Pre-Grammy Winners!

A majority of this year’s Grammy winners are being announced during a pre-telecast ceremony held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Among the winners thus far:

Nominated for a total of 11 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar has already taken home four honors: Best Rap Song (“Alright”), Best Rap Performance (“Alright”), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“These Walls”), and Best Music Video (for Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”).

Alabama Shakes took home Best Rock Song for “Don’t Wanna Fight”. Their album Sound & Color won Best Alternative Album in a formidable category that also included Björk, Tame Impala, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket. Sound & Color was also awarded the Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Taylor Swift’s 1989 beat out Florence and the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful to win Best Pop Vocal Album. Taylor Swift’s video for “Bad Blood” (featuring Kendrick Lamar) won the Grammy for Best Music Video.

Mavis Staples earned the Best American Roots Performance Grammy for “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”. Meanwhile, Jason Isbell won Best American Roots Song (“24 Frames”) and Best Americana Album (Something More Than Free).

Skrillex and Diplo, t.k.a. Jack Ü, won Best Dance Recording (“Where Are Ü Now”). They also beat out the likes of Jamie xx, Caribou, Disclosure, and Chemical Brothers to earn the Best Dance/Electronica Album Grammy for Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü.

The Weeknd earned Grammys for Best Urban Contemporary Album (Beauty Behind the Madness) and Best R&B Performance (“Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)”).

D’Angelo, meanwhile, won the Grammys for Best R&B Album (Black Messiah) and Best R&B Song (“Really Love”).

Muse’s Drones was christened Best Rock Album.

Maria Schneider won the Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for her contributions to David Bowie’s final album, ★ (Blackstar).

Louis C.K. won Best Comedy Album for Live at Madison Square Garden.

The Amy Winehouse biopic Amy won the Grammy for Best Music Film.

The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two earned Jack White’s Third Man Records a Grammy for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.

“Glory”, Common, John Legend, and Rhymefest’s contribution to Selma, won Best Song Written for Visual Media.

Antonio Sanchez’s drum-focused score for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) picked up the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. Ironically, it was not nominated for an Oscar.