WINNERS:

Album of the Year:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

Record of the Year:
Daft Punk, "Get Lucky" (Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers)

Song of the Year:
Lorde, "Royals" (Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters)

Best Country Album:
Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake, "Holy Grail"

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Lorde, "Royals"

Best Rock Song:
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear, "Cut Me Some Slack"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, "Get Lucky"

Best New Artist:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Best Rock Album:
Led Zeppelin, Celebration Day

Best Metal Performance:
Black Sabbath, "God Is Dead?"

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Pharrell Williams

Best Alternative Music Album:
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

Best Rock Performance:
Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"

Best Country Song:
Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go 'Round" (Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne)

Best Country Solo Performance:
Darius Rucker, "Wagon Wheel"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
the Civil Wars, "From This Valley"

Best Music Film:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine and Scott Rodger, video producers)

Best Music Video:
Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z, "Suit and Tie" (David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer)

Best Blues Album:
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up!

Best R&B Album:
Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Rihanna, Unapologetic

Best R&B Song:
Justin Timberlake, "Pusher Love Girl" (James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake, songwriters)

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Gary Clark, Jr., "Please Come Home"

Best R&B Performance:
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway, "Something"

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
Herb Alpert, Steppin' Out

Best Dance Recording:
Zedd Featuring Foxes, "Clarity"

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

Best Rap Performance:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, "Thrift Shop"

Best Rap Song:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, "Thrift Shop" (Ben Haggerty and Ryan Lewis, songwriters)

Best Rap Album:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Heist

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé, to Be Loved

Best New Age Album:
Laura Sullivan, Love's River

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Wayne Shorter, "Orbits"

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic, Night in Calisia

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente, Song for Maura

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
Tasha Cobbs, Break Every Chain

Best Gospel Song:
Tye Tribbett, "If He Did It Before . . . Same God"

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
Mandisa, "Overcomer" (David Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher Stevens, songwriters)

Best Gospel Album:
Tye Tribbett, Greater Than

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Mandisa, Overcomer

Best Latin Pop Album:
Draco Rosa, Vida

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
La Santa Cecilia, Treinta Días

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea, A Mi Manera

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Best American Roots Song:
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, "Love Has Come for You" (Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, songwriters)

Best Americana Album:
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Old Yellow Moon

Best Bluegrass Album:
Del McCoury Band, The Streets of Baltimore

Best Reggae Album:
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley in Concert

Best World Music Album:
Gipsy Kings, Savor Flamenco (tie)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live: Singing for Peace Around the World (tie)

Best Folk Album:
Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture of You

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Dockside Sessions

Best Children's Album:
Jennifer Gasoi, Throw A Penny In the Wishing Well

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't

Best Comedy Album:
Kathy Griffin, Calm Down Gurrl

Best Musical theater Album:
Kinky Boots

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Sound City: Real to Reel

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Skyfall, Thomas Newman, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Adele, "Skyfall" (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters)

Best Instrumental Composition:
the Clare Fischer Orchestra, "Pensamientos for Solo Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra" (Clare Fischer, composer)

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, "on Green Dolphin Street" (Gordon Goodwin, arranger)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding, "Swing Low" (Gil Goldstein, arranger)

Best Recording Package:
Reckless Kelly, Long Night Moon (Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) (Simon Earith and James Musgrave, art directors)

Best Album Notes:
John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded) (Neil Tesser, album notes writer)

Best Historical Album:
the Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965 (Teri Landi, andrew Loog Oldham and Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer) (tie)

Bill Withers, the Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums (Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, tom Ruff and Mark Wilder, mastering engineers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta and Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Lana Del Rey, "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) (Cedric Gervais, Remixer)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; tommy LiPuma, surround producer)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter Morning Walks (David Frost, Brian Losch and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Minnesota Orchestra, Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (Osmo Vänskä, conductor)

Best Opera Recording:
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Adès: the Tempest (Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick, producers)

Best Choral Performance:
Tui Hirv and Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis, Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth, Roomful Of Teeth

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Albany Symphony, Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra (Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor)

Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Maria Schneider; Jay anderson, Frank Kimbrough and Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw)

Best Classical Compendium:
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks, Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson and Australian Chamber Orchestra)

ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES: http://www.youtube.com/us...MYs/videos

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Im not watching but its nice to see Ben Folds sitting ahead of Yoko.

