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The 56th Annual Grammy Awards 2014 (TV 2014)

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The 56th Annual Grammy Awards was held on January 26, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/P. The show was moved to January to avoid competing against the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2013 during a live televised concert on CBS, The Grammy Nominations Concert Live – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night. Jay-Z received the most nominations with nine. Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pharrell Williams all got seven nominations. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams were nominated twice for both Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Sound engineer Bob Ludwig received the most nominations by a non-performing artist, with five. At the awards ceremony on 26 January, Daft Punk won five awards including album of the year, while Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won four trophies and led an industry show of support for gay marriage. Carole King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on January 24, two days prior to the awards ceremony. On June 4, 2013, the Recording Academy approved a number of changes recommended by its Awards & Nominations Committee: A new category for Best American Song has been added to the American Music field. It is a songwriter's award, which will encompass all the subgenres in this field such as Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk and regional roots music. The Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category will be renamed Best Metal Performance and becomes a stand-alone category. Hard rock performances will now be screened in the Best Rock Performance category. The Music Video field will become the Best Music Video/Film field. Its two categories will be renamed: Best Short Form Music Video will now be known as Best Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video will change into Best Music Film. These changes bring the total number of categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards to 82, up from 81 at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Starring: Marc Anthony, Black Sabbath, Zac Brown, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Foxx, Ariana Grande, Neil Patrick Harris, Olivia Harrison, Juanes, Cyndi Lauper, Jared Leto, Bruno Mars, Martina McBride, Miguel, Yoko Ono, Smokey Robinson, Ryan Seacrest, Steven Tyler
Director: Louis J. Horvitz

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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV 2013)

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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show is broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each, all of whom were consisted of male artists.

The Recording Academy presented all four general field awards to male artists. Gotye and Kimbra won the Record of the Year for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award. Mumford & Sons won the Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun won the Song of the Year (with Jeff Bhasker) for "We Are Young" as well as the Best New Artist. Kelly Clarkson won the Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger, becoming the first and only artist to win the award twice. Dan Auerbach won the most number of awards during the ceremony, with four (including three as part of The Black Keys); followed by The Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z, Skrillex, Kanye West, with three each. Other multiple winners include: Chick Corea, Fun, Kimbra, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Matt Redman and Esperanza Spalding with two awards each.

The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony-Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards. 70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre, with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony. Bruce Springsteen received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 8, 2013 at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony. The official poster was designed by Artist Erika Iris Simmons. The program producer is AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich serving as executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz as director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich as writers.

Starring: LL Cool J, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Fun., Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Miguel, Wiz Khalifa, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mikky Ekko, Dr. John, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, Sting, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, The Lumineers, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Zac Brown, Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples, T Bone Burnett, Juanes, Frank Ocean, Travis Barker, Chuck D, Tom Morello, DJ Z-Trip
Director: Louis J. Horvitz

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Tags: Alicia Keys, Brittany Howard, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Chick Corea, Chuck D, Damian Marley, Dierks Bentley, DJ Z-Trip, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Frank Ocean, Fun., Jack White, Jay-Z, Juanes, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Garrett, LL Cool J, Louis J. Horvitz, Maroon 5, Mavis Staples, Miguel, Mikky Ekko, Miranda Lambert, Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, Stanley Clarke, Sting, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Lumineers, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tom Morello, Travis Barker, Wiz Khalifa, Zac Brown, Ziggy Marley