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“We heard our first winners! major congrats to @Macklemore & @RyanLewis for best #rap performance best rap song for#thriftshop & rap album. ”

The Hip Hop duo beat out some worthy competitors. Check out the categories below.

Best Rap Album

*Winner* The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Nothing Was The Same – Drake

Magna Carta…Holy Grail – Jay Z

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar

Yeezus – Kanye West

Best Rap Song

*Winner* “Thrift Shop” – Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)

“F***in’ Problems” – Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

“Holy Grail” – Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)

“New Slaves” – Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)

“Started From The Bottom” – W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)

Best New Artist

James Blake

Kendrick Lamar

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-Winner

Kacey Musgraves

Ed Sheeran

READ ABOUT MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS ON CLIZBEAYS.COM 

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers-WINNER 

“Just Give Me A Reason” – Pink featuring Nate Ruess

“Stay” – Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko

“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell

“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake & Jay Z

 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT DAFT PUNK’S “GET LUCKY”

Best Rock Song

“Ain’t Messin ‘Round” – Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

“Cut Me Some Slack” – Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)-WINNER

“Doom And Gloom” – Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)

“God Is Dead?” – Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)

“Panic Station” – Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Brave” – Sara Bareilles

“Royals” – Lorde-WINNER 

(CLICK HERE TO WATCH LORDE’S “ROYALS” VIDEO)

“When I Was Your Man” – Bruno Mars

“Roar” – Katy Perry

“Mirrors” – Justin Timberlake

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Power Trip” – J. Cole featuring Miguel

“Part II (On The Run)” – Jay Z featuring Beyonce

“Holy Grail” – Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake-WINNER

“Now Or Never” – Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige

“Remember You” – Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd

(CLICK HERE TO WATCH “HOLY GRAIL” MUSIC VIDEO BY JAY-Z FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE)

@kendricklamar & @Imaginedragons just made the whole #music world recognize please tell us ur releasing a studio version too #Grammys

— Craig & Matt Clizbe (@Clizbeats) January 27, 2014

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HOW HIP HOP INFLUENCED IMAGINE DRAGONS!!!

CONGRATS TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, PHARRELL WILLIAMS FOR WINNING PRODUCER OF THE YEAR/NON CLASSICAL!! SEE SOME KEY LINKS FEATURING KEY STORIES ABOUT PHARRELL’S WORK IN 2013

CLICK HERE FOR PHARRELL’S WORK WITH JAY-Z 

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON PHARRELL’S WORK WITH DAFT PUNK 

CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY BEHIND  ROBIN THICKE’S “BLURRED LINES”

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT PHARRELL WILLIAMS NEW RECORD DEAL WITH COLUMBIA RECORDS

WATCH PHARRELL’D MUSIC VIDEO FOR “HAPPY” 

Best Pop Vocal Album

Paradise – Lana Del Rey

Pure Heroine – Lorde

Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars-WINNER

Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke

The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience – Justin Timberlake

CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON BRUNO’S ALBUM 

Best Country Album

Night Train – Jason Aldean

Two Lanes of Freedom – Tim McGraw

Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves-WINNER

Based On A True Story – Blake Shelton

Red – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

“Just Give Me A Reason” – Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)

“Locked Out Of Heaven” – Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

“Roar” – Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)

“Royals” – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)-WINNER

“Same Love” – Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)

(CLICK HERE TO WATCH “ROYALS BY LORDE)

Record of the Year

“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk featuring Pharell Williams & Nile Rodgers-WINNER

“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons

“Royals” – Lorde

“Locked Out of Heaven” – Bruno Mars

“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell

Album of the Year

The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles

Random Access Memories – Daft Punk-WINNER

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar

The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-

Red – Taylor Swift