The 56th Annual
Grammy Awards presentation was held on January 26, 2014, at
Staples Center in
Los Angeles.[2] The show was broadcast on
CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by
LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi, as was the case in 2010.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013.[3] 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.[4]Jay-Z received the most nominations with nine.
Justin Timberlake,
Kendrick Lamar,
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and
Pharrell Williams each received 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.[5]
On June 4, 2013, the Recording Academy approved a number of changes recommended by its Awards & Nominations Committee, including adding a new category for Best American Roots Song to the American Music field. This songwriters' award 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 was renamed Best Metal Performance and became 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.[13]
Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert,
Tyler Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio,
Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson,
Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair,
Mark "Spike" Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers;
Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro &
Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers;
Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers;
Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (
Primus)
Signature Sound Opus One
Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (various artists)
Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis,
Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)
Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D'Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were the first in the show's history to incorporate comprehensive Live-GIF integration through
Tumblr. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired to facilitate the integration, producing more than 50
animated GIFs during the live broadcast and publishing them to the official Grammy tumblr page in real time.[25] The images contributed to the more than 5.1 million reblogs and likes that Grammy related posts received on the blogging site, and the record breaking 34 million combined social media interactions related to the live broadcast.[26]
The 56th Annual
Grammy Awards presentation was held on January 26, 2014, at
Staples Center in
Los Angeles.[2] The show was broadcast on
CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by
LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi, as was the case in 2010.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013.[3] 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.[4]Jay-Z received the most nominations with nine.
Justin Timberlake,
Kendrick Lamar,
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and
Pharrell Williams each received 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.[5]
On June 4, 2013, the Recording Academy approved a number of changes recommended by its Awards & Nominations Committee, including adding a new category for Best American Roots Song to the American Music field. This songwriters' award 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 was renamed Best Metal Performance and became 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.[13]
Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert,
Tyler Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio,
Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson,
Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair,
Mark "Spike" Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers;
Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro &
Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers;
Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers;
Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (
Primus)
Signature Sound Opus One
Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (various artists)
Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis,
Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)
Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D'Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were the first in the show's history to incorporate comprehensive Live-GIF integration through
Tumblr. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired to facilitate the integration, producing more than 50
animated GIFs during the live broadcast and publishing them to the official Grammy tumblr page in real time.[25] The images contributed to the more than 5.1 million reblogs and likes that Grammy related posts received on the blogging site, and the record breaking 34 million combined social media interactions related to the live broadcast.[26]