Some of the music industry’s biggest names were no-shows at tonight’s Grammy Awards.
Taylor Swift skipped the show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to Variety. The 10-time Grammy winner is filming the musical adaptation of “Cats” in London.
Childish Gambino, who won record of the year, best rap/sung performance and best music video, didn’t attend the show, even though his hit “This is America” made history by being the first rap tune to win song of the year.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar was also a no-show. His song “King’s dead” tied with Anderson .Paak’s “Bubblin” for best rap performance.
Meanwhile, Ariana Grande was so over the Grammys. She took to Twitter on Thursday to air her grievances after she said Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich stifled her creativity and self-expression.
“It’s just a game y’all.. and i’m sorry but that’s not what music is to me,” she tweeted.
Kelly Clarkson, who was also nominated tonight, didn’t walk the red carpet and go to the show because she’s on tour.
And Lady Gaga and her “A Star is Born” co-star Bradley Cooper split award-show duties tonight. Cooper attended the BAFTAs in London while Gaga performed “Shallow” at the Grammys and won for best pop duo/group performance.
However,
Here is a list of winners in the major categories for the Grammy Awards, which were handed out on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Country star Kacey Musgraves won the top prize of the night, Album of the Year, for her “Golden Hour.”
Album of the Year: Kacey Musgraves, “Golden Hour”
Record of the Year (best overall song performance): Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
Song of the Year (recognizing songwriting): Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) and Ludwig Goransson, “This Is America”
Best new Artist: Dua Lipa
Best Music Video: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
Best Rap Album: Cardi B, “Invasion Of Privacy”
Best Rock Album: Greta Van Fleet, “From the Fires”
Best Pop Vocal Album: Ariana Grande, “Sweetener”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Carters, “Everything Is Love”
Best R&B Album: H.E.R., “H.E.R.”
Best Alternative Music Album: Beck, “Colors”
Best World Music Album: Soweto Gospel Choir, “Freedom”
Rockstar – Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
Best Dance Recording
Electricity – Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
Best Rap Song
God’s Plan – Drake
Producer of the Year, Non-classical
Pharrell Williams
Best Rap Performance
King’s Dead – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
Bubblin –
Anderson .Paak
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Greatest Showman – Hugh Jackman & Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson, composer