The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards marked first wins for many artists, both budding and seasoned. Among the first-time musical champs that had an incredible night: the history-making Billie Eilish, who brought home a whopping five awards, and Lizzo, who left with three awards out of her eight nominations this year.
Between big names like Eilish and Lizzo, many others at the 2020 Grammys received their debut awards outside of the major categories featured during the nighttime ceremony — think Sara Bareilles for best American roots performance and Michelle Obama (that Michelle Obama!) for best spoken word album. Ahead, we've pulled together a list of all the first-time winners of the year, so get ready to make a playlist of all their top-notch work.
Eilish's brother and collaborator, Finneas, snagged five Grammys for best engineered album (nonclassical) as well as record, album, song, and producer (nonclassical) of the year.
Lizzo reigned triumphant with three Grammys for best pop solo performance ("Truth Hurts"), traditional R&B performance ("Jerome"), and urban contemporary album (Cuz I Love You).
In addition to his mesmerizing performance, Lil Nas X picked up two awards for "Old Town Road," one for best music video and another for best pop duo/group performance.
Though he tragically passed away in 2019, Nipsey Hussle posthumously won his first Grammys for best rap/sung performance ("Higher") and best rap performance ("Racks in the Middle").
While he's known for catchphrase "another one," the Grammy for best rap/sung performance, an honor shared with John Legend and Nipsey Hussle, was Dr Khaled's first one.
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9J. Cole
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With 12 nominations to his name, J. Cole finally won in the best rap song category for his hit "A Lot."
The 29-year-old singer took home her first Grammy for best R&B song for "Say So." Naturally, JoJo was overjoyed and took to Twitter to share her excitement, writing, "OVER. THE. MOON."
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12Koffee
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For her project Rapture, Koffee picked up an award for best reggae album. (Fun fact: one of her songs is an Obama 2019 favorite!)
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13Sara Bareilles
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After eight nominations, the "Brave" singer snagged a Grammy for "Saint Honesty" in the best American roots performance category.
After 47 years, country legend Tanya Tucker picked up a Grammy for best country album (While I'm Livin') and best country song ("Bring My Flowers Now"), the latter of which was a collaboration with Brandi Carlile.
Jon Samson, a South African musician and music therapist, won a Grammy for best children's album for Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype.
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16Ranky Tanky
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For Good Time, Ranky Tanky won best regional roots music album.
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17Michael Cleveland
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Michael Cleveland's Tall Fiddler won a Grammy for best bluegrass album.
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18Aoife O'Donovan
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Aoife O'Donovan (far left) received her first Grammy for best American roots song while collaborating with past winners Sarah Jarosz (middle) and Sara Watkins (right) on the song "Call My Name."
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19Brad Mehldau
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A 10-time nominee, Brad Mehldau won in the best jazz instrumental album for Finding Gabriel.
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20Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela picked up an award for best contemporary instrumental album for Mettavolution.
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21Victor Ledin, Nadia Shpachenko, and Marina Ledin
Victor Ledin, Nadia Shpachenko, and Marina Ledin (middle left to far right) each picked up their first Grammy in the category best classical compendium for The Poetry of Places.
Remixing Madonna's "I Rise," Tracy Young earned a Grammy for best remix recording.
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27Robert Santelli
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Robert Santelli (center) received his first Grammy for Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folksway Collection, which competed in the best historical album category.