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Sam Smith big winner at Grammys

China.org.cn, February 9, 2015

• British soul singer Sam Smith won big at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking home four awards, including Song and Record of the Year for "Stay With Me," and Best New Artist, while Beck won Album of the Year.

  Sam Smith accepts the award for best pop vocal album for "In the Lonely Hour" at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California Fe 8, 2015. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

   
  
  

  "I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys," Smith said. He also won Best Pop Vocal Album for "In the Lonely Hour."

  Smith, Beyonce, Pharrell and Ed Sheeran lost out on Album of the Year to Beck's "Morning Phase." Kanye West, who notoriously interrupted Taylor Swift when she beat Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards, almost walked onstage and seemed to repeat the scene in the same fashion when Prince announced Beck as the winner. Some in the audience seemed shocked, and all laughed later on.

  As Beck's "Morning Phase" won three Grammys on the night, including best rock album, Kanye West and Taylor Swift also made peace with each other and posed for photos later at the award ceremony.

  Pharrell Williams, Beyonce and Rosanne Cash took three awards each. Pharrell won best pop solo performance for a live version of "Happy," released in 2013. He also won Best Music Video for the song and Best Urban Contemporary Album for "G I R L."

  Pharrell, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Hans Zimmer gave a dramatic performance of his No.1 hit "Happy" later with background dancers in black, musicians in yellow and a choir in white.

  Cash led the pre-show with three Grammys, while Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Chick Corea and the "Frozen" soundtrack earned two awards apiece.

  "Reagan was president last time I won a Grammy," said Cash, who won Best American Roots Performance, American Roots Song and Americana Album. "I just showed up for work for 35 years and this is what happened."

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