Berbekal album Random Access Memories, Daft Punk akan bersaing ketat dalam kategori Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, dan Best Dance/Electronica Album. Sementara itu, artis musik sekaligus aktor Robin Thicke ada di urutan kedua sebagai nomine yang menguasai tiga kategori.
Di luar kedua nomine tersebut, persaingan unik terjadi antara Beyonce dan Jay Z. Istri dan suami tersebut akan adu unggul di kategori yang sama, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Daftar berikut memuat para nomine yang akan bersaing ketat untuk menjadi yang terbaik ketika para peraih trofi berbentuk gramofon itu diumumkan di Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, AS, 26 Januari 2014 mulai pukul 20.00 waktu setempat.
Album of the Year:
- The Blessed Unrest (Sara Bareilles)
- Random Access Memories (Daft Punk) Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (Kendrick Lamar)
- The Heist (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
- Red (Taylor Swift)
Record of the Year
- "Get Lucky" (Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams)
- "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons)
- "Royals" (Lorde)
- "Locked Out of Heaven" (Bruno Mars)
- "Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams)
Song of the Year
- "Just Give Me a Reason", ciptaan Jeff Bhasker, Pink, dan Nate Ruess (disajikan oleh Pink featuring Nate Ruess)
- "Locked Out of Heaven", ciptaan Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, dan Bruno Mars (disuguhkan oleh Bruno Mars)
- "Roar", ciptaan Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry, dan Henry Walter (dibawakan oleh Katy Perry)
- "Royals", ciptaan Joel Little dan Ella Yelich O'Connor (disajikan oleh Lorde)
- "Same Love", ciptaan Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert, dan Ryan Lewis (disuguhkan oleh Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist
- James Blake
- Kendrick Lamar
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Kacey Musgraves
- Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Solo Performance
- "Brave", Sara Bareilles
- "Royals", Lorde
- "When I was Your Man", Bruno Mars
- "Roar", Katy Perry
- "Mirrors", Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- "Get Lucky", Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
- "Just Give Me a Reason", Pink featuring Nate Ruess
- "Stay", Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
- "Blurred Lines", Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
- "Suit & Tie", Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Paradise (Lana Del Rey)
- Pure Heroine (Lorde)
- Unorthodox Jukebox (Bruno Mars)
- Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke)
- The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience (Justin Timberlake)
Best Pop Instrumental Album
- Steppin' Out (Herb Alpert)
- The Beat (Boney James)
- Handpicked (Earl Klugh)
- Summer Horns (Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot)
- Hacienda (Jeff Lorber Fusion)
Best Dance/Electronica Album
- Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
- Settle (Disclosure)
- 18 Months (Calvin Harris)
- Atmosphere (Kaskade)
- A Color Map of the Sun (Pretty Lights)
Best Dance Recording
- "Need U (100%)" (Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK)
- "Sweet Nothing" (Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch)
- "Atmosphere" (Kaskade)
- "This Is What It Feels Like" (Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie)
- "Clarity" (Zedd featuring Foxes)
Best Rock Performance
- "Always Alright" (Alabama Shakes)
- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" (David Bowie)
- "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons)
- "Kashmir" (Live) (Led Zeppelin)
- "My God is the Sun" (Queens of the Stone Age)
- "I'm Shakin'" (Jack White)
Best Rock Album
- 13 (Black Sabbath)
- The Next Day (David Bowie)
- Mechanical Bull" (Kings of Leon)
- Celebration Day (Led Zeppelin)
- …Like Clockwork (Queens of the Stone Age)
- Psychedelic Pill (Neil Young with Crazy Horse)