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The tribute to Prince was amazing. The rest of the evening will be forgotten by the middle of the week, except by those who are fans of the artists who did it. Nothing that happened will cross over and become culturally relevant. So, here’s to next year!!

Adele sweeps Grammy awards in shock victory over Beyoncé

Adele won the top three Grammy awards on Sunday, taking home the statuettes for album, record and song of the year in a shock victory over Beyoncé.

Adele won all five Grammys for which she was nominated, including for her comeback album “25” and her single “Hello.”

Beyoncé, who had gone into Sunday’s awards show with a leading nine nominations for her “Lemonade” album, won just two.

“My queen and my idol is Queen B. I adore you,” Adele said to Beyoncé as she accepted her award.

“The ‘Lemonade’ album was so monumental,” she added.

Beyoncé and Adele also had the most talked-about moments on a night marked by political statements, an emotional tribute to British pop star George Michael, and a rocking memorial to pioneering funk musician Prince.

In her first public appearance since her announcement 12 days ago that she is expecting twins, Beyoncé donned a sheer, glittering gold dress and halo to sing ballads “Love Drought” and “Sandcastles” from her album “Lemonade.”

Moments later, Adele literally stopped the show after flubbing the start of a tribute to the late British pop star Michael.

“I’m sorry. I know it’s live TV,” she said, cursing, stopping her slow ballad version of Michael’s “Fastlove” and asking to start again. “I can’t mess this up for him (Michael),” she said.

Adele, 28, was competing head-on with Beyoncé, 35, the only other artist to be nominated this year for all three top awards – album, song and record of the year.

Chance the Rapper was named best new artist while Twenty One Pilots won the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance for “Stressed Out.”

The other big Grammy winner was late British singer David Bowie, who won all five of the nominations for his final album “Blackstar,” including best rock song.

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Congratulations to all of the winners!!

Grammys 2017: The Complete Winners List

Here’s a full rundown of all the Grammy winners:

Album of the Year: 25, Adele
Record of the Year: “Hello,” Adele
Song of the Year: “Hello,” Adele
Best Rap Album: The Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Lemonade, Beyonce
Best Country Solo Performance: “My Church,” Maren Morris
Best Rock Song: “Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Hello,” Adele
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin,” Willie Nelson
Best Pop Vocal Album: 25, Adele
Best Dance Recording: “Don’t Let Me Down,” The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skin, Flume
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance: “Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Metal Performance: “Dystopia,” Megadeth
Best Rock Album: Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album: Blackstar, David Bowie
Best R&B Performance: “Cranes in the Sky,” Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Angel,” Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song: “Lake By the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Best R&B Album: Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Best Rap Performance: “No Problem,” Chance the Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Best Rap/Sung Performance: “Hotline Bling,” Drake
Best Rap Song: “Hotline Bling,” Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
Best Latin Pop Album: Jesse & Joy, Un Besito Mas
Best Country Album: Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Best Country Song: Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Pentatonix, “Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton)”
Best Roots Gospel Album: Joey+Rory, Hymns
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Ted Nash Big Band, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Country for Old Men
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: John Scofield, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Third Coast Percussion, “Steve Reich”
Best Dance Recording: The Chainsmokers, “Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya)”
Best New Age Album: White Sun, White Sun II
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Tamela Mann, “God Provides”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, “Thy Will”
Best Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, Love Remains
Best World Music Album: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, Sing Me Home
Best Children’s Album: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Infinity Plus One
Best Spoken Word Album: Carol Burnett, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox
Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
Best Instrumental Composition: Ted Nash, “Spoken at Midnight”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Jacob Collier, “You and I”
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Jacob Collier, “Flintstones”
Best Recording Package: David Bowie, Blackstar
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Edith Piaf, Edith Piaf 1915-2015
Best Album Notes: Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along
Best Historical Album: Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: David Bowie, Blackstar
Best Remixed Recording: Bob Moses, “Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix)”
Best Surround Sound Album: Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony, Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler, Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra, “Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9”
Best Music Video: Beyoncé, “Formation”
Best Music Film: The Beatles, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years
MusiCares Person of the Year: Tom Petty

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I saw THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE this weekend with my Niece and Nephew and we all loved it!

Box office report: LEGO Batman whips Fifty Shades Darker while John Wick surges

Though the race was closer than expected, Fifty Shades Darker ultimately submitted to The LEGO Batman Movie at the finish line, as the animated family feature launches with a $55.6 million weekend haul.

The third film to be released under the Warner Bros. Animation umbrella, LEGO Batman, a spinoff of the 2014 blockbuster The LEGO Movie, clocks in around $14 million softer than its forerunner, but its worldwide totals are still impressive: After three days in over 60 global territories, the film sold around $93 million worth of tickets, bounding past its $80 million production budget.

As family-oriented fare often does, LEGO Batman seemingly pleased the crowds it attracted, receiving an A- grade from polled moviegoers on CinemaScore. With such a strong audience-to-product connection, the original LEGO Movie‘s box office domination directly impacted the iconic toy brand’s sales, as profits rose by nearly 15 percent with additional double-digit sales growth in the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, and China in 2014.

Effective counter-programming to LEGO Batman‘s cross-demographic appeal, Fifty Shades Darker held its own against the blockbuster, taking in an estimated $46.8 million between Friday and Sunday for a solid No. 2 finish. The romance-tinged drama, a sequel to the 2015 E.L. James adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey, effectively courted its target audience, as Universal’s tracking indicates 70 percent of the opening weekend crowd was comprised of women. Around 56 percent of the total audience was under the age of 30.

The $55 million film commanded a further $100.1 million from 57 international territories for a global take of $146.9 million — enough to push the film to the top of the worldwide chart. The original Fifty Shades flick made just over $570 million around the world in 2015.

John Wick: Chapter 2 wrote the week’s biggest success story at No. 3, amassing a whopping $30 million over its first three days in wide release — more than doubling the $14.4 million bow posted by its 2014 predecessor. Tracking suggested an opening in the high teens, though the action sequel successfully tapped into the first film’s hungry cult audience, who gave star Keanu Reeves his highest opening weekend since The Day the Earth Stood Still tallied a $30.5 million start in 2008. Chapter 2 averaged $9,642 at 3,113 theaters and an A- grade on CinemaScore.

Rounding out the top five are M. Night Shyamalan’s Split ($9.3 million), which tumbles three spots after spending three consecutive weeks atop the North American chart, and perennial crowd-pleaser Hidden Figures, which adds around $8 million to its ballooning $131.5 million total.

Outside the top 10, a compilation of the Academy’s Oscar-nominated short films averages $3,587 at 184 sites for an estimated $660,000 finish. Belle director Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom, starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo, notches a decent number from four theaters, pulling in approximately $70,000 in limited release.

The week’s highest per-location average (an estimated $40,510 from a single theater), however, hails from Ceyda Torun’s documentary Kedi, which follows Istanbul’s curious population of cats.

Per comScore, overall box office is up around 1.7 percent from the same frame last year. Check out the Feb. 10-12 weekend estimates below.

1. The LEGO Batman Movie – $55.6 million
2. Fifty Shades Darker – $46.8 million
3. John Wick: Chapter 2 – $30 million
4. Split – $9.3 million
5. Hidden Figures – $8 million
6. A Dog’s Purpose – $7.4 million
7. Rings – $5.8 million
8. La La Land – $5 million
9. Lion – $4.1 million
10. The Space Between Us – $1.8 million