JamesG
12-06-2016, 05:12 PM
Album of the Year:
25 (Adele)
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
Purpose (Justin Bieber)
Views (Drake)
A Sailor's Guide To Earth (Sturgill Simpson)
Record of the Year:
Hello (Adele)
Formation (Beyoncé)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Work (Rihanna featuring Drake)
Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)
Song of the Year:
Hello (Adele)
Formation (Beyoncé)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself (Justin Bieber)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
Chance The Rapper
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
Pop:
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Hello (Adele)
Hold Up (Beyoncé)
Love Yourself (Justin Bieber)
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) (Kelly Clarkson)
Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)
Closer (The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Work (Rihanna featuring Drake)
Cheap Thrills (Sia feat. Sean Paul)
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 (Adele)
Purpose (Justin Bieber)
Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande)
Confident (Demi Lovato)
This Is Acting (Sia)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Willie Nelson)
Cinema (Andrea Bocelli)
Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan)
Stages Live (Josh Groban)
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (Barbra Streisand)
Dance/Electronica:
Best Dance Recording:
Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers featuring Daya)
Tearing Me Up (Bob Moses)
Never Be Like You (Flume feat. Kai)
Rinse & Repeat (Riton feat. Kah-Lo)
Drinkee (Sofi Tukker)
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Skin (Flume)
Electronica 1: The Time Machine (Jean-Michel Jarre)
Epoch (Tycho)
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future (Underworld)
Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII (Louie Vega)
Rock/Metal/Alternative:
Best Rock Performance:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Joe (Live From Austin City Limits) (Alabama Shakes)
Don't Hurt Yourself (Beyoncé feat. Jack White)
The Sound Of Silence (Live On Conan) (Disturbed)
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
Best Metal Performance:
Dystopia (Megadeth)
Shock Me (Baroness)
Silvera (Gojira)
Rotting In Vain (Korn)
The Price Is Wrong (Periphery)
Best Rock Album:
Tell Me I'm Pretty (Cage The Elephant)
California (Blink-182)
Magma (Gojira)
Death Of A Bachelor (Panic! At The Disco)
Weezer (Weezer)
Best Rock Song:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Burn The Witch (Radiohead)
Hardwired (Metallica)
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
My Name Is Human (Highly Suspect)
Best Alternative Music Album:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
22, A Million (Bon Iver)
The Hope Six Demolition Project (PJ Harvey)
Post Pop Depression (Iggy Pop)
A Moon Shaped Pool (Radiohead)
R&B/Urban Contemporary:
Best R&B Performance:
Cranes In The Sky (Solange)
Turnin' Me Up (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Permission (Ro James)
I Do (Musiq Soulchild)
Needed Me (Rihanna)
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Angel (Lalah Hathaway)
The Three Of Me (William Bell)
Woman's World (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Sleeping With The One I Love (Fantasia)
Can't Wait (Jill Scott)
Best R&B Album:
Lalah Hathaway Live (Lalah Hathaway)
In My Mind (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Velvet Portraits (Terrace Martin)
Healing Season (Mint Condition)
Smoove Jones (Mia)
Best R&B Song:
Lake By The Ocean (Maxwell)
Come See Me (PartyNextDoor feat. Drake)
Exchange (Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better (Rihanna)
Luv (Tory Lanez)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
Ology (Gallant)
We Are King (KING)
Malibu (Anderson .Paak)
Anti (Rihanna)
Rap:
Best Rap Performance:
No Problem (Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Panda (Desiigner)
