Ogni genere musicale premiato ieri sera ai 58esimi Grammy Awards ha visto protagonisti gli artisti Sony Music.
Mark Ronson ha ricevuto due riconoscimenti – Record of the Year e Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – per la sua hit “Uptown Funk” (feat. Bruno Mars), Meghan Trainor è stata eletta Best New Artist, e D’Angelo ha conquistato i Grammy per Best R&B Song (“Really Love”) e Best R&B Album (“Black Messiah”).
“Dale” di Pitbull si è aggiudicato il Grammy per il Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, a pari merito con “Hasta La Raíz” di Natalia Lafourcade. Il Grammy per il Best Latin Pop Album è andato a Ricky Martin con A Quien Quiera Escuchar. Tra gli artisti premiati anche Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett e i Pentatonix.
I nostri artisti sono saliti sul palco anche nelle vesti di performer. I Pentatonix si sono uniti a Stevie Wonder per eseguire “That’s the Way of the World” in omaggio a Maurice White degli Earth, Wind & Fire, John Legend ha interpretato “Easy” e Meghan Trainor “You Are” nel tributo a Lionel Richie, eletto MusiCares person of The Year. Miguel ha invece omaggiato Michael Jackson con il classico“She’s Out of My Life” e Pitbull ha chiuso lo show con un’elettrizzante doppia performance di “El Taxi”- che ha ospitato l’apparizione a sorpresa dell’attrice Sofia Vergara – e del suo nuovo brano “Bad Man” con Travis Barker, Joe Perry e Robin Thicke.
Ecco i premi principali conquistati dagli artisti Sony Music ai Grammys 2016:
1. RECORD OF THE YEAR
• Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Track from: Uptown Special [RCA Records]
4. BEST NEW ARTIST
• Meghan Trainor
6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Track from: Uptown Special
[RCA Records]
7. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
[RPM Records/Columbia Records]
19. BEST R&B SONG
• Really Love
D’Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D’Angelo And The Vanguard)
Track from: Black Messiah
[RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.]
21. BEST R&B ALBUM
• Black Messiah
D’Angelo And The Vanguard
[RCA Records]
36. BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
• Wanna Be Happy?
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
[RCA Records/Fo Yo Soul Recordings; Publisher(s): Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs and Irving Music, Inc. admin. by Universal Music Publishing]
38. BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
• Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Israel & Newbreed
[RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration]
41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
• A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Ricky Martin
[Sony Music Latin]
42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
EX AEQUO
- Hasta La Raíz
Natalia Lafourcade
[Sony Music Latin]• Dale
Pitbull
[Mr. 305 / Sony Music Latin]49. BEST BLUES ALBUM
• Born To Play Guitar
Buddy Guy
[RCA Records/Silvertone Records]
- BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Track from: That’s Christmas To Me
[RCA Records]
67. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
[Columbia/Legacy]
70. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
[RCA Records]
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
- BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
• Glory
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
Track from: Selma
[Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited]
- BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
• Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
Track from: Blackstar [Columbia]
69. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
• Jeff Bhasker
• Ain’t Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
• Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
• Burning House (Cam) (T)
• Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
• Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
• Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)
71. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
•Amused To Death
James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
[Columbia/Legacy]