For the biggest music award ceremony on the planet, you need a renowned photgrapher to take charge. As such Danny Clinch was commisioned to photograph the evening's biggest names backstage.
Having photographed legends for the past two decades, Clinch was the perfect person to get great shots of Dave Grohl, Beyonce and Jay Z, Sam Smith and more. Check out the best ones below - and then buy yourself a copy of Clinch's excellent book Still Moving.
It is with a heavy heart that we admit that Esquire have already taken the pun 'Instagrammys', and that is something that we will regret for many years to come.
The big winners last night included Sam Smith, Beck, St. Vincent, Jack White and Kendrick Lamar. See the full winners list here.