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Sunday, January 26, 2014

2014 Grammy Awards: Red Carpet Fashion + Full List of Winners

The 56th Grammy Awards Ceremony was held tonight January 26, 2014 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. And as usual, with pleasure, I bring to you Red Carpet fashion and full list of winners :-)
Paula Patton and husband Robin Thicke


Madonna in Ralph Lauren
Ciara in Emilio Pucci

Jay-Z and Beyonce

Ariana Grande in Dolce & Gabbana, Effy and Custom Aldo
Rita Ora in Lanvin, Jimmy Choo and Lorraine Schwartz with Calvin Harris


Amber Rose in Naeem Khan and Wiz Khalifa
Amber Rose in Naeem Khan
Miranda Lambert in Pamella Roland and husband Blake Shelton


Anna Faris in Fitriani and Sutra
Miranda Lambert in Pamella Roland
Stevie Nicks
Sara Bareilles in Blumarine
Cyndi Lauper in Alexander McQueen and Jimmy Choo
Anna Kendrick in Azzaro and Joan Hornig
Colbie Callait in Ezra Couture, Claude Morady Estate Jewelry, ITA Collection and Jimmy Choo
Natasha Bedingfield in Christian Siriano
Tasha Cobbs
Martina McBride in David Meister, Oroton and John Hardy
Kelly Osbourne in Badgley Mischka
Sarah Hyland in Emilio Pucci and Jimmy Choo
Gloria Estefan in Memeka by Gustavo Cadile
Kacey Musgraves in Armani Privé, Forevermark and Jimmy Choo
Giuliana Rancic in Alex Perry and Marina B.
Chrissy Teigen in Johanna Johnson and John Legend


Bonnie McKee in Memeka by Gustavo Cadile
Iggy Azalea in Jennifer Fisher
Skylar Grey in Michael Costello
Tamar Braxton
Kathy Griffin
Paris Hilton
Ziggy and Orly Marley
Yoko Ono
Katy Perry in Valentino
Keith Urban
Pink in Johanna Johnson, Brian Atwood and Rauwolf
Taylor Swift in Gucci
Steve Tyler
Ryan Lewis and Mackemore
 Bob Saget
Desiree Estrada
 Brooklyn Haley
 Jamie Foxx and daughter Corinne Bishop
 Billy Ray Cyrus
 Ashanti

 Faith Evans
 Miguel
 Chloe Green and Marc Anthony
The Dream


Record of the year 
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER 
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons 
"Royals" -- Lorde 
"Locked out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars 
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
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 & Ryan Lewis 
"Red" -- Taylor Swift 

Song of the year 
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- P!nk featuring Nate Ruess 
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars 
"Roar" -- Katy Perry 
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER 
"Same Love" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best new artist 
James Blake 
Kendrick Lamar 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER 
Kacey Musgraves 
Ed Sheeran
Best pop solo performance 
Sara Bareilles -- "Brave" 
Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER 
Bruno Mars -- "When I Was Your Man" 
Katy Perry -- "Roar" 
Justin Timberlake -- "Mirrors"
Best pop duo/group performance
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER 
P!nk featuring Nate Ruess -- "Just Give Me a Reason" 
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko -- "Stay" 
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell -- "Blurred Lines" 
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie"
Best pop instrumental album 
Herb Alpert -- "Steppin' Out" -- WINNER 
Boney James -- "The Beat" 
Earl Klugh -- "Handpicked" 
Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot -- "Summer Horns" 
Jeff Lorber Fusion -- "Hacienda"
Best pop vocal album 
Lana Del Rey -- "Paradise" 
Lorde -- "Pure Heroine" 
Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNER 
Robin Thicke -- "Blurred Lines" 
Justin Timberlake -- "The 20/20 Experience -- The Complete Experience"
Best dance recording 
"Need U (100%)" -- Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK 
"Sweet Nothing" -- Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch 
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade 
"The is What it Feels Like" -- Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie 
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER
Best dance/electronica album 
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
"Settle" -- Disclosure 
"18 Months" -- Calvin Harris 
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade 
"A Color Map of the Sun" -- Pretty Lights
Best traditional pop vocal album 
"Viva Duets" -- Tony Bennett and various artists 
"To Be Loved" -- Michael BublĂ© -- WINNER 
"The Standards" -- Gloria Estefan 
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" -- Cee Lo Green 
"Now" -- Dionne Warwick
Best rock performance 
Alabama Shakes -- "Always Alright" 
David Bowie -- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" 
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER 
Led Zeppelin -- "Kashmir" 
Queens of the Stone Age -- "My God is the Sun" 
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin' "
Best metal performances 
Anthrax -- "T.N.T." 
Black Sabbath -- "God is Dead?" -- WINNER 
Dream Theater -- "The Enemy Inside" 
Killswitch Engage -- "In Due Time" 
Volbeat featuring King Diamond -- "Room 24"
Best rock song 
"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr. 
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER 
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones 
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath 
"Panic Station" -- Muse
Best rock album 
Black Sabbath -- "13" 
David Bowie -- "The Next Day" 
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull" 
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER 
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork" 
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill" 

