And the winner is…
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place last night in Los Angeles.
Notable winners include Aphex Twin, who took the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album for Syro ahead of Little Dragon, deadmau5, Matt Zo and Royksopp & Robyn, and Brit newcomers Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne, who won Best Dance Recording for ‘Rather Be’, beating Disclosure and Mary J. Blige’s ‘F For You’.
Another Brit newcomer, Sam Smith, cleaned up at the ceremony, going home with four awards including Song Of The Year for ‘Stay With Me’.
Beyonce and Jay-Z won Best R&B Song for ‘Drunk In Love’, while Kanye West nearly provided a cringeworthy repeat of his famous Taylor Swift “Imma let you finish” interruption when Beck took Album Of The Year for Morning Phase by storming the stage before turning back at the last moment. He later told journalists that Beck’s win was “disrespectful” to “real artists” like Beyonce.
Astonishingly, Best Rap Album went to Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP II, an album that bowled us over with its sheer awfulness when we first heard it.
Here’s the full list of winners.
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley – Fly Rasta
Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell – Help
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Aphex Twin – Syro
Best Dance Recording: Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne – ‘Rather Be’
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea – ‘Fingerprints’
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves – Beautiful Life
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Chick Corea Trio – Trilogy
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Life In The Bubble
Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Song Written For Visual Media: Robert Lopez and Kris Anderson-Lopez – ‘Let It Go’
Best Music Video: Pharrell – ‘Happy’
Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom
Best Country Solo Performance: Carrie Underwood – ‘Something In The Water’
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: The Band Perry – ‘Gentle On My Mind’
Best Country Song: Glen Campbell – ‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You’
Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls Of Leicester – The Earls Of Leicester
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera – ‘Say Something’
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett – Cheek To Cheek
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Jr – Bass & Mandolin
Best Rock Performance: Jack White – ‘Lazaretto’
Best Metal Performance: Tenacious D – ‘The Last In Line’
Best Rock Song: Paramore – ‘Ain’t It Fun’
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers – Diary Of A Mad Diva
Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovic – Mandatory Fun
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar – ‘i’
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Eminem featuring Rihanna – ‘Monster’
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar – ‘i’
Best Rap Album: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – Robert Glasper Experiment – ‘Jesus Children’
Best R&B Song: Beyonce & Jay Z – ‘Drunk In Love’
Best R&B Album: Toni Braxton & Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds – Love, Marriage & Divorce
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Pharrell – Girl
Best American Roots Performance: Roseanne Cash – ‘A Feather’s Not A Bird’
Best American Roots Song: Roseanne Cash – ‘A Feather’s Not A Bird’
Best Americana Album: Roseanne Cash – The River & The Thread
Best New Artist: Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance: Pharrell Williams – ‘Happy (Live)’
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
Best Rock Album: Beck – Morning Phase
Best R&B Performance: Beyonce & Jay Z – ‘Drunk In Love’
Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert – Platinum
Album Of The Year: Beck – Morning Phase
Song Of The Year: Sam Smith – ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
Record Of The Year: Sam Smith – ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
