Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Grammy Awards hit some of the right notes with viewers on Sunday but not everyone in Hip Hop was thrilled. On a high note according to Nielsen’s preliminary ratings, roughly 28.5 million viewers tuned in to the show on CBS. That’s up from last year’s 28.4 million viewers and marks the second largest audience since February 1993 — behind the 2012 ceremony that took place a day after the legendary Whitney Houston passed away. Some Hip Hop fans were shocked and dissappointed when the winner of the Best Rap Album category was announced. As they believed Kendrick Lamar was robbed as Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis took the trophy home. Daft Punk won big on Sunday, walking away with album of the year. Also taking home multiple honors were, Pharrell Williams and Kacey Musgraves. LL Cool J served as host of the three-and-a-half-hour show, which took place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images Mark Davis/WireImage With Daft Punk taking home the album of the year Grammy, the duo beat out the likes of Sara Bareilles, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Taylor Swift with their album Random Access Memories. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams‘ Grammy haul also included record of the year for “Get Lucky.” 17-year-old Lorde became the youngest ever winner for song of the year with “Royals.” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also went home with the award for best new artist. Performers included Daft Punk and Williams with Stevie Wonder and Nile Rodgers, Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons, Billie Joe Armstrong and Miranda Lambert, Ryan Lewis & Macklemore, Metallica and Lang Lang, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and Robin Thicke and Chicago. Jay Z and Beyonce opened the show with a joint performance. The winners included: 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 Record Of The Year: “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams (WINNER) “Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons “Royals” — Lorde “Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars “Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year: “Royals” — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde) (WINNER) “Just Give Me A Reason” — Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess) “Locked Out Of Heaven” — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars) “Roar” — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry) “Same Love” — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert) Best Country Album: Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves (WINNER) Night Train — Jason Aldean Two Lanes Of Freedom — Tim McGraw Based On A True Story — Blake Shelton Red — Taylor Swift Best Pop Vocal Album: “Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars (WINNER) “Paradise” — Lana Del Rey “Pure Heroine” — Lorde “Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke “The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” — Justin Timberlake Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake (WINNER) “Power Trip” — J.Cole Featuring Miguel “Part II (On The Run)” — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé “Now Or Never” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige “Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd Best Pop Solo Performance: “Royals” — Lorde (WINNER) “Brave” — Sara Bareilles “When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars “Roar” — Katy Perry “Mirrors” — Justin Timberlake Best Rock Song “Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear) (WINNER) “Ain’t Messin ‘Round” — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.) “Doom And Gloom” — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones) “God Is Dead?” — Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath) “Panic Station” — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse) Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams (WINNER) “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 New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (WINNER) James Blake Kendrick Lamar Kacey Musgraves Ed Sheeran 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 Rock Performance: “Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons (WINNER) “Always Alright” — Alabama Shakes “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie “Kashmir” (Live) — Led Zeppelin “My God Is The Sun” — Queens Of The Stone Age “I’m Shakin’” — Jack White Best Rock Album: Celebration Day — Led Zeppelin (WINNER) 13 — Black Sabbath The Next Day — David Bowie Mechanical Bull — Kings Of Leon …Like Clockwork — Queens Of The Stone Age Psychedelic Pill — Neil Young With Crazy Horse Best Alternative Music Album: Modern Vampires Of The City — Vampire Weekend (WINNER) 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 Best Rap Album: The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (WINNER) Nothing Was The Same — Drake Magna Carta…Holy Grail — Jay Z Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar Yeezus — Kanye West Best Country Solo Performance: “Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker (WINNER) “I Drive Your Truck” — Lee Brice “I Want Crazy” — Hunter Hayes “Mama’s Broken Heart” — Miranda Lambert “Mine Would Be You” — Blake Shelton Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington (WINNER) Guided Tour — The New Gary Burton Quartet Life Forum — Gerald Clayton Pushing The World Away — Kenny Garrett Out Here […]