Adele performs her song "Hello" at the start of the Grammy Awards show on Sunday, February 12. It won song of the year, record of the year and best solo pop performance. Adele also won album of the year for "25."

Chance the Rapper accepts the Grammy Award for best new artist. He also won best rap album for "Coloring Book" and best rap performance for "No Problem."

Chance the Rapper accepts the Grammy Award for best new artist. He also won best rap album for "Coloring Book" and best rap performance for "No Problem."

Photos: Grammys 2017: The winners

Josh Dun, left, and Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots took off their pants before accepting the award for best pop duo/group performance ("Stressed Out"). Joseph explained that as aspiring musicians years ago, they had watched the Grammys at his house in their underwear. They told each other that if they ever won a Grammy, they would receive it in their undies.</s>Beyoncé may be the queen but it's Adele who was awarded the royal blessings at the 59th Grammy Awards.

The British singer won five awards Sunday night, including song and record of the year for her hit Hello and album of the year for 25. In addition to running her lifetime Grammy total to 15 , Adele became the first person to sweep album, record and song of the year twice — she last did it with 21 and Rolling in the Deep — and second female artist to win album of the year twice (after Taylor Swift).

Other honorees of note: Chance the Rapper took home three Grammys, including best new artist and best rap album, Beyoncé's groundbreaking Lemonade snagged best urban contemporary album, and David Bowie posthumously swept his five nominated categories, including best rock song for Blackstar.

Here is a minute-by-minute breakdown (ET) of the Grammy festivities:

12:16: Adele surprised journalists by stopping backstage without her Grammy hardware and talking about her victorious night. "America has always been very kind to me, I don't know why," she says. Adele discusses the long journey to making the album following the birth of her child. "I didn’t think anyone would care. I thought no one would know it was me. I thought it was going to be a very expensive disaster." And once again, Adele gave props to Beyonce. "Like I said in my speech, my album of the year (was) Lemonade. I was completely rooting for her, voting for her." Adele has been a fan of Beyonce since falling "in love" with the singer at age 11. "It was her time to win. It was like, what the (expletive) has she got to do to win album of the year?" Even though Grammy voters are very traditional, "I thought this was the year that they would go with the tide. Of course, I am very grateful having won. But I felt the need to tell her, because I love her. And she was more than worthy."

11:38: "Hi, everyone." Adele returns to the stage to accept the award for album of the year for 25. "It took an army to make me strong and willing again," she says. Five years ago at the Grammys, she was pregnant and didn't know "and that was the biggest blessing of my life, and in my pregnancy and through becoming a mother, I lost a lot of myself. I still do struggle but tonight winning this kind of feels full circle and like a bit of me has come full circle." Again, she pays tribute to Beyoncé, calling Lemonade "monumental" and the singer "the artist of my life." Addressing Beyoncé, Adele says, "You are our light and the way you make me and my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel, is empowering and you make them stand up for themselves. I love you and I always will."

11:35: Record of the year goes to Adele for Hello, and she first gripes at the Grammy folks for cutting off producer Greg Kurstin. Adele then calls Beyoncé her "idol," adding "I want you to be my mommy."

11:23: John Legend and Cynthia Erivo duet on the Beach Boys' God Only Knows for the Grammys "In Memoriam" segment.

11:20: Backstage, Maren Morris is still basking in her Grammy win: "I’m still processing, but it feels amazing. To walk away with this is really validating."

11:09: Chance the Rapper joins gospel musicians Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann for a choir-driven medley of How Great and All We Got.

10:52: The Prince tribute kicks off with The Time getting the crowd on its feet with dance jams Jungle Love and The Bird, then Bruno Mars — clad in full purple Prince regalia — takes over with Let's Go Crazy.

10:39: A Tribe Called Quest unleashes a funky medley of Movin' Backwards, We the People and Award Tour for a politically charged performance with Busta Rhymes and Anderson .Paak.

10:37: Adele bests Beyoncé for song of the year and wins for Hello, which she calls "my favorite song I’ve ever done." She also apologizes again for swearing during the George Michael tribute: "I’m really sorry if I offended anyone anywhere."

10:24: The Millennials in the crowd get a lesson in '70s disco with an all-star tribute to the Bee Gees: Demi Lovato belts Stayin' Alive, Tori Kelly busts out Tragedy, Little Big Town slows it down for How Deep Is Your Love? and Andra Day croons Night Fever.

10:13: Sturgill Simpson brings a brassy gospel touch to his tune All Around You with the help of the Dap-Kings.

10:07: Metallica joins a headbanging Lady Gaga for a rendition of the band's new song Moth Into Flame. James Hetfield's mic doesn't work so he shares one with the Gaga because she's a helpful pop singer. Also, while Kirk Hammett shreds on his guitar, Gaga stage-dives into the audience.

10:04: Chance the Rapper makes it 3-for-3 by winning best rap album for Coloring Book. "I didn’t think we were going to get this one so I don’t have anything to say this time," he says.

9:50: The Grammys pay tribute to the late George Michael with Adele doing a new, slowed-down orchestral arrangement of his song Fastlove. After a snafu, Adele stops the performance and starts again to get it right: "I'm sorry, I can't mess this up for him."

9:45: Newly minted Grammy winner Maren Morris joins Alicia Keys on a performance of the country singer's Once.

9:36: Beyoncé's Lemonade is awarded best urban contemporary album, and the singer thanks the Grammys for honoring a work that captured "the profundity of deep Southern culture. We all experience pain and loss and often we become inaudible. My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that would give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history (and) to confront issues that make us uncomfortable."

9:33: Ace blues men William Bell and Gary Clark Jr. share the stage for a cover of Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign.

9:25: Little Big Town does an a cappella version of Teenage Dream to present Katy Perry, who performs her new single Chained to the Rhythm with dancers and a large fence. It then explodes and forms a large wall with an unsubtle "We the People" message.

9:16:Mars arrives for a performance of That's What I Like.

