The 2013 Grammy WInners: By the Covers

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Record of the year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the year
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift

Song of the year
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Roar" -- Katy Perry
"Same Love" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best new artist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

Best pop solo performance
Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER
Sara Bareilles -- "Brave"
Bruno Mars -- "When I Was Your Man"
Katy Perry -- "Roar"
Justin Timberlake -- "Mirrors"

Best pop duo/group performance
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER
P!nk featuring Nate Ruess -- "Just Give Me a Reason"
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko -- "Stay"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie"

Best pop instrumental album
Herb Alpert -- "Steppin' Out" -- WINNER
Boney James -- "The Beat"
Earl Klugh -- "Handpicked"
Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot -- "Summer Horns"
Jeff Lorber Fusion -- "Hacienda"

Best pop vocal album
Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNERLana Del Rey -- "Paradise"
Lorde -- "Pure Heroine"
Robin Thicke -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake -- "The 20/20 Experience -- The Complete Experience"

Best dance recording
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER
"Need U (100%)" -- Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" -- Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"The is What it Feels Like" -- Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie

Best dance/electronica album
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER
"Settle" -- Disclosure
"18 Months" -- Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"A Color Map of the Sun" -- Pretty Lights

Best traditional pop vocal album
"To Be Loved" -- Michael Bublé -- WINNER"Viva Duets" -- Tony Bennett and various artists
"The Standards" -- Gloria Estefan
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" -- Cee Lo Green
"Now" -- Dionne Warwick

Best rock performance
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER
Alabama Shakes -- "Always Alright"
David Bowie -- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Led Zeppelin -- "Kashmir"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "My God is the Sun"
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin' "

Best metal performances
Black Sabbath -- "God is Dead?" -- WINNER
Anthrax -- "T.N.T."
Dream Theater -- "The Enemy Inside"
Killswitch Engage -- "In Due Time"
Volbeat featuring King Diamond -- "Room 24"

Best rock song
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr.
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath
"Panic Station" -- Muse

Best rock album
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER
Black Sabbath -- "13"
David Bowie -- "The Next Day"
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork"
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill"













Best alternative music album
Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER
Neko Case -- "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You"
The National -- "Trouble Will Find Me"
Nine Inch Nails -- "Hesitation Marks"
Tame Impala -- "Lonerism"














Best R&B performance
Snarky Puppy with Lala Hathaway -- "Something" -- WINNER
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Anthony Hamilton -- "Best of Me"
Hiatus Kaiytoe featuring Q-Tip -- "Nakamarra"
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar -- "How Many Drinks?"

Best traditional R&B performance

Gary Clark Jr. -- "Please Come Home" -- WINNER
Fantasia -- "Get It Right"
Maysa -- "Quiet Fire"
Gregory Porter -- "Hey Laura"
Ryan Shaw -- "Yesterday"

Best R&B song
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNERBest of Me" -- Anthony Hamilton
"Love and War" -- Tamar Braxton
"Only One" -- PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder
"Without Me" -- Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott

Best urban contemporary album
Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Fantasia -- "Side Effects of You"
Salaam Remi -- "One: In the Chamber"
Mack Wilds -- "New York: A Love Story"

Best R&B album
Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER
Faith Evans -- "R&B Divas"
John Legend -- "Love in the Future"
Chrisette Michele -- "Better"
TGT -- "Three Kings"

Best rap performance
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER
Drake -- "Started From the Bottom"
Eminem -- "Berserk"
Jay Z -- "Tom Ford"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Best rap/sung collaboration
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER
J. Cole featuring Miguel -- "Power Trip"
Jay Z featuring Beyoncé -- "Part II (On the Run)"
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige -- "Now or Never"
Wiz Khalifa featuring the Weeknd -- "Remember You"

Best rap song
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER"F***in' Problems" -- A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
"Holy Grail" -- Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"New Slaves" -- Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom" -- Drake

Best rap album
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER
Drake -- "Nothing Was the Same"
Jay Z -- "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"
Kanye West -- "Yeezus"

Best country solo performance
Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER
Lee Brice -- "I Drive Your Truck"
Hunter Hayes -- "I Want Crazy"
Miranda Lambert -- "Mama's Broken Heart"
Blake Shelton -- "Mine Would Be You"

Best country duo/group performance
The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER
Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill -- "Don't Rush"
Little Big Town -- "Your Side of the Bed"
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban -- "Highway Don't Care"
Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton -- "You Can't Make Old Friends"

Best country song
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER
"Begin Again" -- Taylor Swift
"I Drive Your Truck" -- Lee Brice
"Mama's Broken Heart" -- Miranda Lambert
"Mine Would Be You" -- Blake Shelton

Best country album
Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER
Jason Aldean -- "Night Train"
Tim McGraw -- "Two Lanes of Freedom"
Blake Shelton -- "Based on a True Story"
Taylor Swift -- "Red"

Best Latin pop album
Draco Rosa -- "Vida" -- WINNERFrankie J -- "Faith, Hope y Amor"
Ricardo Montaner -- "Viajero Frecuente"
Aleks Syntek -- "Syntek"
Tommy Torres -- "12 Historias"

Best score soundtrack for visual media
"Skyfall" -- WINNER
"Argo"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best song written for visual media
Adele -- "Skyfall" -- "Skyfall" -- WINNER
Coldplay -- "Atlas" -- "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
Jessie J -- "Silver Lining" -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw -- "We Both Know" -- "Safe Haven"
Lana Del Rey -- "Young and Beautiful" -- "The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition)
Regina Spektor -- "You've Got Time" -- "Orange is the New Black"

Best music video
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNERCaptial Cities -- "Safe and Sound"
Jay Z -- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton -- "Can't Hold Us"
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"

Best music film
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER
Coldplay -- "Live 2012"
Green Day -- "¡Cuatro!"
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite -- "I'm in I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!"
Mumford & Sons -- "The Road to Red Rocks"