2015 Grammy Winners, With AllMusic Reviews

2015 Grammy Winners, With AllMusic Reviews

By Chris Steffen

Feb. 9, 2015

The 57th incarnation of the Grammy Awards have come and gone, bringing its share of automatic wins left field choices, with particular attention paid to the recent work of Sam Smith, Beck, Pharrell and Beyonce. Check out the full list of winners below, with links to the corresponding reviews on AllMusic. We'll be busy being startled that there's actually a Grammy for music videos and trying to figure out how Tenacious D won the metal category.

1. RECORD OF THE YEAR "Stay With Me," Sam Smith
2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR Morning Phase, Beck
3. SONG OF THE YEAR "Stay With Me," Sam Smith
4. BEST NEW ARTIST Sam Smith
5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE "Happy," Pharrell Williams
7. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
9. BEST DANCE RECORDING "Rather Be," Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
10. BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM Syro, Aphex Twin
11. BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
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," Paramore
15. BEST ROCK ALBUM Morning Phase, Beck
16. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM St. Vincent, 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," Beyonce 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
24. BEST RAP SONG "I," 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
29. BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Platinum, Miranda Lambert
30. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
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 "A Feather's Not A Bird," Rosanne Cash
47. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM The River & The Thread Rosanne Cash
48. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM The Earls Of Leicester, 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) Neela Vaswani
55. BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM 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 CAPPELLA Daft Punk
63. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS "New York Tendaberry" from Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
64. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam
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, John Coltrane
67. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
68. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL Morning Phase, Beck
69. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Max Martin
70. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)," John Legend
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, Conspiare
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, Anne Sofie von Otter
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 20 Feet From Stardom