Capitol Records signing Sam Smith cleaned up at The Grammys in Los Angeles last night, winning four awards.
The British solo star won Best New Artist, as well as Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for Stay With Me. Meanwhile, his debut LP In The Lonely Hour won Best Pop Vocal Album.
“It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen,” Smith said while collecting the Best Pop Vocal Album award.
It was a good night for UK & Ireland acts generally, too, with Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne’s Rather Be crowned Best Dance Recording and Aphex Twin’s Syro winning Best Dance/Electronic Album.
Other big winners included Beck’s Morning Phase, which picked up Album Of The Year.
Three-time GRAMMY winners for the night included Beyoncé (Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for “Drunk In Love” and Best Surround Sound Album for Beyoncé); Pharrell Williams (Best Pop Solo Performance for “Happy [Live], “Best Urban Contemporary Album for Girl and Best Music Video for “Girl”); and engineer Bob Ludwig, who was awarded for work on Beck’s Morning Phase and Beyoncé’s Beyoncé.
Taylor Swift, the only artist to sell more than three million copies of a single album in the US last year, went home empty-handed.
Grammys 2015: All The Winners
1. Record Of The Year – Winner
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
(Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer)
Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Worlds Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Salli Isaak Songs, Ltd./Universal Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method
2. Album Of The Year
Morning Phase, Beck
Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Label: Capitol Records
3. Song Of The Year
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Words Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork
4. Best New Artist
Sam Smith
Label: Capitol Records
5. Best Pop Solo Performance
Happy (Live)
Pharrell Williams
Label: Columbia Records
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Say Something, A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Track from: Is There Anybody Out There?
Label: Epic Records
7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Label: Streamline/Columbia/RPM/Interscope
8. Best Pop Vocal Album
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
Label: Capitol Records
9. Best Dance Recording
Rather Be, Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixers
Track from: New Eyes
Label: Big Beat/Atlantic
10. Best Dance/Electronic Album
Syro, Aphex Twin
Label: Warp Records
11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Label: Nonesuch
12. Best Rock Performance
Lazaretto, Jack White
Track from: Lazaretto
Label: Third Man Records/Columbia Records
13. Best Metal Performance
The Last In Line, Tenacious D
Track from: Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life
Label: Rhino
14. Best Rock Song
Ain’t It Fun, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Track from: Paramore
Label: Fueled By Ramen; Publishers: WB Music Corp./But Father, I Just Want To Sing/FBR Music And Hunterboro Music/WB Music Corp/Justin’s Polite Music
15. Best Rock Album
Morning Phase, Beck
Label: Capitol Records
16. Best Alternative Music Album
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Label: Loma Vista Recordings / Republic
17. Best R&B Performance
Drunk In Love, Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
Track from: Beyoncé
Label: Columbia Records
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
Jesus Children, Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Track from: Black Radio 2
Label: Blue Note Records
19. Best R&B Song
Drunk In Love, Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
Track from: Beyoncé
Label: Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. obo Itself and If You Need Me Don’t Leave Me/WB Music Corp./Oakland 13 Music/Carter Boys Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./The Order Music/VB Rising Music Publishing/ole/Jerome Harmon Publishing
20. Best Urban Contemporary Album
Girl, Pharrell Williams
Label: Columbia Records
21. Best R&B Album
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Label: Def Jam Recordings
22. Best Rap Performance
I, Kendrick Lamar
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records
23. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
The Monster, Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2
Label: Aftermath
24. Best Rap Song
I, K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records
25. Best Rap Album
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Label: Aftermath
26. Best Country Solo Performance
Something In The Water, Carrie Underwood
Label: Sony Nashville
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Gentle On My Mind, The Band Perry
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack EP
Label: Big Machine Records
28. Best Country Song
I’m Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack
Label: Big Machine Records
29. Best Country Album
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
Label: RCA Nashville
30. Best New Age Album
Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Label: Listen 2 Africa
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Fingerprints, Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio)
Label: Concord Jazz
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
Label: Concord Records
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
Label: Concord Jazz
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Label: Telarc International
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
The Offense Of The Drum, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Label: Motema
36. Best Gospel Performance/Song
