58th Grammy® Award Nominations Coverage
The nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 6th, 2015. We have full results and commentary on the ceremony, which took place on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
And the nominees are:
Record Of The Year
- Really Love
D'Angelo And The Vanguard
D'Angelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer
Track from: Black Messiah
RCA Records - Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Track from: Uptown Special
RCA Records - Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
Track from: X
Atlantic - Blank Space
Taylor Swift
Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Track from:1989
Big Machine Records - Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd
Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Republic
Album Of The Year
- Sound & Color
Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
ATO Records - To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope - Traveller
Chris Stapleton
Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer
Mercury Nashville - 1989
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
Big Machine Records - Beauty Behind The Madness
The Weeknd
Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers
Republic
Song Of The Year
- Alright
Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV - Blank Space
Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Track from:1989
Big Machine Records; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc. - Girl Crush
Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
Track from: Pain Killer
Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - See You Again
Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing - Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
Track from: X
Atlantic; Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Music Publishing/BDi Music Limited
Best New Artist
- Courtney Barnett
- James Bay
- Sam Hunt
- Tori Kelly
- Meghan Trainor
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Heartbeat Song
Kelly Clarkson
Track from: Piece By Piece
RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited - Love Me Like You Do
Ellie Goulding
Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Republic - Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
Track from: X
Atlantic - Blank Space
Taylor Swift
Track from:1989
Big Machine Records - Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd
Track from: Beauty Behind The Madness
Republic
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Ship To Wreck
Florence + The Machine
Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Republic - Sugar
Maroon 5
Track from: V
222 Records/Interscope - Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Track from: Uptown Special
RCA Records - Bad Blood
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Big Machine Records - See You Again
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
Track from: Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Atlantic
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
RPM Records/Columbia Records - Shadows In The Night
Bob Dylan
Columbia - Stages
Josh Groban
Reprise - No One Ever Tells You
Seth MacFarlane
Republic - My Dream Duets
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)
Verve Music Group
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Piece By Piece
Kelly Clarkson
19/RCA - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + The Machine
Republic - Uptown Special
Mark Ronson
RCA Records - 1989
Taylor Swift
Big Machine Records - Before This World
James Taylor
Concord Records
Best Dance Recording
- We're All We Need
Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
Andrew Bayer, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, producers; Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, mixers
Ultra/Anjunabeats - Go
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers
Astralwerks - Never Catch Me
Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Steven Ellison, producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mixer
Track from:You're Dead!
Warp Records - Runaway (U & I)
Galantis
Linus Eklöw, Christian Karlsson & Svidden, producers; Linus Eklöw, Niklas Flyckt & Christian Karlsson, mixers
Track from:Pharmacy
Big Beat/Atlantic - Where Are Ü Now
Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- Our Love
Caribou
Merge Records - Born In The Echoes
The Chemical Brothers
Astralwerks - Caracal
Disclosure
Capitol Records - In Colour
Jamie XX
Young Turks Recordings - Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
Skrillex And Diplo
Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Guitar In The Space Age!
