JamesG
12-07-2015, 11:25 PM
Album of the Year:
1989 (Taylor Swift)
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weekend)
Record of the Year:
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)
Really Love (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Can't Feel My Face (The Weekend)
Song of the Year:
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Best New Artist:
Meghan Trainor
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Pop:
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Heartbeat Song (Kelly Clarkson)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Can't Feel My Face (The Weekend)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)
Ship To Wreck (Florence + The Machine)
Sugar (Maroon 5)
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Best Pop Vocal Album:
1989 (Taylor Swift)
Piece by Piece (Kelly Clarkson)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Florence + The Machine)
Uptown Special (Mark Ronson)
Before This World (James Taylor)
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 and Various Artists)
Dance/Electronica:
Best Dance Recording:
Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex and Diplo w/ Justin Bieber)
We're All We Need (Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston)
Go (The Chemical Brothers)
Never Catch Me (Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Runaway (U & I) (Galantis)
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex and Diplo)
Our Love (Caribou)
Born in the Echoes (The Chemical Brothers)
Caracal (Disclosure)
In Colour (Jamie XX)
Rock/Metal/Alternative:
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:
Cirice (Ghost)
Identity (August Burns Red)
512 (Lamb of God)
Thank You (Sevendust)
Custer (Slipknot)
Best Rock Album:
Drones (Muse)
Chaos and the Calm (James Bay)
Kintsugi (Death Cab for Cutie)
Mister Asylum (Highly Suspect)
.5: The Gray Chapter (Slipknot)
Best Rock Song:
Don't Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Ex's and Oh's (Elle King)
Hold Back the River (James Bay)
Lydia (Highly Suspect)
What Kind of Man (Florence + The Machine)
Best Alternative Music Album:
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Vulnicura (Björk)
The Waterfall (My Morning Jacket)
Currents (Tame Impala)
Star Wars (Wilco)
R&B/Urban Contemporary:
Best R&B Performance:
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) (The Weeknd)
If I Don't Have You (Tamar Braxton)
Rise Up (Andra Day)
Breathing Underwater (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Planes (Jeremiah feat. J. Cole)
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
He Is (Faith Evans)
Little Burn (Jazmine Sullivan)
Shame (Tyrese)
My Favorite Part of You (Charlie Wilson)
Best R&B Album:
Black Messiah (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Coming Home (Leon Bridges)
Cheers to the Fall (Andra Day)
Reality Show (Jazmine Sullivan)
Forever Charlie (Charlie Wilson)
Best R&B Song:
Really Love (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Coffee (Miguel)
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) (The Weeknd)
Let It Burn (Jazmine Sullivan)
Shame (Tyrese)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weeknd)
Ego Death (The Internet)
You Should Be Here (Kehlani)
Blood (Lianne La Havas)
Wildheart (Miguel)
Rap:
Best Rap Performance:
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Apparently (J. Cole)
Back to Back (Drake)
Trap Queen (Fetty Wap)
Truffle Butter (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)
All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
These Walls (Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat)
One Man Can Change the World (Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend)
Glory (Common & John Legend)
Classic Man (Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur)
Only (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown)
Best Rap Album:
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
2014 Forest Hills Drive (J. Cole)
Compton (Dr. Dre)
If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Drake)
The Pinkprint (Nicki Minaj)
Best Rap Song:
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
Energy (Drake)
Glory (Common & John Legend)
Trap Queen (Fetty Wap)
Country:
Best Country Solo Performance:
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Burning House (Cam)
Little Toy Guns (Carrie Underwood)
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 (Keith Urban)
Chances Are (Lee Ann Womack)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
Stay a Little Longer (Brothers Osbourne)
If I Needed You (Joey+Rory)
The Driver (Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay)
Lonely Tonight (Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe)
Best Country Album:
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Montevallo (Sam Hunt)
Pain Killer (Little Big Town)
The Blade (Ashley Monroe)
Pageant Material (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Song:
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
Chances Are (Lee Ann Womack)
Diamond Rings and Old Barstools (Tim McGraw)
Hold My Hand (Brandy Clark)
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
