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Daft Punk, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead Grammy winners

By Sam Rigby

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Daft Punk and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the big winners at the Grammy Awards last night (January 26).

The Get Lucky and Thrift Shop hitmakers each walked away with four prizes, including Album of the Year for Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Best Rap Album for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s The Heist.

As well as scooping the coveted Album of the Year prize, Daft Punk won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Get Lucky, their collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. Random Access Memories also won Best Dance/Electronica Album.

Meanwhile, Macklemore and Lewis triumped in the prestigious Best New Artist category, and won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for their hit Thrift Shop.

Justin Timberlake did not attend this year’s ceremony, but still bagged himself three trophies. His 20/20 Experience album track Pusher Love Girl was named Best R&B song, while his Jay Z collaborations Suit & Tie and Holy Grail were also acknowledged.

 > Grammy Awards 2014: Winners List

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17-year-old Lorde collected two trophies at her first ever Grammys, with Royals winning Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Meanwhile, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were joined by Madonna, Queen Latifah and Mary Lambert for a special performance of Same Love, which saw 34 couples marry onstage at the awards ceremony.

There were also performances from Daft Punk, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, after Beyoncé and Jay Z had opened the show with Drunk in Love.

Watch their performance below:

[youtube height=”315″ width=”560″] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=absCUmlYCb8[/youtube]