babyface, Chris Brown, Robert Glasper, Maxwell, and Luther Vandross. For the women that list is Alicia Keys twice, India.Arie, Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Lalah Hathaway, Jennifer Hudson, and Chaka Khan. For this year only, Bruno Mars has become so everywhere while being completely respected for his craft in every major aspect with the exception of the greatest guitar players of all time. But those lists of musical leaders go past R&B to the heart of music, go to a level that makes a person choke up on memories of tears and life and for the lucky, love as well. 24K Magic is now Mars' addition to a list that is not completely timeless because the GRAMMY voters selected them. These albums and artists are timeless, and that is why their names belong there.

In our oral history of Album Of The Year nominees, Bruno Mars said about 24K Magic that "it was the opening to a movie." He said he asked himself, "I am shooting a movie and I need the opening to let everybody know what time it is, what’s that going to sound like?" Well apparently in this category it sounds a little like Chaka Khan and a little like Luther Vandross. Mighty impressive company to be in.

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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
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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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Bruno Mars Wins Record Of The Year
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R&B singer/songwriter takes home Record Of The Year for "24K Magic." at the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2018 - 7:38 pm

Arguably the biggest name at the 60th edition of Music's Biggest Night? Bruno Mars.

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He won Record Of The Year for "24K Magic" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards before quickly picking up additional GRAMMYs for Song Of The Year ("That's What I Like") and Album Of The Year (24K Magic). The other nominees for Record Of The Year were Childish Gambino's "Redbone," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, Jay-Z's "The Story Of O.J.," and Kendrick Lamar's "HUMBLE."

Add to that Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song ("That's What I Like") and Best R&B Album, and the Hawaiian R&B singer/songwriter swept up as the big winner of the evening. He also lit up the stage with a colorful performance of "Finesse" with fellow GRAMMY nominee Cardi B.

His Record Of The Year win marks a year of accomplishment for the catchy track "24K Magic," the title track from his GRAMMY-winning album, which heated up the charts. But Mars isn't just a hit maker, he has something special that keeps him coming out on top.

"For us, it was more how effortless it was creating with him," longtime Mars producer Ray Romulus of the Stereotypes told Billboard. "It didn’t feel like we were actually working and making songs, it just felt like we were hanging out, having conversations, and as we're doing that we're making the beats. ... He would literally have a new idea for something every second, he would just be spilling out ideas."

"Talk about somebody who really just knows how to write a song," added the Stereotypes' Jonathan Yip. "And a hit song, at that."

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