56th Annual GRAMMY Awards

The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 and was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.  LL Cool J hosted the show for the third time in a row. According to SocialGuide,  the statistics compiled by Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter showed that the combined social media interactions on this year's show reached a record-breaking 34 million, making it television's biggest social event of the 2013–2014 season.

For the list of the performances, see my post @ http://starcolumn.blogspot.ca/2014/01/56th-annual-grammy-awards-performances.html.

For a summary of 9/77 of the award winners, see my post @ http://starcolumn.blogspot.ca/2014/01/56th-annual-grammy-awards-winners.html.

For a full list of the award nominees and winners, see the list @ http://www.grammy.com/nominees.

C.Louie

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners

9/77 of this year's Grammy Award winners were:

Award	Presenters	Winner
Best New Artist	Anna Kendrick and Pharell Williams	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance	Anna Farris and Juanes	Daft Punk: Get Lucky
Best Rock Song	Charlie Wilson and Kevin Hart	Pat Smear: Cut Me Some Slack
Best Pop Solo Performance	Ariana Grande and Miguel	Lorde: Royals
Best Pop Vocal Album	Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony	Bruno Mars: Unorthodox Jukebox
Best Country Album	Martina McBride and Zac Brown	Kacey Musgraves: Same Trailer Different Park
Song of the Year	Carole King and Sara Bareilles	Lorde: Royals
Record of the Year	Steven Tyler and Smokey Robinson	Daft Punk: Get Lucky
Album of the Year	Alicia Keys, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison	Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

Full list of nominees and winners @ http://www.grammy.com/nominees.

C.Louie

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Performances

This year's Grammy performances in chronological order were:

1. Beyoncé and Jay Z: Drunk In Love
2. Lorde: Royals
3. Hunter Hayes: Invisible
4. Katy Perry:  Dark Horse
5. Robin Thicke: A medley of Chicago songs
6. Robin Thicke and Chicago: Blurred Lines
7. Keith Urban and Gary Clark, Jr.: Cop Car
8. John Legend: All Of Me
9. Taylor Swift: All Too Well
10. Pink: Try
11. Pink and Nate Ruess: Just Give Me A Reason
12. Ringo Starr: Photographs
13. Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons: A mash-up of Radioactive and M.A.A.D City
14. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr: Queenie Eye
15. Blake Shelton, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson
16. Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, and Pharrell Williams: Get Lucky
17. Carole King and Sara Bareilles: A mash-up of  Beautiful and Brave
18. Metallica and pianist Lang Lang: One
19. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, along with Mary Lambert: Same Love\
20. Madonna: Open Your Heart
21. Miranda Lambert and Billie Joe Armstrong in tribute to The Everly Brothers: When Will I Be Loved
22. Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age joined by Dave Grohl and Lindsay Buckingham

C.Louie

"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" Recap

"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" were held on Friday December 6 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A and was broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT. This year's show was hosted again by two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J. 

This years performers included Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, six-time Grammy winning group Earth, Wind & Fire; three Grammy winner T.I., Lorde, Robin Thicke, Grammy winner Miguel; four time Grammy winner Keith Urban; and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

The"56th Annual Grammy Awards," will brodcast live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 at (8:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on CBS.

Here are some interesting/shocking facts from the concert:

1. Biggest Applause: Kendrick Lamar’s and Macklemore & Lewis’s nods.
2. Fun Fact: Red is eligible to win for both Album of the Year and Country Album of the Year in 2014. Even though it was released in 2012, it is still eligible for a nod because by Grammy rules, a year runs from October to October.
3. Biggest Surprise: Sara Bareilles’ The Blessed Unrest for Album of the Year.
4. Interesting Tidbit: Taylor Swift’s Red, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist, three of the five Album of the Year nominees came out in October 2012.
5. Most Unlikely Pairing: Cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain't No Sunshine When She’s Gone” by Keith Urban and Miguel.

For a full list of nominations, visit the link bellow.

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

C. Louie

"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night"

"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" is set to be held on Friday December 6 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT.

This year's show will be hosted again by two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J and include performances by GRAMMY winner Drake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke, and four-time GRAMMY winner Keith Urban.

"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live" will lead up the Music's Biggest Night, the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, and broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

C.Louie