How AllMusic Reviewed the Grammy Winners

​The uniquely staged 63rd Grammy Awards ceremony was dominated by women, as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé, and Fiona Apple all claimed trophies, while leaving a few crumbs for Harry Styles, the Strokes, John Legend, Thundercat, and Body Count. Take a look at how AllMusic reviewed the Grammy-winning albums, from pop to jazz to classical and everything in between.

Album of the Year - Taylor Swift, folklore
Record of the Year - Billie Eilish, "Everything I Wanted"
Song of the Year - H.E.R., "I Can't Breathe"
Best New Artist - Megan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Solo Performance - Harry Styles, "Watermelon Sugar"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Lady Gaga feat. Ariana Grande, "Rain On Me"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - James Taylor, American Standard
Best Pop Vocal Album - Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
Best Dance/Electronic Album - Kaytranada, Bubba
Best Dance Recording - Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis, "10%"
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album - Snarky Puppy, Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Best Alternative Music Album - Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best Rock Performance - Fiona Apple, "Shameika"
Best Metal Performance - Body Count, "Bum-Rush"
Best Rock Song - Brittany Howard, "Stay High"
Best Rock Album - The Strokes, The New Abnormal
Best R&B Performance - Beyoncé, "Black Parade"
Best Traditional R&B Performance - Ledisi, "Anything For You"
Best R&B Song - Robert Glasper feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, "Better Than I Imagined"
Best Progressive R&B Album - Thundercat, It Is What It Is
Best R&B Album - John Legend, Bigger Love
Best Rap Performance - Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé, "Savage"
Best Melodic Rap Performance - Anderson .Paak, "Lockdown"
Best Rap Song - Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé, "Savage"
Best Rap Album - Nas, King's Disease
Best Country Solo Performance - Vince Gill, "When My Amy Prays"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, "10,000 Hours"
Best Country Song - The Highwomen, "Crowded Table"
Best Country Album - Miranda Lambert, Wildcard
Best New Age Album - Jim "Kimo" West, More Guitar Stories
Best Improvised Jazz Solo - Chick Corea, "All Blues" [from Trilogy 2]
Best Jazz Vocal Album - Kurt Elling feat. Danilo Pérez, Secrets are the Best Stories
Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade, Trilogy 2
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords
Best Latin Jazz Album - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions
Best Gospel Performance/Song - Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music, "Movin' On"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - Zach Williams & Dolly Parton, "There Was Jesus"
Best Gospel Album - PJ Morton, Gospel According to PJ
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Kanye West, Jesus Is King
Best Roots Gospel Album - Fisk Jubilee Singers, Celebrating Fisk!
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album - Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album - Fito Paez, La Conquista del Espacio
Best Regional Mexican Music Album - Natalia Lafourcade, Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1
Best Tropical Latin Album - Grupo Niche, 40
Best American Roots Performance - John Prine, "I Remember Everything"
Best American Roots Song - John Prine, "I Remember Everything"
Best Americana Album - Sarah Jarosz, World on the Ground
Best Bluegrass Album - Billy Strings, Home
Best Traditional Blues Album - Bobby Rush, Rawer Than Raw
Best Contemporary Blues Album - Fantastic Negrito, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Best Folk Album - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, All the Good Times
Best Regional Roots Music Album - New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Atmosphere
Best Reggae Album - Toots & the Maytals, Got to be Tough
Best Global Music Album - Burna Boy, Twice as Tall
Best Children's Music Album - Joanie Leeds, All the Ladies
Best Spoken Word Album - Rachel Maddow, Blowout
Best Comedy Album - Tiffany Haddish, Black Mitzvah
Best Musical Theater Album - Jagged Little Pill
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media - Jojo Rabbit
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Best Song Written For Visual Media - Billie Eilish & Finneas Baird, "No Time to Die"
Best Instrumental Composition - Maria Schneider, "Sputnik"
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella - John Beasley, "Donna Lee"
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - Jacob Collier feat. Rapsody, "He Won't Hold You"
Best Recording Package - Desert Sessions Vols. 11 & 12
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - Wilco, Ode to Joy
Best Album Notes - Bob Mehr, Dead Man's Pop (The Replacements)
Best Historical Album - Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Beck, Hyperspace
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Andrew Watt
Best Remixed Recording - Imanbek Zeikenov, "Roses (Imanbek Remix)"
Best Engineered Album, Classical - David Frost & Charlie Post, Shostakovich: Symphony No 13, 'Babi Yar'
Producer Of The Year, Classical - David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ives: Complete Symphonies
Best Opera Recording - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Best Choral Performance - Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance - Pacifica Quartet, Contemporary Voices
Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Richard O'Neill, Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album - Experiential Chorus & Orchestra, Smyth: The Prison
Best Classical Compendium - Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Best Contemporary Classical Composition - Christopher Rouse, Rouse: Symphony No. 5
Best Music Video - Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, and Wizkid feat. Blue Ivy Carter, "Brown Skin Girl"
Best Music Film - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice