2015-12-10

58th Annual Grammy Awards

The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which will run from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. It will be broadcast live by the CBS network. The “pre-telecast” ceremony, officially known as the Premiere Ceremony, in which the majority of awards will be presented, will be held at the Microsoft Theater which is next door to the Staples Center. This ceremony will be streamed live on the internet.

It will be the sixteenth Grammy ceremony to be held at the Staples Center, tying the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for hosting the most Grammy ceremonies. It also marks the latest date for a Grammy ceremony since 2003, which were held on February 23.

This edition of the Grammy Awards presentation will mark the first time the ceremony will be held on a Monday, after several years when the awards were presented on Sundays. The move is said to be temporary, as this edition will fall in an American holiday weekend (February 15 will be President’s Day), and the Grammy organization opted for a ceremony to be held at the end, rather than in the middle of, this long holiday weekend.

Nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony were announced on December 7, 2015. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations with 11. For the latter, he went on to pass Eminem as the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind Michael Jackson (12 nominations in 1984). Taylor Swift and The Weeknd received seven nominations each. Producer Max Martin received the most nominations for a non-performing artist, with six.

Best New Artist:

Courtney Barnett

James Bay

Sam Hunt

Tori Kelly

Meghan Trainor

Record Of The Year:

D’Angelo And The Vanguard — Really Love

Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk

Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud

Taylor Swift — Blank Space

The Weeknd — I Can’t Feel My Face

Song Of The Year:

Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears, & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) — Alright

Max Martin, Shellback, & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) — Blank Space

Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) — Girl Crush

Andrew Cedar, Jusitn Franks, Charles Puth, & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth) — See You Again

Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) — Thinking Out Loud

Album Of The Year:

Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color

Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly

Chris Stapleton — Traveller

Taylor Swift — 1989

The Weeknd — Beauty Behind The Madness

Best Pop Solo Performance:

Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song

Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do

Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud

Taylor Swift — Blank Space

The Weeknd — Can’t Feel My Face

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck

Maroon 5 — Sugar

Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk

Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar — Bad Blood

Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth — See You Again

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap — The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern

Bob Dylan — Shadows In The Night

Josh Groban — Stages

Seth MacFarlane — No One Ever Tells You

Barry Manilow (& Various Artists) — My Dream Duets

Best Pop Vocal Album

Kelly Clarkson — Piece By Piece

Florence + The Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Mark Ronson — Uptown Special

Taylor Swift — 1989

James Taylor –Before This World

Best Dance Recording

Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston — We’re All We Need

The Chemical Brothers — Go

Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar — Never Catch Me

Galantis — Runaway (U & I)

Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber — Where Are Ü Now

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Caribou — Our Love

The Chemical Brothers — Born In The Echoes

Disclosure — Caracal

Jamie XX — In Colour

Skrillex And Diplo — Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Bill Frisell — Guitar In The Space Age!

Wouter Kellerman — Love Language

Marcus Miller — Afrodeezia

Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest — Sylva

Kirk Whalum — The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV

Best Rock Performance

Alabama Shakes — Don’t Wanna Fight

Florence + The Machine — What Kind Of Man

Foo Fighters — Something From Nothing

Elle King — Ex’s & Oh’s

Wolf Alice — Moaning Lisa Smile

Best Metal Performance

August Burns Red — Identity

Ghost — Cirice​

Lamb Of God — 512

Sevendust — Thank You

Slipknot — Custer

Best Rock Song

Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes) — Don’t Wanna Fight

Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King) — Ex’s & Oh’s

Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay) — Hold Back The River

Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) — Lydia

John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine) — What Kind Of Man

Best Rock Album

James Bay — Chaos And The Calm

Death Cab For Cutie — Kintsugi

Highly Suspect — Mister Asylum

Muse — Drones

Slipknot — .5: The Gray Chapter

Best Alternative Music Album

Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color

Björk — Vulnicura

My Morning Jacket — The Waterfall

Tame Impala — Currents

Wilco — Star Wars

Best R&B Performance

Tamar Braxton — If I Don’t Have You

Andra Day — Rise Up

Hiatus Kaiyote — Breathing Underwater

Jeremih Featuring J. Cole — Planes

The Weeknd — Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Faith Evans — He Is

Lalah Hathaway — Little Ghetto Boy

Jazmine Sullivan — Let It Burn

Tyrese — Shame

Charlie Wilson — My Favorite Part Of You

Best R&B Song

Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel) — Coffee

Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd) — Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan) — Let It Burn

D’Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D’Angelo And The Vanguard) — Really Love

Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese) — Shame

Best Urban Contemporary Album

The Internet — Ego Death

Kehlani — You Should Be Here

Lianne La Havas — Blood

Miguel – Wildheart

The Weeknd — Beauty Behind The Madness

Best R&B Album

Leon Bridges — Coming Home

D’Angelo And The Vanguard — Black Messiah

Andra Day — Cheers To The Fall

Jazmine Sullivan — Reality Show

Charlie Wilson — Forever Charlie

Best Rap Performance

J. Cole — Apparently

Drake — Back To Back

Fetty Wap — Trap Queen

Kendrick Lamar — Alright

Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne — Truffle Butter

Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney — All Day

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend — One Man Can Change The World

Common & John Legend — Glory

Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur — Classic Man

Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat — These Walls

Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown — Only

Best Rap Song

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) — All Day

Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) — Alright

Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O’Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake) — Energy

Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) — Glory

Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap) — Trap Queen

Best Rap Album

J. Cole — 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Dr. Dre — Compton

Drake — If Youre Reading This Its Too Late

Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly

Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint

Best Country Solo Performance

Cam — Burning House

Chris Stapleton — Traveller

Carrie Underwood — Little Toy Guns

Keith Urban — John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16

Lee Ann Womack — Chance Are

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne — Stay A Little Longer

Joey+Rory — If I Needed You

Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay — The Driver

Little Big Town — Girl Crush

Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe — Lonely Tonight

Best Country Song

Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack) — Chances Are

Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw) — Diamond Rings And Old Barstools

Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) — Girl Crush

Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark) — Hold My Hand

Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton) — Traveller

Best Country Album

Sam Hunt — Montevallo

Little Big Town — Pain Killer

Ashley Monroe — The Blade

Kacey Musgraves — Pageant Material

Chris Stapleton — Traveller

Best New Age Album

Paul Avgerinos — Grace

Madi Das — Bhakti Without Borders

Catherine Duc — Voyager

Peter Kater — Love

Ron Korb — Asia Beauty

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Joey Alexander, soloist — Giant Steps

Christian McBride, soloist — Cherokee

Donny McCaslin, soloist — Arbiters Of Evolution

Joshua Redman, soloist — Friend Or Foe

John Scofield, soloist –

Best Jass Vocal Album

Karrin Allyson — Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein

Denise Donatelli — Find A Heart

Lorraine Feather — Flirting With Disaster

Jamison Ross — Jamison

Cécile McLorin Salvant — For One To Love

Best Jass Instrumental Album

Joey Alexander — My Favorite Things

Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective — Breathless

Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio — Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios

Jimmy Greene — Beautiful Life

John Scofield — Past Present

Best Large Jazz Ensemble

Gil Evans Project — Lines Of Color

Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band — Köln

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra — Cuba: The Conversation Continues

Maria Schneider Orchestra — The Thompson Fields

Patrick Williams — Home Suite Home

Best Latin Jazz Album

Eliane Elias — Made In Brazil

The Rodriguez Brothers — Impromptu

Gonzalo Rubalcaba — Suite Caminos

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet — Intercambio

Miguel Zenón — Identities Are Changeable

Best Gospel Performance Song

Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown, songwriter — Worth [Live]

Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter — Wanna Be Happy?

Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter — Intentional

Israel & Newbreed Featuring Yolanda Adams; Neville Diedericks, Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, songwriters — How Awesome Is Our God [Live]

Brian Courtney Wilson; Aaron Lindsey & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters — Worth Fighting For [Live]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Francesca Battistelli — Holy Spirit

Crowder; Ed Cash, David Crowder & Seth Philpott, songwriters — Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)

Matt Maher — Because He Lives (Amen)

Third Day Featuring All Sons & Daughters; Tai Anderson, Brenton Brown, David Carr, Mark Lee, Matt Maher & Mac Powell, songwriters — Soul On Fire

Tobymac Featuring Mr. Talkbox; Cary Barlowe, David Arthur Garcia & Toby McKeehan, songwriters — Feel It

Best Gospel Album

Karen Clark Sheard — Destined To Win [Live]