New Age:
Best New Age Album:
Grace (Paul Avgerinos)
Bhakti Without Borders (Madi Das)
Voyager (Catherine Duc)
Love (Peter Kater)
Asia Beauty (Ron Korb)
Jazz:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Cherokee (Christian McBride)
Giant Steps (Joey Alexander)
Arbiters of Evolution (Donny McCaslin)
Friend or Foe (Joshua Redman)
Past Present (John Scofield)
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
For One to Love (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson)
Find a Heart (Denise Donatelli)
Flirting with Disaster (Lorraine Feather)
Jamison (Jamison Ross)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Past Present (John Scofield)
My Favorite Things (Joey Alexander)
Breathless (Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective)
Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio)
Beautiful Life (Jimmy Greene)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Lines of Color (Gil Evans Project)
Köhn (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
Home Suite Home (Patrick Williams)
Gospel/Christian:
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Wanna Be Happy? (Kirk Frankln)
Worth [Live] (Anthony Brown & Group Therapy)
Intentional (Travis Greene)
How Awesome Is Our God [Live] (Israel & Newbreed feat. 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 feat. All Sons & Daughters)
Feel It (Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox)
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 Contemporary Christian Music Album:
This Is Not a Test (Tobymac)
Whatever the Road (Jason Crabb)
How Can It Be (Lauren Daigle)
Saints and Sinners (Matt Maher)
Love Ran Red (Chris Tomlin)
Best Gospel Album:
Covered: Alive in Asia [Live] [Deluxe] (Israel & Newbreed)
Destined to Win [Live] (Karen Clark Sheard)
Living It (Dorinda Clark-Cole)
One Place Live (Tasha Cobbs)
Live Music: Stage Two (Jonathan McReynolds)
Latin:
Best Latin Pop Album:
A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) (Ricky Martin)
Terral (Pablo Alborán)
Healer (Alex Cuban)
Sirope (Alejandro Sanz)
Algo Sucede (Juliete Venegas)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Dale (Pitbull)
Hasta La Raíz (Natalia Lafourcade)
Amanecer (Bomba Estereo)
Mondongo (La Cuneta Son Machín)
Caja De Música (Monsieur Periné)
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 Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Realidades - Deluxe Edition (Los Tigres Del Norte)
Mi Vicio Mas Grande (Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga)
Ya Dime Adiós (La Maquinaria Norteńa)
Zapateando (Los Cojolites)
Tradición, Arte Y Pasión (Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano)
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Son De Panamá (Rubén Blades w/ Roberto Delgado & Orchestra)
Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto (José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero)
Presente Continuo (Guaco)
Todo Tiene Su Hora (Juan Luis Guerra 4.40)
Que Suenen Los Tambores (Victor Manuelle)
American Roots:
Best American Roots Performance:
See That My Grave is Kept Clean (Mavis Staples)
And I Am Born to Die (Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn)
Born To Play Guitar (Buddy Guy)
City of Our Lady (The Milk Carton Kids)
Julep (Punch Brothers)
Best American Roots Song:
24 Frames (Jason Isbell)
All Night Long (The Mavericks)
The Cost of Living (Don Henley & Merle Haggard)
Julep (Punch Brothers)
The Traveling Kind (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)
Best Americana Album:
Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell)
The Firewatcher's Daughter (Brandi Carille)
The Traveling Kind (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)
Mono (The Mavericks)
The Phosphorescent Blues (Punch Brothers)
Best Bluegrass Album:
The Muscle Shoals Recordings (The Steeldrivers)
Pocket Full of Keys (Dale Ann Bradley)
Before The Sun Goes Down (Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley)
In Session (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
Man of Constant Sarrow (Ralph Stanley & Friends)
Best Blues Album:
Born To Play Guitar (Buddy Guy)
Descendants of Hill Country (Cedric Burnside Project)
Outskirts of Love (Shemekia Copeland)
Worthy (Bettye LaVette)
Muddy Waters 100 (John Primer & Various Artists)
Best Folk Album:
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn (Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn)
Wood, Wire & Woods (Norman Blake)
Tomorrow Is My Turn (Rhiannon Giddens)
Servant of Love (Patty Griffin)
Didn't He Ramble (Glen Hansard)
World Music:
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Go Go Juice (Jon Cleary)
La La La La (Natalie Ai Kamauu)
Kawaiokalena (Keali'i Reichel)
Get Ready (The Revelers)
Generations (Windwalker and the MCW)
Best Reggae Album:
Strictly Roots (Morgan Heritage)
Branches of the Same Tree (Rocky Dawuni)
The Cure (Jah Cure)
Acousticalevy (Barrington Levy)
Zion Awake (Luciano)
Best World Music Album:
Sings (Angelique Kidjo)
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo (Gilberto Gil)
Music from Inala (Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble)
Home (Enoushka Shankar)
I Have No Everything Here (Zomba Prison Project)
Spoken Word/Children:
Best Children's Album:
Home (Tim Kubart)
ˇCome Bien! Eat Right! (José-Luis Orozco)
Dark Pie Concerns (Gustafer Yellowgold)
How Great Can This Day Be (Lori Henriques)
Trees (Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly)
Best Spoken Word Album:
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (Jimmy Carter)
Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbř) (Patti Smith)
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks (Dick Cavett)
Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller) (Janis Ian & Jean Smart)
Yes Please (Amy Poehler & Various Artists)
Best Comedy Album:
Live at Madison Square Garden (Louis C.K.)
Back to the Drawing Board (Lisa Lampanelli)
Brooklyn (Wyatt Cenac)
Happy. And A Lot. (Jay Mohr)
Just Being Honest (Craig Ferguson)
Soundtrack:
Best Musical Theater Album:
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast)
An American in Paris (Original Broadway Cast)
Fun Home (Original Broadway Cast)
The King and I (2015 Broadway Cast)
Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (James Brown)
Empire: Season 1 (Various Artists)
Fifty Shades of Grey (Various Artists)
Pitch Perfect 2 (Various Artists)
Selma (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Birdman (Antonio Sanchez)
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
Interstellar (Hanz Zimmer)
The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Whiplash (Justin Hurwitz)
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Glory (Common and John Legend)
Selma
Earned It (Whiplash)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Fifty Shades of Grey
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Furious 7
Til It Happens To You (Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
The Hunting Ground
Best Instrumental Composition:
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Civil War (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Get Up!
Confetti Man (Turtle Island Quartet)
Confetti Man
Neil (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)
Lab 2015
Vesper (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Köln
Instrumental:
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Sylva (Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest)
Guitar in the Space Age! (Bill Frisell)
Love Language (Wouter Kellerman)
Afrodeezia (Marcus Miller)
The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV (Kirk Whalum)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Pentatonix)
Bruno Bars (Vocally Challenged)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Committed)
Ghost of a Chance (Bob James & Nathan East)
You and the Night and the Music (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals:
Sue (Or In a Season of Crime) (David Bowie)
Be My Muse (Lorraine Feather)
52nd & Broadway (Patrick Williams feat. Patti Austin)
Garota De Ipanema (Catina DeLuna feat. Otmaro Ruiz)
When I Come Home (Jimmy Greene with Javier Colon)
Technical Album:
Best Recording Package:
Still The King: Celebrating The Music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Asleep At The Wheel)
Alagoas (Alagoas)
Bush (Snoop Dogg)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) (Florence + The Machine)
My Happiness (Elvis Presley)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) (Various Artisits)
Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set) (Of Monsters and Men)
I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) (Father John Misty)
Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition) (The Rolling Stones)
30 Trips Around the Sun (Grateful Dead)
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set) (The Decemberists)
Best Album Notes:
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced (Joni Mitchell)
Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 (Various Artists)
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Lead Belly)
Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)
Best Historical Album:
The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Bob Dylan and the Band)
The Complete Concert by the Sea (Erroll Garner)
Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985 (Various Artists)
Parchman Farm: Photographs a nd Field Recordings, 1947–1959 (Various Artists)
Songs My Mother Taught Me (Fannie Lou Hamer)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Before This World (James Taylor)
Currence of Man (Melody Gardot)
Recreational Man (The Bird and the Bee)
Wallflower (Diana Krall)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mellis
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix) (Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars)
Berlin by Overnight (CFCF Remix) (Daniel Hope)
Hold On (Fatum Remix) (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)
Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix) (Galantis)
Say My Name (RAC Remix) (Odessa feat. Zyra)
Best Surround Sound Album:
Amused To Death (Roger Waters)
Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra)
Magnificat (Řyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)
Spes (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)
Classical:
