Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Wins
3
Nominations
5
Category
Biography
"Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects them in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine." — Macklemore
- Formed in 2008 in Seattle
- The duo exploded with their debut studio album, 2012's The Heist, which featured the No. 1 single "Thrift Shop."
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won their first three career GRAMMYs for 2014, including Best Rap Album for The Heist and Best New Artist. They joined with Madonna and Trombone Shorty to perform a medley of their "Same Love" and her "Open Your Heart," which doubled as a live marriage ceremony for 33 couples.
- Prior to collaborating musically, Ryan Lewis working for Macklemore as a photographer.
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis appeared at the GRAMMY Museum in 2013 for a conversation about their ascent in the industry.
- In 2014 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis started The 30.30 Project as a fund-raising charity, after Lewis disclosed his mother Julie had been suffering from AIDS/HIV for the last 30 years.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Best New Artist Winner
The Heist
Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Best Music Video
Can't Hold Us
Jon Jon Augustavo, Ray Dalton, Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer, Jason Koenig, Jenny Koenig, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Album Of The Year
The Heist
Tom Coyne, Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Ab-Soul, Ben Bridwell, Ray Dalton, Eighty4 Fly, Evan Flory-Barnes, Hollis, Jeremy Jones, Mary Lambert, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Buffalo Madonna, Amos Miller, Josh Rawlings, Evan Roman, Reed Ruddy, Schoolboy Q, Pete Stewart, Allen Stone, Michael Wansley, The Teaching
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Best Rap Album Winner
The Heist
Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Best Rap Performance Winner
Thrift Shop
Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Michael Wansley
