The 56th
Annual Grammy Awards took place on the 26th January at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. The show was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J.
Daft Punk won four awards including Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year, with Pharrell Williams, for Get Lucky. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won four Grammies, including Best New Artist, whilst also leading a massive show of support for gay marriage with a performance of their song Same Love to accompany a mass
wedding of both gay and heterosexual couples inside the venue.
Lorde's Royals received awards for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year. Carole King was given the honorary title as MusiCares Person of the Year on January 24th, two days prior to the awards ceremony.
The first performers for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
telecast were Grammy nominees Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons and
P!nk with Fun’s Nate Ruess, as well as a special Grammy moment featuring
two-time Grammy winner Merle Haggard. There was also three-time Grammy winner
and 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris Kristofferson, seven-time Grammy
winner Willie Nelson, and current nominee Blake Shelton.
Here are some of the night’s winners:
Best Rap Performance - Thrift
Shop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Wanz)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Holy
Grail, Jay-Z (feat. Justin Timberlake)
Best Rap Song - Thrift
Shop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
(feat. Wanz)
Song of the Year – Royals, Lorde
If you want to
find out more, you can look on http://majicatl.com/2022311/56th-grammy-awards-winners/.
By Olivia Haigh and Virginia
Mitreva
year 8
