Grammys 2015: The winners list (2024)

As expected, Sam Smith swept the Grammys Sunday night with four wins, including one for the coveted Record of the Year. But the Album of the Year winner wasn’t quite as predictable: Beck nabbed the prize for 2014’s Morning Phase, his twelfth studio album.

Eminem, St. Vincent, Tony Bennett, and Lady Gaga were among the night’s other winners. See the list below:

Album of the Year

Winner: Beck, Morning Phase

Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Ed Sheeran, X

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best Country Album

Dierks Bentley, Riser

Eric Church, The Outsiders

Brandy Clark, 12 Stories

Winner: Miranda Lambert, Platinum

LeeAnn Womack, The Way I’m Livin’

Best Pop Vocal Album

Coldplay, Ghost Stories

Miley Cyrus, Bangerz

Ariana Grande, My Everything

Katy Perry, Prism

Ed Sheeran, X

Winner: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Jhene Aiko, Sail Out

Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Chris Brown, X

Mali Music, Mali Is

Winner: Pharrell Williams, Girl

Record of the Year

“Fancy” – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX

“Chandelier” – Sia

Winner: “Stay With Me” (Darkchild version) – Sam Smith

“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift

“All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Stay With Me – Sam Smith

“Chandelier” – Sia

“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift

Winner: “Happy” (live version) – Pharrell Williams

“All of Me” (live version) – John Legend

Best Rock Song

Winner: “Ain’t It Fun” – Paramore

“Blue Moon” – Beck

“Fever” – The Black Keys

“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams

“Lazaretto” – Jack White

Best Rock Album

U2, Songs of Innocence

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye

The Black Keys, Turn Blue

Winner: Beck, Morning Phase

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams

Best New Artist

Iggy Azalea

Bastille

Brandy Clark

Haim

Winner: Sam Smith

Best Country Song

“American Kids” – Kenny Chesney, Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally

“Automatic” – Miranda Lambert, Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby

“Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church, Luke Laird

Winner: “I’m Not Going to Miss You” – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond

“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill – Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, Jeffrey Steele

Best Reggae Album

Winner: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta

Lee “Scratch” Perry, Back on the Controls

Sean Paul, Full Frequency

Shaggy, Out of Many, One Music

Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate, The Reggae Power

Soja, Amid the Noise and the Haste

Song of the Year

“All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor, Kevin Kadish

“Chandelier” – Sia Furler, Jesse Shatkin

“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback

Winner: “Stay With Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith, James Napier, William Phillips

“Take Me to Church” – Andrew Hozier Byrne

Best Rap Performance

“3005” – Childish Gambino

“0 to 100” – Drake

“Rap God” – Eminem

Winner: “i” – Kendrick Lamar

“All I Need is You” – Lacrae

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Winner: Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek

Annie Lennox, Nostalgia

Barry Manilow, Night Songs

Johnny Mathis, Sending You a Little Christmas

Barbra Streisand & Various Artists, Partners

Best Alternative Music Album

alt-J, This is All Yours

Arcade Fire, Reflektor

Cage the Elephant, Melophobia

Winner: St. Vincent, St. Vincent

Jack White, Lazaretto

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

American Hustle – Various Artists

Winner: Frozen – Various Artists

Get On Up: The James Brown Story – James Brown

Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 – Various Artists

The Wolf of Wall Street – Various Artists

Best Americana Album

Winner: Roseanne Cash, The River & the Thread

John Hiatt, Terms of My Surrender

Keb’ Mo’, Bluesamericana

Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line

Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Best Rap Album

Iggy Azalea, The New Classic

Childish Gambino, Because the Internet

Common, Nobody’s Smiling

Winner: Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Schoolboy Q, Oxymoron

Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood

Best Country Solo Performance

“Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church

“Invisible” – Hunter Hayes

“Automatic” – Miranda Lambert

Winner: “Something in the Water” – Carrie Underwood

“Cop Car” – Keith Urban

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Fancy” – Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX

“A Sky Full of Stars” – Coldplay

Winner: “Say Something” – A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera

