Bad Bunny wins album of the year, Lamar dominates Grammys

Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny won Album of the Year at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards held Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, while Kendrick Lamar emerged as the ceremony’s most decorated artist for the second year in a row, Monday, Feb. 2.

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LOS ANGELES — Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos secured the night’s top prize, edging out nominees including Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Tyler, the Creator in the Grammys’ most prestigious category.

Lamar took home five awards, including Record of the Year for “Luther” featuring SZA and Best Rap Album for GNX. He also won Best Rap Song for “TV Off” and Best Melodic Rap Performance for “Luther”.

In the other “Big Four” categories, Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for “Wildflower”, while British singer Olivia Dean was named Best New Artist.

Lady Gaga won Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem and Best Dance/Pop Recording for “Abracadabra”. In the alternative field, British band The Cure won Best Alternative Music Album for Songs Of A Lost World and Best Alternative Music Performance for “Alone”.

In rap categories beyond Lamar, Clipse, Pusha T and Malice won Best Rap Performance for “Chains & Whips” featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams.

Elsewhere, Kehlani won both Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for “Folded”, while Leon Thomas claimed Best R&B Album for Mutt. Tyla won Best African Music Performance for “Push 2 Start”.

In rock categories, Turnstile won Best Rock Album for Never Enough and Best Metal Performance for “Birds”. Nine Inch Nails secured Best Rock Song for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be”.

In country, Chris Stapleton won Best Country Solo Performance for “Bad As I Used To Be”, while Tyler Childers won Best Country Song for “Bitin’ List”.

Among production honors, Cirkut was named Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, and Amy Allen won Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.

The ceremony also marked a cultural milestone, with Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African artist to receive the honor.

Awards were also presented for film, television and gaming music. Ludwig Göransson won Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for Sinners, Austin Wintory won Best Score for Video Games for Sword of the Sea, Doechii won Best Music Video for “Anxiety”, and Music by John Williams won Best Music Film.

The 68th Grammy Awards recognised winners across more than 90 categories, reflecting a diverse year in global music across pop, rap, rock, Latin, African, jazz and classical genres.