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double' (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony)
Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarăes & Boston Baroque)
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Producer Of The Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Dan Merceruio
Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time (Seattle Symphony)
Spirit Of The American Range (The Oregon Symphony)
Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839' (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording:
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilčges; Shéhérazade (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
Janáček: Jenůfa (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria (Boston Baroque)
Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)
Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance:
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610 (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen)
Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare)
Paulus: Far In The Heavens (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
Best Small Ensemble Performance:
Filament (Eighth Blackbird)
Brahms: The Piano Trios (Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt)
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 (Seattle Symphony)
Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)
Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Rachmaninov Variations (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Jerome Lowenthal)
Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall (Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano)
Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata (Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album (Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano)
Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali (Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller)
St. Petersburg (Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis)
Best Classical Compendium:
Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto Williams (Giancarlo Guerrero)
As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925-1955) (New Budapest Orpheum Society)
Ask Your Mama (George Manaham)
Handel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740 (Paul McCreesh)
Woman at the New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest (Thomas Adčs, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
Norman: Play (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
Tower: Stroke (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)
Wolfe: Anthracite Fields (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars)
Music Video:
Best Short Form Music Video:
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
LSD (ASAP Rocky)
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) (The Dead Weather)
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Freedom (Pharrell Williams)
Best Music Film:
Amy (Amy Winehouse)
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (James Brown)
Sonic Highways (Foo Fighters)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (Nina Simone)
The Wall (Roger Walters)
1989 (Taylor Swift)
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weekend)
Record of the Year:
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)
Really Love (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Can't Feel My Face (The Weekend)
Song of the Year:
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Best New Artist:
Meghan Trainor
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Pop:
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Heartbeat Song (Kelly Clarkson)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Can't Feel My Face (The Weekend)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)
Ship To Wreck (Florence + The Machine)
Sugar (Maroon 5)
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Best Pop Vocal Album:
1989 (Taylor Swift)
Piece by Piece (Kelly Clarkson)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Florence + The Machine)
Uptown Special (Mark Ronson)
Before This World (James Taylor)
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 and Various Artists)
Dance/Electronica:
Best Dance Recording:
Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex and Diplo w/ Justin Bieber)
We're All We Need (Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston)
Go (The Chemical Brothers)
Never Catch Me (Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Runaway (U & I) (Galantis)
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex and Diplo)
Our Love (Caribou)
Born in the Echoes (The Chemical Brothers)
Caracal (Disclosure)
In Colour (Jamie XX)
Rock/Metal/Alternative:
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:
Cirice (Ghost)
Identity (August Burns Red)
512 (Lamb of God)
Thank You (Sevendust)
Custer (Slipknot)
Best Rock Album:
Drones (Muse)
Chaos and the Calm (James Bay)
Kintsugi (Death Cab for Cutie)
Mister Asylum (Highly Suspect)
.5: The Gray Chapter (Slipknot)
Best Rock Song:
Don't Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Ex's and Oh's (Elle King)
