Leonard Cohen's song "You Want It Darker" has won a Grammy for best rock performance.
The Montreal singer-songwriter, who died over a year ago, was among several Canadians picking up award on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. .
Among the other Canadian winners: 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.
Sound engineer Charles Moniz of Burlington, Ont. shared in the success of Bruno Mars, who swept the major awards on Sunday. Mars took home record of the year for the title track of "24K Magic", the album itself won album of the year, and Mars also captured song of the year for the No. 1 hit, "That's What I Like."
The Weeknd's "Starboy" picked up a Grammy for best urban contemporary album.
It's the third career Grammy for the global superstar from Toronto.