Grammy Awards 2018: Bruno Mars beats out Jay-Z for album of the year

Still, the most talked about performance of the night was Kesha's "Praying."

Here are the winners for the evening's top awards:

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• 6lack – "Prblms"
• GoldLink featuring Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy – "Crew"
• Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé – "Family Feud"
• WINNER: Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna – "Loyalty"
• SZA featuring Travis Scott – "Love Galore"

 

Best new artist

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

 

Best pop solo performance

• “Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
• “Praying” — Kesha
• “Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
• “What About Us” — P!nk
• WINNER: “Shape Of You” — Ed Sheeran

 

Best rap album

• "4:44" — Jay-Z
• WINNER: "DAMN." — Kendrick Lamar
• "Culture" — Migos
• "Laila's Wisdom" — Rapsody
• "Flower Boy" — Tyler, The Creator

 

Best country album

• "Cosmic Hallelujah" — Kenny Chesney
• "Heart Break" — Lady Antebellum
• "The Breaker" — Little Big Town
• Life Changes" — Thomas Rhett
• WINNER: "From A Room: Volume 1" — Chris Stapleton

 

Song of the year

• “Despacito” — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
• “4:44” — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
• “Issues” — Benny Blanco, 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, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
• WINNER: “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)

 

Record of the year

• “Redbone” — Childish Gambino
• “Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
• "The Story Of O.J." — Jay-Z
• “HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
• WINNER: “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars

 

Album of the year

• "Awaken, My Love!" — Childish Gambino
• "4:44" — Jay-Z
• "DAMN." — Kendrick Lamar
• "Melodrama" — Lorde
• WINNER: "24K Magic" — Bruno Mars