2014-01-13

Channel O brings you the 56th Annual Grammy Awards LIVE as they happen on Monday 27 January at 06:00am (CAT), 5am (WAT), 4am (Ghana) and 7am (EAT).



Check out the nominations list for 2014.

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

Record Of The Year:

“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons

“Royals” — Lorde

“Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars

“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams

Song Of The Year:

“Just Give Me A Reason” — Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)

“Locked Out Of Heaven” — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

“Roar” — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)

“Royals” — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)

“Same Love” — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring 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 Williams

“Just Give Me A Reason” — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess

“Stay” — Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko

“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams

“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 Pop Instrumental Album:

“Steppin’ Out” — Herb Alpert

“The Beat” — Boney James

“Handpicked” — Earl Klugh

“Summer Horns” — Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot

“Hacienda” — Jeff Lorber Fusion

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

“Viva Duets” — Tony Bennett & Various Artists

“To Be Loved” — Michael Bublé

“The Standards” — Gloria Estefan

“Cee Lo’s Magic Moment” — Cee Lo Green

“Now” — Dionne Warwick

Best Dance/Electronica Album:

Random Access Memories — Daft Punk

Settle — Disclosure

18 Months — Calvin Harris

Atmosphere — Kaskade

A Color Map Of The Sun — Pretty Lights

Best Dance Recording:

“Need U (100%)” — Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK

“Sweet Nothing” — Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch

“Atmosphere” — Kaskade

“This Is What It Feels Like” — Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie

“Clarity” — Zedd Featuring Foxes

Best Rock Performance:

“Always Alright” — Alabama Shakes

“The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie

“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons

“Kashmir” (Live) — Led Zeppelin

“My God Is The Sun” — Queens Of The Stone Age

“I’m Shakin’” — Jack White

Best Rock Album:

“13″ — Black Sabbath

“The Next Day” — David Bowie

“Mechanical Bull” — Kings Of Leon

“Celebration Day” — Led Zeppelin

“…Like Clockwork” — Queens Of The Stone Age

“Psychedelic Pill” — Neil Young With Crazy Horse

Best Metal Performance:

“T.N.T.” — Anthrax

“God Is Dead?” — Black Sabbath

“The Enemy Inside” — Dream Theater

“In Due Time” — Killswitch Engage

“Room 24″ — Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

Best Rock Song:

“Ain’t Messin ‘Round” — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

“Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)

“Doom And Gloom” — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)

“God Is Dead?” — Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)

“Panic Station” — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

Best Alternative Music Album:

“The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” — Neko Case

“Trouble Will Find Me” — The National

“Hesitation Marks” — Nine Inch Nails

“Lonerism” — Tame Impala

“Modern Vampires Of The City” — Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance:

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton

“Best Of Me” — Anthony Hamilton

“Nakamarra” — Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip

“How Many Drinks?” — Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Something” — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton

“Side Effects Of You” — Fantasia

“One: In The Chamber” — Salaam Remi

“Unapologetic” — Rihanna

“New York: A Love Story” — Mack Wilds

Best R&B Album:

R&B Divas — Faith Evans

Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys

Love In The Future — John Legend

Better — Chrisette MicheleThree Kings — TGT

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

“Please Come Home — Gary Clark Jr.

“Get It Right” — Fantasia

“Quiet Fire” — Maysa

“Hey Laura” — Gregory Porter

“Yesterday” — Ryan Shaw

Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award):

“Best Of Me” — Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)

“Only One” — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)

“Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)

“Without Me” — Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)

Best Rap Performance:

“Started From The Bottom” — Drake

“Berzerk” — Eminem

“Tom Ford” — Jay Z

“Swimming Pools (Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar

“Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

“Power Trip” — J.Cole Featuring Miguel

“Part II (On The Run)” — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé

“Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake

“Now Or Never” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige

“Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

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 Rap Song:

“F***in’ Problems” — Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

“Holy Grail” — Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)

