'You broke my heart... now I've got four Grammys!' Sam Smith's sweet revenge on the ex who dumped him as he's crowned the new prince of pop
- Beyonce was another big winner, scooping three more Grammys to take her collection to 20
- Beck scooped Album Of The Year, to Kanye West's disgust
- Show was also packed with performances from the big names
- Madonna swung from the rafters while Pharrell sang for Jesus and Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye debuted their collaboration
With Kanye West storming the stage, Sia's modern dance performance and a semi-naked Madonna swinging from the rooftops, it was an eventful night.
But beyond all the hoopla, Sunday belonged to one very unassuming young Englishman - Sam Smith, who swept the board with four Grammys at the Los Angeles show.
Yet despite his amazing triumph there is just one person the 22-year-old hopes will witness his success - the man whose rejection inspired his hit song Stay With Me.
As he accepted Record Of The Year, Sam referenced his anonymous former love: 'I'll keep this one brief – I just want to thank the man that inspired me to write this record.
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It's Sam's night! Smith poses with an armful of Grammys as he celebrates his quadruple win at the show in Los Angeles on Sunday night
'You broke my heart and now I've got four Grammys.'
Last year Sam told The Fader that the song and his album In The Lonely Hour, was inspired by an unrequited love he had for the unnamed man.
'I've never been in a relationship before,' Smith told The FADER. 'I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. In the Lonely Hour is about a guy that I fell in love with last year, and he didn't love me back.'
And Sam admitted that the whole experience left him in a bad place.
However, things had completely turned around on Sunday evening as Sam swept the board with four gongs, including the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for his moody album In The Lonely Hour.
All mine: Along with Record Of The Year, his hit Stay With Me took Song Of The Year, while Sam himself was named Best New Artist and awarded the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for his moody album In The Lonely Hour
Affectionate fan: Taylor Swift made sure to get a hug from the man of the night
He's a Grammy winner now! Sam kicked off his big night by winning the Best New Artist award, which he admitted was the gong he wanted most
That's some dress! Rihanna posed up with big winner Sam Smith, as she appeared to be sitting on his lap
Along with Record Of The Year, his hit Stay With Me took Song Of The Year, while Sam himself was named Best New Artist.
The other big winner was Beyonce, who added three gongs to take her collection to 20.
The wins saw her overtake Aretha Franklin to become the second-most honored woman in the awards' history behind Alison Krauss.
Emotional: Beyonce and Jay Z won Best R&B Performance for Drunk In Love, with Bey taking to the Grammy Awards stage give a moving acceptance speech while Jay cheered on from their seats
Drunk in praise: Beyonce looked overwhelmed as she accepted her award at the event
Crazy In Love: Bey and Jay posed together shortly after winning their award
Happy times: The pair first performed the hit Drunk In Love at last year's ceremony
Sealed with a kiss: The pair locked lips before Beyonce took to the stage alone
Happy: The singer received a huge applause as she got up to accept her gong
Bow down! Queen Bey posed with her three Grammys at an after-party where she changed into a beaded mini dress
Meanwhile, AC/DC got the show off to a rocking start with their hit Highway To Hell, introduced by a very excited host LL Cool J.
Rapper LL Cool J then returned to the stage singing the first part of his classic hit Going Back To Cali.
Pitch Perfect actress Anna Kendrick took to the stage to introduce Ariana Grande as the second performer of the evening, who sang her ballad Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart.
Presenting duties: Shake It Off singer Taylor Swift took to the stage to hand out the award to Sam Smith
Hug it out: Taylor and Sam indulged in a cuddle before he gave an emotional acceptance speech
Ready to rock: AC/DC got the show off to a rocking start with their hit Highway To Hell, introduced by a very excited host LL Cool J
Big fans: Both Katy Perry and Lady Gaga were seen enjoying the performance by AC/DC
Ariana's Bang Bang collaborator Jessie J was the third performer, teaming up with Tom Jones to sing You've Lost That Loving Feeling.
Best Pop Solo Performance went to Pharrell Williams for Happy - beating both Sam Smith and Taylor Swift.
The event - held at the Staples Center in LA - then saw it take a country turn as Miranda Lambert sang her hit Little Red Wagon.
Best of British: Jessie J and Tom Jones had an impromptu sing song before handing out an award to Pharrell
Something to be Happy about! Pharrell Williams took home the award for Best Pop Solo Performance
Collaboration: Rihanna and Paul McCartney perform their new single FourFiveSeconds
Stage antics: The pair were also joined by rapper Kanye West who appears on the track
Barry Gibb then gave Sam Smith his second award of the evening, with his In The Lonely Hour winning Best Pop Vocal Album.
After accepting his second gong, Sam explained: 'Before I recorded this album, I tried everything to get my music heard.
'I tried to lose weight. I tried all these awful things, but it was only when I was myself, that things happened.'
