List of Grammy Award Winners

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were held late Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.

Some of the artistes that walked away with prizes include Pharrell William who walked away with the most coveted prize of the night, Record of the year.

Other winners include Rihanna who got the prize for the best contemporary urban music with her “unapologetic”.

Unfortunately, Femi Kuti, who was nominated in the world music category, lost out again.

Record of the year:
WINNER: “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

Album of the year:
WINNER: “Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk
“The Blessed Unrest” — Sara Bareilles
“Good Kid, M.A.A.D City”— Kendrick Lamar
“The Heist” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Red” — Taylor Swift

Song of the year:
WINNER: Royals — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
“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)
“Same Love” — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert)

Best new artist:
WINNER: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

POP FIELD

Best pop solo performance:
WINNER: “Royals” — Lorde
“Brave” — Sara Bareilles
“When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars
“Roar” — Katy Perry
“Mirrors” — Justin Timberlake

Best pop duo/group performance:
WINNER: “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
“Suit & Tie” — Justin Timberlake & Jay Z

Best pop instrumental album:
WINNER: “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 pop vocal album:
WINNER: “Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars
“Paradise” — Lana Del Rey
“Pure Heroine” — Lorde
“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke
“The 20/20 Experience — The Complete Experience” — Justin Timberlake

TRADITIONAL POP FIELD

Best traditional pop vocal album:
WINNER: “To Be Loved” — Michael Bublé
“Viva Duets” — Tony Bennett & various artists
“The Standards” — Gloria Estefan
“Cee Lo’s Magic Moment” — Cee Lo Green
“Now” — Dionne Warwick

R&B FIELD

Best R&B performance:
WINNER: “Something” — Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
“Love and War” — Tamar Braxton
“Best of Me” — Anthony Hamilton
“Nakamarra” — Hiatus Kaiyote, featuring Q-Tip
“How Many Drinks?” — Miguel, featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best traditional R&B performance:
WINNER: “Please Come Home” — Gary Clark Jr.
“Get It Right” — Fantasia
“Quiet Fire” — Maysa
“Hey Laura” — Gregory Porter
“Yesterday” — Ryan Shaw

Best R&B song:
WINNER: “Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)”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)
“Without Me” — Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia, featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)

Best urban contemporary album:
WINNER: “Unapologetic” — Rihanna
“Love and War” — Tamar Braxton
Side Effects Of You — Fantasia
One: In the Chamber — Salaam Remi
New York: A Love Story — Mack Wilds

Best R&B album:
WINNER: “Girl on Fire” — Alicia Keys
“R&B Divas” — Faith Evans
“Love in the Future” — John Legend
“Better” — Chrisette Michele
“Three Kings” — TGT

RAP FEILD

Best rap performance:
WINNER: “Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring Wanz
“Started From the Bottom” — Drake
“Berzerk” — Eminem
“Tom Ford” — Jay Z
“Swimming Pools (Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar

Best rap/sung collaboration
WINNER: Holy Grail — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
“Power Trip” — J. Cole, featuring Miguel
“Part II (On the Run)” — Jay Z, featuring Beyoncé
“Now or Never” — Kendrick Lamar, featuring Mary J. Blige
“Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa, featuring the Weeknd

Best rap song:
WINNER: “Thrift Shop” — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
“…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)

Best rap album:
WINNER: “The Heist” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Nothing Was the Same” — Drake
“Magna Carta…Holy Grail” — Jay Z
“Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” — Kendrick Lamar
“Yeezus” — Kanye West

JAZZ FIELD

Best improvised jazz solo:
WINNER: “Orbits” — Wayne Shorter, soloist
“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

Best jazz vocal album:
WINNER: Liquid Spirit — Gregory Porter
“The World According to Andy Bey” — Andy Bey
“Attachments” — Lorraine Feather
“WomanChild” — Cécile McLorin Salvant
“After Blue” — Tierney Sutton

Best jazz instrumental album:
WINNER: “Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue” — Terri Lyne Carrington
“Guided Tour” — The New Gary Burton Quartet
“Life Forum” — Gerald Clayton
“Pushing the World Away” — Kenny Garrett
“Out Here” — Christian McBride Trio

Best large jazz ensemble album:
WINNER: “Night in Calisia” — Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
“Brooklyn Babylon” — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
“Wild Beauty” — Brussels Jazz Orchestra, featuring Joe Lovano
“March Sublime” — Alan Ferber
“Intrada” — Dave Slonaker Big Band

Best Latin jazz album:
WINNER: “Song for Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente
“La Noche Más Larga” — Buika
“Yo” — Roberto Fonseca
“Eggun” — Omar Sosa
“Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin” — Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD

Best gospel/contemporary Christian music performance:
WINNER: “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)
WINNER: 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)
WINNER: 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 gospel album:
Grace [Live] — Tasha Cobbs
Best for Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 [Live] — Donald Lawrence
Best Days Yet — Bishop Paul S. Morton
God Chaser [Live] — William Murphy
WINNER: Greater Than [Live] — Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
We Won’t Be Shaken — Building 429
All the People Said Amen [Live] — Matt Maher
WINNER: Overcomer — Mandisa
Your Grace Finds Me (Live) — Matt Redman
Burning Lights — Chris Tomlin

REGGAE FIELD

Best reggae album:
“One Love, One Life” — Beres Hammond
WINNER: “Ziggy Marley in Concert” — Ziggy Marley
“The Messiah” — Sizzla
“Reggae Connection” — Sly & Robbie And The Jam Masters
“Reincarnated” — Snoop Lion

WORLD MUSIC FIELD

Best world music album:
WINNER: “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
Children’s field

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
WINNER: “Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well” — Jennifer Gasoi

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media:
“Django Unchained” — Various artists
“The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)” — Various artists
“Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)” — Various artists
“Muscle Shoals” — Various artists
WINNER: “Sound City: Real to Reel” — Dave Grohl & various artists

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
WINNER: “Skyfall” — Thomas Newman, composer
“Zero Dark Thirty” — Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best song written for visual media
“Atlas” — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
“Silver Lining” — Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)
WINNER: “Skyfall” — Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
“We Both Know” — Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)
“Young and Beautiful” — Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“You’ve Got Time” — Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)
Composing/arranging field

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
WINNER: Pharrell Williams

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD

Best Music Video:
Safe And Sound – Capital Cities | Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer
Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film – Jay Z | Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers
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
WINNER: Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z | David Fincher, video director; Timory King,

Best video producer:
I’m Shakin’ – Jack White | Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer
Best Music Film
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
WINNER: Live Kisses – Paul McCartney | Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
The Road To Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons | Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer