The Best 2014 Grammys Performances

27 January 2014
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French dance duo Daft Punk have taken top honours at the Grammy Awards, winning five prizes including album and record of the year.

Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took four awards - best new artist plus best rap album, song and performance.

Justin Timberlake won three, while New Zealand teenager Lorde picked up two including song of the year for Royals.

Sir Paul McCartney was among the other double winners and also reunited with his Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.

The pair teamed up for Sir Paul's song Queenie Eye during the ceremony, which is known for its heavyweight on-stage collaborations.


 

The show was opened by Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce, while Madonna joined Macklemore and Lewis during their anti-homophobia anthem Same Love, as 33 same-sex and heterosexual couples got married on stage.

Other collaborations included Metallica performing with pianist Lang Lang and Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams being joined by Stevie Wonder to perform Get Lucky.

 

Get Lucky, which featured producer and singer Pharrell and disco guitarist and producer Rodgers, was one of the biggest hits of 2013.

As well as scooping album and record of the year, Daft Punk won best pop duo/group performance for Get Lucky and best dance/electronica album for Random Access Memories.

The album was also named best engineered album, non-classical, which was credited to its engineers.

 

As well as performing, Sir Paul McCartney picked up the trophies for best music film and best rock song for Cut Me Some Slack, a collaboration with the surviving members of Nirvana.

It beat The Rolling Stones' Doom And Gloom, from their 50th anniversary album GRRR!, as well as tracks by veteran metal band Black Sabbath, stadium rockers Muse and US singer-guitarist Gary Clark Jr.

Black Sabbath did scoop best metal performance, while Led Zeppelin won best rock album for their live recording Celebration Day.

Seventeen-year-old Lorde's debut single Royals earned song of the year and best pop solo performance after catapulting her to the top of the charts around the world last year.

Other winners included Adele for her James Bond theme Skyfall, which won the prize for best song written for visual media, and Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who won best classical instrumental solo.

David Bowie
had been nominated for best rock album and best rock performance for his 2013 comeback, but missed out in both categories.

 

KEY GRAMMY WINNERS
 
Album of the year - Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Record of the year - Get Lucky, Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Song of the year - Royals, Lorde (above)
Best country album - Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
Best pop vocal album - Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
Best rap/sung collaboration - Holy Grail, Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Best rock song - Cut Me Some Slack, Sir Paul McCartney with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear
Best pop duo/group performance - Get Lucky, Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best new artist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best rock album - Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
Best alternative album - Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend
Best music film - Live Kisses, Sir Paul McCartney
Best music video - Suit and Tie, Justin Timberlake
Best R&B album - Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
Best R&B song - Pusher Love Girl, Justin Timberlake
Best rap album - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,The Heist
Best rap song - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop
Best rap performance - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop
Best dance/electronica album - Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
 

Source: bbc.com