Sam Smith, who was the big winner at tonight’s ceremony, hit on that last theme in particular in the acceptance speech for best pop vocal album.
“I just want to say that before I made this record I was doing everything to try to get my music heard,” the soulful British crooner confessed. “I tried to lose weight. I was making awful music, and it wasn’t until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen.”
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Prince says black lives “still matter”
Ever relevant in the wake of events in Ferguson, Mo., and national protests, the performance punctuated a night full of themes that transcend simply celebrating individual creative achievements.