Bill Frisell
Okeh - Love Language
Wouter Kellerman
Listen 2 Entertainment Group - Afrodeezia
Marcus Miller
Blue Note Records - Sylva
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
Impulse! - The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV
Kirk Whalum
Mack Avenue Records
Best Rock Performance
- Don't Wanna Fight
Alabama Shakes
ATO Records - What Kind Of Man
Florence + The Machine
Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Republic - Something From Nothing
Foo Fighters
Track from: Sonic Highways
RCA Records - Ex's & Oh's
Elle King
Track from: Love Stuff
RCA Records - Moaning Lisa Smile
Wolf Alice
Track from: My Love Is Cool
RCA Records/Dirty Hit
Best Metal Performance
- Identity
August Burns Red
Fearless Records - Cirice
Ghost
Loma Vista Recordings - 512
Lamb Of God
Track from: VII: Sturm Und Drang
Epic Records - Thank You
Sevendust
7Bros Records - Custer
Slipknot
Track from: .5: The Gray Chapter
Roadrunner Records
Best Rock Song
- Don't Wanna Fight
Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music - Ex's & Oh's
Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
Track from: Love Stuff
RCA Records; Publisher(s): Elle King Music/EMI Music Publishing, Inc./Bassett Songs/EMI April Music, Inc. - Hold Back The River
Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
Track from: Chaos And The Calm
Republic; Publisher(s): B-Unique/Kobalt/Iain Archer/Kobalt - Lydia
Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Track from: Mister Asylum
300 Entertainment; Publisher(s): MCID - What Kind Of Man
John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine)
Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Republic; Publisher(s): Rodeoman Music/EMI April Music/Universal Music Publishing
Best Rock Album
- Chaos And The Calm
James Bay
Republic - Kintsugi
Death Cab For Cutie
Atlantic - Mister Asylum
Highly Suspect
300 Entertainment - Drones
Muse
Warner Bros. Records - .5: The Gray Chapter
Slipknot
Roadrunner Records
Best Alternative Music Album
- Sound & Color
Alabama Shakes
ATO Records - Vulnicura
Björk
One Little Indian - The Waterfall
My Morning Jacket
Capitol Records - Currents
Tame Impala
Interscope - Star Wars
Wilco
Anti/Dbpm
Best R&B Performance
- If I Don't Have You
Tamar Braxton
Track from: Calling All Lovers
Epic Records - Rise Up
Andra Day
Track from: Cheers To The Fall
Warner Bros. Records - Breathing Underwater
Hiatus Kaiyote
Track from: Choose Your Weapon
Flying Buddha / Sony Masterworks - Planes
Jeremih Featuring J. Cole
Def Jam Recordings - Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
The Weeknd
Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Universal Studios/Republic Records
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- He Is
Faith Evans
Track from:Incomparable
Prolific Music Group/BMG - Little Ghetto Boy
Lalah Hathaway
Entertainment One/8Th Floor - Let It Burn
Jazmine Sullivan
Track from: Reality Show
RCA Records - Shame
Tyrese
Voltron Recordz - My Favorite Part Of You
Charlie Wilson
Track from: Forever Charlie
RCA Records
Best R&B Song
- Coffee
Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel)
Track from:Wildheart
RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment; Publisher(s): Art Dealer Chic, Pop Killer/Dleaurean - Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)
Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing - Let It Burn
Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
Track from: Reality Show
RCA Records; Publisher(s): JazLady Publishing, Dwane M. Weir II/Sean Michael Anderson Music LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC - Really Love
D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Track from: Black Messiah
RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. - Shame
Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese)
Voltron Recordz; Publisher(s): Peer Music/Sounds From The Soul/Campbell Kids Music/Warner Chappell/@PenTorious D.J. Rogers Jr. Sounds From The Soul/Gibson & Gibson Music Publishing
Best Urban Contemporary Album
- Ego Death
The Internet
Odd Future/Columbia - You Should Be Here
Kehlani
Tsunami Mob/Atlantic - Blood
Lianne La Havas
Nonesuch - Wildheart
Miguel
RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment - Beauty Behind The Madness
The Weeknd
Republic
Best R&B Album
- Coming Home
Leon Bridges
Columbia Records - Black Messiah
D'Angelo And The Vanguard
RCA Records - Cheers To The Fall
Andra Day
Warner Bros. Records - Reality Show
Jazmine Sullivan
RCA Records - Forever Charlie
Charlie Wilson
RCA Records
Best Rap Performance
- Apparently
J. Cole
Track from: 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Roc Nation/Columbia Records - Back To Back
Drake
Cash Money Records - Trap Queen
Fetty Wap
Track from: Fetty Wap
300 Entertainment/RGF Productions - Alright
Kendrick Lamar
Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records - Truffle Butter
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
Track from: The Pinkprint
Young Money/Cash Money - All Day
Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
Def Jam Recordings
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- One Man Can Change The World
Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
Track from: Dark Sky Paradise
Universal/Def Jam - Glory
Common & John Legend
Def Jam Recordings - Classic Man
Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur
Epic Records - These Walls
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records - Only
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
Track from: The Pinkprint
Young Money/Cash Money
Best Rap Song
- All Day
Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
Def Jam Recordings; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./MPL Communications Inc./TYLER BRANT PUBLISHING/WB Music Corp./ Hard Working Black Folks Inc./Top Dawg Music/Excuse My French Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Monarch Music/Abou Thiam Publishing/Victor Kwesi Mensah Publishing Designee/ALLEN KYARIGA/EMI Blackwood Music o/b/o Papa George Publishing/Kaya and Ethan Music/Primary Wave Brian/Noah Goldstein admin. by Reach Music Publishing/Ritter Boy LLC/Mario Winans Publishing Designee/Broken Locks/Songs of Universal Inc./Jabriel Iz Myne /Universal Music/Patrick Reynolds Publishing Designee/Smooth Thug Music/Noel Ellis Publishing Designee/Justin Combs Music Publishing administered by EMI April Music - Alright
Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV - Energy
Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake)
Track from: If Youre Reading This Its Too Late
Young Money/Cash Money; Publisher(s): Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing, 1damentional publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC, Matthew O'Brien/otek north/WB Music Corp./Jack Russell Music Ltd./Notting Hill Music Ltd. - Glory
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
Track from: Selma (Music From The Motion Picture)
Universal/Def Jam; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathe Productions Limited - Trap Queen
Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)
Track from: Fetty Wap
300 Entertainment/RGF Productions; Publisher(s): RGF Publishing, Zoovier, BMG Gold Songs, Tony Fadd Beats
Best Rap Album
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive
J. Cole
Roc Nation/Columbia Records - Compton
Dr. Dre
Aftermath/Interscope - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late
Drake
Cash Money/Young Money - To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Aftermath/Interscope - The Pinkprint
Nicki Minaj
Young Money/Cash Money
Best Country Solo Performance
- Burning House
Cam
Track from: Welcome To Cam Country
Sony Music Entertainment - Traveller
Chris Stapleton
Track from:Traveller
Mercury Nashville - Little Toy Guns
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Greatest Hits: Decade #1
19 Recordings/Arista Nashville - John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Keith Urban
Capitol Records Nashville - Chances Are
Lee Ann Womack
Track from: The Way I'm Livin'
Sugar Hill Records
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- Stay A Little Longer
Brothers Osborne
EMI Records Nashville - If I Needed You
Joey+Rory
Track from: Country Classics
Gaither Music Group - The Driver
Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay
Capitol Records Nashville - Girl Crush
Little Big Town
Track from: Pain Killer
Capitol Records Nashville - Lonely Tonight
Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe
Warner Bros
Best Country Song
- Chances Are
Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
Track from: The Way I'm Livin'
Sugar Hill Records; Publisher(s): Highway 87 Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis - Diamond Rings And Old Barstools
Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
Track from: Sundown Heaven Town
Big Machine Records/McGraw Music; Publisher(s): Songs of Universal, Inc./Creative Nation Music/Twangin and Slangin Songs/Country Paper/Pulse Nation/BMG Gold Songs /Glassbean/We Jam Writers Group - Girl Crush
Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
Track from: Pain Killer
Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - Hold My Hand
Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark)
Track from: 12 Stories
Warner Bros Records; Publisher(s): Songs of Parallel/Vista Loma Music admin. by Amplified Administration and Harlan Howard Songs - Traveller
Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)
Track from:Traveller
Mercury Nashville; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp./Ken Tucky Music
Best Country Album
- Montevallo
Sam Hunt
MCA Nashville - Pain Killer
Little Big Town
Capitol Records Nashville - The Blade
Ashley Monroe
Warner Bros. - Pageant Material
Kacey Musgraves
Mercury Nashville - Traveller
Chris Stapleton
Mercury Records
Best New Age Album
- Grace
Paul Avgerinos
Round Sky Music - Bhakti Without Borders
Madi Das
Kuli Mela - Voyager
Catherine Duc
MG Music Ltd - Love
Peter Kater
Mysterium Music - Asia Beauty
Ron Korb
Humbledragon
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- Giant Steps
Joey Alexander, soloist
Track from: My Favorite Things
Motema Music - Cherokee
Christian McBride, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
Mack Avenue Records - Arbiters Of Evolution
Donny McCaslin, soloist
Track from: The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
ArtistShare - Friend Or Foe
Joshua Redman, soloist
Track from: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (The Bad Plus Joshua Redman)
Nonesuch - Past Present
John Scofield, soloist
Track from: Past Present
Impulse!
