Sam Smith reigns at Grammy Awards 2015 with four wins including best new artist

57th Grammy Awards were held at Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles on Monday hosted by four time host by LL Cool J. Dubbed as the Oscars of the music world, Grammy awards acknowledge the best in various genres of music, from lyrics to sound engineering. This year the ceremony saw glamour, blitz, shocking performances, beautiful music and no upsets in popular categories. Here are the winners who took the much coveted gramophone trophies home. 

Record of the Year - "Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" – Sam Smith

Nominees
"Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" – Sam Smith
"Fancy" – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
"Chandelier" – Sia
"Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift
"All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor
 

Album of the Year-  "Morning Phase" – Beck

Nominees 
"Morning Phase" – Beck
"Beyoncé" – Beyoncé
"x" – Ed Sheeran
"In the Lonely Hour" – Sam Smith
"G I R L" – Pharrell Williams

Song of the Year - "Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" - James Napier, William Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)

Nominees 

"All About That Bass" - Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
"Chandelier" - Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
"Shake It Off" - Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
"Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" - James Napier, William Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
"Take Me to Church" - Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)
 

Best New Artist - Sam Smith

 

 

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Nominees  

Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith
 

Best Pop Solo Performance -  "Happy (Live)" – Pharrell Williams

 

@pharrell reacts to his GRAMMY for Best Pop Solo Performance #GRAMMYs

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Nominees 

"All of Me (Live)" – John Legend
"Chandelier" – Sia
"Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)" – Sam Smith
"Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift
"Happy (Live)" – Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Vocal Album - "In the Lonely Hour" – Sam Smith

Nominees 

"Ghost Stories" – Coldplay
"Bangerz" – Miley Cyrus
"My Everything" – Ariana Grande
"Prism" – Katy Perry
"x" – Ed Sheeran
"In the Lonely Hour" – Sam Smith

Best Rock Performance -  "Lazaretto" – Jack White

Nominees 

"Gimme Something Good" – Ryan Adams
"Do I Wanna Know?" – Arctic Monkeys
"Blue Moon" – Beck
"Fever" – The Black Keys
"Lazaretto" – Jack White

Best Rock Album -  "Morning Phase" – Beck

Nominees - 

"Ryan Adams" – Ryan Adams
"Morning Phase" – Beck
"Turn Blue" – The Black Keys
"Hypnotic Eye" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Songs of Innocence" – U2

Best R&B Performance -  "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay Z

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Nominees - 

"Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay Z
"New Flame" – Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross
"It's Your World" – Jennifer Hudson featuring R. Kelly
"Like This" – Ledisi
"Good Kisser" – Usher

Best Rap Performance -  "i" – Kendrick Lamar

Nominees  

"3005" – Childish Gambino
"i" – Kendrick Lamar
"0 to 100 / The Catch Up" – Drake
"Rap God" – Eminem
"All I Need Is You" – Lecrae

Best Rap Album - "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" - Eminem

Nominees 

"Nobody's Smiling" - Common
"Blacc Hollywood" - Wiz Khalifa
"Oxymoron" - Schoolboy Q
"The New Classic" - Iggy Azalea
"Because the Internet" - Donald Glover
"The Marshall Mathers LP 2" - Eminem

Best Country Solo Performance - "Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood

Nominees 

"Give Me Back My Hometown" – Eric Church
"Invisible" – Hunter Hayes
"Automatic" – Miranda Lambert
"Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood
"Cop Car" – Keith Urban

Best Country Album - "Platinum" – Miranda Lambert

Nominees 

"Riser" – Dierks Bentley
"The Outsiders" – Eric Church
"12 Stories" – Brandy Clark
"Platinum" – Miranda Lambert
"The Way I'm Livin'" – Lee Ann Womack

Best Music Video - "Happy" – Pharrell Williams

Nominees 

"Happy" – Pharrell Williams
"Chandelier" – Sia
"We Exist" – Arcade Fire
"Turn Down for What" – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
"The Golden Age" – Woodkid feat. Max Richter

Sam Smith, the first UK male debut artist to win in four categories, was the star of the show. Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Beck, and Rosanne Cash took three awards each. Sia and Eric Church impressed with their performances where highly anticipated performances of 'Fourfive Seconds' by Rihanna featuring Kanye West, and Paul McCartney felt very close to dud. 

Congratulations all the winners!