Sam Smith was the big winner at the 2015 Grammy Awards in the US, scooping four prizes including record of the year, song of the year, and best new artist. The British soul singer was also praised for being the only solo artist to sell more than a million albums in both the UK and US in 2014
Elsewhere, Beck’s Morning Phase won album of the year and best rock album and Pharrell Williams won the award for best pop solo performance and best video for his song Happy.
Album of the year
- Winner: Morning Phase – Beck
- Beyonce – Beyonce
- x – Ed Sheeran
- In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
- Girl – Pharrell Williams
Best new artist
- Winner: Sam Smith
- Iggy Azalea
- Bastille
- Brandy Clark
- Haim
Best rock album
- Winner: Morning Phase – Beck
- Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
- Turn Blue – The Black Keys
- Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Songs of Innocence – U2
Record of the year
- Winner: Stay With Me – Sam Smith
- Fancy – Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX (pictured)
- Chandelier – Sia
- Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
- All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
Song of the year
- Winner: Stay With Me – Jimmy Napes, William Phillips and Sam Smith
- All About That Bass – Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor
- Chandelier – Sia and Jesse Shatkin
- Shake It Off – Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
- Take Me to Church – Hozier
Best pop vocal album
- Winner: In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
- Ghost Stories – Coldplay
- Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
- My Everything – Ariana Grande
- Prism – Katy Perry
- x – Ed Sheeran
Best pop solo performance
- Winner: Happy (live) – Pharrell Williams
- All of Me – John Legend
- Chandelier – Sia
- Stay With Me – Sam Smith
- Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Best traditional pop vocal album
- Winner: Cheek To Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
- Nostalgia – Annie Lennox
- Night Songs – Barry Manilow
- Sending You A Little Christmas – Johnny Mathis
- Partners – Barbra Streisand With Various Artists
Best music video
- Winner: Happy – Pharrell Williams
- We Exist – Arcade Fire
- Turn Down For What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
- Chandelier – Sia
- The Golden Age – Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Best dance recording
- Winner: Rather Be – Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne (above)
- Never Say Never – Basement Jaxx Featuring ETML
- F For You – Disclosure Featuring Mary J. Blige
- I Got U – Duke Dumont Featuring Jax Jones
- Faded – Zhu
Best R&B performance
- Winner: Drunk in Love – Beyonce feat Jay-Z
- New Flame – Chris Brown feat Usher & Rick Ross
- It’s Your World – Jennifer Hudson feat R Kelly
- Like This – Ledisi
- Good Kisser – Usher
Best R&B album
- Winner: Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface
- Islander – Bernhoft
- Lift Your Spirit – Aloe Blacc
- Black Radio 2 – Robert Glasper Experiment
- Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Best urban contemporary album
- Winner: Girl – Pharrell Williams
- Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
- Beyonce – Beyonce
- X – Chris Brown
- Mali Is… – Mali Music
Best country album
- Winner: Platinum – Miranda Lambert
- Riser – Dierks Bentley
- The Outsiders – Eric Church
- 12 Stories – Brandy Clark
- The Way I’m Livin’ – Lee Ann Womack
Best country song
- Winner: I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
- American Kids – Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally, songwriters (Kenny Chesney)
- Automatic – Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
- Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church & Luke Laird, songwriters (Eric Church)
- Meanwhile Back At Mama’s – Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill)
Best metal performance
- Winner: The Last In Line – Tenacious D
- Neon Knights – Anthrax
- High Road – Mastodon
- Heartbreaker – Motorhead
- The Negative One – Slipknot
Best rap album
- Winner: The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
- The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
- Because The Internet – Childish Gambino
- Nobody’s Smiling – Common
- Oxymoron – Schoolboy Q
- Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa
Best spoken word album
- Winner: Diary Of A Mad Diva – Joan Rivers
- Actors Anonymous – James Franco
- A Call To Action – Jimmy Carter
- Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America – John Waters
- A Fighting Chance – Elizabeth Warren
- We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song – Gloria Gaynor
