Grammy 2016 Nominations

The nominees for the the 58th annual  Grammy’s were released earlier today. Scheduled to take place on the 15th of February at the Staples Centre , Kendrick Lamar leads with 11 nominations – falling one short of Michael Jackson’s record of 12 in one night. Find the full ist of nominees below and tell us what/if any gripes you have.

Album of the Year

• Alabama Shakes – “Sound & Color”
• Kendrick Lamar – “To Pimp a Butterfly”
• Chris Stapleton – “Traveller”
• Taylor Swift – “1989”
• The Weekend – “Beauty Behind the Madness”

Record of the Year

• D’Angelo – “Really Love”
• Mark Ronson – “Uptown Funk
• Ed Sheeran – “Thinking out Loud”
• Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
• The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

Song of the Year

• Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
• Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
• Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
• Wiz Khalifa – “See You Again”
• Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”

Best New Artist

• Courtney Barnett
• James Bay
• Sam Hunt
• Tori Kelly
• Meghan Trainor

The Rest…

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” – 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 Its 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
• “Living It” – Dorinda Clark-Cole
• “One Place Live” – Tasha Cobbs
• “Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)” – Israel & Newbreed
• “Life Music: Stage Two” – Jonathan McReynolds

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• “Whatever The Road” – Jason Crabb
• “How Can It Be”- Lauren Daigle
• “Saints And Sinners” – Matt Maher
• “This Is Not A Test” – Tobymac
• “Love Ran Red” – Chris Tomlin

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
• “Healer” – Alex Cuba
• “A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)” – Ricky Martin
• “Sirope” – Alejandro Sanz
• “Algo Sucede”- Julieta Venegas

 

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• “Amanecer” – Bomba Estereo
• “Mondongo” – La Cuneta Son Machín
• “Hasta La Raíz” – Natalia Lafourcade
• “Caja De Música” – Monsieur Periné
• “Dale” – Pitbull

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• “Mi Vicio Mas Grande” – Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga
• “Ya Dime Adiós” – La Maquinaria Norteña
• “Zapateando” – Los Cojolites
• “Realidades – Deluxe Edition” – Los Tigres Del Norte
• “Tradición, Arte Y Pasión” – Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano

Best Tropical Latin Album

• “Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto” – José Alberto “El Canario” & Septeto Santiaguero
• “Son De Panamá” – Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
• “Presente Continuo” – Guaco
• “Todo Tiene Su Hora” – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• “Que Suenen Los Tambores” – Victor Manuelle

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
• “The Traveling Kind” – Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
• “Something More Than Free” – Jason Isbell
• “Mono” – The Mavericks
• “The Phosphorescent Blues” Punch Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album

• “Pocket Full Of Keys” – Dale Ann Bradley
• “Before The Sun Goes Down”- Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
• “In Session” – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• “Man Of Constant Sorrow” – Ralph Stanley & Friends
• “The Muscle Shoals Recordings” – The Steeldrivers

Best Blues Album

• “Descendants Of Hill Country”- Cedric Burnside Project
• “Outskirts Of Love” – Shemekia Copeland
• “Born To Play Guitar” – Buddy Guy
• “Worthy” – Bettye LaVette
• “Muddy Waters 100″ – John Primer & Various Artists

Best Folk Album

• “Wood, Wire & Words” – Norman Blake
• “Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn” – Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
• “Tomorrow Is My Turn” – Rhiannon Giddens
• “Servant Of Love” – Patty Griffin
• “Didn’t He Ramble” – Glen Hansard

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• “Go Go Juice”- on Cleary
• “La La La La” – Natalie Ai Kamauu
• “Kawaiokalena” – Keali’i Reichel
• “Get Ready” – The Revelers
• “Generations” – Windwalker And The MCW

Best Reggae Album

• “Branches Of The Same Tree” – Rocky Dawuni
• “The Cure” – Jah Cure
• “Acousticalevy” – Barrington Levy
• “Zion Awake” – Luciano
• “Strictly Roots” – Morgan Heritage

