The 2015 Grammy award show was expected to have a vast number of viewers and was also expected to have some of the best musical performances of the new year so far.
There are a total of 83 categories in the Grammy’s ranging from βBest Opera Recordingβ to βBest Gospel Album.β
Nominees for record of the year were βFancyβ by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, βChandelierβ by Sia, βStay With Meβ by Sam Smith, βShake It Offβ by Taylor Swift and βAll About That Bassβ by Meghan Trainor. The winner of record of the year was Sam Smith with βStay With Me.β
Sam Smith won big at his first Grammys, including awards for βBest New Artist,β βBest Pop Vocal Album,β βRecord of the Yearβ and βSong of the Year.β
One of the biggest upsets throughout the whole show was Beck beating BeyoncΓ© for album of the year. Kanye West jokingly ran up the stage and pretended to interrupt Beckβs acceptance speech, as he did to Taylor Swift when she beat BeyoncΓ© at the 2009 VMAβs.
It was later that night that Kanye admitted he was joking in his actions but not in his motivations. He does believe BeyoncΓ© should have won over Beck. Beck released a statement saying he was surprised he won and still has ample respect for West.
There were also awards given out for the rap, country and rock genres.
In the country genre, Miranda Lambert won best country album for her most recent album βPlatinum,β Glen Campbell won best country song with βIβm Not Gonna Miss You,β best country duo/group performance went to βGentle On My Mindβ by The Band Perry and the Grammy for best country solo performance went to Carrie Underwood with βSomething In The Water.β
In the rap/R&B genre, Eminem won best rap album for βThe Marshall Mathers LP2,β Kendrick Lamar took home the Grammy for best rap performance and best rap song with his hit single βi.β Best rap/sung collaboration was won by Eminem ft. Rihanna with βThe Monster.β
There were not only awards given out for individual artists, there were awards given out for music films and compilation soundtrack for visual media. There were also some awards for music in other languages, such as Spanish.
The late Joan Rivers was celebrated by winning the Grammy for best spoken album for her audiobook βDiary of a Mad Diva.β
Rivers is not the only artist that has received a Grammy after death. Others include Ray Charles, George Carlin, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley and Notorious B.I.G.
There were a total of 26 performances at the Grammys.
The first performance of the night was AC/DC as the opener. The band was ranked the 19th best performance of the night by The Hollywood Reporter. The number one performance per The Hollywood Reporter was BeyoncΓ©, even though her self-titled album did not win for album of the year.
Sam Smith and Mary J. Bligeβs performance ranked second and Siaβs performance with Kristen Wiig and Maddie Ziegler dancing ranked third.
The 2015 Grammy awards were a big television success and pulled in an estimated 26 million viewers.
