Sony/ATV’s Cardi B, Drake and Lady Gaga Among 2019 Grammy Winners

Cardi B, Drake and Lady Gaga were among Sony/ATV’s winners at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.

Gaga won three honours at the 2019 event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, including picking up two awards for her song 'Shallow' from the movie A Star Is Born. It won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media, while she collected a third award for the song 'Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’ To?)', which won Best Pop Solo Performance. She has now received nine Grammys across her career.

Drake also added to his previous Grammy wins as 'God’s Plan' won Best Rap Song and he shared the win with fellow Sony/ATV songwriter Boi-1da. There was a third Producer of the Year, Non-Classical success for Pharrell Williams whose latest win in this category was for his work for artists including Ariane Grande, The Carters, Migos and Justin Timberlake.

A number of Sony/ATV songwriters won their first ever Grammy Awards. These included Cardi B who won Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy, Ella Mai whose 'Boo’d Up' won Best R&B Song, Leon Bridges who won Best Traditional R&B Performance for 'Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand' and Daniel Caesar who won Best R&B Performance alongside H.E.R. for 'Best Part'. Sony/ATV’s Hey DJ and Swagg R’celious were also recognised for their contributions to H.E.R.’s self-titled album which won Best R&B Album. There were two wins for Tori Kelly for Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel/Performance Song and one for Willie Nelson for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Having won his first Grammy nearly four decades ago for 'Reggatta de Blanc', Sting landed an 18th win but first in the Best Reggae Album category. This was for his release 44/876, which he recorded with Shaggy.

Other Sony/ATV winners included Jack Antonoff who won Best Rock Song for co-writing 'Masseducation' with St. Vincent and Luke Laird who received the Best Country Song prize for co-penning Kacey Musgraves’ 'Space Cowboy'. James Blake was part of the Best Rap Performance prize, which was won by the song 'King’s Dead', which he recorded with Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Future. Best Alternative Album went to Beck’s Colors, which was co-written and produced by Sony/ATV’s Greg Kurstin.