61st Annual Grammy Awards

The **61st Annual Grammy Awards** ceremony was held on January 11th, 2019. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year. The show was the first time in which the Record of The Year and Song of The Year categories were expanded to include eight nominees rather than five. The category for Best Alternative Album was also reduced to three nominees.

The nominations were announced on December 28th, 2018. Frank Ocean was the most nominated act of the night, with 11 nominations. Maluma and Brendon Urie followed closely behind with 10 nominations. Frank Ocean became the first artist in to receive nominations in the Top 4 categories in a single night. Christina Aguilera and Lana Del Rey followed closely behind with 7 nominations each. Lana Del Rey became the first artist to receive multiple nominations simultaneously in both Record of The Year (Running From Love & Treasure) and Song Of The Year (Tell Me And I'll Go & Treasure), while Frank Ocean achieved the same thing in Record of The Year with Jealous and Two Years. Brendon Urie's "Misconceptions" joined Rihanna's "NEO" and Lorde's "Reflection" as the most nominated release in GRAMMYs (10).

Christina Aguilera was the biggest victor of the night, taking home 4 awards including the coveted Album of The Year and Best R&B Album for "Desperately Seeking Christina". Lorde also took home 4 awards that night, including Song of The Year for "Hereditary", making her the first artist in history to win the category for two consecutive years. Lana Del Rey became the first artist in history to win Record of The Year for two consecutive years as she picked up the award with "Running From Love", also taking home Best Pop Solo Performance for "Rosa" that night. Maluma also took multiple awards that, including Best New Artist and Best Album Campaign for "Maniac".

## Performers

 Kylie Jenner
 Frank Ocean
 Kelly Clarkson
 Brendon Urie
Ariana Grande
Madonna
 Britney Spears
 Maluma

### **General**

**Record of The Year**

* **"Running From Love" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Jamie XX, Lana Del Rey**
* "Fuego" - Maluma, J Balvin, Belinda
* "Sleepless - Florence Welch
* "Jealous" - Camila Cabello, Frank Ocean
* "Living With Saints" - Halsey
* "Two Years" - Frank Ocean
* "Treasure" - Mariah Carey, Lana Del Rey
* "Preacher" - Brendon Urie, Ariana Grande

**Album of The Year**

* **"Desperately Seeking Christina" - Christina Aguilera**
	+ **Lizzo, Brendon Urie, Lorde; featured artists, Christina Aguilera, Maria Lisa, Lizzo, Dan Smith, Lady Gaga, Brendon Urie, MNEK, Linda Perry; writers, Christina Aguilera, Maria Lisa, Diplo, MNEK, Linda Perry, King Henry, Kanye West; producers**
* "Connect" - Frank Ocean
* "Maniac" - Maluma
* "Antisocialities" - Emma Roberts
* "Misconceptions" - Brendon Urie

**Song of The Year**

* **"Hereditary" - Lorde**
	+ **Ella Yelich-O'Connor, songwriter (Lorde)**
* "Two Years" - Frank Ocean
* "Third Saturday" - Emma Roberts
* "Treasure" - Mariah Carey, Lana Del Rey
* "Sleepless" - Florence Welch
* "Better Man" - Brendon Urie
* "Tell Me (And I'll Go)" - Lana Del Rey
* "Red Room" - Lindsay Lohan

**Best New Artist**

* **Maluma**
* Frank Ocean
* Shawn Mendes
* Katy Perry
* Camila Cabello

### **Pop**

**Best Pop Solo Performance**

* **"Rosa" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Lana Del Rey; writer, Noah "40" Shebib, Lana Del Rey; producers**
* "Antidote" - Mariah Carey
* "BOY" - Camila Cabello
* "Soap On Skin" - Christina Aguilera
* "Two Years" - Frank Ocean

**Best Pop Duo/Group Performance**

* **"Preacher" - Brendon Urie, Ariana Grande**
	+ **Brendon Urie, Ariana Grande, Madonna Ciccone, Patrick Leonard; writers, Brendon Urie, Max Martin, Andrew Watt; producers**
* "Fuego" - Maluma, Belinda, J Balvin
* "Jealous" - Camila Cabello, Frank Ocean
* "Treasure" - Mariah Carey, Lana Del Rey
* "Loveless Fascination" - Emma Roberts, JENNIE

**Best Pop Vocal Album**

* **"Connect" - Frank Ocean**
	+ **Frank Ocean; writer, Frank Ocean, Max Martin, Disclosure, Malay; producers**
* "Antisocialities" - Emma Roberts
* "Mutually Detrimental" - Camila Cabello
* "Maniac" - Maluma
* "Thrills" - Charli XCX

### **R&B**

**Best R&B Recording**

* **"Red Room" - Lindsay Lohan**
	+ Lindsay Dee Lohan; writer, Charlie Handsome, Didi, Lindsay Lohan; producer
* "Some Kind Of Drug" - Ariana Grande, Maluma
* "Storm" - Frank Ocean
* "Dangerously" - Brendon Urie
* "Anything" - Tinashe

**Best R&B Album**

* **"Desperately Seeking Christina" - Christina Aguilera**
	+ **Lizzo, Brendon Urie, Lorde; featured artists, Christina Aguilera, Maria Lisa, Lizzo, Dan Smith, Lady Gaga, Brendon Urie, MNEK, Linda Perry; writers, Christina Aguilera, Maria Lisa, Diplo, MNEK, Linda Perry, King Henry, Kanye West; producers**
* "Mariposa Negra" - Rihanna
* "Rewind" - Tinashe
* "Misconceptions" - Brendon Urie
* "Arcane: The Re-Inarcanation" - Mariah Carey

### **Dance/Electronic**

**Best Dance Recording**

* **"True Religion" - Lorde**
	+ Lorde; writer, Ali Payami; producer
* "Jonah" - Christina Aguilera
* "Flesh" - Britney Spears
* "Be Someone" - Frank Ocean
* "Disguise" - Charli XCX

### **Alternative**

**Best Alternative Recording**

* **"Dancing In Paris" - Lorde**
	+ **Lorde; writer/producer**
* "Running From Love" - Lana Del Rey
* "No Prisoner" - Rihanna
* "Living With Saints" - Halsey
* "Sleepless" - Florence Welch

**Best Alternative Album**

* **"M&Ms" - Lorde**
	+ **Lorde; writers, Lorde; producer**
* "The Garden" - Florence Welch
* "The Resistance" - Shawn Mendes

### **Visual/Campaign**

**Best Album Campaign Visuals**

* **"Desperately Seeking Christina" - Christina Aguilera**
* "The Garden" - Florence Welch
* "Maniac" - Maluma
* "Antisocialities" - Emma Roberts
* "Misconceptions" - Brendon Urie

**Best Album Campaign**

* **"Maniac" - Maluma**
* "Mutually Detrimental" - Camila Cabello
* "Connect" - Frank Ocean"
* "Arcane - The Re-Inarcanation" - Mariah Carey
* "Misconceptions" - Brendon Urie

**Best Album Cover**

* **"Desperately Seeking Christina" - Christina Aguilera**
* "Mariposa Negra" - Rihanna
* "Misconceptions" - Brendon Urie
* "Antisocialities" - Emma Roberts
* "Maniac" - Maluma

**Best Single Cover**

* **"Tongue Tied" - Strawberry Blonde**
* "Soap On Skin" - Christina Aguilera
* "Living With Saints" - Halsey
* "Disguise" - Charli XCX
* "Sleepless" - Florence Welch

**Best Music Video**

* **"Flowin' (Are You Nasty?)" - Britney Spears**
	+ **David LaChapelle, Steven Klein; directors**
* "Running From Love" - Lana Del Rey
* "Treasure" - Mariah Carey, Lana Del Rey
* "Preacher" - Brendon Urie, Ariana Grande
* "Fuego" - Maluma, Belinda, J Balvin