French dance duo Daft Punk were the big winners of this year’s Grammys taking five awards including best album for Random Access Memories and best record for Get Lucky featuring Pharrell Williams.
Record of the year
Get Lucky – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Also nominated:
- Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
- Royals – Lorde
- Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke featuring TI & Pharrell
Album of the year
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Also nominated:
- The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar
- The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Red – Taylor Swift
Song of the year
Royals – Lorde
Also nominated:
- Just Give Me A Reason – Pink featuring Nate Ruess
- Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
- Roar – Katy Perry
- Same Love – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert
Best new artist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Also nominated:
- James Blake
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kacey Musgraves
- Ed Sheeran
Best pop solo performance
Royals – Lorde
Also nominated:
- Brave – Sara Bareilles
- When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars
- Roar – Katy Perry
- Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
Best pop duo/group performance
Get Lucky – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Also nominated:
- Just Give Me A Reason – Pink featuring Nate Ruess
- Stay – Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke featuring TI & Pharrell
- Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Best pop vocal album
Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
Also nominated:
- Paradise – Lana Del Rey
- Pure Heroine – Lorde
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
- The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience – Justin Timberlake
Best dance recording
Clarity – Zedd featuring Foxes
Also nominated:
- Need U (100%) – Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
- Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
- Atmosphere – Kaskade
- This Is What It Feels Like – Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie
Best dance/electronica album
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Also nominated:
- Settle – Disclosure
- 18 months – Calvin Harris
- Atmosphere – Kaskade
- A Color Map Of The Sun – Pretty Lights
Best rock performance
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Also nominated:
- Always Alright – Alabama Shakes
- The Stars (Are Out Tonight) – David Bowie
- Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
- My God Is The Sun – Queens Of The Stone Age
- I’m Shakin’ – Jack White
Best rock song
Cut Me Some Slack – Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear
Also nominated:
- Ain’t Messin ‘Round – Gary Clark Jr
- Doom And Gloom – The Rolling Stones
- God Is Dead? – Black Sabbath
- Panic Station – Muse
Best rock album
Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin
Also nominated:
- 13 – Black Sabbath
- The Next Day – David Bowie
- Mechanical Bull – Kings Of Leon
- …Like Clockwork – Queens Of The Stone Age
- Psychedelic Pill – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Best R&B performance
Something – Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Also nominated:
- Love And War – Tamar Braxton
- Best Of Me – Anthony Hamilton
- Nakamarra – Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Q-Tip
- How Many Drinks? – Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B song
Pusher Love Girl – Justin Timberlake
Also nominated:
- Best Of Me – Anthony Hamilton
- Love And War – Tamar Braxton
- Only One – PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder
- Without Me – Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott
Best R&B album
Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys
Also nominated:
- R&B Divas – Faith Evans
- Love In The Future – John Legend
- Better – Chrisette Michele
- Three Kings – TGT
Best rap performance
Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Also nominated:
- Started From The Bottom – Drake
- Berzerk – Eminem
- Tom Ford – Jay-Z
- Swimming Pools (Drank) – Kendrick Lamar
Best rap/sung collaboration
Holy Grail – Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Also nominated:
- Power Trip – J Cole featuring Miguel
- Part II (On The Run) – Jay Z featuring Beyonce
- Now Or Never – Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J Blige
- Remember You – Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd
Best rap song
Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Also nominated:
- F***in’ Problems – ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
- Holy Grail – Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
- New Slaves – Kanye West
- Started From The Bottom – Drake
Best rap album
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Also nominated:
- Nothing Was The Same – Drake
- Magna Carta…Holy Grail – Jay Z
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar
- Yeezus – Kanye West
Best country album
Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves
Also nominated:
- Night Train – Jason Aldean
- Two Lanes Of Freedom – Tim McGraw
- Based On A True Story – Blake Shelton
- Red – Taylor Swift
Best song written for visual media
Skyfall – Adele and Paul Epworth, from Skyfall
Also nominated:
- Atlas – Coldplay, from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Silver Lining – Jessie J, from Silver Linings Playbook
- We Both Know – Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw, from Safe Haven
- Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey, from The Great Gatsby
- You’ve Got Time – Regina Spektor, from Orange Is The New Black
Producer of the year, non-classical
Pharrell Williams
Also nominated:
- Rob Cavallo
- Dr Luke
- Ariel Rechtshaid
- Jeff Tweedy
Best music video
Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z
Also nominated:
- Safe And Sound – Capital Cities
- Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film – Jay Z
- Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
- I’m Shakin’ – Jack White
Best music film
Live Kisses – Paul McCartney
Also nominated:
- Live 2012 – Coldplay
- ¡Cuatro! – Green Day
- I’m In I’m Out And I’m Gone: The Making Of Get Up! – Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
- The Road To Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons
