55th Grammy® Award Nominations Coverage

The nominations for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 5th, 2012 at a star-studded televised concert hosted by LL Cool J and Taylor Swift in Nashville.

And the nominees are:

Record Of The Year

• Lonely Boy — The Black Keys
  The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer
  Track from: El Camino
  [Nonesuch]
• Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) — Kelly Clarkson
  Greg Kurstin, producer; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited]
• We Are Young — Fun. Featuring Janelle Monáe
  Jeff Bhasker, producer; Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dawson & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
  Track from: Some Nights
  [Fueled By Ramen]
• Somebody That I Used To Know — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
  Wally De Backer, producer; Wally De Backer & Francois Tetaz, engineers/mixers; William Bowden, mastering engineer
  Track from: Making Mirrors
  [Universal Republic]
• Thinkin Bout You — Frank Ocean
  Frank Ocean, producer; Jeff Ellis, Pat Thrall & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
  Track from: Channel Orange
  [Def Jam]
• We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together — Taylor Swift
  Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, producers; Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
  [Big Machine Records]

Album Of The Year

• El Camino — The Black Keys
  The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tchad Blake, Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer
  [Nonesuch]
• Some Nights — Fun.
  Janelle Monáe, featured artist; Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Jake One & TommyD, producers; Jeff Bhasker, Pete Bischoff, Jeff Chestek, Andrew Dawson, Emile Haynie, Manny Marroquin, Sonny Pinnar & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
  [Fueled By Ramen]
• Babel — Mumford & Sons
  Markus Dravs, producer; Robin Baynton & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
  [Glassnote]
• Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
  André 3000, John Mayer & Earl Sweatshirt, featured artists; Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean & Pharrell, producers; Calvin Bailif, Andrew Coleman, Jeff Ellis, Doug Fenske, Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean, Philip Scott, Mark "Spike" Stent, Pat Thrall, Marcos Tovar & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
  [Def Jam]
• Blunderbuss — Jack White
  Jack White, producer; Vance Powell & Jack White, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
  [Third Man/Columbia Records]

Song Of The Year

• The A Team — Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
  Track from: +
  [Elektra; Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing]
• Adorn — Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
  [RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic]
• Call Me Maybe — Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
  [604 Records/Schoolboy Records/Interscope; Publishers: Jepsen Music Publishing, Regular Monkey Productions, Crowe Music Publishing]
• Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) — Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly
  Clarkson)
  [RCA/19 Recordings; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing MGB Scandinavia, Perfect Storm Music Group/Sony ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, BMG Gold Songs, Kurstin Music/EMI April Music]
• We Are Young — Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun.
  Featuring Janelle Monáe)
  Track from: Some Nights
  [Fueled By Ramen; Publishers: WB Music, FBR Music, Bearvon Music/Rough Art/Shira Lee Lawrence Rick Music/Way Above Music/Sony ATV Songs]

Best New Artist

• Alabama Shakes
• Fun.
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Set Fire To The Rain [Live] — Adele
  Track from: Live At The Royal Albert Hall
  [XL/Columbia]
• Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) — Kelly Clarkson
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited]
• Call Me Maybe — Carly Rae Jepsen
  [604 Records/Schoolboy Records/Interscope]
• Wide Awake — Katy Perry
  [Capitol]
• Where Have You Been — Rihanna
  Track from: Talk That Talk
  [Def Jam]

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Shake It Out — Florence & The Machine
  Track from: Ceremonials
  [Universal Republic]
• We Are Young — Fun. Featuring Janelle Monáe
  Track from: Some Nights
  [Fueled By Ramen]
• Somebody That I Used To Know — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
  Track from: Making Mirrors
  [Universal Republic]
• Sexy And I Know It — LMFAO
  Track from: Sorry For Party Rocking
  [will.i.am/Interscope/Cherrytree Records]
• Payphone — Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
  Track from: Overexposed
  [A & M/Octone]

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• 24/7 — Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
  [Concord Jazz]
• Impressions — Chris Botti
  [Columbia]
• Four Hands & A Heart Volume One — Larry Carlton
  [335 Records, Inc.]
• Live At The Blue Note Tokyo — Dave Koz
  [Just Koz Entertainment]
• Rumbadoodle — Arun Shenoy
  [Arun Shenoy Music Publishing]

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Stronger — Kelly Clarkson
  [RCA Records/19 Recordings LLC]
• Ceremonials — Florence & The Machine
  [Universal Republic]
• Some Nights — Fun.
  [Fueled By Ramen]
• Overexposed — Maroon 5
  [A&M/Octone]
• The Truth About Love — Pink
  [RCA Records]

Best Dance Recording

• Levels — Avicii
  Tim Bergling & Ash Pournouri, producers; Tim Bergling, mixer
  [Levels/Atom Empire/Interscope]
• Let's Go — Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo
  Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer
  [Ultra Music]
• Bangarang — Skrillex Featuring Sirah
  Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
  Track from: Bangarang
  [OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic]
• Don't You Worry Child — Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin
  Steve Angello, Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso, producers; Steve Angello, Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso, mixers
  [Astralwerks]
• I Can't Live Without You — Al Walser
  Al Walser, producer; Al Walser, mixer
  [Cut The Bull Entertainment]

