Bruno Mars wins Grammy for Album of the Year
R&B singer beat competition from Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, Childish Gambino and Jay Z
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Your support makes all the difference.Bruno Mars has won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2018.
The R&B singer won the top prize at this year's ceremony, held in New York City, for his album 24K Magic.
He beat off competition from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, who was widely considered a favourite with his album DAMN, as well as Lorde's Melodrama, Jay Z's 4:44 and Childish Gambino's Awaken, My Love!.
Lamar and Lorde managed to contain looks of disappointment; Lorde gave a small nod as Mars paid tribute to the other category nominees in his acceptance speech, scolding the Recording Academy over an attempt to cut off his reminiscence about why he got into music.
Mars' win of the top prize was arguably one of the few controversial moments in an otherwise very uneventful and mild-mannered Grammy Awards, despite appearances by Hillary Clinton, Dave Chapelle, Kesha, and U2 on a floating stage on the River Hudson.
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