Madonna steals the limelight at this year's Grammys

By creammagazine, February 9, 2015

So far at the Grammys, Madonna has stolen the show, donning her best B&D gear with a little help from trusty couturiers at the House of Givenchy. Dressed in an outfit that looks like having been inspired by traditional Spanish bullfighting meets the underground S&M scene, Madge looked, well, typically Madge. The out-there ensemble ties in nicely with the release of the music video for her new single Living For Love which also features the Material Girl sexing it up in matador-inspired guise.

Such hype certainly overshadowed otherwise lacklustre performances at this year’s Grammys thus far including Tom Jones and Jessie J practically putting the audience to sleep with their rendition of the Righteous Brothers You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling. Lost it alright… Pharrell Williams also bored us, albeit with another take on his ubiquitous single of last year, Happy.

But to the winners so far…

Beyoncé has gone and won the oddly innovative ‘Best Surround Sound Album’ category while the Best New Artist artist trophy has gone to lovelorn crooner, Sam Smith. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album went to Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga for Cheek To Cheek (and we hadn’t even heard of it); Best Pop Solo Performance to Pharrell Williams’ for (yes) Happy; Best Rock Performance to Jack White for Lazaretto; Best Rock Album to Beck for Morning Phase, and, oh heck, read the full list below.  Antonino Tati

 

THE GRAMMYS 2015: WINNERS SO FAR…

 

Best New Artist

Sam Smith

 

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera – ”Say Something”

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek To Cheek

 

Best Pop Solo Performance 
Pharrell Williams – ”Happy”

 

Best Pop Vocal Album 
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

 

Best Rock Performance 
Jack White – ”Lazaretto”

 

Best Rock Album 
Beck – Morning Phase

 

Best Alternative Rock Album
St. Vincent – St. Vincent

 

Best Metal Performance
Tenacious D – ”The Last In Line”

 

Best Rap Performance 
Kendrick Lamar – ”I”

 

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration 
Eminem Featuring Rihanna – ”The Monster”

 

Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar – “I”
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters

 

Best Rap Album 
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2

 

Best R&B Performance 
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”

 

Best Traditional R&B Performance 
“Jesus Children”
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

 

Best R&B Song 
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”
Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters

 

Best Urban Contemporary Album 
Pharrell Williams – Girl

 

Best R&B Album
Toni Braxton & Babyface – Love, Marriage & Divorce

 

Best Dance/Electronic Album 
Aphex Twin – Syro

 

Best Dance Recording
Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne – ”Rather Be”

 

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 Music Video 
Pharrell Williams – ”Happy”

 

Best Music Film 
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers

 

Best Surround Sound Album 
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer

 

Best Spoken Word Album 
Joan Rivers – Diary Of A Mad Diva