“New Slaves” — Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)

“Started From The Bottom” — W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)

“Thrift Shop” — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)

Best Country Solo Performance:

“I Drive Your Truck” — Lee Brice

“I Want Crazy” — Hunter Hayes

“Mama’s Broken Heart” — Miranda Lambert

“Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker

“Mine Would Be You” — Blake Shelton

Best Country Album:

Night Train — Jason Aldean

Two Lanes Of Freedom — Tim McGraw

Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves

Based On A True Story — Blake Shelton

Red — Taylor Swift

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

“From This Valley” — The Civil Wars

“Don’t Rush” — Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill

“Your Side Of The Bed” — Little Big Town

“Highway Don’t Care” — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban

“You Can’t Make Old Friends” — Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award):

“Begin Again” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

“I Drive Your Truck” — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)

“Mama’s Broken Heart” — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

“Merry Go ‘Round” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

“Mine Would Be You” — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)

Best New Age Album:

“Lux” — Brian Eno

“Illumination” — Peter Kater

“Final Call” — Kitaro

“Awakening The Fire” — R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman

“Love’s River” — Laura Sullivan

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

Guided Tour — The New Gary Burton Quartet

Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington

Life Forum — Gerald Clayton

Pushing The World Away — Kenny Garrett

Out Here — Christian McBride Trio

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:

“Don’t Run” — Terence Blanchard, soloist

“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera, soloist

“Song Without Words #4: Duet” — Fred Hersch, soloist

“Stadium Jazz” — Donny McCaslin, soloist

“Orbits” — Wayne Shorter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

“The World According To Andy Bey” — Andy Bey

“Attachments” — Lorraine Feather

“Liquid Spirit” — Gregory Porter

“WomanChild” — Cécile McLorin Salvant

“After Blue” — Tierney Sutton

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

“Brooklyn Babylon” — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

“Night In Calisia” — Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic

“Wild Beauty” — Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano

“March Sublime” — Alan Ferber

“Intrada” — Dave Slonaker Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

“La Noche Más Larga” — Buika

“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente

“Yo” — Roberto Fonseca

“Eggūn” — Omar Sosa

“Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin” — Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Best Gospel Album:

Grace (Live) — Tasha Cobbs

Best For Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 — Donald Lawrence

Best Days Yet — Bishop Paul S. Morton

God Chaser (Live) — William Murphy

Greater Than (Live) — Tye Tribbett

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:

“Break Every Chain [Live]” –Tasha Cobbs

“Hurricane” — Natalie Grant

“Lord, I Need You” — Matt Maher

“Overcomer” — Mandisa

“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett

Best Gospel Song:

“Have Your Way” — Calvin Frazier & Deitrick Haddon, songwriters (Deitrick Haddon)

“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)

“If I Believe” — Wirlie Morris, Michael Paran, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)

“A Little More Jesus” — Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Erica Campbell)

“Still” — Percy Bady, songwriter (Percy Bady Featuring Lowell Pye)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:

“Hurricane” — Matt Bronleewe, Natalie Grant & Cindy Morgan, songwriters (Natalie Grant)

“Love Take Me Over” — Steven Curtis Chapman, songwriter (Steven Curtis Chapman)

“Overcomer” — David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)

“Speak Life” — Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Ryan Stevenson, songwriters (Tobymac)

“Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies)” — Ed Cash, Scott Cash & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

“We Won’t Be Shaken” — Building 429

“All The People Said Amen [Live]” — Matt Maher

“Overcomer” — Mandisa

“Your Grace Finds Me (Live)” — Matt Redman

“Burning Lights” Chris Tomlin

Best Latin Pop Album:

