Qualche giorno fa vi avevamo raccontato i preparativi per il concerto delle nomination. L’evento ha avuto luogo ieri sera al Nokia Theatre di Los Angeles (LEGGI QUI). Tutto questo, in vista della celebre cerimonia di inizio 2014: poche ore fa sono state diffuse le candidature ufficiali per i 56esimi Grammy Awards, che si terranno proprio in California il prossimo 26 gennaio. Lista lunghissima, dove segnaliamo svariate categorie, tra le quali il country e la Christian music (si trova tutto sul sito ufficiale dell’Academy). Come in ogni competizione che si rispetti, anche qui esistono dei favoriti: Jay Z ha ben nove nomination, in scia seguono Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis e Justin Timberlake con sette, poi Drake con cinque, Lorde e i Daft Punk con quattro…
Grammy Awards 2014
Manca ancora un mese e mezzo, eppure da quelle parti, a Los Angeles, è praticamente tutto pronto per accogliere i protagonisti dei Grammy Awards 2014. Sono state rese note le nomination dei celebri premi assegnati dall’Academy: conferme, come quelle di Jay Z (nove nomination), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis e Justin Timberlake (sette) Lorde e i Daft Punk (quattro), alcune sorprese, in testa quella di Dave Grohl per la colonna sonora di Sound City e l’assenza (o quasi) di Kanye West, che ‘porta a casa’ solo due candidature.
CURIOSITA’
Non fa notizia la presenza di David Bowie (miglior performance rock e miglior album rock) tra le nomination dei Grammy Awards 2014 che si terranno il 26 gennaio allo Staples Center di Los Angeles: i grandi campioni ci sono sempre. Sorprendono altre cose: senza dubbio è quantomeno curioso che nella stessa categoria (“Best Pop Solo Performance”) siano presenti due brani oggetto di discussione nei mesi scorsi, “Roar” di Katy Perry e “Brave” di Sara Bareilles: ricordate la storia del plagio più o meno presunto? (LEGGETE QUI).
Per il resto, ecco di seguito una lista dettagliata.
Album Of The Year:
The Blessed Unrest — Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar
The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red — Taylor Swift
Record Of The Year:
”Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons
“Royals” — Lorde
“Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars
”Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
Song Of The Year:
“Just Give Me A Reason” – (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
“Locked Out Of Heaven” – (Bruno Mars)
“Roar” – (Katy Perry)
“Royals” – (Lorde)
”Same Love” – (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist:
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Brave” — Sara Bareilles
“Royals” — Lorde
”When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars
”Roar” — Katy Perry
“Mirrors” — Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
”Just Give Me A Reason” — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
“Stay” — Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
“Suit & Tie” — Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Best Pop Vocal Album:
“Paradise” – Lana Del Rey
“Pure Heroine” – Lorde
“Unorthodox Jukebox” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke
“The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” – Justin Timberlake
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Settle — Disclosure
18 Months — Calvin Harris
Atmosphere — Kaskade
A Color Map Of The Sun — Pretty Lights
Best Dance Recording
:
“Need U (100%)” – Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
”Sweet Nothing” – Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
“Atmosphere” – Kaskade
“This Is What It Feels Like” – Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
”Clarity” – Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best Rock Performance:
“Always Alright” — Alabama Shakes
“The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie
“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons
“Kashmir” (Live) — Led Zeppelin
“My God Is The Sun” — Queens Of The Stone Age
”I’m Shakin’” — Jack White
Best Rock Album:
”13″ — Black Sabbath
“The Next Day” — David Bowie
”Mechanical Bull” — Kings Of Leon
“Celebration Day” — Led Zeppelin
“…Like Clockwork” — Queens Of The Stone Age
“Psychedelic Pill” — Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Best Metal Performance
:
“T.N.T.” – Anthrax
“God Is Dead?” – Black Sabbath
“The Enemy Inside” – Dream Theater
”In Due Time” – Killswitch Engage
”Room 24″ – Volbeat Featuring King Diamond
Best Rock Song:
”Ain’t Messin ‘Round” – (Gary Clark Jr.)
”Cut Me Some Slack” – (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
“Doom And Gloom” – (The Rolling Stones)
“God Is Dead?” – (Black Sabbath)
“Panic Station” – (Muse)
Best Alternative Music Album:
“The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” – Neko Case
“Trouble Will Find Me” – The National
“Hesitation Marks” – Nine Inch Nails
“Lonerism” – Tame Impala
“Modern Vampires Of The City” – Vampire Weekend
Best Rap Performance:
“Started From The Bottom” — Drake
“Berzerk” — Eminem
“Tom Ford” — Jay Z
”Swimming Pools (Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar
“Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
“Power Trip” — J.Cole Featuring Miguel
“Part II (On The Run)” — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
“Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
“Now Or Never” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
“Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Best Rap Album:
Nothing Was The Same — Drake
Magna Carta… Holy Grail — Jay Z
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar
The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Yeezus — Kanye West
Best Rap Song
:
“F***in’ Problems” (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
“Holy Grail” (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)
“New Slaves” (Kanye West)
“Started From The Bottom” (Drake)
“Thrift Shop” (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Django Unchained
The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)
Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)
Muscle Shoals
Sound City: Real To Reel
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
“Atlas” from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” – (Coldplay)
“Silver Lining” from “Silver Linings Playbook” – (Adele)
”We Both Know” from “Safe Haven” – (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)
“Young And Beautiful” from “The Great Gatsby” – (Lana Del Rey)
“You’ve Got Time” from Orange Is The New Black – (Regina Spektor)
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