Taylor Swift wins top Grammy Award, Kendrick Lamar wins 5

Taylor Swift's official switch from
country to pop with her multi-hit, best-selling "1989"
album brought the singer her second Grammy Award
win for album of the year.
Swift was shocked when she won the night's top
prize, beating out Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton,
Alabama Shakes and the Weeknd. Swift used her
speech to encourage young women who feel
defeated at times or discouraged by others.
"There will be people along the way that will try to
undercut your success or take credit for your
accomplishments or your fame. You just focus on the
work and don't let those people sidetrack you," she
said.
Her speech could be directed partly to Kanye West,
who recently said in a new song that he made Swift
famous after he stole her microphone at the 2009
MTV Video Music Awards.
Beyonce also seemed to make a statement when she
presented the final award for the night, record of the
year.
"Art is the unapologetic celebration of culture
through self-expression. It can impact people in a
variety of ways for different reasons at different
times. Some will react. Some will respond. And some
will be moved," she said, seeming to speak to those
who were critical of her Super Bowl performance of
the anthem, "Formation."
Swift, who won the album of the year Grammy for
"Fearless" in 2009, walked away Monday with three
awards, including best pop vocal album and music
video for "Bad Blood," at the Staples Center in Los
Angeles.
Alabama Shakes also won three awards, though
Lamar was the night's big winner with five.
He won best rap album for "To Pimp a Butterfly" as
well as rap performance, rap song, rap/sung
performance and music video. Along with his wins,
Lamar also had a show-stopping moment when he
took the stage.
He started as he appeared beaten, in handcuffs, with
chains around his hands and a bruise on his eyes. He
went on to fuse rap, jazz, reggae and African sounds
for a commanding performance as he rapped "The
Blacker the Berry" and the Grammy-nominated
"Alright" passionately. He ended with a map of Africa,
and the city of Compton imprinted in it.
"Hip-hop, Ice Cube, this for hip-hop, this for Snoop
Dogg ...this for Nas. We will live forever, believe
that," said Lamar onstage when he won best rap
album.