2015 Grammy’s award the year’s best musicians

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 β€œBest Opera Recording” to β€œBest Gospel Album.”

Nominees for record of the year were β€œFancy” by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, β€œChandelier” by Sia, β€œStay With Me” by Sam Smith, β€œShake It Off” by Taylor Swift and β€œAll About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor. The winner of record of the year was Sam Smith with β€œStay With Me.”

Sam Smith won big at his first Grammys, including awards for β€œBest New Artist,” β€œBest Pop Vocal Album,” β€œRecord of the Year” and β€œSong of the Year.”

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 Beck’s acceptance speech, as he did to Taylor Swift when she beat BeyoncΓ© at the 2009 VMA’s.

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 β€œPlatinum,” Glen Campbell won best country song with β€œI’m Not Gonna Miss You,” best country duo/group performance went to β€œGentle On My Mind” by The Band Perry and the Grammy for best country solo performance went to Carrie Underwood with β€œSomething In The Water.”

In the rap/R&B genre, Eminem won best rap album for β€œThe Marshall Mathers LP2,” Kendrick Lamar took home the Grammy for best rap performance and best rap song with his hit single β€œi.” Best rap/sung collaboration was won by Eminem ft. Rihanna with β€œThe Monster.”

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 β€œDiary of a Mad Diva.”

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. Blige’s performance ranked second and Sia’s 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.

Boys Basketball hosts fundraiser at local Chipotle

Thursday, Feb. 12, fromΒ 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Β the Stow boys basketball is hosting “Night at Chipotle” in Stow.
Community members are encouraged to support the boys by bringing in the flyer, showing the flyer on a smartphone, or telling the cashier about participating in this event.
The fundraiser will directly benefit the boys, as 50% of the profits will be donated to the team.

Unidentified artist on the rise

The unknown can provide immense curiosity and excitement to many people. With the identity-less, upcoming artist β€œWho is Fancy,” the unexplained has started wide controversy.

The real question at hand is specified by his own name.

β€œWho is Fancy” released a song titled β€œGoodbye,” which is surprisingly being played on radio stations all across the country. Radios and listeners are all stumped with the unknown. Song introductions can only be made with this β€œWho is Fancy” persona.

Some are saying that he might be an already known artist, who is fooling everyone with this fake, anonymous identity. Music lovers, YouTube commenters and critics have speculations that it may be Ne-Yo or even Adam Levine.

The fact that the sound of his voice has not sparked an immediate connection to an existing artist has some assuming that he is an entirely new star.

One thing is for certain though, this unidentified pop-star has received great attention. The idea behind this phenomenon was a genius way to introduce a new song and receive a mass amount of popular attention in a short amount of time.

Soon the world will know the true identity of β€œWho is Fancy,” with the hopes that it will not be a disappointment to all.

Student Council hosts annual blood drive

By Lane Hedler

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Cots and folding chairs were neatly placed neatly in rows, ready to intercept students, and a table was piled high like a thanksgiving cornucopia with pre-packaged cookies, soda and other metallic bags of junk food. With the Blood Mobile parked by the auditorium doors, the lower gym was turned into a pit stop station for students to donate their blood to the American Red Cross.

Senior Julia Ryan sat half reclined on a cushioned cot. Half-laughing and with a huge smile on her face, Ryan said, β€œI like feeling the satisfaction that I get knowing that my blood can make a difference. I feel like a good person and I am O positive so my blood is extra special.”

For many of the people donating blood, it is a good deed they frequently do, but for some, this was their first time donating, and volunteers from Student Council were eager to distract first-time and repeat donors from the discomfort that comes with the blood drawing process.

β€œI am about to shake off this cot,” Β junior Jack Dotson said, mentally preparing himself. “This is the first time I have ever donated blood.”

Members of Student Council kept the event flowing smoothly with concern for both the generous donors, as well as the nurses from the American Red Cross. Student Council hoped that this blood drive would bring in a record number of donors, and the high school would donate more pints of blood than in years past. Details about the donated blood will come at a later date from the American Red Cross.

β€œYou see that,” Senior and two-time blood donor Thomas Headen said while pointing to the blood flowing in the tube of his IV. β€œThat’s liquid me!”

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