So Adele trumped Beyonce, then declared her love for her. Beyonce and her unborn twins performed then picked up an award of their own.
Chance the Rapper swept the board in the rap stakes and David Bowie won five post-humous awards.
Plus Adele smashed a George Michael cover (at the second attempt), Bruno Mars did a might fine Prince impersonation and MetalliGa were born.
Scroll down to re-live all that and more from an epic night in LA. We’re both off to see if we can still sneak into the after-party.
Adele became the first person ever to win the Grammys double treble; that is scooping the song, record and album of the year hat-trick twice…but instead of basking in the glory the tearful London threw the spotlight straight back on “the artist of my life.”
Some are suggesting that this was the moment that Adele ‘Kanyed’ herself, referring to Mr West storming the stage two years ago after Beyonce was beaten to the best album title by Beck’s Morning Phase.
Adele had not long been sat down, but was called back up to pick up the Album of the Year award which she says she “cannot accept”…as it should go to Beyonce for her “inspiring” LP Lemonade.
“My artist of my life is Beyonce and this album for me, this Lemonade album, was so monumental and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul baring … and all us artists here [bleep] adore you
“You are our light. 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. I always have and I always will.”
Song of the Year
“Hello,” Adele and Greg Kurstin
Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper
Best Rock Album
Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Best R&B Song
“Lake By the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Best R&B Performance
“Cranes in the Sky,” Solange
Best Spoken Word Album
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
Best Americana Album
This Is Where I Live, William Bell
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito
Best Dance Recording
“Don’t Let Me Down” [ft. Daya], The Chainsmokers
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Take Me to the Alley, Gregory Porter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Country for Old Men, John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom, Ted Nash Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac, Chucho Valdés
Best World Music Album
Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Best Children’s Album
Infinity Plus One, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“You and I,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Album Notes
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
Best Remixed Recording
“Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix),” André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Best Engineered Album: Classical
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles, Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles, James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Best Classical Compendium
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Music Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years, The Beatles
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Track from Trolls – “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists; Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers
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