Sam Smith Is Quadruple Winner At 2015 Grammy Awards
Sam Smith was the toast of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (08Feb15), walking away with four of the six honours he was nominated for, including the coveted Record of the Year.
The British soul sensation kicked off his celebrations early after claiming the very first award of the televised show for Best New Artist.
He soon followed it up with the Best Pop Vocal Album for In The Lonely Hour, and was back onstage towards the end of the Los Angeles ceremony to wrap up his big night with wins for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for Stay With Me.
Taking to the stage for the fourth time, Smith poked fun at the ex-boyfriend who inspired the album, saying, “This is the best night of my life. I wanna thank the man who this record is about… Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys!”
Fellow six-time nominees Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams each went home as triple winners, while Beck landed Best Rock Album and Album of the Year for Morning Phase – and almost had Kanye West repeat his infamous stage invasion at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when he interrupted Taylor Swift to defend his pal Beyoncé’s honour. This time, the rapper approached Beck as he collected the Album of the Year accolade and pretended to head towards the mic, before laughing and returning to his seat in the front row – much to everyone’s amusement.
The full list of winners at the 2015 Grammy Awards is:
Record Of The Year – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith
Album Of The Year – Morning Phase by Beck
Song Of The Year – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith
Best New Artist – Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance – Happy by Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Say Something by A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Best Pop Vocal Album – In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
Best Dance Recording – Rather Be by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Best Dance/Electronic Album – Syro by Aphex Twin
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album – Bass & Mandolin by Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Best Rock Performance – Lazaretto by Jack White
Best Metal Performance – The Last In Line by Tenacious D
Best Rock Song – Ain’t It Fun by Paramore
Best Rock Album – Morning Phase by Beck
Best Alternative Music Album – St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance – Drunk In Love by Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Traditional R&B Performance – Jesus Children by Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Best R&B Song – Drunk In Love by Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Urban Contemporary Album – Girl by Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album – Love, Marriage & Divorce by Toni Braxton & Babyface
Best Rap Performance – I by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – The Monster by Eminem featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song – I by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album – The Marshall Mathers Lp2 by Eminem
Best Country Solo Performance – Something In The Water by Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – Gentle On My Mind by The Band Perry
Best Country Song – I’m Not Gonna Miss You by Glen Campbell
Best Country Album – Platinum by Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album – Winds Of Samsara by Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Best Improvised Jazz Solo – Fingerprints by Chick Corea
Best Jazz Vocal Album – Beautiful Life by Dianne Reeves
Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Trilogy by Chick Corea Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – Life In The Bubble by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Best Latin Jazz Album – The Offense Of The Drum by Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song – No Greater Love by Smokie Norful
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song – Messengers by Lecrae featuring For King & Country
Best Gospel Album – Help by Erica Campbell
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. by For King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album – Shine For All The People by Mike Farris
Best Latin Pop Album – Tangos by Rubén Blades
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album – Multiviral by Calle 13
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez by Vicente Fernandez
Best Tropical Latin Album – Mas + Corazon Profundo by Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance – A Feather’s Not A Bird by Rosanne Cash
Best American Roots Song – A Feather’s Not A Bird by Rosanne Cash
Best Americana Album – The River & The Thread by Rosanne Cash
Best Bluegrass Album – The Earls Of Leicester by The Earls Of Leicester
Best Blues Album – Step Back by Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album – Remedy by Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Regional Roots Music Album – The Legacy by Jo-El Sonnier
Best Reggae Album – Fly Rasta by Ziggy Marley
Best World Music Album – Eve by Angelique Kidjo
Best Children’s Album – I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) by Neela Vaswani
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) – Diary Of A Mad Diva by Joan Rivers
Best Comedy Album – Mandatory Fun by “Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Musical Theater Album – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers; Carole King, composer & lyricist; Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media – Frozen
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media – The Grand Budapest Hotel by Alexandre Desplat
Best Song Written For Visual Media – Let It Go by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Best Instrumental Composition – The Book Thief by John Williams
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella – Daft Punk (Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers; Pentatonix)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals – New York Tendaberry by Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
Best Recording Package – Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package – The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) by Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes – Offering: Live At Temple University by Ashley Kahn, (John Coltrane)
Best Historical Album – The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 by Hank Williams
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – Morning Phase by Beck
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical – Max Martin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical – All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix) (Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Best Surround Sound Album – Beyoncé (Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
Best Engineered Album, Classical – Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending (Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman MACkenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Producer Of The Year, Classical – Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance – Adams, John: City Noir by David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
Best Opera Recording – Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphee Aux Enfers by Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
Best Choral Performance – The Sacred Spirit Of Russia by Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores by Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Best Classical Instrumental Solo – Play by Jason Vieaux
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album – Douce France by Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
Best Classical Compendium – Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances by Partch; John Schneider, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition – Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean by John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Best Music Video – Happy by Pharrell Williams
Best Music Film – 20 Feet From Stardom by Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Grammy Trustees Award – Richard Perry, George Wein, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
President’s Merit Award – Martin Bandier
Lifetime Achievement Award – George Harrison, Bee Gees, Buddy Guy, Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter, Pierre Boulez and Flaco Jimenez.
