French dance duo Daft Punk have taken top honours at the Grammy Awards, winning five prizes including album and record of the year.
Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Lewis picked up four awards – best new artist plus best rap album, song and performance.
Justin Timberlake won three, while New Zealand teenager Lorde took two including song of the year for Royals.
Sir Paul McCartney was among the other double winners and also reunited with his Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.
The ceremony is known for its heavyweight on-stage collaborations and this year’s show was opened by Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce.
Madonna joined Macklemore and Lewis to perform their anti-homophobia anthem Same Love as more than 30 couples took part in a mass wedding.
Other highlights included Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams being joined by Stevie Wonder to perform their smash hit Get Lucky.
As well as performing, Sir Paul McCartney picked up the trophies for best music film and best rock song for Cut Me Some Slack, a collaboration with the surviving members of Nirvana.
It beat The Rolling Stones’ Doom And Gloom, from their 50th anniversary album GRRR!, as well as tracks by veteran metal band Black Sabbath, stadium rockers Muse and US singer-guitarist Gary Clark Jr.
Black Sabbath did scoop best metal performance, while Led Zeppelin won best rock album for their live recording Celebration Day.
Other British nominees included Ed Sheeran and James Blake, who were both up for best new artist, but lost out to Macklemore and Lewis.
Rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis, who found fame after self-releasing their album The Heist, were up for a total of seven awards, including album of the year and song of the year for Same Love.
“I want to say we made this album without a record label, we made it independently and we appreciate all the support,” Macklemore told the audience.
Seventeen-year-old Lorde’s debut hit Royals earned her song of the year and best pop solo performance after enjoying global success last year.
Jay-Z started the night with the most nominations, up for awards including best rap song and best rap album.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar, hitmaker Pharrell Williams and pop superstar Justin Timberlake were among the other acts with seven nominations.
Many of the 82 winners were named at a preliminary ceremony before the main televised event. They included Adele’s James Bond theme Skyfall, which won the prize for best song written for visual media.
Calvin Harris was up for best dance/electronica album for 18 Months and best dance recording for Sweet Nothing with Florence and the Machine’s Florence Welch, but lost out on both.
UK acts Duke Dumont and Disclosure were also unsuccessful nominees in the dance categories.
KEY GRAMMY WINNERS
Album of the year – Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Record of the year – Get Lucky, Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Song of the year – Royals, Lorde
Best country album – Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
Best pop vocal album – Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
Best rap/sung collaboration – Holy Grail, Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Best rock song – Cut Me Some Slack, Sir Paul McCartney with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear
Best pop duo/group performance – Get Lucky, Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
Best new artist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best rock album – Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
Best alternative album – Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend
Best music film – Live Kisses, Sir Paul McCartney
Best music video – Suit and Tie, Justin Timberlake
Best R&B album – Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
Best R&B song – Pusher Love Girl, Justin Timberlake
Best rap album – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,The Heist
Best rap song – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop
Best rap performance – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop
Best dance/electronica album – Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
Source-BBC
