The 2021 Grammy Awards was a night that fans will continue to discuss for quite some time.
Music's biggest stars gathered for the ceremony on Sunday, March 14 to honor the recording industry's top achievements from the past year. Host Trevor Noah led the star-studded event that saw Taylor Swift and Beyoncé take home four trophies apiece, with other big winners including Megan Thee Stallion and Billie Eilish.
Indeed, some of the biggest headlines from the telecast focused on the show's record-setting moments, particularly for the Queen Bey herself, whose 28 career wins make her the most-decorated woman in Grammys history.
GENERAL FIELD
Record of the Year
- "Black Parade" -- Beyoncé
- "Colors" -- Black Pumas
- "Rockstar" -- DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch
- "Say So" -- Doja Cat
- WINNER: "Everything I Wanted" -- Billie Eilish
- "Don't Start Now" -- Dua Lipa
- "Circles" -- Post Malone
- "Savage" -- Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Album of the Year
- "Chilombo" -- Jhené Aiko
- "Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)" -- Black Pumas
- "Everyday Life" -- Coldplay
- "Djesse Vol.3" -- Jacob Collier
- "Women in Music Pt. III" -- HAIM
- "Future Nostalgia" -- Dua Lipa
- "Hollywood's Bleeding" -- Post Malone
- WINNER: "Folklore" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- "Black Parade" -- Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- "The Box" -- Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
- "Cardigan" -- Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
- "Circles" -- Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
- "Don't Start Now" -- Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
- "Everything I Wanted" -- Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
- WINNER: "I Can't Breathe" -- Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
- "If the World Was Ending" -- Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)
Best New Artist
- Ingrid Andress
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Chika
- Noah Cyrus
- D Smoke
- Doja Cat
- Kaytranada
- WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
- "Yummy" -- Justin Bieber
- "Say So" -- Doja Cat
- "Everything I Wanted" -- Billie Eilish
- "Don't Start Now" -- Dua Lipa
- WINNER: "Watermelon Sugar" -- Harry Styles
- "Cardigan" -- Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- "Un Dia" (One Day) -- J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
- "Intentions" -- Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo
- "Dynamite" -- BTS
- WINNER: "Rain On Me" -- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
- "Exile" -- Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- "Blue Umbrella" -- (Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian
- "True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter" -- Harry Connick, Jr.
- WINNER: "American Standard" -- James Taylor
- "Unfollow the Rules" -- Rufus Wainwright
- "Judy" -- Renée Zellweger
Best Pop Vocal Album
- "Changes" -- Justin Bieber
- "Chromatica" -- Lady Gaga
- WINNER: "Future Nostalgia" -- Dua Lipa
- "Fine Line" -- Harry Styles
- "Folklore" -- Taylor Swift
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Best Dance Recording
- "On My Mind" -- Diplo & SIDEPIECE
Diplo & SIDEPIECE, producers; Luca Pretolesi, mixer - "My High" -- Disclosure Featuring Aminé & Slowthai
Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer - "The Difference" -- Flume Featuring Toro y Moi
Flume, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer - "Both of Us" -- Jayda G
Fred Again.. & Jayda G, producers; Fred Again.. & Jayda G, mixers - WINNER: "10%" -- Kaytran"ada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- "Kick I" -- Arca
- "Planet's Mad" -- Baauer
- "Energy" -- Disclosure
- WINNER: "Bubba" -- Kaytranada
- "Good Faith" -- Madeon
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- "Axiom" -- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
- "Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard" -- Jon Batiste
- "Take the Stairs" -- Black Violin
- "Americana" -- Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell
- WINNER: "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" -- Snarky Puppy
ROCK
Best Rock Performance
- WINNER: "Shameika"-- Fiona Apple
- "Not" -- Big Thief
- "Kyoto" -- Phoebe Bridgers
- "The Steps" -- HAIM
- "Stay High" -- Brittany Howard
- "Daylight" -- Grace Potter
Best Metal Performance
- WINNER: "Bum-Rush" -- Body Count
- "Underneath" -- Code Orange
- "The In-between" -- In This Moment
- "Bloodmoney" -- Poppy
- "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" -- Power Trip
Best Rock Song
- "Kyoto" -- Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)
- "Lost in Yesterday" -- Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala)
- "Not" -- Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)
- "Shameika" -- Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)
- WINNER: "Stay High" -- Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album
- "A Hero's Death" -- Fontaines D.C.