9:13: Corden breaks out a faux car for "Cardboard Karaoke" with John Legend, Jennifer Lopez, Faith Hill Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and, yes, Neil Diamond. Song of choice? Sweet Caroline, of course. Blue Ivy even shows up for an appearance before the end.

9:11: Best country solo performance goes to Nashville rookie Maren Morris and her song My Church. "This is so crazy," says Morris. "To the fans, thank you for giving me the most incredible year of my life."

8:54: The moment everyone's been waiting for: Beyoncé's mom introduces her performance. The pregnant singer looks shimmering and regal for her medley of Love Drought and Sandcastles, which also seems to be a tribute to maternity.

8:52: Youngsters Lukas Graham and Kelsea Ballerini perform a mashup of their respective hits 7 Years and Peter Pan.

8:44: Best rock song goes to David Bowie's Blackstar. That makes five total posthumous Grammys for the legend.

8:38: Not to be outdone, Corden returns from a commercial break in his underwear, too, to introduce Ed Sheeran performing Shape of You all by his lonesome thanks to some looping skills.

8:31: Twenty One Pilots wins best pop duo/group and come up without their pants on, apparently the result of a promise made years ago. "Anyone from anywhere can do anything, and this is that," says singer Tyler Joseph.

8:25: John Travolta comes out bedecked in a lot of bling but can't seem to read the Teleprompter. Thank goodness for cards! He introduces country stars Urban and Carrie Underwood doing the lively duet The Fighter.

8:16: Paris Jackson introduces The Weeknd, who performs with Daft Punk on a lights-laden medley of Starboy and I Feel It Coming.

8:13: Chance the Rapper is named best new artist — his second Grammy of the day. "I claim this victory in the name of the Lord," he says, dedicating the award to many, including his hometown of Chicago.

8:12:Lopez comes out to present best new artist, though she gets political, too. "At this particular point in history, our voices are needed more than ever," she says, then quotes Toni Morrison: "This is the time when artists go to work."

8:06:Corden comes out for hosting duties but gets "stuck" in the riser and then falls down a number of steps. He's totally OK though and hoofs it with a number of dancers. "This is a disaster! What has happened, people?" Corden says, jokingly taking his dancers to task before beginning an epic opening rap that doesn't take long before tapping into the political climate: "With President Trump, we don't know what comes next."

8:00: Time for the main event. Adele kicks off the production very simply by belting her big hit Hello.

6:45: Backstage with press, Lori McKenna calls her Grammy-winning country tune for Tim McGraw, Humble and Kind, "a school day song": "I dropped my kids off in the morning and sat in my yoga pants and wrote. It’s a very simple song, talking about things I want my kids to know. And I tried to make sure I had a line to apply to each of my kids."

6:25: Cage the Elephant's Tell Me I'm Pretty is named best rock album, Bowie's Blackstar gets a fourth Grammy of the night for best alternative album, Adele wins best pop solo for Hello and pop vocal album for 25, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin snags traditional pop vocal album, and Greg Kurstin — who's worked with Adele, Sia and Gwen Stefani, among others — is named producer of the year (non-classical) to bring the preshow awards to a close.

6:23: Megadeth wins its first Grammy ever — for best metal performance for Dystopia. "It took 12 tries to get this," says frontman Dave Mustaine.

6:21: Bowie's Blackstar garners its third win of the night, this time for best rock performance. Band member Donny McCaslin calls Bowie an "artistic genius, kind man and a funny-as-hell guy."

6:15: Chance the Rapper is shaking with nerves and letting expletives fly when accepting his best rap performance Grammy for No Problem. And Drake's Hotline Bling takes best rap/sung performance as well as best rap song.

6:11: Beyonce isn't the only one in the Knowles family taking Grammys: Her sister Solange wins best R&B performance for Cranes in the Sky. Lalah Hathaway gets best traditional R&B performance for Angel and best R&B album for Lalah Hathaway Live — plus gives a shoutout to the late Al Jarreau — while Hod David & Musze win best R&B song for Maxwell's Lake by the Ocean.

6:08: Patton Oswalt takes best comedy album for Talking for Clapping. "I reached my Fitbit goal running down here, it's great," he jokes when accepting his trophy. "This has not been a fun year for me or a lot of people but I'm going to be as goofy and obnoxious as I can to help."

6:05: Reggae master Ziggy Marley hits the stage to croon a horn-driven rendition of his song Amen. Just a few minutes later, he wins best reggae album for last year's self-titled sixth solo effort. "Music can change the world and we must use that power wisely and use it now ... to benefit humankind," says Marley.

5:58: Sarah Jarosz wins her second Grammy of the night, best folk album for Undercurrent. Then Kalani Pe'a sings "You are so beautiful to me" to his Grammy after his regional roots music album win for his debut E Walea. "I had a speech impediment at 4 years old and my mom introduced music to me. Music saved my life."

5:56: Fantastic Negrito wins top contemporary blues album for The Last Days of Oakland. "We did this right from our living room with a lot of heart and a lot of soul and I'm so glad it resonated with a lot of people," says Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, aka Fantastic Negrito.

5:52: The O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor snags best bluegrass album for Coming Home, and best traditional blues album goes to Bobby Rush's Porcupine Meat. "This is my 374th record and ... finally," says the 83-year-old Rush.

5:46: Jarosz, who was just presenting awards not long ago, wins best American roots performance for House of Mercy. Vince Gill gets best American roots song for the Time Jumpers' Kid Sister, and William Bell's This is Where I Live is named best Americana album. "This is quite a surprise and I'm very humbled by it," says Bell.

5:42: Jesse & Joy's Un Besito Mas snags best Latin pop album, iLe's iLevitable gets best Latin rock album, Vicente Fernández wins best regional Mexican music album for Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo), and the Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo's Donde Están? takes best tropical Latin album.

5:36: Backstage, the producers of the Grammy-winning music video Formation had nothing but good things to say about Queen Bey. "There’s never a bad day with Beyonce," says Juliette Larthe. And Nathan Scherrer adds he was surprised by "how hard she works. It’s insane. She’s like the queen. She works harder than anyone."

