The 2016 Grammy Winners
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
We’ll be updating the list of winners as the Grammys go on. Note that these are for the awards at the primetime ceremony; a number of contests were decided earlier in the night.
Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton
Best Rock Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, 1989
Record of the Year: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”