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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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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Madge performs a snippet of "Open Your Heart" with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert
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Fans show lots of love for "Same Love"Jan. 27, 2014- Reply
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#History about to happen @TheGRAMMYs with the #Queen @Madonna @IAMQUEENLATIFAH and @macklemore #loveislove #GRAMMYs #Equality #JusticeJan. 27, 2014- Reply
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I think the girl singing with Macklemore has the prettiest voice ever though tbh.Jan. 27, 2014- Reply
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Queen Latifah is officiating. Is she a minister? A justice of the peace? Or are queens automatically sanctioned to marry people just because they’re queens? -
Look what’s taking place in the Staples Center aisles: It’s a mass wedding!
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34 couples are married at the GRAMMYs, officiated by Queen Latifah
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“Same Love” is off the 2012 album “The Heist." Macklemore & Ryan Lewis moved a lot of people past judgment and into acceptance with this hit. Which, hooray for that. And them.
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Mary Lambert performs "Same Love" with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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This is about as inspiring and hopeful as it gets.
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Macklemore performing their Song Of The Year GRAMMY-nominated "Same Love"
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Ryan Seacrest, Lang Lang And John Legend show our Twitter Mirror some loveBackstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with @ryanseacrest pic.twitter.com/NtHIZLoIvK
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Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with John Legend @johnlegend pic.twitter.com/4n3eU4Qdgi
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Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with @lang_lang pic.twitter.com/dgJTp0D01d
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Backstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with @ryanseacrest pic.twitter.com/NtHIZLoIvKJan. 27, 2014- Reply
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They’re getting a royal introduction from Queen Latifah.
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As much as I love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who were nominated for seven awards tonight, I’m especially psyched to see their soon-to-be onstage partner Trombone Shorty. He’s among the Crescent City’s coolest exports and a favorite artist of mine. You too?
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GRAMMY Fact! Madonna:
Madonna on the GRAMMYs in 2006 (Photo: WireImage.com)
Madonna on the GRAMMYs in 1999
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We're a little late for our final GRAMMY Fact of the day, please forgive us. But this
is a good one featuring the one and only Madonna.Madge first performed on the GRAMMY telecast on the 41st GRAMMY Awards in 1999. She sang "Nothing Really Matters." The Material Girl came back to open the show in 2001 and emerged onstage in a limo. Her door was opened by hip-hop artist Lil' Bow Wow.
Madonna's most recent performance was at the 48th GRAMMYs in 2006 when she teamed with animated rock band Gorillaz for a performance of "Hung Up" in one of the more lavish performances in GRAMMY history.
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Queen Latifah throws a peace sign on her way to the GRAMMY stageBackstage at the #GRAMMYs ! Watch now @CBS bit.ly/1dV3HyC with Queen Latifah @iamqueenlatifah pic.twitter.com/CdoiO1CrIH
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Kacey Musgraves weighs in on her favorite part about tonight ...
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We’ve already seen so much, but there’s still so much to come. Tell me what you’ve liked best so far tonight, and what you’re most anxiously awaiting. It’s why we have commercials! Let’s hash it all out, do some mental cataloguing.
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Fans congratulate Daft Punk on their Record Of The Year winYES! YES! YES! Daft Punk! Will they ever speak? Congrats to Daft Punk & Pharrell on Record of the Year! #GRAMMYsJan. 27, 2014
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We're still in a rock and roll kind of mood. Earlier today we awarded the GRAMMY for Best Rock Album to Black Sabbath for 13.
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That was award No. 9 people. Just one more to go. The night is zooming by -- 30 minutes left in the telecast!
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Daft Punk accepting Record Of The Year from Smokey Robinson and Steven Tyler
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Lorde wins Song Of The Year for with Joel Little for "Royals"!
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Daft Punk is the proud owner of a golden gramophone, and Record of the Year bragging rights. Who will they speak through?
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GRAMMY Fact!
That was Metallica's first performance on the GRAMMY stage since the 33rd GRAMMY Awards in 1991. They've won eight GRAMMYs to date. Lang Lang last performed on the 50th GRAMMY Awards telecast in 2008. Lang Lang is also the GRAMMY Cultural Ambassador to China. Should we call Metallica the GRAMMY Cultural Ambassadors to metal?
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More oddball team-ups: Steven Tyler and Smokey Robinson are here to give us the big news. It’s Record of the Year time!
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They're distributing the fury equally, seems to me. Sharing the fury.
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Love for this Metallica and Lang Lang performance in Español and more ..."@CNNMex : Metallica y el pianista Lang Lang tocan en el escenario de los #Grammy2014 cnn.mx/n001WVN" love it!!!!Jan. 27, 2014
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Odd bedfellows, these artists. But this works! In a fierce and fiery way.
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Metallica and Lang Lang perform "One"
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James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich: still large and in charge on stage, still bringing it heavy and hard. With Lang Lang!
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Before his performance, Lang Lang caught this special moment between Stevie Wonder and Pharrell backstageJan. 27, 2014
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Like Lou Reed, Lang Lang and Metallica clearly are unafraid of taking a walk on the wild side. They’re letting the metal band’s late 80s hit “One” rip.
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Metallica and Lang Lang and fire....ONE
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Songwriter/musician Lou Reed died Oct. 27, 2013. He was 71. In 1998 Reed won his lone career GRAMMY for Best Long Form Music Video for American Masters — Lou Reed: Rock And Roll Heart, a documentary chronicling his career to that point. Among Reed's final album releases was 2011's Lulu, a collaboration with Metallica.
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The show’s back and it’s tribute time. Lou Reed: what a loss. A rock visionary.
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FYI – GRAMMYs in song categories are awarded to songwriters rather than artists, unless of course the artist is the songwriter. Earlier today we awarded the first-ever GRAMMY for Best American Roots Song to Edie Brickell and Steve Martin for "Love Has Come For You."
Edie Brickell and Steve Martin at the GRAMMY Pre-Telecast Ceremony (Photo: WireImage.com)
