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And The GRAMMY Went To ... Kacey Musgraves

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More on the country singer/songwriter's two wins at the 56th GRAMMY Awards
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Feb 5, 2014 - 1:07 pm
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(In the coming weeks GRAMMY.com will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Jan. 26 in Los Angeles. Each installment will offer the winning or related video, and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)

Song: "Merry Go 'Round" [iTunes]

Artist: Kacey Musgraves

Won for: Best Country Song

Previous wins: Musgraves' two GRAMMY wins this year marked the first wins of her career.

Did you know?: Musgraves won two of the four GRAMMYs she was nominated for at the 56th GRAMMY Awards, including Best Country Song for "Merry Go 'Round," which she co-wrote with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. The track is featured on her 2013 album, Same Trailer Different Park, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and garnered a GRAMMY for Best Country Album. Musgraves also garnered a nomination for Best New Artist and a second nod in the Best Country Song category for co-writing Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart" with Brandy Clark and McAnally. Musgraves performed "Follow Your Arrow," from Same Trailer Different Park, on the 56th GRAMMY telecast on Jan. 26. Following her telecast performance, Same Trailer … returned to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and saw a 177 percent increase in sales.

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Exploring The Country Field Nominees

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A look at the nominees in the Country Field categories for the 56th GRAMMY Awards
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Dec 23, 2013 - 12:00 am
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You've seen the list of nominees, now take a closer look at the artists nominated in the Country Field categories for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

First-time nominee Kacey Musgraves and GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift lead the Country Field with three nominations each. Following with two nominations in the Field are GRAMMY winner Tim McGraw, GRAMMY nominee Blake Shelton, and songwriters and first-time nominees Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Shane McAnally. Returning GRAMMY winners looking to add to their GRAMMY gold are the Civil Wars, Kelly Clarkson, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Darius Rucker, and Keith Urban.

Best Country Solo Performance

Lee Brice, "I Drive Your Truck"

Brice has one nomination this year, marking the first GRAMMY nomination of his career.

Hunter Hayes, "I Want Crazy"

Hayes has one nomination this year and three prior GRAMMY nominations.

Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart"

Lambert has one nomination this year, seven prior GRAMMY nominations and one prior GRAMMY win.

Darius Rucker, "Wagon Wheel"


Rucker has one nomination this year, two prior GRAMMY nominations and two prior GRAMMY wins as part of Hootie And The Blowfish.

Blake Shelton, "Mine Would Be You"


Shelton has two nominations this year and four prior GRAMMY nominations.

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

The Civil Wars, "From This Valley"

The Civil Wars have one nomination this year, three prior GRAMMY nominations and two prior GRAMMY wins.

Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill, "Don't Rush"

Clarkson has one nomination this year, nine prior GRAMMY nominations and three prior GRAMMY wins. Gill has one nomination this year, 41 prior GRAMMY nominations and 20 prior GRAMMY wins.

Little Big Town, "Your Side Of The Bed"


Little Big Town have one nomination this year, five prior GRAMMY nominations and one prior GRAMMY win.

Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care"

McGraw has two nominations this year, 17 prior GRAMMY nominations and three prior GRAMMY wins. Swift has four nominations this year, 15 prior GRAMMY nominations and seven prior GRAMMY wins. Urban has one nomination this year, 12 prior GRAMMY nominations and four prior GRAMMY wins.

Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton, "You Can't Make Old Friends"

Rogers has one nomination this year, 18 prior GRAMMY nominations and three prior GRAMMY wins. Parton has one nomination this year, 45 prior GRAMMY nominations and seven prior GRAMMY wins.

Best Country Song

Taylor Swift, "Begin Again"

Swift has four nominations this year, including Album Of The Year for Red.

Lee Brice, "I Drive Your Truck" (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters)

Alexander and Harrington have two nominations each this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of their respective careers. Yeary has one nomination this year, marking the first GRAMMY nomination of his career.

Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart" (Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters)

Clark has one nomination this year, marking the first GRAMMY nomination of her career. McAnally has two nominations this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of his career. Musgraves has four nominations this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of her career.

Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go 'Round" (Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters)

McAnally has two nominations this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of his career. Musgraves has four nominations this year, including Best New Artist. Osborne has one nomination this year, marking the first GRAMMY nomination of his career. 

Blake Shelton, "Mine Would Be You" (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters)

Alexander and Harrington have two nominations each this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of their respective careers. Ruttan has one nomination this year, marking the first GRAMMY nomination of his career.

Best Country Album

Jason Aldean, Night Train

Aldean has one nomination this year and three prior GRAMMY nominations.

Tim McGraw, Two Lanes To Freedom

McGraw has two nominations this year, 17 prior GRAMMY nominations and three prior GRAMMY wins.

Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park

Musgraves has four nominations this year, marking the first GRAMMY nominations of her career.

Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story

Shelton has two nominations this year and four prior GRAMMY nominations.

Taylor Swift, Red

Swift has four nominations this year, 15 prior GRAMMY nominations and seven prior GRAMMY wins.

56th GRAMMYs: Country Field Nominees Playlist

Who will take home the awards in the Country Field categories? Tune in to the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 26, 2014, taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles and airing live on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

 

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And The GRAMMY Went To ... Danger Mouse

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Danger Mouse picks up the award for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
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Mar 31, 2011 - 6:00 am
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(In the coming weeks GRAMMY.com will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Each installment will offer the winning or related video and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)

Recordings: Broken Bells, Broken Bells (iTunes>); Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse, Dark Night Of The Soul (iTunes>); the Black Keys, "Tighten Up" (iTunes>)

Artist: Danger Mouse

Won for: Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Previous wins: Best Alternative Music Album for St. Elsewhere and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Crazy" as a member of Gnarls Barkley



Did you know?: In 2009 Danger Mouse joined with the Shins' James Mercer to form the alternative rock project Broken Bells. A year later the duo released their self-titled debut album on Columbia Records, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. "The High Road" was the first single released off the album. In 2010 Danger Mouse collaborated with the late indie rock singer/songwriter Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, for Dark Night Of The Soul, which features an all-star cast of guest vocalists, including the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, the Cardigans' Nina Persson, Iggy Pop, and Suzanne Vega, among others. The album was first announced in spring 2009 but its release was delayed until July 2010 due to a dispute between Danger Mouse and EMI Records. Before producing the track "Tighten Up," Danger Mouse produced the Black Keys' 2008 album, Attack & Release. He teamed with Cee Lo Green in 2006 to form Gnarls Barkley, and the duo recorded two albums: St. Elsewhere (2006) and The Odd Couple (2008). In 2001 he moved to London to further his recording career, one class shy of graduating from college. Soon thereafter he took on the name Danger Mouse, after the cartoon character of the same name. Danger Mouse was born Brian Burton in White Plains, N.Y. The producer first made a name for himself when he recorded The Grey Album in 2004, a mashup of The Beatles (the white album) and Jay-Z's The Black Album. Because the Beatles' tracks weren't cleared, the album never saw a formal release.

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And The GRAMMY Went To ... Imagine Dragons

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More on the quartet's win for Best Rock Performance at the 56th GRAMMY Awards
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Feb 4, 2014 - 12:51 pm
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Song: "Radioactive"

Artist: Imagine Dragons

Won for: Best Rock Performance

Previous wins: Imagine Dragons' win this year marked the first GRAMMY win of their career.

Did you know?: Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons — bassist Ben McKee, drummer Daniel Platzman, vocalist Dan Reynolds, and guitarist Wayne Sermon — originally formed in Provo, Utah. Reynolds comes from a large Mormon family, with seven brothers and one sister. The quartet released their full-length major label debut album, Night Visions, in 2012. The album includes "Radioactive," which was originally featured on their preceding EP, Continued Silence, and the hits "Demons" and "It's Time." Also a Record Of The Year nominee, "Radioactive" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, trailing two other GRAMMY-related songs: Best Rap Performance winner "Thrift Shop" (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz) and fellow Record Of The Year nominee "Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell). The song has been on the Billboard Hot 100 for 74 weeks and has set the record for most weeks spent atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. The group performed "Radioactive" with rapper Kendrick Lamar on the 56th GRAMMY Awards telecast. A studio version of the song featuring Lamar was released Jan. 27. Imagine Dragons are in the midst of a worldwide tour, with dates scheduled through August. 

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And The GRAMMY Went To ... Lady Antebellum

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Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now"
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Mar 10, 2011 - 9:36 am
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Album: "Need You Now" (iTunes>)

Artist: Lady Antebellum

Won for: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best Country Song, and Best Country Album

Previous wins: Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals in 2009 for "I Run To You" in 2009

Did you know?: Between the album Need You Now and its title song, country vocal group Lady Antebellum won five statues at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. The group has a noteworthy musical pedigree: Male lead Charles Kelley is the brother of singer/songwriter Josh Kelley and female lead Hillary Scott is the daughter of GRAMMY-winning country singer Linda Davis. "Need You Now" was co-written by the band with Josh Kear, whose hits include Carrie Underwood's GRAMMY-winning "Before He Cheats," which he co-wrote with Chris Tompkins. Need You Now topped the Billboard 200 and Country Albums charts in 2010, and the title track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went all the way to the top on the Hot Country Songs chart. Lady A's 53rd GRAMMY Awards performance, a medley of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and the group's own "American Honey" and "Need You Now," is currently available for download at iTunes.

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