Every time someone presented one of the show’s major prizes — album of the year, record of the year, song of the year, best new artist — he or she rattled off the line before revealing the winner. It was a small but telling detail that demonstrated how the academy wants to be perceived after years of being portrayed as a shadowy record-industry cabal.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” won both record and song of the year, Chappell Roan was named best new artist and Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter and Shakira won awards.