amid vivid and vibrant performances from camila cabello miley cyrus katy perry janelle mone post malone shawn mendes host alicia keys brought in the 61st grammy awards at the staples center los angeles the evening saw artists like childish gambino lady gaga kacey musgraves and brandi carlile picked up multiple awards in the top categories the late chris cornell was honored with a posthumous grammy as when bad does good achieved best rock performance his two children toni and christopher accepted the award on his behalf ariana grande may be boycotting tonights festivities but she was still victorious in the category of best pop vocal album for her 2018 lp sweetener it marked the pop divas firstever grammyheres the complete list of winners announced at the grammy awards by the recording academyrecord of the year this is america childish gambinoalbum of the year golden hour kacey musgravessong of the year this is america childish gambinobest rap album invasion of privacy cardi bbest rb album her herbest country album golden hour kacey musgravesbest new artistdua lipabest pop solo performance joanne where do you think youre goin lady gagabest pop duogroup performance shallow lady gaga bradley cooperbest traditional pop vocal album my way willie nelsonbest pop vocal album sweetener ariana grandebest dance recording electricity silk city dua lipa featuring diplo mark ronsonbest danceelectronic album woman worldwide justicebest contemporary instrumental album steve gadd band steve gadd bandbest rock performance when bad does good chris cornellbest metal performance electric messiah high on firebest rock song masseduction st vincentbest rock album from the fires greta van fleetbest alternative music album colors beckbest rb performance best part her featuring daniel caesarbest traditional rb performance bet aint worth the hand leon bridges tied with how deep is your love pj morton featuring yebbabest rb song bood up ella maibest urban contemporary album everything is love the cartersbest rap performance kings dead kendrick lamar jay rock future james blake tied with bubblin anderson paakbest rapsung performance this is america childish gambinobest country solo performance butterflies kacey musgravesbest country duogroup performance tequila dan shaybest country song space cowboy kacey musgravesbest new age album opium moon opium moonbest improvised jazz solo dont fence me in john daversa big band featuring daca artistsbest jazz vocal album the window ccile mclorin salvantbest jazz instrumental album emanon the wayne shorter quartetbest large jazz ensemble album american dreamers voices of hope music of freedom john daversa big band featuring daca artistsbest latin jazz album back to the sunset dafnis prieto big bandbest gospel performancesong never alone tori kelly featuring kirk franklin kirk franklin victoria kelly songwritersbest contemporary christian music performancesong you say lauren daigle lauren daigle jason ingram paul mabury songwritersbest gospel album hiding place tori kellybest contemporary christian music