The 57th annual Grammy Awards were full of fashion, fun and live performances # 23 of them to be exact.
There were so many performances during the live show that only nine of the 83 awards were presented. That leaves more than 50 people who received no public recognition for their achievement.
During the show, top winner Sam Smith received four awards, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year for his song “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version).” No other person or group received that many; however, there were multiple people who took home two or three awards that night.
One of last year’s breakout stars, Kendrick Lamar, took home two Grammys for his song “I.” Rapper Eminem took home awards for his album The Marshall Mathers LP2 and his song “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna. Carrie Underwood accepted her seventh Grammy for her controversial song “Something in the Water” and Christian group For King and Country received their first two awards, one of which was with veteran rapper Lecrae.
These names are popular in the pop media of 2015, but what about the lesser-known names?
The award for Best Regional Roots Music Album went to Jo-El Sonnier’s The Legacy. The late Joan Rivers beat out James Franco and former president Jimmy Carter for Best Spoken Word Album for her book titled Diary of a Mad Diva.
Frozen added more awards to their growing collection with a win for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and writers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez added a Grammy to their Oscar winning hit “Let it Go.” John Williams, the man behind Star Wars and Indiana Jones, took home his 22nd Grammy # his eighth in the category of Best Instrumental Composition, which he won for the film The Book Thief.
Popular a cappella group Pentatonix won in the category of Best Arrangement # Instrumental or A Capella for “Daft Punk.” Fan-favorite Beyoncé not only received awards for her song “Drunk in Love,” featuring her husband Jay-Z, but her album Beyoncé won for Best Surround Sound Album.
When it came to the categories in Music Video/Film, Pharrell Williams’ Oscar nominated hit “Happy” won Best Music Video and the Oscar winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom won for Best Music Film.
There are many more categories for international music, album notes, compilations, choral performance and so on. Basically, if it has anything remotely to do with music, there is a category for it.
For a complete list of winners and nominees go to www.grammy.com/nominees.
