Taking place in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 56th Grammy Awards have just come to an end and the decisions are therefore in on this year’s winners:
RECORD OF THE YEAR:
Get Lucky
Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
SONG OF THE YEAR:
Royals
Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
BEST NEW ARTIST :
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE:
Royals
Lorde
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE:
Get Lucky
Daft Punk Feat. 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 Feat. 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
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
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 With Lalah Hathaway
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE:
Please Come Home
Gary Clark Jr.
BEST R&B SONG:
Pusher Love Girl
James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:
Unapologetic
Rihanna
BEST R&B ALBUM:
Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE:
Thrift Shop
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Wanz
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION:
Holy Grail
Jay Z Feat. Justin Timberlake
BEST RAP SONG:
Thrift Shop
Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. 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
Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM:
Same Trailer Different Park
Kacey Musgraves
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM:
Love’s River
Laura Sullivan
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO:
Orbits
Wayne Shorter, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM:
Liquid Spirit
Gregory Porter
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM:
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue
Terri Lyne Carrington
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM:
Night In Calisia
Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM:
Song For Maura
Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Break Every Chain [Live] :
Tasha Cobbs
BEST GOSPEL SONG:
If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]
Tye Tribbett
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG:
Overcomer
Mandisa
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM:
Greater Than [Live]
Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM:
Overcomer
David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM:
Vida
Draco Rosa
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:
Treinta Días
La Santa Cecilia
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO) :
A Mi Manera
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG:
Love Has Come For You
Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM:
Old Yellow Moon
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM:
The Streets Of Baltimore
Del McCoury Band
BEST BLUES ALBUM:
Get Up!
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
BEST FOLK ALBUM:
My Favorite Picture Of You
Guy Clark
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM:
Dockside Sessions
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
BEST REGGAE ALBUM:
Ziggy Marley In Concert
Ziggy Marley
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM (TIE) :
Savor Flamenco
Gipsy Kings
Live: Singing For Peace Around The World
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM:
Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well
Jennifer Gasoi
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING) :
America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t
Stephen Colbert
BEST COMEDY ALBUM:
Calm Down Gurrl
Kathy Griffin
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM:
Kinky Boots
Billy Porter & Stark Sands, principal soloists; Sammy James Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers; Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Stark Sands, Billy Porter & Others)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA:
Sound City: Real To Reel
Butch Vig, compilation producer
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA:
Skyfall
Thomas Newman, composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA:
Skyfall
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION:
Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra
Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT:
On Green Dolphin Street
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) :
Swing Low
Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE:
Long Night Moon
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE:
Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)
Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
BEST ALBUM NOTES:
Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)
Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM (TIE):
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)
The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums
Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL:
Random Access Memories
Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine “Chab” Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL:
Pharrell Williams
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL:
Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM:
Live Kisses
Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL:
Winter Morning Walks
David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL:
David Frost
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE:
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
BEST OPERA RECORDING:
Adès: The Tempest
Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
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 (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
Suit & Tie
Justin Timberlake Feat. Jay Z
BEST MUSIC FILM:
Live Kisses
Paul McCartney
The full list of 56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees can be find here!