5:33: Sturgill Simpson takes best country album for A Sailor's Guide to Earth. He dedicates the award to his family and adds, "I guess the revolution won't be televised." Plus, Lori McKenna wins best country song for Tim McGraw's Humble and Kind.

5:29: Pentatonix and Dolly Parton win best country duo/group performance for Jolene. It's Pentatonix's third Grammy, Parton's eighth.

5:26: Chucho Valdés wins best Latin jazz album for Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac, followed by the trophy for roots gospel album going to Joey+Rory's Hymns.

5:22: Guitarist John Scofield wins two Grammys — best improvised jazz solo for I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry and jazz instrumental album for Country For Old Men — while Gregory Porter's Take Me to the Alley gets best jazz vocal album and the Ted Nash Big Band wins its second honor, for large jazz ensemble for Presidential Suite.

5:13: Judy Collins is on stage and behind a piano for a performance of Leonard Cohen's Suzanne.

5:08: The Chainsmokers take best dance recording for Don't Let Me Down, and dance/electronic album goes to Flume's Skin.

5:04: Michael Daugherty wins two more Grammys for Tales Of Hemingway: contemporary classical composition and classical compendium.

5:03: First Grammy tie of the year! Schumann & Berg and Shakespeare Songs both take best classical solo vocal album.

5:02: Cellist Zuill Bailey wins best classical instrumental solo for Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway. "They don't teach you what it feels like to be in this position," says Bailey.

4:59:Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 gets best choral performance, and Third Coast Percussion's Steve Reich wins for best chamber music/small ensemble performance.

4:55: David Frost takes home producer of the year (classical), Boston Symphony wins orchestral performance for Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9, and best opera recording goes to Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — giving a second Grammy of the day to the Los Angeles Opera's album.

4:53: Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles garners honors for best engineered classical album.

4:42: Director Ron Howard's The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years is named best music film.

4:41: Beyonce garners her first Grammy of the day, taking best music video for Formation.

4:39: Comedy legend Carol Burnett's In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox wins best spoken word album.

4:37: "Kid-hop" musician Secret Agent 23 Skidoo gets best children's album for Infinity Plus One.

4:33: Sing Me Home wins best world music album for legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.

4:30: Kirk Franklin's back to pick up another Grammy for best gospel album Losing My Religion, while Hillary Scott's back on stage to accept contemporary Christian album for Love Remains.

4:27: Thy Will, a tune by Hillary Scott and the Scott Family, wins for contemporary Christian performance/song.

4:23: Tamela Mann's God Provides, penned by Franklin, wins best gospel performance/song. "This is gospel so hallelujah!" a teary Mann says. "This is amazing. My mom would be so happy right now."

4:21: White Sun grabs best new age album for White Sun II. "We just want our music to make something better for somebody somewhere," says singer Gurujas.

4:16: Are you ready for some bluegrass? The O'Connor Band takes the stage for a little Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?

4:11:Tearing Me Up gets best remixed non-classical recording, followed by best surround sound album going to the Seattle Symphony's Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement.

4:08: Edith Piaf 1915-2015 is awarded best limited-edition package, and Blackstar takes its second Grammy for best engineered non-classical album.

4:03: The late Bowie's final album Blackstar wins for best recording package.

3:58: Jacob Collier's You and I takes best instrumental arrangement. "There's never been a better time to be a young creative person than in 2017," he says. He then wins his second Grammy, for instrumental and vocal arrangement, for Flintstones.

3:55: Ted Nash Big Band wins for instrumental composition for Spoken at Midnight from Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom, a piece commissioned by Wynton Marsalis. "This album is very, very personal for me," Nash says. "It's about the nonviolent struggle for freedom."

3:53: Justin Timberlake snags his first Grammy of 2017: The Trolls song Can't Stop the Feeling is named best song written for visual media.

3:51: John Williams' music for Star Wars: The Force Awakens wins best soundtrack for visual media. That makes 23 Grammys for the iconic composer.

3:49: Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle's directorial feature where he also starred as Miles Davis, takes top compilation soundtrack for visual media.

3:46: The Broadway show The Color Purple takes the first Grammy of the day, for best musical theater album. Of her fellow cast members, star Cynthia Erivo says, "Those voices are something very special."

3:42: Margaret Cho hosts the preshow ceremony, which will dole out 75 Grammys. She decided to wear a wig resembling "Weird Al" Yankovic's hair because they're both up for best comedy album and he's not here. "I think I’m going to win with his hair."</s>British singer Adele swept the 2017 Grammy awards on Sunday, winning Album of the Year for 25. Her single Hello won for Best Pop Solo Performance, and was also declared Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Beyoncé, who had the highest number of nominations at nine, won Best Music Video for Formation. The 59th edition of popular music awards was hosted by The Late Late Show’s James Corden at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

But even as Beyoncé and Adele competed in most of the top categories, posthumous awards celebrated two superstars of the years past, with David Bowie winning Best Alternative Album for Blackstar and three other awards, and The Beatles winning Best Music Film for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years, which was directed by Ron Howard.

Chicago-based Chance the Rapper won two Grammys awards – Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance for No Problem, while Canadian rapper Drake’s earworm Hotline Bling won in the in the Best Rap/Sung Performance category.

Other winning entries included Solange Knowles Cranes in the Sky (Best R&B Performance) Willie Nelson’s Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album) Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Best Country Album), Jesse & Joy’s Un Besito Mas (Best Latin Pop Album) and Patton Oswalt’s Talking for Clapping (Best Comedy Album).</s>Hello singer Adele has won five Grammys on a record-breaking night for the British star, but she was left "devastated" after fluffing her musical tribute to George Michael.

The 28-year-old singer won album of the year for 25 and record and song of the year for Hello, beating her "idol" Beyonce to the three top awards.