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers &
Hammerstein
Karrin Allyson
Motema Music - Find A Heart
Denise Donatelli
Savant Records - Flirting With Disaster
Lorraine Feather
Jazzed Media - Jamison
Jamison Ross
Concord Jazz - For One To Love
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mack Avenue Records
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- My Favorite Things
Joey Alexander
Motema Music - Breathless
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
Blue Note Records - Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
Blue Note Records - Beautiful Life
Jimmy Greene
Mack Avenue Records - Past Present
John Scofield
Impulse!
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Lines Of Color
Gil Evans Project
Blue Note/ArtistShare - Köln
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band
Alternate Side Records - Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Motema Music - The Thompson Fields
Maria Schneider Orchestra
ArtistShare - Home Suite Home
Patrick Williams
BFM Jazz
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Made In Brazil
Eliane Elias
Concord Jazz - Impromptu
The Rodriguez Brothers
Criss Cross Jazz - Suite Caminos
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
5Passion - Intercambio
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Patois Records - Identities Are Changeable
Miguel Zenón
Miel Music
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- Worth [Live]
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown, songwriter
Track from: Everyday Jesus [Live]
Tyscot Records; Publisher(s): Key Of A Music/Tyscot Music - Wanna Be Happy?
Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
RCA Records/Fo Yo Soul Recordings; Publisher(s): Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs and Irving Music, Inc. admin. by Universal Music Publishing - Intentional
Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter
RCA Inspiration; Publisher(s): Greenlight InternationalVNavidavi Music - How Awesome Is Our God [Live]
Israel & Newbreed Featuring Yolanda Adams; Neville Diedericks, Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, songwriters
Track from: Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration; Publisher(s): Integrity’s Praise! Music, RGM-Newbreed Publishing, Sound Of The New Breed, Aaron Lindsey Publishing, CCMG Publishing, Neville D. Publishing - Worth Fighting For [Live]
Brian Courtney Wilson; Aaron Lindsey & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters
Track from: Worth Fighting For [Live]
Motown Gospel; Publisher(s): ACER/Aaron Lindsey Music/Capitol Christian Music Publishing admin. by Capitol CMG
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- Holy Spirit
Francesca Battistelli
Track from: If We're Honest (Deluxe Edition)
Fervent/Curb/Word - Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)
Crowder; Ed Cash, David Crowder & Seth Philpott, songwriters
Track from: Neon Steeple (Deluxe Edition)
sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publisher(s): sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/sixsteps Songs/Worship Together Music admin. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com/Alletrop Music - Because He Lives (Amen)
Matt Maher
Track from: Saints And Sinners
Essential Records/Provident Label Group - Soul On Fire
Third Day Featuring All Sons & Daughters; Tai Anderson, Brenton Brown, David Carr, Mark Lee, Matt Maher & Mac Powell, songwriters
Track from: Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship (Deluxe)
Essential Records/Provident Label Group; Publisher(s): DATAMAMA MUSIC, Thankyou Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, I Am A Pilgrim Songs - Feel It
Tobymac Featuring Mr. Talkbox; Cary Barlowe, David Arthur Garcia & Toby McKeehan, songwriters
ForeFront Records; Publisher(s): Achtober Songs/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing/D Soul Music admin. by CapitolCMGPublishing.com/Castle Bound Music, Inc./We Be Pawtying
Best Gospel Album
- Destined To Win [Live]
Karen Clark Sheard
Karew Records/Entertainment One - Living It
Dorinda Clark-Cole
Entertainment One/Light Records - One Place Live
Tasha Cobbs
Motown Gospel - Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Israel & Newbreed
RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration - Life Music: Stage Two
Jonathan McReynolds
Entertainment One/Tehillah Music
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- Whatever The Road
Jason Crabb
Reunion Records/Provident Label Group - How Can It Be
Lauren Daigle
Centricity Music - Saints And Sinners
Matt Maher
Essential Records/Provident Label Group - This Is Not A Test
Tobymac
ForeFront Records - Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin
sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records
Best Roots Gospel Album
- Still Rockin' My Soul
The Fairfield Four
Fairfield Four Records - Pray Now
Karen Peck & New River
Daywind Records - Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)
Point Of Grace
Word/Curb
Best Latin Pop Album
- Terral
Pablo Alborán
Warner Music Latina - Healer
Alex Cuba
