During the event, Chris Stapleton is also announced as the winner of Best Country Album Award for his latest effort 'From a Room: Volume 1'.
- January 29, 2018
AceShowbiz -
The 2018 Grammy Awards continues. The annual event kept viewers entertained with exciting performance by a bunch of A-list musicians in the line-up, including Donald Glover a.k.a Childish Gambino and Pink. While Donald belted out his song "Terrified", Pink touched the heart of the viewers with an enchanting rendition of "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken".
Afterwards, Dave Chappelle was announced as the winner of Best Comedy Album Award for his album "The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas". Dave kept his acceptance speech super short that night. "I am honored to win an award, finally," he said, mentioning all the people that he was thankful for. "See you on Monday."
Congrats Best Comedy Album - 'The Age of Spin' and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" #DaveChappelle #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/U04IL7bBGS
— Recording Academy (@RecordingAcad) 29 Januari 2018
Rihanna, DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller then graced the stage with their collaboration "Wild Thoughts" before Donnie Wahlberg and Hailee Steinfeld presented Chris Stapleton with Best Country Album Award for his latest effort "From a Room: Volume 1". The 39-year-old singer defeated Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Thomas Rhett.
During his acceptance speech, Chris praised the "wonderful room" he was happy to be in with all the other "wonderful" musicians. "We're so proud. We always try to make great records as good as we can and I guess this is a testament to that," he said. "So thank you to everybody that worked so hard for us and out on the road. It's a real joy to get to make music."
Congrats Best Country Album winner - @ChrisStapleton 'From A Room: Volume 1' #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/c36fIS3tFd
— Recording Academy (@RecordingAcad) 29 Januari 2018
Later on, country singers Eric Church, Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne delivered a touching performance in tribute to the victims and survivors of the shooting in Las Vegas in October last year. Ke$ha followed it up with a rendition of "Praying". She was joined by Camila Cabello, Julia Michaels and Andra Day.
Following the performances, Sting took to the stage to announce the winner of Best Song Award. Bruno Mars won the award for his hit song "That's What I Like". He thanked all his friends who helped him produce the song in his acceptance speech.
Congrats Song Of The Year winner - @brunomars "That's What I Like" #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/koW5KrBdh5
— Recording Academy (@RecordingAcad) 29 Januari 2018
