The 59th Grammy awards became the stage for music industry to get political given the current scenario in the United States of America. But that does not take away the focus from the winners of the night.

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Adele won every award she was nominated for her album 25. She also defeated Beyonce's Lemonade only to acknowledge the power of latter's album and asking Queen Bey to be her mommy!

Chance the Rapper shined as he won the best new artist award and Twenty One Pilots became quite a spectacle as they took the stage minus their pants.

Nonetheless, it was fun show all around.

Here is the list of all the winners - 

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 MUSIC

Best Pop Vocal Album:

25 — Adele

Best Pop Solo Performance:

“Hello” — Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson

DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Best Dance Recording:

“Don’t Let Me Down” — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Skin — Flume

CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

Culcha Vulcha — Snarky Puppy

ROCK MUSIC

Best Rock Performance:

“Blackstar” — David Bowie

Best Metal Performance:

“Dystopia” — Megadeth 

Best Rock Song:

“Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

Best Rock Album:

Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

Best Alternative Music Album:

Blackstar — David Bowie

R&B MUSIC

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 Urban Contemporary Album:

Lemonade — Beyoncé

Best R&B Album:

Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway

RAP MUSIC

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)

Best Rap Album:

Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper

COUNTRY MUSIC 

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 MUSIC 

Best New Age Album:

White Sun II — White Sun

JAZZ 

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

WORLD MUSIC 

Best World Music Album:

Sing Me Home — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

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)

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!” from Trolls — 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)