Caracol Records - A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Ricky Martin
Sony Music Latin - Sirope
Alejandro Sanz
Universal Music Latino - Algo Sucede
Julieta Venegas
Sony Music Latin
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
- Amanecer
Bomba Estereo
Sony Music Latin - Mondongo
La Cuneta Son Machín
Round Whirled Records - Hasta La Raíz
Natalia Lafourcade
Sony Music Latin - Caja De Música
Monsieur Periné
Sony Music Entertainment - Dale
Pitbull
Mr. 305 / Sony Music Latin
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
- Mi Vicio Mas Grande
Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga
Fonovisa - Ya Dime Adiós
La Maquinaria Norteña
Fonovisa - Zapateando
Los Cojolites
Round Whirled Records - Realidades - Deluxe Edition
Los Tigres Del Norte
Fonovisa - Tradición, Arte Y Pasión
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto
José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero
Los Canarios Music - Son De Panamá
Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
Ruben Blades Productions - Presente Continuo
Guaco
Latin Pulse / Sony Music Latin - Todo Tiene Su Hora
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Universal Music Latino/Capital Latin - Que Suenen Los Tambores
Victor Manuelle
Kiyavi / Sony Music Latin
Best American Roots Performance
- And Am I Born To Die
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Track from: Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
Rounder - Born To Play Guitar
Buddy Guy
Track from: Born To Play Guitar
RCA Records/Silvertone Records - City Of Our Lady
The Milk Carton Kids
Track from:Monterey
Anti - Julep
Punch Brothers
Track from: The Phosphorescent Blues
Nonesuch - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Mavis Staples
Track from: Your Good Fortune
Anti
Best American Roots Song
- All Night Long
Raul Malo, songwriter (The Mavericks)
Track from:Mono
The Valory Music Co.; Publisher(s): Big Machine Music/Raul Malo Music - The Cost Of Living
Don Henley & Stan Lynch, songwriters (Don Henley & Merle Haggard)
Track from: Cass County
Capitol Records; Publisher(s): Wisteria Music (GMR) admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Matanzas Music - Julep
Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile & Gabe Witcher, songwriters (Punch Brothers)
Track from: The Phosphorescent Blues
Nonesuch; Publisher(s): Chris Thile Music, Money Baby Music, Noam Tunes, Silver Hammer Music, Paul Kowert - The Traveling Kind
Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, songwriters (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)
Track from: The Traveling Kind
Nonesuch; Publisher(s): Criterion Music o/b/o Coolwell Music/Almo Music Corp. o/b/o Poodlebone Music/Chisel Publishing - 24 Frames
Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
Track from: Something More Than Free
Southeastern Records; Publisher(s): Songs Of Emchant
Best Americana Album
- The Firewatcher's Daughter
Brandi Carlile
ATO Records - The Traveling Kind
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Nonesuch - Something More Than Free
Jason Isbell
Southeastern Records - Mono
The Mavericks
The Valory Music Co. - The Phosphorescent Blues
Punch Brothers
Nonesuch
Best Bluegrass Album
- Pocket Full Of Keys
Dale Ann Bradley
Pinecastle Records - Before The Sun Goes Down
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Compass Records Group - In Session
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Mountain Home Music Company - Man Of Constant Sorrow
Ralph Stanley & Friends
Red River Entertainment - The Muscle Shoals Recordings
The Steeldrivers
Rounder
Best Blues Album
- Descendants Of Hill Country
Cedric Burnside Project
Cedric Burnside Project - Outskirts Of Love
Shemekia Copeland
Alligator Records - Born To Play Guitar
Buddy Guy
RCA Records/Silvertone Records - Worthy
Bettye LaVette
Cherry Red - Muddy Waters 100
John Primer & Various Artists
Raisin Music Records
Best Folk Album
- Wood, Wire & Words
Norman Blake
Plectrafone Records - Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Rounder - Tomorrow Is My Turn
Rhiannon Giddens
Nonesuch - Servant Of Love
Patty Griffin
PGM - Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard
Anti
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- Go Go Juice
Jon Cleary
FHQ Records - La La La La
Natalie Ai Kamauu
KEKO Records - Kawaiokalena
Keali'i Reichel
Punahele Productions - Get Ready
The Revelers
The Revelers - Generations
Windwalker And The MCW
MCW Productions / PK Productions LLC
Best Reggae Album
- Branches Of The Same Tree
Rocky Dawuni
Cumbancha - The Cure
Jah Cure
VP Records - Acousticalevy
Barrington Levy
Doctor Dread Presents - Zion Awake
Luciano
Vpal Music - Strictly Roots
Morgan Heritage
CTBC Music Group
Best World Music Album
- Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Gilberto Gil
Masterworks - Sings
Angelique Kidjo
429 Records - Music From Inala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Home
Anoushka Shankar
Deutsche Grammophon - I Have No Everything Here
Zomba Prison Project
Six Degrees
Best Children's Album
- ¡Come Bien! Eat Right!
