Grammy Awards 2015
Beyonce kissed her Grammy award after winning for Best Traditional R&B performance in 2014.
Music’s biggest night of the year is just around the corner. The Grammy’s is a time the Academy honors singers, songwriters, and producers accomplishments from throughout the past year. Nominees for the upcoming award show include:
Album of the Year (Previous Winner: Random Access Memory– Daft Punk)
X– Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour– Sam Smith
G I R L– Pharrell Williams
Beyonce– Beyonce
Song of the Year (Previous Winner: “Royals”- Lorde)
Shake It Off– Taylor Swift
Take Me To Church– Hozier
All About That Bass– Meghan Trainor
Chandelier– Sia
Record of the Year (Previous Winner: “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk)
Fancy– Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX
Chandelier- Sia
Stay With Me- Sam Smith
Shake It Off- Taylor Swift
All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor
Best New Artist (Previous Winner: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis)
Based on my personally interest in alternative music, I believe the sister composed band Haim will take the award for Best New Artist. The three just recently learned they will be touring on the 1989 World Tour.
Best Duo/Band (Previous Winner- Daft Punk)
Fancy- Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX
A Sky Full of Stars– Coldplay
Say Something– A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
Bang Bang– Jessie J., Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj
Lifetime Achievement Award (Previous Winner- The Beatles)
Beyonce, Sam Smith, and Pharrell Williams hold the most number of nominees for this years award show, each having a total of six. A total list of the 2015 nominees can be found here.
Performers for the show include Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and many more. “I am most excited for Sam Smith because he is a new artist, so I want everyone to see how great his music is” stated Sophomore Ashley Achin. Sophomore Sophia Bahr quickly chimed in exclaiming “I am most excited for Madonna because I grew up listening to her music”.
It came to much shock when Taylor Swift announced on Tumblr she will not be performing at the Grammy’s this year. The singer says with the 1989 World Tour around the corner, her focus needs to be surrounded around that and nothing else. Sophomore Anna Padron states “I admire that she is taking time to produce a good show for her audience”.
The 57th Grammy Awards will be on CBS Sunday night at 8 p.m.
Vanessa Alvarez is a third year member of Achona and one of four Editors-in-Chief, as well as Co-President of the Teen Leadership Council. Within the Academy...
