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2017 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 7 years ago February 12, 2017

2017 Grammy Award Winners

The Grammy winners were announced on February 12, 2017
The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Host James Corden of “Carpool Karaoke” fame led the evening’s proceedings
Music released between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016, was eligible for consideration
Noteworthy Moments: Adele won Album, Record, and Song of the Year; David Bowie received five posthumous awards; Chance the Rapper became the first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only album
Trivia:
1. Adele paused and restarted her George Michael tribute, stating she wanted to get the performance “right” to honor him properly
2. Beyoncé performed while visibly pregnant with twins, focusing her stage show on the concept of motherhood
3. Twenty-One Pilots accepted their Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award in their underwear, following through on an old pact they had made
4. A Tribe Called Quest’s performance featured a political protest that included references to “Agent Orange,” alluding to then-President Donald Trump
5. Chance the Rapper’s Best New Artist victory marked him as the first black hip-hop artist to win the category since Lauryn Hill in 1999

Album of the Year:
25 – Adele

Record of the Year:
Hello – Adele

Song of the Year:
Hello – Adele

Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade – Beyonce

Best Country Solo Performance:
My Church – Maren Morris

Best Rock Song:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Stressed Out – Twenty-One Pilots

Best New Artist:
Chance the Rapper

Pop Solo Performance:
Hello – Adele

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin – Willie Nelson

Pop Vocal Album:
25 – Adele

Dance Recording:
Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin – Flume

Rock Performance:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Metal Performance:
Dystopia – Megadeth

Rock Album:
Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage the Elephant

Alternative Music Album:
Blackstar – David Bowie

R&B Performance:
Cranes in the Sky – Solange

Traditional R&B Performance:
Angel, Lalah Hathaway

R&B Song:
Lake By the Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

R&B Album:
Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway

Rap Performance:
No Problem – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

Rap/Sung Performance:
Hotline Bling – Drake

Rap Song:
Hotline Bling – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas – Jesse & Joy

Best Country Album:
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson

Best Country Song:
Humble and Kind – Tim McGraw

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton) – Pentatonix

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Hymns – Joey+Rory

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom – Ted Nash Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country for Old Men – John Scofield

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry -John Scofield

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha – Snarky Puppy

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Steve Reich – Third Coast Percussion

Best Dance Recording:
Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya) – The Chainsmokers

Best New Age Album:
White Sun II – White Sun

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
God Provides – Tamela Mann

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

Best Gospel Album:
Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Love Remains – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

Best World Music Album:
Sing Me Home – Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble

Best Children’s Album:
Infinity Plus One – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Best Spoken Word Album:
Carol Burnett, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox

Best Musical Theater Album:
The Color Purple

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Miles Ahead

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake

Best Instrumental Composition:
Spoken at Midnight – Ted Nash

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
You and I – Jacob Collier

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
Flintstones – Jacob Collier

Best Recording Package:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Edith Piaf 1915-2015 – Edith Piaf

Best Album Notes:
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along – Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle

Best Historical Album:
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) – Bob Dylan

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Remixed Recording:
Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) – Bob Moses

Best Surround Sound Album:
Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles – Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 – Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best Music Video:
Formation Beyoncé

Best Music Film:
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years – The Beatles

MusiCares Person of the Year:
Tom Petty