The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards got underway at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Sunday night (March 14) at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST, roughly two months after they were originally scheduled to take place.
Hip Hop/rap and R&B were heavily represented this year, with the Best Rap Album category including some unexpected nominees. While Nas’ King Disease wasn’t exactly surprising, Royce Da 5’9’s The Allegory, Jay Electronica’s A Written Testimony, D Smoke’s Black Habits and Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist’s Alfredo were less anticipated.
Nas, Royce Da 5'9 & Jay Electronica Among Those Nominated For Best Rap Album Grammy
Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion was nominated in multiple categories, including Best New Artist (along with Chika, D Smoke, Kaytranada and Doja Cat) and Record Of The Year for “Savage” featuring Beyoncé, while DaBaby and Roddy Ricch was also up for Record Of The Year for their smash hit “ROCKSTAR.”
Nominees in the R&B categories include Jhené Aiko, Chloe X Halle, Free Nationals, Robert Glasper and Thundercat.
Kanye West already took home the gilded trophy in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Jesus Is King, Nas won in the Best Rap Album category for King’s Disease, Megan and Beyoncé nabbed the Best Rap Performance honor for the “Savage (Remix)” and Thundercat rose to victory in the Best Progressive R&B Album category for It Is What It Is.
HipHopDX will be updating the winners in real time throughout the evening.
Check out the list below.
Best New Artist
Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Megan Thee Stallion — WINNER*
Record of the Year
“Black Parade” — Beyoncé
“Colors” — Black Pumas
“ROCKSTAR” — DaBaby f. Roddy Ricch
“Say So” — Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish — WINNER*
“Don’t Start Now”— Dua Lipa
“Circles — Post Malone
“Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion f. Beyoncé
Album of the Year
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas
Everyday Life — Coldplay
Djesse Vol. 3 — Jacob Collier
Women In Music Pt. III — Haim
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
Folklore — Taylor Swift — WINNER*
Song of the Year
“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
“Cardigan” — Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Circles” — Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
“Don’t Start Now “— Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“I Can’t Breathe” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) — WINNER*
“If The World Was Ending “— Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe f. Julia Michaels)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Run To The Father — Cody Carnes
All Of My Best Friends — Hillsong Young & Free
Holy Water — We the Kingdom
Citizen Of Heaven — Tauren Wells
Jesus Is King — Kanye West — WINNER*
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Flying Lotus
Andrew Watt — WINNER*
Best Music Video
“Brown Skin Girl” — Beyoncé — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, Video Directors; Lauren Baker, Astrid Edwards, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, Video Producers — WINNER*
“Life Is Good — Future f. Drake — Julien Christian Lutz, Video Director; Harv Glazer, Video Producer
“Lockdown” — Anderson .Paak — Dave Meyers, Video Director; Nathan Scherrer, Video Producer
“Adore You” — Harry Styles — Dave Meyers, Video Director; Nathan Scherrer, Video Producer
“Goliath” — Woodkid — Yoann Lemoine, video director
Best Music Film
Beastie Boys Story — Beastie Boys — Spike Jonze, video director; Amanda Adelson, Jason Baum & Spike Jonze, video producers
Black Is King — Beyoncé
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme — Freestyle Love Supreme — Andrew Fried, Video Director; Andrew Fried, Jill Furman, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarina Roma, Jenny Steingart & Jon Steingart, video producers
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice — Linda Ronstadt — Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers — WINNER*
That Little Ol’ Band From Texas — ZZ Top — Sam Dunn, video director; Scot McFadyen, video producer
Best R&B Performance
“Lightning & Thunder” — Jhené Aiko Featuring John Legend
“Black Parade” — Beyoncé — WINNER*
“All I Need” — Jacob Collier f. Mahalia & Ty Dolla $Ign
“Goat Head” — Brittany Howard
“See Me” — Emily King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tinhb9l6PIc
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Sit On Down” — The Baylor Project f. Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
“Wonder What She Thinks of Me” — Chloe X Halle
“Let Me Go” — Mykal Kilgore
“Anything For You” — Ledisi — WINNER*
“Distance” — Yebba
Best R&B Song
“Better Than I Imagine” — Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello) — WINNER*
“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Collide” — Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & Earthgang)
“Do It” — Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, songwriters (Chloe X Halle)
“Slow Down” — Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Ungodly Hour — Chloe X Halle
Free Nationals — Free Nationals
F*** Yo Feelings — Robert Glasper
It Is What It Is — Thundercat — WINNER*
Best R&B Album
Happy 2 Be Here — Ant Clemons
Take Time — Giveon
To Feel Love/D — Luke James
Bigger Love — John Legend — WINNER*
All Rise — Gregory Porter
Best Rap Performance
“Deep Reverence” — Big Sean f. Nipsey Hussle
“Bop” — Dababy
“What’s Poppin” — Jack Harlow
“The Bigger Picture” — Lil Baby
“Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion f. Beyoncé — WINNER*
“Dior” — Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Rockstar” — DaBaby f. Roddy Ricch
“Laugh Now, Cry Later” — Drake f. Lil Durk
“Lockdown” — Anderson .Paak — WINNER*
“The Box” — Roddy Ricch
“Highest in the Room” — Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
“The Bigger Picture” — Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai’shaun Williams, Songwriters (Lil Baby)
“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, Songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
“Laugh Now, Cry Later” — Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron Latour & Ryan Martinez, Songwriters (Drake f. Lil Durk)
“Rockstar ” — Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro Iv & Rodrick Moore, Songwriters (DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch)
“Savage” — Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion f. Beyoncé) — WINNER*
Best Rap Album
Black Habits — D Smoke
Alfredo — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
A Written Testimony — Jay Electronica
King’s Disease — Nas — WINNER*
The Allegory — Royce Da 5’9
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Yummy”— Justin Bieber
“Say So” — Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa
“Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles — WINNER*
“Cardigan” — Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Un Dia (One Day)” — J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
“Intentions” — Justin Bieber f. Quavo
Dynamite — BTS
“Rain on Me” — Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
“Exile” — Taylor Swift f. Bon Iver
Best Reggae Album
Upside Down 2020 — Buju Banton
Higher Place — Skip Marley
It All Comes Back to Love — Maxi Priest
Got to Be Tough — Toots & the Maytals
One World — The Wailers
Best Global Music Album
Fu Chronicles — Antibalas
Twice As Tall — Burna Boy — WINNER*
Agora — Bebel Gilberto
Love Letters — Anoushka Shankar
Amadjar — Tinariwen
This year’s Grammys sucks more than any other year that has sucked before.
