Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Uptown Funk sweep hardware as powerful performances rock Grammys

Hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammys, including best rap album,pop star Taylor Swift won her second album of the year for1989 and the popular summer anthemUptown Funk took homerecord of the year.

Lamar also won best rap song and best rap performance for Alright from the album To Pimp a Butterfly. But it was his outstanding performance that crowned him the night's victor.

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He made a powerful statement with his politically-charged number, which included three tracks from his nominated album.He approached the stage in handcuffs against a prison backdropand ended the performancewith a map of Africa projected behind himand the word "Compton" written on it.

Statements on stage

Swift, who is the first female to win twoalbum of the year Grammys, gave a personal message to young women about not getting sidetracked by haters on the road to success.

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"One day when you get where you're going, you'll look around and you will know it was you and the people who love you who put you there," she told the audience in her acceptance speech.

TheWeeknd, who performed Can't Feel My Face and In the Night during the telecast without his expected guest Lauryn Hill, picked up two awards at the pre-televised ceremony: best R&B performance for theFifty Shades of GreysongEarned Itand best urban contemporary album forBeauty Behind the Madness.

British artist Ed Sheeran took home song of the year and pop solo performance for Thinking Out Loud.

He was presented his trophy by Stevie Wonder, who, after making a joke about the announcement card being written in Braille so no one else could read it, went on to make an impassioned plea about accessibility.

"We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability."

The highly-anticipated All I Ask performance by Adelewas plagued byaudio issues. Lady Gagadidan electrifyingtribute to the late David Bowie with a seven-minute medley of his songs, including Fashion,Fame,andHeroes.

Other Canadian winnners

JustinBieber, whose hometown is Stratford, Ont.,won his first everGrammy forbest dance recording for the song WhereAreUNowalongsideEDM hit makersDiploandSkrillex. They performed together on stage after Bieberdid an acoustic rendition of his new songLove Yourself.

The Weeknd'sco-writer and producerStephanMoccio, who is also Canadian,shared the win forbest urban contemporary album forBeauty Behind the Madness.

Legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell won for best album notes onLove Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced.

JanHaust, a native of London, Ont., and Hamilton's Peter Moore captured the honour for best historical album forThe Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11,featuring themusic of Bob Dylan and Toronto's The Band. The duo shared the award with SteveBerkowitz, Jeff Rosen and Mark Wilder.