56th Annual Grammy Awards - Mackelmore and Ryan, Daft Punk, Lorde big winners of the night

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the usual venue, the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS at 8pm PST. The show was pushed back to January to avoid competing with the 2014 Winter Olympics. This year, the competition is quite intense with veterans Taylor Swift, Madonna, Bruno Mars, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Katy Perry, and newcomers Lorde, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Read more.

Jay-Z and Beyonce open the show with 'Drunk in Love' 

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Mackelmore and Ryan win Best New Artist

Mackelmore and Ryan sweep up four grammys so far.

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Hunter Hayes to debut his brand new song, 'Invisible', says "it's very personal"

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win best new artist, Beyonce opens Grammys. Read more

Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers takes home Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for 'Get Lucky'

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Robin Thicke and Chicago perform next at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy nominee Robin Thicke and wife Paula Patton as they arrive at the 56th GRAMMY Awards

John Legend performs after the break at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

For young performers at the Grammys, exposure could be the award. Read more

Nine-time GRAMMY winner John Legend delivers a moving performance of 'All Of Me'dedicated to his wife

Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear win Best Rock Song for "Cut Me Some Slack" 

Taylor Swift performs 'All Too Well' to a roaring applause from the crowd. Swift opened last year's Grammy Awards with her hit song 'Never Getting Back Together'

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Grammy Awards to feature live on-air mass marriage ceremony, Read more.

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Grammy winner Nate Ruess of fun. and Pink take the stage to perform their Grammy nominated duet.

Lorde wins Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit single 'Royals'

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The guys behind "Cut Me Some Slack" - @FooFightersDave, @PaulMcCartney, @KristNovoselic, #PatSmear #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/qmxABX1D6k

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Pink performs onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake take home Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for 'Holy Grail'

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Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons take the stage for their much awaited mashup performance.

Ringo Star performs on stage for the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center .

Jay Z accepts the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration award for 'Holy Grail' during the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Talks on social media are going wild about the incredible collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons.

Social media has spoken! @kendricklamar and @imaginedragons is the performance of the night so far! #GRAMMYs

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Rapper-producer duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won the Best New Artist award at the 56th annual Grammy awards. Their hip hop album 'The Heist' has been nominated in seven categories including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album.

Their single 'Thrift shop' from the same album, has been nominated in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song category. Another track from the album 'Same love', a tribute to marriage equality and gay rights, has been nominated for the Song of the Year category.

The Beatles members Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr join together for a rare performance at 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Pharrell Williams wins Producer Of The Year, one of the big awards of the night.

Kandrick Lamar and singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons perform onstage.

Bruno Mars wins Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Unorthodox Jukebox

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Kacey Musgraves wins Best Country Album for 'Same Trailer Different Park'. Earlier in the night, Musgraves took home the award for Best Country Song.

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Daft Punk delivers a very rare performance with Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder & Nile Rodgers at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Daft Punk already took home Best Electronic Album earlier in the night and is also nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the year.

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Lorde bags the Song of the Year award for her massively popular single 'Royals' . Read more

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Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers bag Record of the Year, one of the biggest awards of the night, for their chart topping single 'Get Lucky'

The Beatles come together at Grammys, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead wins. Read more.

My face hurts from smiling. That was one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to see. Much much love. Well done, Grammys.

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) January 27, 2014

Daft Punk takes home Album of the Year, the biggest award of the night for 'Random Access Memories' 

Nine Inch Nails, Dave Grohl, & Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac end the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with a spectacular performance.

Top winners of the night:

Album of the Year - 'Random Access Memories' - Daft Punk

Record of the Year - 'Get Lucky' - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile

Rodgers

Song of the Year (Songwriter's award) - 'Royals' - Joel Little and Ella Yelich O'Connor (Lorde), songwriters

Best New Artist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Pop Vocal Album - 'Unorthodox Jukebox' - Bruno Mars

Best Rock Album - 'Celebration Day' - Led Zeppelin

Best Alternative Music Album - 'Modern Vampires Of The City' - Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Album - 'Girl on Fire' - Alicia Keys

Best Rap Album - 'The Heist' - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Country Album - 'Same Trailer Different Park' - Kacey Musgraves

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French DJ duo Daft Punk, teenage Lorde, Mackelmore & Ryan take top Grammys. Read more