José-Luis Orozco
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Dark Pie Concerns
Gustafer Yellowgold
Apple-Eye Productions - Home
Tim Kubart
Tim And The Space Cadets - How Great Can This Day Be
Lori Henriques
Human Puppy Records - Trees
Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly
Yay! Music
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
- Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø)
Patti Smith
Random House Audio - Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And
Assorted Hijinks
Dick Cavett
Macmillan Audio - A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter
Simon & Schuster Audio - Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller)
Janis Ian & Jean Smart
Audible Studios - Yes Please
Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)
HarperAudio
Best Comedy Album
- Back To The Drawing Board
Lisa Lampanelli
Comedy Dynamics - Brooklyn
Wyatt Cenac
Other Music Recording - Happy. And A Lot.
Jay Mohr
Lolflix Inc. - Just Being Honest
Craig Ferguson
Lionsgate Records - Live At Madison Square Garden
Louis C.K.
Comedy Dynamics
Best Musical Theater Album
- An American In Paris
Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Masterworks Broadway - Fun Home
Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
PS Classics - Hamilton
Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Atlantic - The King And I
Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast)
Universal Music Classics - Something Rotten!
Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar & Kate Reinders, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Manchester, Kevin McCollum & Phil Reno, producers; Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick, composers/lyricists (Originial Broadway Cast)
Ghostlight
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
- Empire: Season 1
(Various Artists)
Columbia - Fifty Shades Of Grey
(Various Artists)
Republic Records - Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
(Various Artists)
Big Machine Records - Pitch Perfect 2
(Various Artists)
Universal Music Enterprises/Republic Records - Selma
(Various Artists)
Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
- Birdman
Antonio Sanchez, composer
Milan Records - The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Sony Classical - Interstellar
Hans Zimmer, composer
WaterTower Music - The Theory Of Everything
Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
Back Lot Music - Whiplash
Justin Hurwitz, composer
Varèse Sarabande
Best Song Written For Visual Media
- Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)
Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey
Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing - Glory
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
Track from:Selma
Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited - Love Me Like You Do
Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding)
Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey
Republic Records; Publisher(s): MXM admin. by Kobalt, Wolf Cousin/Warner/Chappell Music SCAND, Shellbeck Industries, Universal Pictures Music - See You Again
Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
Track from: Furious 7
Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing - Til It Happens To You
Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Track from: The Hunting Ground
Streamline/Interscope; Publisher(s): Diane Warren Trust d/b/a REALSONGS/Sony ATV songs LLC/House of Gaga Publishing Inc./GloJoe Music Inc.
Best Instrumental Composition
- The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Motema Music - Civil War
Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Track from: Get Up!
MCG Jazz - Confetti Man
David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet)
Track from: Confetti Man
Azica Records - Neil
Rich DeRosa, composer (University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)
Track from: Lab 2015
North Texas Jazz - Vesper
Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Track from:Köln
Alternate Side Records
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
- Bruno Mars
Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged)
PMG Records - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Track from:That's Christmas To Me
RCA Records - Do You Hear What I Hear?
Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed)
Track from: Home For Christmas
Mixed Bag Music Group, LLC. - Ghost Of A Chance
Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East)
Track from: The New Cool
Yamaha Entertainment Group Of America - You And The Night And The Music
John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
Track from: Like It Is
Mama Records
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
- Be My Muse
Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
Jazzed Media - 52nd & Broadway
Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin)
Track from: Home Suite Home
BFM Jazz - Garota De Ipanema
Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz)
Track from: Catina Deluna Lado B Brazilian Project Featuring Otmaro Ruiz
Catina DeLuna - Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
Track from: Nothing Has Changed
Legacy/Columbia - When I Come Home
Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon)
Track from: Beautiful Life
Mack Avenue Records
Best Recording Package
- Alagoas
Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas)
Better Problems - Bush
Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg)
Doggy Style/ Iamother/ Columbia Records - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe
Edition)
Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine)
Republic - My Happiness
Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley)
Third Man Records - Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His
Texas Playboys
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
Bismeaux Records
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
- Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set)
Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men)
Republic - I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe
Vinyl)
Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)
Sub Pop - The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two
(1928-32)
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Third Man Records / Revenant Records - Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)
Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones)
Universal Music Enterprises, A Division Of UMG - 30 Trips Around The Sun
Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead)
Rhino - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box
Set)
Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)
Capitol Records
Best Album Notes
- Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The
Upper Midwest, 1937-1946
James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Dust-To-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly)
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be
Danced
Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
Rhino - Portrait Of An American Singer
Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
Bear Family Productions - Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925
Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)
Archeophone Records
Best Historical Album
- The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol.
11
Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
Columbia/Legacy - The Complete Concert By The Sea
Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (Erroll Garner)
Columbia/Legacy - Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And
Country 1966–1985
Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Light In The Attic Records - Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings,
1947–1959
Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Dust-To-Digital - Songs My Mother Taught Me
Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer)
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Before This World
Dave O'Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (James Taylor)
Concord Records - Currency Of Man
Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot)
Verve/Universal - Recreational Love
Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird And The Bee)
Rostrum Records - Sound & Color
Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
ATO Records - Wallflower
Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall)
Verve Music Group/Universal
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
- Jeff Bhasker
- Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
- Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
- Burning House (Cam) (T)
- Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)
- Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
- Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)
- Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
- Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)
- Dave Cobb
- Delilah (Anderson East) (A)
- Little Neon Limelight (Houndmouth) (A)
- Smoke (A Thousand Horses) (S)
- Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell) (A)
- Southernality (A Thousand Horses) (A)
- 3 (Honeyhoney) (A)
- Traveller (Chris Stapleton) (A)
- Diplo
- B**** I'm Madonna (Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj) (S)
- Doctor Pepper (Diplo Featuring CL, Riff Raff & OG MacO) (S)
- Golden (Travie McCoy Featuring Sia) (S)
- Lean On (Major Lazer Featuring MØ & DJ Snake) (S)
- Peace Is The Mission (Major Lazer) (A)
- Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex And Diplo) (A)
- Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber) (T)
- Larry Klein
- Currency Of Man (Melody Gardot) (A)
- Freedom & Surrender (Lizz Wright) (A)
- Heartland (Indra Rios-Moore) (A)
- I'm Leaving You (Florence K) (A)
- Parker's Place (Parker Bent) (A)
- Speaking In Tongues (Luciana Souza) (A)
- Tenderness (JD Souther) (A)
- Blake Mills
- Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes) (A)
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
- Berlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)
CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope)
Track from: Berlin By Overnight
Deutsche Grammophon - Hold On (Fatum Remix)
Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)
Intonenation Records - Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)
Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)
Track from: Runaway (U&I) Remixes
Big Beat/Atlantic - Say My Name (RAC Remix)
André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra)
Track from: Say My Name Remixes
Counter Records - Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
RCA Records
Best Surround Sound Album
- Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra)
2L (Lindberg Lyd) - Amused To Death
James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
Columbia/Legacy - Magnificat
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
2L (Lindberg Lyd) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)
Pentatone - Spes
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)
2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Ask Your Mama
Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Avie Records - Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes;
Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony)
Seattle Symphony Media - Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque)
Linn Records - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)
Chandos - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3,
'Organ'
Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Reference Recordings
Producer Of The Year, Classical
- Blanton Alspaugh
- Hill: Symphony No. 4; Concertino Nos. 1 & 2; Divertimento (Peter Bay, Anton Nel & Austin Symphony Orchestra)
- Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)
- Sacred Songs Of Life & Love (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale)
