GENERAL
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
Best Pop Instrumental Album:
“Steppin’ Out” — Herb Alpert
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“To Be Loved” — Michael Bublé
DANCE
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Best Dance Recording
“Clarity” — Zedd Featuring Foxes
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)
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 Traditional R&B Performance
“Please Come Home — Gary Clark Jr.
Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award)
“Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
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)
NEW AGE
Best New Age Album
“Love’s River” — Laura Sullivan
JAZZ
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Orbits” — Wayne Shorter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Liquid Spirit” — Gregory Porter
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“Night In Calisia” — Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
Best Latin Jazz Album
“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Best Gospel Album:
Greater Than (Live) — Tye Tribbett
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
“Break Every Chain [Live]” — Tasha Cobbs
Best Gospel Song
“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
“Overcomer” — David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Overcomer” — Mandisa
LATIN
Best Latin Pop Album
“Vida” — Draco Rosa
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“Treinta Días” — La Santa Cecilia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
“A Mi Manera” — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra — Pacific Mambo Orchestra
AMERICAN ROOTS
Best Americana Album:
Love Has Come For You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
Best Bluegrass Album
“The Streets Of Baltimore” — Del McCoury Band
Best Blues Album
“Get Up!” — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Best Folk Album
“My Favorite Picture Of You” — Guy Clark
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Dockside Sessions” — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
REGGAE
Best Reggae Album
“Ziggy Marley In Concert” — Ziggy Marley
WORLD MUSIC
Best World Music Album (tie)
“Savor Flamenco” — Gipsy Kings
“Live: Singing For Peace Around The World” — Ladysmith Black Mambazo
CHILDREN’S
Best Children’s Album
“Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well” — Jennifer Gasoi
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
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album
“Kinky Boots”
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Sound City: Real To Reel
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Skyfall — Thomas Newman, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
COMPOSING/ARRANGING
Best Instrumental Composition
Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra — Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Arrangement
On Green Dolphin Street– Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Swing Low — Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
PACKAGE
Best Recording Package
Long Night Moon — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) — Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
NOTES
Best Album Notes
Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) — Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
HISTORICAL
Best Historical Album (tie)
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums
PRODUCTION, Non-Classical
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Random Access Memories — Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Pharrell Williams
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) — Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
SURROUND SOUND
Best Surround Sound Album
Live Kisses — Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
FIELD: PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Winter Morning Walks — David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
David Frost
CLASSICAL
Best Orchestral Performance
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 — Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Adès: The Tempest
Best Choral Performance
Pärt: Adam’s Lament — Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful Of Teeth — Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra — Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Vocal Solo
Winter Morning Walks — Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik — Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks — Maria Schneider, composer
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)
Pretty sure Fincher won a Grammy for Rolling Stones "Love Is Strong" back in the nineties.
That "dude on a piano" is Chinese pianist Lang Lang. You're welcome.
Can someone please explain to me the difference between "record of the year" and "song of the year"?