The music industry celebrated its slow but opulent crawl toward death at last night’s Grammy Awards. The night’s big winner was Daft Punk, who nabbed both Album and Record Of The Year, as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and cut stark, romantic figures in their matching suits and robot helmets. Random Access Memories also won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Engineered LP. Of course, the actual members of Daft Punk—Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter—were tucked away in robot helmets and didn’t actually speak, leaving Williamses Pharrell and Paul to do that for them when it came time to accept awards.
Macklemore And Ryan Lewis also came away with a number of awards, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Performance for “Thrift Shop.” While it might seem a bit questionable that the Seattle duo beat out acts like Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, and ASAP Rocky to nab those hip-hop nods, animosity may have been slightly softened by the duo’s Grammy performance of “Same Love,” which featured Queen Latifah either marrying or remarrying 33 couples, some gay and some straight. And then Madonna came out with a grill and a cane and warbled part of “Open Your Heart.”
Other big winners from the night included Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear, who won Best Rock Song for the collaboration “Cut Me Some Slack,” and the adorably awkward Lorde, who won Song Of The Year and Best Vocal Pop Performance. Imagine Dragons both gave an excellent and paint-soaked performance with Kendrick Lamar and won Best Rock Performance, while Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day won Best Rock Album, beating out hot young rockers like David Bowie, Black Sabbath, and Neil Young. Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires Of The City won Best Alternative Album, proving that even Vampire Weekend is an alternative to something.
Other notable performers included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jay Z and Beyonce, and Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Blake Shelton.
A full list of who won what is below.
RECORD OF THE YEAR Get Lucky Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers 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 Track from: Random Access Memories Label: Columbia Records
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; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers Label: Columbia Records
SONG OF THE YEAR Royals Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde) Track from: Pure Heroine Label: Universal Music; Publishers: Copyright Control/Sony ATV
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE Royals Lorde Track from: Pure Heroine Label: Universal Republic
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Get Lucky Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers Track from: Random Access Memories Label: Columbia Records
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Steppin' Out Herb Alpert Label: Shout! Factory
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars Label: Atlantic
BEST DANCE RECORDING Clarity Zedd Featuring Foxes Zedd, producer; Zedd, mixer Track from: Clarity Label: Interscope Records
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM Random Access Memories Daft Punk Label: Columbia Records
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM To Be Loved Michael Bublé Label: 143/Reprise
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE Radioactive Imagine Dragons Track from: Night Visions Label: Kidinakorner/ Interscope
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE God Is Dead? Black Sabbath Track from: 13 Label: Vertigo/Republic
BEST ROCK SONG Cut Me Some Slack Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear) Track from: Sound City – Real To Reel Label: RCA Records / Roswell Records; Publishers: MPL Communications, Inc./M.J.-Twelve
BEST ROCK ALBUM Celebration Day Led Zeppelin Label: Swan Song/Atlantic
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend Label: XL Recordings
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE Something Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway Track from: Family Dinner Volume One Label: Ropeadope Records
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE Please Come Home Gary Clark Jr. Track from: Blak And Blu Label: Warner Bros Records
BEST R&B SONG Pusher Love Girl James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake) Track from: The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience Label: RCA Records; Publishers: Tennman Tunes/Universal Music- Z – Tunes/Virginia Beach Music/WB Music Corp./Jerome Harmon Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Inc./James Fauntleroy Music/Almo Music
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM Unapologetic Rihanna Label: Def Jam Records
BEST R&B ALBUM Girl On Fire Alicia Keys Label: RCA Records
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz Track from: The Heist Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION Holy Grail Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake Track from: Magna Carta…Holy Grail Label: Roc Nation
BEST RAP SONG Thrift Shop Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz) Track from: The Heist Label: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker Track from: True Believers Label: Capitol Records Nashville
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE From This Valley The Civil Wars Track from: The Civil Wars Label: Sensibility Recordings / Columbia Records
BEST COUNTRY SONG Merry Go 'Round Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) Track from: Same Trailer Different Park Label: Mercury Records
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves Label: Mercury Records
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM Love's River Laura Sullivan Label: Sentient Spirit Records
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO Orbits Wayne Shorter, soloist Track from: Without A Net (The Wayne Shorter Quartet) Label: Blue Note Records
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Liquid Spirit Gregory Porter Label: Blue Note Records
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue Terri Lyne Carrington Label: Concord Jazz
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM Night In Calisia Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic Label: Summit Records
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM Song For Maura Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente Label: Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records
BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE Break Every Chain [Live] Tasha Cobbs Track from: Grace [Live] Label: EMI Gospel/ Motown Gospel
BEST GOSPEL SONG If He Did It Before… Same God [Live] Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett) Track from: Greater Than [Live] Label: Motown Gospel; Publisher: Everything Fresh Entertainment LLC
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG Overcomer David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa) Track from: Overcomer Label: Sparrow Records; Publishers: Ariose Music/9T One Songs/Meaux Mercy/LarryDavid Music/Capitol CMG Publishing/Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing/D Soul Music
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Greater Than [Live] Tye Tribbett Label: Motown Gospel
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM Overcomer Mandisa Label: Sparrow Records
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM Vida Draco Rosa Label: Sony Music Latin
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM Treinta Días La Santa Cecilia Label: Universal Music Latino Y Arju Productions, Inc.
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO) A Mi Manera Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea Label: East Side Records/Shea Records
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM Pacific Mambo Orchestra Pacific Mambo Orchestra Label: Tumalanmusic / Stefrecords
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG Love Has Come For You Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell) Track from: Love Has Come For You Label: Rounder; Publishers: LA Films Music/Brick Elephant Music
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM Old Yellow Moon Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Label: Nonesuch Records
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM The Streets Of Baltimore Del McCoury Band Label: McCoury Music
BEST BLUES ALBUM Get Up! Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite Label: Stax
BEST FOLK ALBUM My Favorite Picture Of You Guy Clark Label: Dualtone
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM Dockside Sessions Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience Label: Musicmatters Records
BEST REGGAE ALBUM Ziggy Marley In Concert Ziggy Marley Label: Tuff Gong Worldwide
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM – TIE Savor Flamenco Gipsy Kings Label: Knitting Factory Records
Live: Singing For Peace Around The World Ladysmith Black Mambazo Label: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well Jennifer Gasoi Label: Sparkling Productions
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING) America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't Stephen Colbert Label: Hachette Audio
BEST COMEDY ALBUM Calm Down Gurrl Kathy Griffin Label: Back Lot Music
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 With Stark Sands, Billy Porter & Others) Label: Masterworks Broadway
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA Sound City: Real To Reel Butch Vig, compilation producer Label: RCA Records/Roswell Records
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA Skyfall Thomas Newman, composer Label: Sony Classical
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA Skyfall Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele) Track from: Skyfall Label: Columbia Records/ XL Recordings; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Ltd./EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra) Label: Clavo Records
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT On Green Dolphin Street Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Label: Telarc International
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) Swing Low Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding) Label: Masterworks
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE Long Night Moon Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly) Label: No Big Deal Records
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings) Label: Hear Music
BEST ALBUM NOTES Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane) Label: Pablo/Concord Music Group
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM – TIE Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones) Label: ABKCO
The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers) Label: Columbia/Legacy Recordings
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL Random Access Memories Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk) Label: Columbia Records
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Pharrell Williams BBC (Jay Z) (T) • Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell) (S) • Happy (Pharrell Williams) (T) • I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel) (Jennifer Hudson Featuring T.I.) (S) • Nuclear (Destiny's Child) (T) • Oceans (Jay Z Featuring Frank Ocean) (T) • Reach Out Richard (Mayer Hawthorne) (T) • The Stars Are Ours (Mayer Hawthorne) (T)
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey) Label: Interscope/Polydor UK
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM Live Kisses Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney) Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
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 & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra) Label: ArtistShare
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)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra) Label: BIS Records
BEST OPERA RECORDING Adès: The Tempest Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) Label: Deutsche Grammophon
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE Pärt: Adam's Lament Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis) Label: ECM New Series
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Roomful Of Teeth Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth Label: New Amsterdam Records
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) Track from: Corigliano: Conjurer; Vocalise Label: Naxos
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO Winter Morning Walks Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra) Label: ArtistShare
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Label: Ondine
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra) Track from: Winter Morning Walks Label: ArtistShare
BEST MUSIC VIDEO Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer Label: RCA Records
BEST MUSIC FILM Live Kisses Paul McCartney Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
