The first of the Grammy Awards 2014 winners was announced during the pre-show ceremony, but country fans had to wait until almost 7:00pm to celebrate. Darius Rucker’s ‘Wagon Wheel’ won the award for Best Country Solo Performance. Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song were announced moments later.
Only the Best Country Album Grammy winner was announced during the official primetime CBS broadcast on January 26.
Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves fronted the country Grammy nominees with the most nods, but Blake Shelton and Tim McGraw also found multiple nominations. In the end, only Musgraves pocketed Grammys trophies.
Grammy Awards 2014 winners:
Best Country Album
Jason Aldean, ‘Night Train’
Tim McGraw, ‘Two Lanes of Freedom’
Kacey Musgraves, ‘Same Trailer Different Park’
Blake Shelton, ‘Based on a True Story…’
Taylor Swift, ‘Red’
Best Country Solo Performance
Lee Brice, ‘I Drive Your Truck’
Hunter Hayes, ‘I Want Crazy’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
Darius Rucker, ‘Wagon Wheel’
Blake Shelton, ‘Mine Would Be You’
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
The Civil Wars, ‘From This Valley’
Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill, ‘Don’t Rush’
Little Big Town, ‘Your Side of the Bed’
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban, ‘Highway Don’t Care’
Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton, ‘You Can’t Make Old Friends’
Best Country Song
Taylor Swift, ‘Begin Again’
Lee Brice, ‘I Drive Your Truck’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
Kacey Musgraves, ‘Merry Go ‘Round’
Blake Shelton, ‘Mine Would Be You’
Album of the Year
Sara Bareilles, ‘The Blessed Unrest’
Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’ Kendrick Lamar, ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, ‘The Heist’
Taylor Swift, ‘Red’
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran -Agency
