Grammys 2019: Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino, Cardi B win big


Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour took home Album of the Year at Sunday night's 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Musgraves also won the awards for Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance ("Butterflies"), and Best Country Song ("Space Cowboy"). Childish Gambino won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rap/Sung Performance for "This is America," and this was the first time a rap song was named Song of the Year. Cardi B won Best Rap Album for Invasion of Privacy, becoming the first solo female performer to win in that category. Dua Lipa was named Best New Artist, and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Shallow" from A Star is Born.
Other winners include: Ariana Grande, Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener; Drake, Best Rap Song for "God's Plan"; Greta Van Fleet, Best Rock Album for From the Fires; and Brandi Carlile, who took home multiple awards: Best Americana Album for By The Way, I Forgive You and Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance for "The Joke." For a full list of winners, visit The Hollywood Reporter.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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