The 56th Annual Grammy Awards presentation was held on January 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.[2] The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as was the case in 2010.
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The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013.[3] The nominations were announced on December 6, 2013 during a live televised concert on CBS, The Grammy Nominations Concert Live – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night.[4] Jay-Z received the most nominations with nine. Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pharrell Williams each received seven nominations. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams were nominated twice for both Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Sound engineer Bob Ludwig received the most nominations by a non-performing artist, with five.[5]
Daft Punk won five awards,[6] including Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year, with Pharrell Williams, for "Get Lucky", Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and an additional win for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical completing a clean sweep for the project that night.[7][8] Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won four trophies, including Best New Artist, and led an industry show of support for gay marriage with a performance of their song "Same Love" to accompany a mass wedding of gay and heterosexual couples, which was presided over by Queen Latifah.[9] Lorde's "Royals" received awards for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year.[10][11] Carole King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on January 24, two days prior to the awards ceremony.[12]
On June 4, 2013, the Recording Academy approved a number of changes recommended by its Awards & Nominations Committee, including adding a new category for Best American Roots Song to the American Music field. This songwriters' award will encompass all the subgenres in this field such as Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, and regional roots music. The Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category was renamed Best Metal Performance and became a stand-alone category. Hard rock performances will now be screened in the Best Rock Performance category. The Music Video field will become the Best Music Video/Film field. Its two categories will be renamed: Best Short Form Music Video will now be known as Best Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video will change into Best Music Film. These changes bring the total number of categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards to 82, up from 81 at the 2013 Grammy Awards.[13]
The winners and nominees per category were:[21]
General
- Record of the Year
- 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 Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers
- The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles
- Sara Bareilles, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, producers;
- Jeremy Darby, Mark Endert & John O'Mahony, engineers/mixers;
- Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
- good kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick Lamar
- Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Rock, Jay-Z, MC Eiht & Anna Wise, featured artists;
- DJ Dahi, Hit-Boy, Skhye Hutch, Just Blaze, Like, Terrace Martin, Dawaun Parker, Pharrell, Rahki, Scoop DeVille, Sounwave, Jack Splash, Tabu, Tha Bizness & T-Minus, producers;
- Derek Ali, Dee Brown, Dr. Dre, James Hunt, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Mike Larson, Jared Scott, Jack Splash & Andrew Wright, engineers/mixers;
- Mike Bozzi & Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineers
- Red – Taylor Swift
- Gary Lightbody & Ed Sheeran, featured artists;
- Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jacknife Lee, Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Butch Walker & Dan Wilson, producers;
- Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Tyler Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio, Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson, Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair, Mark "Spike" Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers;
- Tom Coyne & Hank Williams, mastering engineers
- The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Ab-Soul, Ben Bridwell, Ray Dalton, Eighty4 Fly, Hollis, Mary Lambert, Baffalo Madonna, Evan Roman, Schoolboy Q, Allen Stone, The Teaching & Wanz, featured artists;
- Ryan Lewis, producer;
- Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Amos Miller, Reed Ruddy & Pete Stewart, engineers/mixers;
- Tom Coyne & Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Rap
- Best Rap Performance
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- Best Rap Song
- "Thrift Shop"
- "F**in' Problems"
- "Holy Grail"
- "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"
- Best Rap Album
Musical Show
- Best Musical Theater Album
- Kinky Boots
- Matilda the Musical
- Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro & Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers; Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
- Motown: The Musical
- Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia Lakae, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti & Ethan Popp, producers (Robert Bateman, Al Cleveland, Georgia Dobbins, Lamont Dozier, William Garrett, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Cornelius Grant, Brian Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter, Michael Lovesmith, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield & Stevie Wonder, composers; Nickolas Ashford, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Eddie Holland, Michael Lovesmith, Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Barrett Strong, Ronald White, Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)
Composing/Arranging
- Best Instrumental Composition
- "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra"
- Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
- " Away"
- Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
- "California Pictures For String Quartet"
- Gordon Goodwin, composer (Quartet San Francisco)
- "Koko On The Boulevard"
- "String Quartet No. 1: Funky Diversion In Three Parts"
- Vince Mendoza, composer (Quartet San Francisco)
- Best Instrumental Arrangement
- "On Green Dolphin Street"
- Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
- "Invitation"
- Kim Richmond, arranger (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)
- "Side Hikes – A Ridge Away"
- Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
- "Skylark"
- Nan Schwartz, arranger (Amy Dickson)
- "Wild Beauty"
- Gil Goldstein, arranger (Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano)
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- "Swing Low"
- "La Vida Nos Espera"
- "Let's Fall In Love"
- "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress"
- "What A Wonderful World"
Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 (tie)
- The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums (tie)
- Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)
- Call It Art 1964–1965
- Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, compilation producers; Steve Fallone, Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, mastering engineers (New York Art Quartet)
- Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio: 980–1980
- Patrick Feaster & Steven Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
- Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Deluxe Edition)
- Philip Siney, compilation producer; Ben Turner, mastering engineer (Sir Georg Solti)
Production, Surround Sound
- Best Surround Sound Album
- Live Kisses
- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (Deluxe Edition)
- Signature Sound Opus One
- Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (various artists)
- Sixteen Sunsets
- Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
- Sprung Rhythm
- Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Richard Scerbo & Inscape)
Production, Classical
- Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Winter Morning Walks
- Hymn to the Virgin
- La Voie Triomphale
- Roomful of Teeth
- Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers (Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth)
- Vinci: Artaserse
- 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)
- Manfred Eicher
- Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen (András Schiff)
- Canto Oscuro (Anna Gourari)
- Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)
- Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)
- Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
- Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D'Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
- Traveling Sonata – European Music For Flute & Guitar (Viviana Guzmán & Jérémy Jouve)
- Voyages (Conrad Tao)
- Zia (Del Sol String Quartet)
- James Mallinson
- Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts (Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Orchestra)
- Bloch: Symphony In C-Sharp Minor & Poems Of The Sea (Dalia Atlas & London Symphony Orchestra)
- Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaccona (Nigel Short, Tenebrae & London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble)
- Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra)
- Wagner: Das Rheingold (Valery Gergiev, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Nikolai Putilin & Mariinsky Orchestra)
- Wagner: Die Walküre (Valery Gergiev, Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme & Mariinsky Orchestra)
- Weber: Der Freischütz (Colin Davis, Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, Simon O'Neill, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)
- Jay David Saks
- Adams: Nixon in China (John Adams, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra)
- Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
- The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
- Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
- Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
- Verdi: Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczała, Oksana Volkova, Štefan Kocán, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Music Video/Film
- Best Music Video
- "Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
- "Safe and Sound" – Capital Cities
- Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer; Daniel Weisman, video producer; Danny Lockwood, video producer
- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" – Jay-Z
- "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
- Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers
- "I'm Shakin'" – Jack White
- Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer
- Best Music Film
- Live Kisses – Paul McCartney
- Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
- Live 2012 – Coldplay
- Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer
- ¡Cuatro! – Green Day
- Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer
- I'm in I'm out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up! – Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
- Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer
- The Road to Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons
- Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were the first in the show's history to incorporate comprehensive Live-GIF integration through Tumblr. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired to facilitate the integration, producing more than 50 animated GIFs during the live broadcast and publishing them to the official Grammy tumblr page in real time.[25] The images contributed to the more than 5.1 million reblogs and likes that Grammy related posts received on the blogging site, and the record breaking 34 million combined social media interactions related to the live broadcast.[26]