Drake, Best Rap Album: Grammy Winner Triumphs Over Lupe Fiasco, Nas, The Roots, Rick Ross

Drake's "Take Care" took home the Grammy for Best Rap Album at the 2013 awards, beating out Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor II," Nas' "Life Is Good," The Roots' "Undun," Rick Ross' "God Forgives, I Don't" and 2 Chainz' "Based on a T.R.U. Story."

The Toronto native recently released a new single, "Started From the Bottom." The track was originally slated for a Grammy night debut, but it seems Drake was wise not cause any distractions on the important night.

Despite being nominated 10 times at previous Grammy Awards, he had yet to win a trophy until Sunday's telecast. This year, he was also nominated for Best Rap Performance ("HYFR") and Best Rap Song ("The Motto").

Nas was probably the slight favorite in pre-awards speculation, if only for his reputation as a classic rapper. Last year, Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" took home the award.

Winning a Grammy continues to be a big deal: According to the Recording Academy, the 2012 award telecast counted 39.9 million viewers -- the largest TV audience for the event since 1984. An average of 160,341 tweets per minute were fired off during last year's broadcast.

Kanye West led the 2012 Grammy winners with 10 each.

For more on the Grammys, click here. Find more Grammy award 2013 winners in the liveblog below.

• Carrie Underwood

  Country Solo Performance - "Blown Away" Best Country Song - "Blown Away"

• Frank Ocean

  Record of the Year - "Thinkin Bout You" Best New Artist Album of the Year - "Channel Orange" Best Urban Contemporary Album - "Channel Orange" Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "No Church In The Wild" by Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream

• fun.

  Best Pop Vocal Album - "Some Nights" Record of the Year - "We Are Young" Best New Artist Album of the Year - "Some Nights" Song of the Year - "We Are Young" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "We Are Young"

• The Black Keys

  Record of the Year - "Lonely Boy" Album of the Year - "El Camino" Best Rock Performance - "Lonely Boy" Best Rock Song - "Lonely Boy" Best Rock Album - "El Camino" Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Dan Auerbach

• Mumford & Sons

  Album of the Year - "Babel" Best Rock Performance - "I Will Wait" Best Rock Song - "I Will Wait" Best Americana Album - "Babel" Best Song Written For Visual Media - "Learn Me Right (From Brave)" Best Long Form Music Video - "Big Easy Express"

• Jack White

  Album of the Year - "Blunderbuss" Best Rock Song - "Freedom At 21" Best Rock Album - "Blunderbuss"

• Kelly Clarkson

  Best Pop Vocal Album - "Stronger" Record of the Year - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Best Pop Solo Performance - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"

• Gotye

  Record of the Year - "Somebody That I Used To Know" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Somebody That I Used To Know" Best Alternative Music Album - "Making Mirrors"

• Taylor Swift

  Record of the Year - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Best Country Duo/Group Performance - "Safe & Sound" Best Song Written For Visual Media - "Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)"

• Blake Shelton

  Country Solo Performance - "Over"

• Ronnie Dunn

  Country Solo Performance - "Cost of Livin" Best Country Song - "Cost Of Livin'"

• Eric Church

  Country Solo Performance - "Springsteen" Best Country Song - "Springsteen"

• Dierks Bentley

  Country Solo Performance - "Home"

• Hunter Hayes

  Best New Artist Country Solo Performance - "Wanted" Best Country Album - "Hunter Hayes"

• The Lumineers

  Best New Artist Best Americana Album - "The Lumineers"

• Alabama Shakes

  Best New Artist Best Rock Performance - "Hold On"

• Florence + The Machine

  Best Pop Vocal Album - "Ceremonials" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Shake It Out"

• Maroon 5

  Best Pop Vocal Album - "Overexposed" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Payphone"

• P!nk

  Best Pop Vocal Album - "The Truth About Love"

• Adele

  Best Pop Solo Performance - "Set Fire To The Rain [Live]"

• Carly Rae Jepsen

  Song Of The Year - "Call Me Maybe" Best Pop Solo Performance - "Call Me Maybe"

• Miguel

  Song Of The Year - "Adorn" Best R&B Performance - "Adorn" Best R&B Song - "Adorn" Best Urban Contemporary Album - "Kaleidoscope Dream"

• Ed Sheeran

  Song Of The Year - "The A Team"

• Katy Perry

  Best Pop Solo Performance - "Wide Awake"

• Rihanna

  Best Pop Solo Performance - "Where Have You Been" Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "Talk That Talk" Best Short Form Music Video - "We Found Love"

• LMFAO

  Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - "Sexy And I Know It"

• Avicii

  Best Dance Recording - "Levels"

• Calvin Harris

  Best Dance Recording - "Let's Go"

• Skrillex

  Best Dance Recording - "Bangarang" Best Dance/Electronica Album - "Bangarang" Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - "Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)"

• Swedish House Mafia

  Best Dance Recording - "Don't You Worry Child"

• Al Walser

  Best Dance Recording - "I Can't Live Without You"

• Steve Aoki

  Best Dance/Electronica Album - "Wonderland"

• The Chemical Brothers

  Best Dance/Electronica Album - "Don't Think"

• Deadmau5

  Best Dance/Electronica Album - "> Album Title Goes Here <"

• Kaskade

  Best Dance/Electronica Album - "Fire & Ice"

• Michael Bubl?

  Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - "Christmas"

• Carole King

  Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - "A Holiday Carole"

• Paul McCartney

  Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - "Kisses On The Bottom" Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - "Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)" Best Historical Album - "Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition)"

• Coldplay

  Best Rock Performance - "Charlie Brown" Best Rock Album - "Mylo Xyloto"

• Bruce Springsteen

  Best Rock Performance - "We Take Care Of Our Own" Best Rock Song - "We Take Care Of Our Own" Best Rock Album - "Wrecking Ball"

• Anthrax

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "I'm Alive"

• Halestorm

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "Love Bites (So Do I)"

• Iron Maiden

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "Blood Brothers"

• Lamb of God

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "Ghost Walking"

• Marilyn Manson

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "No Reflection"

• Megadeth

  Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance - "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"

• Muse

  Best Rock Song - "Madness" Best Rock Album - "The 2nd Law"

• Fiona Apple

  Best Alternative Music Album - "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do"

• Bj?rk

  Best Alternative Music Album - "Biophilia"

• M83

  Best Alternative Music Album - "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming."

• Tom Waits

  Best Alternative Music Album - "Bad As Me"

We're dancing along to "Could You Be Loved" in the HuffPost Grammys war room. (OK, just me.)

Rihanna and Ziggy and Damian Marley join Sting and Bruno Mars to sing "Could You Be Loved." It crushes.

Don't you remember when Bob Marley never sang this Police song? #bobmarleytribute

This is still supposed to be a Bob Marley tribute.

@ Kia_Mak : Bruno Mars is accidentally doing a Police tribute! #GRAMMYs

As is appropriate, Mars sings his song "Locked Out of Heaven," and not a Bob Marley song.

@ stephaniemarcus : THERE IS STILL AN HOUR AND A HALF OF THIS AWARD SHOW LEFT #grammys

@ ml_boardman : Guys is 2013 the year of Kelly Clarkson? All up in the inauguration and the Grammys. Is it time to bring back From Justin to Kelly??

Zac Brown Band won Best Country Album for "Uncaged." Kelly Clarkson almost said "Zach Braff." She loves "Garden State."

Some more on this special Grammys tribute, which included Clarkson covering "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," can be found here.

@ LauralizHibbard : Oh my god why is pianist for the Black Keys is dressed like a scary yeti made from nightmares? #Grammys

She's the fifth CBS star to appear on The Grammys.

@ JoshSWolk : Is LL reading this tweet? #Grammys? What if I also hashtag #NCISLA? Does that help my chances?

About The-Dream's hat:

@ TheGRAMMYs : "I want to thank the swap meet for his hat" - @S_C_ #GRAMMYs

Jay and Kayne (featuring Frank Ocean) won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, beating Flo Rida and Sia, John Legend featuring Ludacris, Nas featuring Amy Winehouse and Rihanna featuring Jay-Z.

"Ryan, this one's for you," Frank Ocean said while accepting the award, referencing his brother. The-Dream also accepted the award, while wearing a funny hat.

@ itsthereal : Will Rihanna bring along 150 journalists on this performance?

Pump the brakes on the Grammys for a second, y'all.

@ aimeemann : Just went to a screening of the Coen Bros new movie "Inside Llewlyn Davis" and it was fucking fantastic. #FolkMusic #Awesome #Cats

@ ditzkoff : Rihanna has a different idea about hashtags.

Rihanna slow-jams the Grammys with her new single "Stay." This song is boss, as Wiz Kalifa would say.

@ chrisjrosen : Kelly Clarkson is the Jennifer Lawrence of the #grammys

Upset! Kelly Clarkson won Best Pop Vocal Album, beating fun., Pink!, Florence + The Machine and Maroon 5.

"Miguel, I don't know who the hell you are, but we need to sing together? That was the sexiest damn thing I've ever seen. What!" Clarkson said during an adorable acceptance speech.

@ worstkase : Introducing Alicia Keys as the spokeswoman for HuffPost Underboob. (Will these jokes ever get old? Don't tell me.) #Grammys

No piano for Alicia this time around.

The mashup of "Girl on Fire" and "Daylight" that you never wanted.

The Black Keys song "Lonely Boy" won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys. The band already won Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.

@ mkhammer : The parking space is definitely Frank's. #grammys

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