Pop Style (Drake feat. The Throne)
All The Way Up (Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared)
That Part (ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Hotline Bling (Drake)
Freedom (Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Broccoli (D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty)
Ultralight Beam (Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Famous (Kanye West feat. Rihanna)
Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book (Chance The Rapper)
And The Anonymous Nobody (De La Soul)
Major Key (DJ Khaled)
Views (Drake)
Blank Face LP (ScHoolboy Q)
The Life Of Pablo (Kanye West)
Best Rap Song:
Hotline Bling (Drake)
All The Way Up (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
Famous (Kanye West feat. Rihanna)
No Problem (Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chain)
Ultralight Beam (Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Country:
Best Country Solo Performance:
My Church (Maren Morris)
Love Can Go To Hell (Brandy Clark)
Vice (Miranda Lambert)
Church Bells (Carrie Underwood)
Blue Ain't Your Color (Keith Urban)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Jolene (Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton)
Different For Girls (Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King)
21 Summer (Brothers Osbourne)
Setting The World On Fire (Kenny Chesney & P!nk)
Think Of You (Chris Young with Cassadee Pope)
Best Country Album:
A Sailor's Guide To Earth (Sturgill Simpson)
Big Day In A Small Town (Brandy Clark)
Full Circle (Loretta Lynn)
Hero (Maren Morris)
Ripcord (Keith Urban)
Best Country Song:
Humble And Kind (Tim McGraw)
Blue Ain't Your Color (Keith Urban)
Die A Happy Man (Thomas Rhett)
My Church (Maren Morris)
Vice (Miranda Lambert)
New Age:
Best New Age Album:
White Sun II (White Sun)
Orogen (John Burke)
Dark Sky Island (Enya)
Inner Passion (Peter Kater & Tina Guo)
Rosetta (Vangelis)
Jazz:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (John Scofield)
Countdown (Joey Alexander)
In Movement (Ravi Coltrane)
We See (Fred Hersch)
I Concentrate On You (Brad Mehldau)
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Take Me To The Alley (George Porter)
Sound Of Red (René Marie)
Upward Spiral (Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling)
Harlem On My Mind (Catherine Russell)
The Sting Variations (The Tierney Sutton Band)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country For Old Men (John Scofield)
Book Of Intuition (Kenny Barron Trio)
Dr. Um (Peter Erskine)
Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred Hersch Trio)
Nearness (Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom (Ted Nash Big Band)
Real Enemies (Darcy James Argue's Secret Society)
Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1 (John Beasley)
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (John Daversa)
All L.A. Band (Bob Mintzer)
Gospel/Christian:
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
God Provides (Tamela Mann)
It's Alright, It's Ok (Shirley Caesar feat. Anthony Hamilton)
You're Bigger [Live] (Jekalyn Carr)
Made A Way [Live] (Travis Greene)
Better (Hezekiah Walker)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Thy Will (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Trust In You (Lauren Daigle)
Priceless (For King & Country)
King Of The World (Natalie Grant)
Chain Breaker (Zach Williams)
Best Roots Gospel Album:
Hymns (Joey+Rory)
Better Together (Gaither Vocal Band)
Nature's Symphony In 432 (The Isaacs)
Hymns And Songs Of Inspiration (Gordon Mote)
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (Various Artists)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Love Remains (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Poets & Saints (All Sons & Daughters)
American Prodigal (Crowder)
Be One (Natalie Grant)
Youth Revival [Live] (Hillsong Young & Free)
Best Gospel Album:
Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin)
Listen (Tim Bowman Jr.)