A tearful Adele dedicated her album award to Beyonce, who missed out with her celebrated visual record Lemonade.

"I can't possibly accept this award," she said.

"I'm very humble and I'm grateful and gracious but my artist of my life is Beyonce and the Lemonade album was just so monumental - Beyonce, it was so monumental - and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul-bearing.

"All us artists here, we f****** adore you.

"The way you make me and my friends feel. The way you make my black friends feel is empowering. You make them stand up for themselves and I love you and I always have."

She added: "My idol is Queen Bey and I adore you."

Adele also won best pop vocal album for 25 and best pop solo performance for Hello, taking her total number of Grammy wins to 15.

She is the first artist to win song, record and album of the year in the same year twice following her success in 2012 with her album 21 and single Rolling In The Deep.

Adele had earlier been left in tears during the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles after she restarted her rendition of Michael's song Fast Love.

She swore as she called a halt to her performance, telling the audience: "I'm sorry, I can't mess this up for him."

Backstage, Adele said she was "devastated" about restarting the song - a year after she struggled with sound problems during her performance at the 2016 Grammys.

There was more British success as David Bowie won four posthumous Grammys following his death from cancer last year.

Bowie, who died in January 2016 aged 69, won best alternative music album, best rock performance and best engineered non-classical album for his last release, Blackstar.

He also won best rock song for his single Blackstar, while the Blackstar album won another Grammy when Jonathan Barnbrook took home best recording package for his artwork on the record.

Bowie's awards were his first music Grammys after previously winning best music video in 1985 for Jazzin' For Blue Jean and a lifetime achievement award in 2006.

Beyonce made her first public performance since announcing she is pregnant with twins as she performed two songs from her hit album Lemonade.

Her husband Jay Z and their daughter Blue Ivy were in the audience as she won best urban contemporary album and best music video for Formation.

On stage, Beyonce said the album was made to "give a voice to our pain" and to "confront issues that make us uncomfortable".

Chance The Rapper won best new artist, best rap album and best rap performance after becoming the first artist to be nominated for a streaming-only album following the release of Coloring Book.

Described by organisers as music's biggest night, stars including Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake - who won two awards for Hotline Bling - did not attend the ceremony.

Rapper Busta Rhymes took aim at US president Donald Trump as he performed with A Tribe Called Quest.

On stage, he said: "I just want to thank President Agent Orange for perpetuating all of the evil that you've been perpetuating throughout the United States.

"I want to thank President Agent Orange for his unsuccessful attempt at the Muslim ban."

The two members of Twenty One Pilots removed their trousers as they took to the stage to collect the award for best pop duo/group performance.

Lead singer Tyler Joseph said his bandmate Josh Dun had suggested the stunt while they watched the Grammys years before they were famous.

There were more sound problems during the ceremony as Metallica and Lady Gaga performed Moth Into Flame together.

The microphone used by the band's frontman James Hetfield was not working at the start of the performance, forcing him to share Gaga's microphone.

Bruno Mars performed Let's Go Crazy in a tribute to Prince, following his sudden death in April last year

Bee Gees star Barry Gibb was in audience as singers including Demi Lovato and Tori Kelly performed a medley of the band's hits to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

British comedian James Corden hosted the awards show and recreated his popular Carpool Karaoke sketch, singing Sweet Caroline with a host of famous singers.

Here is the list of winners in the main categories at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Cage The Elephant - Tell Me I'm Pretty

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years</s>Adele accepts the award for album of the year for "25" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Along with the heavy emphasis on female power players Beyoncé and Adele, a veteran rocker commanded the 59th annual Grammy Awards.

David Bowie, who died in January 2016 of liver cancer, finally received vindication by sweeping his five nominated categories.

But Adele collected an armful of Grammys by the end of the night, also taking every one of her five categories, including the big three: album of the year (“25”) and song and record of the year (“Hello”). She is the first artist to win those top three categories twice.

A sobbing Adele appeared to feel guilty for besting Beyoncé for album of the year.

“The artist of my life is Beyoncé. The ‘Lemonade’ album is so monumental and so well-thought-out and so soul-baring,” Adele said as a teary-eyed Beyoncé graciously beamed. “All us artists here, we [expletive] adore you. You are our light.”

“Hello” also won best pop solo performance, while “25” nabbed best pop vocal album.

Backstage, Adele made a rare appearance and reiterated her affection for Beyoncé.

“The Grammys mean a lot to me. It’s the award show, and I feel very lucky to have achieved (the feat of winning the top three awards). But my album of the year was ‘Lemonade,’ and a piece of me did die inside. I voted for her. (But) I am incredibly humbled by this. America has always been very kind to me,” she said, adding with a laugh, “I don’t know why.”

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“Blackstar,” the final album on Bowie’s resume — released two days prior to his death — garnered best rock song and best alternative album among his posthumous accolades. Bowie’s only previous Grammy came in 1985 for the “Jazzin’ for Blue Jean” video.

Viewers of the Sunday night ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles saw plenty of this year’s leading ladies. Beyoncé led the nominations with nine and went home with two.

Adele, who joined the blonde bandwagon with Katy Perry, opened the show with her slow-burn monster hit, “Hello,” and mock-wiped her brow at the song’s end in reference to the audio blip that marred her 2016 Grammy performance.

The British songbird was also tapped to perform the tribute to George Michael, a haunting rendition of “Fastlove,” which provided her with another agonizing Grammy moment when she stopped midway through the song — she was clearly in the wrong key — and told the orchestra to start the song over.

“I can’t mess this up for him,” she said, ending the song in tears even as the audience gave her a standing ovation.

While backstage after the show, Adele said she was “devastated” by the do-over and said her earliest memory of Michael was seeing the “Fastlove” video.

“I was blown away by how [expletive] hot he was,” she said.

Beyoncé, still wearing the gold-beaded outfit she donned during her laborious, yet colorful, performance of “Love Drought” and “Sandcastles,” read her acceptance speech when “Lemonade” was named best urban contemporary album (she also won for best music video for “Formation”).

