The Staples Center in Los Angeles hosted the 56th annual Grammy Awards. There were plenty of surprises and few icons who took home the gold. The night was awesome with performances from Lorde, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Jay Z, Beyonce.
It was a night that also saw a mass wedding and Sir Paul McCartney win yet another Grammy.
Here is a list of last night’s big winners:
Record of the Year: “Get Lucky” Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Song of the year: “Royals” Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor (Lorde)
Best country album: “Same Trailer Different Park” Kasey Musgraves
Best pop vocal album: “Unorthodox Jukebox” Bruno Mars
Best rap/sung collaboration: “Holy Grail” Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Best pop solo performance: “Royals” Lorde
Best pop duo/group performance: “Get Lucky” Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best rock song: “Cut me some slack” Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
Best music film: “Live Kisses,” Paul McCartney
Best music video: “Suit and Tie,” Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z
Producer of the year, non-classical: Pharrell Williams
Best R&B album: “Girl On Fire,” Alicia Keys
Best rap performance:“Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best rap song: “Thrift Shop” Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis
Best rap album: “The Heist,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best rock performance: “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
Best metal performance: “God Is Dead?,” Black Sabbath
Best rock album: “Celebration Day,” Led Zeppelin
Best alternative music album: “Modern Vampires Of The City,” Vampire Weekend
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 and Josh Osborne
Best american roots song: “Love Has Come For You,” Edie Brickell and Steve Martin
Best americana album: “Old Yellow Moon,” Emmylou Harris and 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 and the Zydeco Experience
Best pop instrumental album: “Steppin’ Out,” Herb Alpert
Best traditional pop vocal album: “To Be Loved,” Michael Buble
Best new age album: “Love’s River,” Laura Sullivan
Best improvised jazz solo: “Orbits,” Wayne Shorter
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,” David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
Best gospel album: “Greater Than [Live],” Tye Tribbett
Best contemporary christian music album: “Overcomer,” 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 reggae album: “Ziggy Marley In Concert,” Ziggy Marley
Best world music album: “Savor Flamenco,” Gipsy Kings and “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 instrumental composition: “Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra,” Clare Fischer, composer
Best instrumental arrangement: “On Green Dolphin Street,” Gordon Goodwin, arranger
Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s): “Swing Low,” Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
Best recording package: “Long Night Moon,” Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best boxed or special limited edition package: “Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition),” Simon Earith and 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: “Charlie Is My Darling — Ireland 1965” and “The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums”
Best engineered album, non-classical: “Random Access Memories,” Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta and Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine “Chab” Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
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 and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer of the year, classical: David Frost
Best orchestral performance: “Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4,” Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Best opera recording: “Adès: The Tempest,” Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer
Best choral performance: “Pärt: Adam’s Lament,” Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
Best chamber music/small ensemble performance: “Roomful Of Teeth,” Brad Wells and Roomful Of Teeth
Best classical instrumental solo: “Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist and String Orchestra,” featuring Evelyn Glennie and the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Best classical compendium: “Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik,” Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best contemporary classical composition: “Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks,” Maria Schneider, composer
Best comedy album: “Calm Down Gurrl,” Kathy Griffin
Best musical theater album: “Kinky Boots”
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: “Sound City: Real To Reel”
Best score soundtrack for visual media: “Skyfall,” Thomas Newman, composer
Best song written for visual media: “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Best dance recording: “Clarity,” Zedd featuring Foxes
Best dance/electronica album: “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk
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 and Justin Timberlake
Best urban contemporary album: “Unapologetic,” Rihanna