Dorinda Clark-Cole — Living It

Tasha Cobbs — One Place Live

Israel & Newbreed — Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)

Jonathan McReynolds — Life Music: Stage Two

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Jason Crabb — Whatever The Road

Lauren Daigle — How Can It Be

Matt Maher — Saints And Sinners

Tobymac — This Is Not A Test

Chris Tomlin — Love Ran Red

Best Roots Gospel Album

The Fairfield Four — Still Rockin’ My Soul

Karen Peck & New River — Karen Peck & New River

Point Of Grace — Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)

Best Latin Pop Album

Pablo Alborán — Terral

Alex Cuba — Healer

Ricky Martin — A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)

Alejandro Sanz — Sirope

Julieta Venegas — Algo Sucede

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Bomba Estereo — Amanecer

La Cuneta Son Machín — Mondongo

Natalia Lafourcade — Hasta La Raíz

Monsieur Periné — Caja De Música

Pitbull — Dale

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga — Mi Vicio Mas Grande

La Maquinaria Norteña — Ya Dime Adiós

Los Cojolites – Zapateando

Los Tigres Del Norte — Realidades – Deluxe Edition

Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano — Tradición, Arte Y Pasión

Best Tropical Latin Album

José Alberto “El Canario” & Septeto Santiaguero — Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto

Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra — Son De Panamá

Guaco — Presente Continuo

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 — Todo Tiene Su Hora

Victor Manuelle — Que Suenen Los Tambores

Best American Roots Performance

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn — And Am I Born To Die

Buddy Guy – Born To Play Guitar

The Milk Carton Kids — City Of Our Lady

Punch Brothers — Julep

Mavis Staples — See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Best American Roots Song

Raul Malo, songwriter (The Mavericks) – All Night Long

Don Henley & Stan Lynch, songwriters (Don Henley & Merle Haggard) — The Cost Of Living

Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile & Gabe Witcher, songwriters (Punch Brothers) — Julep

Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, songwriters (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell) — The Traveling Kind

Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) — 24 Frames

Best Americana Album

Brandi Carlile — The Firewatcher’s Daughter

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell — The Traveling Kind

Jason Isbell — Something More Than Free

The Mavericks — Mono

Punch Brothers — The Phosphorescent Blues

Best Bluegrass Album

Dale Ann Bradley — Pocket Full Of Keys

Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley — Before The Sun Goes Down

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver — In Session

Ralph Stanley & Friends — Man Of Constant Sorrow

The Steeldrivers — The Muscle Shoals Recordings

Best Blues Album

Cedric Burnside Project — Descendants Of Hill Country

Shemekia Copeland — Outskirts Of Love

Buddy Guy — Born To Play Guitar

Bettye LaVette — Worthy

John Primer & Various Artists — Muddy Waters 100

Best Folk Album

Norman Blake — Wood, Wire & Words

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn — Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn

Rhiannon Giddens — Tomorrow Is My Turn

Patty Griffin — Servant Of Love

Glen Hansard — Didn’t He Ramble

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Jon Cleary — Go Go Juice

Natalie Ai Kamauu — La La La La

Keali’i Reichel — Kawaiokalena

The Revelers — Get Ready

Windwalker And The MCW — Generations

Best Reggae Album

Rocky Dawuni — Branches Of The Same Tree

Jah Cure — The Cure

Barrington Levy — Acousticalevy

Luciano — Zion Awake

Morgan Heritage — Strictly Roots

Best World Music Album

Gilberto Gil — Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

Angelique Kidjo — Sings

Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble — Music From Inala

Anoushka Shankar — Home

Zomba Prison Project — I Have No Everything Here

Best Children’s Album

José-Luis Orozco — ¡Come Bien! Eat Right!

Gustafer Yellowgold — Dark Pie Concerns

Tim Kubart — Home

Lori Henriques — How Great Can This Day Be

Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly — Trees

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books, & Storytelling)

Patti Smith — Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø)

Dick Cavett — Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks

Jimmy Carter — A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Janis Ian & Jean Smart — Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller)

Amy Poehler (& Various Artists) — Yes Please

Best Comedy Album

Lisa Lampanelli – Back To The Drawing Board

Wyatt Cenac — Brooklyn

Jay Mohr — Happy. And A Lot.