“Thank you for everyone who worked so hard to capture the profundity of deep Southern culture,” she said. “It’s important to create a body of work that will give voice to our pain.”

A sincere Chance the Rapper made Grammy history with his two wins from his “Coloring Book” release; it’s the first time a streaming-only album has been eligible.

Before landing his win for best new artist, Chance, who was nominated for seven awards and won three, picked up an early trophy for best rap performance (“No Problem”), which features Lil Wayne and Atlanta’s 2 Chainz. The win earned the College Park native his first Grammy after four previous nominations.

After five years of LL Cool J steering the 3 ½-hour Grammy production, late-night TV host James Corden proved a fizzy replacement — adding pratfalls, a starry “Carpool Karaoke” with Neil Diamond, Jennifer Lopez, Faith Hill and others, and a light dash of politics to the night.

A medley featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Anderson .Paak expressed the most pointed political moment when Q-Tip ended the performance – which was also a tribute to Phife Dawg – by chanting “Resist! Resist! Resist!”

Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun opted for humor by accepting their first Grammy for best pop duo/group performance for “Stressed Out” in their underwear, which is how they said they watched a previous Grammy ceremony at home in Ohio.

The show touted as “music’s biggest night” is renowned for spotlighting performances and idiosyncratic pairings and this year yielded mixed results.

Ed Sheeran soared by accentuating the simplicity of “Shape of You”; Lukas Graham veered off-key during a mash-up of “Peter Pan” and “7 Years” with Kelsea Ballerini; and a quite pregnant Beyoncé, introduced by her mother Tina Knowles, eventually showed up after a ponderous video introduction. Donning a metallic headpiece possibly tossed away after the last Cher tour, she whisper-sung “Love Drought” and the more elegant “Sandcastles.”

Maren Morris, the winner for best country solo performance (“My Church”), wore an unusually slinky outfit and slayed her duet with Alicia Keys on “Once,” while Sharon Jones received a warm mention before the horn section of her Dap-Kings backed Sturgil Simpson on “All Around You.”

But not much compared to Lady Gaga’s riff-tastic, stage-diving romp with Metallica, which not even a faulty microphone could tame as the team roared through “Moth Into Flame.”

Well, perhaps the zippy Prince tribute showcasing Morris Day and the Time and Bruno Mars, a natural showman in purple sequins as he gyrated through “Let’s Go Crazy.”

Stax mainstay William Bell, long an Atlanta resident, scored his inaugural Grammy for “This is Where I Live” (best Americana album) during the 3 ½-hour pre-show.

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While accepting his award, the 77-year-old musician, who performed “Born Under a Bad Sign” with Gary Clark Jr. on the live telecast, seemed genuinely surprised at winning.

“I am glad to be here after all these years and still viable in the industry,” Bell said. “I’m back at Stax (Records) after 40 years … it’s always good to come home.”

The Grammys are voted on by the members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. The eligibility period for the 2017 ceremony was Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2016.</s>Chicago’s Chance the Rapper won his first Grammy Sunday afternoon, winning in the category of best rap performance for “No Problem” with 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. The performer is also nominated in the best new artist and best rap album categories.

He called his early, pre-televised Grammy win “crazy.” The rapper was nominated for seven awards, including the history-making nomination for “Coloring Book,” the first streaming-only album to nominated for a Grammy Award. On the Red Carpet, Chance gave a shout-out to his family “watching back in Chicago,” singling out his 16-month-old daughter, Kensli.

The win came during the pre-telecast awards ceremony in Los Angeles in which Adele’s “25” won for best pop vocal album. David Bowie’s “Blackstar” won for best alternative music album.

Chicago winners also included Layla Hathaway, who picked up Grammy wins for best traditional R&B performance for “Angel,” and best R&B album for “Layla Hathaway Live,” beating out fellow Chicagoan BJ the Chicago Kid, who was nominated in the same categories. Jennifer Hudson was among the ensemble win for best musical theater album for the Broadway cast recording of “The Color Purple.” Third Coast Percussion picked up a win for best chamber music/best ensemble performance.</s>LOS ANGELES (NYTimes) - Adele swept the 59th annual Grammy Awards for her album 25, an enormous hit around the world, in a night that shut out Beyonce from the major awards and also featured reverent tributes and, at times, pointed political commentary.

Adele won five awards, including album of the year for 25 and both record and song of the year for the hit song Hello - a historic sweep that Adele accomplished five years ago with her last album, 21. She is the only artist to win album, record and song of the year twice.

And in an acknowledgment of the music industry's rapidly shifting business model, three Grammys, including best new artist, went to Chance the Rapper, a gospel-influenced rapper from Chicago whose music was released independently and was available only on streaming services.

The night had been seen as a contest between Adele and Beyonce, megastars who were up against each other in all major categories. In her acceptance speech for album of the year, Adele paid tearful tribute to her rival, and told her, "I adore you and I want you to be my mommy," after winning record of the year.

Her comment was a reference to Beyonce's showstopping performance, which along with Adele's showed two sides of divahood. Beyonce appeared as a goddess of femininity, while Adele endeared herself to the crowd with her humanity, flaws included. Both stole the show.

Adele opened the show singing her hit Hello, in a performance that was somewhat shaky at first but still showed her power as a vocalist. Later, in a tribute to the late George Michael, she started to sing his song Fastlove but stopped it abruptly, cursing into the microphone and apologising that she needed to start over to get it right. (CBS bleeped the profanity.) After finishing, she teared up as the celebrities in the front row applauded her in support.

Then there was Beyonce, who offered a jaw-dropping, multimedia homage to motherhood in a segment that stunned the celebrities in attendance and immediately set social media on fire. After an affectionate introduction by her own mother, Tina Knowles, Beyonce appeared as a crowned fertility goddess with her pregnant belly highlighted for the camera; at one point, her five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, ran around her.