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Wonderland — Steve Aoki
  [Ultra Music/ Dim Mak]
• Don't Think — The Chemical Brothers
  [Astralwerks]
• > Album Title Goes Here < — Deadmau5
  [Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra Music]
• Fire & Ice — Kaskade
  [Ultra Music]
• Bangarang — Skrillex
  [OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Christmas — Michael Bublé
  [143/Reprise]
• A Holiday Carole — Carole King
  [Hear Music]
• Kisses On The Bottom — Paul McCartney
  [Hear Music]

Best Rock Performance

• Hold On — Alabama Shakes
  Track from: Boys & Girls
  [ATO Records]
• Lonely Boy — The Black Keys
  Track from: El Camino
  [Nonesuch]
• Charlie Brown — Coldplay
  [Capitol]
• I Will Wait — Mumford & Sons
  Track from: Babel
  [Glassnote]
• We Take Care Of Our Own — Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: Wrecking Ball
  [Columbia Records]

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

• I'm Alive — Anthrax
  [Megaforce]
• Love Bites (So Do I) — Halestorm
  Track from: The Strange Case Of...
  [Atlantic]
• Blood Brothers — Iron Maiden
  Track from: En Vivo!
  [UMe]
• Ghost Walking — Lamb Of God
  Track from: Resolution
  [Epic]
• No Reflection — Marilyn Manson
  Track from: Born Villain
  [Cooking Vinyl]
• Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) — Megadeth
  Track from: Th1rt3en
  [Roadrunner Records]

Best Rock Song

• Freedom At 21 — Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
  Track from: Blunderbuss
  [Columbia Records/ Third Man Records; Publisher: Third String Tunes]
• I Will Wait — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford, songwriters (Mumford &
  Sons)
  Track from: Babel
  [Glassnote]
• Lonely Boy — Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
  Track from: El Camino
  [Nonesuch; Publisher: McMoore McLesst Publishing]
• Madness — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
  [Warner Bros.; Publisher: Warner Chappell]
• We Take Care Of Our Own — Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
  Track from: Wrecking Ball
  [Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

Best Rock Album

• El Camino — The Black Keys
  [Nonesuch]
• Mylo Xyloto — Coldplay
  [Capitol]
• The 2nd Law — Muse
  [WB]
• Wrecking Ball — Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia Records]
• Blunderbuss — Jack White
  [Columbia Records/ Third Man Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do — Fiona Apple
  [Epic/Clean Slate]
• Biophilia — Björk
  [One Little Indian / Nonesuch]
• Making Mirrors — Gotye
  [Universal Republic]
• Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. — M83
  [Mute]
• Bad As Me — Tom Waits
  [Anti Records]

Best R&B Performance

• Thank You — Estelle
  Track from: All Of Me
  [Home School/Atlantic]
• Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) — Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
  Track from: Black Radio
  [Blue Note]
• I Want You — Luke James
  [Mercury]
• Adorn — Miguel
  [RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment]
• Climax — Usher
  Track from: Looking 4 Myself
  [RCA Records]

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Lately — Anita Baker
  [Blue Note]
• Love On Top — Beyoncé
  Track from: 4
  [Columbia Records]
• Wrong Side Of A Love Song — Melanie Fiona
  Track from: The MF Life
  [SRC]
• Real Good Hands — Gregory Porter
  Track from: Be Good
  [Motema Music]
• If Only You Knew — SWV
  Track from: I Missed Us
  [Mass Appeal Entertainment/E1 Music]

Best R&B Song

• Adorn — Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
  [RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic]
• Beautiful Surprise — Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
  [Plus 1 Music Group; Publishers: Plus 1 Publishing, Studiobeast Music/Warner Tamerlane Music/Linden Springfield/EMI Blackwood Music]
• Heart Attack — Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
  Track from: Chapter V
  [Songbook/Atlantic; Publishers: Matza Ball Music/Where Da Kasz At, EMI Foray Music, April's Boy Muzik/Warner Chappell Music]
• Pray For Me — Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jQue” Smith,
  songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
  Track from: Back To Love
  [RCA; Publishers: Tappy Whyte's Music/Songs of Universal, Faze 2 Music/Songs of Universal, Antonio Dixon's Muzik/EMI April Music, Christopher Matthew Music Publishing/Songs of Windswept Pacific]
• Refill — Darhyl "DJ" Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)
  Track from: Perfectly Imperfect
  [RCA Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Ellevision Music/Sony ATV Songs, Private Stock Entertainment/Songs of Universal, CampStar Music/EMI April]

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Fortune — Chris Brown
  [RCA Records]
• Kaleidoscope Dream — Miguel
  [RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment]
• Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
  [Def Jam]

Best R&B Album

• Black Radio — Robert Glasper Experiment
  [Blue Note]
• Back To Love — Anthony Hamilton
  [RCA Records]
• Write Me Back — R. Kelly
  [RCA Records]
• Beautiful Surprise — Tamia
  [Plus 1 Music Group]
• Open Invitation — Tyrese
  [Voltron Recordz]