Hold Back the River (James Bay)
Lydia (Highly Suspect)
What Kind of Man (Florence + The Machine)
Best Alternative Music Album:
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Vulnicura (Björk)
The Waterfall (My Morning Jacket)
Currents (Tame Impala)
Star Wars (Wilco)
R&B/Urban Contemporary:
Best R&B Performance:
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) (The Weeknd)
If I Don't Have You (Tamar Braxton)
Rise Up (Andra Day)
Breathing Underwater (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Planes (Jeremiah feat. J. Cole)
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
He Is (Faith Evans)
Little Burn (Jazmine Sullivan)
Shame (Tyrese)
My Favorite Part of You (Charlie Wilson)
Best R&B Album:
Black Messiah (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Coming Home (Leon Bridges)
Cheers to the Fall (Andra Day)
Reality Show (Jazmine Sullivan)
Forever Charlie (Charlie Wilson)
Best R&B Song:
Really Love (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
Coffee (Miguel)
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) (The Weeknd)
Let It Burn (Jazmine Sullivan)
Shame (Tyrese)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weeknd)
Ego Death (The Internet)
You Should Be Here (Kehlani)
Blood (Lianne La Havas)
Wildheart (Miguel)
Rap:
Best Rap Performance:
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Apparently (J. Cole)
Back to Back (Drake)
Trap Queen (Fetty Wap)
Truffle Butter (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)
All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
These Walls (Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat)
One Man Can Change the World (Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend)
Glory (Common & John Legend)
Classic Man (Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur)
Only (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown)
Best Rap Album:
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
2014 Forest Hills Drive (J. Cole)
Compton (Dr. Dre)
If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Drake)
The Pinkprint (Nicki Minaj)
Best Rap Song:
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
Energy (Drake)
Glory (Common & John Legend)
Trap Queen (Fetty Wap)
Country:
Best Country Solo Performance:
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Burning House (Cam)
Little Toy Guns (Carrie Underwood)
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 (Keith Urban)
Chances Are (Lee Ann Womack)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
Stay a Little Longer (Brothers Osbourne)
If I Needed You (Joey+Rory)
The Driver (Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay)
Lonely Tonight (Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe)
Best Country Album:
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
Montevallo (Sam Hunt)
Pain Killer (Little Big Town)
The Blade (Ashley Monroe)
Pageant Material (Kacey Musgraves)
Best Country Song:
Girl Crush (Little Big Town)
Chances Are (Lee Ann Womack)
Diamond Rings and Old Barstools (Tim McGraw)
Hold My Hand (Brandy Clark)
Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
New Age:
Best New Age Album:
Grace (Paul Avgerinos)
Bhakti Without Borders (Madi Das)
Voyager (Catherine Duc)
Love (Peter Kater)
Asia Beauty (Ron Korb)
Jazz:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Cherokee (Christian McBride)
Giant Steps (Joey Alexander)
Arbiters of Evolution (Donny McCaslin)
Friend or Foe (Joshua Redman)
Past Present (John Scofield)
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
For One to Love (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson)
Find a Heart (Denise Donatelli)
Flirting with Disaster (Lorraine Feather)
Jamison (Jamison Ross)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Past Present (John Scofield)
My Favorite Things (Joey Alexander)
Breathless (Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective)
Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio)
Beautiful Life (Jimmy Greene)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Thompson Fields (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Lines of Color (Gil Evans Project)
Köhn (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
Home Suite Home (Patrick Williams)
Gospel/Christian:
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Wanna Be Happy? (Kirk Frankln)
Worth [Live] (Anthony Brown & Group Therapy)
Intentional (Travis Greene)
How Awesome Is Our God [Live] (Israel & Newbreed feat. 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 feat. All Sons & Daughters)
Feel It (Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox)
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 Contemporary Christian Music Album:
This Is Not a Test (Tobymac)
Whatever the Road (Jason Crabb)
How Can It Be (Lauren Daigle)
Saints and Sinners (Matt Maher)
Love Ran Red (Chris Tomlin)
Best Gospel Album:
Covered: Alive in Asia [Live] [Deluxe] (Israel & Newbreed)
Destined to Win [Live] (Karen Clark Sheard)
Living It (Dorinda Clark-Cole)
One Place Live (Tasha Cobbs)
Live Music: Stage Two (Jonathan McReynolds)
Latin:
Best Latin Pop Album:
A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) (Ricky Martin)
