Showing posts with label grammy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammy. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Grammy winners 2014:Full list



Winners in selected categories at the 56th annual Grammy Awards announced Sunday during ceremonies at the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center: Traditional pop vocal album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble. Rap performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.
Rap song: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.

Rap album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

R&B performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway.

Traditional R&B performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.

R&B song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake.

R&B album: "Girl on Fire," Alicia Keys.

Urban contemporary album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna.

Rock performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons.

Rock album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin.

Hard rock/metal performance: "God is Dead," Black Sabbath.

Alternative music album: "Modern Vampires of the City," Vampire Weekend.

Dance recording: "Clarity," Zedd featuring Foxes.

Dance/electronica album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk.

Producer of the year, non-classical: Pharrell Williams.

Latin pop album: "Vida," Draco Rosa

Latin rock, urban or alternative album: "Treinta Dias," La Santa Cecilia.

Latin jazz album: "Song for Maura," Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente.

Tropical Latin album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra.

Country solo performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker.

Country duo/group performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars.

Country song: "Merry Go 'Round," Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally and Josh Osbourne.

Gospel song: "If He Did It Before ... Same God (Live)," Tye Tribbett

Gospel album: "Greater Than (Live)," Tye Tribbettlatin

Blues album: "Get Up!," Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite.

Folk album: "My Favorite Picture of You," Guy Clark.

Americana album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell.

Bluegrass album: "The Streets of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band.

Reggae album: "Ziggy Marley in Concert," Ziggy Marley.

World music album: "Live: Singing for Peace Around the World," Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and "Savor Flamenco," Gypsy Kings (tie).

Children's album: "Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi.

Spoken word album: "America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert.

Comedy album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin.

New age album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan.

Jazz vocal album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter.

Jazz instrumental album: "Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington.

Large jazz ensemble album: "Night in Calisia," Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic.

Pop instrumental album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert.

Compilation soundtrack album: "Sound City: Real to Reel," Dave Grohl and various artists, Butch Vig.


Score soundtrack album: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer.

Song written for visual media: Skyfall, Adele and Paul Epworth.

Musical theater album: "Kinky Boots," Cyndi Lauper, Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Sammy James Jr., Stephen Oremus and William Wittman.

Producer of the year, classical: David Frost.

Instrumental composition: "Pensamientos for Solo Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orechestra," Clare Fischer.

Orchestral performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vanska, conductor.

Opera recording: "Ades: The Tempest," Thomas Ades, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke, Jay David Saks.

Choral performance: "Part: Adam's Lament," Tonu Kaljuste, conductor.

Short-form music video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z, David Fincher, Timory King.

Long-form music video: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney, Jonas Akerlund, Violaine Etienne, Aron Levin and Scott Rodger.

Historical album: "The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums" of Bill Withers, Leo Sacks, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff and Mark Wilder, and "Charlie is My Darling," Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham, Steve Rosenthal and Bob Ludwig.

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French dance duo Daft Punk have taken top honours at the Grammy Awards

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 Lewis picked up four awards - best new artist plus best rap album, song and performance.
Justin Timberlake won three, while New Zealand teenager Lorde had 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 ceremony is known for its heavyweight on-stage collaborations and this year's show was opened by Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce.
Madonna joined Macklemore and Lewis to perform their anti-homophobia anthem Same Love as more than 30 couples took part in a mass wedding.
Other highlights included Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams being joined by Stevie Wonder to perform their hit Get Lucky.
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Monday, 20 January 2014

Obama won the Grammy Award

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Don’t be surprised.United states president Barack Obama won the Grammy Award in Feb 2006.Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008.His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video “Yes We Can“, which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month and received a Daytime Emmy Award.Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton won this Grammy Award for best spoken prior to Obama.
We need not mention that Obama also won Nobel piece prize for the year 2009.
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