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Ariana Grande Wins Best Pop Vocal Album For 'Sweetener' | 2019 GRAMMYs

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The popstar takes home Best Pop Vocal Album at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Feb 10, 2019 - 5:24 pm

Ariana Grande won Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. This marks the popstar's first-ever GRAMMY win.

While she was not at the show to accept the award, she shared her excitement and gratidue for the big moment on social media.

Her album bested fellow category nominees Camila Cabello (Camila), Kelly Clarkson (Meaning Of Life), Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes), P!nk (Beautiful Trauma) and Taylor Swift (Reputation).

Sweetener is Grande's fourth studio album, and her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. The LP, released Aug. 17, features a range of powerful pop anthems including hit singles "no tears left to cry" and "God is a woman." The album marks a noted growth in the pop princess' artistic expression and journey.

She received her first career GRAMMY nomination in 2014 for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Bang Bang" with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj and Best Pop Vocal Album for her sophmore album, My Everything. Grande made her GRAMMY stage debut that year at the the 57th GRAMMY Awards, performing one of the songs from the album, "Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart."

2019 GRAMMYs: Full Nominees And Winners List

H.E.R.

H.E.R. 

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H.E.R. Wins Best R&B Album For 'H.E.R.'| 2019 GRAMMYs

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Find out more about H.E.R.'s acceptance speech at the 2019 GRAMMYs
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Feb 10, 2019 - 7:48 pm

R&B rising star H.E.R. won Best R&B Album for her self-titled album H.E.R., her second award of the night, at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

"So first thing I wanna say is this is unbelievable and second it's not even an album, it's an EP" she said after accepting her golden gramophone.  "I'm speechless right now, I'm holding back tears."

Toni Braxton's Sex & Cigarettes, Leon Bridges' Good Thing, Lalah Hathaway's Honestly and PJ Morton's Gumbo Unplugged (Live) were other category nominees. 

We recently caught up with the talented multi-instrumentalist and first-time nominee (and winner). "It feels like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be," she told the Recording Academy.

It's so easy to question your art, even to question what you're doing, to question the path that you're on. But this is such confirmation for me; "you're exactly where you need to be, you're doing all the right things." It just feels amazing, it feels like I found my objective and I'm fulfilling it. I'm so blessed."

2019 GRAMMYs: Full Nominees And Winners List

Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Win Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | 2019 GRAMMYs

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The 'A Star Is Born' leads take home Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Shallow" at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Feb 10, 2019 - 5:44 pm

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Shallow" at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

She also gave a dazzling performance of "Shallow" on the GRAMMY stage during the show.

Gaga accepted the GRAMMY for the pair and gave a powerful speech. The win marked her second of the night and the first-ever win for actor Cooper. "Shallow," which the duo sung together in A Star Is Born and is featured as a single from the film's soundtrack, also won Best Song Written For Visual Media. Gaga's "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)" snagged Best Pop Solo Performance.

Watch: Lady Gaga Wins Best Pop Duo Performance

During her emotional acceptance speech the star spoke to the importance of the mental health awareness.

"I'm so proud to be a part of a movie that adresses mental health issues, they're so important. And a lot of artists deal with that, and we gotta take care of each other. So if you see somebody that's hurting, don't look away. And if you're hurting, even though it might be hard, try to find that bravery within yourself to dive deep and go tell somebody," Gaga said.

Other Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nominees were Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato ("Fall In Line"), Backstreet Boys ("Don't Go Breaking My Heart"), Tony Bennett and Diana Krall ("'S Wonderful"), Maroon 5 and Cardi B ("Girls Like You"), Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton ("Say Something") and  Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey ("The Middle").

Gaga has earned nine GRAMMY wins and received 24 nominations to date times.

She won her first two GRAMMYs at the 52nd GRAMMY Awards for Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face" and Best Dance/Electronic Album for The Fame, her debut album. She also made her first GRAMMY stage performance that year, singing a medley that included her "Poker Face" and "Speechless" along with GRAMMY-winning icon Elton John's "Your Song," who joined her onstage for an unforgettable duet.

2019 GRAMMYs: Full Nominees And Winners List

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High On Fire

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High On Fire Win Best Metal Performance For "Electric Messiah" | 2019 GRAMMYs

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High On Fire wins Best Metal Performance at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Feb 10, 2019 - 5:55 pm

High On Fire won Best Metal Performance for "Electric Messiah" at the  61st GRAMMY Awards.

"Wow what a trip. I guess first thing I'd like to do is thank these guys," front man Mike Pike said looking at his band members, Des Kensel and Jeff Matz. "We never really needed an award for doing what we loved 21 years later, finally got this. Thank you to the Academy."

Between The Buried And Me ("Condemned To The Gallows"), Deafheaven ("Honeycomb"), Trivium ("Betrayer"), and Underoath ("On My Teeth") were the other nominees in the category.  

2019 GRAMMYs: Full Nominees And Winners List

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Brandi Carlile Wins Best Americana Album For 'By The Way, I Forgive You ' | 2019 GRAMMYs

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Brandi Carlile takes home Best Americana Album at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Feb 10, 2019 - 3:52 pm

Brandi Carlile won Best Americana Album for By The Way, I Forgive You at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. 

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"I'm speechless...I'm just so proud to be involved and be able to go in the studio with such incredible talent including the talent that is out there tonight," album producer Dave Cobb who went on stage with Carlile said. "Thank you guys for giving us this platform."

The Americana singer thanked her band, parents, agent and others.  

Carlile's album bested fellow nominees Brandi Carlile, Bettye La Vette's Things Have Changed, John Prine's The Tree Of Forgiveness, Lee Ann Womack's The Lonesome & The Gone and the Wood Brothers's One Drop Of Truth. 

2019 GRAMMYs: Full Nominees And Winners List