Stars from the music world have gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for this year’s Grammy Awards.With an exhaustive 83 categories in 30 genres, over the past few hours the majority of the awards have been given out at another ceremony ahead of the main telecast event.Kendrick Lamar has collected five prizes, heading into the night leading with 11 nominations.
Ed Sheeran also won his first ever Grammy for best pop solo performance.He beat Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, The Weekend and fellow Brit Ellie Goulding to the prize, for his ballad Thinking Out Loud.”I’ve come here the last four years and never won, and my family fly over every year and I have to explain to them why [I don’t win] – so thank you very much for this,” the singer said as he collected the award.
Lamar’s wins included best rap song and rap performance for Alright, best rap/sung collaboration and best music video, which he shared with Swift for her hit Bad Blood.
