Comedians Kathy Griffin, Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin among Grammy winners
Count Kathy Griffin and Stephen Colbert among the list of Grammy winners this year. Griffin, after six tries, picked up her first Grammy during the pre-televised portion of Sunday night's Grammy presentation for Best Comedy Album for Calm Down Gurrl. The comedienne couldn't help but insert the pop culture news of the day, while accepting her award.
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Comedy Central funnyman Colbert was awarded the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. Comedic actor-turned-musician Steve Martin was also a winner for his collaboration with Edie Brickell on this year's Best American Roots Song - "Love Has Come For You." Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won a handful of awards during Grammy's pre-telecast including, Best Rap Album for The Heist and Best Rap Song for "Thrift Shop." Pre-tel Grammy presentation host Cyndi Lauper also picked an award for Best Musical Theater Album for her Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots.
Paul McCartney's Live Kisses won for Best Music Film; Justin Timberlake and Jay Z were honored with Best Music Video for "Suit & Tie"; Imagine Dragons earned Best Rock Performance honor for "Radioactive"; Black Sabbath's "God Is Dead?" was named Best Metal Performance. And hitmaker Pharrell Williams was named Producer of the Year Non-Classical.
Here is a partial list of winners from Grammy's Pre-Tel Ceremony:
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"STEPPIN' OUT" - HERB ALPERT
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
"TO BE LOVED" - MICHAEL BUBLé
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
"ZIGGY MARLEY IN CONCERT" - ZIGGY MARLEY
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM - TIE
"SAVOR FLAMENCO" - THE GYPSY KINGS
"LIVE: SINGING FOR PEACE AROUND THE WORLD - LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
"THROW A PENNY IN THE WISHING WELL" - JENNIFER GASOI
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM
"AMERICA AGAIN: RE-BECOMING THE GREATNESS WE NEVER WEREN'T" - STEPHEN COLBERT
BEST GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
BREAK EVERY CHAIN (LIVE) - TASHA COBBS
BEST GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
"IF HE DID IT BEFORE... SAME GOD" (LIVE) - TYE TRIBBET
BEST GOSPEL SONG
"IF HE DID IT BEFORE... SAME GOD" (LIVE) - TYE TRIBBET
BEST COMPILATION FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"SOUND CITY: REAL TO REEL" - DAVE GROHL & VARIOUS ARTISTS
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"SKYFALL" - THOMAS NEWMAN
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
"SKYFALL" - (FROM "SKYFALL") ADELE ADKINS AND PAUL EPWORTH
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
"KINKY BOOTS"
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
"LOVE HAS COME FOR YOU" - EDIE BRICKELL AND STEVE MARTIN
BEST FOLK ALBUM
"MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU" - GUY CLARK
BEST DANCE RECORDING
CLARITY - ZEDD FEATURING FOXES
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - DAFT PUNK
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
"CALM DOWN GURRL" - KATHY GRIFFIN
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
THRIFT SHOP - MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEATURING WANZ
BEST RAP SONG
THRIFT SHOP - BEN HAGGERTY & RYAN LEWIS, SONGWRITERS (MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEATURING WANZ)
BEST RAP ALBUM
"THE HEIST" - MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
SOMETHING - SNARKY PUPPY WITH LALAH HATHAWAY
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
PLEASE COME HOME - GARY CLARK JR.
BEST R&B SONG
PUSHER LOVE GIRL - JAMES FAUNTLEROY, JEROME HARMON, TIMOTHY MOSLEY & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, SONGWRITERS (JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
UNAPOLOGETIC - RIHANNA
BEST R&B ALBUM
GIRL ON FIRE - ALICIA KEYS
BEST BLUES ALBUM
"GET UP!" BEN HARPER WITH CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SUIT & TIE - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEATURING JAY Z
BEST MUSIC FILM
LIVE KISSES - PAUL MCCARTNEY
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
"WAGON WHEEL" - DARIUS RUCKER
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"FROM THIS VALLEY" - THE CIVIL WARS
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"MERRY GO 'ROUND" - KACEY MUSGRAVES (WRITERS - SHANE MCANALLY, KACEY MUSGRAVES, AND JOSH OSBORNE)
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
"RADIOACTIVE" - IMAGINE DRAGONS
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"GOD IS DEAD?" - BLACK SABBATH
BEST ROCK ALBUM
"CELEBRATION DAY" - LED ZEPPELIN
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - NON CLASSICAL
KEITH URBAN
