Who cares about the Brits, when you've got the Swedish Grammis?

Two awards shows taking place on the same evening: one from a country once celebrated and renowned for musical innovation and now scraping the barrel with fly-by-night winners who will probably be forgotten about 12 months from now...

...and the other from a small country with a never-ending pool of musical talent and diversity.  You can't really measure that by Swedish award shows of course, which remain under Mr Hellström's spell; however while we got James Corden (is there no beginning to the man's talents?) Sweden got Ray Cokes.  Yes, the legendary Ray Cokes, Mr 'Most Wanted' himself. 

Oh, and my all-time favourite Swedish artist, Salem Al Fakir, got an award for best composer.  And even if all my other favourites didn't win, things are still always better in Sweden. 

Tonight's winners:

Årets rock: Håkan Hellström

Årets elektro/dans: Icona Pop

Årets låt: Håkan Hellström – ”Det kommer aldrig va över för mig”

Årets hårdrock/metal: Ghost

Årets textförfattare: Håkan Hellström

Årets artist: Avicii

Årets pop: Veronica Maggio

Årets hederspristagare: Sven-Bertil Taube

Årets album: Jenny Wilson – ”Demand the impossible”

Årets video: Jenny Wilson och Daniel Wirtberg ”Autobiography”

Årets klassiska: Karin Rehnqvist

Årets producent: Jenny Wilson

Årets barnalbum: Jazzoo

Årets hiphop/soul: Stor

Årets dansband: Elisa's

Årets innovatör: The Fooo
Årets jazz: Tonbruket
Årets nykomling: Linda Pira

Årets kompositör: Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare och Magnus Lidehäll

Årets folkmusik/visa: Tomas Ledin