Monday, January 27, 2014

Grammy Night: Big Winners



After some great performances and acceptances speeches last night, the 56th annual Grammy Awards were fabulous. A lot of great recording artists, won, however, what acts cleaned up the most? Some of the more popular categories include: 

Information taken From Billboard.com 

 Daft Punk: Album Of The Year:
"Random Access Memories"
Record Of The Year:
"Get Lucky" — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams


Song Of The Year:
"Royals" — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)

Best New Artist:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Royals" — Lorde  
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Get Lucky" — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Unorthodox Jukebox" -- Bruno Mars

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
"Steppin' Out" -- Herb Alpert
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"To Be Loved" -- Michael Bublé
DANCE
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Best Dance Recording
"Clarity" -- Zedd Featuring Foxes
ROCK
Best Rock Performance:
"Radioactive" — Imagine Dragons


Best Rock Album:
"Celebration Day" — Led Zeppelin
Best Metal Performance
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath

Best Rock Song
"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
R&B
Best R&B Performance:
"Something" — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway 
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
"Unapologetic" — Rihanna

Best R&B Album:
Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys

Best Traditional R&B Performance
"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
Best Rap Performance:
"Thrift Shop" — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Holy Grail" — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake  


Best Rap Album:
The Heist — Macklemore  & Ryan Lewis
Best Rap Song
"Thrift Shop" -- Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)


COUNTRY MUSIC
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Wagon Wheel" — Darius Rucker

Best Country Album:
Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"From This Valley" -- The Civil Wars
Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award)
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
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" from "Skyfall"-- Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)


CLASSICAL
Best Orchestral Performance
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 -- Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Adès: The Tempest
Best Choral Performance
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
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
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik -- Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks -- Maria Schneider, composer 
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM
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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