Robot men walk away with album and record of the year
The big winners at the 56th annual Grammy awards on Sunday
night turned out to be couples as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Daft Punk
took home four awards apiece and a few dozen people were married on stage.
The robot-uniformed French electronic duo Daft Punk bested
Lorde and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to take home the album and record of the
year. Pharrell Williams, who is featured in Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, delivered
the thank you speech for the lanky performers that do not speak in costume, or
at least can’t be heard.
"Well, I suppose the robots would like to thank…"
said Williams, who won non-classical producer of the year. "You know
honestly, I bet, France is really proud of these guys right now."
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won best new artist and received
three awards in the rap field before the show began with best rap album for The
Heist and best rap performance and best rap song for Thrift Shop. During their
performance of Same Love,
33 couples were married on stage. Queen Latifah officiated the ceremony and
Madonna joined the musical performance, while wearing an all-white pantsuit and
cowboy hat.
Speaking to the press after the ceremony, Queen Latifah
said: "To be able to do something special for people, to change someone's
life is what I was able to do tonight. I took it very seriously, I didn't enter
into it lightly. It's not about TV or ratings, this was something real for
me."
Pictures of winners, performers and couples being married by
Queen Latifah at the music awards
Her stylish little companion for the evening is her son
David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie. Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Beyonce and Jay-Z opened the show with Drunk in Love.
Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Audience members participated in a same sex wedding during a
performance of Same Love by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Thirty-four couples took
part in the event.
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