2020 Grammy Award Winners

2020 Grammy Award Winners

  • Winners announced on January 26, 2020
  • The ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
  • Hosted by Alicia Keys
  • Eligibility for songs and albums from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019
  • Noteworthy Moments: Billie Eilish made a clean sweep, winning Album of the Year for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Bad Guy, and Best New Artist; Lizzo nabbed three awards, including Best Pop Solo Performance for Truth Hurts and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Cuz I Love You; Tyler, The Creator clinched Best Rap Album for Igor, sparking conversations about genre classifications
  • Trivia:
    1. Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year, at just 18
    2. Alicia Keys hosted for the second consecutive year, bringing a calming presence amidst a heavy atmosphere
    3. The ceremony took a somber tone as it coincided with the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, whose presence was deeply missed at the Staples Center
    4. Lil Nas X’s eclectic performance of Old Town Road featured a medley of artists, including BTS and Billy Ray Cyrus, showcasing the song’s cross-genre appeal
    5. Demi Lovato gave a tear-jerking performance of Anyone, a song she had recorded just four days before her 2018 overdose
Record of the Year:
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
Album of the Year:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
Song of the Year:
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist:
Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Look Now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Best Pop Vocal Album:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
Best Dance Recording:
Got to Keep On – The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Mettavolution – Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Metal Performance:
7empest – Tool
Best Rock Song:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album:
Social Cues – Cage the Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album:
Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance:
Come Home – Anderson Paak featuring André 3000
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Jerome – Lizzo
Best R&B Song:
Say So – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton featuring JoJo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) – Lizzo
Best R&B Album:
Ventura – Anderson Paak
Best Rap Performance:
Racks in the Middle – Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
Higher – DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
Best Rap Song:
A Lot – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)
Best Rap Album:
Igor – Tyler, the Creator
Best Country Solo Performance:
Ride Me Back Home – Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Speechless – Dan + Shay
Best Country Song:
Bring My Flowers Now – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album:
While I’m Livin’ – Tanya Tucker
Best New Age Album:
Wings – Peter Kater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Sozinho – Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Antidote – Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Love Theory – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
God Only Knows – Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters (for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton)
Best Gospel Album:
Long Live Love – Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
Best Roots Gospel Album:
Testimony – Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album:
El Disco – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
El Mal Querer – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
De Ayer Para siempre – Mariachi los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album: (tie)
Opus – Marc Anthony
A Journey Through Cuban Music – Aymée Nuviola (TIE)
Best American Roots Performance:
Saint Honesty – Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song:
Call My Name – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m with Her)
Best Americana Album:
Oklahoma – Keb’ Mo’
Best Bluegrass Album:
Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Tall, Dark, and Handsome – Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin – Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Good Time – Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album:
Rapture – Koffee
Best World Music Album:
Celia – Angélique Kidjo
Best Children’s Album:
Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Becoming – Michelle Obama
Best Comedy Album:
Sticks & Stones – Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album:
Hadestown – Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Paul “DJWS” Blair, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson Mark Nilan Jr. & Benjamin Rice, compilation producers; Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels, music supervisors
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) (from A Star Is Born), Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Best Instrumental Composition:
Star Wars: “Galaxy’s Edge (Symphonic Suite)” – John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Moon River – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals:
All Night Long, Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Recording Package:
Chris Cornell, Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, Masaki Koike, art director (Various artists)
Best Album Notes:
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story, Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various artists)
Best Historical Album:
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Finneas, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish)
Best Remixed Recording:
I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix), Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Immersive Audio Album:
Lux, Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Riley: Sun Rings, Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh – Artifacts – The Music of Michael McGlynn (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Fantaisie sur La Tempête de Shakespeare (Andrew Davis & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Robert Simpson & Houston Chamber Choir)
Glass: Symphony No. 5 (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Youth Chorus, Downtown Voices & Novus NY)
Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Peter Jermihov & PaTRAM Institute Singers)
Smith, K.: Canticle (Craig Hella Johnson & Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble)
Visions Take Flight (Mei-Ann Chen & ROCO)
Best Orchestral Performance:
Norman: Sustain, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance:
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works, Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Orange – Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite, Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Macelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Songplay, Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium:
The Poetry of Places, Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto, Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Music Video:
Old Town Road (Official Movie) – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Music Film:
Homecoming – Beyoncé