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Avid Customers Shine at the 58th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Sound engineer
Producer and mixer Mikael Count won the award for Best American Roots Performance for See That My Grave Is Kept Clean by Mavis Staples. "I've worked on a few projects over the years that juxtapose vintage sounds with more modern production, but this was the first time Mavis had incorporated modern production and non-traditional sounds," he said. "With a legendary artist like Mavis, you can't just add the effects or production techniques that might work with a new artist. Fortunately, I worked remotely with
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"We're honored that the world's most talented music professionals continue to choose Avid's industry-leading audio solutions to record and
produce the best music across all genres," said
Record of the Year
- Really Love by D'Angelo and the Vanguard
- Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (WINNER)
- Thinking Out Loud by
Ed Sheeran Blank Space byTaylor Swift - Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd
Album of the Year
- Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
- To Pimp a Butterfly by
Kendrick Lamar - Traveller by
Chris Stapleton - 1989 by
Taylor Swift (WINNER) - Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd
Song of the Year
- Alright by
Kendrick Lamar Blank Space byTaylor Swift - Girl Crush by Little Big Town
- See You Again by
Wiz Khalifa featuringCharlie Puth - Thinking Out Loud by
Ed Sheeran (WINNER)
Pop Solo Performance
- Heartbeat Song by
Kelly Clarkson - Love Me Like You Do by
Ellie Goulding - Thinking Out Loud by
Ed Sheeran (WINNER) Blank Space byTaylor Swift - Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd
Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Ship to Wreck by Florence + the Machine
- Sugar by Maroon 5
- Uptown Funk by
Mark Ronson featuringBruno Mars (WINNER) - Bad Blood by
Taylor Swift featuringKendrick Lamar
Pop Vocal Album
- Piece by Piece by
Kelly Clarkson - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + the Machine
- Uptown Special by
Mark Ronson - 1989 by
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Rock Performance
- Don't Wanna Fight by Alabama Shakes (WINNER)
- What Kind Of Man by Florence + the Machine
- Don't Wanna Fight by Alabama Shakes (WINNER)
- What Kind of Man by
Florence + the Machine
Alternative Music Album
- Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes (WINNER)
- Vulnicura by Björk
R&B Song
- Really Love by D'Angelo and the Vanguard (WINNER)
Urban Contemporary Album
- Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd (WINNER)
R&B Album
- Black Messiah by D'Angelo and the Vanguard (WINNER)
Rap Performance
- Back to Back by Drake
-
Alright by
Kendrick Lamar (WINNER) - All Day by
Kanye West featuringTheophilus London ,Allan Kingdom andPaul McCartney
Rap/Sung Collaboration
- Glory by Common and
John Legend - These Walls by
Kendrick Lamar featuringBilal ,Anna Wise andThundercat (WINNER)
- All Day by
Kanye West featuringTheophilus London ,Allan Kingdom andPaul McCartney - Alright by
Kendrick Lamar (WINNER) - Glory by Common and
John Legend
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) by The Weeknd
Best American Roots Performance
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean by Mavis Staples (WINNER)
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