56th Annual GRAMMY Awards

3rd & 7 37yd

As
if Beyoncé and Jay Z weren't enough of a power couple, earlier this week they topped
Billboard's third annual Power 100
list, which ranks the most influential players in the music biz.

Tonight
they're nominated together for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Part II
(On The Run)," an award they previously won together in 2003 for
"Crazy In Love."

by Crystal Larsen via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:05:04 AM
Quite a few double entendres in this tune …

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:05:12 AM
Good lawwwwd #jawdrops #Grammys

by TylerCrouch2 via twitter 1/27/2014 1:05:32 AM
Jay-Z has won 16 GRAMMYS, his wife 17. She’s 32, he’s 44. Do you suppose they’re comparing? Competing? Keeping track?

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:05:40 AM
As if Beyoncé and Jay Z weren't enough of a power couple, earlier this week they topped Billboard's third annual Power 100 list, which ranks the most influential players in the music biz.
Tonight they're nominated together for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Part II (On The Run)," an award they previously won together in 2003 for "Crazy In Love."
Beyoncé and Jay Z at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013 (Photo: WireImage.com)

by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:05:46 AM
As the song says, they’re on fire. They be all night.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:06:12 AM
For more Grammy updates I'm @NicolePajer! Will be posting from press room soon:-)

by Nicole Pajer via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:06:20 AM
Jay Z joins Beyoncé

by Jamie Wayt via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:06:57 AM
Well, Jay & Bey nailed it. And if Jay-Z feels anything other than happy to be here — he IS up for nine GRAMMYs tonight, including Best Rap Album for “Magna Carta” — he doesn’t show it. Smooth operator, that guy.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:06:57 AM
The fans have spoken. They love Queen Bey.
ToyaB. - FFOE
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Grammys started off RIGHT w Beyonce
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valerie
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I love seeing Beyoncé and Jay-Z together
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R.M.A 
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Beyonce performing right now ...crushing
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jane elise
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is there anyone fiercer than Beyoncé
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Madilyn Grace Lee
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Beyoncé ???? y'all she's amazing! #OpeningTheGrammys
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by Kiana Butler via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:07:00 AM
Here he is, our host, looking like he was born to emcee. Dapper as ever. Eye-twinkle in place.
This is LL's third year GRAMMY hosting.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:07:24 AM
Jay Z and Beyoncé embrace onstage after their performance

by Jamie Wayt edited by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:07:25 AM
Now that's how you start a show. King @Beyonce and @S_C_ did that. #GRAMMYs

by Kimberly Hines via twitter 1/27/2014 1:08:09 AM
Daft Punk have shined up their helmets for the occasion

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:08:21 AM
Host LL Cool J

by Jamie Wayt via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:09:01 AM
Taylor Swift, in the audience, in a chain mail dress!

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:09:25 AM
It's so weird but me and my husband look just like Beyoncé & Jay Z when we're dancing and grinding. Timberlake was right #mirrors #crazyhot

by Kelly Clarkson via twitter 1/27/2014 1:09:25 AM
… in addition to all that charm, LL doesn’t waste time. We’re about to find out who’s going to take home Best New Artist, courtesy of our first pair of superstar presenters, Anna Kendrick and Pharrell. My money’s on Lorde, what about yours?

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:11:09 AM
Pharrell presenting

by Jamie Wayt via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:11:53 AM
Earlier today Pharrell Williams won the GRAMMY for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical!
Pharrell Williams at the 56th GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 26 (Photo: WireImage.com)

by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:12:27 AM
????????"@TheGRAMMYs : Congrats to Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical @Pharrell #GRAMMYs ”

by Pharrell Williams via twitter 1/27/2014 1:12:45 AM
And tonight's first award -- big huge one! -- goes to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. The Staples Center ceiling can't hold them!

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:13:51 AM
Congrats to #BestNewArtist winner @macklemore & @ryanlewis #GRAMMYs

by Recording Academy via twitter 1/27/2014 1:14:02 AM
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis accepting Best New Artist GRAMMY

by Jamie Wayt edited by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:14:11 AM
Macklemore deserved that

by Dope_Day via twitter 1/27/2014 1:15:06 AM
My 5 year old loves @macklemore so happy he won!! #GRAMMYs

by ally via twitter 1/27/2014 1:15:34 AM
Humble acceptance speech. Was that a park ranger hat Pharrell was wearing?

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:15:34 AM
Lorde has pretty much owned the spotlight since her debut album “Pure Heroine” came out in September. And face it: there’s no way you can begrudge her the attention. She’s 17! And a marvel.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:16:02 AM
Lorde takes the center stage to perform her GRAMMY-nominated "Royals"

by Jamie Wayt edited by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:16:05 AM
Signature dark lips, but her hair is looking tamer than normal tonight, no?

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:17:21 AM
“Royals” was on the best-song-of-the-year lists of Rolling Stone, Time and Spin in 2013. It’s nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:17:46 AM
What’s particularly awesome about this minimalist song is its message. It’s a response to commercialism, consumerism, cultural entropy, crap music … all those bad C words.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:18:06 AM
Taylor Swift is singing all the words to "Royals" (bottom right)

by Jamie Wayt edited by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:18:18 AM
by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:20:19 AM
And the 56th GRAMMY Awards Best New Artist winners are Macklemore & Ryan Lewis! Congratulations!the 56th GRAMMY Awards Best New Artist winner is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis! Congratulations!

by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:31:18 AM
Was that a scat interlude, Robin Thicke?

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:47:37 AM
Photos: Top GRAMMY Moments
Lorde performs "Royals" (Photo: WireImage.com)
Hunter Hayes performs "Invisible"
Beyoncé and Jay Z perform "Drunk In Love"

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by Crystal Larsen via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:47:45 AM
Early today Robin Thicke said he was "excited and nervous" about his performance. We didn't see any nerves!
Robin Thicke
@robinthicke
Tonight is @TheGRAMMYs ceremony and I'm incredibly excited and nervous. You can watch the ceremony at 8/7c on @CBS
instagram.com/p/jpGh8uxR67/
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by Kiana Butler via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:47:58 AM
What a pairing. What a performance. One for the history books.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:48:01 AM
… but we’ll have to write that chapter later because here comes Keith Urban and Gary Clark Jr., with the stunner “Cop Car” off Keith’s “Fuse.”

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:48:22 AM
Here’s a song with a fun conceit: it’s about a couple who get arrested while trespassing together and fall in love in the back of a cop car.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:48:50 AM
Arrested? For trespassing? It may not happen all that often in real life, but Keith Urban breathes believability into these lyrics. Maybe he’s a sucker for a love story.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:49:19 AM
Gary Clark Jr. is a multi-genre marvel.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:50:02 AM
Back to those lyrics. If you’re like me, you’ll buy just about anything Keith Urban is selling. He’s in fine form on this midtempo number, all sincerity and shiny, perfectly mussed hair.

by Tammy La Gorce via GRAMMY Awards 1/27/2014 1:50:54 AM
Earlier today Gary Clark Jr. won his first GRAMMY for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Please Come Home."
Gary Clark Jr. backstage at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 26 in Los Angeles (Photo: WireImage.com)

by Crystal Larsen 1/27/2014 1:51:53 AM

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards

And the 56th GRAMMY Awards Best New Artist winners are Macklemore & Ryan Lewis! Congratulations!the 56th GRAMMY Awards Best New Artist winner is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis! Congratulations!

Photos: Top GRAMMY Moments