Lang Lang with Metallica? what in the sweet fuck?

I feel sorry for Bonnie having to sit nex to that talentless whore.

Since record of the year goes to producers and songwriters. I HOPE that Roar doesn't win... my gawd that song is like a bowl of ceral of cliches. I would be happy if any other song won

Gunsnhalen said:

Lang Lang with Metallica? what in the sweet fuck?

yeah they are supposed to do "One"

should be interesting

and by interesting I mean not at all interesting

I'm looking forward to Queens of the Stone Age and Lorde but that's about it

not looking forward to LL Cool J hosting

3rdeyedude said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Lang Lang with Metallica? what in the sweet fuck?

yeah they are supposed to do "One"

should be interesting

and by interesting I mean not at all interesting

I'm looking forward to Queens of the Stone Age and Lorde but that's about it

not looking forward to LL Cool J hosting

I LOVE Lang Lang, and i love Metallica. But, they don't know how to use piano or orchestras well. That SNM album was just average... yeah i think it will be a mess

QOTSA Are performing?

Lookng foward to:

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Lazy I think it's Bonnie Mckee, not Bonnie Raitt.

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Here for Bruno presenting

Looks like it will suck as usual.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/madonna-billie-joe-armstrong-to-perform-at-grammys-20140124

by KORY GROW

I hope Daft Punk get that AOTY, they really deserve THAT!

Get lucky or LOOH for ROTY also

The nominations actually suck While the line up is very good compared to last year and shit

Shawy89 said:

I hope Daft Punk get that AOTY, they really deserve THAT!

I hope so too!!! Fingers crossed!!!

Madonna is rumored to be performing with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, not really exciting... She should be with either Katy Perry or Daft Punk/Nile Rodgers/Pharrell Williams!

Queens is closing the show with Dave Grohl, probably will be the saving grace for the show, the grammys has now become famous for its pairings, which in a way is crazy and shows how "bad" the talent they nominate now are, that you need gimmicks to get people interested or sound decent.

Sunday, January 26, is the 2014 Grammys and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is going all out, inviting chart-toppers and Hollywood royalty to the big show.

Grammy producers seem keen on teaming up acts from across the music spectrum: Daft Punk is gracing the stage with R&B legend Stevie Wonder, while Miranda Lambert and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will perform a duet honoring The Everly Brothers’ Phil Everly , who died earlier this week.

Pink and Fun’s Nate Ruess will perform their song “Just Give Me a Reason,” while country legends Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson will perform with The Voice‘s Blake Shelton, who is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance for “Mine Would Be You,” and Best Country Album for Based On A True Story.

Mrs. and Mrs. Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z and Beyoncé, are said to be hitting the Grammys stage together—reportedly to perform Yonce’s “...n Love.” (Maybe Justin Timberlake will pop up to join in on “Holy Grail.”)

Other interesting matchups include Robin Thicke and Chicago, Metallica will classical pianist Lana Lang, and “Brave” singer Sara Bareilles with legendary singer-songwriter Carole King. Lorde, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are also on the bill somewhere—we’d love to see them all sing together, but aren’t holding our breath.

Movie stars Julia Roberts, Steve Coogan and Jeremy Renner have all been tagged as presenters. Don’t ask us what their music connection is . (Roberts was married to Lyle Lovett for, like, five minutes in the 90s.)

One rumored pairing we’re weak in the knees over is Madonna and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who are allegedly going to perform the latter’s paean to marriage equality, “Same Love.” (Mack and Ryan are nominated for seven Grammys.)

