The 2014 Grammys: The One Where Two French Robots Won Big

 

Daft Punk picked up the two most coveted awards of the night: Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Add in to that Best Pop Group Performance and Best Dance Album, and the night belonged to the two French robots, plus Producer of the Year Pharrell Williams and the king of Chic Nile Rodgers. Seventeen-year-old Kiwi singer Lorde won Song of the Year, beating out  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars and Katy Perry. But Macklemore & Ryan Lewis still picked up Best New Artist, and three other awards in the rap category. So, that duo had a good night, too. As did the 33 couples who got hitched by Queen Latifah, as Madonna and Macklemore sang on.

Some of the award winners, then…

Album of the Year

Random Access Memories, Daft Punk

Record of the Year 

Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers

Song of the Year

Royals – Lorde, written by Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor

Best New Artist

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Pop Solo Performance 

Lorde, Royals

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 

Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

Best Pop Vocal Album

Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars

Producer of the Year

Pharrell Williams

Best Dance Recording

Zedd featuring Foxes

Best Dance Electronica Album

Random Access Memories, Daft Punk

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

To Be Loved, Michael Buble

Best Rock Performance 

Radioactive, Imagine Dragons

Best Rock Song

Cut Me Some Slack by Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear

Best Rock Album

Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin

Best Alternative Album 

Modern Vampire of the City, Vampire Weekend

Best World Music Album

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live: Singing for Peace Around the World + Gipsy Kings, Savor Flamenco

For more award winners, check out the Grammy site.

[Pic: Courtesy of the Grammys]