- "Kiwanuka" -- Michael Kiwanuka
- "Daylight" -- Grace Potter
- "Sound & Fury" -- Sturgill Simpson
- WINNER: "The New Abnormal" -- The Strokes
ALTERNATIVE
Best Alternative Music Album
- WINNER: "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" -- Fiona Apple
- "Hyperspace" -- Beck
- "Punisher" -- Phoebe Bridgers
- "Jaime" -- Brittany Howard
- "The Slow Rush" -- Tame Impala
R&B
Best R&B Performance
- "Lightning & Thunder" -- Rhené Aiko Featuring John Legend
- WINNER: "Black Parade" -- Beyoncé
- "All I Need" -- Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
- "Goat Head" -- Brittany Howard
- "See Me" -- Emily King
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- "Sit on Down" -- The Baylor Project Featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
- "Wonder What She Thinks of Me"-- Chloe X Halle
- "Let Me Go" -- Mykal Kilgore
- WINNER: "Anything for You" -- Ledisi
- "Distance" -- Yebba
Best R&B Song
- WINNER: "Better Than I Imagined" -- Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
- "Black Parade" -- Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- "Collide" -- Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG)
- "Do It" -- Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, songwriters (Chloe X Halle)
- "Slow Down" -- Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)
Best Progressive R&B Album
- "Chilombo" -- Jhené Aiko
- "Ungodly Hour" -- Chloe X Halle
- "Free Nationals" -- Free Nationals
- "F*** Yo Feelings" -- Robert Glasper
- WINNER: "It Is What It Is" -- Thundercat
Best R&B Album
- "Happy 2 Be Here" -- Ant Clemons
- "Take Time" -- Giveon
- "To Feel Love/d" -- Luke James
- WINNER: "Bigger Love" -- John Legend
- "All Rise" -- Gregory Porter
RAP
Best Rap Performance
- "Deep Reverence" -- Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle
- "Bop" -- DaBaby
- "Whats Poppin" -- Jack Harlow
- "The Bigger Picture"
Lil Baby - WINNER: "Savage" -- Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
- "Dior" --- Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- "Rockstar" -- DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch
- "Laugh Now Cry Later" -- Drake Featuring Lil Durk
- WINNER: "Lockdown" -- Anderson .Paak
- "The Box" -- Roddy Ricch
- "Highest in the Room" -- Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
- "The Bigger Picture" -- Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai'shaun Williams, songwriters (Lil Baby)
- "The Box" -- Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
- "Laugh Now Cry Later" -- Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron LaTour & Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil Durk)
- "Rockstar" -- Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro IV & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch)
- WINNER: "Savage" -- Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album
- "Black Habits" -- D SMOKE
- "Alfredo" -- Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
- "A Written Testimony" -- Jay Electronica
- WINNER: "King's Disease" -- Nas
- "The Allegory" -- Royce 5’9"
COUNTRY
Best Country Solo Performance
- "Stick That In Your Country Song" -- Eric Church
- "Who You Thought I Was" -- Brandy Clark
- WINNER: "When My Amy Prays" -- Vince Gill
- "Black Like Me" -- Mickey Guyton
- "Bluebird" -- Miranda Lambert
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- "All Night" -- Brothers Osborne
- WINNER: "10,000 Hours" -- Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
- "Ocean" -- Lady A
- "Sugar Coat" -- Little Big Town
- "Some People Do" -- Old Dominion
Best Country Song
- "Bluebird" -- Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
- "The Bones" -- Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
- WINNER: "Crowded Table" -- Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
- "More Hearts Than Mine" -- Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)
- "Some People Do" -- Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)
Best Country Album
- "Lady Like" -- Ingrid Andress
- "Your Life is a Record" -- Brandy Clark
- WINNER: "Wildcard" -- Miranda Lambert
- "Nightfall" -- Little Big Town
- "Never Will" -- Ashley McBryde
NEW AGE
Best New Age Album
- "Songs From the Bardo" -- Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
- "Periphery" -- Priya Darshini
- "Form//Less" -- Superposition
- WINNER: "More Guitar Stories" -- Jim "Kimo" West
- "Meditations" -- Cory Wong & Jon Batiste
JAZZ
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- "Guinnevere" -- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist
Track from: Axiom - "Pachamama" -- Regina Carter, soloist
Track from: Ona (Thana Alexa) - "Celia" -- Gerald Clayton, soloist
- WINNER: "All Blues" -- Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade) - "Moe Honk" -- Joshua Redman, soloist
Track from: RoundAgain (Redman Mehldau McBride Blade)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- "Ona" -- Thana Alexa
- WINNER: "Secrets Are the Best Stories" -- Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
- "Modern Ancestors" -- Carmen Lundy
- "Holy Room: Live at Alte OPER" -- Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band Conducted By John Beasley
- "What's the Hurry?" -- Kenny Washington
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- "On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment" -- Ambrose Akinmusire
