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Hosted by
LL Cool J
Network
CBS
Date
26 January 2014
Host
LL Cool J
Most nominations
Jay-Z (9)
Viewership
28.5 million viewers.
Other ceremonies
2013, 2015
Most awards
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Daft Punk (4) (tied)
Official website
www.grammy.com/nominees
Location
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were held on January 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as was the case in 2010.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2013 during a live televised concert on CBS, The Grammy Nominations Concert Live – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night. Jay Z received the most nominations with nine. Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pharrell Williams each received seven nominations. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams were nominated twice for both Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Sound engineer Bob Ludwig received the most nominations by a non-performing artist, with five.
Daft Punk won five awards, including Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year, with Pharrell Williams, for "Get Lucky". Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won four trophies, including Best New Artist, and led an industry show of support for gay marriage with a performance of their song "Same Love" to accompany a mass wedding of gay and heterosexual couples, which was presided over by Queen Latifah. Lorde's "Royals" received awards for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year. Carole King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on January 24, two days prior to the awards ceremony.
On June 4, 2013, the Recording Academy approved a number of changes recommended by its Awards & Nominations Committee, including adding a new category for Best Americana Song to the American Music field. This songwriters' award will encompass all the subgenres in this field such as Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, and regional roots music. The Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category was renamed Best Metal Performance and became a stand-alone category. Hard rock performances will now be screened in the Best Rock Performance category. The Music Video field will become the Best Music Video/Film field. Its two categories will be renamed: Best Short Form Music Video will now be known as Best Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video will change into Best Music Film. These changes bring the total number of categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards to 82, up from 81 at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
Daft punk win album of the year grammys
Presenters
Pharrell Williams and Anna Kendrick - presented Best New Artist
Anna Faris and Juanes - presented Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Steve Coogan - introduced Katy Perry
Bruno Mars - introduced P!nk
Ariana Grande and Miguel - presented Best Pop Solo Performance
Black Sabbath - introduced Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
Jamie Foxx - presented Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Julia Roberts - introduced Paul McCartney
Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony - presented Best Pop Vocal Album
Jeremy Renner - introduced Willie Nelson, Blake Shelton, Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson
Zac Brown and Martina McBride - presented Best Country Album
Smokey Robinson and Steven Tyler
Neil Patrick Harris - introduced Daft Punk
Cyndi Lauper - introduced Sara Bareilles and Carole King
Sara Bareilles and Carole King - presented Song of the Year
Jared Leto - introduced Metallica
Smokey Robinson and Steven Tyler - presented Record of the Year
Queen Latifah - introduced Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
John Legend and Ryan Secrest - presented Music Educator Award
Lang Lang - introduced "In Memoriam"
Olivia Harrison, Alicia Keys and Yoko Ono - presented Album of the Year
Winners and nominees
The winners and nominees per category were:
General
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
"Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons
Alex Da Kid, producer; Manny Marroquin & Josh Mosser, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer
"Royals" – Lorde
Joel Little, producer; Joel Little, engineer/mixer; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
"Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars
Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Mark Ronson & The Smeezingtons, producers; Alalal, Josh Blair, Wayne Gordon, Ari Levine, Manny Marroquin & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; David Kutch, mastering engineer
"Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams
Pharrell, producer; Andrew Coleman & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Album of the Year
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell Williams, featured artists; Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, DJ Falcon & Todd Edwards, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta, Guillaume Le Braz & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, producers; Jeremy Darby, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
good kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick Lamar
Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Rock, Jay-Z, MC Eiht & Anna Wise, featured artists; DJ Dahi, Hit-Boy, Skhye Hutch, Just Blaze, Like, Terrace Martin, Dawaun Parker, Pharrell, Rahki, Scoop DeVille, Sounwave, Jack Splash, Tabu, Tha Bizness & T-Minus, producers; Derek Ali, Dee Brown, Dr. Dre, James Hunt, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Mike Larson, Jared Scott, Jack Splash & Andrew Wright, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi & Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineers
Red – Taylor Swift
Gary Lightbody & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jacknife Lee, Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Butch Walker & Dan Wilson, producers; Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Taylor Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio, Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson, Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair, Mark "Spike" Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Hank Williams, mastering engineers
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Ab-Soul, Ben Bridwell, Ray Dalton, Eighty4 Fly, Hollis, Mary Lambert, Baffalo Madonna, Evan Roman, Schoolboy Q, Allen Stone, The Teaching & Wanz, featured artists; Ryan Lewis, producer; Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Amos Miller, Reed Ruddy & Pete Stewart, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
"Royals"
Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little, songwriters (Lorde)
"Just Give Me a Reason"
Pink, Jeff Bhasker and Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven"
Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar"
Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Same Love"
Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert and Curtis Mayfield, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Royals" – Lorde
"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, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
"Just Give Me a Reason" – Pink featuring Nate Ruess
"Stay" – Rihanna & Mikky Ekko
"Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams
"Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Steppin' Out – Herb Alpert
The Beat – Boney James
HandPicked – Earl Klugh
Summer Horns – Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot
Hacienda – Jeff Lorber Fusion
Best Pop Vocal Album
Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
Paradise – Lana Del Rey
Pure Heroine – Lorde
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience – Justin Timberlake
Dance/Electronica
Best Dance Recording
"Clarity" – Zedd & Foxes
Anton Zaslavski (Zedd), producer and mixer
"Need U (100%)" – Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, producers; Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, mixers
"Sweet Nothing" – Calvin Harris & Florence Welch
Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer
"Atmosphere" – Kaskade
Finn Bjarnson & Ryan Raddon, producers; Ryan Raddon, mixer
"This Is What It Feels Like" – Armin Van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie
Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, producers; Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, mixers
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Settle – Disclosure
18 Months – Calvin Harris
Atmosphere – Kaskade
A Color Map of the Sun – Pretty Lights
Traditional Pop
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
To Be Loved – Michael Bublé
Viva Duets – Tony Bennett and various artists
The Standards – Gloria Estefan
Cee Lo's Magic Moment – Cee Lo Green
Now – Dionne Warwick
Rock
Best Rock Performance
"Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons
"Kashmir (Live)" – Led Zeppelin
"Always Alright" – Alabama Shakes
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" – David Bowie
"My God Is the Sun" – Queens of the Stone Age
"I'm Shakin'" – Jack White
Best Metal Performance
"God Is Dead?" – Black Sabbath
"T.N.T." – Anthrax
"The Enemy Inside" – Dream Theater
"In Due Time" – Killswitch Engage
"Room 24" – Volbeat & King Diamond
Best Rock Song
"Cut Me Some Slack"
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
"Ain't Messin 'Round"
Gary Clark, Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark, Jr.)
"Doom and Gloom"
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)
"God Is Dead?"
Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)
"Panic Station"
Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
Best Rock Album
Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin
13 – Black Sabbath
The Next Day – David Bowie
Mechanical Bull – Kings of Leon
...Like Clockwork – Queens of the Stone Age
Psychedelic Pill – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You – Neko Case
Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake)
"New Slaves"
Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)
"Started from the Bottom"
W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
Best Rap Album
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Nothing Was the Same – Drake
good kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick Lamar
Magna Carta... Holy Grail – Jay-Z
Yeezus – Kanye West
Country
Best Country Solo Performance
"Wagon Wheel" – Darius Rucker
"I Drive Your Truck" – Lee Brice
"I Want Crazy" – Hunter Hayes
"Mama's Broken Heart" – Miranda Lambert
"Mine Would Be You" – Blake Shelton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"From This Valley" – The Civil Wars
"Don't Rush" – Kelly Clarkson & Vince Gill
"Your Side of the Bed" – Little Big Town
"Highway Don't Care" – Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
"You Can't Make Old Friends" – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Love Has Come for You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
Buddy and Jim — Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
One True Vine — Mavis Staples
Songbook — Allen Toussaint
Best Bluegrass Album
The Streets of Baltimore — Del McCoury Band
It's Just a Road — The Boxcars
Brothers of the Highway — Dailey & Vincent
This World Oft Can Be — Della Mae
Three Chords and the Truth — James King
Best Blues Album
Get Up! — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Remembering Little Walter — Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman
Cotton Mouth Man — James Cotton
Seesaw — Beth Hart with Joe Bonamassa
Down In Louisiana — Bobby Rush
Best Folk Album
My Favorite Picture of You — Guy Clark
Sweetheart of the Sun — The Greencards
Build Me Up from Bones — Sarah Jarosz
The Ash & Clay — The Milk Carton Kids
They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration — Various Artists; Chris Strachwitz, producer
Best Regional Music Album
Dockside Sessions — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
The Life & Times Of...The Hot 8 Brass Band — Hot 8 Brass Band
Hula Ku'i — Kahulanui
Le Fou — Zachary Richard
Apache & Crown Dance Songs — Joe Tohonnie Jr.
Reggae
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley In Concert – Ziggy Marley
Reincarnated – Snoop Lion
One Love, One Life – Beres Hammond
The Messiah – Sizzla
Reggae Connection – Sly & Robbie and the Jam Masters
World Music
Best World Music Album
Savor Flamenco – Gipsy Kings (tie)
Live: Singing for Peace Around the World – Ladysmith Black Mambazo (tie)
No Place for My Dream – Femi Kuti
The Living Room Sessions Part 2 – Ravi Shankar
Children's
Best Children's Album
Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well – Jennifer Gasoi
Blue Clouds – Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
The Mighty Sky – Beth Nielsen Chapman
Recess – Justin Roberts
Singing Our Way Through: Songs for the World's Bravest Kids – Alastair Moock & Friends
Spoken Word
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't – Stephen Colbert
Carrie and Me – Carol Burnett
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls – David Sedaris
Still Foolin' 'Em – Billy Crystal
The Storm King – Pete Seeger
Comedy
Best Comedy Album
Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin
I'm Here to Help – Craig Ferguson
A Little Unprofessional – Ron White
Live – Tig Notaro
That's What I'm Talkin' About – Bob Saget
Musical Show
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)
Matilda the Musical
Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro & Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers; Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Motown: The Musical
Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia Lakae, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti & Ethan Popp, producers (Robert Bateman, Al Cleveland, Georgia Dobbins, Lamont Dozier, William Garrett, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Cornelius Grant, Brian Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter, Michael Lovesmith, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield & Stevie Wonder, composers; Nickolas Ashford, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Eddie Holland, Michael Lovesmith, Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Barrett Strong, Ronald White, Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)
Music for Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Sound City: Real to Reel – Dave Grohl & Various Artists
Django Unchained – Various Artists
The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition) – Various Artists
Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition) – Various Artists
Muscle Shoals – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Skyfall
Thomas Newman, composer
Argo
Alexandre Desplat, composer
The Great Gatsby
Craig Armstrong, composer
Life of Pi
Mychael Danna, composer
Lincoln
John Williams, composer
Zero Dark Thirty
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Skyfall" (from Skyfall)
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
"Atlas" (from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
Paul Figueroa & Randy Staub, engineers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (Alice in Chains)
...Like Clockwork
Joe Barresi & Mark Rankin, engineers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Queens of the Stone Age)
The Moorings
Trina Shoemaker, engineer; Eric Conn, mastering engineer (Andrew Duhon)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Pharrell Williams
"BBC" (Jay-Z)
"Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
"Happy" (Pharrell Williams)
"I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)" (Jennifer Hudson featuring T.I.)
"Nuclear" (Destiny's Child)
"Oceans" (Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean)
"Reach Out Richard" (Mayer Hawthorne)
"The Stars Are Ours" (Mayer Hawthorne)
Rob Cavallo
All That Echoes (Josh Groban)
"Bright Lights" (Gary Clark Jr.)
¡Dos! (Green Day)
"If I Loved You" (Delta Rae featuring Lindsey Buckingham)
"Love They Say" (Tegan and Sara)
"Things Are Changin'" (Gary Clark Jr.)
¡Tré! (Green Day)
"When My Train Pulls In" (Gary Clark Jr.)
