Ed Sheeran also won his first two Grammys for song of the year and best pop solo performance for his number one hit Thinking Out Loud. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won two awards for their hit Uptown Funk, including record of the year, while Meghan Trainor was named best new artist. Muse won best rock album for Drones, and Tony Bennett collected his 18th Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album.
There were also a number of acts who gave tribute performances - Lady Gaga sang a medley of David Bowie songs, Jackson Browne and The Eagles performed in honour of Glenn Frey and Stevie Wonder remembered Earth Wind and Fire's Maurice White. Hollywood Vampires - a supergroup made up of stars including Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry - also performed in tribute of Motorhead's Lemmy.
Super Bowl Effect - Coldplay have gone to the top of the UK album chart after their Super Bowl performance. A Head Full of Dreams had previously only peaked at number two - held off by Adele at the end of last year. But their sales surged this week after the band's performance at the Super Bowl. They took the stage alongside Beyonce, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, performing to a television audience of around 112m. Their chart position this week means every one of the band's seven albums has now reached number one.
Strictly Youth - BBC Three and BBC Radio 1 could be merged under the same division in future, according to reports. The TV channel is moving online-only today and consideration is now being given to moving it within a new "youth division", Radio Times suggest. A single controller may oversee all BBC platforms aimed at 16-34 year olds, including the radio station. The BBC said it was looking at its "structure... for the digital age" but no changes had been confirmed.
Live in Leeds - Strictly Ballroom: The Musical is to be staged in the UK for the first time. The show was created by Baz Luhrmann, who also directed a film version in 1992. Drew McOnie will direct and choreograph the production, which opens at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in November. The stage version has already toured extensively around Luhrmann's home country Australia, with residencies in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Got to Be There - Motown the Musical has extended its run at the Shaftesbury Theatre until February 2017. The show was previously booking until October. With music and lyrics from the Motown songbook, the musical's book is written by Motown founder Berry Gordy and it stars Cedric Neal and Lucy St Louis. The show is currently in previews, with press night on 8 March.
Funding Bias - Small-scale theatre companies are on "the brink of extinction" because of a funding bias towards more mainstream companies, outgoing Independent Theatre Council chair Topher Campbell has warned. Campbell's warning comes as he announced he is stepping down from the role after three years. He disclosed his departure at the ITC annual general meeting and conference, during which he praised the body - which represents independent theatre companies across the UK - for its work supporting smaller-scale companies, particularly in the face on ongoing funding cuts.
Despite this, he warned of an imbalance in funding and support between large and small companies in the UK. "It used to be the case in Arts Council England that [there was] a portfolio of different scale companies, [with] both mainstream and countercultural artistic missions. There seems now that the overwhelming situation is that large, mainstream, building-based companies are privileged over small organisations," he said.
(Jim Evans)