Best Rap Performance

• HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right) — Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne
  Track from: Take Care
  [Cash Money Records]
• N****s In Paris — Jay-Z & Kanye West
  Track from: Watch The Throne
  [Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC]
• Daughters — Nas
  Track from: Life Is Good
  [Def Jam]
• Mercy — Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
  [G.O.O.D. Music / Island Def Jam]
• I Do — Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & André 3000
  Track from: TM: 103 Hustlerz Ambition
  [Def Jam]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Wild Ones — Flo Rida Featuring Sia
  Track from: Wild Ones
  [Poe Boy/Atlantic]
• No Church In The Wild — Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
  Track from: Watch The Throne
  [Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC]
• Tonight (Best You Ever Had) — John Legend Featuring Ludacris
  [Epic Records]
• Cherry Wine — Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
  Track from: Life Is Good
  [Def Jam]
• Talk That Talk — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
  Track from: Talk That Talk
  [Def Jam]

Best Rap Song

• Daughters — Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale
  Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)
  Track from: Life Is Good
  [Def Jam; Publishers: Rich Daily Since '71, Universal Music Publishing, Unichappell Music]
• Lotus Flower Bomb — Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel
  Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
  [MMG/Warner Bros.; Publishers: WB Music/Deadstock Music/Verrin Howard/Miguel Jontel Pimentel Publishing/Fusician Publishing]
• Mercy — Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton &
  Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
  [G.O.O.D. Music; Publishers: Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/RLFG Music/FF to Def Pub./Neighborhood Pusha/Sony ATV Songs/Ty Epps Music/Copyright Control/Roynet Music/Dub Plate Music]
• The Motto — Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil'
  Wayne)
  Track from: Take Care
  [Cash Money Records]
• N****s In Paris — Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A.
  Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
  Track from: Watch The Throne
  [Def Jam; Publishers: Hit-Boy Music/Very Good Beats, Hip Hop Since 1978, Dean's List Productions, Unichappell Music]
• Young, Wild & Free — Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez
  & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars)
  Track from: Mac And Devin Go To High School: Music From And Inspired By The Movie
  [Atlantic; Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood, PGH Sound, Mars Force Music/Roc Nation Music, Toy Plane Music-Universal Music, Westside Independent, WB Music, Late 80's Music, Beechwood Music, BMG Platinum, Rebellion Corps.]

Best Rap Album

• Take Care — Drake
  [Cash Money Records]
• Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 — Lupe Fiasco
  [Atlantic]
• Life Is Good — Nas
  [Def Jam]
• Undun — The Roots
  [Island Def Jam]
• God Forgives, I Don't — Rick Ross
  [Def Jam]
• Based On A T.R.U. Story — 2 Chainz
  [Island Def Jam]

Best Country Solo Performance

• Home — Dierks Bentley
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• Springsteen — Eric Church
  [EMI Records Nashville]
• Cost Of Livin' — Ronnie Dunn
  [Arista Nashville]
• Wanted — Hunter Hayes
  Track from: Hunter Hayes
  [Atlantic]
• Over — Blake Shelton
  Track from: Red River Blue
  [Warner Bros. Records]
• Blown Away — Carrie Underwood
  Track from: Blown Away
  [19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville]

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Even If It Breaks Your Heart — Eli Young Band
  [Republic Nashville]
• Pontoon — Little Big Town
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• Safe & Sound — Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
  [Big Machine Records/Universal Republic]
• On The Outskirts Of Town — The Time Jumpers
  Track from: The Time Jumpers
  [Rounder]
• I Just Come Here For The Music — Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss
  [Sugar Hill Records]

Best Country Song

• Blown Away — Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Blown Away
  [19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Global Dog Music/Lunalight Music, Big Loud Songs/Angel River Songs]
• Cost Of Livin' — Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
  [Arista Nashville; Publishers: Tractor Radio Songs, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Showbilly Music]
• Even If It Breaks Your Heart — Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
  [Republic Nashville]
• So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore — Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
  [EMI Records Nashville/ACR Records; Publishers: Alrighty Den Music, Dean-Parnell Music, Acme Nashville]
• Springsteen — Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)
  [EMI Records Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Sinnerlina Music/Purple Cape Music, Bug Music/Mamma's Cornbread Music]

Best Country Album

• Uncaged — Zac Brown Band
  [Southern Ground/Atlantic]
• Hunter Hayes — Hunter Hayes
  [Atlantic]
• Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran — Jamey Johnson
  [Mercury Records]
• Four The Record — Miranda Lambert
  [The RCA Records Label Nashville]
• The Time Jumpers — The Time Jumpers
  [Rounder]

Best New Age Album

• Echoes Of Love — Omar Akram
  [Real Music]
• Live Ananda — Krishna Das
  [Krishna Das Music]
• Bindu — Michael Brant DeMaria
  [Ontos Music]
• Deep Alpha — Steven Halpern
  [Steven Halpern's Inner Peace Music]
• Light Body — Peter Kater
  [Mysterium Music]
• Troubadours On The Rhine — Loreena McKennitt
  [Verve]

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Cross Roads — Ravi Coltrane, soloist
  Track from: Spirit Fiction
  [Blue Note]
• Hot House — Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
  Track from: Hot House
  [Concord Jazz]
• Alice In Wonderland — Chick Corea, soloist
  Track from: Further Explorations (Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian)
  [Concord Jazz]
• J. Mac — Kenny Garrett, soloist
  Track from: Seeds From The Underground
  [Mack Avenue Records]
• Ode — Brad Mehldau, soloist
  Track from: Ode (Brad Mehldau Trio)
  [Nonesuch]

