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Taylor Swift celebrates early Grammys double win

Written by . Published: February 16 2016

Best friends Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez had a hard time containing their emotions as they discovered the Love Story singer was an early double Grammy Awards winner on Monday afternoon (15Feb16).


The girls were getting ready for the big show when they learned Bad Blood - the promo which featured both of them - had picked up the Best Music Video prize at the pre-telecast ceremony.


Swift had already won the Best Pop Vocal Album for 1989 and was positively giddy about her second win, posting a brief video from backstage at the Staples Center on Instagram.


In the short film, Swift, who was preparing to open the show, said "What just happened?" and "Oh my God" repeatedly as she buried her head in her hands, while pal Gomez just giggled and jumped up and down with glee.


Taylor tweeted, "Bad Blood just won a Grammy for Best Music Video and we are not ok," while Selena added, "I got to be in my best friends first Grammy award winning music video!!!!!!?!"


Swift was too busy getting ready for her red caret moment to attend the early awards show and sent fun. star Jack Antonoff to pick up her Best Pop Vocal Album award.


He called her from the stage and asked her what to say and Taylor screamed, "Is James Taylor there? Can someone tell James Taylor I love him?"


The pop star beat the veteran in the category.


Antonoff, who is Lena Dunham's boyfriend, then joined Taylor for her opening Grammys number, a high-energy rendition of her single Out of the Woods.


Jason Isbell, The Weeknd, Alabama Shakes, Little Big Town, Skrillex & Diplo and D'Angelo were also multiple winners before the big show began, while Kendrick Lamar was already a triple winner as stars began arriving at the Staples Center for Grammy night. He picked up Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for Alright, while his These Walls collaboration with Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat was named Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.


Kendrick added a fourth prize to his haul during the telecast, picking up the Best Rap Album honor for To Pimp a Butterfly.


The latest list of winners is:

Best Pop Solo Performance


Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance


Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album


The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern - Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap

Best Pop Vocal Album


1989 – Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording


Where Are U Now - Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber

Best Dance/Electronic Album


Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U - Skrillex and Diplo

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album


Sylva – Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest

Best Metal Performance


Cirice - Ghost

Best Rock Song


Don’t Wanna Fight - Alabama Shakes (Written by Alabama Shakes)

Best Rock Album


Drones - Muse

Best Alternative Music Album


Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes

Best R&B Performance


Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Gray) - The Weeknd

Best Traditional R&B Performance


Little Ghetto Boy - Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song


Really Love - D’Angelo And The Vanguard (Written by D’Angelo & Kendra Foster)

Best Urban Contemporary Album


Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd

Best R&B Album


Black Messiah - D'Angelo And The Vanguard

Best Rap Performance


Alright - Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration


These Walls - Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat

Best Rap Song


Alright - Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Album


To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Solo Performance


Traveler - Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance


Girl Crush - Little Big Town

Best Country Song


Girl Crush - Little Big Town (Written by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose)

Best Country Album


Traveler - Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album


Grace - Paul Avgerinos

Best Improvised Jazz Solo


Cherokee - Christian McBride

Best Jazz Vocal Album


For One To Love – Cecile McLorin Savant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album


Past Present – John Scofield

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album


The Thompson Fields – Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album


Made In Brazil – Eliane Elias

Best Gospel Performance/Song


Wanna Be Happy? - Kirk Franklin (Written by Kirk Franklin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song


Holy Spirit - Francesca Battistelli

Best Gospel Album


Covered: Alive In Asia (Live) (Deluxe) - Israel & NewBreed

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album


This Is Not A Test - Tobymac

Best Roots Gospel Album


Still Rockin’ My Soul - The Fairfield Four

Best Latin Pop Album


A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) - Ricky Martin

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album


(TIE) Hasta La Raíz - Natalia Lafourcade & Dale - Pitbull

Best Regional Mexican Music Album


Realidades (Deluxe Edition) – Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Tropical Latin Album


Son De Panama - Ruben Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orchestra

Best American Roots Performance


See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Marvin Staples

Best American Roots Song


24 Frames - Jason Isbell

Best Americana Album


Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell

Best Bluegrass Album


The Muscle Shoals Recordings - The Steeldrivers

Best Blues Album


Born To Play Guitar - Buddy Guy

Best Folk Album


Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn - Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Best Regional Roots Music Album


Go Go Juice - Jon Cleary

Best Reggae Album


Strictly Roots - Morgan Heritage

Best World Music Album


Sings - Angelique Kidjo

Best Children’s Album


Home - Tim Kubart

Best Spoken Word Album


A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety - Jimmy Carter

Best Comedy Album


Live At Madison Square Garden - Louis C.K.

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media


Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media


Birdman - Antonio Sanchez, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media


Glory - Common & John Legend

Best Instrumental Composition


The Afro Latin Jazz Suite - Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. Rudresh Mahanthappa (Composed by Arturo O’Farrill)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella


Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Pentatonix (Arranged by Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola)

Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals


Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) - David Bowie (Arranged by Maria Schneider)

Best Recording Package


Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Asleep At The Wheel

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package


The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) - Various Artists

Best Album Notes


Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced - Joni Mitchell (Album notes written by Joni Mitchell)

Best Historical Album


The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical


Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical


Jeff Bhasker

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical


Uptown Funk (Dave Aude Remix) - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (Remixed by Dave Aude)

Best Surround Sound Album


Amused To Death - Roger Waters

Best Engineered Album, Classical


Ask Your Mama - George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Producer Of The Year, Classical


Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance


Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow (Symphony No. 10) - Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best Opera Recording


Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges; Sheherazade - Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus

Best Choral Performance


Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance


Filament - Eighth Blackbird

Best Classical Instrumental Solo


Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes - Seattle Symphony

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album


Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall - Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist

Best Classical Compendium


Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto - Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition


Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances - Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra (Composed by Stephen Paulus)

Best Music Video


Bad Blood - Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best Music Film


Amy - Amy Winehouse

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