• At a ceremony dominated by female performers and presenters, Kacey Musgraves won Album of the year and Cardi B became the first woman to win best rap album as a solo artist.

• Our critics and writers weigh in on the best and worst moments.

• At the beginning of the show, Alicia Keys, the host, introduced “my sisters”: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez. Messages of inspiration and hope continued throughout.

• Check out the red carpet looks.

See the complete list of winners below:

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

“Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves

“This Is America” — Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

Dua Lipa

“Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” — Lady Gaga

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

“Sweetener” — Ariana Grande

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“When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell

“Masseduction” — Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)

“From the Fires” — Greta Van Fleet

“Colors” — Beck

“Best Part” — H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar

“Everything Is Love” — The Carters

“H.E.R.” — H.E.R.

“King’s Dead” — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake and

“Bubblin” — Anderson .Paak

“God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)

“Invasion of Privacy” — Cardi B

“Butterflies” — Kacey Musgraves

“Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves

“Emanon” — The Wayne Shorter Quartet

“Sincera” — Claudia Brant

“Aztlán” — Zoé

“By the Way, I Forgive You” — Brandi Carlile

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)

Pharrell Williams

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

“Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle

“The Band’s Visit” — Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer and lyricist

“Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)” — Terence Blanchard

“Stars and Stripes Forever” — John Daversa

“Spiderman Theme” — Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman and Justin Wilson, arrangers

“Masseduction” — Willo Perron, art director

“Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic” — Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic, art directors

“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — David Evans, album notes writer

“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer

“Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp and Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar and Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

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“Walking Away (Mura Masa remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer

“Eye in the Sky - 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, P.J. Olsson and Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer

“Steve Gadd Band” — Steve Gadd

“Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters

“You Say” — Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters

“Hiding Place” — Tori Kelly

“Look Up Child” — Lauren Daigle

“Unexpected” — Jason Crabb

“Freedom” — Soweto Gospel Choir

“The Greatest Showman” — Hugh Jackman (and Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Greg Wells, compilation producers

“Black Panther” — Ludwig Göransson, composer

“Opium Moon” — Opium Moon

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters

“The Travelin’ Mccourys” — The Travelin’ Mccourys

“The Blues Is Alive and Well” — Buddy Guy

“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito

“All Ashore” — Punch Brothers

“All the Sounds” — Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats

“Faith - A Journey for All” — Jimmy Carter

“¡México Por Siempre!” — Luis Miguel

“Anniversary” — Spanish Harlem Orchestra

“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a

“Quincy” — Quincy Jones; Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula Dupré Pesmen, video producer

“Tequila” — Dan + Shay

“Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane Mcanally and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters

“My Way” — Willie Nelson

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer

Blanton Alspaugh

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor

“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer

“Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor

“Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor

“Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D’india & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles

“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — Joann Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer

“Electricity” — Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson

“Woman Worldwide” — Justice

“44/876” — Sting and Shaggy

“Don’t Fence Me In” — John Daversa, soloist. Track from: “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom”

“The Window” — Cécile Mclorin Salvant

“American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom” — John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists

“Back to the Sunset” — Dafnis Prieto Big Band

“Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” — Leon Bridges and

“How Deep Is Your Love” — PJ Morton featuring Yebba

“Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon Mcfarlane, songwriters

“Electric Messiah” — High on Fire

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino