56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners
/Well, the GRAMMYs happened last night and as usual they shook up the blogosphere and the music world with their bad decisions. I’ve struck through my original predictions and bolded the actual winners below. Kendrick got snubbed. Enjoy.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky"- Daft Punk, Pharrell
"Radioactive"- Imagine Dragons
"Royals"- Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven"- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines"- Robin Thicke, T.I., Pharrell
Album of the Year
The Blessed Unrest- Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories- Daft Punk
good kid, m.A.A.d city- Kendrick Lamar
The Heist- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red- Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
"Just Give Me a Reason"- Jeff Bhasker, Pink, Nate Ruess
"Locked Out Of Heaven"- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars
"Roar"- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry, Henry Walter
"Royals"- Joel Little, Lorde
"Same Love"- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Brave"- Sara Bareilles
"Royals"- Lorde
"When I Was Your Man"- Bruno Mars
"Roar"- Katy Perry
"Mirrors"- Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Get Lucky"- Daft Punk, Pharrell
"Just Give Me a Reason"- Pink, Nate Ruess
"Stay"- Rihanna, Mikky Ekko
"Blurred Lines"- Robin Thicke, T.I., Pharrell
"Suit & Tie"- Justin Timberlake, Jay Z
Best Pop Vocal Album
Paradise-Lana Del Rey
Pure Heroine- Lorde
Unorthodox Jukebox- Bruno Mars
Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke
The 20/20 Experience- The Complete Experience- Justin Timberlake
Best R&B Performance
"Love And War"- Tamar Braxton
"Best Of Me"- Anthony Hamilton
"Nakamarra"- Hiatus Kaiyote, Q-Tip
"How Many Drinks?"- Miguel, Kendrick Lamar
"Something"- Snarky Puppy, Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
"Best Of Me"- Anthony Hamilton, Jairus Mozee
"Love And War"- Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels, Makeba Riddick
"Only One"- PJ Morton
"Pusher Love Girl"- James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake
"Without Me"- Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels, Kyle Stewart
Best R&B Album
R&B Divas- Faith Evans
Girl On Fire- Alicia Keys
Love In The Future- John Legend
Better- Chrisette Michele
Three Kings- TGT
Best Rap Performance
"Started From The Bottom"- Drake
"Berzerk"- Eminem
"Tom Ford"- Jay Z
"Swimming Pools (Drank)"- Kendrick Lamar
"Thrift Shop"- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Power Trip"- J. Cole, Miguel
"Part II (On The Run)"- Jay Z, Beyonce
"Holy Grail"- Jay Z, Justin Timberlake
"Now Or Never"- Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige
"Remember You"- Wiz Khalifa, The Weeknd
Best Rap Song
"Fuckin’ Problems"- A$AP Rocky, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, Noah Shebib
"Holy Grail"- Jay Z, The-Dream, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake, Ernest Wilson, (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic)
"New Slaves"- Frank Ocean, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West, Cydell Young, (Anna Adamis, Gabor Presser)
"Started From The Bottom"- W. Coleman, Drake, Noah Shebib, (Bruno Sanfilippo)
"Thrift Shop"- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis
Best Rap Album
Nothing Was The Same- Drake
Magna Carta Holy Grail- Jay Z
good kid, m.A.A.d city- Kendrick Lamar
The Heist- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Yeezus- Kanye West
Best Music Video
"Safe And Sound"- Capital Cities
"Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"- Jay Z
"Can’t Hold Us"- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Ray Dalton
"Suit & Tie"- Justin Timberlake, Jay Z
"I’m Shakin’"- Jack White
-HB