Say what you will about the 2016 Grammys, but they are one of the biggest nights for the international music community. The results have just come out, and no doubt there will be some furious debate surrounding the winners and those who have been robbed. But rest easy, we’ve had a look at the nominees and done the math to bring you the definitive list of those who won, and those who should have won.
Record of the Year
Winner: Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars
Should Have Won: Depreston, Courtney Barnett. Maaaaaaate. How can you look past this one? What a rippa.
Album of the Year
Winner: Taylor Swift, 1989
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Just Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. What an album, Barney was totally jipped, mate.
Best Pop Vocal Album
Winner: Taylor Swift, 1989
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Just Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. She was really, really jipped.
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Winner: Dave Audé, Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett for her cover remix of Rowland S. Howard’s Shivers.
Best Music Video
Winner: Taylor Swift f. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Kim’s Caravan. Shit mate, a blind fella could tell you this.
Best Music Film
Winner: Amy
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Dead Fox, for the upcoming Fantastic Mr. Fox sequel, directed by Lars Von Trier.
Best Country Solo Performer
Winner: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett for when she performed on Ellen. That was a pretty good solo gig in another country, now my mum likes CB too.
Best Dance Recording
Winner: Skrillex, Diplo, and Justin Bieber, Where Are Ü Now
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett for Depreston. Kids were dancing to this banger in da clubs all night long.
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Winner: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack Ü
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett. Same as above ^^^
Best R&B Performance
Winner: The Weeknd, Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett for her Tiny Desk gig. R&B stands for “Room and Books” yeah?
Best R&B Song
Winner: D’Angelo, Really Love
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, same reason again ^^^
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Winner: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Depreston. Nothing more urban than moving house.
Best R&B Album
Winner: D’Angelo And The Vanguard, Black Messiah
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett. Duh
Best Rock Album
Winner: Muse, Drones
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, for reasons we’ve already explained
Best Alternative Music Album
Winner: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett. Are you sensing a pattern here?
Best Rap Performance
Winner: Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett. People say she only talks, which is what lots of rapper do.
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Winner: Kendrick Lamar f. Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat, These Walls
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, because she sings a lot too.
Best Rap Song
Winner: Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Three Packs A Day. So much flow to this banger.
Best Pop Solo Performance
Winner: Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Pedestrian at Best. It’s super popular with the kids.
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Winner: Mark Ronson f. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett for that Nobody Cares video, what a group performance.
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Winner: Jeff Bhasker
Should Have Won: Whoever produced Courtney Barnett’s album. Its a shiner.
Best Rap Album
Winner: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett
Best Country Album
Winner: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, because she is the drawling Aussie voice of our proud country.
Song Of The Year
Winner: Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Three Packs A Day. No one has captured the beauty of 2 minute noodles like this.
Best Musical Theater Album
Winner: Hamilton
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, for the upcoming stage adaptation of the upcoming Fantastic Mr. Fox sequel, directed by Sir Ian McKellen.
Best Rock Performance
Winner: Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett, Nobody Cares, since no one cares about the other nominees.
Best New Artist
Winner: Meghan Trainor
Should Have Won: Courtney Barnett
