60th Annual Grammy Awards

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018. The CBS network broadcast the show live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show was moved to January to avoid coinciding with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, as was the case in 2010 and 2014. James Corden returned as host.

The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017. The "pre-telecast" ceremony (officially named The Premiere Ceremony) was held on the same day prior to the main ceremony.

The nominations were announced on November 28, 2017 with Jay-Z leading the nomination with eight, followed by Kendrick Lamar with seven. Bruno Mars won all his six nominations, becoming the eighth artist who have won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in one night. Canadian singer Alessia Cara won for Best New Artist.

Performers

Premiere ceremony

Main ceremony

Presenters

Nominations and winners

Nominees list adapted from the Recording Academy's website.

General

Record of the Year

• "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars
  • Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
• "Redbone" – Childish Gambino
  • Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, producers; Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
  • Josh Gudwin, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, producers; Josh Gudwin & Jaycen Joshua, Chris "TEK" O’Ryan, Mauricio Rengifo, Juan G Rivera "Gaby Music", Luis "Salda" Saldarriaga & Andrés Torres, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
• "The Story of O.J." – Jay-Z
  • Jay-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglass & Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
• "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar
  • Asheton Hogan & Mike Will Made It, producers; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

• 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
  • Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
• "Awaken, My Love!" – Childish Gambino
  • Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, producers; Bryan Carrigan, Chris Fogel, Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
• 4:44 – Jay-Z
  • Jay-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglass & Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, engineers/mixers; Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
• Damn – Kendrick Lamar
  • DJ Dahi, Sounwave & Anthony Tiffith, producers; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; K. Duckworth, D. Natche, M. Spears & A. Tiffith, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
• Melodrama – Lorde
  • Jack Antonoff & Lorde, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Ella Yelich-O'Connor, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

• "That's What I Like"
  • Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
• "Despacito"
  • Ramón Ayala Rodriguez, Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton Jr., songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)
• "4:44"
  • Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
• "Issues"
  • Benjamin Levin, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
• "1-800-273-8255"
  • Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart, songwriters (Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)

Best New Artist

• Alessia Cara
• Khalid
• Lil Uzi Vert
• Julia Michaels
• SZA

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran
• "Love So Soft" – Kelly Clarkson
• "Praying" – Kesha
• "Million Reasons" – Lady Gaga
• "What About Us" – Pink

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man
• "Something Just like This" – The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• "Thunder" – Imagine Dragons
• "Stay" – Zedd and Alessia Cara

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Dae Bennett, producer (various artists)
• Nobody but Me (deluxe version) – Michael Bublé
• Triplicate – Bob Dylan
• In Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane
• Wonderland – Sarah McLachlan

Best Pop Vocal Album

• ÷ – Ed Sheeran
• Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
• Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
• Evolve – Imagine Dragons
• Rainbow – Kesha
• Joanne – Lady Gaga

Dance/electronic music

Best Dance Recording

• "Tonite" – LCD Soundsystem
  • James Murphy, producer; James Murphy, mixer
• "Bambro Koyo Ganda" – Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa
  • Bonobo, producer; Bonobo, mixer
• "Cola" – CamelPhat & Elderbrook
  • CamelPhat & Elderbrook, producers; CamelPhat, mixer
• "Andromeda" – Gorillaz featuring DRAM
  • Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Remi Kabaka & Anthony Khan, producers; Stephen Sedgwick, mixer
• "Line of Sight" – Odesza featuring WYNNE & Mansionair
  • Clayton Knight & Harrison Mills, producers; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• 3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
• Migration – Bonobo
• Mura Masa – Mura Masa
• A Moment Apart – Odesza
• What Now – Sylvan Esso

Contemporary instrumental music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Prototype – Jeff Lorber Fusion
• What If – The Jerry Douglas Band
• Spirit – Alex Han
• Mount Royal – Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
• Bad Hombre – Antonio Sanchez

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• "You Want It Darker" – Leonard Cohen
• "The Promise" – Chris Cornell
• "Run" – Foo Fighters
• "No Good" – Kaleo
• "Go to War" – Nothing More

Best Metal Performance

• "Sultan's Curse" – Mastodon
• "Invisible Enemy" – August Burns Red
• "Black Hoodie" – Body Count
• "Forever" – Code Orange
• "Clockworks" – Meshuggah

Best Rock Song

• "Run"
  • Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
• "Atlas, Rise!"
  • James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
• "Blood in the Cut"
  • JT Daly and Kristine Flaherty, songwriters (K.Flay)
• "Go to War"
  • Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters (Nothing More)
• "The Stage"
  • Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)

Best Rock Album

• A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs
• Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
• Hardwired... to Self-Destruct – Metallica
• The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
• Villains – Queens of the Stone Age

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Sleep Well Beast – The National
• Everything Now – Arcade Fire
• Humanz – Gorillaz
• American Dream – LCD Soundsystem
• Pure Comedy – Father John Misty

R&B

Best R&B Performance

• "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars
• "Get You" – Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis
• "Distraction" – Kehlani
• "High" – Ledisi
• "The Weekend" – SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance