The Grammy highlights you need to see:
Stay with me is the greatest song in all the land. Pharrell gave Taylor Swift's Grammys dancing mad side-eye and then paid tribute to "Hands up, don't shoot." Kim Kardashian wore a robe. Paul McCartney got caught doing the dad dance Annie Lennox totally slayed it. Kristen Wiig whipped out some stellar dance moves during Sia's performance
Beyonce, John Legend & Common close out the show
- Feb 8, 2015 11:30 PM EST / Brian Ries
- More than three hours later, Beyonce took the stage for the start of a highly-anticipated performance.
- Beyonce, standing stoic and dressed in white, sang a gospel song, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," that was said to have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite song. It was sung at his funeral.
- Beyonce, though, was just the warm-up act.
- Common and John Legend then delivered a breathtaking rendition of "Glory," their moving tribute to the civil rights movement that was penned for the movie Selma.
With lyrics like "That's why Rosa sat on the bus / That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up" and "Justice is juxtaposition in us / Justice for all just ain't specific enough," the song marked the third — by our count — reference to Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement.Kanye sent Jay-Z & Beyonce on an emotional roller coaster
- Feb 8, 2015 11:12 PM EST / Brian Ries
- Jay-Z and Beyonce were horrified when Kanye stormed the stage during Beck's acceptance speech — and then joyously entertained at the rapper's ingenious self-awareness.
Beck wins Album of the Year
- Feb 8, 2015 10:43 PM EST / Brian Ries & Josh Dickey
- Beck's Morning Phase wins Album of the Year! This marks the second Grammy for the album, which also won Best Rock Album earlier in the night.
- "This was a family affair," Beck said while accepting the earlier award. "I've played with these musicians for over 20 years. I love you guys."
This is Beck's ninth album, but his first to win a Grammy. 1997's Odelay was nominated for the award but it lost to Celine Dion's Falling into You.Watch Pharrell's bellhop rendition of 'Happy'
- Feb 8, 2015 10:34 PM EST / Neha Prakash
- Pharrell is totally over being peppy all the damn time, so he decided to perform a more spiritual, super eerie performance of "Happy" at the Grammys. Dressed as the bellhop from Grand Budapest Hotel, naturally.Needless to say it was confusing to watch, listen and experience — and then he ended with "I'm at your service lord."
"Hands up, don't shoot"?
- Feb 8, 2015 10:07 PM EST / Brian Ries
- Black hoodies. Hands in the air. Was this moment in Pharrell's performance a not-so-subtle shout out to the Black Lives Matter movement?
- It sure looks like it could have been:
While the singer hasn't said if it was intentional, Ebony magazine, and a few others who saw the moment, were left pretty confident it was a nod to the movement, tweeting, "What a statement on music's biggest stage."A powerful message on preventing domestic violence
- Feb 8, 2015 10:04 PM EST / Brian Ries
- The Grammys delivered a powerful, resounding message on the need to prevent domestic violence during Sunday night's show.
- It began with President Barack Obama, who was beamed into the Grammys with a new PSA — which was promptly uploaded to the White House's YouTube account.
This just in!
- Feb 8, 2015 9:17 PM EST / Josh Dickey
- "I had some ideas in the ‘80s, but it’s a little late for that now. … I’m a big fan of Prince’s. If he wants to hang out and go bowling or play Parcheesi, I’d be up for that.” - Weird Al Yankovic, asked whether he would ever parody a Prince song.
Beck wins Best Rock Album
- Feb 8, 2015 8:59 PM EST / Brian Ries
- The amazingly talented Beck just took home his first Grammy in 15 years thanks to Morning Phase, his new album. It was named Best Rock Album.
Kanye takes the stage for first time in six years
- Feb 8, 2015 8:49 PM EST / Brian Ries
- Last time Kanye graced this stage it was 2008 and he was singing "Hey Mama," which he dedicated to his mother, Donda West, who died unexpectedly the year before at just 58 years old.
- He won four Grammys that year, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Album.
- Six years later, Kanye's back, singing "Only One," with a boatload more Grammys under his belt (he's won 22).
Sam Smith picks up another win for Best Pop Vocal Album
- Feb 8, 2015 8:40 PM EST / Brian Ries
- The British crooner just scooped up his second Grammy for his album, In The Lonely Hour.
- Smith told the audience that he tried everything to get people to listen to his music -- including losing weight -- but it wasn't until he started singing like himself that things finally began to fall into place.
- Be yourself, he told viewers of the Grammys, and things will go your way. Or as he put it later on Instagram: "2 FUCKING GRAMMYS!!!!!!!!!"
Pharrell wins with 'Happy'
- Feb 8, 2015 8:27 PM EST
- Pharrell Williams, in shorts, takes home a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Happy."
Sam Smith wins Best New Artist
- Feb 8, 2015 8:11 PM EST
- If you've made it through the last few months without hearing Sam Smith's "Stay With Me," well, you're lying, because that's impossible.
- Smith, a 22-year-old singer and songwriter from London, England exploded onto the scene this year with the ballad -- and tonight he took home a Grammy for Best New Artist.
Kim's in a robe and it's amazing
- Feb 8, 2015 7:54 PM EST / Brian Ries
- We never got the memo that it's cool to wear robes to these things but here we are.
- Kim Kardashian, star of the tee-vee and spouse to Kanye West, is rocking a gold, glittery robe at tonight's Grammy Awards.
Every look from the 2015 Grammys' red carpet
- Feb 8, 2015 6:52 PM EST / Neha Prakash
- Another Sunday, another red carpet.
- The 57th Grammys' red carpet hit some interesting fashion notes on Sunday, because musicians inherently make questionable decisions — we're looking at you, Madonna. At least they are keeping the rhinestone industry in business.
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