(Los Angeles) – US hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won the best new artist Grammy, in the first major award handed out on music’s biggest night. The pair, who were also nominated for best album of the year for their record “The Heist,” beat fellow new artist hopefuls rapper Kendrick Lamar, country music singer Kacey Musgraves, and British artists James Blake and Ed Sheeran.
Their debut album, which the duo from Seattle released independently, had already won awards for best rap album, best rap song (“Thrift Shop”) and best rap performance at the 56th annual Grammys.
