Gelaran Grammy Awards ke 58 baru saja usai. Tak kurang 70 piala dari berbagai kategori telah diberikan kepada para pemenangnya, mulai dari Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Reggae, hingga Song of the Year.
Ada yang tidak biasa dalam ajang Grammy Awards tahun ini, yaitu digelar pada hari Senin 15 Februari, waktu Amerika atau Selasa 16 Februari Waktu Indonesia, bukan di hari Minggu seperti biasanya. Pasalnya di Amerika, tanggal 15 Februari merupakan President’s Day, sehingga disana ada long weekend, ehingga pihak Grammy memutuskan untuk menyelanggarakan di hari Senin.
Dalam acara ang digelar di Staples Centre, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat itu memang tidak semuanya ditayangkan secara live di TV, tetapi ada beberapa piala yang diberikan dalam ‘pre-telecast’ yang digelar di Microsoft Theater, yang bersebelahan dengan Staples Center tempat diadakannya Grammy Awards. Sedang untuk kategori yang bergengsi disiarkan secara langsung di TV.
LL Coll J masih dipercaya menjadi host tahun ini. Bahkan dengan tampilnya ia di ajang Grammy Award ke 58 ini berarti ia telah 5 tahun berturut-turut menjadi host ajang yang memberikan pala berbentuk gramafon ini.
Pemegang nominasi terbanyak tahun ini adalah Rapper Kendrick Lamar, ia mendapatkan 11 nominasi, sekaligus mengalahkan Eminem sebagai rapper dengan nominasi terbanyak. Kemudian disusul , Taylor Swift dan The Weeknd masing-masing mendapatkan 7 nominasi. Sepanjang gelaran ini pemegang nominasi terbanyak masih dimiliki Michael Jackson dengan 12 nominasi di tahun 1984.
Deretan nama musikus terkenal seperti Taylor Swift, Adele, Justin Bieber, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar akan tampil memeriahkan panggung Grammy Awards 2016. Yang membanggakan, diantara para deretan artis top dunia sebagai penampil, tampul pula musisi belia Joey Alexander yang menbawakan lagu “Freedom Jazz Dance” dari Eddie Harris.
Selain sebagai artis yang tampil dalam acar tersebut, Joey Alexander juga meraih nominasi Best Jazz Instrumental Album untuk album perdananya bertajuk My Favorite Things dan Best Improvised Jazz Solo untuk lagunya berjudul ‘Giant Steps’ yang terdapat di album tersebut.
Meski belum beruntung menyabet piala, tetapi penampilan Joey sudah memukau dunia, dan mendapat tepuk tangan yang meriah dari para musisi dunia yang hadir diacara tersebut./Irish/Foto Bravotv.com.
Berikut Daftar Pemenang Grammy Awards 2016
Record of the Year: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Album of the Year: 1989 – Taylor Swift
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Song of the Year: Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)
Best Country Album: Traveler (Chris Stapleton)
Best Rap Album: To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Pop Solo Performance: Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars)
Best Pop Vocal Album: 1989 (Taylor Swift)
Best Dance Recording: Where Are Ü Now (Justin Bieber & Jack Ü)
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü (Jack Ü)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Sylva (Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest)
Best Rock Performance: Don’t Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Best Metal Performance: Cirice (Ghost)
Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Best Rock Album: Drones (Muse)
Best Alternative Music Album: Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Best R&B Performance: Earned It (The Weeknd)
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
Best R&B Song: Really Love (D’Angelo & Kendra Foster)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weeknd)
Best R&B Album: Black Messiah (D’Angelo and The Vanguard)
Best Rap Performance: Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: These Walls (Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat)
Best Rap Song: Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Country Solo Performance: Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town
Best Country Song: Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
Best Country Album:
Best New Age Album: Grace (Paul Avgerinos)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Cherokee (Christian McBride)
Best Jazz Album: For One to Love (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Past Present – John Scofield
Best Jazz Ensemble Album: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Best Latin Jazz Album: Made in Brazil (Elaine Elias)
Best Gospel/Performance Song: Wanna Be Happy? (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Holy Spirit (Francesca Battistelli)
Best Gospel Album: Covered: Alive in Asia [Live] (Israel & Newbreed)
Best Contemporary/Christian Music Album: This Is Not a Test (TobyMac)
Best Roots Gospel Album: Still Rockin’ My Soul (The Fairfield Four)
Best Latin Pop Album: A quien quiera escuchar (Ricky Martin)
Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album: Hasta la Raíz (Natalia Lafourcade) and Dale (Pitbull)
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Realidades (Los Tigres del Norte)
Best Tropical Latin Album: Son de Panamá (Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orchestra)
Best American Roots Performance/Song: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Mavis Staples)
Best American Roots Song: 24 Frames (Jason Isbell)
Best Americana Album: Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell)
Best Bluegrass Album: The Muscle Shoals Recordings (The SteelDrivers)
Best Blues Album: Born to Play Guitar (Buddy Guy)
Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn)
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Go Go Juice (Jon Cleary)
Best Reggae Album: Strictly Roots (Morgan Heritage)
Best World Music Album: Sings (Angelique Kidjo)
Best Children’s Album: Home (Tim Kubart)
Best Spoken Word Album: A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (Jimmy Carter)
Best Comedy Album: Live at Madison Square Garden (Louis C.K.)
Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman (Antonio Sánchez)
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Glory (Common & John Legend)
Best Instrumental Composition: The Afro Latin Jazz Suite (Arturo O’Farrill)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Pentatonix)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) [Maria Schneider]
Best Recording Package: Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Asleep at the Wheel)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced (Joni Mitchell)
Best Historical Album: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Bob Dylan And The Band)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jeff Bhasker
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album: Amused to Death (Roger Waters)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Ask Your Mama(George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade (Seiji Ozawa)
Best Choral Performance: Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Filament (Eighth Blackbird)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes (Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: Joyce & Tony – Live from Wigmore Hall (Joyce DiDonato & Antonio Pappano)
Best Classical Compendium: Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances (Stephen Paulus)
Best Music Video: Bad Blood (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – directed by Joseph Khan)
Best Music Film: Amy (Amy Winehouse)