Craig Ferguson — Just Being Honest

Louis C.K. — Live At Madison Square Garden

Best Musical Theater Album

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) — An American In Paris

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) — Fun Home

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) — Hamilton

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) – The King And I

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) – Something Rotten!

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

(Various Artists) — Empire: Season 1

(Various Artists) — Fifty Shades Of Grey

(Various Artists) — Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

(Various Artists) — Pitch Perfect 2

(Various Artists) — Selma

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Antonio Sanchez, composer — Birdman

Alexandre Desplat, composer — The Imitation Game

Hans Zimmer, composer — Interstellar

Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer — The Theory Of Everything

Justin Hurwitz, composer — Whiplash

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd) — Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) — Glory

Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding) — Love Me Like You Do

Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth) — See You Again

Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga) — Til It Happens To You

Best Instrumental Composition

Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa) — The Afro Latin Jazz Suite

Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band) — Civil War

David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet) — Confetti Man

Rich DeRosa, composer (University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band) — Neil

Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band) — Vesper

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella

Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged) — Bruno Mars

Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix) — Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed) — Do You Hear What I Hear?

Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East) – Ghost Of A Chance

John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band) — You And The Night And The Music

Best Arrangement, Instrumental And Vocals

Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather) — Be My Muse

Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin) — 52nd & Broadway

Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz) — Garota De Ipanema

Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie) — Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon) — When I Come Home​

Best Recording Package

Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas) — Alagoas

Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg) — Bush

Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine) — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)

Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley) — My Happiness

Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel) — Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men) — Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set)

Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) – I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)

Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists) — The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)

Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones) — Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)

Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead) — 30 Trips Around The Sun

Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists) – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)

Best Album Notes

James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists) — Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946

Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly) — Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell) — Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced

Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) — Portrait Of An American Singer

Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra) — Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925

Best Historical Album

Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band) — The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (Erroll Garner) — The Complete Concert By The Sea

Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Various Artists) — Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985

Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) — Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings, 1947–1959

Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer) — Songs My Mother Taught Me

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Dave O’Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (James Taylor) – Before This World

Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot) — Currency Of Man

Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird And The Bee) — Recreational Love

Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes) — Sound & Color

Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall) — Wallflower

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)

Blake Mills — Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope) — Berlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)

Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus) — Hold On (Fatum Remix)

Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis) — Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)

André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra) — Say My Name (RAC Remix)

Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars) — Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)

Best Surround Sound Album

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra) — Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop

James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters) — Amused To Death

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene) — Magnificat

Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra) — Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus) — Spes

Best Engineered Album Classical

Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) — Ask Your Mama

Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony) — Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’

Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque) — Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria

Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) — Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony) — Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, ‘Organ’

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

Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) — Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) — Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) — Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10

Carlos Kalmar, conductor (The Oregon Symphony) — Spirit Of The American Range

Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra) — Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony ‘Humen 1839’

Best Opera Recording

Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin) — Janáček: Jenůfa

Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque) — Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe) — Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus) — Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra) — Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe

Best Choral Performance

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) — Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen) — Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare) — Pablo Neruda – The Poet Sings

Eric Holtan, conductor (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices) — Paulus: Far In The Heavens

Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale) — Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt — Brahms: The Piano Trios

Eighth Blackbird — Filament

Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee — Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics

Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth — Render

Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin — Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) — Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes

Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern) — Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos

Kristian Bezuidenhout — Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7

Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra) — Rachmaninov Variations

Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal) — Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, accompanist — Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata

Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist — Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall

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) — Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album

Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor (Orion Weiss; Albany Symphony) — Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali

Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor (I Barocchisti) — St. Petersburg

Best Classical Compendium

New Budapest Orpheum Society; Jim Ginsburg, producer — As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)

George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer — Ask Your Mama

Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer — Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer — Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto

Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers — Woman At The New Piano

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Gerald Barry, composer (Thomas Adès, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) — Barry: The Importance Of Being Earnest

Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project) — Norman: Play

Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra) — Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances

Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony) — Tower: Stroke

Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars) — Wolfe: Anthracite Fields

Best Music Video

ASAP Rocky — LSD

The Dead Weather — I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)

Kendrick Lamar — Alright

Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar — Bad Blood

Pharrell Williams — Freedom

Best Music Film

James Brown — Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

Foo Fighters — Sonic Highways

Nina Simone — What Happened, Miss Simone?

Roger Waters — The Wall

Amy Winehouse — Amy

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