Sam Smith & Beyonce Win Big @ 2015 Grammys

Sam Smith, Beyonce & Pharrell Win Big @ 2015 Grammys

Sam Smith had a huge night at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, picking up four awards, three of them in major categories: best new artist and song of the year and record of the year for his Tom Petty-echoing smash hit “Stay With Me.”

But it wasn’t quite a clean sweep. Beck surprised everyone with an album of the year win for “Morning Phase.” And Kanye West tried to upstage his own infamous 2009 mtv vmas moment as he “jokingly” hopped on stage when Beck won out over Beyoncé.

Meanwhile, even if Kanye was having a blast, the rest of the show featured a surprising amount of very serious performances. Everything — from Usher’s tribute to Stevie Wonder to Katy Perry’s song dedicated to a survivor of domestic violence — led to an incredibly somber night.

Case in point: Beyoncé closed out the show with “Take My Hand Precious Lord” (introducing John Legend and Common’s “Glory”) as a group of background performers held up their hands in a “hands up, don’t shoot” image.

Record of the Year: "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)" - Sam Smith (Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer)

Album of the Year: "Morning Phase" - Beck (Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)

Song of the Year: "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)" - Sam Smith (James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith)

Best New Artist: Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance: "Happy (Live)" - Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Say Something" - A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Cheek to Cheek" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album: "In The Lonely Hour" - Sam Smith

Best Dance Recording: "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne

Best Dance/Electronic Album: "Syro" - Aphex Twin

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: "Bass & Mandolin" - Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Jr.

Best Rock Performance: "Lazaretto" - Jack White

Best Metal Performance: "The Last in Line" - Tenacious D

Best Rock Song: "Ain't It Fun" - Paramore (Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters)

Best Rock Album: "Morning Phase" - Beck

Best Alternative Music Album: "St. Vincent" - St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance: "Drunk in Love" - Beyonce featuring Jay Z

Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Jesus Children" - Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Best R&B Song: "Drunk in Love" - Beyonce featuring Jay Z (Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters)

Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Girl" - Pharrell Williams

Best R&B Album: "Love, Marriage & Divorce" - Toni Braxton & Babyface

Best Rap Performance: "I" - Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster" - Eminem featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song: "I" - Kendrick Lamar (K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters)

Best Rap Album: "The Marshall Mathers LP2" - Eminem

Best Country Solo Performance: "Something in the Water" - Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "Gentle on My Mind" - The Band Perry

Best Country Song: "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters)

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Fingerprints" - Chick Corea, soloist

Best New Age Album: "Winds of Samsara" - Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman

Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Beautiful Life" - Dianne Reeves

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Trilogy" - Chick Corea Trio

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Life in the Bubble" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Best Latin Jazz Album: "The Offense of the Drum" - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Gospel Performance/Song: "No Greater Love" - Smokie Norful (Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: "Messengers" - Lecrae featuring For King & Country

Best Gospel Album: "Help" - Erica Campbell

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong." - For King & Country

Best Roots Gospel Album: "Shine For All the People" - Mike Farris

Best Latin Pop Album: "Tangos" - Ruben Blades

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Multiviral" - Calle 13

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): "Mano A Mano - Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez" - Vicente Fernandez

Best Tropical Latin Album: "Mas + Corazon Profundo" - Carlos Vives

Best American Roots Performance: "A Feather's Not a Bird" - Rosanne Cash

Best American Roots Song: "A Feather's Not a Bird" - Rosanne Cash (Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters)

Best Americana Album: "The River & The Thread" - Rosanne Cash

Best Bluegrass Album: "The Earls of Leicester" - The Earls of Leicester

Best Blues Album: "Step Back" - Johnny Winter

Best Folk Album: "Remedy" - Old Crow Medicine Show

Best Regional Roots Music Album: "The Legacy" - Jo-El Sonnier

Best Reggae Album: "Fly Rasta" - Ziggy Marley

Best World Music Album: "Eve" - Angelique Kidjo

Best Children's Album: "I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed the World (Malala Yousafzai)" - Neela Vaswani

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): "Diary of a Mad Diva" - Joan Rivers

Best Comedy Album: "Mandatory Fun" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Best Musical Theater Album: "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" - Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: "Frozen" - Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: "The Grand Budapest Hotel" - Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Let It Go" - Idina Menzel (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters)

Best Instrumental Composition: "The Book Thief" - John Williams, composer

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: "Daft Punk" - Pentatonix (Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: "New York Tendaberry" Billy Childs featuring Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma (Billy Childs, arranger)

Best Recording Package: "Lightning Bolt" - Pearl Jam (Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors)

Best Boxed or Special Edition Limited Edition Package: "The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)" - Various Artists (Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors)

Best Album Notes: "Offering: Live At Temple University" - John Coltrane (Ashley Kahn, album notes writer)

Best Historical Album: "The Garden Spot Programs, 1950" - Hank Williams (Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "Morning Phase" - Beck (Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)" - John Legend (Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer)

Best Surround Sound Album: "Beyonce" - Beyonce (Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyonce Knowles, surround producer)

Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending" - Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance: "Adams, John: City Noir" - St. Louis Symphony (David Robertson, conductor)

Best Opera Recording: "Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aux Enfers" - Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble (Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer)

Best Choral Performance: "The Sacred Spirit of Russia" - Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson, conductor)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores" - Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Play" - Jason Vieaux

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: "Douce France" - Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit (Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist)

Best Classical Compendium: "Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances" - Partch (John Schneider, producer)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean" - Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony (John Luther Adams, composer)

Best Music Video: "Happy" - Pharrell Williams (We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers)

Best Music Film: "20 Feet From Stardom" - Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill (Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers)

Beyonce & Katy Perry Set To Perform @ 2015 Grammys

Beyonce & Katy Perry Set To Perform @ 2015 Grammys

Well, the 57th Annual Grammy Awards just got that much more fierce.Katy Perry and Beyoncé have been added to the show's already jam-packed performance lineup at what is almost the 11th hour—considering the 2015 Grammys is Sunday!

Billboard was first to report the addition of Perry, who can rest easy on her high tiger after presiding over the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history. (So of course the Recording Academy wanted in on that...) Per the music mag, the Prism artist, who's nominated for two Grammys this year, will be singing her ballad "By the Grace of God" and, of course, could have more tricks up her sleeve.

Meanwhile, Common spilled the beans regarding the very special addition to his and John Legend's planned performance of "Glory," their massively popular song from Selma, which is the frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Original Song in a couple of weeks.

"We do have an incredible introduction to our performance," Common told Us over the weekend. "A segue into our song ‘Glory,' as a tribute to Selma, being done by the great Beyoncé. That's one of the greatest talents you can have, helping us segue into it. To co-create a performance with someone like her. It's good."

Queen Bey, who's tied for the top of the pack with six nominations (including Album of the Year and Best Music Film), will kick off the already hotly anticipated collaboration with the gospel song "Take My Hand Precious Lord."

And the must-see and who'd-a-thunk-it pairings keep on coming: The Recording Academy also confirmed this morning that Album of the Year nominee Beck will take the stage with Chris Martin; Mary J. Blige will join Sam Smith (we can feel the slow-burning angst already); Best New Artist nominee Brandy Clark will now be making her Grammys performance debut with country veteran Dwight Yoakam; John Mayer, Herbie Hancock and Questlove will joinEd Sheeran; Juanes, who's up for Best Latin Pop Album, will presumably sing a hit from Loco de Amor; pianist Lang Lang will team up with someone on one of the past year's catchiest tunes; and, last but not least, Sia will do her thing, presumably while wearing a mask and surrounded by long-limbed dancers.

Rhianna & Lady Gaga Added To 2015 Grammys Performer List

Rhianna & Lady Gaga Added To 2015 Grammys  Performers List

Rihanna. Lady Gaga. 2015 Grammys. Talk about a night to remember.

What’s up, you guys, and welcome back to Trophy Life – your non-stop award show coverage! So as if the list of 2015 Grammy performers, including Sam Smith, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Pharrell and Miranda Lambert didn’t already leave us speechless… seriously, I’m out of breath!... we are soooo excited to see Lady Gaga and her right-hand man, Tony Bennett, as well as Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney added to the insanely amazing performance list!

Gaga shared the exciting news via Twitter that she and her Cheek to Cheek duet partner Tony Bennett would be performing, saying, “Me and @itstonybennett are so excited to announce we will be performing at #TheGrammys this year! Thank you to @TheGRAMMYs and our fans!” Hmm, we can only imagine what outfit she will surprise us with this year… and do you think Tony will match her…? Now that would be interesting.

And then the planned performance from Paul McCartney – YAS! – along with Rihanna and Yeezus himself, singing their brand new song, “Four Five Seconds….” Hells yes. And if you’re one of those unnamed people who still doesn’t know who Paul McCartney is, stop right now and do your homework.

So not that we need to persuade you any further but just a reminder to tune into the 2015 Grammys, which will air live on CBS on February 8 at 5 p.m. So which of these star-studded performers are you most excited to kill it at the biggest music event of the year?! Share your thoughts in the comments section below, 

Katy Perry To Bring Missy Elliot & Lenny Kravitz On Super Halftime Show!!!!

     Katy Perry To Bring Missy Elliot & Lenny Kravitz On Super Halftime Show!!!!

Katy Perry has one simple goal going into her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance Sunday at Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium.

"I just hope at the end of the day that over 100 million people are all smiling in unison," she says. "And if you could imagine that happening, I think there's going to be an incredible energy that goes throughout the world. I think we're all going to have a wonderful, fun, not-so-serious time."

At a press conference Thursday in Phoenix, the singer dropped several hints about what viewers can expect, from a "flaming hot" costume to open the show to the identity of a second special guest.

"I have to keep some surprises for Sunday," Perry said. "But I'm very, very excited about this guest because I thought long and hard about it and wanted to kind of bring someone back — a throwback of sorts that definitely needed some more shine. All I can say is that it will be a real female fun night. I think when this person enters the stage and you hear the first ring of the chord, I think jaws will drop and faces will melt when she steps onstage."