So did rapper 50 Cent who received 15 nominations, and despite winning one, he refused to attend the show. Not oly that, Snoop was also nominated 17 times but never did bring home a gramaphone. Was this year’s Grammys finally acknowledging rap music outright? It seems so, despite hip-hop suffering from an uneven support from the Recording Academy turns out, only two rap albums won ‘Album of The Year’ award in the past history. To present him the award, was the ever vivacious Rihanna, who congratulated him on stage: ‘You deserve this, man.” So much love! Kendrick also went on to win the coveted award of the night, ‘Best Rap Album’ for his work on ‘Damn’. The Grammys was opened by rapper Kendrick Lamar, who then went on to win the first award, ‘Best Rap/Sung Performance’ for his track ‘Loyalty’. Not a bad way to start off the nightĪ post shared by Recording Academy / GRAMMYs on at 5:50pm PST Rap and hip-hop stole the opened up the 60th #GRAMMYs and his song “Loyalty” with won Best Rap/Sung Performance. She made a final appearance on screen in the latest film in the franchise, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which came out last month. While Princess Leia and “Star Wars” became iconic parts of US film culture, Fisher received little critical recognition and was never nominated for an Oscar. In the cult classic film, she played Princess Leia and he was the itinerant smuggler Han Solo, who forms an unexpected relationship with her.įisher, who also wrote novels, entered into a relationship with the folk rock legend Paul Simon after becoming known for “Star Wars.” Her life was also marked by struggles with depression and addiction. “The Princess Diarist” made headlines thanks to Fisher’s revelation that she had an affair with the married Harrison Ford after they met filming the original “Star Wars” in 1977. Closing out the evening, Best New Artist GRAMMY-winner Alessia Cara (SOCAN) performed stirring rendition of “1-80” with Logic and her fellow Best New Artist nominee Khalid.Ĭongratulations to all the BMI winners! Below is the complete list.Carrie Fisher won for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Princess Diarist,” the audiobook version of her memoir which came out weeks before she died in December 2016 at age 60 of a sudden cardiac arrest. and Jon Batiste* performed “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Maybellene” in homage to rock ’n’ roll icons Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, both of whom passed way earlier this year. Luis Fonsi got the massive room on its feet for a performance of his runaway hit “Despacito,” while DJ Khaled, Rihanna and Bryson Tiller kicked up the energy with a rousing trek through “Wild Thoughts.” Lady Gaga played an emotional medley of “Joanne” and “Million Reasons” and Childish Gambino delivered a soulful rendition of “Terrified.” Maren Morris and Eric Church, flanked by the Brothers Osborne,* performed a poignant rendition of Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven” in tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting, while Gary Clark Jr. Other 2018 honorees in this category include a Trustees Award for Sire Records executive Seymour Stein and Lifetime Achievement Awards for iconic R&B singer/songwriter Tina Turner, legendary British rock band Queen (PRS), influential New Orleans funk ensemble The Meters, and pioneering swing bandleader Louis Jordan.īeyond the awards, the evening featured an array of striking performances. Legendary composer John Williams won the GRAMMY for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for “Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can” as well the Trustees Award, which is an honor in the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards. Composer Justin Hurwitz took home the GRAMMYs for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, both for his work on La La Land. the Stereotypes) took home the coveted GRAMMYs for both Song of the Year and Best R&B Song for their work on “That’s What I Like” by Bruno Mars,* Ed Sheeran (PRS) claimed the Best Pop Solo Performance GRAMMY for “Shape Of You,” as well as the Best Pop Vocal Album award for ÷ (Divide), CeCe Winans earned Best Gospel Performance/Song for “Never Have to Be Alone” with Alvin Love III, and Best Gospel Album for Let Them Fall In Love, and Jason Isbell won Best American Roots Song for “If We Were Vampires” and Best Americana Album for The Nashville Sound. BMI songwriters from across the genre spectrum were on hand to claim their well-earned accolades for some of the year’s most memorable music.Īmong BMI’s multiple-award-recipients, the songwriting team of Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip (a.k.a. The 60th GRAMMY Awards returned to New York City, last night, for the first time since 2003, for a special anniversary celebration on the hallowed stage of Madison Square Garden.