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    Bruno Mars Grammy Awards 2018

    Bruno Mars and his crew took a bow for his sweeping win at the Grammy Awards. (Photo: CBS)

    Bruno Mars was all about gold at this year’s, 60th Anniversary Grammy Awards. He swept the top categories. Kendrick Lamar and Chris Stapleton also cleaned up in a night of sweeps.

    Lamar also picked up five prizes. “Humble” won Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video, while his collaboration with Rihanna, “Loyalty,” was named Best Rap/Sung Performance.

    His album Damn was named Best Rap Album.

    Stapleton won Best Country Album for From a Room: Volume 1, Best Country Solo Performance for “Either Way” and Best Country Song for “Broken Halos.”

    Mars, real name Peter Gene Hernandez, also won Best R&B Album, Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Single also for “That’s What I Like.”

    In the non-televised awards, his album also took the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, award.

    “All the music, the music business horror stories you see in the movies, we’ve been through all of it,” Mars told the audience.

    “And this is the first time on this album that we all came collectively as a group and put this song together and put the album together.

    So fellas, it is an honour to share this with you tonight. These are my brothers,” he added.

    He was referring to his crew, co-writers Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip.

    “I’ve known these guys for over a decade,” he said.

    In other awards, Ed Sheeran, who was a no-show, one Best Pop Solo Performance for “Shape of You” and Best Pop Vocal album for Divide

    The Weeknd, Childish Gambino and Little Big Town also won awards

    Alesia Cara was named Best New Artist and was the only female artist to win a top category.

    Check out the video below and a list of the Top Winners at the Grammys, hosted this year by James Corden in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

    Grammy Awards 2018 Selected List of Winners

    Album of the Year:
    ’24k Magic’ – Bruno Mars

    Record of the Year:
    ’24k Magic’ – Bruno Mars

    Song of the Year:
    ‘That’s What I Like’ — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip (Bruno Mars)

    Best New Artist:
    Alessia Cara

    Best Pop Solo Performance:
    ‘Shape of You’ — Ed Sheeran

    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
    ‘Feel It Still’ — Portugal. The Man

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
    ‘Tony Bennett Celebrates 90’ — Various Artists; Dae Bennett, producer

    Best Pop Vocal Album:
    ‘÷’ — Ed Sheeran

    Best Dance Recording:
    ‘Tonite’ — LCD Soundsystem

    Best Dance/Electronic Album:
    ‘3-D The Catalogue’ — Kraftwerk

    Best Rock Song:
    ‘Run’ — Foo Fighters

    Best Rock Album:
    ‘A Deeper Understanding’ — The War on Drugs

    Best Alternative Music Album:
    ‘Sleep Well Beast’ — The National

    Best R&B Performance:
    ‘That’s What I Like’ — Bruno Mars

    Best Traditional R&B Performance:
    ‘Redbone’ — Childish Gambino

    Best R&B Song:
    ‘That’s What I Like’ — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

    Best Urban Contemporary Album:
    ‘Starboy’ — The Weeknd

    Best R&B Album:
    ’24K Magic’ — Bruno Mars

    Best Rap Performance:
    ‘HUMBLE.’ — Kendrick Lamar

    Best Rap/Sung Performance:
    ‘LOYALTY.’ — Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna

    Best Rap Song:
    ‘HUMBLE.’ — Duckworth, Asheton Hogan and M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

    Best Rap Album:
    ‘DAMN.’ — Kendrick Lamar

    Best Country Solo Performance:
    ‘Either Way’ — Chris Stapleton

    Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
    ‘Better Man’ — Little Big Town

    Best Country Song:
    ‘Broken Halos’ — Mike Henderson and Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton)

    Best Country Album:
    ‘From a Room: Volume 1’ — Chris Stapleton

    Best Music Video:
    ‘HUMBLE.’ — Kendrick Lamar

    Best Music Film:
    ‘The Defiant Ones’ — Various Artists