- Spirit Of The American Range (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
- Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)
- Manfred Eicher
- Franz Schubert (András Schiff)
- Galina Ustvolskaya (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Markus Hinterhäuser & Reto Bieri)
- Moore: Dances & Canons (Saskia Lankhoorn)
- Rihm: Et Lux (Paul Van Nevel, Minguet Quartet & Huelgas Ensemble)
- Visions Fugitives (Anna Gourari)
- Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
- Dances For Piano & Orchestra (Joel Fan, Christophe Chagnard & Northwest Sinfonietta)
- Tempo Do Brasil (Marc Regnier)
- Woman At The New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko)
- Dan Merceruio
- Chapí: String Quartets 1 & 2 (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)
- From Whence We Came (Ensemble Galilei)
- Gregson: Touch (Peter Gregson)
- In The Light Of Air - ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir (International Contemporary Ensemble)
- Schumann (Ying Quartet)
- Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet)
- Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra)
- What Artemisia Heard (El Mundo)
- ZOFO Plays Terry Riley (ZOFO)
- Judith Sherman
- Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
- Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kucera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare)
- Montage - Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng)
- Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)
- Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon)
- Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens)
- Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin & Piano (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)
- Turina: Chamber Music For Strings & Piano (Lincoln Trio)
Best Orchestral Performance
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Reference Recordings - Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes;
Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Seattle Symphony Media - Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No.
10
Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Deutsche Grammophon - Spirit Of The American Range
Carlos Kalmar, conductor (The Oregon Symphony)
Pentatone - Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen
1839'
Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)
Naxos
Best Opera Recording
- Janácek: Jenufa
Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Arthaus - Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque)
Linn Records - Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)
Deutsche Grammophon - Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges;
Shéhérazade
Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
Decca - Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Erato
Best Choral Performance
- Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Bernard Haitink, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
BR Klassik - Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610
Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen)
Coro - Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare)
Harmonia Mundi - Paulus: Far In The Heavens
Eric Holtan, conductor (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
Reference Recordings - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
Chandos
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Brahms: The Piano Trios
Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt
Ondine - Filament
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille Records - Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano &
Electronics
Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee
Track from: Woman At The New Piano
Reference Recordings - Render
Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records - Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No.
2
Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin
Hyperion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
- Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des
Songes
Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Track from:Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
Seattle Symphony Media - Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos
Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)
Onyx Classics - Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Harmonia Mnudi - Rachmaninov Variations
Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Deutsche Grammophon - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be
Defeated!
Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal)
Cedille Records
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs;
Mozart: Masonic Cantata
Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, accompanist
Harmonia Mundi - Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
Erato - Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album
Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Kristine Opolais, Antonio Pirozzi & Massimo Simeoli; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)
Sony Classical - Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali
Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor (Orion Weiss; Albany Symphony)
Naxos - St. Petersburg
Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor (I Barocchisti)
Decca
Best Classical Compendium
- As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And
Film Music (1925-1955)
New Budapest Orpheum Society; Jim Ginsburg, producer
Cedille Records - Ask Your Mama
George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer
Avie Records - Handel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato,
1740
Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer
Signum Classics - Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears &
Grand Concerto
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Naxos - Woman At The New Piano
Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Reference Recordings
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Barry: The Importance Of Being Earnest
Gerald Barry, composer (Thomas Adès, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
NMC Recordings - Norman: Play
Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
Track from: Norman: Play
BMOP/Sound - Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens
Reference Recordings - Tower: Stroke
Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)
Track from: Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance
Naxos - Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars)
Cantaloupe Music
Best Music Video
- LSD
ASAP Rocky
Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer
RCA Records/A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds Music - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
The Dead Weather
Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
Third Man Records - Alright
Kendrick Lamar
The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers
Aftermath Records/Interscope Records - Bad Blood
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer
Big Machine Records - Freedom
Pharrell Williams
Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
Columbia
Best Music Film
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
James Brown
Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers
Inaudible Films - Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers
RCA Records/Roswell Records - What Happened, Miss Simone?
Nina Simone
Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Netflix - The Wall
Roger Waters
Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers
Back Lot Music - Amy
Amy Winehouse
Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer
Universal Music Enterprises