"You've Got Time" (Regina Spektor)
Dr. Luke
Bounce It (Juicy J Featuring Wale & Trey Songz)
"Crazy Kids" (Kesha)
"Fall Down (will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus)
"Give It 2 U" (Robin Thicke featuring Kendrick Lamar)
"Roar" (Katy Perry)
"Rock Me" (One Direction)
"Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus)
"Play it Again" (Becky G)
Ariel Rechtshaid
Days Are Gone (Haim)
"Everything Is Embarrassing" (Sky Ferreira)
"Lost in My Bedroom" (Sky Ferreira)
Modern Vampires of the City (Vampire Weekend)
Reincarnated (Snoop Lion)
True Romance (Charli XCX)
"You're No Good" (Major Lazer featuring Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Danielle Haim and Yasmin)
Jeff Tweedy
The Invisible Way (Low)
One True Vine (Mavis Staples)
Wassaic Way (Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
"Summertime Sadness" (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
"Days Turn Into Nights" (Andy Caldwell Remix)
Andy Caldwell, remixer (Delerium featuring Michael Logen)
"If I Lose Myself" (Alesso Vs. OneRepublic)
Alesso, remixer (OneRepublic)
"Locked Out of Heaven" (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix)
Sultan & Ned Shepard, remixers (Bruno Mars)
"One Love/People Get Ready" (Photek Remix)
Rupert Parkes, remixer (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Production, Surround Sound
Best Surround Sound Album
Live Kisses
Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Sailing the Seas of Cheese (Deluxe Edition)
Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (Primus)
Signature Sound Opus One
Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (various artists)
Sixteen Sunsets
Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
Sprung Rhythm
Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Richard Scerbo & Inscape)
Production, Classical
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 & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Hymn to the Virgin
Morten Lindberg, engineer (Tone Bianca, Sparre Dahl, & Schola Cantorum)
La Voie Triomphale
Morten Lindberg, engineer (Ole Kristian Ruud & Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces)
Roomful of Teeth
Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers (Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth)
Vinci: Artaserse
Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius & Ulrich Ruscher, engineers (Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko & Concerto Köln)
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble)
Angel Heart, A Music Storybook (Matt Haimovitz & Uccello)
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Jonathan Biss)
Ben-Haim: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
Celebrating The American Spirit (Judith Clurman & Essential Voices USA)
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; Greensleeves (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Guilty Pleasures (Renée Fleming, Sebastian Lang-Lessing & Philharmonia Orchestra)
Verdi: Otello (Riccardo Muti, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Winter Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Manfred Eicher
Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen (András Schiff)
Canto Oscuro (Anna Gourari)
Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)
Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D'Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Traveling Sonata – European Music For Flute & Guitar (Viviana Guzmán & Jérémy Jouve)
Voyages (Conrad Tao)
Zia (Del Sol String Quartet)
James Mallinson
Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts (Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Orchestra)
Bloch: Symphony In C-Sharp Minor & Poems Of The Sea (Dalia Atlas & London Symphony Orchestra)
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Valery Gergiev, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Nikolai Putilin & Mariinsky Orchestra)
Wagner: Die Walküre (Valery Gergiev, Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme & Mariinsky Orchestra)
Weber: Der Freischütz (Colin Davis, Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, Simon O'Neill, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)
Jay David Saks
Adams: Nixon In China (John Adams, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Verdi: Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Željko Lu_i_, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova, Štefan Kocán, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Classical
Best Orchestral Performance
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Minnesota Orchestra
Atterberg: Orchestral Works Vol. 1
Neeme Järvi (conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke (soloists); Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick (producers)
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Oliver Knussen (conductor); Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager (soloists); John Fraser (producer)
Kleiberg: David and Bathsheba
Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor); Anna Eimarsson and Johannes Weisser (soloists); Morten Lindberg (producer)
Vinci: Artaserse
Diego Fasolis (conductor); Valer Barna-Sabadus, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Franco Fagioli, Philippe Jaroussky (soloists); Ulrich Russcher (producer)
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Christian Thielemann (conductor); Katarina Dalayman, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson, Linda Watson (soloists); Ohmar Eichinger (producer)
Best Choral Performance
Performers who are not eligible for an award (such as orchestras, soloists or choirs) are mentioned in parentheses
Pärt: Adam's Lament
Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) (with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Berlioz: Grande Messe de Morts
Colin Davis (conductor) (with Barry Banks, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir and London Symphony Chorus)
Parry: Works for Chorus & Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor), Adrian Partington (chorus master) (with Amanda Roocroft, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC National Chorus of Wales)
Whitbourn: Annelies
James Jordan (conductor) (with Arianna Zukerman, The Lincoln Trio and the Westminster Williamson Voices)
Palestrina: Volume 3
Harry Christophers (conductor) (with The Sixteen)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful of Teeth
Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas
Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace
Cage: The 10,000 Things
Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters
Duo
Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta
Times Go By Turns
New York Polyphony
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra
Evelyn Glennie (soloist), David Alan Miller (conductor)
Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (soloist), Peter Eötvös (conductor)
The Edge of Light
Gloria Cheng
Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2
Yefim Bronfman (soloist), Alan Gilbert (conductor)
David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer
"Safe and Sound" – Capital Cities
Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer
"Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" – Jay-Z
Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers
"Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers
"I'm Shakin'" – Jack White
Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer
Best Music Film
Live Kisses – Paul McCartney
Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
Live 2012 – Coldplay
Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer
¡Cuatro! – Green Day
Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer
I'm in I'm out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up! – Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer
The Road to Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons
Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer
Special Merit Awards
MusiCares Person of the Year
Carole King
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Beatles
Clifton Chenier
The Isley Brothers
Kraftwerk
Kris Kristofferson
Armando Manzanero
Maud Powell
Trustees Awards
Rick Hall
Jim Marshall
Ennio Morricone
In memoriam
Van Cliburn, George Jones, Ray Price, Eydie Gormé, Annette Funicello, Richie Havens, Ray Manzarek, Alvin Lee, Dennis Frederiksen, Andy Johns, Sid Bernstein, Al Coury, Marian McPartland, Cedar Walton, Gloria Lynne, George Duke, Bebo Valdés, Chico Hamilton, Donald Shirley, Colin Davis, Stanley Solow, Bobby Bland, Morris Holt, Larry Monroe, Chris Kelly, Lord Infamous, Junior Murvin, Hugh McCracken, Ricky Lawson, Mike Shipley, Tompall Glaser, Jack Greene, Cowboy Jack Clement, Slim Whitman, Jody Payne, Steven Fromholz, Mindy McCready, Jim Foglesong, Sherman Halsey, JJ Cale, Peter Rauhofer, Chi Cheng, Chet Flippo, Paul Williams, Steve Jones, Marvin Junior, Bobby Smith, Deke Richards, Cordell Mosson, Bobby Martin, Jerry Boulding, George Beverly Shea, Cleotha Staples, Patti Webster, Phil Ramone, Polly Anthony, Mel Ilberman, Jules Kurz, Donald Engel, Jonathan Winters, Tony Sheridan, Jerry G. Bishop, Larry Lujack, Sara Montiel, Oralia Domínguez, Juan Carlos Calderón, Risë Stevens, János Starker, Claudio Abbado, Yusef Lateef, Donald Byrd, Roy Campbell, Jr., Cory Monteith, Randy Ostin, Milt Olin, Ed Shaughnessy, Al Porcino, Norman Winter, Oscar Castro-Neves, Jim Hall, Frank Wess, Ray Dolby, Amar Bose, Mort Nasatir, Lou Reed and Phil Everly.
Live-GIFs
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were the first in the show's history to incorporate comprehensive Live-GIF integration through Tumblr. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired to facilitate the integration, producing more than 50 animated GIFs during the live broadcast and publishing them to the official Grammy tumblr page in real time. The images contributed to the more than 5.1 million reblogs and likes that Grammy related posts received on the blogging site, and the record breaking 34 million combined social media interactions related to the live broadcast.
