Ajang tahunan penghargaan bagi Insan musik di AS Grammy Awards ke-57 tahun 2015, yang digelar di Staples Center, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat pada Senin (9/2/2015) telah berakhir. 83 piala dari 88 kategori yang diperebutkan oleh para insan musik negri Paman sam itu telah diserahkan kepada para pemenangnya. Salah satu yang mendapatkan penghargaan tersebut adalah penyanyi asal Inggris Sam Smith.
Penyanyi muda pendatang baru yang memiliki nama lengkap Samuel Frederick “Sam” Smith, itu mengejutkan banyak pihak, karena prestasinya yang luar biasa diajang Grammy Awards 2015 ini. Ia berhasil menyabet empat piala dari tujuh nominasi yang mencantumkan namanya.
Dalam gelaran tahun ini tampil beberapa artis kenamaan seperti Madonna, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, dan Kanye West. Tak ketinggalan, kolaborasi menarik juga mewarnai acara penghargaan National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences yang berlogo gramophone itu. Kolaborasi tersebut dipertontonkan oleh Adam Levine dan Gwen Stefani yang membawakan lagu “My Heart is Open,” . Kemudian Sam Smith dan Mary J. Blige. Juga yang antara Beck dan Chris Martin yang menyanyikan lagu “Heart is a Drum”.
Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang Grammy Awards ke-57 :
Record Of The Year : Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Album of The Year : Morning Phase – Beck
Song of The Year : Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Best New Artis : Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance : Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance : Say Something – A Great Big World with Christina Aquilera
Best Tradisional Pop Vocal Album : Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Best Pop Vocal Album : In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Best Dance Recording : Rather Be – Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
Best Dance / Electronic Album : Syro – Aphex Twin
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album : Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Best Rock Performance : Lazaretto – Jack White
Best Metal Performance : The Last In Line – Tenacious D
Best Rock Song : Ain’t It Fun – Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Best Rock Album : Morning Phase – Beck
Best Alternative Music Album – St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance : Drunk In Love – Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
Best Traditional R&B Performance : Jesus Children
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Best R&B Song : Drunk In Love – Shawn Carter
Best Urban Contemporary Album : Girl – Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album : Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface
Best Rap Performance : I – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration : The Monster – Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Best Rap SOng : I – K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap Album : The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
Best Country Solo Performance : Something In The Water – Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group : Gentle On My Mind – The Band Perry
Best Country Song : I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Best Country Album : Platinum – Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album : Winds Of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Best Improvised Jazz Solo : Fingerprints – Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album : Beautiful Life – Dianne Reeves
Best Jazz Instrumental Album : Trilogy – Chick Corea Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album : Life In The Bubble – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Best Latin Jazz Album : The Offense Of The Drum – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song : No Greater Love – Smokie Norful
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song : Messengers – Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
Best Gospel Album : Help – Erica Campbell
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album : Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong – For King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album : Shine For All The People – Mike Farris
Best Latin Pop Album : Tangos – Rubén Blades
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album : Multiviral – Calle 13
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) : Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De – Vicente Fernández
Best Tropical Latin Album : Más + Corazón Profundo – Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance : A Feather’s Not A Bird – Rosanne Cash
Best American Roots Song : A Feather’s Not A Bird – Rosanne Cash
Best Americana Album : The River & The Thread – Rosanne Cash
Best Bluegrass Album : The Earls Of Leicester – The Earls Of Leicester
Best Blues Album : Step Back – Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album : Remedy – Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Regional Roots Music Album : The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier
Best Reggae Album : Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
Best World Music Album : Eve – Angelique Kidjo
Best Children’s Album : I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) : Diary Of A Mad Diva – Joan Rivers
Best Comedy Album : Mandatory Fun – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Best Musical Theater Album : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media : Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media : The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media : Let It Go – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)