Sam Smith took top honours at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards winning Record of the Year with his single Stay With Me. He won four awards: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.
A question we’ve always asked was What is the difference between Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year?
The Record Of The Year category recognizes the artist’s performance as well as the overall contributions of the producer(s), recording engineer(s) and/or mixer(s) if other than the artist. The Song Of The Year category recognizes the songwriter(s).
Winners:
1. Record of the Year
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
Sam Smith
2. Album of the Year
Morning Phase
Beck
3. Song of the Year
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
4. Best New Artist
Sam Smith
5. Best Pop Solo Performance
Pharrell Williams
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Say Something
A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cheek to Cheek
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
8. Best Pop Vocal Album
In The Lonely Hour
Sam Smith
9. Best Dance Recording
Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne
Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixers
10. Best Dance/Electronic Album
Syro|
Aphex Twin
11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Bass and Mandolin
12. Best Rock Performance
Lazaretto
Jack White
13. Best Metal Performance
The Last In Line
Tenacious D
14. Best Rock Song
Ain’t It Fun
Track from: Paramore
15. Best Rock Album
Morning Phase
Beck
16. Best Alternative Music Album
St. Vincent
17. Best R&B Performance
Drunk In Love
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
Jesus Children
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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)
20. Best Urban Contemporary Album
Girl
Pharrell Williams
21. Best R&B Album
Love, Marriage & Divorce
Toni Braxton & Babyface
22. Best Rap Performance
i
Kendrick Lamar
23. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
The Monster
Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2
24. Best Rap Song
i
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
25. Best Rap Album
The Marshall Mathers LP2
Eminem
26. Best Country Solo Performance
Something in the Water
Carrie Underwood
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Gentle On My Mind
The Band Perry
28. Best Country Song
I’m Not Gonna Miss You
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
29. Best Country Album
Platinum
Miranda Lambert
30. Best New Age Album
Winds of Samsara
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Fingerprints
Chick Corea, soloist
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Beautiful Life
Dianne Reeves
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy
Chick Corea Trio
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Life In The Bubble
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
The Offense Of The Drum
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
36. Best Gospel Performance/Song
No Greater Love
Smokie Norful
37. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Messengers
Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
38. Best Gospel Album
Help
Erica Campbell
39. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.
For King & Country
40. Best Roots Gospel Album
Shine For All The People
Mike Farris
41. Best Latin Pop Album
Tangos
Rubén Blades
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Multiviral
Calle 13
43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
44. Best Tropical Latin Album
Más + Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives
45. Best American Roots Performance
A Feather’s Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash
46. Best American Roots Song
Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
47. Best Americana Album
The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash
48. Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester
49. Best Blues Album
Step Back
Johnny Winter
50. Best Folk Album
Remedy
Old Crow Medicine Show
51. Best Regional Roots Music Album
The Legacy
Jo-El Sonnier
52. Best Reggae Album
Fly Rasta
Ziggy Marley
53. Best World Music Album
Eve
Angelique Kidjo
54. Best Children’s Album
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
55. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Diary Of A Mad Diva
Joan Rivers
56. Best Comedy Album
Mandatory Fun
“Weird Al” Yankovic
57. Best Musical Theater Album
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
58. Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Frozen
59. Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Grand Budapest Hotel
60. Best Song Written for Visual Media
Let It Go
61. Best Instrumental Composition
The Book Thief
62. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella
Daft Punk
63. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
New York Tendaberry
64. Best Recording Package
Lightning Bolt
65. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
66. Best Album Notes
Offering: Live At Temple University
67. Best Historical Album
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
68. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Morning Phase
69. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Max Martin
70. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)
71. Best Surround Sound Album
Beyoncé
72. Best Engineered Album, Classical
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
73. Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
74. Best Orchestral Performance
Adams, John: City Noir
75. Best Opera Recording
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers
76. Best Choral Performance
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
77. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
78. Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Play
Jason Vieaux
79. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Douce France
80. Best Classical Compendium
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
81. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
82. Best Music Video
Happy
Pharrell Williams
83. Best Music Film
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