Hip-Hop’s 2015 Grammy Award Winners
It's Grammy mania in Los Angeles today as the 2015 edition of the annual music awards takes center stage. And this year in particular there's a lot on the line. After Macklemore and Ryan Lewis swept the hip-hop categories in 2014, a new slew of contenders are ready to claim the coveted trophy. So who are the 2015 Grammy Award winners? XXL has you covered. With the awards that will be televised and the honors that were delivered before the broadcast, here are all your victorious hip-hoppers (winners in bold, updated live).
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BEST RAP ALBUM
The New Classic
Iggy Azalea
Def Jam Recordings
Because The Internet
Childish Gambino
Glassnote
Nobody’s Smiling
Common
Def Jam Recordings
***The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Eminem
Aftermath
Oxymoron
Schoolboy Q
TDE/Interscope Records
Blacc Hollywood
Wiz Khalifa
Rostrum/Atlantic
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
"3005"
Childish Gambino
Because The Internet
Glassnote
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up"
Drake
Cash Money/Young Money
"Rap God"
Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Aftermath
***"i"
Kendrick Lamar
Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records
"All I Need Is You"
Lecrae
Reach Records
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Blak Majik"
Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
Nobody’s Smiling
Def Jam Recordings
***"The Monster"
Eminem Featuring Rihanna
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Aftermath
"Tuesday"
iLoveMakonnen Featuring Drake
OVO/Warner Bros.
"Studio"
Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
Oxymoron
TDE/Interscope Records
"Bound 2"
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Yeezus
Def Jam Recordings
BEST RAP SONG
"Anaconda"
Nicki Minaj
Cash Money/Young Money
"Bound 2"
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Yeezus
Def Jam Recordings
***"i"
Kendrick Lamar
Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records
"We Dem Boyz"
Wiz Khalifa
Blacc Hollywood
Rostrum/Atlantic
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up"
Drake
Cash Money/Young Money
Non-Rap Categories
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Fancy"
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
The New Classic
Def Jam Recordings
"Chandelier"
Sia
1000 Forms Of Fear
RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records
***"Stay With Me" (Darkchild Version)
Sam Smith
Capitol Records
"Shake It Off"
Taylor Swift
1989
Big Machine Records
"All About That Bass"
Meghan Trainor
Epic Records
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
***Beck
Morning Phase
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Ed Sheeran
X
Sam Smith
In The Lonely Hour
Pharrell Williams
Girl
BEST NEW ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
***Sam Smith
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"All Of Me" (Live)
John Legend
Columbia Records
"Chandelier"
Sia
1000 Forms Of Fear
RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records
"Stay With Me" (Darkchild Version)
Sam Smith
Capitol Records
"Shake It Off"
Taylor Swift
Big Machine Records
***"Happy" (Live)
Pharrell Williams
Columbia Records
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Fancy"
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
The New Classic
Def Jam Recordings
"A Sky Full Of Stars"
Coldplay
Ghost Stories
Atlantic/Parlophone
***"Say Something"
A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
Is There Anybody Out There?
Epic Records
"Bang Bang"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
Republic Records
"Dark Horse"
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J
Capitol Records
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
***"Drunk In Love"
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
Beyoncé
Columbia Records
"New Flame"
Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
X
RCA Records
"It’s Your World"
Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
JHUD
RCA Records
"Like This"
Ledisi
The Truth
Verve
"Good Kisser"
Usher
RCA Records
BEST R&B SONG
***"Drunk In Love"
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
Beyoncé
Columbia Records
"Good Kisser"
Usher
RCA Records
"New Flame"
Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
X
RCA Records
"Options" (Wolfjames Version)
Luke James Featuring Rick Ross
Island Records
"The Worst"
Jhené Aiko
Sail Out
Def Jam Recordings
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Sail Out
Jhené Aiko
Def Jam Recordings
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Columbia Records
X
Chris Brown
RCA Records
Mali Is...
Mali Music
RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment
***Girl
Pharrell Williams
Columbia Records
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
"We Exist"
Arcade Fire
David Wilson, video director; Jason Baum, video producer
Capitol Records
"Turn Down For What"
DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Daniels, video directors; Judy Craig, Candice Ouaknine, Jonathan Wang & Bryan Younce, video producers
Columbia Records
"Chandelier"
Sia
Daniel Askill & Sia, video directors; Jennifer Heath, video producer
RCA Records / Monkey Puzzle Records
***"Happy"
Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Roman Pichon Herrera, Jett Steiger & Cedric Troadec, video producers
Columbia Records
"The Golden Age"
Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Chis Clayton & Yoann Lemoine, video directors; Roman Pichon Herrera, Christine Miller, Susan Porche & Annabel Rosier, video producers
Interscope