Terral (Pablo Alborán)
Healer (Alex Cuban)
Sirope (Alejandro Sanz)
Algo Sucede (Juliete Venegas)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Dale (Pitbull)
Hasta La Raíz (Natalia Lafourcade)
Amanecer (Bomba Estereo)
Mondongo (La Cuneta Son Machín)
Caja De Música (Monsieur Periné)
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 Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Realidades - Deluxe Edition (Los Tigres Del Norte)
Mi Vicio Mas Grande (Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga)
Ya Dime Adiós (La Maquinaria Norteńa)
Zapateando (Los Cojolites)
Tradición, Arte Y Pasión (Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano)
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Son De Panamá (Rubén Blades w/ Roberto Delgado & Orchestra)
Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto (José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero)
Presente Continuo (Guaco)
Todo Tiene Su Hora (Juan Luis Guerra 4.40)
Que Suenen Los Tambores (Victor Manuelle)
American Roots:
Best American Roots Performance:
See That My Grave is Kept Clean (Mavis Staples)
And I Am Born to Die (Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn)
Born To Play Guitar (Buddy Guy)
City of Our Lady (The Milk Carton Kids)
Julep (Punch Brothers)
Best American Roots Song:
24 Frames (Jason Isbell)
All Night Long (The Mavericks)
The Cost of Living (Don Henley & Merle Haggard)
Julep (Punch Brothers)
The Traveling Kind (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)
Best Americana Album:
Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell)
The Firewatcher's Daughter (Brandi Carille)
The Traveling Kind (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell)
Mono (The Mavericks)
The Phosphorescent Blues (Punch Brothers)
Best Bluegrass Album:
The Muscle Shoals Recordings (The Steeldrivers)
Pocket Full of Keys (Dale Ann Bradley)
Before The Sun Goes Down (Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley)
In Session (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
Man of Constant Sarrow (Ralph Stanley & Friends)
Best Blues Album:
Born To Play Guitar (Buddy Guy)
Descendants of Hill Country (Cedric Burnside Project)
Outskirts of Love (Shemekia Copeland)
Worthy (Bettye LaVette)
Muddy Waters 100 (John Primer & Various Artists)
Best Folk Album:
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn (Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn)
Wood, Wire & Woods (Norman Blake)
Tomorrow Is My Turn (Rhiannon Giddens)
Servant of Love (Patty Griffin)
Didn't He Ramble (Glen Hansard)
World Music:
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Go Go Juice (Jon Cleary)
La La La La (Natalie Ai Kamauu)
Kawaiokalena (Keali'i Reichel)
Get Ready (The Revelers)
Generations (Windwalker and the MCW)
Best Reggae Album:
Strictly Roots (Morgan Heritage)
Branches of the Same Tree (Rocky Dawuni)
The Cure (Jah Cure)
Acousticalevy (Barrington Levy)
Zion Awake (Luciano)
Best World Music Album:
Sings (Angelique Kidjo)
Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo (Gilberto Gil)
Music from Inala (Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble)
Home (Enoushka Shankar)
I Have No Everything Here (Zomba Prison Project)
Spoken Word/Children:
Best Children's Album:
Home (Tim Kubart)
ˇCome Bien! Eat Right! (José-Luis Orozco)
Dark Pie Concerns (Gustafer Yellowgold)
How Great Can This Day Be (Lori Henriques)
Trees (Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly)
Best Spoken Word Album:
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (Jimmy Carter)
Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbř) (Patti Smith)
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks (Dick Cavett)
Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller) (Janis Ian & Jean Smart)
Yes Please (Amy Poehler & Various Artists)
Best Comedy Album:
Live at Madison Square Garden (Louis C.K.)
Back to the Drawing Board (Lisa Lampanelli)
Brooklyn (Wyatt Cenac)
Happy. And A Lot. (Jay Mohr)
Just Being Honest (Craig Ferguson)
Soundtrack:
Best Musical Theater Album:
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast)
An American in Paris (Original Broadway Cast)
Fun Home (Original Broadway Cast)
The King and I (2015 Broadway Cast)
Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (James Brown)
Empire: Season 1 (Various Artists)
Fifty Shades of Grey (Various Artists)
Pitch Perfect 2 (Various Artists)
Selma (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Birdman (Antonio Sanchez)
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
Interstellar (Hanz Zimmer)
The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Whiplash (Justin Hurwitz)
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Glory (Common and John Legend)
Selma
Earned It (Whiplash)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Fifty Shades of Grey
See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
Furious 7
Til It Happens To You (Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
The Hunting Ground
Best Instrumental Composition:
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Civil War (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Get Up!
