Sam Smith Night at the Grammy Awards Show

Smith, along with Beyonce, Pharrell and Ed Sheeran, lost album of the year Sunday to Beck's "Morning Phase," which also won best rock album. Smith said backstage he was surprised Beyonce didn't win, but said Beck deserved to walk away with the trophy.

Kanye West, who famously interrupted Taylor Swift when she beat Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards, briefly walked onstage when Prince announced Beck's name. Some in the audience seemed shocked, from Pharrell to Questlove to Beck himself.

Beck's album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sold about 300,000 units. He last won a Grammy in 2000.

Pharrell, who was the top nominee with six along with Beyonce and Smith, walked away with three awards, as did Rosanne Cash. The rapper-singer-producer won best pop solo performance for a live version of "Happy," released in 2013 as well as best music video for the song and urban contemporary album for "G I R L," beating Beyonce.

"I am going to moonwalk my way off the stage right now," said Pharrell, wearing a blazer and shorts.

The awards at the Staples Center featured a number of collaborative performers: Beck sang onstage with Chris Martin; Beyonce was pitch perfect as she performed "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" before Common and John Legend performed the Oscar-nominated "Glory" from "Selma;" Actress Kristen Wiig danced with teen Maddie Ziegler while Sia sang "Chandelier" with her head turned: and Hans Zimmer and Lang Lang joined Pharrell for a dramatic and awkward performance of "Happy."

Rihanna gave an impressive vocal performance of "FourFiveSeconds" with Paul McCartney to her right and Kanye West to her left. Her hair slicked back, she rocked a black suit like her co-stars. She won best rap/sung collaboration for "The Monster" with Eminem.

Katy Perry, in all white, sang the ballad "By the Grace of God" after a woman who had been abused talked about getting help and moving on with her life. A video of President Barack Obama appeared before she spoke, and he encouraged artists to help out.

"It's on us, all of us, to create a culture where violence isn't tolerated," he said.

Another serious moment came when Prince appeared onstage to introduce album of the year.

"Albums - you remember those? They still matter. Like books and black lives, they still matter," he said.

Madonna, dressed as a matador, performed "Living for Love" atop a platform surrounded by a plethora of background dancers wearing bull masks. A choir did most of the singing, while Madonna danced and the audience clapped in unison. She ascended into the air as the performance finished.

West performed on a nearly pitch-black stage, with a light glowing from under his feet (he also sported the new sneakers he designed). He sang the new song about his late mother, "Only One." And Annie Lennox was a powerhouse when she sang "I Put A Spell On You" and joined Hozier for "Take Me to Church," which was nominated for song of the year.

Beyonce won best R&B song and R&B performance for "Drunk In Love" and surround sound album for "Beyonce."

"This has been such an incredible year," she said, thanking her "beloved husband" and "my daughter who is watching."

AC/DC kicked off the show with a performance of their latest single, "Rock or Bust," and then transitioned into the classic "Highway to Hell." It earned a rousing applause from Pharrell, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, who wore devil horns.

Cash, who won all of her awards in the Grammy pre-show, was excited backstage after winning back-to-back Grammys.

"Reagan was president last time I won a Grammy," said Cash, who won best American roots performance, American roots song and Americana album. "I just showed up for work for 35 years and this is what happened."

Double winners included Eminem, Chick Corea, the "Frozen" soundtrack and Kendrick Lamar, who lost in seven categories last year. The performer marked a redemption by taking home best rap performance and rap song for "i."

2015 Grammy Winners

Best New Artist - Sam Smith

Album Of The Year - Beck, Morning Phase

Record Of The Year - Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”

Song Of The Year - Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”

Best Pop Solo Performance - Pharrell

Best Pop Vocal Album - Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour

Best R&B Performance -Beyonce & Jay Z, “Drunk In Love”

Best Rock Album - Beck, Morning Phase

Best Country Album - Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera, “Say Something”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek

Best Rock Performance - Jack White, “Lazaretto”

Best Metal Performance - Tenacious D, “The Last In Line”

Best Rock Song  - Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun” Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters

Best Alternative Rock Album - St. Vincent, St. Vincent

Best Rap Performance - Kendrick Lamar, “I”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Eminem Featuring Rihanna, “The Monster”

Best Rap Song  - Kendrick Lamar, “I”

Best Rap Album - Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP2

Best Traditional R&B Performance - Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner, “Jesus Children”

Best R&B Song - Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z, “Drunk In Love”

Best Urban Contemporary Album - Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best R&B Album - Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love, Marriage & Divorce

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album - Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, Bass & Mandolin

Best Dance/Electronic Album - Aphex Twin, Syro

Best Dance Recording - Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne, “Rather Be”

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - Frozen

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Song Written for Visual Media - “Let It Go”, Frozen

Best Country Solo Performance - Carrie Underwood, “Something In The Water”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance - The Band Perry, “Gentle On My Mind”

Best Country Song - Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”

Best Bluegrass Album  - The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester

Best American Roots Performance - Rosanne Cash, “A Feather’s Not A Bird”

Best American Roots Song - Rosanne Cash, “A Feather’s Not A Bird”

Best Americana Album - Rosanne Cash, The River & The Thread

Best Folk Album - Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy

Best Music Video - Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Best Music Film  - 20 Feet From Stardom

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical - Max Martin

Best Instrumental Composition - John Williams, “The Book Thief”

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella - Pentatonix, “Daft Punk”

Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals - Billy Childs, “New York Tendaberry”

Best Historical Album - Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Beck, Morning Phase

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - John Legend, “All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)”

Best Surround Sound Album  - Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Best Regional Roots Music Album - Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy

Best World Music Album - Angelique Kidjo, Eve

Best Improved Jazz Solo - Chick Corea, “Fingerprints”

Best Jazz Vocal Album - Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life

Best Jazz Instrumental Album- Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, Life In The Bubble

Best Latin Jazz Album - Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense Of The Drum

Best Children’s Album - Neela Vaswani, I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)

Best Reggae Album - Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta

Best Musical Theatre Album - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Best Blues Album - Johnny Winter, Step Back

Best Spoken Word Album - Joan Rivers, Diary Of A Mad Diva

Best Comedy Album - “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mandatory Fun

Best New Age Album - Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman, Winds Of Samsara

Best Recording Package - Pearl Jam, Lightning Bolt

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)

Best Album Notes - Ashley Kahn, John Coltrane – Offering: Live At Temple University