Grammy Awards Winner 2016

1989

Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge

Song of the Year

Uptown Funk

Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson

Record of the Year

Meghan Trainor

Best New Artist

To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Album

Uptown Funk

Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Where Are Ü Now

Justin Bieber, Jack Ü

Best Dance Recording

1989

Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album

Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Solo Performance

Traveller

Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album

Alright

Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Performance

Sound & Color

Alabama Shakes

Best Alternative Music Album

Don't Wanna Fight

Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Performance

Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)

The Weeknd

Best R&B Performance

Beauty Behind the Madness

The Weeknd

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Drones

Muse

Best Rock Album

Cirice

Ghost

Best Metal Performance

Black Messiah

D'Angelo, The Vanguard

Best R&B Album

Don't Wanna Fight

Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Song

These Walls (Explicit)

Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat, Bilal, ...

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

Tony Bennett, Bill Charlap

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Girl Crush

Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose

Best Country Song

Traveller

Chris Stapleton

Best Country Solo Performance

Really Love

D'Angelo, Kendra Foster

Best R&B Song

This Is Not a Test

TobyMac

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Past Present

John Scofield

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Covered: Alive in Asia

Israel & New Breed

Best Gospel Album

A Quien Quiera Escuchar

Ricky Martin

Best Latin Pop Album

Girl Crush

Little Big Town

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Bad Blood

Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Joseph Kahn, ...

Best Music Video

Something More Than Free

Jason Isbell

Best Americana Album

Glory

John Legend, Common, Rhymefest

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Little Ghetto Boy (Radio Edit)

Lalah Hathaway

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Jeff Bhasker

Non-Classical Producer of the Year

Strictly Roots

Morgan Heritage

Best Reggae Album

Cherokee (feat. Christian McBride Trio)

Christian McBride

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Amy

Amy Winehouse, Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

Best Music Film

Glen Campbell I'll Be Me Soundtrack

Big Machine Records

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Holy Spirit

Francesca Battistelli

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

Best Spoken Word Album

Sings

Angélique Kidjo

Best World Music Album

Grace

Paul Avgerinos

Best New Age Album

Made in Brazil

Eliane Elias

Best Latin Jazz Album

Son De Panamá (feat. Roberto Delgado & Orquesta)

Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

Kirk Franklin

Wanna Be Happy?

Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song

Sylva

Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest

Best Pop Instrumental Album

The Muscle Shoals Recordings

The SteelDrivers

Best Bluegrass Album

For One to Love

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Live At Madison Square Garden

Louis C.K.

Best Comedy Album

Born to Play Guitar

Buddy Guy

Best Blues Album

GoGo Juice

Jon Cleary

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Just Be Yourself, What it Means. Part 2

Our true self is who we really are when we let go of all of the stories, labels, and judgments that we have placed upon ourselves. It is who we naturally are without the masks and pretentiousness.

It is who we really are when we let fall to the floor the cloak of other people’s stuff that we have taken on.

Everything else that we claim to be when we say, “This is who I am!” is only a story.

Below are some steps that have helped me in uncovering my real nature.

 Get in touch with your inner child.

If you ever watch small children, you will notice just how free they are and how little they care about what other people think of them. They are happy and in the moment.

They are their true natures. They have not yet been socialized to “fit in” to a society that squashes that. They don’t care if people think that they are silly while they dance outside of the gate for all of the neighbors to see.

Children are just pure love and light. If you really want to get in touch with your inner child, become freer. Play, have fun, enjoy the moment, do cartwheels outside your home.

We play roles to fit into society and we suppress our true nature out of fear of what others think. If you find yourself worrying about being judged, remember that is merely just the socialized you, not the real you.

It's all in your head.

A piture tell a story just as well as a large amount of descriptive text.

 It's much easier to learn how machines work by looking at picture, rather than by hearing someone describe them.

It can worth a thousand words, it depend on what you are thinking in your head.

Just Be YOURSELF, What it means.

I’ve heard the statement “just be yourself” so much. It sounds like an amazing thing to do, and I have wished many times that I could just do that. What I’ve wondered, though, is what in the world does that mean?

What if someone is a jerk to other people? Is it okay for them to just be themselves and go on being a jerk to everyone? How about people who are fearful of being around others and live a hermit-like life, avoiding people?

In my quest for answers I’ve found that it is very much possible to just be yourself. The person who is a jerk to others and the person who is afraid of social situations are, in actuality, not being themselves. Their real self is just being covered up with conditioned, fear-based thinking.

"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be." Alan Watts

To be continued.........