How AllMusic Reviewed the 2019 Grammy Winners

The 61st Grammy ceremony has come and gone, with another bevy of awards handed and a slate of dramatic performances to be discussed. We've compiled the full list of winners, with links to the AllMusic reviews for each. So from "Shallow" to Kacey Musgraves' big triumph to Best Opera Recording, dig through the Recording Academy's selections for the best music of the past year (give or take).



ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves

BEST NEW ARTIST
Dua Lipa

RECORD OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE, BEST MUSIC VIDEO
This Is America
Childish Gambino

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)
Lady Gaga



BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Shallow
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
My Way
Willie Nelson

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Sweetener
Ariana Grande

BEST DANCE RECORDING
Electricity
Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Woman Worldwide
Justice

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Steve Gadd Band
Steve Gadd Band



BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
When Bad Does Good
Chris Cornell

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Electric Messiah
High On Fire

BEST ROCK SONG
Masseduction
St. Vincent

BEST ROCK ALBUM
From The Fires
Greta Van Fleet

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Colors
Beck

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Best Part
H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Bet Ain't Worth The Hand
Leon Bridges
How Deep Is Your Love
PJ Morton Featuring Yebba

BEST R&B SONG
Boo'd Up
Ella Mai

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Everything Is Love
The Carters

BEST R&B ALBUM
H.E.R.
H.E.R.



BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
King's Dead
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
Bubblin
Anderson .Paak

BEST RAP SONG
God's Plan
Drake

BEST RAP ALBUM
Invasion Of Privacy
Cardi B

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
Butterflies
Kacey Musgraves

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Tequila
Dan + Shay

BEST COUNTRY SONG
Space Cowboy
Kacey Musgraves

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
Opium Moon
Opium Moon

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
Don't Fence Me In
John Daversa

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
The Window
Cécile McLorin Salvant



BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Emanon
The Wayne Shorter Quartet

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom
John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Back To The Sunset
Dafnis Prieto Big Band

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
Never Alone
Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
You Say
Lauren Daigle

BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Hiding Place
Tori Kelly

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Look Up Child
Lauren Daigle

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Unexpected
Jason Crabb

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Sincera
Claudia Brant

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Aztlán
Zoé

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
¡México Por Siempre!
Luis Miguel

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Anniversary
Spanish Harlem Orchestra

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
The Joke
Brandi Carlile

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
The Joke
Brandi Carlile

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
By The Way, I Forgive You
Brandi Carlile

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Travelin' McCourys
The Travelin' McCourys

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
The Blues Is Alive And Well
Buddy Guy



BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Please Don't Be Dead
Fantastic Negrito

BEST FOLK ALBUM
All Ashore
Punch Brothers

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
No 'Ane'i
Kalani Pe'a

BEST REGGAE ALBUM
44/876
Sting & Shaggy

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Freedom
Soweto Gospel Choir

BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
All The Sounds
Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
Faith - A Journey For All
Jimmy Carter

BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation
Dave Chappelle

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
The Band's Visit
Original Broadway Cast

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
The Greatest Showman
Hugh Jackman (& Various Artists)

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Black Panther
Ludwig Göransson

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Shallow
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
Blut Und Boden (Blood And Soil)
Terence Blanchard

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
Stars And Stripes Forever
John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Spiderman Theme
Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Masseduction
St. Vincent



BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic
Weird Al Yankovic

BEST ALBUM NOTES
Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris
Various Artists

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris
Various Artists

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Colors
Beck

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Pharrell Williams

BEST REMIXED RECORDING
Walking Away (Mura Masa Remix)
Haim

BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO ALBUM
Eye In The Sky - 35th Anniversary Edition
The Alan Parsons Project

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Blanton Alspaugh

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
Andris Nelsons

BEST OPERA RECORDING
Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs
Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks & Jessica E. Jones

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
McLoskey: Zealot Canticles
Donald Nally

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Landfall
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Kernis: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes

BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Songs Of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi
Karim Sulayman

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush
JoAnn Falletta

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Kernis: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony

BEST MUSIC FILM
Quincy
Quincy Jones