The Weeknd's ``Starboy'' has picked up a Grammy for best urban contemporary album.
It's the third career Grammy for the global superstar from Toronto.
He's among a group of Canadians who scored golden gramophones in a pre-telecast ceremony where most of the awards are handed out.
Leonard Cohen's song ``You Want It Darker'' won a Grammy for best rock performance. The track appears on the Montreal singer-songwriter's final album of the same name.
Nova Scotia soprano Barbara Hannigan's ``Crazy Girl Crazy'' picked up a Grammy in the best classical solo vocal album category. It's the first Grammy win for the contemporary opera singer.
Charles Moniz of Burlington, Ont. shared a Grammy win earlier in the ceremony for ``24K Magic'' by Bruno Mars, which scored best engineered album, non-classical.
The Grammy Awards main event, which has moved to New York to mark its 60th year, begins at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.