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many young up and coming artists are up for the night's biggest prizes including iggy azalea meghan trainorave a huge night. >> can sam smith have the first sweep since christopher cross in the early 'l80s? ♪ take me away ♪ >> reporter: we'll see if smith will be sailing away with this year's grammy's. for "today," joe friar, nbc news. >> he's the editor at large of billboard magazine. thanks for being with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >>> which artist do viewers need to get familiar with if we're watching tonight? >> if you're not familiar with sam smith, tonight's grammy's will give you a chance to get to know him. he's performing. he's nominated for six awards. he's nominated in all four of the major categories. i think it's going to be a big night for sam smith. i like him to win at least two, maybe three grammy's. who knows. he could win more. >> he's the headline this morning. do you think he will be tomorrow morning? >> i feel confident saying we'll be talking about sam smith tomorrow morning. i think this could be the big story coming out of the grammy's tonight. grammy'

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meghan trainor's been nantucket. and apparently they have a big bass population.s got to be taylor swift in that category? >> again? >> difference between record of the year and song of the year. record goes to the whole production. >> i love chandelier. >> thank you. i'm all for chandelier by sia. and our listeners loved this song the most from this category. i'm betting on sia. >> is spotify killing the record industry? >> look at the smile on her face. >> is there any alcohol in here? >> no, spotify is helping the music industry. >> joe is just asking. >> joe was at spotify recently performing on stage. he did a great time. >> i think spotify is tremendous for is many reasons. what are you doing to the record industry? you're killing it aren't you? >> the record industry is in a huge state. streaming music is the delivery manner of choice. >> this is so politically well played. >> taylor swift is not on spotify. >> no. she pull her music late last year from our service, which is unfortunate. we hope she'll come back one day. we understand that when there's big