“Faith, Hope Y Amor” — Frankie J

“Viajero Frecuente” — Ricardo Montaner

“Vida” — Draco Rosa

“Syntek” — Aleks Syntek

“12 Historias” — Tommy Torres

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

“El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco” — Café Tacvba

“Ojo Por Ojo” — El Tri

“Chances” — Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

“Treinta Días” — La Santa Cecilia

“Repeat After Me” — Los Amigos Invisibles

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)>

“El Free” — Banda Los Recoditos

“En Peligro De Extinción” — Intocable

“A Mi Manera” — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

“Romeo Y Su Nieta” — Paquita La Del Barrio

“13 Celebrando El 13″ — Joan Sebastian

Best Tropical Latin Album:

3.0 — Marc Anthony

Como Te Voy A Olvidar — Los Angeles Azules

Pacific Mambo Orchestra — Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants — Various Artists

Corazón Profundo — Carlos Vives

Best Americana Album:

Old Yellow Moon — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell”

Love Has Come For You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Buddy And Jim — Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale

One True Vine — Mavis Staples

Songbook — Allen Toussaint

Best Bluegrass Album:

“It’s Just A Road” — The Boxcars

“Brothers Of The Highway” — Dailey & Vincent

“This World Oft Can Be” — Della Mae

“Three Chords And The Truth” — James King

“The Streets Of Baltimore” — Del McCoury Band

Best Blues Album:

“Remembering Little Walter” — Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman

“Cotton Mouth Man” — James Cotton

“Get Up!” — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite

“Seesaw” — Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

“Down In Louisiana” — Bobby Rush

Best Folk Album:

“My Favorite Picture Of You” — Guy Clark

“Sweetheart Of The Sun” — The Greencards

“Build Me Up From Bones” — Sarah Jarosz

“The Ash & Clay” — The Milk Carton Kids

“They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration” — (Various Artists) Chris Strachwitz, producer

Best Regional Roots Music Album:

“The Life & Times Of…The Hot 8 Brass Band” — Hot 8 Brass Band

“Hula Ku’i” — Kahulanui

“Le Fou” — Zachary Richard

“Dockside Sessions” — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

“Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs” — Joe Tohonnie Jr.

Best Reggae Album:

“One Love, One Life” — Beres Hammond

“Ziggy Marley In Concert” — Ziggy Marley

“The Messiah” — Sizzla

“Reggae Connection” — Sly & Robbie And The Jam Masters

“Reincarnated” — Snoop Lion

Best World Music Album:

“Savor Flamenco” — Gipsy Kings

“No Place For My Dream” — Femi Kuti

“Live: Singing For Peace Around The World” — Ladysmith Black Mambazo

“The Living Room Sessions Part 2″ — Ravi Shankar

Best Children’s Album:

“Blue Clouds” Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower

“The Mighty Sky” — Beth Nielsen Chapman

“Recess” — Justin Roberts

“Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World’s Bravest Kids” — Alastair Moock & Friends

“Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well” — Jennifer Gasoi

Best Spoken Word Album:

“America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t” — Stephen Colbert

“Carrie And Me” — Carol Burnett

“Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls” — David Sedaris

“Still Foolin’ ‘Em” — Billy Crystal

“The Storm King” — Pete Seeger

Best Comedy Album:

“Calm Down Gurrl” — Kathy Griffin

“I’m Here To Help” — Craig Ferguson

“A Little Unprofessional” — Ron White

“Live” — Tig Notaro

“That’s What I’m Talkin’ About” — Bob Saget

Best Musical Theater Album:

“Kinky Boots”

“Matilda: The Musical”

“Motown The Musical”

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Django Unchained

The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)

Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)

Muscle Shoals

Sound City: Real To Reel

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Argo — Alexandre Desplat, composer

The Great Gatsby — Craig Armstrong, composer

Life Of Pi — Mychael Danna, composer

Lincoln — John Williams, composer

Skyfall — Thomas Newman, composer

Zero Dark Thirty — Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

“Atlas” from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

“Silver Lining” from “Silver Linings Playbook” — Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)

“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

“We Both Know” from “Safe Haven” — Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)

“Young And Beautiful” from “The Great Gatsby” –Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)

“You’ve Got Time” from Orange Is The New Black — Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)

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