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Grammys 2017: Flume wins award for best dance album for Skin

Australian electronic music producer Flume has taken out best dance/electronic album at the 2017 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for his second studio album, Skin. 

The 25-year-old, from Sydney's northern beaches, was also a nominee for best dance recording with his hit Never Be Like You - but was beaten by the Chainsmokers' Don't Let Me Down. 

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Flume wins first Grammy

Australian musician Flume is on a roll, winning the Grammy for Best Dance Album after coming first in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016.

In the pre-telecast portion of the awards, the two other Australians with multiple nominations, Sia and Keith Urban, were less successful.

Urban, a four-time winner of best male country performer, lost out to Sturgill Simpson's critically acclaimed A Sailor's Guide To Earth, for best country album, and his song, Blue Ain't Your Color, failed to win best country song. Technically, that award would not have gone to Urban in any case as that category is credited to the songwriters. Urban still has a chance to pick up an award for best country solo performance.

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Sia, a candidate for three awards, was beaten by Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop The Feeling (which Timberlake co-wrote with Max Martin and Shellback) for best song written for visual media - in this case the movies Trolls.

Sia Furler, originally from Adelaide, has two more chances in the awards, unlike Flume who can go home happy with his first Grammy.

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Flume, whose real name is Harley Streten, shot to fame in 2012 after his debut self-titled album became number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. Never Be Like You received a nod this year from Triple J, taking out the number one spot in this year's Hottest 100.

Other Grammy winners in the pre-telecast awards were some notable names including Drake for Hotline Bling (best rap song and best rap/sung performance), Solange, whose sister Beyonce is a chance to win nine awards herself, for Cranes In The Sky (best R&B; performance) and David Bowie, who died just over a year ago, for  Blackstar (best rock performance). Bowie may yet win more with a strong chance in the best rock song category for Blackstar.

Dolly Parton, who has been nominated 20 times for collaborations - separate from her even more numerous solo nominations - was another winner, with the vocal group Penatonix, for a version of her 40-year-old hit Jolene (best country duo/group performance).

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