Best alternative music album 
Neko Case -- "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You" 
The National -- "Trouble Will Find Me" 
Nine Inch Nails -- "Hesitation Marks" 
Tame Impala -- "Lonerism" 
Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER
Best R&B performance 
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War" 
Anthony Hamilton -- "Best of Me" 
Hiatus Kaiytoe featuring Q-Tip -- "Nakamarra" 
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar -- "How Many Drinks?" 
Snarky Puppy with Lala Hathaway -- "Something" -- WINNER
Best traditional R&B performance 
Gary Clark Jr. -- "Please Come Home" -- WINNER 
Fantasia -- "Get It Right" 
Maysa -- "Quiet Fire" 
Gregory Porter -- "Hey Laura" 
Ryan Shaw -- "Yesterday"
Best R&B song 
"Best of Me" -- Anthony Hamilton 
"Love and War" -- Tamar Braxton 
"Only One" -- PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder 
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNER 
"Without Me" -- Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott
Best urban contemporary album 
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War" 
Fantasia -- "Side Effects of You" 
Salaam Remi -- "One: In the Chamber" 
Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER 
Mack Wilds -- "New York: A Love Story"
Best R&B album 
Faith Evans -- "R&B Divas" 
Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER 
John Legend -- "Love in the Future" 
Chrisette Michele -- "Better" 
TGT -- "Three Kings"
Best rap performance 
Drake -- "Started From the Bottom" 
Eminem -- "Berserk" 
Jay Z -- "Tom Ford" 
Kendrick Lamar -- "Swimming Pools (Drank)" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER
Best rap/sung collaboration 
J. Cole featuring Miguel -- "Power Trip" 
Jay Z featuring BeyoncĂ© -- "Part II (On the Run)" 
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER 
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige -- "Now or Never" 
Wiz Khalifa featuring the Weeknd -- "Remember You"
Best rap song 
"F***in' Problems" -- A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar 
"Holy Grail" -- Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake 
"New Slaves" -- Kanye West 
"Started From the Bottom" -- Drake 
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER
Best rap album 
Drake -- "Nothing Was the Same" 
Jay Z -- "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail" 
Kendrick Lamar -- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER 
Kanye West -- "Yeezus"
Best country solo performance 
Lee Brice -- "I Drive Your Truck" 
Hunter Hayes -- "I Want Crazy" 
Miranda Lambert -- "Mama's Broken Heart" 
Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER 
Blake Shelton -- "Mine Would Be You"
Best country duo/group performance 
The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER 
Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill -- "Don't Rush" 
Little Big Town -- "Your Side of the Bed" 
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban -- "Highway Don't Care" 
Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton -- "You Can't Make Old Friends"
Best country song 
"Begin Again" -- Taylor Swift 
"I Drive Your Truck" -- Lee Brice 
"Mama's Broken Heart" -- Miranda Lambert 
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER 
"Mine Would Be You" -- Blake Shelton
Best country album 
Jason Aldean -- "Night Train" 
Tim McGraw -- "Two Lanes of Freedom" 
Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER 
Blake Shelton -- "Based on a True Story" 
Taylor Swift -- "Red"
Best Latin pop album 
Frankie J -- "Faith, Hope y Amor" 
Ricardo Montaner -- "Viajero Frecuente" 
Draco Rosa -- "Vida" -- WINNER 
Aleks Syntek -- "Syntek" 
Tommy Torres -- "12 Historias"
Best Latin rock, urban or alternative album 
CafĂ© Tacvba -- "El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco" 
El Tri -- "Ojo Por Ojo" 
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas -- "Chances" 
La Santa Cecilia -- "Treinta Dias" -- WINNER 
Los Amigos Invisibles -- "Repeat After Me" 

Producer of the year, nonclassical 
Rob Cavallo 
Dr. Luke 
Ariel Rechtshaid 
Jeff Tweedy 
Pharrell Williams -- WINNER
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media 
"Django Unchained" 
"The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition) 
"Les Miserables" (deluxe edition 
"Muscle Shoals" 
"Sound City: Real to Reel" -- WINNER 

Best score soundtrack for visual media 
"Argo" 
"The Great Gatsby" 
"Life of Pi" 
"Lincoln" 
"Skyfall" -- WINNER 
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best song written for visual media 
Coldplay -- "Atlas" -- "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" 
Jessie J -- "Silver Lining" -- "Silver Linings Playbook" 
Adele -- "Skyfall" -- "Skyfall" -- WINNER 
Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw -- "We Both Know" -- "Safe Haven" 
Lana Del Rey -- "Young and Beautiful" -- "The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition) 
Regina Spektor -- "You've Got Time" -- "Orange is the New Black"
Best music video 
Captial Cities -- "Safe and Sound" 
Jay Z -- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton -- "Can't Hold Us" 
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNER 
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"
Best music film 
Coldplay -- "Live 2012" 
Green Day -- "¡Cuatro!" 
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite -- "I'm in I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!" 
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER 
Mumford & Sons -- "The Road to Red Rocks"
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