Fill This House (Shirley Caesar)
A Worshipper's Heart [Live] (Todd Dulaney)
Demonstrate [Live] (William Murphy)
Latin:
Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas (Jesse & Joy)
Ilusión (Gaby Moreno)
Similares (Laura Pausini)
Seguir Latiendo (Sanalejo)
Buena Vida (Diego Torres)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
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L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad O Nosotros) (Illya Kuryaki & The Valderamas)
Buenaventura (La Santa Cecilia)
Los Rakas (Los Rakas)
Amor Supremo (Carla Morrison)
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac (Chucho Valdés)
Entre Colegas (Andy González)
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw (Brian Lynch & Various Artists)
Canto América (Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta)
30 (Trio Da Paz)
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vio) (Vicente Fernández)
Raíces (Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga)
Hecho A Mano (Joss Favela)
Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006. (La Maquinaria Norteńa)
Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro (Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea)
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Donde Están? (Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo)
Conexión (Fonseca)
La Fantasia Homenaje A Juan Formell (Formell Y Los Van Van)
35 Aniversario (Grupo Niche)
La Sonora Santanera En Su 60 Aniversario (La Sonora Santanera)
American Roots:
Best American Roots Performance:
House Of Mercy (Sarah Jarosz)
Ain't No Man (The Avett Brothers)
Mother's Children Have A Hard Time (Blind Boys Of Alabama)
Factory Girl (Rhiannon Giddens)
Wreck You (Lori McKenna)
Best American Roots Song:
Kid Sister (Vince Gill)
Alabama At Night (Robbie Fulks)
City Lights (Jack White)
Gulfstream (Eric Adcock & Roddie Romero)
Wreck You (Lori McKenna & Felix McTeigue)
Best Americana Album:
This Is Where I Live (William Bell)
True Sadness (The Avett Brothers)
The Cedar Creek Sessions (Kris Kristofferson)
The Bird & The Rifle (Lori McKenna)
Kid Sister (The Time Jumpers)
Best Bluegrass Album:
Coming Home (O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor)
Original Traditional (Blue Highway)
Burden Bearer (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
The Hazel And Alice Sessions (Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands)
North By South (Claire Lynch)
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Porcupine Meat (Bobby Rush)
Can't Shake This Feeling (Lurrie Bell)
Live At The Greek Theatre (Joe Bonamassa)
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II) (Luther Dickinson)
The Soul Of Jimmie Rodgers (Vasti Jackson)
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
The Last Days Of Oakland (Fantastic Negrito)
Love Wins Again (Janiva Magness)
Bloodline (Kenny Neal)
Give It Back To You (The Record Company)
Everybody Wants A Piece (Joe Louis Walker)
Best Folk Album:
Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz)
Silver Skies Blue (Judy Collins & Ari Hest)
Upland Stories (Robbie Fulks)
Factory Girl (Rhiannon Giddens)
Weighted Mind (Sierra Hull)
World Music:
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
E Walea (Kalani Pe'a)
Broken Promised Land (Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard)
It's A Cree Thing (Northern Cree)
Gulfstream (Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars)
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In The Evangeline Country (Various Artists)
Best Reggae Album:
Ziggy Marley (Ziggy Marley)
Sly & Robbie Presents... Reggae For Her (Devin Di Dakta & J.L)
Rose Petals (J Boog)
Everlasting (Raging Fyah)
Falling Into Place (Rebelution)
SOJA: Live In Virginia (SOJA)
Best World Music Album:
Sing Me Home (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)
Destiny (Celtic Woman)
Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
Land Of Gold (Anoushka Shankar)
Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live (Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil)
Spoken Word/Children:
Best Children's Album:
Infinity Plus One (Secret Agent 23 Skidoo)
Explorer Of The World (Frances England)
Novelties (Recess Monkey)
Press Play (Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could)
Saddle Up (The Okee Dokee Brothers)
Best Spoken Word Album:
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox (Carroll Burnett)
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo (Amy Schumer)
M Train (Patti Smith)
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom Desavia) (Varios Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink (Elvis Costello)
Best Comedy Album:
Talking For Clapping (Patton Oswalt)
...America...Great… (David Cross)
American Myth (Margaret Cho)
Boyish Girl Interrupted (Tig Notaro)
Live At The Apollo (Amy Schumer)
Soundtrack:
Best Musical Theater Album:
The Color Purple (2016 Broadway Cast)
Bright Star (Original Broadway Cast)
Fiddler On The Roof (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast)
Waitress (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Miles Ahead (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