“Bang Bang” – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj

“Dark Horse” – Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

Best Music Video

“We Exist” – Arcade Fire

“Turn Down for What” – DJ Snake, Lil Jon

“Chandelier” – Sia

Winner: “Happy” – Pharrell Williams

“The Golden Age” – Woodkid ft. Max Richter

Best Latin Pop Album

Winner: Rubén Blades, Tangos

Camila, Elypse

Lila Downs, Niña Pastori, Soledad, Raíz

Juanes, Loco de Amor

Marco Antonio Solis, Gracias Por Estar Aqui

Best Spoken Word Album

James Franco, Actors Anonymous

Jimmy Carter, A Call to Action

John Waters, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

Winner: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva

Elizabeth Warren, A Fighting Chance

Gloria Gaynor, We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration and the Power of Song

Best Dance Recording

“Never Say Never” – Basem*nt Jaxx

Winner: “Rather Be” – Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne

“F For You” – Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige

“I Got U” – Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones

“Faded” – Zhu

Best Gospel Album

Winner: Erica Campbell, Help

Ricky Dillard & New G, Amazing

William McDowell, Withholding Nothing (live)

Smokie Norful, Forever Yours

Anita Wilson, Vintage Worship

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Winner: “Gentle On My Mind” – The Band Perry

“Somethin’ Bad” – Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood

“Day Drinking” – LIttle Big Town

“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill

“Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban ft. Eric Church

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Blak Majik” – Common ft. Jhené Aiko

Winner: “The Monster” – Eminem ft. Rihanna

“Tuesday” – I Love Makonnen ft. Drake

“Studio” – Schoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid

“Bound 2” – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Winner: Aphex Twin, Syro

Deadmau5, While (1>2)

Little Dragon, Nabuma Rubberband

Röyksopp & Robyn, Do It Again

Mat Zo, Damage Control

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Mindi Abair, Wild Heart

Gerald Albright, Slam Dunk

Nathan East, Nathan East

Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp, Jazz Funk Soul

Winner: Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, Bass & Mandolin

Best Rock Performance

“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams

“Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys

“Blue Moon” – Beck

“Fever” – The Black Keys

Winner: “Lazaretto” -Jack White

Best Metal Performance

“Neon Knights” – Anthrax

“High Road” – Mastodon

“Heartbreaker” – Motörhead

“The Negative One” – Slipknot

Winner: “The Last In Line” – Tenacious D

Best R&B Performance

Winner: “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 Traditional R&B Performance

“As” – Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton

“I.R.S.” – Angie Fisher

Winner: “Jesus Children” – Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner

“Nobody” – Kem

“Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)” – Antonique Smith

Best R&B Song

Winner: “Drunk In Love” – Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko

“Good Kisser” – Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel

“New Flame” – Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice “”Verse”” Simmonds & Keith Thomas

“Options (Wolfjames Version) by Luke James ft. Rick Ross – Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica “”Kahn-Cept”” Smith

“The Worst” – Jhené Aiko Chilombo

Best R&B Album

Bernhoft, Islander

Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit

Winner: Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love, Marriage, & Divorce

Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio 2

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Give the People What They Want

Best Rap Song

“Anaconda” – Nicki Minaj Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett,

“Bound 2” – Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young

Winner: “I” – Kendrick Lamar & C. Smith

“We Dem Boyz” – Wiz Khalifa, Noel Fisher

“0 to 100/The Catch Up” – Drake, A. Feeney, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib

Best New Age Album

Paul Avgerinos, Bhakti

Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai, Ritual

Winner: Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara

Kitaro, Symphony Live in Istanbul

Silvia Nakkach & David Darling, In Love And Longing

Best Music Film

Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyonce & Jay-Z – Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Svana Gisla, video producer

Ghost Stories, Coldplay – Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer

Winner: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill – Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers

Metallica Through The Never, Metallica; Nimród Antal, video director; Adam Ellison & Charlotte Huggins, video producers

The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink – Larn Poland, video director; Roger Davies

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