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Los Angeles - Top nominee Lizzo kicked off the 2020 Grammys on Sunday with a tribute to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, before launching into a rousing medley of her hits.
"Tonight is for Kobe," shouted the 31-year-old, who already won two awards in the pre-gala event that led into music's marquee night.
She went on to win Best Pop Solo performance, Urban Contemporary album and Traditional R&B performance.
Bryant - a hero for Los Angeles who played for the Lakers in the Staples Center, where the Grammys were held - died in a helicopter crash earlier in the day, along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter.
After a glittering performance of Truth Hurts and Cuz I Love You - which featured ballerinas, orchestrals and the artist's signature flute skills - Lizzo passed the torch to Grammy host Alicia Keys who offered another moving tribute to Bryant.
Goth-inspired pop innovator Billie Eilish cleaned up at Sunday's Grammys, winning all four major awards including the prestigious Album of the Year prize.
The 18-year-old beat out stiff competition from viral hitmaker Lil Nas X and the year's most-nominated artist Lizzo.
Eilish soared to mainstream stardom over the past year, after having won a fervent online following for her in-your-face pop sound that can get a little creepy at times, with haunting melodies and heavy bass.
"Mainly I think the fans deserve everything. I feel like they have not been talked about enough tonight because they're the only reason any of us are here at all," she said.
"So thanks to the fans."
She shared her success with her older brother Finneas O'Connell, her primary creative collaborator.
"We just make music in a bedroom together," said O'Connell. "We still do that and they let us do that. (...) This is to all of the kids making music in your bedrooms today - you're going to get one of these."
Eilish also offered a shoutout to pop sensation Ariana Grande, saying she in fact deserved Album of the Year for "thank u, next."
The teen star was among the leading Grammy nominees at Sunday's gala - just 17 when the shortlists came out, she is the youngest person ever nominated in all of the top four categories.
She scored a total of five awards on six nominations, including both Record and Song of the Year for Bad Guy - which made her the first musician born in the 2000s to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Former first lady Michelle Obama won Best Spoken Word Album, for the audiobook of her memoir Becoming.
SEE THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS HERE:
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish - bad guy
Album of the Year
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Rap/Sung Performance
DJ Khaled, Nipsey Hussle, John Legend - Higher
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish - bad guy
Best Rap Album
Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle - Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Dan + Shay - Speechless
Best Pop Solo Performance
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
FINNEAS
Best Pop Vocal Album
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Look Now
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Best Americana Album
Keb’ Mo’ - Oklahoma
Best American Roots Song
I’m With Her - Call My Name
Best American Roots Performance
Sara Bareilles - Saint Honesty
Best World Music Album
Angelique Kidjo - Celia
Best R&B Album
Anderson .Paak - Ventura
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Best R&B Song
PJ Morton - Say So [ft. JoJo]
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Lizzo - Jerome
Best R&B Performance
Anderson .Paak - Come Home [ft. Andre 3000]
Best Alternative Music Album
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Best Rock Album
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues
Best Rock Song
Gary Clark Jr. - “This Land”
Best Metal Performance
Tool - 7empest
Best Rock Performance
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
Best Musical Theater Album
Hadestown
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Jennifer Higdon, composer - Higdon: Harp Concerto
Best Classical Compendium
Nadia Shpachenko - The Poetry of Places
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Joyce Didonato - Songplay
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Nicola Benedetti - Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Attacca Quartet - Shaw: Orange
Best Choral Performance
Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir - Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
Best Opera Recording
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus - Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Orchestral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Norman: Sustain
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Kronos Quartet - Riley: Sun Rings
Best Rap Song
21 Savage - A Lot [ft. J. Cole]
Best Rap Performance
Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle [ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy]
Best Tropical Latin Album (Tie)
Marc Anthony - Opus Aymée Nuviola - A Journey Through Cuban Music
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Mariachi Los Camperos - De Ayer Para Siempre
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Rosalía - El Mal Querer
Best Latin Pop Album
Alejandro Sanz - #ELDISCO
Best Roots Gospel Album
Gloria Gaynor - Testimony
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
for KING & COUNTRY - Burn the Ships
Best Gospel Album
Kirk Franklin - Long Live Love
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
for KING & COUNTRY and Dolly Parton - God Only Knows
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kirk Franklin - Love Theory
Best Country Album
Tanya Tucker - While I’m Livin’
Best Country Song
Tanya Tucker - Bring My Flowers Now
Best Country Solo Performance
Willie Nelson - Ride Me Back Home
Best Latin Jazz Album
Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band - Antidote
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Brian Lynch Big Band - The Omni-american Book Club
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Randy Brecker - Sozinho
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest - “All Night Long”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Jacob Collier - Moon River
Best Instrumental Composition
John Williams - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution
Best Dance/Electronic Album
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
Best Dance Recording
The Chemical Brothers - Got to Keep On
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Michelle Obama - Becoming
Best Children’s Music Album
Jon Samson - Ageless Songs For the Child Archetype
Best Reggae Album
Koffee - Rapture
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Ranky Tanky - Good Time
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin - Patty Griffin
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
Best Traditional Blues Album
Delbert McClinton & Self-made Men - Tall, Dark & Handsome
Best Bluegrass Album
Michael Cleveland - Tall Fiddler
Best New Age Album
Peter Kater - Wings
Best Music Film
Beyoncé - Homecoming
Best Music Video
Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Official Movie)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor - Lux
Best Remixed Recording
Madonna - “I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix)”
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Best Historical Album
Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Best Album Notes
Steve Greenberg - Stax ’68: A Memphis Story
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Various Artists - Woodstock: Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary
Best Recording Package
Chris Cornell - Chris Cornell
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Lady Gaga - I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Hildur Guðnadóttir - Chernobyl
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
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