Kanye West says Grammys "lack respect"

Kanye West has accused the Grammys of “disrespecting artistry” by handing Beck album of the year instead of Beyonce, after almost invading the stage during Beck’s acceptance speech.

West had seemed about to repeat his infamous Taylor Swift moment, when he stormed the VMAs stage in 2009.

However in a rant on E! afterwards he said he decided to smile and sit down out of consideration for his daughter.

The rapper also said he thought Beck “should’ve given his award to Beyonce.”

“I just know that the Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain’t gonna play with them no more,” he told E! After Party, as he was interviewed alongside wife Kim Kardashian.

“And Beck needs to respect artistry and he should’ve given his award to Beyonce.”

Many Grammys viewers commenting on social media seemed to think that West’s brief appearance on stage next to Beck had been a joke. However the rapper said it was out of consideration for his daughter, North and his wife that he had decided not to gatecrash the stage.

West went on to say that he and other artists were “tired” of being disrespected by the Grammys.

“Because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration.

“And we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyonce album and they feel like it takes them to another place.”

West’s stance echoed the 2009 VMAs, when he stormed on stage as Taylor Swift was accepting her award, to say he thought Beyonce should have won.

“I’m not going to do nothing to put my daughter at risk, but I am here to fight for creativity,” he said.

“That’s the reason why I didn’t say anything tonight, but you all know what it meant when Ye [referring to himself] walked out on that stage!”

West had performed his track Only One during the ceremony, as well as appearing with Sir Paul McCartney and Rihanna for a performance of their collaboration FourFiveSeconds.

Beck won two Grammys including album of the year for Morning Phase, beating Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Sam Smith as well as Beyonce in that category.

The win must have come as a shock to Beck too, as he revealed to Billboard at Saturday night’s pre-Grammys party that he was not expecting to win.

“It would be a surprise with this record, honestly. I’ve been in that category before, and it’s usually something that’s very definitive of the time.”

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Beyonce won three awards, while Sam Smith was the evening’s big winner with four.

Kanye West says Grammys "lack respect"

Grammy 2015 Winners.... Full List

While Sam Smith and Beck dominated the 57th annual Grammy Awards, they were hardly the only winners Sunday night. From Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament (and Eddie Vedder, using his pseudonym “Jerome Turner”) scoring Best Recording Package to Beyoncé taking home Best Surround Sound Album, here is the full rundown of all the Grammy winners.

Record of the Year

Sam Smith – “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”

Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Worlds Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Salli Isaak Songs, Ltd./Universal Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork


Song of the Year

Sam Smith – “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”

James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters


Album of the Year

Beck – Morning Phase

Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer


Best New Artist

Sam Smith


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 Pop Solo Performance

Pharrell Williams – “Happy”

Best Pop Vocal Album

Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

Best Rock Performance

Jack White – “Lazaretto”

Best Rock Album

Beck – Morning Phase

Best Rock Song

Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”

Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters

Best Alternative Rock Album

St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance

Tenacious D – “The Last In Line”

Best Rap Performance

Kendrick Lamar – “I”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Eminem Featuring Rihanna – “The Monster”

Best Rap Song

Kendrick Lamar – “I”

K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters

Best Rap Album

Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2

Best R&B Performance

Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Jesus Children”

Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”

Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters

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

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Let It Go” from Frozen

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

Best Country Album

Miranda Lambert – Platinum

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

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You”

Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

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

Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill

Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers

We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers


Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Max Martin

“Bang Bang” (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)

“Break Free” (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd)

“Dark Horse” (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J)

“Problem” (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea)

“Shake It Off” (Taylor Swift)

“Unconditionally” (Katy Perry)

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 Recording Package

Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors

Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors

The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)

Best Album Notes

Ashley Kahn

John Coltrane – Offering: Live At Temple University

Best Historical Album

Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer

Hank Williams – The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Beck – Morning Phase

Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer

John Legend – “All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)”

Best Surround Sound Album

Beyoncé – Beyoncé

Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Jo-El Sonnier – The Legacy


Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley – Fly Rasta


Best World Music Album

Angelique Kidjo – Eve


Best Children’s Album

Neela Vaswani – I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)


Best Musical Theatre Album

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

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 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

Grammy 2015 Winners.... Full List