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Neil Portnow defends lack of female winners The 2018 GRAMMYs has come and gone, without many female winners to show for it.     Alessia Cara, who won Best New Artist, was the only woman to be presented with an award during the live show on Sunday night, but according to Recording Academy President  Neil Portnow , the onus is on female artists to “step up” to the plate.    “It has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level. They need to step up, because I think they would be welcome. I don’t have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that you face, but I think it’s upon us as an industry to make the welcome mat very obvious, breeding opportunities for all people who want to be creative and paying it forward and creating that next generation of artists”  he told reporters in the GRAMMY press room.    He added that 10-tim

The 60th annual Grammy Awards held last night and while JAY-Z entered the night as the top nominee, it was Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar who left as the night's biggest winners. Check out all the winners below. Record of the Year: “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars Album of the Year: “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars Song of the Year: “That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) Best New Artist: Alessia Cara Best Pop Solo Performance: “Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90” — Various Artists; Dae Bennett, producer Best Pop Vocal Album: “÷” — Ed Sheeran Best Dance Recording: “Tonite” — LCD Soundsystem Best Dance/Electronic Album: “3-D The Catalogue” — Kraftwerk Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: “Prototype”