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Sam Smith

All I know is that the big bet this year is around rising artist Sam Smith. His song "Stay With Me" was nominated for for the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year
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SAM SMITH

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As previously predicted, Sam Smith was the big winner at this year's Grammy Awards… winning four top awards (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album). Smith couldn't believe what happened, expressing on his facebook, "Just woke up, still drunk haha and I keep spontaneously crying. I can't believe what happened last night x."

We previously caught the singer here in Minnesota a few weeks ago.
If his shows are not sold out now, expect them to sell out quickly:

02/25/15 London The O2

03/01/15 Brussels, Belgium Forest National

03/02/15 Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall

03/04/15 Munich, Germany Zenith

03/05/15 Cologne, Germany Palladium

03/07/15 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt

03/09/15 Milan, Italy Alcatraz

03/10/15 Zurich, Switzerland X-TRA

03/16/15 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow

03/17/15 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow

03/19/15 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester

03/20/15 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester

03/22/15 Wolverhampton Civic Hall

03/23/15 Wolverhampton Civic Hall

03/25/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton

03/26/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton

03/27/15 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton

04/22/15 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena

04/23/15 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena

04/25/15 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Riverstage

04/27/15 Moore Park, Australia Hordern Pavilion

04/28/15 Moore Park, Australia Hordern Pavilion

04/30/15 Melbourne, Australia Margaret Court Arena

05/01/15 Hindmarsh Adelaide Entertainment Centre

05/04/15 Mt. Claremont, Australia HBF Stadium

05/07/15 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast

05/10/15 Pasay City, Philippines Mall of Asia Arena

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Grammy Awards

The 57th Grammy Awards will be held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. You can tune in on CBS next Sunday to catch the live broadcast.

JASON VIEAUX

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Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux just won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for his album Play, an impressive win, considering that this was his first nomination and win.

Play is already a year old (originally released in January 2014), Vieaux's latest album is Together, a collaborative album with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis.

Vieaux has performed as concerto soloist with nearly 100 orchestras, including Cleveland, Houston, Toronto, San Diego, Ft. Worth, Santa Fe, Charlotte, Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Kitchener-Waterloo, Richmond, Edmonton, IRIS Chamber, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Chautauqua Festival, and New Hampshire Music Festival… check below for his upcoming shows:

02/11/15 Oberlin, OH
02/14/15 Akron, OH Akron Symphony
02/21/15 Miami, FL Florida Guitar Foundation
02/28/15 New York, NY 92Y
03/07/15 Oak Ridge, TN Oak Ridge Symphony
04/26/15 Brookville, NY Long Island Guitar Festival
05/07/15 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
05/15/15 New York, NY Lincoln Center
05/17/15 Boston, MA Isabella Stewart Gardner
05/28/15 Cleveland International Classical Guitar Fest

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RDIO

To be fair, I also checked out Rdio (pronounced ar-dee-oh) and MOG. These two services does not offer any music management – it's strictly streaming music only. On Rdio, it took a while to …

RDIO

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Interested in hearing some of the winners' music? Tune into Rdio at rdio.com to hear the hits.

The streaming radio station said that Beck's music stream were "up almost 1000% after the 16-time GRAMMY nominated singer accepted his awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album and then later performed “Heart is a Drum” with Chris Martin. "

Here is breakdown by three nominees and performers who were popular on Rdio during The 57th GRAMMY® Awards:

Beck

  • Nominated for 5 Awards (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance, Best Engineering of Non Classical)
  • Took home 2 Awards (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album)
  • Performed “Heart is a Drum"
  • Streams of Beck increased by 997% following his live performance with Chris Martin and taking home 2 Grammy’s last night.

  • St. Vincent

  • Nominated for 1 Award (Best Alternative Music Album)
  • Took home 1 Award (Best Alternative Music Album)
  • Streams of St. Vincent increased by 265% following her win for Best Alternative Music Album

  • Sam Smith

  • Nominated for 6 Awards (Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best New Artist)
  • Took home 4 Awards (Record of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artists, Best Pop Vocal Album)
  • Performed “Stay With Me"
  • Streams of Sam Smith increased by 152% following his breathtaking rendition of “Stay with Me” and following his 4 Grammy wins.
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