Femi Kuti Loses At The Grammys Again; See List of Winners

The 56th annual Grammy Awards did not disappoint. It was a event
that lovers of entertainment will always be proud of for a long time to
come. Here is the complete list of winners at the 2014 Grammy


Awards:
Album of the Year:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
(Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales,
Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell
Williams)


Record of the Year:
Daft Punk, “Get Lucky”
(Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, producers;
Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner,
engineers/mixers; Antoine “Chab” Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering
engineers)


Song of the Year:
Lorde, “Royals”
(Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters)


Best Country Abum:
Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake, “Holy Grail”


Best Pop Solo Performance:
Lorde, “Royals”


Best Rock Song:
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear, “Cut Me
Some Slack”


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, “Get Lucky”


Best New Artist:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis


Best Rock Album:
Led Zeppelin, Celebration Day


Best Metal Performance:
Black Sabbath, “God Is Dead?”


Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Pharrell Williams


Best Alternative Music Album:
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City


Best Rock Performance:
Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive”


Best Country Song:
Kacey Musgraves, “Merry Go ‘Round” (Shane McAnally, Kacey
Musgraves and Josh Osborne)


Best Country Solo Performance:
Darius Rucker, “Wagon Wheel”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
the Civil Wars, “From This Valley”


Best Music Film:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine
Etienne, Aron Levine and Scott Rodger, video producers)


Best Music Video:
Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z, “Suit and Tie” (David Fincher,
video director; Timory King, video producer)


Best Blues Album:
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up!


Best RandB Album:
Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire


Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Rihanna, Unapologetic


Best RandB Song:
Justin Timberlake, “Pusher Love Girl” (James Fauntleroy, Jerome
Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake, songwriters)


Best Traditional RandB Performance:
Gary Clark, Jr., “Please Come Home”


Best RandB Performance:
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway, “Something”


Best Pop Instrumental Album:
Herb Alpert, Steppin’ Out


Best Dance Recording:
Zedd Featuring Foxes, “Clarity”


Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories


Best Rap Performance:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop”


Best Rap Song:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop” (Ben
Haggerty and Ryan Lewis, songwriters)


Best Rap Album:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Heist


Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé, to Be Loved


Best New Age Album:
Laura Sullivan, Love’s River


Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Wayne Shorter, “Orbits”


Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit


Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue


Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic, Night in
Calisia


Best Latin Jazz Album:
Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente, Song for Maura
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
Tasha Cobbs, Break Every Chain


Best Gospel Song:
Tye Tribbett, “If He Did It Before . . . Same God”


Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
Mandisa, “Overcomer” (David Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher
Stevens, songwriters)


Best Gospel Album:
Tye Tribbett, Greater Than
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Mandisa, Overcomer


Best Latin Pop Album:
Draco Rosa, Vida


Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
La Santa Cecilia, Treinta Días
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea, A Mi Manera


Best Tropical Latin Album:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Best American Roots Song:
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, “Love Has Come for You” (Edie Brickell
and Steve Martin, songwriters)


Best Americana Album:
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Old Yellow Moon


Best Reggae Album:
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley in Concert


Best World Music Album:
-Gipsy Kings, Savor Flamenco (tie)
-Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live: Singing for Peace Around the World
(tie)


Best Folk Album:
Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture of You


Best Children’s Album:
Jennifer Gasoi, Throw A Penny In the Wishing Well
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and
Storytelling):
Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We
Never Weren’t


Best Comedy Album:
Kathy Griffin, Calm Down Gurrl


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:
Adele, “Skyfall” (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters)


Best Instrumental Composition:
the Clare Fischer Orchestra, “Pensamientos for Solo Alto Saxophone
and Chamber Orchestra” (Clare Fischer, composer)


Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, “on Green Dolphin Street” (Gordon
Goodwin, arranger)


Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding, “Swing Low” (Gil Goldstein,
arranger)



Best Recording Package:
Reckless Kelly, Long Night Moon (Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds,
art directors)


Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)
(Simon Earith and James Musgrave, art directors)
Best Album Notes:
John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded)
(Neil Tesser, album notes writer)


Best Historical Album:
-the Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 (Teri Landi,
andrew Loog Oldham and Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers;
Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer) (tie)
-Bill Withers, the Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums (Leo Sacks,
compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, tom Ruff and Mark
Wilder, mastering engineers)


Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski,
Florian Lagatta and Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering
engineer)


Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Lana Del Rey, “Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) (Cedric
Gervais, Remixer)


Best Surround Sound Album:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer;
tommy LiPuma, surround producer)



Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St.
Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter Morning Walks (David Frost, Brian
Losch and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer)


Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance:
Minnesota Orchestra, Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (Osmo
Vänskä, conductor)


Best Opera Recording:
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus,
Adès: the Tempest (Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside,
Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Luisa Bricetti and Victoria
Warivonchick, producers)


Best Choral Performance:
Tui Hirv and Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir;
Sinfonietta Riga and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir
and Vox Clamantis, Pärt: Adam’s Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth, Roomful Of Teeth


Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Albany Symphony, Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist
and String Orchestra (Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor)


Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Maria Schneider; Jay anderson, Frank Kimbrough and Scott Robinson;
Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter
Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw)


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 and
Australian Chamber Orchestra)