Confetti Man (Turtle Island Quartet)
Confetti Man
Neil (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)
Lab 2015
Vesper (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)
Köln
Instrumental:
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Sylva (Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest)
Guitar in the Space Age! (Bill Frisell)
Love Language (Wouter Kellerman)
Afrodeezia (Marcus Miller)
The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV (Kirk Whalum)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Pentatonix)
Bruno Bars (Vocally Challenged)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Committed)
Ghost of a Chance (Bob James & Nathan East)
You and the Night and the Music (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals:
Sue (Or In a Season of Crime) (David Bowie)
Be My Muse (Lorraine Feather)
52nd & Broadway (Patrick Williams feat. Patti Austin)
Garota De Ipanema (Catina DeLuna feat. Otmaro Ruiz)
When I Come Home (Jimmy Greene with Javier Colon)
Technical Album:
Best Recording Package:
Still The King: Celebrating The Music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (Asleep At The Wheel)
Alagoas (Alagoas)
Bush (Snoop Dogg)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) (Florence + The Machine)
My Happiness (Elvis Presley)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) (Various Artisits)
Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set) (Of Monsters and Men)
I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) (Father John Misty)
Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition) (The Rolling Stones)
30 Trips Around the Sun (Grateful Dead)
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set) (The Decemberists)
Best Album Notes:
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced (Joni Mitchell)
Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 (Various Artists)
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Lead Belly)
Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)
Best Historical Album:
The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Bob Dylan and the Band)
The Complete Concert by the Sea (Erroll Garner)
Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985 (Various Artists)
Parchman Farm: Photographs a nd Field Recordings, 1947–1959 (Various Artists)
Songs My Mother Taught Me (Fannie Lou Hamer)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes)
Before This World (James Taylor)
Currence of Man (Melody Gardot)
Recreational Man (The Bird and the Bee)
Wallflower (Diana Krall)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mellis
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix) (Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars)
Berlin by Overnight (CFCF Remix) (Daniel Hope)
Hold On (Fatum Remix) (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)
Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix) (Galantis)
Say My Name (RAC Remix) (Odessa feat. Zyra)
Best Surround Sound Album:
Amused To Death (Roger Waters)
Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra)
Magnificat (Řyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)
Spes (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)
Classical:
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double' (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony)
Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarăes & Boston Baroque)
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Producer Of The Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Dan Merceruio
Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time (Seattle Symphony)
Spirit Of The American Range (The Oregon Symphony)
Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839' (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording:
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilčges; Shéhérazade (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
Janáček: Jenůfa (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria (Boston Baroque)
Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)
Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance:
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610 (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen)
Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare)
Paulus: Far In The Heavens (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
Best Small Ensemble Performance:
Filament (Eighth Blackbird)
Brahms: The Piano Trios (Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt)
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 (Seattle Symphony)
Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)
Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Rachmaninov Variations (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Jerome Lowenthal)
Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall (Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano)
Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata (Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album (Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano)
Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali (Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller)
St. Petersburg (Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis)
Best Classical Compendium:
Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto Williams (Giancarlo Guerrero)
As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925-1955) (New Budapest Orpheum Society)
Ask Your Mama (George Manaham)
Handel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740 (Paul McCreesh)
Woman at the New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest (Thomas Adčs, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
Norman: Play (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
Tower: Stroke (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)
Wolfe: Anthracite Fields (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars)
Music Video:
Best Short Form Music Video:
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
LSD (ASAP Rocky)
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) (The Dead Weather)
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Freedom (Pharrell Williams)
Best Music Film:
Amy (Amy Winehouse)
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (James Brown)
Sonic Highways (Foo Fighters)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (Nina Simone)
The Wall (Roger Walters)