About time a Nas album won. Salute.
I know after what 27 years and almost decades of him boycotting the Grammys lol the one time he goes independent and don’t give a f***, he wins. That’s crazy.
i want to see them on the come up so i hope beyonce for instance walks away empty handed.
Nope… anything with Beyonce automatically gets a Grammy. That’s the rules lol
michelle obama winning over beastie boys last year.
Nasty nas keeps winning
Ye could (and we’ve already heard and seen this ironically,lol) fart on an entire track and people will eat it up..Now he made a Gospel Album version of that and he wins a Grammy. Yeah and you see why everyone is boycotting the Grammys lol
Did you listen to the other contemporary gospel albums? If not, your point has no merit because you dont know if it was the best. Also, it was a good album. Better than most of the albums up for album of the year in hip hop but you’re one of these snowflakes who likes to hate everything the popular people do. It’s all good. And again, everyone wants black empowerment yet you’re all quick to tear a black man down when he succeeds. Smh
I listen to it and I think you are tone deaf. Stop trying to reach here it really embarrassing. Ye doesn’t care about anything else other than his ego and money. He treated the people who helped make the album so badly that they suing him. That tells you right there that the album wasn’t even made from his heart so GTFOH with that BS. He’s not a christian artists at all.
No nomination for Busta Rhymes?
I think the album came out too late , but it was dope
Better than all this shit mentioned!
Busta’s album couldn’t be nominated this year because it was released too late, it should and probably will be nominated next year.
The Greatest MC of All Time… 1990 until Present
Truly amazing Nas!
Lol…hes my guy too but Black Thought, Royce, Busta…Nas lyrically isnt in that category anymore…I didnt even mention Gibbs…listen to Busta’s ELE2 then play Kings Disease…listen to The Allgory the Kings Disease…shit ain’t even an album compared to the 2
So glad Bobblehead (DaBaby) didn’t win lol
So basically Beyonce remains the queen and is the only hip hop/r&b artist who truly has mass appeal outside of the black community (besides Kanye who won again, despite what you clowns think of him). Nice to see Nas get a grammy but if King’s Disease is album of the year then it was a traaaaaash year for hip hop
Grammy’s are trash
I agree, but they are a good measure of who actually has recognition or influence outside of the bubble of the black community. We think certain artists are huge until the Grammys come around and the rest of America has no idea who they are. I believe King’s Disease deserved the win btw. However, it isnt that good and thus reminds me of how far hip hop has fallen over the past 5 years.
Lol…man u the fuckin clown for even attempting to defend an imaginary derogatory statement about kayne…FOH!! LMAO…
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oh look now this is pathetic, just pathetic. these judges should be ashamed of themselves. i just don’t know what to say.
All the winners aren’t listen they need to hire me. lol
What?
Naw…u can barely structure a sentence.
I’d luv to be the guy megan took home and banged with her big stallion. you know she went hard on that booty
on my mama beyonce nd meg aint even do a video it should have been the bgger picture its has a bigger message meg and beyonce aint talking about nun but being a hot girl and a savage like this shii is trash
as lomg as drake didnt win im happy. as for marcus hes been workin out
NaS only one because they owed him for snubbing him for so many years. Lets be real though… Alfredo was WAY BETTER! It’s ack that Gibbs got nominated the year they feel sorry for NaS. He should’ve got that. Love NaS but his album wasn’t fucking with Gibbs album.
Nas album classic
real talk, would you let megan do you with a strapon? I’m talking pounding hard. I’m imagining her twerking at the same time too!!
For those who didnt catch it. Bill burr the comedian got cancelled for telling a joke while cardi b and meg the stallion gets celebrated for simulating full on lesbian porn at a family friendly show. Nothing new