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16 Comments
Jace
February 09, 05:47Happy for Sam… He deserved it. I would’ve been surprised if he didn’t win all four.
But I’m also sad Jhenè didn’t win any from her 2 nominations.
Fitzgerald
February 09, 06:05The only thing I can see here is that Pentatonix won! And I am goddamn happy for them.
Dennis Macaulay
February 09, 06:10Sam Smith is just the gay Taylor Swift. Lol cos she said almost the same thing about her song.
Im really happy for Sam! He deserves it
Peak
February 09, 06:54This year’s list of winners is the most Precise in a mighty long time. The grammys ve been politicize for a while now.
There are a couple of misses, john legend’s all of me and CB’s new flame are very derserving.
Sam sam haaaa!!!!! Let’s just say I’m so so happy. Song and record of the year………that’s no joke. Winning 2 out of the 3 big awards of the night.
Like play like play bey don get 20 grammy! Issorite. Shout out 2 my boy kendrick lemar! He finally got rewarded. Happy that eminem won and my girl joan rivers. All in all a good year.
Constant
February 09, 07:44Congratulations Sam Smith….
Peak
February 09, 08:05Congrat to babyface and toni on the big win,
KryxxX
February 09, 08:52Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy! My ppl nd songs r winning!
*Sam
*Queen Bey(Bow down bitches!)
* Say something(saw me through missing him)
*Pentatonix(Gives me orgasm everytime especially that naija dude nd his bass! Omg! *faints).
Advice to Sam, dont b like Adele nd Frank Ocean by falling off earth like they did after their big break! Come back dis year nd blow me to mars(U r worth melting for) again.
By d way, where is my fav Human teddy/bushbaby on that list? Where is Ed Sheeran? This is not fair oooooooooooooooo!
#TeamNicki’sGrandPianoNextYr’sGrammy
Chizzie
February 09, 09:35eh Adele didn’t fall off the earth…neither did Frank Ocean. ..so get ur facts right
Deola
February 09, 09:50They didn’t fall off the earth but they haven’t really brought out new stuff either, I understand that, they aren’t anyhow artists, these are entertainers who understand their craft and aren’t just about releasing music so that their celebrity retains relevance, and so it’ll take time for them to produce something, but be sure that when they do…it’ll be worth he wait.
Chizzie
February 09, 09:31I’m bummed that Hozier didn’t win for Song of the Year. The lyrics of Take Me To Church are a witty mix of brilliant innuendos and the song was written abt the Church’s stance against homosexuality. i felt Stay With Me was too literal..anywaysss
glad paramore won for Ain’t it Fun…yaaay!!.
Max
February 09, 10:36Ok that’s quite a long list.. Sammy boo, I’m happy for you.
lluvmua
February 09, 14:54*sings* drunk in love……………….* congrats bey nd sam…..
pete
February 09, 16:53*scrolls up & picks up 1st name I see* congrats, Judith Sherman on your award. fully deserved
Lord II
February 09, 19:10Now that’s my guy Sam Smith and my song Stay…..! Love love love
Bane
February 09, 21:36mcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
pinkpanthertb
February 09, 23:07Lol. Someone’s clearly not a fan