Best World Music Album

• “Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo” – Gilberto Gil
• “Sings” – Angelique Kidjo
• “Music From Inala” – Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble
• “Home” – Anoushka Shankar
• “I Have No Everything Here” – Zomba Prison Project

Best Children’s Album

• “¡Come Bien! Eat Right!” – José-Luis Orozco
• “Dark Pie Concerns” – Gustafer Yellowgold
• “Home” – Tim Kubart
• “How Great Can This Day Be” – Lori Henriques
• “Trees” – Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly

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

• “Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø)” – Patti Smith
• “Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks” – Dick Cavett
• “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety” – Jimmy Carter
• “Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller)”- Janis Ian & Jean Smart
• “Yes Please” – Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)

Best Comedy Album

• “Back To The Drawing Board” – Lisa Lampanelli
• “Brooklyn” – Wyatt Cenac
• “Happy. And A Lot.”- Jay Mohr
• “Just Being Honest” – Craig Ferguson
• “Live At Madison Square Garden” – Louis C.K.

Best Musical Theater Album

• “An American In Paris”
• ” Fun Home”
• “Hamilton”
• “The King And I”
• “Something Rotten!”

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• “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” – (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• “Birdman”- Antonio Sanchez, composer
• “The Imitation Game”- Alexandre Desplat, composer
• “Interstellar” – Hans Zimmer, composer
• “The Theory Of Everything” – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
• “Whiplash” – Justin Hurwitz, composer

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)
• “I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)” – Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)
• “The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)” – Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
• “Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)” – Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones)
• “30 Trips Around The Sun” – Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead)
• ” What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)” – Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)

Best Album Notes

• “Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946” – James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
• “Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” – Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly)
• ” Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced” – Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
• “Portrait Of An American Singer” – Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
• “Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925” – Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)

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)
• “The Complete Concert By The Sea” – Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (Erroll Garner)
• “Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985” – Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• “Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings, 1947–1959” – Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• “Songs My Mother Taught Me” – Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• “Before This World” – Dave O’Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (James Taylor)
• “Currency Of Man” – Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot)
• “Recreational Love” – Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird And The Bee)
• “Sound & Color”- Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
• “Wallflower” – Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall)
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
• Jeff Bhasker
• Dave Cobb
• Diplo
• Larry Klein
• Blake Mills
• 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)
• “Amused To Death” – James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
• “Magnificat”- Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
• “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7” – Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)
• “Spes” – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)

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
• Manfred Eicher
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
• Dan Merceruio
• Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance

• “Bruckner: Symphony No. 4” – Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• “Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double'” – Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• “Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10” – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• “Spirit Of The American Range” – Carlos Kalmar, conductor (The Oregon Symphony)
• “Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony ‘Humen 1839′” – Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

• “Janá¿ek: Jen¿fa” – Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
• “Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria” – Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque)
• “Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail” – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)
• “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)
• “Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe” – Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

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)
• “Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610” – Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen)
• “Pablo Neruda – The Poet Sings” – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare)
• “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)
• “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)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• “Brahms: The Piano Trios” – Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt
• “Filament” – Eighth Blackbird
• “Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics”- Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee
• “Render” – Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
• “Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2” – Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• “Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes” – Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• “Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos” – Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)
• “Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7” – Kristian Bezuidenhout
• “Rachmaninov Variations” – Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• “Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” – Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• “Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata” – Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, accompanist
• “Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall” – Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
• “Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album” – Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Krist¿ne Opolais, Antonio Pirozzi & Massimo Simeoli; Coro Dell’Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell’Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)
• “Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali” – Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor (Orion Weiss; Albany Symphony)
• “St. Petersburg” – Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor (I Barocchisti)

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
• “Ask Your Mama” – George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer
• “Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740” – Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer
• “Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto” – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
• “Woman At The New Piano” – Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers

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)
• “Norman: Play” – Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
• “Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances”- Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
• “Tower: Stroke” – Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)
• “Wolfe: Anthracite Fields” – Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars)

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

 

Credit: Cleveland