- "Waiting Game" -- Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science
- "Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard" -- Gerald Clayton
- WINNER: "Trilogy 2" -- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
- "Roundagain" -- Redman Mehldau McBride Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- "Dialogues On Race" -- Gregg August
- "Monk'estra Plays John Beasley" -- John Beasley’s MONK’estra
- "The Intangible Between" -- Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band
- "Songs You Like a Lot" -- John Hollenbeck With Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace And The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
- WINNER: "Data Lords" -- Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
- "Tradiciones" -- Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
- WINNER: "Four Questions" -- Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- "City of Dreams" -- Chico Pinheiro
- "Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo" -- Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola
- "Trane's Delight" -- Poncho Sanchez
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- "Wonderful is Your Name" -- Melvin Crispell III
- "Release" (Live) -- Ricky Dillard Featuring Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter
- "Come Together" -- Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Present: The Good News; Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins & Jazz Nixon, producers; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters
- "Won't Let Go" -- Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter
- WINNER: "Movin' On" -- Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- "The Blessing" (Live) -- Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters
- "Sunday Morning" -- Lecrae Featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Rafael X. Brown, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, Songwriters
- "Holy Water" -- We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters
- "Famous Fore (I Believe)" -- Tauren Wells Featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters
- WINNER: "There Was Jesus" -- Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
- "2econd Wind: Ready" -- Anthony Brown & group therAPy
- "My Tribute" -- Myron Butler
- "Choirmaster" -- Ricky Dillard
- WINNER: "Gospel According to PJ" -- PJ Morton
- Kierra -- Kierra Sheard
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- "Run to the Father" -- Cody Carnes
- "All of My Best Friends" -- Hillsong Young & Free
- "Holy Water" -- We The Kingdom
- "Citizen of Heaven" -- Tauren Wells
- WINNER: "Jesus is King" -- Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album
- "Beautiful Day" -- Mark Bishop
- "20/20" -- The Crabb Family
- "What Christmas Really Means" -- The Erwins
- WINNER: "Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)" -- Fisk Jubilee Singers
- "Something Beautiful" -- Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
LATIN
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
- WINNER: "YHLQMDLG" -- Bad Bunny
- "Por Primera Vez" -- Camilo
- "Mesa Para Dos" -- Kany García
- "Pausa" -- Ricky Martin
- "3:33" -- Debi Nova
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- "Aura" -- Bajofondo
- "Monstruo" -- Cami
- "Sobrevolando" -- Cultura Profética
- WINNER: "La Conquista Del Espacio" -- Fito Paez
- "Miss Colombia" -- Lido Pimienta
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
- "Hecho en Mexico" -- Alejandro Fernández
- "La Serenata" -- Lupita Infante
- WINNER: "Un Canto por Mexico, Vol. 1" -- Natalia Lafourcade
- "Bailando Sones y Huapangos Con Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez" -- Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
- "AYAYAY!" -- Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
- "Mi Tumbao" -- José Alberto "El Ruiseñor"
- "Infinto" -- Edwin Bonilla
- "Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe)" -- Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis
- WINNER: "40" -- Grupo Niche
- "Memorias de Navidad" -- Víctor Manuelle
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC
Best American Roots Performance
- "Colors" -- Black Pumas
- "Deep in Love" -- Bonny Light Horseman
- "Short and Sweet" -- Brittany Howard
- "I'll Be Gone" -- Norah Jones & Mavis Staples
- WINNER: "I Remember Everything" -- John Prine
Best American Roots Song
- "Cabin" -- Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)
- "Ceiling to the Floor" -- Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)
- "Hometown" -- Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)
- WINNER: "I Remember Everything" -- Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
- "Man Without a Soul" -- Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda Williams)
Best Americana Album
- "Old Flower" -- Courtney Marie Andrews
- "Terms of Surrender" -- Hiss Golden Messenger
- WINNER: "World on the Ground -- Sarah Jarosz
- "El Dorado" -- Marcus King
- "Good Souls Better Angels" -- Lucinda Williams
Best Bluegrass Album
- "Man on Fire" -- Danny Barnes
- "To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1" -- Thomm Jutz
- "North Carolina Songbook" -- Steep Canyon Rangers
- WINNER: "Home" -- Billy Strings
- "The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1" -- (Various Artists) Matt Combs & Katie Harford Hogue, producers