Staff Writer
The
56th Annual Grammy Awards will air this Sunday, January 26, on CBS
at eight p.m. Performances of the night
include Kendrick Lamar with Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Beyoncé, Robin Thicke with Chicago, and Paul McCartney
with Ringo Starr. The complete list of
categories and their nominees can be found on the 2014 Grammy’s website, but
listed below are some of the most talked about categories for Music’s Biggest
Night:
Record of the Year:
“Get
Lucky”-Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
“Radioactive”-Imagine
Dragons
“Royals”-Lorde
“Locked
Out of Heaven”-Bruno Mars
“Blurred
Lines”-Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams
Album of the Year:
The Blessed Unrest-Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories-Daft Punk
Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City-Kendrick Lamar
The Heist-Macklemore and
Ryan Lewis
Red-Taylor Swift
Song of the Year:
“Just
Give Me a Reason”- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (PiNK featuring Nate
Ruess)
“Locked
Out of Heaven”-Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
“Roar”-Lukasz
Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
“Royals”-Joel
Little and Ella Yelich a.k.a Lorde (Lorde)
"Same
Love"-Ben Haggerty a.k.a. Macklemore, Mary Lambert and Ryan Lewis (Macklemore and
Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist:
Kacey
Musgraves
Ed
Sheeran
Macklemore
and Ryan Lewis
Kendrick
Lamar
James
Blake
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Paradise-Lana Del Rey
Pure Heroine-Lorde
Unorthodox Jukebox-Bruno Mars
Blurred Lines-Robin Thicke
The 20/20 Experience: The Complete
Experience-Justin
Timberlake
Best Alternative Music Album:
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I
Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You-Neko Case
Trouble Will Find Me-The National
Hesitation Marks-Nine Inch Nails
Lonerism-Tame Impala
Modern Vampires of the City-Vampire Weekend
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
“Power
Trip”-J. Cole featuring Miguel
“Part
II (On The Run)”-Jay Z featuring Beyoncé
“Holy
Grail”-Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
“Now
or Never”-Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige
“Remember
You”-Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
“Atlas” written for The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire-Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
(Coldplay)
“Silver
Lining” written for Silver Linings
Playbook-Diane Warren (Jessie J)
“Skyfall”
written for Skyfall-Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (Adele)
“We
Both Know” written for Safe Haven-Colbie
Caillat and Gavin DeGraw (Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw)
“Young
and Beautiful” written for The Great
Gatsby-Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels (Lana Del Rey)
“You’ve
Got Time” written for Orange Is the New Black-Regina Spektor (Regina
Spektor)
Best Country Song:
“Begin
Again”-Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
“Mine
Would Be You”-Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Deric Ruttan (Blake
Shelton)
“I
Drive Your Truck”-Jessi Alexander,, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary (Lee
Brice)
“Mama’s
Broken Heart”-Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Miranda Lambert)
“Merry
Go ‘Round”-Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne (Kacey Musgraves)