Surrounded by dancers, and with projected images of herself in saffron robes, she performed the songs Love Drought and Sandcastles from her album Lemonade. When she accepted the award minutes later for best urban contemporary album, she read a prepared statement that sounded like a manifesto.

Explaining her ambitions of Lemonade, an album and film, she said, "It is important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty," so they would "have no doubt that they are beautiful, intelligent and capable." She added, "This is something I want for every child of every race."

The singer, who had been nominated for nine awards this year, more than any other artist, in the end won only two: best urban contemporary album for Lemonade and a music video prize for the song Formation.

The night included political statements, some more overt than others. Katy Perry performed her new single Chained To The Rhythm in a white pantsuit and a sparkling armband that said "Persist," an apparent reference to Senator Elizabeth Warren. Her number concluded in front of a projection of the Constitution.

But by far the fiercest was by the veteran hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, whose members accused "President Agent Orange" of "perpetuating evil" throughout the country, before dancers broke through a prop wall behind them and women in Islamic garb took the stage. At the end of the segment, the group and its company raised their right fists in the air in the black power salute, while the band member Q-Tip repeatedly shouted, "Resist!"

Jennifer Lopez, before awarding the best new artist prize, quoted Toni Morrison: "This is precisely the time when artists go to work," she said. "There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear."

Besides Adele's homage to George Michael, the show also included a purple-hued tribute to Prince with the Time, the longtime Minneapolis funk group that often performed with Prince, and with Bruno Mars, who impersonated Prince from his makeup and performance style to the shape of his guitar.

The Prince tribute also came on the same day that much of Prince's music was released widely on streaming music service, a result of a series of deals reached with Prince's estate; during his life, Prince closely policed his music online, and pulled his songs down from all services but Tidal.

Not all tributes were to the dead, but a medley of Bee Gees songs was almost as reverent. Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, Little Big Town and Andra Day played Stayin' Alive, How Deep Is Your Love and others from the Bee Gees' classic soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, 40 years after its release.

Later, John Legend and Cynthia Erivo from The Color Purple on Broadway sang the Beach Boys' God Only Knows during an "in memoriam" segment that noted the deaths over the past year of Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones, Ralph Stanley, Merle Haggard, Debbie Reynolds and others.

In another form of memorial, the Grammys showered David Bowie with four awards for Blackstar, the album released shortly before his death in January 2016. Bowie won best rock performance, rock song, alternative album and an engineering prize. These were Bowie's first musical Grammys; largely passed over during his life, he had won a video award in 1985 and a lifetime achievement citation in 2006. (Blackstar also won for best art direction.)

Seventy-five of this year's 84 total Grammys were handed out by the Recording Academy before the television coverage began.

James Corden, star of The Late Late Show and the new host of the Grammys, made quite an entrance, falling down a flight of stairs on the stage after a comic bit revolving around technical difficulties involving a hydraulic lift.

The show had other moments of levity. When Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots won best pop duo/group performance, they immediately stripped out of their pants and walked to the stage in their underwear.

Joseph explained that before they were famous, the two had watched the Grammy Awards in their skivvies and pledged that if they ever won, "we should receive it just like this."

After the commercial break, Corden appeared pantless too. Later, in a tongue-in-cheek exploitation of his popular Carpool Karaoke skits, Corden stood in the aisle of the Staples Center with a makeshift car frame around him, and, in a moment reminiscent of the selfie at the 2014 Oscars, gathered celebrities around him. Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Neil Diamond sang Diamond's Sweet Caroline, with the entire arena shouting along.</s>(AP) — Even though Adele flubbed during her live performance at the Grammys, she walked away the belle of the ball: She took home five awards Sunday night, including album, record and song of the year.

She beat Beyonce in the top three categories with her comeback album “25,” and repeated her accomplishments from 2012, when the British star also won album, song and record of the year at the Grammys.

She used her speech to honor Beyonce and her groundbreaking “Lemonade” album, which was also nominated.

“The way you make my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel is empowering,” Adele said at the Staples Center in Los Angeles when accepting album of the year.

“I adore you. You move my soul everyday … I adore you and I want you to be my mommy,” Adele said to a very pregnant Beyonce just minutes before picking up song of the year for “Hello.”

The night for Adele wasn’t all good though: The singer, who had trouble with her live performance at last year’s Grammys, asked to restart her tribute to George Michael, telling the audience: “I can’t mess this up for him.” She stopped and used an expletive after singing some of a new arrangement of Michael’s “Fastlove,” as videos and photos of Michael played in the background. She re-sang the song and earned applause and support from the crowd, though Adele was teary eyed.

Michael died on Christmas Day. At last year’s show, the British singer had a hiccup after a microphone inside a piano fell onto the instrument’s strings.

A number of other icons were honored, including Prince: Bruno Mars — rocking a glittery, Prince-like purple blazer, worked the guitar like a pro while singing the icon’s “Let’s Go Crazy.” The Time — who worked closely with the Prince — brought the audience to its feet with funky performances of “Jungle Love” and “The Bird.”

Mars was also a winner Sunday — he won for his producing work on Adele’s album. Adele’s other wins included best pop vocal album and pop solo performance.

Until Adele’s abrupt restart, Beyonce was the talk of the show. In glittery gown, gilded crown and gold choker, a pregnant Beyonce took the Grammy stage in a lengthy performance of two songs from her critically acclaimed album “Lemonade.” She was introduced by her mother and former stylist, Tina Knowles: “Ladies and gentlemen, with my mother’s pride, my daughter, Beyonce.”

Beyonce sang on top of a long table, even leaning back on a chair while singing “Love Drought.” She later sang “Sandcastles” while sitting down in a chair that tilted alarmingly backward, hitting high notes.

She earned a loud applause from the audience, including daughter Blue Ivy and husband Jay Z. Beyonce, who walked into the show with nine nominations, won two: best music video (“Formation”) and urban contemporary album (“Lemonade”).

“My intention for the film and album is to create a body of work that would give voice to our pain, our struggles, our doubts, and our history, to confront issues that make us uncomfortable. It’s important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow in a world, where they look in the mirror, first with their own families as well as in the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys and see themselves,” said Beyonce, reading from a card. “This is something that I want for every child of every race, and I feel that it’s vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes.”

Beyonce’s speech wasn’t the only political moment: A Tribe Called Quest, along with Anderson .Paak and Busta Rhymes, gave a rousing performance and shouted “resist, resist” at their end of the performance, which featured a number of people onstage, including women in hijabs.

David Bowie, who died last year from cancer, won all four awards he was nominated for. “Blackstar,” his final album released days after he died, won best alternative music album and engineered album, non-classical (Bowie is listed as one of the engineers on “Blackstar.”) In the latter category, he beat out Prince, who also died last year.

The title track won best rock song and rock performance.

Adele and Mars worked overtime onstage, performing twice. Adele kicked off the show with “Hello” and Mars and his groovy band gave a memorable performance of “That’s What I Like” — as Jennifer Lopez, Faith Hill, Rihanna and even some of the men in the audience watched closely, looking impressed.

Chance the Rapper won the first award in the live telecast for best new artist. He also won best rap album — the first streaming-only album to do so — and bested Drake and Kanye West.

“I didn’t think we were gonna get this one,” said Chance, who also won best rap performance.

Twenty one pilots won best pop duo/group performance for the hit “Stressed Out.” They removed their pants when accepting the award in homage to their earlier days when they watched the Grammys at home in their boxers.

In the pre-telecast, Beyonce’s younger sister, critical R&B darling Solange, won her first Grammy for best R&B performance (it was her first-ever nomination). Drake, who didn’t attend the live show, won best rap song and rap/sung performance for the smash hit, “Hotline Bling.”

Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — which is nominated for an Oscar — won best song written for visual media. Best new artist nominees The Chainsmokers won best dance recording for the pop hit “Don’t Let Me Down,” while Simpson, an album of the year nominee, won best country album for “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.”

The country music rebel thanked his wife, who he said told him to quit his job on the railroad years ago and move to Nashville.

Joey + Rory won best roots gospel album for “Hymns,” and Rory Feek was emotional onstage as he remembered his wife Joey, who died last year from cancer.

Some actors won Grammys, too: Don Cheadle picked up best compilation soundtrack for visual media for “Miles Ahead,” where he is credited as a compilation producer, and Carol Burnett won the best spoken word album Grammy.

“The Color Purple” won best musical theater album, giving Jennifer Hudson her second Grammy and earning Tony winner Cynthia Erivo and “Orange Is the New Black” actress Danielle Brooks their first Grammys.</s>LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Bowie’s final album, released days after he died of cancer last year, earned him three Grammy Awards on Sunday, while Beyonce and Adele also picked up early awards.

“Blackstar” won best alternative music album, rock performance — where Bowie beat Beyonce and Jack White — and engineered album, non-classical, where Bowie won over Prince (Bowie is listed as one of the engineers on “Blackstar.”)

Bowie was nominated for four Grammys, and his final category — best rock song — will be announced in the live telecast, which begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS.

Adele won best pop vocal album (“25”) and pop solo performance (“Hello”) in the pre-telecast ceremony in Los Angeles. Beyonce was also an early winner: She became a 21-time Grammy winner after picking up best music video for the hit “Formation.” She lost best music film (“Lemonade”) to the Ron Howard-directed “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years.”

Beyonce’s younger sister, critical R&B darling Solange, won her first Grammy for best R&B performance (it was her first-ever nomination).

Drake, who isn’t attending the live show, won best rap song and rap/sung performance for the smash hit, “Hotline Bling.” Chance the Rapper, nominated for seven awards, won best rap performance for “No Problem,” also earning Grammys for Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.

Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — which is nominated for an Oscar — won best song written for visual media. His No.1 hit is from the “Trolls” soundtrack. Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott won two Grammys in the Christian category for the album she recorded with her family. Scott, who has won seven Grammys with Lady A, cried onstage both times when accepting the wins.

“We’ve been crying since this project started,” her father, Lang Scott, said.

Best new artist nominees The Chainsmokers won best dance recording for the pop hit “Don’t Let Me Down,” while album of the year nominee Sturgill Simpson won best country album for “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.”

The country music rebel thanked his wife, who he said told him to quit his job on the railroad years ago and move to Nashville.

Joey + Rory won best roots gospel album for “Hymns,” and Rory Feek was emotional onstage as he remembered his wife Joey, who died last year from cancer.

“My wife’s dream was to make a hymns album. She didn’t have the chance to do it until she’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, so she’d sing in hotel rooms while she did chemotherapy and radiation,” said Rory, who added that his wife said if they were nominated he had to attend the Grammys. “She got a big smile on her face and she said, `Remember, if we win, I’ll know before you will.”

Some actors won Grammys, too: Don Cheadle picked up best compilation soundtrack for visual media for “Miles Ahead,” where he is credited as a compilation producer, and Carol Burnett won the best spoken word album Grammy.

“The Color Purple” won best musical theater album, giving Jennifer Hudson her second Grammy and earning Tony winner Cynthia Erivo and “Orange Is the New Black” actress Danielle Brooks their first Grammys.

Beyonce was the overall top nominee with nine. There are few things the pop diva has not conquered, and the Grammy for album of the year is one of them.

For the third time, Beyonce is nominated for the coveted trophy, an award given to few R&B-based performers and only two hip-hop acts in the Grammy’s 59-year history.

She was nominated for the top prize in 2010 with “I Am … Sasha Fierce” (losing to Taylor Swift) and in 2015 with “Beyonce” (Beck was the surprise winner). Her “Lemonade” album is competing Sunday, along with its hit “Formation” for record and song of the year.

Beyonce has lost record of the year four times, and she’s marking her third nomination for song of the year (she won in 2010 with “Single Ladies”).

