The 2014 Grammy Awards ceremony, 56th of its kind held yesterday, Sunday 26th January 2014 at the Los Angeles Nokia Theatre & Staples Center in Hollywood, California. The ceremony celebrates the
best of Music entertainment practitioners, a glamourous event hosted by popular American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor, James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J has been regarded has “Music’s biggest night”.
Among performers for day is pop couple, Beyonce and Jay Z who opened the ceremony with a joint performance of “Drunk in Love.” other artist on stage during the ceremony are Madonna, Lorde, Katy Perry.
See ful list of winners in various categories:
Record of the Year: “Get Lucky” Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Song of the year: “Royals” Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor (Lorde)
Best country album: “Same Trailer Different Park” Kasey Musgraves
Best pop vocal album: “Unorthodox Jukebox” Bruno Mars
Best rap/sung collaboration: “Holy Grail” Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Best pop solo performance: “Royals” Lorde
Best rock song: “Cut me some slack” Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
Best new artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best music film: “Live Kisses,” Paul McCartney
Best music video: “Suit and Tie,” Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
Producer of the year, non-classical: Pharrell Williams
Best R&B album: “Girl On Fire,” Alicia Keys
Best rap performance:”Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best rap song: “Thrift Shop” Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis
Best rap album: “The Heist,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best rock performance: “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
Best metal performance: “God Is Dead?,” Black Sabbath
Best rock album: “Celebration Day,” Led Zeppelin
Best alternative music album: “Modern Vampires Of The City,” Vampire Weekend
Best country solo performance: “Wagon Wheel,” Darius Rucker
Best country duo/group performance: “From This Valley,” the Civil Wars
Best country song: “Merry Go ‘Round,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne
Best american roots song: “Love Has Come For You,” Edie Brickell and Steve Martin
Best americana album: “Old Yellow Moon,” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
Best bluegrass album: “The Streets Of Baltimore,” Del McCoury Band
Best blues album: “Get Up!,” Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Best folk album: “My Favorite Picture Of You,” Guy Clark
Best regional roots music album: “Dockside Sessions,” Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
Best pop instrumental album: “Steppin’ Out,” Herb Alpert
Best traditional pop vocal album: “To Be Loved,” Michael Buble
Best new age album: “Love’s River,” Laura Sullivan
Best improvised jazz solo: “Orbits,” Wayne Shorter
Best jazz vocal album: “Liquid Spirit,” Gregory Porter
Best jazz instrumental album: “Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue,” Terri Lyne Carrington
Best large jazz ensemble album: “Night In Calisia,” Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
Best gospel/contemporary christian music performance: “Break Every Chain [Live],” Tasha Cobbs
Best gospel song: “If He Did It Before . . . Same God [Live],” Tye Tribbett
Best contemporary christian music song: “Overcomer,” David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
Best gospel album: “Greater Than [Live],” Tye Tribbett
Best contemporary christian music album: “Overcomer,” Mandisa
Best latin pop album: “Vida,” Draco Rosa
Best latin rock, urban or alternative album: “Treinta Días,” La Santa Cecilia
Best regional mexican music album (including tejano): “A Mi Manera,” Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best tropical latin album: “Pacific Mambo Orchestra,” Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Best reggae album: “Ziggy Marley In Concert,” Ziggy Marley
Best world music album: “Savor Flamenco,” Gipsy Kings and “Live: Singing For Peace Around The World,” Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best children’s album: “Throw a Penny In The Wishing Well,” Jennifer Gasoi
Best spoken word album (includes poetry, audio books & storytelling): “America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t,” Stephen Colbert
Best instrumental composition: “Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra,” Clare Fischer, composer
Best instrumental arrangement: “On Green Dolphin Street,” Gordon Goodwin, arranger
Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s): “Swing Low,” Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
Best recording package: “Long Night Moon,” Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best boxed or special limited edition package: “Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition),” Simon Earith and James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
Best album notes: “Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded),” Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
BK: “Charlie Is My Darling — Ireland 1965” and “The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums”
Best engineered album, non-classical: “Random Access Memories,” Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta and Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine “Chab” Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
Best remixed recording, non-classical: “Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix),” Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
Best surround sound album:”Live Kisses,” Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Best engineered album, classical: “Winter Morning Walks,” David Frost, Brian Losch and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer of the year, classical: David Frost
Best orchestral performance: “Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4,” Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Best opera recording: “Adès: The Tempest,” Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer
Best choral performance: “Pärt: Adam’s Lament,” Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
Best chamber music/small ensemble performance: “Roomful Of Teeth,” Brad Wells and Roomful Of Teeth
Best classical instrumental solo: “Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist and String Orchestra,” featuring Evelyn Glennie and the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Best classical vocal solo: “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
Best comedy album: “Calm Down Gurrl,” Kathy Griffin
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: “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Best dance recording: “Clarity,” Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best dance/electronica album: “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk
Best R&B performance: “Something,” Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best traditional r&b performance: “Please Come Home,” Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B song: “Pusher Love Girl,” James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake
Best urban contemporary album: “Unapologetic,” Rihanna