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Si è da poco conclusa la cerimonia dei Grammy Awards 2015 che ha visto vincitori Sam Smith con 4 premi, Beyoncé e Pharrell Williams con 3 e soprattutto Beck, che grazie a Morning Phase si è aggiudicato le categorie Album dell’anno e Miglior disco rock. Una serata scintillante, magistralmente condotta dal rapper LL Cool J e nobilitata da performance live di altissimo livello destinate a entrare nella storia dei Grammys, come quella della rediviva Madonna, che ha cantato per la prima volta dal vivo il suo nuovo singolo Living for Love, dei leggendari AC/DC (che hanno aperto l’evento), dell’ormai inossidabile coppia Tony Bennett-Lady Gaga e dell’eterogeneo trio formato da Rihanna, Kanye West e Paul McCartney. L’edizione numero 57 dei Grammy Awards è andata in scena dallo Staples Center di Los Angeles.
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Dunque, grande Beck e straordinario Sam Smith che, come anticipavamo, ha tramutato in Grammys ben quattro delle sue sei nomination: Record of the Year e Song of the Year per Stay With Me, Best New Artist e Best Pop Vocal Album grazie a In the Lonely Hour. Il giovane cantante londinese (appena 22 anni) è anche intervenuto dal vivo per cantare dal vivo, in duetto con Mary J. Blige, la sua osannatissima Stay With Me.
Beyoncé, che in outfit bianco velato ha cantato Take My Hand, Precious Lord (per la colonna sonora del film Selma), ha vinto invece nelle categorie Best R&B Performance e Best R&B Song per Drunk in Love feat. Jay-Z e Best Surround Sound Album per il cd Beyoncé. Tre piccoli grammofoni anche per Pharrell come Best Pop Solo Performance e Best Music Video per il super tormentone Happy (che ha pure interpretato live) e Best Urban Contemporary Album grazie a Girl. Per la cronaca tre Grammie Awards li ha vinti anche la cantante country/folk Rosanne Cash (figlia del leggendario Johnny).
Altri vincitori dei Grammy Awards 2015 sono stati Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Chick Corea, Jack White e Jay-Z (tutti con due grammys a testa) e Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, i Clean Bandit, gli Aphex Twin, i Tenacious D, i Paramore, St. Vincent, Toni Braxton & Babyface, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera e Rihanna con uno.
Per quanto riguarda invece le performance live sul palco dello Staples Center, il via alle danze lo hanno dato gli AC/DC con Rock or Bust e Highway to Hell, poi tra gli altri si sono esibiti Ariana Grande con Just a Little Bit of Your Heart, Kanye West con Only One, Madonna, vestita da matador e assistita da un coro gospel sul finale del brano, con Living for Love, Ed Sheeran (che sabato prossimo sarà a Sanremo 2015) con Thinking Out Loud, Katy Perry con Grace of God, Tony Bennett e Lady Gaga con Cheek to Cheek, il trio di Rihanna con la nuovissima FourFiveSeconds, Sia con Chandelier e Beck insieme a Chris Martin dei Coldplay con Heart is a Drum.
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Grammy Awards 2015: lista completa dei vincitori
– Categorie generiche
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 Artist: Sam Smith
– Categorie Musica Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance: Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Say Something – A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Best Pop Vocal Album: In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga.
– Categorie Musica Dance/Elettronica
Best Dance Recording: Rather Be – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Syro – Aphex Twin.
– Categorie Musica contemporanea strumentale
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer.
– Categorie Musica Rock
Best Rock Performance: Lazaretto – Jack White
Best Metal Performance: The Last in Line – Tenacious D
Best Rock Song: Ain’t It Fun – Paramore
Best Rock Album: Morning Phase – Beck.
– Categorie Musica Alternative-Rock
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent – St. Vincent.
– Categorie Musica R&B
Best R&B Performance: Drunk in Love – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Jesus Children – Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
Best R&B Song: Drunk in Love – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Girl – Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album: Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface.
– Categorie Musica Rap
Best Rap Performance: I – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: The Monster – Eminem feat. Rihanna
Best Rap Song: I – Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem.
– Categorie Musica Country
Best Country Solo Performance: Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Gentle on My Mind – The Band Perry
Best Country Song: I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell
Best Country Album: Platinum – Miranda Lambert.
– Categorie Musica New Age
Best New Age Album: Winds of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman.
– Categorie Musica Jazz
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Fingerprints – Chick Corea
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 and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
– Categorie Musica Gospel/Contemporary Christian
Best Gospel Performance/Song: No Greater Love – Smokie Norful
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Messengers – Lecrae feat. For King and 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.
– Categorie Musica Latina
Best Latin Pop Album: Tangos – Ruben Blades
Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album: Multi Viral – Calle 13
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Mano A Mano / Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez – Vicente Fernandez
Best Tropical Latin Album: Mas + Corazon Profundo – Carlos Vives.
– Categorie Musica Americana
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 Music Album: The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier
– Categorie Musica Reggae
Best Reggae Album: Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
– Categorie World Music
Best World Music Album: Eve – Angelique Kidjo.
– Categorie Musica per bambini
Best Children’s Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani.
– Categorie Musica parlata
Best Spoken Word Album: Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers.
– Categorie Musica Umoristica
Best Comedy Album: Mandatory Fun – Weird Al Yankovic.
– Categorie Musical
Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Jessie Mueller, Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell, Billy Jay Stein e Carole Kin).
– Categorie Musica per arti visive
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen – Artisti vari
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel Original Soundtrack – Alexandre Desplat
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez per Let It Go (Frozen) – Idina Menzel.
– Categorie Composizioni/Arrangiamenti
Best Instrumental Composition: John Williams – Storia di una ladra di libri (film)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Cappella: Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado e Kevin Olusola per Daft Punk – Pentatonix
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Billy Childs per New York Tendaberry – Billy Childs feat. Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma.
– Categorie Packaging
Best Recording Package: Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix e Jerome Turner per Lightning Bolt – Pearl Jam
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood e Jack White per The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27) – Artisti vari
Best Album Notes: Ashley Kahn per Offering: Live At Temple University – John Coltrane
Best Historical Album: Colin Escott, Cheryl Pawelski e Michael Graves per The Garden Spot Programs (1950) – Hank Williams.
– Categorie Produzione
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden, Greif Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin, Joe Visciano e Bob Ludwig per Morning Phase – Beck
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Tiesto e John Legend per All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix).
– Categorie Produzione e Ingegneria del suono (musica non classica):
Best Surround Sound Album: Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig e Beyoncé Knowles per l’album Beyoncé – Beyoncé.
– Categorie Produzione e Ingegneria del suono (musica classica):
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Michael Bishop per Vaughan Williams (Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending) – Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman.
– Categorie Musica Classica:
Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams – City Noir (St. Louis Symphony diretta da David Robertson)
Best Opera Recording: Charpentier – La descente d’Orphée aux enfers (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber e Vocal Ensemble dirette da Paul O’Dette e Stephen Stubbs)
Best Choral Performance: The Sacred Spirit Of Russia – direttore Craig Hella Johnson
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores (Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Play – Jason Vieaux
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Douce France – Anne Sofie Von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Best Classical Compendium: Partch – Plectra & Percussion Dances
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams – Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony diretta da J.L. Adams).
– Categorie Video e Film Musicali
Best Music Video: Happy – Pharrell Williams
Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill.
