Attention!!!
With the dawn of 2014, everyone is hoping that this year would be better than the last. 2013 was definitely a tough year to beat, with Pop music once more gaining the forefront in the industry along with Electronic Dance Music and Indie Music. The Grammys along with the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and People's Choice Awards were held in January.
Music's biggest night the 56th Annual Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles hosted by LL Cool J. The only good performance of the night was Pink with her medley of Try and Just Give Me a Reason with Nate Ruess. Other notable performances included Katy Perry with Dark Horse, Lorde with Royals, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney with Queenie Eye and Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams performing a medley with Stevie Wonder and Nile Rodgers. The significant awards were won as follows:
- Record of the Year: Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
- Album of the Year: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
- Song of the Year: Lorde - Royals
- Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Best Pop Solo Performance: Lorde - Royals
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
- Best Dance Recording: Zedd ft. Foxes - Clarity
- Best Rock Performance: Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- Best Rap Performance: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop
- Best Rap Song: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop
- Best Music Video: Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z - Suit & Tie
- MusiCares Person of the Year: Carol King
The 40th People's Choice Awards were held in LA hosted by Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings. The awards are as follows:
- Favourite Male Artist: Justin Timberlake
- Favourite Female Artist: Demi Lovato
- Favourite Breakout Artist: Ariana Grande
- Favourite Pop Artist: Britney Spears
- Favourite Country Artist: Taylor Swift
- Favourite Hip-Hop Artist: Drake
- Favourite R&B Artist: Justin Timberlake
- Favourite Band: One Direction
- Favourite Alternative Band: Fall Out Boy
- Favourite Song: Katy Perry - Roar
- Favourite Album: Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
- Favourite Music Video - Katy Perry - Roar
The 71st Golden Globe Awards were held and the award for Best Original Song was won by U2 for Ordinary Love in the Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom soundtrack. The 19th Critics' Choice Awards were also held and the Best Song was won by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez for their Let It Go in the Frozen soundtrack.
In the Billboard Hot 100 Eminem's Monster ft. Rihanna managed to stay in first place for the first two weeks before Pitbull's Timber ft. Ke$ha swept in claim the crown and remained there for the final two weeks. The only contender which may replace Pitbull would be Katy Perry with her Dark Horse who has been steadily climbing up the charts and her performance may aid her in dethroning Pitbull and Ke$ha. Lorde's Team, Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty and Bastille's Pompeii have all entered the Top 10 in January.
In the UK Timber was the first number one which replace Pharrell Williams' Happy. However, Williams managed to reclaim the crown the next week and held on for two more weeks before Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne's Rather Be peaked in the last week. Other good songs released in January are:
- Shakira ft. Rihanna - Can't Remember to Forget You
- Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull - I'm a Freak
- Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious
- Lily Allen - Air Balloon
- The Vamps - Wild Heart
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