Il trionfo dei Daft Punk, che hanno vinto tutto quello che c’era da vincere.
L’ennesima sconfitta di Katy Perry che proprio non je la fa e un altro premio portato a casa da Rihanna.
Il ritorno alla vittoria di Adele con Skyfall, la sorpresa Lorde, la conferma Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, l’immancabile e doveroso riconoscimento a Justin Timberlake.
E lei, Madonna, conciata come NEXT SUPREME sul red carpet e con bastone da zoppa sul palco, che incontra Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert & Queen Latifah per cantare Same Love/Open Your Heart, mentre 34 coppie, gay compresi, si sposano in diretta tv, tra lacrime ed abbracci, messaggi di uguaglianza e apertura in mondovisione alle nozze omosessuali. Insomma, Grammy 2014. Tanta roba.

*Album Of The Year: “Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk
*Record Of The Year: “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
*Song Of The Year: “Royals” — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
*Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

POP

*Best Pop Solo Performance: “Royals” — Lorde
*Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
*Best Pop Vocal Album: “Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars

ROCK

Best Rock Performance: “Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons
Best Rock Album: “Celebration Day” — Led Zeppelin
Best Metal Performance: “God Is Dead?” — Black Sabbath
*Best Rock Song: “Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)

RAP

Best Rap Performance: “Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
*Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Album: The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Rap Song: “Thrift Shop” — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)

COUNTRY MUSIC

Best Country Solo Performance: “Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker
*Best Country Album: Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “From This Valley” — The Civil Wars
Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award): “Merry Go ‘Round” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

DANCE

Best Dance/Electronica Album: Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Best Dance Recording: “Clarity” — Zedd Featuring Foxes

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album: “Modern Vampires Of The City” — Vampire Weekend

R&B

Best R&B Performance: “Something” — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best Urban Contemporary Album: “Unapologetic” — Rihanna
Best R&B Album: Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys
Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award): “Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)

SPOKEN WORD

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

COMEDY

Best Comedy Album: “Calm Down Gurrl” — Kathy Griffin

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Best Song Written For Visual Media: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Music Video: Suit & Tie — Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z (David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer)
Best Music Film: Live Kisses — Paul McCartney (Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers)