I love music. It’s as simple as that. So naturally, the Grammys are my favorite awards show of the year — and I also love awards shows. The 2016 Grammys were certainly noteworthy, so let’s rewind to the Staples Center in Los Angeles last Monday night.

First and foremost: the Grammy Awards.

As far as this year’s winners are concerned, it was a hit or miss for me, and quite a few others according to social media. Most of all, I’m confused about how an award with recent winners such as Amy Winehouse, Adele, Bon Iver, and Sam Smith — Best New Artist — fell into the hands of Meghan Trainor. I’m disappointed to know that the Recording Academy is all about that bass.

There was also some controversy over the album of the year award, although when isn’t there? Taylor Swift won for her second time, making history as the first female artist to ever achieve this milestone.

The rock nominations were competitive, including artists such as Elle King, Alabama Shakes, and Florence and the Machine, all of whom I deem deserving. Ultimately, I’m pleased to see Alabama Shakes take the category home.

Now for the performances.

Lady Gaga as David Bowie. Need I say more? Running the gamut of David Bowie's fashion and musical evolution, Gaga covered a breathtaking 10 Bowie songs in six minutes. As soon as this tribute performance was announced, I was thrilled to see one of my personal favorite artists would have the chance to tribute her own muse and inspiration. They are each icons of their respective generations, and few others would have the combination of vocal power and general weirdness to do Bowie justice. Gaga performed alongside one of Bowie’s longtime collaborators, Nile Rodgers. As Billboard put it, the performance was “almost as alien and astounding as Bowie himself.”

*Insert annoyingly specific Broadway-fanatic reference that no one else will catch* We were all in the room where it happens! For the first time ever the Grammy’s used a live-telecast as one of its performances, and thank goodness it was from a Broadway theatre! “Hamilton,” is making American musical and theatre history by bringing hip-hop to Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s lead performer and writer, must have expected to win the Grammy considering he had a late-18th century rap already written out for his acceptance speech. I was personally proud to say that I have seen three out of the five Broadway shows that were nominated for Best Musical Theatre Album, although "Hamilton" wasn’t one of them. Tickets available for 2018, anyone?

Let it be known that even angel Adele can have technical difficulties. I know it’s hard to believe, but I don’t think anyone was more put-off by her Grammy performance than Adele herself, who she revealed that she “cried the entire day” following the show, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres. But when she performed "All I Ask" on Ellen just a few minutes after the interview, we were quickly reminded of her untouchable powerhouse vocal ability.

There are few things that I love more than a political statement through art. Kendrick Lamar made a strong, stringent and timely one, in light of the controversy surrounding Beyoncé’s “Formation” and the ongoing discussion of race in America. That is a topic people love to argue about so here is one that’s more easily agreed upon: it was one of the Grammy’s best rap performances to date.

I will now end this article as senselessly as the Grammys — The Recording Academy, music’s governing body — ended this year’s awards show. Pitbull.