The 56th Annual Grammy Awards began this evening (January 26) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony kicked off with a performance from Jay Z and Beyonce. This year’s ceremony is hosted by LL Cool J for the third consecutive year.
Jay and Beyonce performed their collaborative hit “Drunk In Love“ to a crowd that included nominees Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke, and more.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won an early award for Best New Artist. While accepting the award, Macklemore celebrated the independent nature of their album The Heist. “We made this album without a record label, we made it independently, and we appreciate all the support,” he said.
Jay Z received the most nominations of any artist this year with his name up for nine awards, including within the of Best Rap Album category. Both Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, alongside Kanye West and Drake, are nominated for the same award.
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Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are the only Hip Hop artists who were nominated within the coveted Album of the Year category this year, an award that has been given to Hip Hop artists only twice in the past in the cases of OutKast and Lauryn Hill. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were also the only Hip Hop artists nominated within the Song of the Year category for their chart-topper “Same Love.”
Earlier this week, rappers Joey Bada$$ and Nipsey Hussle weighed in on the Rap Album of the Year and Album of the Year categories. In an interview with MTV, Joey said that while he thinks Macklemore’s commercial appeal will win him the award, he thinks good kid, m.A.A.d. city deserves the nod. “That’s Grammys,” he said. “That’s what you got, but I personally feel like Kendrick deserves that more.” In an interview with XXL, Hussle said that he’s rooting for both nominees. “They both have their reasons to be recognized,” he said. “I’m curious to see how it goes. And they both from the West so I’m rooting for both of them.”
In an interview with The Source earlier this month, Macklemore himself admitted that he thinks the Best Rap Album award should be given to Kendrick Lamar. “In terms of [that category], I think it should go to Kendrick,” he said. “He’s family. TDE is family, and I understand why Hip-Hop would feel like Kendrick got robbed [if he didn’t win]. I’m not trying to compare albums; I think you can make an argument for both. With that being said, I am a huge supporter of what Kendrick does. And because of that, I would love to win in a different category. We obviously had massive success on commercial radio, and I think that, in ways, The Heist was a bigger album, but Kendrick has a better rap album.”
UPDATE: Jay Z and Justin Timberlake have been awarded a Grammy for their collaboration “Holy Grail.” The award was given within the Rap/Sung Collaboration category and Jay Z was also nominated for his collaboration with Beyonce. In his acceptance speech, Jay offered the award to his daughter Blue Ivy as a “gold sippy cup.”
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Pharrell Williams was awarded a Grammy as Producer of the Year and appeared on stage alongside Daft Punk and Stevie Wonder to perform a medley of songs that included the French duo’s hit “Get Lucky.”
The selection committee passed over the two Hip Hop artists up for Album of the Year with Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories claiming the honors.
Performers at the awards show included Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who appeared alongside Queen Latifah and Madonna. The duo’s performance included a ceremony in which 33 couples were married. Kendrick Lamar also performed alongside the Las Vegas Rock band Imagine Dragons.
(January 26)
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UPDATE #2: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been awarded three of the four Grammy awards within the Rap categories at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The duo beat out Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, and Drake with their award for Best Rap Album. The Seattle artists also won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for their 2013 hit “Thrift Shop” which was also Billboard’s #1 song of the year. Their award as Best New Artist outside of the Rap categories brought their total tally to four awards.
Jay Z and Justin Timberlake’s video for another of their 2013 collaborations, “Suit & Tie,” was awarded the Grammy for Best Music Video. Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and Alicia Keys all won awards within R&B categories.
The full list of 2014 Grammy Winners is available below per Billboard.
GENERAL
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Album Of The Year:
“Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk
Record Of The Year:
“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
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Song Of The Year:
“Royals” — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
Best New Artist:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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POP
Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Royals” — Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
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“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Vocal Album:
“Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars
Best Pop Instrumental Album:
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“Steppin’ Out” — Herb Alpert
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“To Be Loved” — Michael Bublé
DANCE
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Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Best Dance Recording
“Clarity” — Zedd Featuring Foxes
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ROCK
Best Rock Performance:
“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons
Best Rock Album:
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“Celebration Day” — Led Zeppelin
Best Metal Performance
“God Is Dead?” — Black Sabbath
Best Rock Song
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“Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
ALTERNATIVE
Best Alternative Music Album
“Modern Vampires Of The City” — Vampire Weekend
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R&B
Best R&B Performance:
“Something” — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
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“Unapologetic” — Rihanna
Best R&B Album:
Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys
Best Traditional R&B Performance
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“Please Come Home — Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award)
“Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
RAP
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Best Rap Performance:
“Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
“Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
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Best Rap Album:
The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Rap Song
“Thrift Shop” — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
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COUNTRY MUSIC
Best Country Solo Performance:
“Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker
Best Country Album:
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Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“From This Valley” — The Civil Wars
Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award)
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“Merry Go ‘Round” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
NEW AGE
Best New Age Album
“Love’s River” — Laura Sullivan
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JAZZ
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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“Orbits” — Wayne Shorter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Liquid Spirit” — Gregory Porter
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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“Night In Calisia” — Randy Brecker, W,odek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
Best Latin Jazz Album
“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC
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Best Gospel Album:
Greater Than (Live) — Tye Tribbett
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
“Break Every Chain [Live]” — Tasha Cobbs
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Best Gospel Song
“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
“Overcomer” — David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
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Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Overcomer” — Mandisa
LATIN
Best Latin Pop Album
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“Vida” — Draco Rosa
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“Treinta Días” — La Santa Cecilia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
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“A Mi Manera” — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra — Pacific Mambo Orchestra
AMERICAN ROOTS
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Best Americana Album:
Love Has Come For You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
Best Bluegrass Album
“The Streets Of Baltimore” — Del McCoury Band
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Best Blues Album
“Get Up!” — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Best Folk Album
“My Favorite Picture Of You” — Guy Clark
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Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Dockside Sessions” — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
REGGAE
Best Reggae Album
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“Ziggy Marley In Concert” — Ziggy Marley
WORLD MUSIC
Best World Music Album (tie)
“Savor Flamenco” — Gipsy Kings
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“Live: Singing For Peace Around The World” — Ladysmith Black Mambazo
CHILDREN’S
Best Children’s Album
“Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well” — Jennifer Gasoi
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SPOKEN WORD
Best Spoken Word Album
“America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t” — Stephen Colbert
COMEDY
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Best Comedy Album:
“Calm Down Gurrl” — Kathy Griffin
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album
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“Kinky Boots”
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Sound City: Real To Reel
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Skyfall — Thomas Newman, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
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COMPOSING/ARRANGING
Best Instrumental Composition
Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra — Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Arrangement
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On Green Dolphin Street– Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Swing Low — Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
PACKAGE
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Best Recording Package
Long Night Moon — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) — Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
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NOTES
Best Album Notes
Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) — Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
HISTORICAL
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Best Historical Album (tie)
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums
PRODUCTION, Non-Classical
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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Random Access Memories — Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Pharrell Williams
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Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) — Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
SURROUND SOUND
Best Surround Sound Album
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Live Kisses — Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
FIELD: PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Winter Morning Walks — David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
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Producer Of The Year, Classical
David Frost
CLASSICAL
Best Orchestral Performance
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 — Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Adès: The Tempest
Best Choral Performance
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Pärt: Adam’s Lament — Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful Of Teeth — Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra — Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Solo
Winter Morning Walks — Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
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Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik — Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks — Maria Schneider, composer
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM
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Best Music Video
Suit & Tie — Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z (David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer)
Best Music Film
Live Kisses — Paul McCartney (Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers)
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