It’s a special first for Jesse & Joy…
The Mexican duo, comprised of Jesse Huerta and his sister Joy Huerta, picked up their first ever gramophone at Sunday’s Grammy Awards show.
Jesse & Joy, six-time Latin Grammy winners, including four in 2012, took home the award for Best Latin Pop Album for their critically acclaimed album Un Besito Mas, which won Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album at last year’s Latin Grammys.
The siblings beat out strong studio efforts from Gaby Moreno, Laura Pausini, Sanalejo and Diego Torres for their first Grammy.
Kirstie Maldonado is now a three-time Grammy winner.
The 24-year-old half-Mexican, part Spanish-American singer and her fellow Pentatonix members won a gramophone Sunday night in anew category.
Pentatonix and Dolly Parton took home the Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their remix of Parton’s iconic hit “Jolene.”
The five-member a cappella group had previously won back-to-back Grammys in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella category in 2015 and 2016.
Chucho Valdés has earned the sixth gramophone of his career, and his first since 2009.
The 75-year-old Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, whose career spans over 50 years, picked up the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album for his latest work, Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac.
Vicente Fernández has won his third career Grammy…
The 76-year-old Mexican singer, nicknamed “El Rey de la Música Ranchera,” won the Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) Grammy for his album Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo).
The first time’s the charm for Ile…
The 27-year-old Puerto Rican singer, composer, and vocalist, who was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist, took home her first Grammy for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album for her first solo album iLevitable, which was released in June 2016.
For 10 years, Ile, whose real name is Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar, was the sole female singer of Calle 13, performing along with her brothers René Pérez Joglar (“Residente“) and Eduardo Cabra Joglar (“Visitante“).
The late Jose Lugo and his band Guasábara Combo won the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album for Donde Están?
Lugo died last June at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer.
Giancarlo Guerrero proved to be the big winner of the night, picking up three Grammys.
The 47-year-old Costa Rican conductor, the music director of the Nashville Symphony, took home the awards for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Compendium and Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his work on the Nashville Symphony’s Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway project.
Here’s a look at the winners at the 59th annual Grammy Awards:
GENERAL FIELD
Album Of The Year: 25 — Adele
Record Of The Year: “Hello” — Adele
Song Of The Year: “Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
Best New Artist: Chance The Rapper
POP FIELD
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots
Best Pop Vocal Album: 25 — Adele
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Hello” — Adele
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD
Best Dance Recording: “Don’t Let Me Down” — The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skin — Flume
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FIELD
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha — Snarky Puppy
ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Song: “Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
Best Rock Performance: “Blackstar” — David Bowie
Best Metal Performance: “Dystopia” — Megadeth
Best Rock Album: Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album: Blackstar — David Bowie
R&B FIELD
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Lemonade — Beyoncé
Best R&B Performance: “Cranes in the Sky” — Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Angel” — Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song: “Lake By the Ocean” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Best R&B Album: Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Album: Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper
Best Rap Performance: “No Problem” — Chance the Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Best Rap/Sung Performance: “Hotline Bling” — Drake
Best Rap Song: “Hotline Bling” — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance: “My Church” — Maren Morris
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Jolene” — Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
Best Country Song: “Humble and Kind” — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
Best Country Album: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson
NEW AGE FIELD
Best New Age Album: White Sun II — White Sun
JAZZ FIELD
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” — John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Country for Old Men — John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom — Ted Nash Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac — Chucho Valdés
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “God Provides” — Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Thy Will” — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters Track from: Love Remains
Best Gospel Album: Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Love Remains — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Best Roots Gospel Album: Hymns — Joey+Rory
LATIN FIELD
Best Latin Pop Album: Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: iLevitable — ile
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) — Vicente Fernández
Best Tropical Latin Album: Donde Están? — Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FIELD
Best American Roots Performance: “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz
Best American Roots Song: “Kid Sister” — Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Best Americana Album: This Is Where I Live — William Bell
Best Bluegrass Album: Coming Home — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Best Traditional Blues Album: Porcupine Meat — Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album: The Last Days of Oakland — Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album: Undercurrent — Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album: E Walea — Kalani Pe’a
REGGAE FIELD
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley — Ziggy Marley
WORLD MUSIC FIELD
Best World Music Album: Sing Me Home — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
CHILDREN’S FIELD
Best Children’s Album: Infinity Plus One — Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
SPOKEN WORD FIELD
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
COMEDY FIELD
Best Comedy Album: Talking for Clapping — Patton Oswalt
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple — Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Miles Ahead — Miles Davis & Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Star Wars: The Force Awakens — John Williams, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
COMPOSING/ARRANGING FIELD
Best Instrumental Composition: “Spoken At Midnight” — Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “You and I” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Flintstones” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
PACKAGE FIELD
Best Recording Package: Blackstar — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Edith Piaf 1915-2015 — Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)
NOTES FIELD
Best Album Notes: Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along — Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
HISTORICAL FIELD
Best Historical Album: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Collector’s Edition) — Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Blackstar — David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen, Tony Visconti & Joe LaPorta (David Bowie)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin
Best Remixed Recording: “Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix)” — André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Surround Sound Album: Dutilleux: Sur La Mêe Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Orchestral Field: Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 — Krzystof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Steve Reich — Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway — Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Shakespeare Songs — Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Best Classical Compendium: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway — Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video: “Formation” — Beyoncé
Best Music Film: The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years — (The Beatles)
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