The night will also feature a tribute to the Beatles with John Mayer and Keith Urban performing”Don’t Let Me Down,” Alicia Keys and John Legend singing “Let It Be,” and the Eurythmics reuniting for the first time since 2000.

Paul McCartney, a Grammy nominee for Best Rock Song, and former bandmate Ringo Starr will receive lifetime achievement awards, which is fitting since its the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

lastdecember said:

Queens is closing the show with Dave Grohl, probably will be the saving grace for the show, the grammys has now become famous for its pairings, which in a way is crazy and shows how "bad" the talent they nominate now are, that you need gimmicks to get people interested or sound decent.

Yep. The line up is boring and predictable.

I won't be watching.

These award shows are boring and there is nobody interesting on them. You know who is going to win (thanks to payola and popularity), you know who is going to perform, the performers do the same boring performances, the performers are not that good

The problem I have with these award shows besides the corrupt commitees, is they ALWAYS pick the same pop performers. Even back in the 80s and 90s they had R&B acts , jazz acts or Rock acts perform at the shows and they didnt pick the same pop performers or veteran acts.

What they should do is try to pick people who are nominated in each of the categories. Let some other artists shine for a change, the industry wont let it happen. Isnt Chrisette Michelle nominated? Why not ask her to perform her hit, she is a good live vocalist. Isnt Charlie Wilson nominated? Isnt David Bowie nominated? Just get different people instead of the same boring predictable line up.

The nominees have been an afterthought for quite some time now anyways. I know you guys say the show is boring and all but I disagree. To me The Grammy's is THE music awards show when it comes to giving a good show. And there's always the danger of that surprise performance that everyone just won't be able to stop talking about.

Yes, nominees are an afterthought but they can bring different variety to who performs at the Grammys. If they are going to nominate someone like Anthony Hamilton or Stokley, why not give them an opportunity to perform over lets say someone who performs every single year or every other year? Just bring some new blood to the table, ya know? I dont really care about award shows because I dont watch them but just saying. Nobody talks about grammy performances anymore. The last talked about grammy performance where people talked about it for months was what in the 80's and people STILL talk about those performances today. Performances like those are memorable. They're not performances you talk about for two days and then forget a year later

mjscarousal said:

Yes, nominees are an afterthought but they can bring different variety to who performs at the Grammys. If they are going to nominate someone like Anthony Hamilton or Stokley, why not give them an opportunity to perform over lets say someone who performs every single year or every other year? Just bring some new blood to the table, ya know? I dont really care about award shows because I dont watch them but just saying. Nobody talks about grammy performances anymore. The last talked about grammy performance where people talked about it for months was what in the 80's and people STILL talk about those performances today. Performances like those are memorable. They're not performances you talk about for two days and then forget a year later

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That was The Superbowl, not The Grammy's, that Beyonce performed at last year.

But I do get it. I was hoping Best New Artist James Blake would be performing on the show, but I don't see his name mentioned on the performers list. I would've gladly forsaken Katy Perry for James Blake. Just sayin'.

The grammys are searching, the mindset that puts shows like these together is the same that puts together reality shows and things like that, dont think because its an awards show that the thinking is more "sophisticated" cause its not. So that is why like a new piece of chewing gum, a performance pairing artists you never see together last as long as the flavor of a new piece of gum. But this goes for everything , even the year with Prince and Beyonce when the media was all over it for a bit, it still wasnt that "great" a performance, to me it would have been more memorable if he played alone. But also it has to do with the substance of the artist Robin Thicke with Chicago may sound interesting and like its going to be mega but playing that "Blurred Lines"? and then im guessing they are going to jump into a chicago classic for a minute to make an excuse for Chicago being there with him, its gonna be OL maybe good maybe bad but "memorable" no. To Me Heart doing "Stairway" on the Kennedy Center Honors for zeppelin that was memorable and still mentioned and got alot of praise, or Norah Jones and David Grohl doing "Maybe Im Amazed" on the honors also, maybe its not the pairings, maybe its the damn talent and material.

