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Of those nominations, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won both Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Thrift Shop," Best New Artist and ultimately, Best Rap Album for their album, The Heist… Other past winners in the Best Rap Album category include Eminem, Kanye West and Outkast. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. & Pharrell, WINNER: “Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk, WINNER: Royals — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde), “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), PHOTOS: Grammys 2014 top nominees and winners | Show highlights | Red carpet, “Just Give Me a Reason” — Pink, featuring Nate Ruess, “Summer Horns” — Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot, WINNER: “Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars, “The 20/20 Experience — The Complete Experience” — Justin Timberlake, LIVE BLOG: Grammy Awards 2014 | Performances, Need U (100%)” — Duke Dumont, featuring A*M*E & MNEK, “Sweet Nothing” — Calvin Harris, featuring Florence Welch, “This Is What It Feels Like” — Armin Van Buuren, featuring Trevor Guthrie, “Viva Duets” — Tony Bennett & various artists, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie, “My God Is the Sun” — Queens of the Stone Age, “Room 24" — Volbeat, featuring King Diamond, WINNER: “Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear), “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), ”...Like Clockwork” — Queens of the Stone Age, “Psychedelic Pill” — Neil Young With Crazy Horse, WINNER: “Modern Vampires of the City” — Vampire Weekend, “The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You” — Neko Case, WINNER: “Something” — Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway, “Nakamarra” — Hiatus Kaiyote, featuring Q-Tip, “How Many Drinks?” — Miguel, featuring Kendrick Lamar.