AC/DC opened the show with an explosive performance that included the immortal classic ‘Highway To Hell’. Taylor Swift looks absolutely amazing. Pharrell Williams is wearing suit shorts because he’s Pharrell Williams. Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney bring a smile to everyone’s face with their performance. Sam Smith wins a tonne of awards.
Here’s the winners:
Record of the Year: Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Album of the Year: Beck, Morning PhaseBest Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum
Best R&B Performance: Beyonce f/ Jay Z “Drunk In Love”
Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour
Best Pop Solo Performance: Pharrell, “Happy”
Best New Artist: Sam Smith
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin
Best R&B Album: Toni Braxton and Babyface, Love, Marriage & Divorce
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Pharrell G I R L
Best R&B Song: Beyonce f/ Jay Z, “Drunk In Love”
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, “i”
Best Rap Album: Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP2
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, “i”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Eminem f/ Rihanna “The Monster”
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Robert Glasper Experiment, “Jesus Children”
Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary Of a Mad Diva
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Best Rock Song: Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”
Best Rock Performance: Jack White, Lazaretto
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, “Say Something”
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta
Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Beck, Morning Phase
Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical): Tiesto, “All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)”
Best Surround Sound Album: Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Frozen
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Song Written For Visual Media: Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (songwriters), Idina Menzel (vocalist): “Let It Go”
Best Music Video: Pharrell, “Happy”