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Daft Punk Awarded Grammy’s Album of the Year

Performed "Get Lucky" with Nile Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, and Pharrell

Jan 27, 2014 Daft Punk
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Last night Daft Punk came away with the top honors from the 56th annual Grammy Awards, winning Album of the Year for Random Access Memories, as well as Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Get Lucky.” The robots also took away the award for Best Dance/Electronica Album. Other notable winners from the night included Vampire Weekend, whose Modern Vampires of the City was awarded Alternative Album of the Year, New Zealand native Lorde, who won Song of the Year for “Royals,” and Justin Timberlake, who won Best R&B Song for “Pusher Love Girl.” One of the more talked about winners of the evening were Macklemore and Ryan Lewis who wound up sweeping the major rap categories over Kanye West, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake to winning Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance.

Scroll down below to view the list of winners and watch Daft Punk make their first live performance since 2010 alongside Nile Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, and Pharrell, playing a medley of “Get Lucky,” Chic’s “Le Freak,” and Wonder’s “I Wish.”

Album of the Year: Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Record of the Year: “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Song of the Year: “Royals,” Joel Little and Ella Yelich O’Connor for Lorde
Best New Artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best Alternative Music Album: Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Royals,” Lorde
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
Best Pop Vocal Album: Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
Best Dance Recording: “Clarity,” Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: To Be Loved, Michael Bublé
Best Rock Performance: “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
Best Rock Song: “Cut Me Some Slack,” Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear
Best Rock Album: Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
Best Rap Performance: “Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Holy Grail,” Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song: “Thrift Shop,” Ben Haggerty and Ryan Lewis for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap Album: The Heist, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best R&B Performance: “Something,” Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Please Come Home,” Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B Song: “Pusher Love Girl,” James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Unapologetic, Rihanna
Best R&B Album: Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
Best Metal Performance: “God is Dead?,” Black Sabbath
Best Country Solo Performance: “Wagon Wheel,” Darius Rucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “From This Valley,” The Civil Wars
Best Country Song: “Merry Go ‘Round,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne for Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Album: Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves

(www.daftpunk.com)



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