Tuesday, January 28, 2014

WINNERS: Grammy Awards 2014

MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT. Pharell Williams and Daft Punk accepting one of their many awards.
Photo from The GRAMMYs Facebook page

 My first time to live blog for Yahoo! Philippines made for a fun and exciting morning

MANILA, Philippines - The 56th Grammy Awards (aka #Grammys) took place last January 26 (January 27, Philippine time) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Rapper and "NCIS: Los Angeles" star LL Cool J hosted the 3 and a half hour-long event. It was filled with unforgettable performances from The Beatles' Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Daft Punk and Stevie Wonder, and my favorite Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Queen Latifah and Madonna.

Watch the amazing McCartney-Starr reunion here:


The night's big winners were Daft Punk and New Zealand wonder Lorde. Daft Punk brought home the awards for Album of the Year ("Random Access Memories"), Record of the Year ("Get Lucky" featuring Pharell Williams) and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the same song.

Lorde took home the Song of the Year Award for her hit "Royals" and the Best Pop Solo Performance Award.

By this time, a lot of you already know that I joined Yahoo! Philippines last January 20 as Lifestyle and Entertainment Editor. I am still a freelancer, and I continue to write for Asian Dragon Magazine. I thank Yahoo! PH's Country Manager and Country Editor Kate Delos Reyes for allowing me to continue blogging, too.

Blogging "saved" me from the feeling of emptiness after I left Rappler in 2013. This is something I am committed to doing until I find the right reason to stop -- which, I hope, I never will. I take this chance to thank everyone who's been visiting my blog not only from the Philippines but also from the US and around the world. Your support overwhelms the newbie blogger in me. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Back to the Grammys: it was my first time to live blog/live tweet an event as a Yahoo! I teamed up with Lui Yanoria, Yahoo! PH OMG's resident boy wonder. It felt so great to know that Lui and I can work together and that he could keep up with my mad pace. Expect more from our tandem this year. :)

Watch Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder and Pharell Williams perform here:


Here is the complete list of winners from the 56th Grammy Awards:

  • Best Pop Instrumental Album: Steppin' Out, Herb Alpert
  • Best Dance Recording: Clarity, Zedd Featuring Foxes
  • Best Dance/Electronica Album: Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: To Be Loved, Michael Bublé
  • Best R&B Performance: Something, Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance: Please Come Home, Gary Clark Jr.
  • Best R&B Song: Pusher Love Girl, James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters
  • Best Urban Contemporary Album: Unapologetic, Rihanna
  • Best R&B Album: Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
  • Best Rap Performance: Thrift Shop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
  • Best Rap Song: Thrift Shop, Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
  • Best Rap Album: The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • Best New Age Album: Love's River, Laura Sullivan
  • Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Orbits, Wayne Shorter, soloist
  • Best Jazz Vocal Album: Liquid Spirit, Gregory Porter
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue, Terri Lyne Carrington
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Night In Calisia, Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
  • Best Latin Jazz Album: Song For Maura, Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
  • Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: Break Every Chain [Live] Tasha Cobbs
  • Best Gospel Song: If He Did It Before... Same God [Live] Tye Tribbett, songwriter
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: Overcomer, David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens
  • Best Gospel Album: Greater Than [Live], Tye Tribbett
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Overcomer, Mandisa
  • Best Latin Pop Album: Vida, Draco Rosa
  • Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Treinta Días, La Santa Cecilia
  • Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): A Mi Manera, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
  • Best Tropical Latin Album: Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra
  • Best American Roots Song: Love Has Come For You Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters
  • Best Americana Album: Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
  • Best Bluegrass Album: The Streets Of Baltimore, Del McCoury Band
  • Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You, Guy Clark
  • Best Regional Roots Music Album: Dockside Sessions, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
  • Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley In Concert, Ziggy Marley
  • Best World Music Album: Savor Flamenco, Gipsy Kings and Live: Singing For Peace Around The World, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (TIE)
  • Best Children's Album: 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
  • Best Comedy Album: Calm Down Gurrl, Kathy Griffin
  • Best Musical Theater Album: Kinky Boots
  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Sound City: Real To Reel, Butch Vig, compilation producer
  • Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Skyfall, Thomas Newman, composer
  • Best Song Written For Visual Media: Skyfall Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters
  • Best Instrumental Composition: Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra, Clare Fischer, composer
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement: On Green Dolphin Street, Gordon Goodwin, arranger
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Swing Low Gil Goldstein, arranger
  • Best Recording Package: Long Night Moon Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors
  • Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)
  • Best Album Notes: Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) Neil Tesser, album notes writer
  • Best Historical Album: Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965 and The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums (TIE)
  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
  • Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
  • Best Surround Sound Album: Live Kisses
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: Winter Morning Walks
  • Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost
  • Best Orchestral Performance: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
  • Best Opera Recording: Adès: The Tempest
  • Best Choral Performance: Pärt: Adam's Lament
  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Roomful Of Teeth
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra
  • Best Classical Vocal Solo: Winter Morning Walks
  • Best Classical Compendium: Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik
  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks
  • Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – "Get Lucky"
  • Best Rock Song: Paul McCartney – "Cut Me Some Slack"
  • Best Pop Solo Performance: Lorde – "Royals"
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake – "Holy Grail"
  • Trust Awardees: Rick Hall, Jim Marshall, Ennio Morricone
  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Pharell Williams
  • Best Pop Vocal Album: Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox
  • Best Country Album: Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer, Different Park
  • Song of the Year: Lorde – "Royals"
  • Record of the Year: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – "Get Lucky"
  • The Music Educator Award: Kent Knappenberger
  • Album of the Year: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Here's the unforgettable Macklemore-Ryan Lewis number with Queen Latifah and Madonna:


Here are the other Yahoo! PH stories on the Grammys:


My other awards season posts:
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