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Soul Shadows — Denise Donatelli
  [Savant Records]
• 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project — Kurt Elling
  [Concord Jazz]
• Live — Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest)
  [Concord]
• The Book Of Chet — Luciana Souza
  [Sunnyside Records]
• Radio Music Society — Esperanza Spalding
  [Heads Up International]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Further Explorations — Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
  [Concord Jazz]
• Hot House — Chick Corea & Gary Burton
  [Concord Jazz]
• Seeds From The Underground — Kenny Garrett
  [Mack Avenue Records]
• Blue Moon — Ahmad Jamal
  [Jazz Village]
• Unity Band — Pat Metheny Unity Band
  [Nonesuch]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans — Gil Evans Project
  [ArtistShare]
• For The Moment — Bob Mintzer Big Band
  [MCG Jazz]
• Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) — Arturo Sandoval
  [Concord Jazz]

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Flamenco Sketches — Chano Domínguez
  [Blue Note]
• ¡Ritmo! — The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
  [Clare Fischer Productions/Clavo Records]
• Multiverse — Bobby Sanabria Big Band
  [Jazzheads]
• Duos III — Luciana Souza
  [Sunnyside Records]
• New Cuban Express — Manuel Valera New Cuban Express
  [Mavo Records]

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

• Jesus, Friend Of Sinners — Casting Crowns
  Track from: Come To The Well
  [Beach Street/Reunion Records]
• Take Me To The King — Tamela Mann
  [Tillymann Music Group]
• Go Get It — Mary Mary
  [Columbia Records]
• 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) — Matt Redman
  Track from: 10,000 Reasons
  [sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]
• My Testimony — Marvin Sapp
  Track from: I Win
  [Verity Gospel Music Group]

Best Gospel Song

• Go Get It — Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
  [Columbia; Publishers: EMI April Music, It's Tea Tyme, That's Plum Song, Wet Ink Red Music]
• Hold On — Cheryl Fortune, James Fortune & Terence Vaughn, songwriters (James Fortune &
  FIYA, Monica & Fred Hammond)
  Track from: Identity
  [Light Records/eOne Music]
• I Feel Good — Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Miller & Calvin Rodgers, songwriters
  (Fred Hammond)
  Track from: God, Love & Romance
  [Verity Gospel Music Group; Publishers: fHammond Music/Bridge Bldg Music/CJMS Music/Music Feast Productions/Jonathan Miller Publishing]
• My Testimony — Aaron Lindsey & Marvin Sapp, songwriters (Marvin Sapp)
  Track from: I Win
  [Verity Gospel Music Group; Publishers: Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs/Marvin L. Sapp Music/Ardent Media]
• Released — Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Bill Winston & Living Word Featuring Donald
  Lawrence)
  [Source Media; Publisher: Quiet Water Ent.]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

• Jesus, Friend Of Sinners — Mark Hall & Matthew West, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
  Track from: Come To The Well
  [Beach Street/Reunion Records]
• 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) — Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)
  Track from: 10,000 Reasons
  [sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: Thankyou Music/sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Said And Done Music/Shout! Publishing]
• When Mercy Found Me — Jeff Pardo & Rhett Walker, songwriters (Rhett Walker Band)
  Track from: Come To The River
  [Essential Records; Publishers: Sony ATV Music, Ships In A Bottle/Simple Tense Songs]
• White Flag — Jason Ingram, Matt Maher, Matt Redman & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Passion &
  Chris Tomlin)
  Track from: White Flag
  [sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Vamos Publishing/Said And Done Music/Valley of the Songs Music/Sony ATV Timber Publishing/West Main Music/Windsor Hill Music/Thankyou Music]
• Your Presence Is Heaven — Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
  Track from: Jesus At The Center Live
  [Integrity Music; Publishers: Integrity's Praise! Music/Sound of the New Breed, Regenerate Music]

Best Gospel Album

• Identity — James Fortune & FIYA
  [Light Records/eOne Music]
• Jesus At The Center Live — Israel & New Breed
  [Integrity Music]
• Gravity — Lecrae
  [Reach Records]
• I Win — Marvin Sapp
  [Verity Gospel Music Group]
• Worship Soul — Anita Wilson
  [EMI Gospel]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Come To The Well — Casting Crowns
  [Beach Street/Reunion Records]
• Where I Find You — Kari Jobe
  [Sparrow Records]
• Gold — Britt Nicole
  [Sparrow Records]
• Eye On It — TobyMac
  [ForeFront Records]
• Into The Light — Matthew West
  [Sparrow Records]

Best Latin Pop Album

• Independiente — Ricardo Arjona
  [Metamorfosis]
• Ilusión — Fonseca
  [Sony Music Latin]
• Kany Garcia — Kany Garcia
  [Sony Music]
• ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? — Jesse Y Joy
  [Warner Music Latina]
• MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition — Juanes
  [Universal Music Latino]

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• Campo — Campo
  [Bizarro Records]
• Déjenme Llorar — Carla Morrison
  [Cosmica Records]
• Imaginaries — Quetzal
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
• Electro-Jarocho — Sistema Bomb
  [Round Whirled Records]
• La Bala — Ana Tijoux
  [Nacional Records]

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Pecados Y Milagros — Lila Downs
  [Sony Music]
• Sembrando Flores — Los Cojolites
  [Round Whirled Records]
• 365 Días — Los Tucanes De Tijuana
  [Fonovisa]
• Oye — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
  [Shea Records/East Side Records]
• El Primer Ministro — Gerardo Ortiz
  [Sony Music Latin]