Stripped down: Kanye West gave a soulful performance of his new hit Only One
Man and his microphone: Kanye's performance saw the rapper stand alone on the stage
Pictured: Kanye later stormed the stage as Beck beat Beyoncé to Album Of The Year
Awkward? The moment brought back memories of when Kanye kicked off over Beyonce being beaten by Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs
Causing trouble: Kim Kardashian was seen looking shocked and amused by Kanye's quick dash to the stage
Two performances followed, from Kanye West and Madonna respectively.
Kanye gave a soulful performance of his Paul McCartney collaboration Only One.
Leave it to Madonna to get the party started, as she put on an energetic display singing Living For Love.
Seeing red! Madonna put on a showstopping performance of her next hit Living For Love
The big reveal: Madge started the routine holding a black cloak before revealing her skimpy stage costume
Look at me! Madge, 56, was joined by dancers wearing bull horns as she performed her new single
The rousing performance finished with Madonna asking the crowd to get on their feet, before she was lifted up off the stage by wires.
Best R&B Performance was given to Beyonce and Jay Z, with Bey accepting the award while Jay watched from their seats.
'Wow thank you guys so much, this is such an honor, I would like to thank God, this has been such an incredible year,' Beyonce said, who appeared emotional.
Special effects: Madonna's performance ended with the star being lifted by wires
Still got it: The Deeper And Deeper singer made sure her exit was just as spectacular as her entrance
Flying high: Madonna was seen being lifted up by one of her dancers on stage
That's some introduction! Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus introduced Madge to the stage, with Miley revealing Madonna had asked her to call her 'my main b***'
Impressing her peers: Katy Perry seemed to be taken aback by Miley Cyrus' outfit on the night
Next saw two collaborations, Ed Sheeran performing with the Electric Light Orchestra and John Mayer followed by a duet between Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine.
Miranda Lambert - who performed Little Red Wagon earlier - took to the stage to accept her award for Best Country Album, for Platinum.
Barack Obama then gave a brief message about domestic violence against woman in America.
Special guests: Kanye and Kim were seated together throughout the ceremony
Blame It On The Bell Boy: Pharrell performs his hit Happy after winning an award
Red alert! Host LL Cool J and actress Gwyneth Paltrow introduce Beyonce onstage
A domestic abuse survivor named Brooke Axtell then took to the stage to tell a first-hand story about how she sought help at a domestic violence shelter.
This followed straight into an emotional performance from Katy Perry who sang By The Grace Of God.
Katy's pop rival Lady Gaga then performed with Tony Bennett, after the pair had done for their jazz album Cheek To Cheek.
Front row fashion: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sat together at the event
Pitch Perfect: Anna Kendrick introduced diva Ariana Grande to the stage
Kanye was back on stage to perform with Rihanna and Paul McCartney to perform their new single FourFiveSeconds.
Rihanna gave a spirited vocal performance, and Paul played guitar and Kanye rapped.
The next collaboration of the night was between Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige wearing Zac Posen Fall Winter 2014 Jet Black Stretch Duchesse Gown, who sang his track Stay With Me.
All about The Voice: Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine teamed up for a duet
Duets: Another collaboration of the evening saw Hozier perform his hit Take Me To Church with Annie Lennox
Pop music royalty: Madonna posed up with Jay Z during the live show
Legendary singer Prince took to the stage as a presenter, with a special message for the audience.
'Albums, remember those? Albums still matter. Like books and black lives, they still matter,' he said before announcing Album Of The Year.
Beck seemed to be a somewhat surprise recipient of the award, and even Kanye West almost jumped to the stage, paying homage to his 2009 VMA incident when he interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
Beck performed Heart Is A Drum with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin towards the night of the program.
Cool collab: Beck performed Heart Is A Drum with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin
No feud here! Kim Kardashian looked beyond happy to be posing next to Queen Bey, along with Kanye West, John Legand and Chrissy Teigen
Wow: Katy Perry showed off her vocal talents by belting out By The Grace Of God from her album Prism
Angelic: Beyonce performed Take My Hand, Precious Lord to a standing ovation from the crowd
Putting on a show: The Crazy In Love singer was the second to last performer of the evening
However, Beyonce had the last laugh putting on an incredible performance of Take My Hand, Precious Lord.
Gwyneth Paltrow introduced the performance, telling the crowd Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles used to sing the song to Beyonce as a child.
Bey then introduced John Legend and Common for the final performance of the night, singing their Oscar nominated single Glory from the movie Selma.
Grammy moment: Sam was joined by Mary J. Blige wearing Zac Posen Fall Winter 2014 Jet Black Stretch Duchesse Gown for a duet of his hit song Stay With Me
Emotional: The performance included a full string orchestra and the singers held hands in the waning moments of the gospel-inspired ballad
The singer later changed into a dark blue pinstripe suit for a duet of his hit song Stay With Me with 44-year-old multi-Grammy winner Mary J. Blige.
Grammy winners: Sam got together with Paul McCartney at the star-studded event
No hard feelings: Having missed out to Beck in the Album Of The Year category, the pair were still clearly on good terms
Missed out: Iggy Azalea was beaten to the award for Best New Artist by Sam Smith
Lucky girl! Jamie Foxx brought his daughter Annalise Bishop along who posed with Madonna
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