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The 2014 Grammy Awards have been hailed as a big success, raking in the second highest ratings in over 20 years.
For the event, a total of 28.5 million people tuned in to watch Beyonce, Jay Z, Daft Punk and the rest of the music industry performing mash-ups and collectively patting each other on the back. This beats last year's ratings of 28.38 million and is the second highest that the show has grossed in its 21 year history.
The broadcast, which began back in 1993, only surpassed yesterdays figures back in 2012 when the broadcast took place one day after the death of Whitney Houston. A total of 39.91 million viewers tuned in that year to watch tributes to the late star from the music industry.
Watch Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder and Pharrell perform at the 2014 Grammy Awards below
Variety has also reported that this year was one of the most talked about after viewers broadcast their opinions en masse over social networks. 15.2 million were sent out over the course of the show with a peak being reached during the Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar and Lorde mash-up.
Daft Punk, Macklemore and Lorde all led the list of winners the 2014 Grammy Awards from last night. The phenomenal show at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles was opened by Jay Z and Beyonce, before The Beatles, Lorde and more took to the stage. The true victors of the evening were Daft Punk, who as well as performing for the first time since 2007 by playing 'Get Lucky' with Pharrell, Nile Rodgers and Stevie Wonder also took home five awards.
There were 82 categories in all, but here are the most important of the victors:
RECORD OF THE YEAR: Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – ‘Get Lucky’
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Daft Punk – ‘Random Access Memories’
SONG OF THE YEAR: Lorde – ‘Royals’
BEST NEW ARTIST: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Lorde – ‘Royals’
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – ‘Get Lucky’
BEST VOCAL POP ALBUM: Bruno Mars – ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM: Daft Punk – ‘Random Access Memories’
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE: Imagine Dragons – ‘Radioactive’
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE: Black Sabbath – ‘Is God Dead?’
BEST ROCK SONG: ‘Cut Me Some Slack’ from ‘Sound City – Real To Reel’
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Led Zeppelin – ‘Celebration Day’
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Vampire Weekend – ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’ BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM: Rihanna – ‘Unapologetic’
BEST R&B ALBUM: Alicia Keys – ‘Girl On Fire’
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Thrift Shop’
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake – ‘Holy Grail’
BEST RAP SONG: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Thrift Shop’
BEST RAP ALBUM: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘The Heist’
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA: ‘Sound City: Real To Reel’
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL: Daft Punk –‘Random Access Memories’ PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL: Pharrell Williams
BEST MUSIC VIDEO: Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z – ‘Suit & Tie Below: Grammy Awards 2014 red carpet - Daft Punk, Macklemore, Madonna and more
Below: Grammy Awards Red Carpet 2014 - Daft Punk, Macklemore, Madonna & more
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