Pepsi Grammy Best New Artist Video Series Starring All Nominees

Pepsi is amplifying its support of the 56th Grammy Best New Artist program with a series of video interviews with all five nominees – James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kacey Musgraves and Ed Sheeran. Of the quintet, only Sheeran is already a Grammy alum, having been up for Song of the Year with "The A Team."

•     James Blake: "It's supposed to be an immensely happy thing, but I find it's more of an artistic validation."
•     Kendrick Lamar: "The reality of my existence now is definitely a lot more work than what the eye can see."
•     Macklemore: "The music speaks to the people. That's enough, and the people have spoken."
•     Kacey Musgraves: "I'm leaning how to really take in what's happening and live in the moment."
•     Ed Sheeran: "I'm possibly the most comfortable I've ever been at the moment. Now I get to enjoy it."

GRAMMY Awards 2014 Preview: Song of the Year

A closer look at the stellar tunes that earned song of the year nominations for the GRAMMY Awards 2014.

"Just Give Me a Reason"
Songwriters: Jeff Bhasker, P!nk, Nate Ruess
Performers: P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
Publishers: EMI Blackwood ­Music, P!nk Inside Publishing, Way Above Music, Sony/ATV Songs, WB Music, FBR Music, Bearvon Music
From: The Truth About Love
Label: RCA Records

Billboard’s Woman of the Year got her fourth No. 1 single and one of the biggest hits of her 14-year career with power ballad “Just Give Me a Reason,” a duet with fun. lead singer Nate Ruess. Co-written by fun. producer/songwriter Jeff Bhasker, the track spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. “Just Give Me a Reason”—which is also nominated for best pop duo/group performance—is P!nk’s second-biggest-selling digital song behind “So What.”

"Locked Out of Heaven"
Songwriters: Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars
Performer: Bruno Mars
Publishers: Mars Force Songs, BMG Rights Management (U.S.), BMG, Roc Nation Music, Music Famamanem, EMI April Music, Toy Plane Music-Universal Music, Universal Music
From: Unorthodox Jukebox
Label: Atlantic Records

With numerous hits under their belts, Billboard’s Artist of the Year Bruno Mars and his songwriting partners the Smeezingtons (Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine) know when they’re onto a good song idea. “With ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ and its guitar riff, it was, ‘Man, there’s a good pocket on this song right now. Let’s keep going, let’s keep going,’” Mars told Billboard. Good thing they did: The lead single from Mars’ second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, was No. 1 for six weeks on the Hot 100. It’s also up for record of the year.