Originally Published: 01 FEB 26 15:00 ET

(CNN) — With a few new golden gramophones, Kendrick Lamar is already having a great night at the Grammy Awards.

Lamar, who took home three Grammys before show started on Sunday and another in the first hour of the telecast, has broken a record previously held by Jay-Z, becoming the most award rapper in the show’s history. His wins this weekend include one for best rap album for “GNX.”

Another pre-show winner included Bad Bunny, who won for the best global music performance for “EoO.” Later in the show, the Puerto Rican musician won for best Música Urbana album, and took a moment on stage to make a political statement, starting with a declaration of “ICE out,” which was met with extended, lengthy applause.

“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans,” Bad Bunny continued. “I also want to say to the people, I know it’s tough not to hate on these days and I was thinking, sometimes we get contaminados…. The hate get more powerful with more hate. The only that that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. If we don’t hate them, we love our people. We love our family and that’s the way to do it. Don’t forget that please.”

Feted filmmaker Steven Spielberg clinched a Grammy before the show as well, joining the elite ranks of EGOTs (winners of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award) when he was awarded a statuette for best music film for the documentary “Music by John Williams,” which he coproduced alongside Ron Howard and many others.

Going into Sunday’s show, Kendrick Lamar led with nine nominations, including for album of the year for his “GNX.”

Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter all follow close behind with nods for album, record and song of the year.

Bad Bunny made history by becoming the first Spanish-language artist to simultaneously snag nominations in the coveted best album, record and song categories in the same year with “Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should Have Taken More Photos).”

The Grammys, hosted once again by Trevor Noah, will see performances from Gaga and Justin Bieber. Sabrina Carpenter and all eight best new artist nominees – Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, SOMBR and The Marías – were among the artists to hit the stage in the jam-packed first hour.

Below is a partial list of nominees, with the winners denoted in bold:

Album of the year

• “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” Bad Bunny
• “SWAG,” Justin Bieber
• “Man’s Best Friend,” Sabrina Carpenter
• “Let God Sort Em Out,” Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
• “Mayhem,” Lady Gaga
• “GNX,” Kendrick Lamar
• “MUTT,” Leon Thomas
• “CHROMAKOPIA,” Tyler, the Creator

Song of the year

• “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
• “Anxiety,” Doechii
• “DtMF,” Bad Bunny
• “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
• “luther,” Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
• “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
• “WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish

Record of the year

• “DtMF,” Bad Bunny
• “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
• “Anxiety,” Doechii
• “WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish
• “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
• “luther,” Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
• “The Subway,” Chappell Roan
• “APT.” Rosé and Bruno Mars

Best new artist

• Olivia Dean - *WINNER
• Katseye
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Best pop solo performance

• “Daises,” Justin Bieber
• “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
• “Disease,” Lady Gaga
• “The Subway,” Chappell Roan
• “Messy,” Lola Young

Best pop duo/group performance

• “Defying Gravity,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande - *WINNER
• “Golden,” HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• “Gabriela,” Katseye
• “APT.” Rosé and Bruno Mars
• “30 for 30,” SZA w/ Kendrick Lamar

Best rap album

• “Let God Sort Em Out,” Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
• “Glorious,” GloRilla
• “God Does Like Ugly,” JID
• “GNX,” Kendrick Lamar - *WINNER
• “Chromakopia,” Tyler, The Creator

Best rap performance

• “Outside,” Cardi B
• “Chains & Whips,” Clipse, Pusha T & Malice f/ Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams - *WINNER
• “Anxiety,” Doechii
• “tv off,” Kenrick Lamar f/Lefty Gunplay
• “Darling, I,” Tyler, the Creator f/ Teezo Touchdown

Best traditional country album

• “Dollar A Day,” Charley Crockett
• “American Romance,” Lukas Nelson
• “Oh What A Beautiful World,” Willie Nelson
• “Hard Headed Woman,” Margo Price
• “Ain’t In It For My Health,” Zach Top

Best contemporary country album

• “Patterns,” Kelsea Ballerini
• “Snipe Hunter,” Tyler Childers
• “Evangeline Vs. The Machine,” Eric Church
• “Beautifully Broken,” Jelly Roll - *WINNER
• “Postcards From Texas,” Miranda Lambert

Best country solo performance

• “Nose on the Grindstone,” Tyler Childers
• “Good News,” Shaboozey
• “Bad As I Used to Be,” Chris Stapleton - *WINNER
• “I Never Lie,” Zach Top
• “Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson

Best rock album

• “private music,” Deftones
• “I Quit,” HAIM
• “From Zero,” Linkin Park
• “NEVER ENOUGH,” Turnstile
• “Idols,” YUNGBLUD

Best rock performance

• “U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and The Sniffers
• “The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
• “NEVER ENOUGH,” Turnstile
• “Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
• “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning,” YUNGBLUD f/ Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II - *WINNER

Best R&B album

• “BELOVED,” GIVĒON
• “Why Not More?” Coco Jones
• “The Crown,” Ledisi
• “Escape Room,” Teyana Taylor
• “MUTT,” Leon Thomas

Best R&B performance

• “YUKON,” Justin Bieber
• “It Depends,” Chris Brown f/ Bryson Tiller
• “Folded,” Kehlani
• “MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
• “Heart Of A Woman,” Summer Walker

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