mjscarousal said:

Yes, nominees are an afterthought but they can bring different variety to who performs at the Grammys. If they are going to nominate someone like Anthony Hamilton or Stokley, why not give them an opportunity to perform over lets say someone who performs every single year or every other year? Just bring some new blood to the table, ya know? I dont really care about award shows because I dont watch them but just saying. Nobody talks about grammy performances anymore. The last talked about grammy performance where people talked about it for months was what in the 80's and people STILL talk about those performances today. Performances like those are memorable. They're not performances you talk about for two days and then forget a year later

plus the grammys try to appeal to audience that dont watch TV, its that simple, most people dont even watch tv anymore that are in the demographic of Robin Thicke or Maclemore or whatever.

This show will be more boring the new version of football's Pro Bowl. No thanks

I'd rather watch the Pro Bowl that's been butchered by the new commissioner who

has chosen to have two former Hall of Famers who's been retired for a decade

to choose the teams. Who the hell is a Macklemore?

Macklemore and Ryan are on the way up, I don't know why they would want to be attached to that bloated carcass.

LiveToTell86 said:

They could have done a Get Lucky/Lucky Star mash up

lastdecember said:

The grammys are searching, the mindset that puts shows like these together is the same that puts together reality shows and things like that, dont think because its an awards show that the thinking is more "sophisticated" cause its not. So that is why like a new piece of chewing gum, a performance pairing artists you never see together last as long as the flavor of a new piece of gum. But this goes for everything , even the year with Prince and Beyonce when the media was all over it for a bit, it still wasnt that "great" a performance, to me it would have been more memorable if he played alone. But also it has to do with the substance of the artist Robin Thicke with Chicago may sound interesting and like its going to be mega but playing that "Blurred Lines"? and then im guessing they are going to jump into a chicago classic for a minute to make an excuse for Chicago being there with him, its gonna be OL maybe good maybe bad but "memorable" no. To Me Heart doing "Stairway" on the Kennedy Center Honors for zeppelin that was memorable and still mentioned and got alot of praise, or Norah Jones and David Grohl doing "Maybe Im Amazed" on the honors also, maybe its not the pairings, maybe its the damn talent and material.

Exactly!

I think the Grammys make these pairings and pick the same people because they think that will draw ratings for "the moment". Its all about "the moment right now" They dont think about classic moments anymore but to be fair that era is long gone and aint returning no time soon. They seem to have their set clique when it comes to nominees, winners and performers. If you are not in that clique than you can forget it lol If they thought outside the box for a change and switched their performance line up every year, people might actually be more interested in watching. If they actually gave a damn about quality music instead of kissing ass people might would watch. It has no meaning anymore because its not about "music" anymore. It is a number of reasons why people dont watch it like they use too.

But for the last 4-5 years the ratings have been huge. My theory is that more people are actually hearing music due to rampant downloading, so there MIGHT be a little more interest in the show. There was a time when American Idol was killing The Grammy's in the ratings. I know they don't share a night, but musically speaking I've noticed that as American Idol started its decline The Grammy's ratings increased, even with the proliferation of downloading.

DaftPunk winning Best Dance/Electronica Album for Random Access Memories!

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Best Dance Recording goes to Zedd & Foxes for "Clarity."

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All of the R&B, Jazz & Dance #GRAMMYs will be awarded during the pre-telecast ceremony and 3 of the Rap

GregoryPorter winning Best Jazz Vocal Album for Liquid Spirit!!!

tyetribbett winning Best Gospel Song! Best Gospel Album for "Greater Than"

Mandisa winning Best Contemporary Christian Music Album!

TLCarrington winning Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Money Jungle Provocative in Blue!

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis wins Best Rap Album. Best Rap Performance winner Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Want for Thrift Shop. songwriters of Thrift Shop, the Best Rap Song winner.

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