The Broadway hit has become a cultural phenomenon, with Billboard praising the cast recording as the best rap album of the year. It also placed in the No. 1 slot on Billboard's rap and cast album charts.

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Hamilton beat out the cast albums of An American in Paris, Fun Home, The King and I and Something Rotten! for the Grammy.

The cast of Hamilton performed the show's opening number during the Grammy telecast. Stephen Colbert introduced the performance that was piped in via satellite from the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway where the cast performed for an invited audience of friends, family and Broadway industry members.

 

Just witnessed #gram4ham live and in person #workhardplaybill #hamilton #howluckywearetobealiverightnow

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Feb 15, 2016 at 6:35pm PST

Immediately following his win, Miranda took to the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre holding a Grammy statue, and telling the audience to "Take your pictures!" He then passed it to fellow cast member Anthony Ramos who said, "This is crazy. This is for you mom!"

THIS. #Gram4Ham pic.twitter.com/WtykSJQJrl

— Broadway Girl NYC (@BroadwayGirlNYC) February 16, 2016

Watch Miranda's acceptance speech.

Prepping backstage for #Gram4Ham. Tune in to CBS now! #HamiltonBway #RiseUp pic.twitter.com/vJoxNSs7YY

— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) February 16, 2016

Look at my beloved theater kids, watching the Grammys, letting different genres into their brains. Enjoy, gang! Let the sun shine in!

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 16, 2016

For a complete list of nominees, visit Grammy.com/Nominees.

Watch a video the cast made to announce the Grammy gig:

 

Good morning guys.
We will see you on the Grammys live! Gulp! https://t.co/tuMVQmPFoT

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 3, 2016