No Greater Love, Smokie Norful
Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters
Label: Tre’Myles/Motown Gospel; Publishers: Capitol CMG Paragon, Aaron Lindsey Pub. admin. by CapitolCMGPublishing.com/Meadowgreen Music Company, Norful Music Publishing
37. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Messengers, Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
Lecrae Featuring For King & Country; Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone, songwriters
Label: Reach Records; Publishers: Fellowship Of The Unashamed Music, WB Music Corp./Method To The Madness/Shankel Songs/Warner Tamerlane/Kilns Music/Aly Plane Music/Evident Music/Before I Die Publishing/Joseph Prielozny Music/Track Or Die Music LLC
38. Best Gospel Album
Help, Erica Campbell
Label: EOne/My Block
39. Best Contemporary Christian Album
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. – For King & Country
Label: Fervent/Word/Curb
40. Best Roots Gospel Album
Shine For All The People, Mike Farris
Label: Compass Records
41. Best Latin Pop Album
Tangos, Rubén Blades
Label: Sunnyside Records
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Multiviral, Calle 13
Label: Sony Music Latin
43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Label: Sony Music Latin
44. Best Tropical Latin Album
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives
Label: Sony Music Latin
45. Best American Roots Performance
A Feather’s Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records
46. Best American Roots Song
A Feather’s Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records; Publishers: Chelcait Music admin. by Measurable Music LLC, a Notable Music Co./Lev-A-Tunes
47. Best Americana Album
The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash
Label: Blue Note Records
48. Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Label: Rounder
49. Best Blues Album
Step Back, Johnny Winter
Label: Megaforce Records
50. Best Folk Album
Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show
Label: ATO Records
51. Best Regional Roots Album
The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
Label: Takau Records
52. Best Reggae Album
Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
Label: Tuff Gong Worldwide
53. Best World Music Album
Eve, Angelique Kidjo
Label: 429 Records
54. Best Children’s Album
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
Neela Vaswani
Label: Hachette Audio
55. Best Spoken Word Album
Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
Label: Penguin Audio
56. Best Comedy Album
Mandatory Fun, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Label: RCA Records
57. Best Musical Theatre 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)
Label: Ghostlight/Razor & Tie
58. Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Label: Walt Disney Records
59. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Label: Abkco Music & Records
60. Best Song Written For Visual Media
Let It Go
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Track from: Frozen
Label: Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
61. Best Instrumental Composition
The Book Thief
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Sony Classical, Fox Music; Publisher: Fox Film Music Corp.
62. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Daft Punk
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Track from: PTX, Vol. 2
Label: RCA Records
63. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
New York Tendaberry
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
Track from: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Label: Masterworks
64. Best Recording Package
Lightning Bolt
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
Label: Republic Records
65. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Label: Third Man Records/ Revenant Records
66. Best Album Notes
Offering: Live At Temple University
Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Label: Resonance/Impulse
67. Best Historical Album
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)
Label: Omnivore Recordings
68. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Morning Phase, Beck
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Beck)
Label: Capitol Records
69. Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Max Martin
70. Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical
All Of Me (Tiesto)
71. Best Surround Sound Album
Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
Label: Columbia Recordss Birthday Treatment Remix)
Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Label: Columbia Records
72. 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)
Label: ASO Media
73. Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
74. Best Orchestral Performance
Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
Label: Nonesuch
75. Best Opera Recording
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
Label: CPO
76. Best Choral Performance
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
77. Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance
In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
78. Best Classical Album
Play
Jason Vieaux
Label: Azica Records
79. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Douce France
Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
Label: Naïve
80. Best Classical Compendium
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
Partch; John Schneider, producer
Label: Bridge Records, Inc.
82. Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Label: Cantaloupe Music
82. Best Music Video
Happy, Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers
Label: Columbia Records
83. Best Music Film
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
Label: Anchor BayMusic Business Worldwide