Beyonce’s main competition is Adele, who won album, song and record of the year in 2012 with “21” and “Rolling In the Deep.” While some critics argued that Beyonce’s “Lemonade” was more artistic and had a stronger impact on culture, Adele’s “25” marked her comeback and became a multiplatinum juggernaut, setting a record when it sold over 3 million units in its first week.

Their competition for album of the year aside from Simpson includes Drake’s multihit “Views” and Justin Bieber’s redemption album “Purpose.”

Nominees battling “Formation” and “Hello” for record of the year include Rihanna and Drake’s “Work,” twenty one pilots’ “Stressed Out” and Lukas Graham’s “7 Years.”

Song of the year nominees are “Formation,” “Hello,” “7 Years,” Mike Posner’s “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” and Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” shared with co-writer Ed Sheeran.

The Chainsmokers, who have dominated the pop charts, will compete with Chance the Rapper, Maren Morris, Anderson .Paak and Kelsea Ballerini for best new artist.

Beyonce and Adele will perform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, as will Simpson, Lukas Graham, Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Katy Perry.

Collaborative performances include Lady Gaga and Metallica, the Weeknd and Daft Punk, Alicia Keys and Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, and A Tribe Called Quest and Anderson .Paak. Chance the Rapper will perform with Kirk Franklin, who won two awards, including best gospel album and gospel performance/song for writing “God Provides” for Tamela Mann.

Tributes for Prince and George Michael will take place, while Demi Lovato, Andra Day and Tori Kelly will honor the Bee Gees and the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Fever.”

Behind Beyonce for top nominations is Rihanna, who is up for eight awards, including best urban contemporary album (“Anti”), pop duo/group performance (“Work”) and R&B song (“Kiss It Better”). Drake and Kanye West are also up for eight awards, including best rap album.

The 2017 Grammy Awards will be hosted by “Late Late Show” host James Corden. Other performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Cynthia Erivo, John Legend, William Bell and Gary Clark Jr.</s>Adele won the Album of the Year Grammy last night and many, including Adele herself, believe that Beyoncé should have won for Lemonade.

Backstage in the press room, Adele expanded on her heartbreak that Beyoncé didn’t win.

“Like I said in my speech, my Album of the Year is Lemonade,” she told reporters. “So, a piece of me did die inside, as a Beyoncé stan—not going to lie. I was completely rooting for her, I voted for her.”

Still on the topic of Beyoncé, the singer continued, “It’s her time to win. My view is kind of what the f*** does she have to do to win album of the year? I felt this album showed another side to her that we haven’t seen and I felt blessed to be brought into that situation.”

Accepting her award in tears earlier that evening, Adele thanked the academy and talked about reclaiming a bit of herself after having difficulties with motherhood. Then she addressed Beyoncé, praising Lemonade as monumental, beautiful and soul-baring.

The Hello singer refused to accept the award on stage.

“My life is Beyoncé, and the album to me, the Lemonade album, Beyoncé, was so monumental, and so well thought out,” she told Beyoncé and the crowd. “And so beautiful and soul bearing and we all got to see another side of you that you don’t always let us see, and we appreciate that. All us artists adore you. You are our light.”

Beyoncé standing beside husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy, listened from the audience and was visibly touched by Adele’s words.

Adele revealed she spoke to Beyoncé before and after winning.

“I spoke to her before just to let her know how honoured and privileged I felt to be nominated alongside her, and we spoke afterward as well and she was very gracious and humble, as always, as we’ve come to expect, And the reason I felt the need to say something is because my album of the year is Lemonade. She is my icon of my whole life.”

Adele wore a lemon brooch at the ceremony to show her support for Lemonade.

Beyoncé did take home two wins for Urban Contemporary Album and Music Video of the Year.

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In recent years, the Academy Awards have been accused of slighting actors of colour and the Grammys had avoided viral campaigns like #OscarsSoWhite, which began after not one African-American actor landed an acting nod two years in a row.

The Grammys featured memorable performances by the likes of Bruno Mars and A Tribe Called Quest, big victories by Chance the Rapper and David Bowie on Sunday, but they were overshadowed by Adele’s triumph and how she responded.

The Recording Academy did nothing to calm criticism that black artists are overshadowed in major awards by more conservative white musicians.

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This year marks the third time Beyoncé has lost Album of the Year. First, she lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless in 2010, then in 2015 to Beck’s Morning Phase and now to Adele’s 25.

The last time a black artists won Album of the Year was Herbie Hancock in 2008, for a jazz cover album of Joni Mitchell songs.

Singer Frank Ocean, who boycotted the Grammy Awards this year by not submitting his name for consideration, called the Grammy Awards broadcast’s producer Ken Ehrlich and writer David Wild “old” and said that “winning a TV award” doesn’t make him successful, in a new tumblr post.

He also criticized the Grammy producers for giving Swift Best Album over Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly.

“I’ve actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor,” Ocean wrote. “And you know what’s really not ‘great TV,’ guys? 1989 getting Album of the Year over To Pimp a Butterfly. Hands down one of the most faulty TV moments I’ve seen. Believe the people.” He ended his note with: “And if you’re up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from, then I’m all for it.”

Ocean previously said that the Grammys were “dated” and out of touch with young black artists.

Ehrlich responded to the two-time Grammy winner’s criticism by saying artists like Ocean should show up and perform in order to better represent themselves and their community.

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He noted that he had invited Drake, Kanye West and Justin Bieber to perform on this year’s show.

“If they’re concerned about the representation of hip hop on the show,” he said, “they need to respond and say ‘Yeah, of course I want to do it.’ They’ve all done it in the past. Without overstating it, I think we were very instrumental in the growth of Kanye West’s career.”

Beyoncé’s sister, Solange Knowles, tweeted a link to Ocean’s recent Grammy takedown on tumblr and added, “wuddup frank.”

With files from The Associated Press
Adele wins the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hello" and Album of the Year for 25. Chance the Rapper wins the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. David Bowie wins four posthumous awards, two for his final studio album Blackstar and two for its title track.