Grammy-2016: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber and Other Winners

This night in Los Angeles, the stars gathered in the Staples Center building for the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony, which is rightfully considered a musical Oscar.

Grand show

The host of the event was the rapper LL Cool J, who masterfully entertained the finicky auditorium. The guests were delighted with Adele, Taylor Swift (opening the concert), John Legend, Lady Gaga, Johnny Depp with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, backed by Amber Hurd, The Weeknd, for whom her friend Bella Hadid, Kendrick Lamar, Lionel Richie and others.

Winners of Grammy 2016

The triumphant evening was Kendrick Lamar, who took five prize-winning statuettes. He won them in all rap categories and shared with Taylor Swift the victory for the best clip (he became "Bad Blood").

Taylor also received a prestigious award for the best album (1989). During her speech, the singer "took revenge" on her offender Kanye West (there was no rapper in the room), insulting her in her song. She said that, unfortunately, there are people who do not like it when a woman achieves success and they try to snatch a part of her fame.

The song of the year was recognized as the ballad "Thinking Out Loud" performed by Ed Sheeran. "Gramophone" for the best debut fell into the hands of Megan Traynor, and Justin Bieber was awarded for the best dance song.

In electronic nominations it was not equal to Skrikljus and Diplo aka Jack Ü. The most popular recording was "Uptown Funk" from Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Three awards in the fatal categories received the team of Alabama Shakes.

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Complaints about the organization

We will add that this year an avalanche of criticism fell on the organizers of the award. The broadcast of the music festival was watched by millions of viewers, who were angered by the abundance of advertisements, in fact the frequency of commercials exceeded the time of performances of artists.