56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Live-Blog
The official GRAMMY.com live-blog for Music's Biggest Night, the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, taking place Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014
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Nile Rodgers, Daft Punk, Paul Williams, and Pharrell Williams accept the GRAMMY for Album Of The Year for Random Access Memories (Photo: WireImage.com)
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform "Queenie Eye" on the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
Nate Ruess and Pink perform "Just Give Me A Reason" at the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
Macklemore and Mary Lambert perform "Same Love" on the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers win Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Get Lucky" at the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
Kacey Musgraves accepts her GRAMMY for Best Country Album (Photo: WireImage.com)
Lorde accepts her award for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Royals" at the 56th GRAMMYs in Los Angeles (Photo: WireImage.com)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win for Best New Artist at the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
Jay Z accepts his award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Holy Grail" featuring Justin Timberlake at the 56th GRAMMYs in Los Angeles (Photo: WireImage.com)
Krist Novoselic, Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, and Pat Smear accept their Best Rock Song award at the 56th GRAMMYs (Photo: WireImage.com)
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Tonight's winners as announced on the telecast:
Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic
Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Vocal Album: Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
Best Country Album: Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
Song Of The Year: "Royals," Lorde and Joel Little
Record Of The Year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Album Of The Year: Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
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Now that Lorde is a GRAMMY winner, will she start wearing diamonds on her timepiece? Doubtful. -
OK, time to comment. Shall we look ahead, or in the rearview? Who’s going to win the next GRAMMY, for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration? What did you think of the onstage chemistry between Pink and Nate Ruess?
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Congrats to Best Pop Solo Performance @lordemusic "Royals" #GRAMMYsby Recording Academy via twitter 1/27/2014 2:24:56 AM -
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Again, no time to speculate: here are red-hot Ariana Grande and Miguel to announce the winner of The Best Pop Solo Performance. Our fourth award of the night.
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Either way, she’s ceding a little territory to Nate Ruess, king of the anthems. There’s a likable anthemic quality to this.
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Or do you just like it when she's suspended in midair?
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A few reasons why fans love Pink ...I don't think anyone understands how obsessed I was with @Pink !!! I'm loving this performance!!! #GRAMMYsJan. 27, 2014- Reply
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And it’s Pink at her softest: "I let you see the parts of me/ That weren't all that pretty/ And with every touch you fixed them," she sings. Maybe she’s at her most likable this way? Or do you prefer Pink with a little more fang showing?
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It’s conversational, this polished piece of pop. I don’t know about you, but I almost feel as though I’m eavesdropping on these two when I hear this song. Here’s what they’re trying to work out: Is the relationship of which they sing worth saving? There are no easy answers, and that’s part of what makes this song a winner. This is a ponderous pair of pop stars.
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The song comes off Pink’s 2012 album “The Truth About Love.” Ruess's voice is inimitable.
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More GRAMMY Photos From Tonight!
Robin Thicke performs "Blurred Lines"
Keith Urban and Gary Clark Jr. perform "Cop Car"
Katy Perry performs "Dark Horse" (Photo: WireImage.com)1 of 3
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The GRAMMY producers can’t take credit for this collaboration, but we’re glad it happened in the recording studio. Pink and Nate Ruess are rocking “Just Give Me A Reason.”
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Cirque du Soleil recruiters, are you watching this?
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Pink, suspended in midair yet again. This, too, doesn't get old.
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Best Blues Album winners Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite celebrate their win backstage.
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Here’s the uber-talented Bruno Mars, who’s up for Song of the Year tonight, to introduce a pair of his competitors in that category, Pink and Nate Ruess. Will Bruno be locked out of the award-collecting tonight? Can’t be! Let’s hope not. He’s also up for Best Pop Solo Performance with “When I Was Your Man.”
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We are getting close to revealing the winner for Best Pop Solo Performance. Earlier today we awarded the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album to Michael Bublé for his To Be Loved, marking his fourth GRAMMY to date.
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Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with Kevin Hart @kevinhart4real pic.twitter.com/ZktlVe9rMZ
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Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with @imcharliewilson pic.twitter.com/fY6Z7Jl0kP
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Kevin Hart and Charlie Wilson bring the sexy and the cool in the Twitter mirror backstage. -
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We’ve also got some wagering to do while we wait for the show to resume. We’re only a few minutes away from finding out who walks with the Best Pop Solo Performance GRAMMY. Send in your bets!
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You all got it right! The answer is Stephens (though we kind of wish it was Legendary).
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Sir Paul and Dave Grohl have some fun in our GRAMMY Twitter mirror backstage.Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with Paul McCartney @paulmccartney and Dave Grohl pic.twitter.com/Pck8JtTuZa
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And with that, we’re off to our next commercial break. And some pondering. How did you like those last two heartfelt numbers? It’s been demonstrated here tonight, I think, that the modern love song is alive and well.
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The doomed relationship of which she sings on this pretty country song may be as dead as yesterday’s love, but are her feelings? She’s emptying a lot of soul into this performance. There’s an undeniable genuineness in her delivery. Sweet ending, too.
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Or, for that matter, her poise and good looks? The 24-year-old is bedecked and bedazzling — let’s just call it beautiful — tonight in a flowing, rhinestone studded gown. But she’s clearly not afraid to mess up her hair! That was a whiplash-inducing move at the piano a minute ago.
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Any more #Swifties out there?“@TheGRAMMYs : #Swifties ! You asked for it, @taylorswift13 is performing "All Too Well"! #GRAMMYs ” HOLY SHIT I JUST HAD A HEART ATTACKJan. 27, 2014
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CRYING BECAUSE TAYLOR SWIFT LOOKS FAB AND SHE IS PLAYING MY FAV SONG.Jan. 27, 2014- Reply
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'All Too Well' love this song by the gorgeous goddess that she is @taylorswift13 your voice is #perfection #GRAMMYs #Grammys2014Jan. 27, 2014- Reply
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What's heavier than rock? Metal. Earlier today we awarded the GRAMMY for Best Metal Performance to Black Sabbath for "God Is Dead?"
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Here’s a doozy of a lyric: "You call me up again just to break me like a promise/So casually cruel in the name of being honest.” Who can argue with her songwriting skills?
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From under Taylor Swift's piano while she performs "All Too Well"
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“All Too Well,” though, is from 2012’s “Red.” And though it’s the fifth single from that album, it’s rumored to be the first song she wrote for it. (It’s also rumored to be about her ex Jake Gyllenhaal. But that’s gossip!)
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Gospel artist Tye Tribbett poses backstage with his Best Gospel Song and Best Gospel Album GRAMMYsJan. 27, 2014
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Here’s something Taylor Swift and John Legend have in common: fans seem to care, a lot, about their looks and what they’re wearing. And they both don’t mess up very often in the fashion department. Will they both look as good as they sound tonight? I’m guessing they will. No banana suits for Taylor, probably.
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If it’s John Legend or Taylor Swift you're looking forward to most, you’re in luck. They’re up next. Hey: that could be a fun pairing. But they’re not singing together tonight.
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Another commercial, and more time for you to join us here in the comment area! What's surprised you so far? Who are you looking forward to performance-wise?
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What about that melody? A country keeper for sure.
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Gary Clark Jr. and Keith Urban perform Urban's "Cop Car"
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Earlier today Gary Clark Jr. won his first GRAMMY for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Please Come Home."
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Back to those lyrics. If you’re like me, you’ll buy just about anything Keith Urban is selling. He’s in fine form on this midtempo number, all sincerity and shiny, perfectly mussed hair.
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