Daft Punk, Lorde, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win big at 2014 Grammy Awards

CEBU, Philippines - The music industry’s biggest night was filled with skin, surprises and tons of high notes. Daft Punk came away the biggest winner of the night, with a total of five awards. Trailing shortly behind was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with an impressive four awards.

But unlike other awards shows, most of the trophies are passed out before the actual ceremony. So who took home Grammy awards before the show aired?

Michael Bublé took home his fourth Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy, while Ziggy Marley and Stephen Colbert also earned top honors. The Comedy Central TV host won for Best Spoken Word Album, while Marley was awarded for Best Reggae Album. Adele also earned a Grammy earlier in the night, but was not on board to accept coveted award.

LL Cool J took on the role of host for the evening festivities, along with a slew of famous faces who presented throughout the night.

Meanwhile, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ debut album, “The Heist,” won Best Rap Album—beating out Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Kanye West and Drake. The Seattle rap duo won Best New Artist and their hit song, “Thrift Shop” also won Best Rap Song.

Beyoncé and Jay Z opened the show with a performance of their latest hit “Drunk in Love” and got almost everyone in the crowd on their feet. Lorde rocked the house with a rousing rendition of her debut track, “Royals.” The New Zealand native sported gothic-esque black lipstick and sang a decidedly understated version of the song.

Shortly after Hunter Hayes performed “Invisible,” Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams earned the top honor for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their mega-hit “Get Lucky.” The French duo accepted their award wearing their signature space helmets and let Williams do all of the talking on stage.

Next up on the long list of performances for the evening was Katy Perry. The singer twerked and gyrated on a witch’s broom during her performance of her single, “Dark Horse.”

Robin Thicke was joined by Chicago for a medley of their biggest hits  and even performed his hit “Blurred Lines” with the venerable band. Literally within seconds, Keith Urban and Gary Clark Jr. took the stage and jammed out a guitar-heavy duet.

John Legend serenaded the audience with his “All of Me” while his wife Chrissy Teigen looked on lovingly. The song’s music video made headlines when it featured the newlyweds getting hot and heavy.

Charlie Wilson and Kevin Hart presented the award for Best Rock Song to Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for “Cut Me Some Slack.”

Taylor Swift also belted her latest heartbreak ballad “All Too Well.” Everyone’s attention went straight to her head-banging session in the middle of the song, where she passionately whipped her hair back n’ forth!

And then there was Pink’s glorious gymnastics-heavy performance. The singer brought back her killer Cirque de Soleil-esque moves as she sung “Try” while suspended high above the crowd. After a quick wardrobe change, Fun.’s Nate Ruess joined her onstage to sing their hit duet, “Just Give Me a Reason.”

Miguel and Ariana Grande then presented the trophy for Pop Solo Performance to Lorde for “Royals.” The first-time Grammy winner looked startled, and albeit emotionless, as she heard her name read.

Jamie Foxx got up on stage to present the Best Rap Duo/Sung Collaboration and exclaimed, “Man, Blue Ivy’s mom is hot!” The award went to Jay Z and Justin Timberlake for their work on “Holy Grail.” Jay Z said, “I want to tell Blue, ‘Look, daddy got a gold sippy cup for you!’”

And in one of the strangest back-to-back performances of the night, Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons turned up the heat in an energetic collaboration followed by Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow.” Paul McCartney performed with his pal and former Beatles bandmate Ringo shortly thereafter.

Bruno Mars won for “Unorthodox Jukebox” for Best Pop Vocal Album—beating out some of the biggest names in the business. He dedicated the album to his mother, who passed away over the summer.

Stevie Wonder joined in on the “Get Lucky” fun and sang with Pharrell and Daft Punk in a rare performance for the French duo. Daft Punk took home the award for Record of the Year.

The trophy for Song of the Year went to “Royals” writers Lorde and Joel Little.

And in one of the more touching moments of the evening, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed “Same Love” with Madonna. Together, along with Mary Lambert and Queen Latifah, the group married 33 couples who were lined up in the audience.

The biggest award of the evening went to Daft Punk for “Random Access Memories” for Album of the Year.

Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age, Lindsey Buckingham and Nine Inch Nails closed out the star-studded show with a massive rock medley. (FREEMAN)