Grammy 2016: Meghan Trainor named best artist

Meghan Trainor won best new artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards on Monday night and reacted with joyful tears, the CNN reports.

"I have to think L.A. Reid for looking at me like an artist instead of just a songwriter," the "All About That Bass" singer said, audibly sobbing.

Ed Sheeran won song of the year for his song "Thinking Out Loud."

The honor, a songwriter's award, seemed to catch Sheeran off guard.

"My parents come every year and every time I lose," he said.

Sheeran and co-writer Amy Wadge beat some tough competition in the category, one of the ceremony's big prizes along with record of the year and album of the year. He beat both Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, who are considered the top competitors at Monday's night's show.

Lamar won the first award of the night: best rap album for "To Pimp a Butterfly."

He'd won four in the pre-show honors, for rap performance, rap song, rap/sung collaboration and music video.

The latter was only a partial honor for Lamar. The song was Swift's "Bad Blood," on which Lamar was a featured performer.

Swift, who opened the show with her song "Out of the Woods," earned seven nominations, including nominations in the top three categories: song, record and album of the year.

She's still up against Lamar in the album of the year category. Also doing well: The Weeknd, whose seven nominations include nods for record and album of the year.