The 68th annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, marking the first of many artists, including Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, and more.
Lady Gaga
Gaga won best pop vocal album for "Mayhem," 15 years after she first won in the category with 2009's "The Fame Monster". She is one of four two-time winners in the history of the category, along with Adele, Kelly Clarkson, and Taylor Swift.
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny’s "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" made history at the telecast, becoming the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year. The only previous Spanish-language album to be nominated in this category was Bunny’s "Un Verano Sin Ti", which lost to Harry Styles’ "Harry’s House" three years ago. In a nice touch, Styles presented the award to Bunny on this night.
The album also won Best Música Urbana Album, while a track from the album, “EOO,” won Best Global Music Performance.
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar set a new record as the rapper with the most career Grammys. He won four awards on the night, which upped his career Grammy total to 26.
The old record was held by Jay-Z with 25 Grammys, followed by Ye with 24. Lamar’s fast climb through the Grammy ranks is impressive because he won his first Grammys in 2015. At that point, Jay and Ye had each won 21 Grammys.
Lamar won record of the year for “Luther,” his smash collab with SZA. He won last year in the same category for “Not Like Us.”
The rapper is only the fourth artist in Grammy history to win in this category two years in a row. Moreover, He is the first male solo artist ever to do this.
Two female solo artists — Roberta Flack and Billie Eilish — and a group (U2) have achieved the feat. The win for “Luther” is seen as a way of honoring not just Lamar and SZA, but also Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn, whose “If This World Were Mine” is sampled on the record, and Marvin Gaye, who wrote “If This World Were Mine” and recorded it with his frequent duet partner Tammi Terrell in 1967.
The track also won best melodic rap performance. Lamar’s other Grammys on the night were best rap song as a cowriter of “TV Off” and best rap performance as a featured artist on Clipse’s “Chains & Whips.”
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
The siblings became the first three-time winners of Song of the Year in Grammy history. They won this year for “Wildflower,” having previously won for “Bad Guy” and “What Was I Made For?”
The award was presented by Carole King, who, in 1972, became the first woman songwriter ever to win Song of the Year, for “You’ve Got a Friend.”
This is the fourth consecutive year that Song of the Year has gone to a song written by just one or two writers. These two songs by Billie and Finneas are joined by two songs that were written by just one writer each, Bonnie Raitt’s “Just Like That” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” This defies the trend in the industry toward larger collectives of songwriters.
Olivia Dean
Dean won Best New Artist, making this the ninth consecutive year that a female solo artist has won in this category.
She follows Alessia Cara, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Samara Joy, Victoria Monét and Chappell Roan. No male artist has won in this category since Chance the Rapper in 2017.
Aura V
Aura V, who won Best Children’s Music Album alongside her father, Fyütch, for "Harmony," set a new Grammy record as the youngest individually credited Grammy winner in history at the age of 8. She follows Blue Ivy Carter and Leah Peasall.
Chick Corea
The late jazz fusion pianist, composer, and bandleader won his 29th Grammy for best jazz performance for “Windows – Live,” a collab with Christian McBride and Brian Blade. Only two people in the show's history have won 29 or more Grammys. Beyoncé leads with 35, followed by Sir Georg Solti with 31.
Laufey
The Icelandic singer won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the second time with "A Matter of Time," becoming just the third female artist to be a repeat winner in the category. She follows Natalie Cole and Lady Gaga.
Amy Allen
Allen became the first repeat winner of Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical. She also won the award last year. She won this year for cowriting hits “APT.” by Rosé and Bruno Mars, “Just Keep Watching” by Tate McRae, and “Manchild” and “Tears,” both by Sabrina Carpenter.
Elaine Martone
Martone won Producer of the Year, Classical, for the third consecutive year. She is the first producer to win three years running in that category since her husband, Robert Woods, won from 1988 to 1990.
The Le Boeuf brothers
Remy Le Boeuf won Best Instrumental Composition for “First Snow,” one year after his identical twin brother, Pascal Le Boeuf, won in the category for “Strands.” In 2004, the twins, 39, formed Le Boeuf Brothers and released four albums, mixing jazz, hip-hop, electronic, and classical styles.
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