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Cubano Soy — Raúl Lara Y Sus Soneros
  [Spanish Music Records]
• Desde Nueva York A Puerto Rico — Eddie Montalvo
  [Señor Marcha Records]
• Retro — Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
  [Pink Chaos Productions]
• Formula Vol. 1 — Romeo Santos
  [Sony Music]

Best Americana Album

• The Carpenter — The Avett Brothers
  [Universal Republic]
• From The Ground Up — John Fullbright
  [Blue Dirt Records]
• The Lumineers — The Lumineers
  [Dualtone Music Group]
• Babel — Mumford & Sons
  [Glassnote]
• Slipstream — Bonnie Raitt
  [Redwing Records]

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Gospel Side Of — Dailey & Vincent
  [Rounder]
• Life Finds A Way — The Grascals
  [Mountain Home Music Company]
• Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail — Noam Pikelny
  [Compass Records]
• Scratch Gravel Road — Special Consensus
  [Compass Records]
• Nobody Knows You — Steep Canyon Rangers
  [Rounder]

Best Blues Album

• 33 1/3 — Shemekia Copeland
  [Telarc International]
• Locked Down — Dr. John
  [Nonesuch]
• Let It Burn — Ruthie Foster
  [Blue Corn Music]
• And Still I Rise — Heritage Blues Orchestra
  [Raisin' Music]
• Bring It On Home — Joan Osborne
  [Saguaro Road]

Best Folk Album

• Leaving Eden — Carolina Chocolate Drops
  [Nonesuch]
• Election Special — Ry Cooder
  [Perro Verde/Nonesuch]
• Hambone's Meditations — Luther Dickinson
  [Songs Of The South]
• The Goat Rodeo Sessions — Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
  [Sony Classical]
• This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark — (Various Artists)
  Shawn Camp & Tamara Saviano, producers
  [Icehouse Music]

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love) — Keola Beamer
  ['Ohe Records]
• Shi Kéyah – Songs For The People — Radmilla Cody
  [Canyon Records]
• Pilialoha — Weldon Kekauoha
  ['Ohelo Records]
• Nothin' But The Best — Corey Ledet With Anthony Dopsie, Dwayne Dopsie And André Thierry
  [Corey Ledet]
• The Band Courtbouillon — Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
  [Valcour Records]

Best Reggae Album

• Rebirth — Jimmy Cliff
  [UMe/Sunpower]
• Miracle — The Original Wailers
  [MRG Recordings]
• Tomahawk Technique — Sean Paul
  [VP/Atlantic]
• New Legend - Jamaica 50th Edition — Sly & Robbie & The Jam Masters
  [Mondo Tunes]
• Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill — Toots And The Maytals
  [Metropolis Recordings]

Best World Music Album

• Folila — Amadou & Mariam
  [Because Music / Nonesuch]
• On A Gentle Island Breeze — Daniel Ho
  [Wind Music Int'l Corp. & Daniel Ho Creations]
• Jabulani — Hugh Masekela
  [Razor & Tie]
• Traveller — Anoushka Shankar
  [Deutsche Grammophon/Universal]
• The Living Room Sessions Part 1 — Ravi Shankar
  [East Meets West Music]

Best Children's Album

• Can You Canoe? — The Okee Dokee Brothers
  [Okee Dokee Music LLC]
• High Dive And Other Things That Could Have Happened... — Bill Harley
  [Round River Records]
• JumpinJazz Kids - A Swinging Jungle Tale - Featuring Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws And Dee Dee Bridgewater — James Murray & Various Artists
  [JumpinJazzKids]
• Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie — Elizabeth Mitchell
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
• Radio Jungle — The Pop Ups
  [The Pop Ups]

Best Spoken Word Album

• American Grown (Michelle Obama) — (Various Artists)
  Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers
  [Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
• Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy — Bill Clinton
  [Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
• Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power — Rachel Maddow
  [Random House Audio/Books on Tape]
• Seriously... I'm Kidding — Ellen DeGeneres
  [Hachette Audio]
• Society's Child: My Autobiography — Janis Ian
  [Audible, Inc.]

Best Comedy Album

• Blow Your Pants Off — Jimmy Fallon
  [Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment]
• Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) — Margaret Cho
  [Clownery Productions, Rocket Science]
• In God We Rust — Lewis Black
  [Comedy Central Records]
• Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class — Kathy Griffin
  [Donut Run, Inc.]
• Mr. Universe — Jim Gaffigan
  [Comedy Central Records]
• Rize Of The Fenix — Tenacious D
  [Columbia Records]

Best Musical Theater Album

• Follies — Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters & Ron Raines,
  principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines & Others)
  [PS Classics]
• The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess — David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald, principal soloists; Tommy
  Krasker, producer (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward & DuBose Heyward, lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier & Others)
  [PS Classics]
• Newsies — Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti, Michael
  Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Jack Feldman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Others)
  [Ghostlight Records/ Razor & Tie]
• Nice Work If You Can Get It — Matthew Broderick & Kelli O'Hara, principal soloists; David Chase, Bill Elliott
  & Robert Sher, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara & Others)
  [Shout! Factory]
• Once: A New Musical — Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe,
  producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others)
  [Masterworks]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Descendants — (Various Artists)
  [Sony Classical/Fox Music]
• Marley — (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
  [UMe/Island/Tuff Gong]
• Midnight In Paris — (Various Artists)
  [Madison Gate Records, Inc.]
• The Muppets — (Various Artists)
  [Walt Disney Records]
• Rock Of Ages — (Various Artists)
  [WaterTower Music]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn — John Williams, composer
  [Sony Classical]
• The Artist — Ludovic Bource, composer
  [Sony Classical]
• The Dark Knight Rises — Hans Zimmer, composer
  [WaterTower Music]
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
  [Null/Madison Gate]
• Hugo — Howard Shore, composer
  [Howe Records]
• Journey — Austin Wintory, composer
  [Sony Computer Entertainment America]

