Hours before the major Grammy Awards were set to be revealed, 74
winners were being announced.
AC/DC powered up the 57th annual Grammy Awards with a two-song set, an
unlikely choice to kick off music's biggest night.
But once the actual awards started, it went pretty much according to
script, with heavy favorite Sam Smith winning the first major honor,
best new artist.
Pharrell Williams' "Happy" won for best pop solo performance.
Beyonce dominated the Grammys early - at least during the
pre-televised portion Sunday night -- taking home two big awards.
"Drunk In Love," cut with hubby Jay-Z, snagged the best R&B
performance prize, while the diva shared the best surround recording
technology prize with her two engineers.
Even so, Mrs. Carter fumbled two other bids. She lost "best urban
contemporary album" to Pharrell Williams, who got it for "Girl." And
she missed the best music film prize for her self-titled visual album.
That one went to "20 Feet From Stardom."
The most inescapable song of the year - "Let It Go" - held on to two
big Grammys on Sunday.
After taking best song written for visual media for that Idina
Menzel-sung hit, the full "Frozen" album was named best compilation
soundtrack For A Visual Media.
Still, the Disney musical lost out on the prize for best score
soundtrack for visual media. The trophy went instead to the
Oscar-nominated music for "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
West coast rapper Kendrick Lamar also won a pair of awards - for best
rap performance" and best rap song, both for "I." Lamar tied in the
hip-hop run-off with Eminem, who snagged his own pair of statuettes:
best rap album, for "Marshall Mathers LP 2" and best rap/sung
collaboration for his song with Rihanna "Monster."
The late Joan Rivers took her very first Grammy - best spoken word
album - for "Diary Of A Mad Diva."
"If my mother were here, she would not only be honored with this
award, she would have it copied and on the air on QVC within the
hour," daugher Melissa Rivers said in a accepting the award.
Hunter Hayes performs at the early going of the 57th annual Grammy
Awards on Sunday.
Rosanne Cash got no fewer than three awards in the American roots
categories, including best Americana album for "The River and the
Thread."
"The last time I won a Grammy, Reagen was president," she joked.
"There are second acts in American Life."
The power duet of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga got one big prize - best
traditional pop vocal Album - winning out over Barbra Streisand in
that category, no less.
Other notable awards early in the event rewarded Pharrell Williams'
"Happy," for best music video, and "Beautiful: The Carole King
Musical" for best musical theater album.
Iggy Azalea suffered two blows early on. She lost the best pop
duo/group performance to Great Big Sea (with Christina Aguilera). The
trio took it for their hit "Say Something." Then Azalea lost the top
rap album prize to Eminem.
"Weird Al" Yankovic took the best comedy album trophy for "Mandatory
Fun", the first No. 1 record of his three-decade-plus career.
Swedish super-producer Max Martin got the very first Grammy of his
long career. He commanded the prestigious producer of the year,
non-classical, for songs he shaped for Katy Perry, Jesse J and, most
prominently Taylor Swift, including her huge, anti-hater hit "Shake It
Off."
The triumverate of Beyonce, Pharrell and Sam Smith marched into Grammy
night 2015 as the year's most nominated stars. Each had a mighty six
bids, though Smith alone had shots in the top three slots - album,
record and song of the year.
Beyonce, who reigns as the Grammy's most nominated female artist of
all time (with 52 nods, with 17 wins) has yet to bag the coveted album
of the year prize. Her self-titled, surprise album had the chance to
change that this year.
Bey vied for the big album honor with Beck ("Morning Phase"), Ed
Sheeran ("X") and Pharrell ("Girl") and Smith ("In the Lonely Hour").
Three other stars besides Smith had bids for the top record and song:
Meghan Trainor ("All About That Bass"), Taylor Swift ("Shake It Off"),
and Sia ("Chandelier").
--DailyNews
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