Record Of The Year
• Really Love
D’Angelo And The Vanguard
• Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
• Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
• Blank Space
Taylor Swift
• Can’t Feel My Face
The Weeknd
Album Of The Year
• Sound & Color
Alabama Shakes
• To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
• Traveller
Chris Stapleton
• 1989
Taylor Swift
• Beauty Behind The Madness
The Weeknd
Song Of The Year
• Alright
Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• Blank Space
Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• Girl Crush
Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
• See You Again
Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
• Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
Best New Artist
• Courtney Barnett
• James Bay
• Sam Hunt
• Tori Kelly
• Meghan Trainor
Best Pop Solo Performance
• Heartbeat Song
Kelly Clarkson
• Love Me Like You Do
Ellie Goulding
• Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
• Blank Space
Taylor Swift
• Can’t Feel My Face
The Weeknd
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
• Ship To Wreck
Florence + The Machine
• Sugar
Maroon 5
• Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
• Bad Blood
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• See You Again
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
• Shadows In The Night
Bob Dylan
• Stages
Josh Groban
• No One Ever Tells You
Seth MacFarlane
• My Dream Duets
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)
Best Pop Vocal Album
• Piece By Piece
Kelly Clarkson
• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + The Machine
• Uptown Special
Mark Ronson
• 1989
Taylor Swift
• Before This World
James Taylor
Best Dance Recording
• We’re All We Need
Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
• Go
The Chemical Brothers
• Never Catch Me
Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• Runaway (U & I)
Galantis
• Where Are Ü Now
Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
Best Dance/Electronic Album
• Our Love
Caribou
• Born In The Echoes
The Chemical Brothers
• Caracal
Disclosure
• In Colour
Jamie XX
• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
Skrillex And Diplo
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
• Guitar In The Space Age!
Bill Frisell
• Love Language
Wouter Kellerman
• Afrodeezia
Marcus Miller
• Sylva
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
• The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV
Kirk Whalum
Best Rock Performance
• Don’t Wanna Fight
Alabama Shakes
• What Kind Of Man
Florence + The Machine
• Something From Nothing
Foo Fighters
• Ex’s & Oh’s
Elle King
• Moaning Lisa Smile
Wolf Alice
Best Metal Performance
• Identity
August Burns Red
• Cirice
Ghost
• 512
Lamb Of God
• Thank You
Sevendust
• Custer
Slipknot
Best Rock Song
• Don’t Wanna Fight
Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
• Ex’s & Oh’s
Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
• Hold Back The River
Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
• Lydia
Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
• What Kind Of Man
John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine)
Best Rock Album
• Chaos And The Calm
James Bay
• Kintsugi
Death Cab For Cutie
• Mister Asylum
Highly Suspect
• Drones
Muse
• .5: The Gray Chapter
Slipknot
Best Alternative Music Album
• Sound & Color
Alabama Shakes
• Vulnicura
Björk
• The Waterfall
My Morning Jacket
• Currents
Tame Impala
• Star Wars
Wilco
Best R&B Performance
• If I Don’t Have You
Tamar Braxton
• Rise Up
Andra Day
• Breathing Underwater
Hiatus Kaiyote
• Planes
Jeremih Featuring J. Cole
• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
The Weeknd
Best Traditional R&B Performance
• He Is
Faith Evans
• Little Ghetto Boy
Lalah Hathaway
• Let It Burn
Jazmine Sullivan
• Shame
Tyrese
• My Favorite Part Of You
Charlie Wilson
Best R&B Song
• Coffee
Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel)
• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)
• Let It Burn
Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
• Really Love
D’Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D’Angelo And The Vanguard)
• Shame
Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
• Ego Death
The Internet
• You Should Be Here
Kehlani
• Blood
Lianne La Havas
• Wildheart
Miguel
• Beauty Behind The Madness
The Weeknd
Best R&B Album
• Coming Home
Leon Bridges
• Black Messiah
D’Angelo And The Vanguard
• Cheers To The Fall
Andra Day
• Reality Show
Jazmine Sullivan
• Forever Charlie
Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Performance
• Apparently
J. Cole
• Back To Back
Drake
• Trap Queen
Fetty Wap
• Alright
Kendrick Lamar
• Truffle Butter
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
• All Day
Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
• One Man Can Change The World
Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
• Glory
Common & John Legend
• Classic Man
Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur
• These Walls
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
• Only
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
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)
• Alright
Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• Energy
Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O’Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake)
• Glory
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
• Trap Queen
Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)
Best Rap Album
• 2014 Forest Hills Drive
J. Cole
• Compton
Dr. Dre
• If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Drake
• To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
• The Pinkprint
Nicki Minaj
Best Country Solo Performance
• Burning House
Cam
• Traveller
Chris Stapleton
• Little Toy Guns
Carrie Underwood
• John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Keith Urban
• Chances Are
Lee Ann Womack
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
• Stay A Little Longer
Brothers Osborne
• If I Needed You
Joey+Rory
• The Driver
Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay
• Girl Crush
Little Big Town
• Lonely Tonight
Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe
Best Country Song
• Chances Are
Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
• Diamond Rings And Old Barstools
Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
• Girl Crush
Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
• Hold My Hand
Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark)
• Traveller
Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)
Best Country Album
• Montevallo
Sam Hunt
• Pain Killer
Little Big Town
• The Blade
Ashley Monroe
• Pageant Material
Kacey Musgraves
• Traveller
Chris Stapleton
Best New Age Album
• Grace
Paul Avgerinos
• Bhakti Without Borders
Madi Das
• Voyager
Catherine Duc
• Love
Peter Kater
• Asia Beauty
Ron Korb
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
• Giant Steps
Joey Alexander, soloist
• Cherokee
Christian McBride, soloist
• Arbiters Of Evolution
Donny McCaslin, soloist
• Friend Or Foe
Joshua Redman, soloist
• Past Present
John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
• Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Karrin Allyson
• Find A Heart
Denise Donatelli
• Flirting With Disaster
Lorraine Feather
• Jamison
Jamison Ross
• For One To Love
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
• My Favorite Things
Joey Alexander
• Breathless
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
• Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
• Beautiful Life
Jimmy Greene
• Past Present
John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
• Lines Of Color
Gil Evans Project
• Köln
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band
• Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
• The Thompson Fields
Maria Schneider Orchestra
• Home Suite Home
Patrick Williams
Best Latin Jazz Album
• Made In Brazil
Eliane Elias
• Impromptu
The Rodriguez Brothers
• Suite Caminos
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
• Intercambio
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
• Identities Are Changeable
Miguel Zenón
Best Gospel Performance/Song
• Worth [Live]
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
• Wanna Be Happy?
Kirk Franklin
• Intentional
Travis Greene
• How Awesome Is Our God [Live]
Israel & Newbreed Featuring Yolanda Adams
• Worth Fighting For [Live]
Brian Courtney Wilson
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
• Holy Spirit
Francesca Battistelli
• Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)
Crowder
• Because He Lives (Amen)
Matt Maher
• Soul On Fire
Third Day Featuring All Sons & Daughters
• Feel It
Tobymac Featuring Mr. Talkbox
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
• Pray Now
Karen Peck & New River
• Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)
Point Of Grace
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
• Born To Play Guitar
Buddy Guy
• City Of Our Lady
The Milk Carton Kids
• Julep
Punch Brothers
• See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song
• All Night Long
The Mavericks
• The Cost Of Living
Don Henley & Merle Haggard
• Julep
Punch Brothers
• The Traveling Kind
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
• 24 Frames
Jason Isbell
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)
• Glory
Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
• Love Me Like You Do
Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding)
• See You Again
Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
• Til It Happens To You
Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Best Instrumental Composition
• The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
• Civil War
Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
• Confetti Man
David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet)
• Neil
Rich DeRosa, composer (University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band)
• Vesper
Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
• Bruno Mars
Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged)
• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
• Do You Hear What I Hear?
Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed)
• Ghost Of A Chance
Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East)
• You And The Night And The Music
John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
• Be My Muse
Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
• 52nd & Broadway
Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin)
• Garota De Ipanema
Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz)
• Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
• When I Come Home
Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon)
Best Recording Package
• Alagoas
Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas)
• Bush
Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg)
• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)
Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine)
• My Happiness
Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley)
• 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)
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 UM]
• 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)
• Hold On (Fatum Remix)
Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)
• Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)
Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)
• Say My Name (RAC Remix)
André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra)
• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
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)
• Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’
Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony)
• Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria
Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque)
• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, ‘Organ’
Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
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 Kučera, 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
• Janáček: Jenůfa
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 (Kristīne 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
• I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
The Dead Weather
• Alright
Kendrick Lamar
• Bad Blood
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• Freedom
Pharrell Williams
Best Music Film
• Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
James Brown
• Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
Nina Simone
• The Wall
Roger Waters
• Amy
Amy Winehouse