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Abraham's Daughter (From The Hunger Games) — T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
  [Universal Republic; Publishers: Régine Chassagne, Absurd Music, Win Butler, Henry Burnett Music, Baffle Music]
• Learn Me Right (From Brave) — Mumford & Sons, songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
  [Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publisher: Pixar Talking Pictures]
• Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash) — Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
  [Columbia; Publishers: Winding Brook Way Music, Walli Woo Entertainment]
• Man Or Muppet (From The Muppets) — Bret McKenzie, songwriter (Jason Segel & Walter)
  [Walt Disney; Publisher: Fuzzy Muppet Songs]
• Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) — T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters
  (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
  [Big Machine Records/Universal Republic; Publishers: Sony ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Sensibility Songs, Absurd Music, Shiny Happy Music, Baffle Music, Henry Burnett Music]

Best Instrumental Composition

• December Dream — Chuck Loeb, composer (Fourplay)
  Track from: Esprit De Four
  [Heads Up International]
• Mozart Goes Dancing — Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
  Track from: Hot House
  [Concord Jazz]
• Music Of Ansel Adams: America — Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck, composers (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
  [BCM&D Records]
• Overture, Waltz And Rondo — Bill Cunliffe, composer (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
  [BCM&D Records]
• Without A Paddle — Bill Holman, composer (Tall & Small)
  Track from: High On You
  [Bosco Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington — Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
  Track from: Multiverse
  [Jazzheads]
• How About You — Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
  Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
  [ArtistShare]
• Irrequieto — Bob Mintzer, arranger (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
  Track from: For The Moment
  [MCG Jazz]
• A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!) — Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
  Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
  [Concord Jazz]
• Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado) — Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
  Track from: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
  [Concord Jazz]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• City Of Roses — Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
  Track from: Radio Music Society
  [Heads Up International]
• Look To The Rainbow — Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project and Luciana Souza)
  Track from: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
  [ArtistShare]
• Out There — Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
  Track from: Tales Of The Unusual
  [Jazzed Media]
• Spain (I Can Recall) — Vince Mendoza, arranger (Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest)
  Track from: Live
  [Concord Records]
• Wild Is The Wind — Nan Schwartz, arranger (Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot)
  Track from: The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin
  [LSO Live]

Best Recording Package

• Biophilia — Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
  [One Little Indian / Nonesuch]
• Boys & Girls — Brett Kilroe, art director (Alabama Shakes)
  [ATO Records]
• Charmer — Gail Marowitz, art director (Aimee Mann)
  [SuperEgo Records]
• Love This Giant — Noah Wall, art director (David Byrne & St. Vincent)
  [4AD]
• Swing Lo Magellan — David Longstreth, art director (Dirty Projectors)
  [Domino Recording Company]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) — Rob Sheridan, art director (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  [Null/Madison Gate Records]
• Go Fly A Kite — Liz Kweller, art director (Ben Kweller)
  [The Noise Company]
• Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition) — Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul And Linda McCartney)
  [Hear Music]
• Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition — Stephen Kennedy, art director (The Rolling Stones)
  [UMe/Universal Republic]
• Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection — Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Best Album Notes

• Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition — Stephen Wade, album notes writer (Stephen Wade)
  [Smithsonian Folkways]
• First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition — Hans Olof Gottfridsson, album notes writer (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan)
  [Time Life]
• The Pearl Sessions — Holly George-Warren, album notes writer (Janis Joplin)
  [Columbia/Legacy]
• Piazzolla In Brooklyn — Fernando Gonzalez, album notes writer (Pablo Aslan Quintet)
  [Soundbrush]
• Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles — Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
  [Concord]

Best Historical Album

• He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes — Josh Rosenthal, compilation producer; Bryan Hoffa & Christopher King, mastering
  engineers (Arizona Dranes)
  [Tompkins Square]
• Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads, And Instrumentals Recorded In The Great Smoky Mountains By "Song Catcher" Joseph S. Hall — Kent Cave, Michael Montgomery & Ted Olson, compilation producers; John Fleenor &
  Steve Kemp, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  [Great Smoky Mountains Association]
• Opika Pende: Africa At 78 RPM — Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves,
  mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  [Dust-to-Digital]
• Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition) — Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke,
  mastering engineers (Paul And Linda McCartney)
  [MPL/Hear Music/Concord]
• The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) — Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark
  Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
  [Capitol Records]
• Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection — Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering
  engineer (Woody Guthrie)
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• The Absence — Moogie Canazio & Al Schmitt, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
  (Melody Gardot)
  [Verve/Decca]
• Ashes & Fire — Glyn Johns, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Ryan Adams)
  [Capitol]
• The Goat Rodeo Sessions — Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart
  Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
  [Sony Classical]
• Love Is A Four Letter Word — Joe Chiccarelli, Steve Churchyard, Lars Fox, Graham Hope, Tony Maserati & Morgan
  Stratton, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Jason Mraz)
  [Atlantic]
• Slingshot — Helik Hadar, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Rebecca Pidgeon)
  [Decca/Toy Canteen Records]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Dan Auerbach
  
