Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Miss Anything from Music's Biggest Night of 2014?

The music industry's biggest night tends to be a whole lot looser than the Globes or the Oscars, and that’s why we love it. Chicago and Robin Thicke? Stevie Wonder and Daft Punk? Sunday night's 56th Grammy Awards at the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center featured plenty of star-studded moments, countless musical pairings and even a few surprise. 
Daft Punk were the big winners on Sunday Night in Los Angeles. French electronic duo won both Record of the Year and tAlbum of the year, beating hits like Blurred Line and Royals. last artist to win both titles was Adele two years ago. Daft Punk, who wear helmets in public, also picked up honours for Dance/ Electronics album for Random Access Memories and Pop duo/Group Performance.
From Beyonce and Jay z opening the 2014 Grammys with a sizzling duet that proved why they are the most powerful - and sexiest - couple in the music industry,


to Macklemore's mass wedding/performance of his hit "Same Love," Valentine's Day came early with sultry and sweet Grammy performances.


Here is the full list of the winners in the selected categories:
Song of the year: "Royals," Lorde.
Pop vocal album: "Unorthodox Jukebox," Bruno Mars.
Rap performance: "Thrift Shop," macklemore &Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.


Album of the year: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk.
Record of the year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
Pop/duo group performance"Get Lucky," Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.

Pop solo performance: "Royals," Lorde.

Rap/sung collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z with Justin Timberlake,
Rock song: "Cut Me Some Slack," "Paul mcCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.
Traditional pop vocal album: "To Be Loved." Michael Buble.
New artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

Rap song: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.
Rap album: " The Heist,"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

R&B performance: "Something, "Snacky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway.
Traditional R&B performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
R&B song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake.
Rock performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons.
R&B album: "Girl on Fire," Alicia Keys.
Urban contemporary album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna.

Rock album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin.

Some of the stand-out performances of the night included Grammy winner Lorde taking on her hot single "Royals" and Daft Punk performing "Get Lucky" with Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers and Stevie Wonder.

Tell us: What was your favourite Grammy moment or performance?

By Yuliya Fabrovska


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