Sam Smith was a big winner at the 2015 Grammy Awards, taking home four major prizes.

The openly gay singer won four major Grammy Awards in 2015: "Record of the Year," "Song of the Year," "Best Pop Album," and "Best New Artist."

Sam Smith's night of resounding victory.

At the 2015 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé, Sam Smith, and Pharrell Williams led the list of nominees, competing in a total of six categories. Beyoncé currently holds the record for the most Grammy nominations in history with 53. Other big names in international music this past year, such as Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Meghan Trainor, Sia, and Ariana Grande, are also contenders for the 57th Grammy Awards.

In the supplementary awards announced before the event, the organizers presented Beyoncé with the award for Best Surround Sound Album, St. Vincent with the award for Best Alternative Album, and Eminem & Rihanna with the award for Best Rap Collaboration… Several film-related awards were given to the blockbuster Frozen, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and the song Let It Go.

Sam Smith was the most successful artist at the 57th Grammy Awards, winning four major awards.

Sam Smith kicked off the triumphant night by winning the Best New Artist award, announced and presented by Taylor Swift. Immediately afterward, Pharrell Williams' hit "Happy" was named the winner in the Best Pop Solo Performance category, beating Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off." Last year, he won big at the Grammys with his song "Get Lucky" and the electronic band Daft Punk.

Sam Smith's second win was in the Best Pop Album category with "In the Lonely Hour." The singer beat out Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, and Ariana Grande in this competition. Then, the "male Adele" closed out the 2015 Grammy Awards with a double win for Song of the Year and Record of the Year, both with "Stay with Me." At this year's event, he performed the hit with legend Mary J. Blige. Concluding the 2015 Grammys, Sam Smith won a total of four awards across six nominated categories.

The biggest shock at the 2015 Grammy Awards was the Album of the Year award. Beating out big names like Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams, and Beyoncé, veteran rocker Beck won with "Morning Phase." Prior to that, this CD had also won the Best Rock Album award at the 2015 Grammy Awards.

Rocker Beck unexpectedly won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year with Morning Phase.

Additionally, Beyoncé won two awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance for her hit collaboration with her husband, "Drunk in Love." During her acceptance speech, she thanked Jay-Z and the Beyhive – Beyoncé's fan community. This marks the 19th and 20th time the singer has received a Grammy award.

A grand musical feast

The lineup of guest performers at the 2015 Grammy Awards was an undeniable highlight of the event, delivering a colorful musical feast as promised. Following the energetic opening act by hard rock band AC/DC, it was Kanye West's turn to experiment with a new role. No longer the explosive rapper performances audiences are used to seeing, he needed a simple stage to perform "Only One." This emotional song, dedicated to his young daughter North West, is from his upcoming album.

Much to the delight of her fans, Madonna set the 2015 Grammy Awards stage on fire with her brand-new song "Living for Love," taken from her album "Rebel Heart." The pop queen's stage production was incredibly provocative and closely resembled the music video she released yesterday.

The Grammy stage became more poignant with the collaboration between Ed Sheeran and John Mayer on the song "Thinking Out Loud." John Mayer, Katy Perry's ex-boyfriend, appeared as guitar accompaniment for the "ugly guy" singer from England. Immediately afterwards, Ed Sheeran had the honor of dueting with Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra on the medley "Mr. Blue Sky." Below the stage, Taylor Swift was the center of attention, dancing in support of her close friend. This year, Ed Sheeran is nominated in the important category of Album of the Year with x.

Despite being "rival" judges on the 2014 American reality TV show The Voice, Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine shared the stage to sing "My Heart Is Open," a song from Maroon 5's album V, released in August 2014.

The hit song "Happy" was already very familiar to the general public, so Pharrell decided to change it with pianist Lang Lang and composer Hans Zimmer to create a fresh new flavor. The new version of "Happy" is darker than the original, and the famous singer appeared on stage dressed as a hotel doorman.

The event opened with a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama, followed by a victim of domestic violence sharing her story and calling for collective action to stop this scourge. This served as the prelude to Katy Perry's performance of "By the Grace of God." Shedding her purple hair from her red carpet appearance, the singer delivered the emotionally charged ballad with her dark hair and unique shadow puppetry. This is expected to be the final single from her album PRISM.

Lady Gaga continued to demonstrate her talent by winning the award for Best Classical Pop Album with "Cheek to Cheek" featuring Tony Bennett. To celebrate the victory, the two stars appeared on the Grammy stage and performed the album's title track. According to Lady Gaga, she is currently recording two new albums, one jazz and one pop.

Sia, the singer who rose to fame last year with her hit songs "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart," continued to hide her face during her performance. Instead, the stage for her hit "Chandelier" was illustrated by the dance moves of famous comedian Kristen Wiig and dancer Maddie Ziegler.

Also at the 2015 Grammy Awards, the song "Fourfiveseconds" was performed publicly for the first time. Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney appeared in black, delivering one of the most interesting and memorable collaborations at the event. "Fourfiveseconds" is expected to appear on both Rihanna and Kanye West's new albums.

The final performance to close out the 2015 Grammy Awards was a medley from Beyoncé, John Legend, and rapper Common. Beyoncé appeared in a white dress like an angel, singing high notes in "Take My Hand" and "Precious Lord." The performance was followed by "Glory," the Oscar-nominated song from the film "Selma."

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