  • El Camino (The Black Keys) (A)
  • Locked Down (Dr. John) (A)
  • Savage (Hacienda) (S)
  • Shakedown (Hacienda) (A)
• Jeff Bhasker
  
  • Some Nights (Fun.) (A)
• Diplo
  
  • Climax (Usher) (T)
  • Get Free (Major Lazer Featuring Amber Coffman) (S)
  • La La La (Snoop Lion) (S)
  • Lies (Marina And The Diamonds) (T)
  • Look At These Hoes (Santigold) (T)
  • Push And Shove (No Doubt Featuring Busy Signal & Major Lazer) (T)
  • Slight Work (Wale Featuring Big Sean) (T)
  • Thought Of You (Justin Bieber) (T)
  • Too Close (Alex Clare) (T)
• Markus Dravs
  
  • Babel (Mumford & Sons) (A)
  • Mylo Xyloto (Coldplay) (A)
• Salaam Remi
  
  • Back To Love (Anthony Hamilton) (T)
  • Between The Cheats (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Girl On Fire (Alicia Keys & Nicki Minaj) (S)
  • How Many Drinks? (Miguel) (T)
  • Life Is Good (Nas) (A)
  • Like Smoke (Amy Winehouse Featuring Nas) (T)
  • Running (Melanie Fiona Featuring Nas) (T)
  • Sins Of My Father (Usher) (T)
  • A Song For You (Amy Winehouse) (T)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• In My Mind (Axwell Remix) — Axel Hedfors, remixer (Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Featuring Georgi Kay)
  [Neon Records/Axtone/Big Beat Records]
• Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix) — Photek, remixer (Moby)
  Track from: Destroyed Remixed
  [Little Idiot]
• Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix) — Eric Prydz, remixer (M83)
  [Mute]
• Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) — Skrillex, remixer (Nero)
  [Interscope]
• The Veldt (Tommy Trash Remix) — Thomas Olsen, remixer (Deadmau5 Featuring Chris James)
  [Ultra Music]

Best Surround Sound Album

• Chamberland — David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering
  engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber)
  [51bpm.com llc]
• Modern Cool — Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer;
  Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
  [Premonition Records]
• Quiet Winter Night — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering
  engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Hoff Ensemble)
  [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
• Rupa-Khandha — Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering
  engineer; Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin, surround producers (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
  [Sono Luminus]
• Storm Corrosion — Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Steven Wilson, surround mastering
  engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Storm Corrosion)
  [Roadrunner Records]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Americana — Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Modern Mandolin
  Quartet)
  [Sono Luminus]
• Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131 — Bruce Egre, engineer (Brentano String Quartet)
  [Aeon]
• Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen — Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer
  (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
  [Chandos]
• Music For A Time Of War — Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Carlos
  Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
  [PentaTone Classics]
• Souvenir — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer
  (TrondheimSolistene)
  [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
  
  • Chamber Symphonies (Gregory Wolynec & Gateway Chamber Orchestra)
  • Davis: Río De Sangre (Joseph Rescigno, Vale Rideout, Ava Pine, John Duykers, Kerry Walsh, Guido LeBron, The Florentine Opera Company & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
  • Gjeilo: Northern Lights (Charles Bruffy & Phoenix Chorale)
  • In Paradisum (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale)
  • Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
  • Music For A Time Of War (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
  • Musto: The Inspector (Glen Cortese & Wolf Trap Opera Company)
• Tim Handley
  
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Leonard Slatkin & Orchestre National De Lyon)
  • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Jun Märkl & Orchestre National De Lyon)
  • Debussy: 24 Préludes (Jun Märkl & Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
  • Fuchs, K.: Atlantic Riband; American Rhapsody; Divinium Mysterium (JoAnn Falletta, Paul Silverthorne, Michael Ludwig & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F; Rhapsody No. 2; I Got Rhythm Variations (Orion Weiss, JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Hailstork: An American Port Of Call (JoAnn Falletta, Virginia Symphony Chorus & Virginia Symphony Orchestra)
  • Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Overture (JoAnn Falletta & Ulster Orchestra)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
  • Roussel: Le Festin De L'Araignée (Stéphane Denève & Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
  • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (John Jeter & Fort Smith Symphony)
• Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin
  
  • Americana (Modern Mandolin Quartet)
  • Brubeck & American Poets (Lynne Morrow & Pacific Mozart Ensemble)
  • Delibes: Sylvia; Coppélia (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
  • Mind Meld (ZOFO Duet)
  • Rupa-Khandha (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
  • Weigl: Isle Of The Dead; Six Fantasies; Pictures & Tales; Night Fantasies (Joseph Banowetz)
• James Mallinson
  
  • Britten: War Requiem (Gianandrea Noseda, Joseph Cullen, Alastair Tighe, Choir Of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Bernard Haitink & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin (Richard Kaufman, Whitney Claire Kaufman, Andrew Playfoot, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Massenet: Don Quichotte (Valery Gergiev, Andrei Serov, Anna Kiknadze, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Soloists' Ensemble Of The Mariinsky Academy Of Young Singers & Mariinsky Orchestra)
  • Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra)
• Dan Merceruio
  
