60th Annual 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. James Corden returned as host.
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 was held on the same day prior to the main ceremony.
Bruno Mars was nominated for six awards and won all six on the night.
Performers
Premiere ceremony
Main ceremony
| Artist | Song |
| 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 | "Terrified" |
| Pink | "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" |
| Bruno Mars Cardi B | "Finesse" |
| 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" |
Presenters
- John Legend and Tony Bennett – presented Best Rap/Sung Performance
- Kelly Clarkson and Nick Jonas – presented Best New Artist
- Jim Gaffigan – introduced Little Big Town
- Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr., and Joe Saylor – presented Best Pop Solo Performance
- Sarah Silverman and Victor Cruz – introduced Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Zuleyka Rivera
- Dave Chappelle – presented Best Rap Album
- Katie Holmes – introduced Bruno Mars and Cardi B
- Trevor Noah – presenting Best Comedy Album
- Donnie Wahlberg and Hailee Steinfeld – presenting Best Country Album
- Janelle Monáe – introduced Kesha, Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Julia Michaels, Andra Day and Bebe Rexha
- Camila Cabello – introduced U2
- Sting – presenting Song of the Year
- Anna Kendrick – introduced Elton John and Miley Cyrus
- Shemar Moore and Eve – introduced SZA
- Alicia Keys – presenting Record of the Year
- U2 – presenting Album of the Year
Nominations and winners
General
;Record of the Year- "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars
- *Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- "Redbone" – Childish Gambino
- *Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, producers; Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
- "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
- * Josh Gudwin, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, producers; Josh Gudwin & Jaycen Joshua, Chris "TEK" O’Ryan, Mauricio Rengifo, Juan G Rivera "Gaby Music", Luis "Salda" Saldarriaga & Andrés Torres, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
- "The Story of O.J." – Jay-Z
- * Jay-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglass & Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
- "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar
- * Asheton Hogan & Mike Will Made It, producers; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
- 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
- * Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- "Awaken, My Love!" – Childish Gambino
- * Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, producers; Bryan Carrigan, Chris Fogel, Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
- 4:44 – Jay-Z
- * Jay-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglass & Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, engineers/mixers; Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
- Damn – Kendrick Lamar
- * DJ Dahi, Sounwave & Anthony Tiffith, producers; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; K. Duckworth, D. Natche, M. Spears & A. Tiffith, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
- Melodrama – Lorde
- *Jack Antonoff & Lorde, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Ella Yelich-O'Connor, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
- "That's What I Like"
- *Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters
- "Despacito"
- * Ramón Ayala Rodriguez, Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton Jr., songwriters
- "4:44"
- * Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters
- "Issues"
- *Benjamin Levin, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters
- "1-800-273-8255"
- *Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart, songwriters
- Alessia Cara
- Khalid
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Julia Michaels
- SZA
Pop
- "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran
- "Love So Soft" – Kelly Clarkson
- "Praying" – Kesha
- "Million Reasons" – Lady Gaga
- "What About Us" – Pink
- "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man
- "Something Just like This" – The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
- "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
- "Thunder" – Imagine Dragons
- "Stay" – Zedd and Alessia Cara
- Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Dae Bennett, producer
- Nobody but Me – Michael Bublé
- Triplicate – Bob Dylan
- In Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane
- Wonderland – Sarah McLachlan
- ÷ – Ed Sheeran
- Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
- Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
- Evolve – Imagine Dragons
- Rainbow – Kesha
- Joanne – Lady Gaga
Dance/electronic music
- "Tonite" – LCD Soundsystem
- * James Murphy, producer; James Murphy, mixer
- "Bambro Koyo Ganda" – Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa
- * Bonobo, producer; Bonobo, mixer
- "Cola" – CamelPhat & Elderbrook
- * CamelPhat & Elderbrook, producers; CamelPhat, mixer
- "Andromeda" – Gorillaz featuring DRAM
- * Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Remi Kabaka & Anthony Khan, producers; Stephen Sedgwick, mixer
- "Line of Sight" – Odesza featuring WYNNE & Mansionair
- * Clayton Knight & Harrison Mills, producers; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer
- 3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
- Migration – Bonobo
- Mura Masa – Mura Masa
- A Moment Apart – Odesza
- What Now – Sylvan Esso
Contemporary instrumental music
- Prototype – Jeff Lorber Fusion
- What If – The Jerry Douglas Band
- Spirit – Alex Han
- Mount Royal – Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
- Bad Hombre – Antonio Sanchez
Rock
- "You Want It Darker" – Leonard Cohen
- "The Promise" – Chris Cornell
- "Run" – Foo Fighters
- "No Good" – Kaleo
- "Go to War" – Nothing More
- "Sultan's Curse" – Mastodon
- "Invisible Enemy" – August Burns Red
- "Black Hoodie" – Body Count
- "Forever" – Code Orange
- "Clockworks" – Meshuggah
- "Run"
- * Foo Fighters, songwriters
- "Atlas, Rise!"
- * James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, songwriters
- "Blood in the Cut"
- * JT Daly and Kristine Flaherty, songwriters
- "Go to War"
- * Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters
- "The Stage"
- * Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters
- A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs
- Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
- Hardwired... to Self-Destruct – Metallica
- The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
- Villains – Queens of the Stone Age