60th_Grammy_Awards

60th Annual Grammy Awards
60th Annual Grammy Awards
	Official poster
Date	January 28, 2018; 7:30–11:00 p.m. EST
Location	Madison Square Garden; New York City, New York
Hosted by	James Corden
Most awards	Bruno Mars (6)
Most nominations	Jay-Z (8)
Website	https://www.grammy.com/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards-2017
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Viewership	19.8 million

60th Annual Grammy Awards

2018 ceremony of the Grammy Awards

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018. The CBS network broadcast the show live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show was moved to January to avoid coinciding with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, as was the case in 2010 and 2014.^[2] James Corden returned as host.^[3]

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The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017. The nominations were announced on November 28, 2017. The "pre-telecast" ceremony (officially named The Premiere Ceremony) was held on the same day prior to the main ceremony.^[4]^[5]

Bruno Mars was nominated for six awards and won all six on the night.^[6]^[7]

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Artist(s)	Song(s)
India Arie	"I Am Light"^[8]
Stile Antico	"Ave Maria" "Gaudete in Domino"^[9]
Jazzmeia Horn	Tribute to Jon Hendricks: "Moanin'"^[10]
Taj Mahal Keb' Mo'	"Diving Duck Blues"^[11]
Body Count	"Black Hoodie"^[12]

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Kendrick Lamar U2 Dave Chappelle	"XXX" "DNA" "Big Shot" "New Freezer" "King's Dead"
Lady Gaga Mark Ronson	"Joanne" "Million Reasons"
Sam Smith	"Pray"
Little Big Town	"Better Man"
Jon Batiste Gary Clark Jr. Joe Saylor	Tribute to Fats Domino and Chuck Berry: "Ain't That a Shame" "Maybellene"
Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee Zuleyka Rivera	"Despacito"
Childish Gambino JD McCrary^[13]	"Terrified"
Pink	"Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken"
Bruno Mars Cardi B	"Finesse" (with elements of "Gett Off", "Jump Around" and "Bartier Cardi")
Sting Shaggy	"Englishman in New York" "Don't Make Me Wait"
DJ Khaled Rihanna Bryson Tiller	"Wild Thoughts"
Eric Church Maren Morris Brothers Osborne	Tribute to the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting and Manchester Arena bombing: "Tears in Heaven"
Kesha Camila Cabello Cyndi Lauper Julia Michaels Andra Day Bebe Rexha	"Praying"
U2	"Get Out of Your Own Way"
Elton John Miley Cyrus	"Tiny Dancer"
Ben Platt	Tribute to Leonard Bernstein: "Somewhere"
Patti LuPone	Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
SZA	"Broken Clocks"
Chris Stapleton Emmylou Harris	Tribute to Tom Petty: "Wildflowers"
Logic Alessia Cara Khalid	Tribute to Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington: "1-800-273-8255"

Title	Artist	Record label	Year of release	Genre	Format
Band of Gypsys	Jimi Hendrix	Capitol	1970	Rock	Album
"Bring It On Home to Me"	Sam Cooke	RCA Victor	1962	Soul	Single
The Chronic	Dr. Dre	Death Row Records	1992	Rap	Album
"Dream On"	Aerosmith	Columbia	1973	Rock	Single
"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy	Motown	1989	Hip hop	Single
"Flash Light"	Parliament	Casablanca	1978	Funk	Single
"Grazing in the Grass"	Hugh Masekela	Uni	1968	Jazz	Single
Heart Like a Wheel	Linda Ronstadt	Capitol	1974	Country rock	Album
"I Can't Help Myself"	Four Tops	Motown	1965	Soul	Single
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Motown	1967	R&B	Single
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"	The King Cole Trio	Capitol Records	1946	Jazz	Single
"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	Arista	1992	Pop	Single
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison	Johnny Cash	Columbia	1968	Country	Album
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"	Thomas Alva Edison	—	1878	Experimental	Single
"Me and Mrs. Jones"	Billy Paul	Philadelphia International	1972	Soul	Single
"Moon River"	Andy Williams	Columbia	1962	Traditional pop	Track from Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes
"My Man"	Billie Holiday	Brunswick	1937	Jazz	Single
Nevermind	Nirvana	DGC	1991	Grunge	Album
A Night at the Opera	Queen	Elektra	1975	Progressive rock	Album
"Paint It, Black"	The Rolling Stones	London	1966	Psychedelic rock	Single
"Savoy Blues"	Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five	Okeh	1927	Jazz	Single
"A Song for You"	Leon Russell	Shelter	1970	Pop	Single
"Space Oddity"	David Bowie	Mercury	1969	Art rock	Track from Space Oddity
"That's All Right"	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	RCA Victor	1949	Blues	Single
Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	Virgin	1973	Progressive rock	Album

60th_Grammy_Awards

Performers

Premiere ceremony

Main ceremony

Presenters

Nominations and winners

General

Pop

Dance/electronic music

Contemporary instrumental music

Rock

Alternative

R&B

Rap

Country

New Age

Jazz

Gospel/contemporary Christian music

Latin

American roots

Reggae

World music

Children

Spoken word

Comedy

Musical theatre

Music for visual media

Composing

Arranging

Packaging

Notes

Historical

Engineered album

Producer

Remixer

Surround sound

Classical

Music video/film

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

Trustees Award

Technical Grammy Award

Music Educator Award

Grammy Hall of Fame inductions

In memoriam

Multiple nominations and awards

Changes

New York as a host city

Controversy and cost overruns

Ratings

References

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