  • Arensky: Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Quintet, Op. 51 (Ying Quartet)
  • Brasileiro - Works Of Francisco Mignone (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)
  • Change Of Worlds (Ensemble Galilei)
  • The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau (Jory Vinikour)
  • Critical Models - Chamber Works Of Mohammed Fairouz (Various Artists)
  • The Kernis Project: Schubert (Jasper String Quartet)
  • Le Bestiaire (Celine Ricci)
  • Scarlatti: La Dirindina & Pur Nel Sonno (Matthew Dirst & Ars Lyrica Houston)
  • Two Lutes - Lute Duets From England's Golden Age (Ronn McFarlane & William Simms)
  • Weill-Ibert-Berg (Timothy Muffitt & Baton Rouge Symphony Chamber Players)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
  [SFS Media]
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1 — Iván Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
  [Channel Classics]
• Music For A Time Of War — Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
  [PentaTone Classics]
• Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances — Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
  [LSO Live]
• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 — Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
  [BIS]

Best Opera Recording

• Berg: Lulu — Michael Boder, conductor; Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon & Patricia
  Petibon; Johannes Müller, producer (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Handel: Agrippina — René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina
  Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin)
  [Harmonia Mundi]
• Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress — Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Topi Lehtipuu, Miah Persson & Matthew Rose;
  Johannes Müller, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
  [Opus Arte]
• Vivaldi: Teuzzone — Jordi Savall, conductor; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella
  Milanesi & Furio Zanasi (Le Concert Des Nations)
  [Naïve Classique]
• Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen — James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris,
  Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Choral Performance

• Handel: Israel In Egypt — Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street)
  [Musica Omnia]
• Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen — Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah
  Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
  [Chandos]
• Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony — Peter Eötvös, conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester
  Köln; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln)
  [BMC]
• The Nightingale — Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
  [OUR Recordings]
• Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices — Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel)
  [Glossa]

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Americana — Modern Mandolin Quartet
  [Sono Luminus]
• Meanwhile — Eighth Blackbird
  [Cedille Records]
• Mind Meld — ZOFO Duet
  [Sono Luminus]
• Profanes Et Sacrées — Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  [BSO Classics]
• Rupa-Khandha — Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
  [Sono Luminus]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier — András Schiff
  [ECM New Series]
• The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau — Jory Vinikour
  [Sono Luminus]
• Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos — Claudio Cruz, conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia)
  [AVIE Records]
• Holst: The Planets — Hansjörg Albrecht
  [Oehms Classics]
• Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola — Kim Kashkashian
  [ECM New Series]

Best Classical Vocal Solo

• Debussy: Clair De Lune — Natalie Dessay (Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine
  Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris)
  [Virgin Classics]
• Homecoming - Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato — Joyce DiDonato (Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony)
  [Kansas City Symphony]
• Paris Days, Berlin Nights — Ute Lemper (Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet)
  [Steinway & Sons]
• Poèmes — Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France &
  Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
  [Decca Records]
• Sogno Barocco — Anne Sofie Von Otter (Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg;
  Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea)
  [Naïve Classique]

Best Classical Compendium

• Partch: Bitter Music — Partch, ensemble; John Schneider, producer
  [Bridge Records, Inc.]
• Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis — Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
  [Naxos]
• Une Fête Baroque — Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer
  [Virgin Classics]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays — Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
  Track from: Meanwhile
  [Cedille Records]
• León, Tania: Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion — Tania León, composer (Tania León, Son Sonora Voices, DanceBrazil Percussion &
  Son Sonora Ensemble)
  Track from: In Motion
  [Albany Records]
• Praulins, Ugis: The Nightingale — Ugis Praulins, composer (Stephen Layton, Michala Petri & Danish National Vocal
  Ensemble)
  Track from: The Nightingale
  [OUR Recordings]
• Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon' — Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer (Truls Mørk, John Storgårds & Helsinki
  Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Track from: Rautavaara: Modificata; Percussion Concerto 'Incantations'; Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'
  [Ondine]
• Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964 — Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas
  Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
  [DSO Live]

Best Short Form Music Video

• Houdini — Foster The People
  Daniels, video directors; Gaetano Crupi, video producer
  [Columbia]
• No Church In The Wild — Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
  Romain Gervais, video director; Mourad Belkeddan, video producer
  [Def Jam]
• Bad Girls — M.I.A
  Romain Gavras, video director; Romain Gavras, video producer
  [N.E.E.T./Interscope]
• We Found Love — Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
  Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, video producers
  [Def Jam]
• Run Boy Run — Woodkid
  Yoann Lemoine, video director; Roman Pichon, video producer
  [Green United Music]

Best Long Form Music Video

• Big Easy Express — Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show
  Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers
  [S2BN Films]
• Bring Me Home - Live 2011 — Sade
  Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers
  [Epic]
• Radio Music Society — Esperanza Spalding
  Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer
  [Heads Up International]
• Get Along — Tegan & Sara
  Salazar, video director; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin & Tegan Quin, video producers
  [Warner Bros.]
• From The Sky Down — U2
  Davis Guggenheim, video director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim & Ted Skillman, video producers
  [UMe/Interscope/UMG/Mercury]

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