GRAMMY AWARDS : The Winners

Though he might have missed out on the Album Of The Year gong to Beck’s ‘Morning Phase’, the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, which wrapped up moments ago at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, undoubtedly belonged to British singer songwriter Sam Smith.
Sam picked up a quartet of the night’s biggest awards, including Best New Talent, Pop Vocal Album Of The Year for ‘In The Lonely Hour’, as well as Song Of The Year and the coveted Record Of The Year for ‘Stay With Me’, though in the less amazing Darkchild guise.
Naturally, all this augers well for the singer’s showing at the 2015 Brit Awards, which take place in London later this month.
Despite a slew of nominations, Sia missed out in her respective categories for her smash ‘Chandelier’ and Iggy Azalea also missed out in her categories.
Here’s a slightly truncated list of the night’s categories, with the winners of each in italics;

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea ftg. Charli XCX – Fancy
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass

SONG OF THE YEAR
Hozier – Take Me To Church
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Megan Trainor – All About That Bass

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beck – Morning Phase
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
Pharrell Williams – G I R L

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
John Legend – All Of Me
Sia – Chandelier
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Pharrell Williams – Happy

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Iggy Azalea ftg. Charli XCX – Fancy
Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars
Ariana Grande, Jessie J & Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
A Great Big World ftg. Christina Aguilera – Say Something
Katy Perry ftg. Juicy J – Dark Horse

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – Prism
Ed Sheeran – x
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett – Cheek To Cheek
Annie Lennox – Nostalgia
Barry Manilow – Night Songs
Johnny Mathis – Sending You A Little Christmas
Barbra Streisand – Partners

BEST NEW ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Aphex Twin – Syro
Deadmaus – While (1-2)
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
Mat Zo – Damage Control

BEST DANCE RECORDING
Basement Jaxx – Never Say Never
Clean Bandit ftg. Jess Glynne – Rather Be
Disclosure ftg. Mary J. Blige – F For You
Duke Dumont ftg. Jax Jones – I Got U
Zhu – Faded

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Jhene Aiko – Sail Out
Beyonce – Beyonce
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Mali Is
Pharrell Williams – G I R L

BEST R&B SONG
Jhené Aiko – The Worst
Beyonce ftg. Jay Z – Drunk In Love
Chris Brown ftg. Usher & Rick Ross – New Flame
Luke James ftg. Rick Ross – Options (Wolfjames Version)
Usher – Good Kisser

BEST R&B ALBUM
Bernhoft – Islander
Aloe Blacc – Lift Your Spirit
Toni Braxton & Babyface – Love, Marriage & Divorce
Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio 2
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Give The People What They Want

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Beyoncé ftg. Jay Z – Drunk In Love
Chris Brown ftg. Usher & Rick Ross – New Flame
Jennifer Hudson ftg. R. Kelly – It’s Your World
Ledisi – Like This
Usher – Good Kisser

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Childish Gambino – 305
Drake – 0 To 100/The Catch Up
Eminem – Rap God
Kendrick Lamar – i
Lecrae – All I Need Is You

BEST RAP ALBUM
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Childish Gambino – Because The Internet
Common – Nobody’s Smiling
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2
Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood
ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Arcade Fire – We Exist
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What
Sia – Chandelier
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Woodkid ftg. Max Richter – The Golden Age

BEST MUSIC FILM
Beyoncé & Jay Z – On The Run Tour
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill – 20 Feet From Stardom
Metallica – Through The Never
P!nk – The Truth About Love Tour : Live From Melbourne

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