Amy (Various Artists)
Straight Outta Compton (Various Artists)
Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) (Various Artists)
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1 (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
Bridge Of Spies (Thomas Newman)
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
The Revenant (Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto)
Stranger Things Volume 1 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
Stranger Things Volume 2 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Can't Stop The Feeling! (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Trolls
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
Suicide Squad
Just Like Fire (P!nk)
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Purple Lamborghini (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
Suicide Squad
Try Everything (Shakira)
Zootopia
The Veil (Peter Gabriel)
Snowden
Best Instrumental Composition:
Spoken At Midnight (Ted Nash Big Band)
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom
Bridge Of Spies (End Title) (Thomas Newma)
Bridge Of Spies
The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band) (Tim Davies Big Band)
The Expensive Trainset
Flow (Alan Ferber Nonet)
Roots & Transitions
L'Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale (Ennio Morricone)
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
Instrumental:
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha (Snarky Puppy)
Human Nature (Herb Alpert)
When You Wish Upon A Star (Bill Frisell)
Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY (Steve Gadd Band)
Unspoken (Chuck Loeb)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
You And I (Jacob Collier)
Ask Me Now (John Beasley)
Good "Swing" Wenceslas (The Count Basie Orchestra)
Linus & Lucy (The Phil Norman Tentet)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (John Daversa)
We Three Kings (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis)
Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals:
Flintstones (Jacob Collier)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Take 6)
Do You Want To Know A Secret (John Daversa feat. Renee Olstead)
I'm A Fool To Want You (Kristin Chenoweth)
Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version) (Lang Lang featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright)
Technical Album:
Best Recording Package:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Anti (Deluxe Edition) (Rihanna)
Human Performance (Parquet Courts)
Sunset Motel (Reckless Kelly)
22, A Million (Bon Iver)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
Edith Piaf 1915-2015 (Edith Piaf)
401 Days (J.Views)
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (Box Set) (The 1975)
Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Trey Anastasio)
Tug Of War (Deluxe Edition) (Paul McCartney)
Best Album Notes:
Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (Kris Kristofferson)
The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp (Various Artists)
Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album:
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector's Edition) (Bob Dylan)
Music Of Morocco From The Library Of Congress: Recorded By Paul Bowles, 1959 (Various Artists)
Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 (Vladimir Horowitz)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 (Various Artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Are You Serious (Andrew Bird)
Dig In Deep (Bonnie Raitt)
Hit N Run Phase Two (Prince)
Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Greg Kurstin
Benny Blanco
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) (Bob Moses)
Cali Coast (Psionics Remix) (South Pacific)
Heavy Star Movin' (staRo Remix) (The Silver Lake Chorus)
Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix) (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Only (Kaskade x Lipless Remix) (Ry X)
Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix) (The Chemical Brothers)
Best Surround Sound Album:
Dutilleux: Sur Le Męme Accord; Les Citations; Mystčre De L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)
Maja S.K. Ratkje: And Sing ... (Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta)
Primus & The Chocolate Factory (5.1 Surround Sound Edition) (Primus)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Classical:
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Sur Le Męme Accord; Les Citations; Mystčre De L'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Shadow Of Sirius (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble)
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical:
David Frost
Blanton Alspaugh
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Judith Sherman
Robina G. Young
Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Bates: Works For Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony)
Ibert: Orchestral Works (Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100 (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms (New York Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Il Giardino Armonico)
Higdon: Cold Mountain (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers)
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)
Szymanowski: Król Roger (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance:
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Himmelrand (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble)
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass (usan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor)
Lloyd: Bonhoeffer (Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing)
Steinberg: Passion Week (The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Steve Reich (Third Coast Percussion)
Fitelberg: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Serious Business (Spektral Quartet)
Trios From Our Homelands (Lincoln Trio)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway (Nashville Symphony)
Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony)
Dvořák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
1930's Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (The Knights & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: [TIE]
Schumann & Berg (Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida)
Shakespeare Songs (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Monteverdi (David Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel)
Mozart: The Weber Sisters (Pygmalion)
Verismo (Yusif Eyvazov; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)
Best Classical Compendium:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Gesualdo (Tőnu Kaljuste)
Vaughan Williams: Discoveries (Martyn Brabbins)
Wolfgang: Passing Through (Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang)
Zappa: 200 Motels - The Suites (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Higdon: Cold Mountain (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn & The Santa Fe Opera)
Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)
Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Music Video:
Best Short Form Music Video:
Formation (Beyoncé)
River (Leon Bridges)
Up & Up (Coldplay)
Gosh (Jamie XX)
Upside Down & Inside Out (OK Go)
Best Music Film:
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years (The Beatles)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Steve Aoki)
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
The Music Of Strangers (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry (Various Artists)
25 (Adele)
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
Purpose (Justin Bieber)
Views (Drake)
A Sailor's Guide To Earth (Sturgill Simpson)
Record of the Year:
Hello (Adele)
Formation (Beyoncé)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Work (Rihanna featuring Drake)
Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)
Song of the Year:
Hello (Adele)
Formation (Beyoncé)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself (Justin Bieber)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
Chance The Rapper
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
Pop:
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Hello (Adele)
Hold Up (Beyoncé)
Love Yourself (Justin Bieber)
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) (Kelly Clarkson)
Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)
Closer (The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey)
7 Years (Lukas Graham)
Work (Rihanna featuring Drake)
Cheap Thrills (Sia feat. Sean Paul)
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 (Adele)
Purpose (Justin Bieber)
Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande)
Confident (Demi Lovato)
This Is Acting (Sia)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Willie Nelson)
Cinema (Andrea Bocelli)
Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan)
Stages Live (Josh Groban)
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (Barbra Streisand)
Dance/Electronica:
Best Dance Recording:
Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers featuring Daya)
Tearing Me Up (Bob Moses)
Never Be Like You (Flume feat. Kai)
Rinse & Repeat (Riton feat. Kah-Lo)
Drinkee (Sofi Tukker)
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Skin (Flume)
Electronica 1: The Time Machine (Jean-Michel Jarre)
Epoch (Tycho)
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future (Underworld)
Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII (Louie Vega)
Rock/Metal/Alternative:
Best Rock Performance:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Joe (Live From Austin City Limits) (Alabama Shakes)
Don't Hurt Yourself (Beyoncé feat. Jack White)
The Sound Of Silence (Live On Conan) (Disturbed)
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
Best Metal Performance:
Dystopia (Megadeth)
Shock Me (Baroness)
Silvera (Gojira)
Rotting In Vain (Korn)
The Price Is Wrong (Periphery)
Best Rock Album:
Tell Me I'm Pretty (Cage The Elephant)
California (Blink-182)
Magma (Gojira)
Death Of A Bachelor (Panic! At The Disco)
Weezer (Weezer)
Best Rock Song:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Burn The Witch (Radiohead)
Hardwired (Metallica)
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
My Name Is Human (Highly Suspect)
Best Alternative Music Album:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
22, A Million (Bon Iver)
The Hope Six Demolition Project (PJ Harvey)
Post Pop Depression (Iggy Pop)
A Moon Shaped Pool (Radiohead)
R&B/Urban Contemporary:
Best R&B Performance:
Cranes In The Sky (Solange)
Turnin' Me Up (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Permission (Ro James)
I Do (Musiq Soulchild)
Needed Me (Rihanna)
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Angel (Lalah Hathaway)
The Three Of Me (William Bell)
Woman's World (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Sleeping With The One I Love (Fantasia)
Can't Wait (Jill Scott)
Best R&B Album:
Lalah Hathaway Live (Lalah Hathaway)
In My Mind (BJ The Chicago Kid)
Velvet Portraits (Terrace Martin)
Healing Season (Mint Condition)
Smoove Jones (Mia)
Best R&B Song:
Lake By The Ocean (Maxwell)
Come See Me (PartyNextDoor feat. Drake)
Exchange (Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better (Rihanna)
Luv (Tory Lanez)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
Ology (Gallant)
We Are King (KING)
Malibu (Anderson .Paak)
Anti (Rihanna)
Rap:
Best Rap Performance:
No Problem (Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Panda (Desiigner)
Pop Style (Drake feat. The Throne)
All The Way Up (Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared)
That Part (ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Hotline Bling (Drake)
Freedom (Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Broccoli (D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty)
Ultralight Beam (Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Famous (Kanye West feat. Rihanna)
Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book (Chance The Rapper)
And The Anonymous Nobody (De La Soul)
Major Key (DJ Khaled)
Views (Drake)
Blank Face LP (ScHoolboy Q)
The Life Of Pablo (Kanye West)
Best Rap Song:
Hotline Bling (Drake)
All The Way Up (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
Famous (Kanye West feat. Rihanna)
No Problem (Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chain)
Ultralight Beam (Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Country:
Best Country Solo Performance:
My Church (Maren Morris)
Love Can Go To Hell (Brandy Clark)
Vice (Miranda Lambert)
Church Bells (Carrie Underwood)
Blue Ain't Your Color (Keith Urban)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Jolene (Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton)
Different For Girls (Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King)
21 Summer (Brothers Osbourne)
Setting The World On Fire (Kenny Chesney & P!nk)
Think Of You (Chris Young with Cassadee Pope)
Best Country Album:
A Sailor's Guide To Earth (Sturgill Simpson)
Big Day In A Small Town (Brandy Clark)
Full Circle (Loretta Lynn)
Hero (Maren Morris)
Ripcord (Keith Urban)
Best Country Song:
Humble And Kind (Tim McGraw)
Blue Ain't Your Color (Keith Urban)
Die A Happy Man (Thomas Rhett)
My Church (Maren Morris)
Vice (Miranda Lambert)
New Age:
Best New Age Album:
White Sun II (White Sun)
Orogen (John Burke)
Dark Sky Island (Enya)
Inner Passion (Peter Kater & Tina Guo)
Rosetta (Vangelis)
Jazz:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (John Scofield)
Countdown (Joey Alexander)
In Movement (Ravi Coltrane)
We See (Fred Hersch)
I Concentrate On You (Brad Mehldau)
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Take Me To The Alley (George Porter)
Sound Of Red (René Marie)
Upward Spiral (Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling)
Harlem On My Mind (Catherine Russell)
The Sting Variations (The Tierney Sutton Band)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country For Old Men (John Scofield)
Book Of Intuition (Kenny Barron Trio)
Dr. Um (Peter Erskine)
Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred Hersch Trio)
Nearness (Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom (Ted Nash Big Band)
Real Enemies (Darcy James Argue's Secret Society)
Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1 (John Beasley)
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles (John Daversa)
All L.A. Band (Bob Mintzer)
Gospel/Christian:
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
God Provides (Tamela Mann)
It's Alright, It's Ok (Shirley Caesar feat. Anthony Hamilton)
You're Bigger [Live] (Jekalyn Carr)
Made A Way [Live] (Travis Greene)
Better (Hezekiah Walker)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Thy Will (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Trust In You (Lauren Daigle)
Priceless (For King & Country)
King Of The World (Natalie Grant)
Chain Breaker (Zach Williams)
Best Roots Gospel Album:
Hymns (Joey+Rory)
Better Together (Gaither Vocal Band)
Nature's Symphony In 432 (The Isaacs)
Hymns And Songs Of Inspiration (Gordon Mote)
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (Various Artists)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Love Remains (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Poets & Saints (All Sons & Daughters)
American Prodigal (Crowder)
Be One (Natalie Grant)
Youth Revival [Live] (Hillsong Young & Free)
Best Gospel Album:
Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin)
Listen (Tim Bowman Jr.)
Fill This House (Shirley Caesar)
A Worshipper's Heart [Live] (Todd Dulaney)
Demonstrate [Live] (William Murphy)
Latin:
Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas (Jesse & Joy)
Ilusión (Gaby Moreno)
Similares (Laura Pausini)
Seguir Latiendo (Sanalejo)
Buena Vida (Diego Torres)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
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L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad O Nosotros) (Illya Kuryaki & The Valderamas)
Buenaventura (La Santa Cecilia)
Los Rakas (Los Rakas)
Amor Supremo (Carla Morrison)
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac (Chucho Valdés)
Entre Colegas (Andy González)
Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw (Brian Lynch & Various Artists)
Canto América (Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta)
30 (Trio Da Paz)
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vio) (Vicente Fernández)
Raíces (Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga)
Hecho A Mano (Joss Favela)
Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006. (La Maquinaria Norteńa)
Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro (Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea)
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Donde Están? (Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo)
Conexión (Fonseca)
La Fantasia Homenaje A Juan Formell (Formell Y Los Van Van)
35 Aniversario (Grupo Niche)
La Sonora Santanera En Su 60 Aniversario (La Sonora Santanera)
American Roots:
Best American Roots Performance:
House Of Mercy (Sarah Jarosz)
Ain't No Man (The Avett Brothers)
Mother's Children Have A Hard Time (Blind Boys Of Alabama)
Factory Girl (Rhiannon Giddens)
Wreck You (Lori McKenna)
Best American Roots Song:
Kid Sister (Vince Gill)
Alabama At Night (Robbie Fulks)
City Lights (Jack White)
Gulfstream (Eric Adcock & Roddie Romero)
Wreck You (Lori McKenna & Felix McTeigue)
Best Americana Album:
This Is Where I Live (William Bell)
True Sadness (The Avett Brothers)
The Cedar Creek Sessions (Kris Kristofferson)
The Bird & The Rifle (Lori McKenna)
Kid Sister (The Time Jumpers)
Best Bluegrass Album:
Coming Home (O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor)
Original Traditional (Blue Highway)
Burden Bearer (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
The Hazel And Alice Sessions (Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands)
North By South (Claire Lynch)
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Porcupine Meat (Bobby Rush)
Can't Shake This Feeling (Lurrie Bell)
Live At The Greek Theatre (Joe Bonamassa)
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II) (Luther Dickinson)
The Soul Of Jimmie Rodgers (Vasti Jackson)
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
The Last Days Of Oakland (Fantastic Negrito)
Love Wins Again (Janiva Magness)
Bloodline (Kenny Neal)
Give It Back To You (The Record Company)
Everybody Wants A Piece (Joe Louis Walker)
Best Folk Album:
Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz)
Silver Skies Blue (Judy Collins & Ari Hest)
Upland Stories (Robbie Fulks)
Factory Girl (Rhiannon Giddens)
Weighted Mind (Sierra Hull)
World Music:
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
E Walea (Kalani Pe'a)
Broken Promised Land (Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard)
It's A Cree Thing (Northern Cree)
Gulfstream (Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars)
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In The Evangeline Country (Various Artists)
Best Reggae Album:
Ziggy Marley (Ziggy Marley)
Sly & Robbie Presents... Reggae For Her (Devin Di Dakta & J.L)
Rose Petals (J Boog)
Everlasting (Raging Fyah)
Falling Into Place (Rebelution)
SOJA: Live In Virginia (SOJA)
Best World Music Album:
Sing Me Home (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)
Destiny (Celtic Woman)
Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
Land Of Gold (Anoushka Shankar)
Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live (Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil)
Spoken Word/Children:
Best Children's Album:
Infinity Plus One (Secret Agent 23 Skidoo)
Explorer Of The World (Frances England)
Novelties (Recess Monkey)
Press Play (Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could)
Saddle Up (The Okee Dokee Brothers)
Best Spoken Word Album:
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox (Carroll Burnett)
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo (Amy Schumer)
M Train (Patti Smith)
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom Desavia) (Varios Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink (Elvis Costello)
Best Comedy Album:
Talking For Clapping (Patton Oswalt)
...America...Great… (David Cross)
American Myth (Margaret Cho)
Boyish Girl Interrupted (Tig Notaro)
Live At The Apollo (Amy Schumer)
Soundtrack:
Best Musical Theater Album:
The Color Purple (2016 Broadway Cast)
Bright Star (Original Broadway Cast)
Fiddler On The Roof (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast)
Waitress (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Miles Ahead (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
Amy (Various Artists)
Straight Outta Compton (Various Artists)
Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) (Various Artists)
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1 (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
Bridge Of Spies (Thomas Newman)
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
The Revenant (Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto)
Stranger Things Volume 1 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
Stranger Things Volume 2 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Can't Stop The Feeling! (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Trolls
Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
Suicide Squad
Just Like Fire (P!nk)
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Purple Lamborghini (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
Suicide Squad
Try Everything (Shakira)
Zootopia
The Veil (Peter Gabriel)
Snowden
Best Instrumental Composition:
Spoken At Midnight (Ted Nash Big Band)
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom
Bridge Of Spies (End Title) (Thomas Newma)
Bridge Of Spies
The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band) (Tim Davies Big Band)
The Expensive Trainset
Flow (Alan Ferber Nonet)
Roots & Transitions
L'Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale (Ennio Morricone)
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
Instrumental:
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha (Snarky Puppy)
Human Nature (Herb Alpert)
When You Wish Upon A Star (Bill Frisell)
Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY (Steve Gadd Band)
Unspoken (Chuck Loeb)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
You And I (Jacob Collier)
Ask Me Now (John Beasley)
Good "Swing" Wenceslas (The Count Basie Orchestra)
Linus & Lucy (The Phil Norman Tentet)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (John Daversa)
We Three Kings (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis)
Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals:
Flintstones (Jacob Collier)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Take 6)
Do You Want To Know A Secret (John Daversa feat. Renee Olstead)
I'm A Fool To Want You (Kristin Chenoweth)
Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version) (Lang Lang featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright)
Technical Album:
Best Recording Package:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Anti (Deluxe Edition) (Rihanna)
Human Performance (Parquet Courts)
Sunset Motel (Reckless Kelly)
22, A Million (Bon Iver)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
Edith Piaf 1915-2015 (Edith Piaf)
401 Days (J.Views)
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (Box Set) (The 1975)
Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Trey Anastasio)
Tug Of War (Deluxe Edition) (Paul McCartney)
Best Album Notes:
Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (Kris Kristofferson)
The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp (Various Artists)
Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album:
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector's Edition) (Bob Dylan)
Music Of Morocco From The Library Of Congress: Recorded By Paul Bowles, 1959 (Various Artists)
Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 (Vladimir Horowitz)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 (Various Artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Blackstar (David Bowie)
Are You Serious (Andrew Bird)
Dig In Deep (Bonnie Raitt)
Hit N Run Phase Two (Prince)
Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Greg Kurstin
Benny Blanco
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) (Bob Moses)
Cali Coast (Psionics Remix) (South Pacific)
Heavy Star Movin' (staRo Remix) (The Silver Lake Chorus)
Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix) (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Only (Kaskade x Lipless Remix) (Ry X)
Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix) (The Chemical Brothers)
Best Surround Sound Album:
Dutilleux: Sur Le Męme Accord; Les Citations; Mystčre De L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)
Maja S.K. Ratkje: And Sing ... (Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta)
Primus & The Chocolate Factory (5.1 Surround Sound Edition) (Primus)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Classical:
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Sur Le Męme Accord; Les Citations; Mystčre De L'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Shadow Of Sirius (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble)
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical:
David Frost
Blanton Alspaugh
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Judith Sherman
Robina G. Young
Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Bates: Works For Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony)
Ibert: Orchestral Works (Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100 (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms (New York Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Il Giardino Armonico)
Higdon: Cold Mountain (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers)
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)
Szymanowski: Król Roger (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance:
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Himmelrand (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble)
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass (usan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor)
Lloyd: Bonhoeffer (Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing)
Steinberg: Passion Week (The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Steve Reich (Third Coast Percussion)
Fitelberg: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
Reflections (Řyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Serious Business (Spektral Quartet)
Trios From Our Homelands (Lincoln Trio)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway (Nashville Symphony)
Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony)
Dvořák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
1930's Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (The Knights & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: [TIE]
Schumann & Berg (Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida)
Shakespeare Songs (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Monteverdi (David Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel)
Mozart: The Weber Sisters (Pygmalion)
Verismo (Yusif Eyvazov; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)
Best Classical Compendium:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Gesualdo (Tőnu Kaljuste)
Vaughan Williams: Discoveries (Martyn Brabbins)
Wolfgang: Passing Through (Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang)
Zappa: 200 Motels - The Suites (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Higdon: Cold Mountain (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn & The Santa Fe Opera)
Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)
Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Music Video:
Best Short Form Music Video:
Formation (Beyoncé)
River (Leon Bridges)
Up & Up (Coldplay)
Gosh (Jamie XX)
Upside Down & Inside Out (OK Go)
Best Music Film:
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years (The Beatles)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Steve Aoki)
Lemonade (Beyoncé)
The Music Of Strangers (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry (Various Artists)