56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List

Winners List 56th Annual Grammy Awards

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were presented on January 26, 2014, at the place Staples Center in Los Angeles. (United States of America). The Grammy Awards show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid challenging against the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,( Russia)  as was the case in 2010. 

56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List

The eligibility stage for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.The nominations were make known on December 6, 2013 during a live televised concert on CBS, The Grammy Nominations Concert Live – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night. Jay-Z received the most nominations with nine. Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pharrell Williams each received 7 nominations. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams were nominated twice for both Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Sound engineer Bob Ludwig received the most nominations by a non-performing artist, with five.

Daft Punk won 5 awards including Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year, with Pharrell Williams, for "Get Lucky". Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won 4 trophies, including Best New Artist, and led an industry show of support for gay marriage with a presentation of their song "Same Love" to accompany a mass wedding of gay and heterosexual couples, which was presided over by Queen Latifah. Lorde's "Royals" received awards for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year. Carole King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on January 24, two days prior to the awards Function.

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List of 56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners

56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List

Category	Winner
Record of the Year	"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Album of the Year	Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Song of the Year	"Royals" Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little, songwriters (Lorde)
Best New Artist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo Performance	"Royals" – Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance	"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best Pop Instrumental Album	Steppin' Out – Herb Alpert
Best Pop Vocal Album	Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
Best Dance Recording	"Clarity" – Zedd & Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album	Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	To Be Loved – Michael Bublé
Best Rock Performance	"Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons
Best Metal Performance	"God Is Dead?" – Black Sabbath
Best Rock Song	"Cut Me Some Slack"
Best Rock Album	Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin
Best Alternative Music Album	Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance	"Something" – Snarky Puppy & Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance	"Please Come Home" – Gary Clark, Jr.
Best R&B Song	"Pusher Love Girl"
Best Urban Contemporary Album	Unapologetic – Rihanna
Best R&B Album	Girl on Fire – Alicia Keys
Best Rap Performance	"Thrift Shop" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	"Holy Grail" – Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song	Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)
Best Rap Album	The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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"
Best Country Album	Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves
Best Comedy Album	Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin
Best Music Film	Live Kisses – Paul McCartney

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