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Ciara (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Jamie Foxx and date (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ryan Lewis, left, and Macklemore. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Keith Urban (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Steven Tyler (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Taylor Swift (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gloria Estefan (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Stevie Nicks (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Anna Faris (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Cyndi Lauper (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Pink (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Rita Ora (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Madonna (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Madonna and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Mary Lambert (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Kathy Griffin (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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LL Cool J and family. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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“NCIS” actress Paula Perrette (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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John Legend with his wife, Chrissy Teigen (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Malina Moye (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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The group Summer Horn (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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The Total Phuken Muncho with Ron Jeremy. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Paul Williams and wife Mariana. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Alicia Keys (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Kaya Jones (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach arrive and play to the crowd. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ariana Grande (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Kelly Osbourne (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Anthony Hamilton and Ed D. Kane. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ro Shon on his toes. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ziggy Marley and guest (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Paris Hilton with members of Birdman. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Paris Hilton (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Dee Brown (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Merle Haggard with wife Theresa and son Ben. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Kendall Schmidt (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Mack Wilds (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Hunter Hayes (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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The group Chicago (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Emily Lazar (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Faith Evans (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Gary Clark Jr. and Nicole Trunfio (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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George Kotsiopoulos (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Tamar Braxton (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Lalah Hathaway (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Skylar Grey (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Slipknot’s clown, Shawn Crahan, with wife and daughter. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Aaron Rossi and Mandi Martyr (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Neil Young and wife Pegi (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Ryan Shaw (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Producer Holly Ridings (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Singer Valisia Lekae (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Blues artist Bobby Rush (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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John Paul White of the Civil Wars and wife and son (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Songwriter LaShawn Daniels and wife (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Classical pianist Angelin Chang (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Album cover nominees Shauna Dobbs and Sarah Dobbs (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Composer Alexandre Desplat (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Maysa (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Jesse McCartney and Katie Petersen (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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TV personality Keltie Knight (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Snarky Puppy (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Killswitch Engage (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Singer-songwriter Makeba Riddick (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Singer-songwriter Lorraine Feather (Michael Nelson / EPA)

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Annie Stoll, nominee for recording package (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Opera singer Linda Watson (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Country song nominee Jimmy Yeary (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Musician Boney James (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Jessi Alexander is nominated for two best country song awards. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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TV personality Rocsi Diaz (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Contemporary Christian music song nominee Ryan Stevenson (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Composer, producer and arranger Kitaro (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Singer/songwriter-producer Steven Curtis Chapman and daughter (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Engineer Josh Mosser and wife. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Billy Crystal arrives for the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

By Scott Sandell

Jan. 27, 2014 9:35 AM PT

Were the Grammy Awards a disaster, pretty decent or absolutely fabulous? Or a little bit of all?

Join The Times’ Mikael Wood and Stacey Leasca right here at 10 a.m. Monday as they discuss the awards, the show and all those things you didn’t see during the three-hour-and-43-minute telecast on Sunday night.

In terms of awards, French electronic duo Daft Punk walked away the big winners, with “Random Access Memories” being named album of the year and the hit single “Get Lucky,” with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, winning for record of the year. In total, the helmeted “robots” received four Grammys.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also garnered four Grammys, including new artist and three rap awards generated by their breakthrough album, “The Heist,” and another hit single, “Thrift Shop.” Lorde collected song of the year honors for “Royals.”
But the Grammys show is as much about spectacle as it is about handing out trophies.

Opening with Beyonce and husband Jay Z, the show featured performances by the two surviving members of the Beatles, Taylor Swift, Pink, Metallica and Lang Lang, to name a few. Toward the show’s end, Queen Latifah presided over the weddings of nearly three dozen couples, gay and straight, on stage as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their song “Same Love,” which has become a touchstone in the movement to legalize gay marriage. Madonna also sang “Open Your Heart.”

And lest we forget: Pharrell Williams’ hat, which by the end of the evening had its own Twitter account.

Share your thoughts and ask questions by tweeting with the hashtag #asklatimes.

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