The 59th Grammy Awards will take place February 12th 2016 in Los Angeles and the nominees have been unveiled.
Beyonce leads with 9 nominations while huge stars Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West follow up with 8 nominations each.
See the complete list of nominees below
GENERAL FIELD
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 :
Formation – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Hello – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
7 Years – Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist :
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
POP FIELD
Best Pop Vocal Album :
25 – Adele
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
Confident – Demi Lovato
This Is Acting – Sia
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Hello – Adele
Hold Up – Beyonce
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) – Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Closer – The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
7 Years – Lukas Graham
Work – Rihanna Featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills – Sia Featuring Sean Paul
Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album :
Cinema – Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels – Bob Dylan
Stages Live – Josh Groban
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin – Willie Nelson
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway – Barbra Streisand
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD
Best Dance Recording:
Tearing Me Up – Bob Moses
Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
Never Be Like You – Flume Featuring Kai
Rinse & Repeat – Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
Drinkee – Sofi Tukker
Best Dance/Electronic 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
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FIELD
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album :
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
Culcha Vulcha – Snarky Puppy
ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Performance:
Joe (Live From Austin City Limits) – Alabama Shakes
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
Blackstar – David Bowie
The Sound Of Silence – Disturbed
Heathens – Twenty One Pilots
Best Metal Performance:
Shock Me – Baroness
Silvera – Gojira
Rotting in Vain – Korn
Dystopia – Megadeth
The Price Is Wrong – Periphery
Best Rock Song:
Blackstar – David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
Burn the Witch – Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
Hardwired – James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica
Heathens – Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
My Name Is Human – Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Best Rock Album :
California – Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage The Elephant
Magma – Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor – Panic! At The Disco
Weezer – Weezer
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million – Bon Iver
Blackstar – David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project – PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression – Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance:
Turnin Me Up – BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission – Ro James
I Do – Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me – Rihanna
Cranes in the Sky – Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
The Three Of Me – William Bell
Woman’s World – BJ The Chicago Kid
Sleeping With The One I Love – Fantasia
Angel – Lalah Hathaway
Can’t Wait – Jill Scott
Best R&B Song:
Come and See Me – J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)
Exchange – Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better – Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
Lake By the Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Luv – Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade – Beyoncé
Ology – Gallant
We Are King – KING
Malibu – Anderson .Paak
Anti – Rihanna
Best R&B Album:
In My Mind – BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits – Terrace Martin
Healing Season – Mint Condition
Smoove Jones – Mya
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance:
No Problem – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Panda – Desiigner
Pop Style – Drake Featuring The Throne
All The Way Up – Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infrared
That Part – ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
Freedom – Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Hotline Bling – Drake
Broccoli – D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam – Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
Famous – Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song:
All The Way Up – Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infrared)
Famous – Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)
Hotline Bling – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
No Problem – Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Ultralight Beam – Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico ‘Donnie Trumpet’ Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
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
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance:
Love Can Go To Hell – Brandy Clark
Vice – Miranda Lambert
My Church – Maren Morris
Church Bells – Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Different for Girls – Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
21 Summer – Brothers Osborne
Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney & P!nk
Jolene – Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
Think Of You – Chris Young With Cassadee Pope
Best Country Song:
Blue Ain’t Your Color – Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
Die A Happy Man – Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
Humble and Kind – Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
My Church – busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
Vice – Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album :
Big Day In A Small Town – Brandy Clark
Full Circle – Loretta Lynn
Hero – Maren Morris
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord – Keith Urban
NEW AGE FIELD
Best New Age Album :
Orogen – John Burke
Dark Sky Island – Enya
Inner Passion – Peter Kater & Tina Guo
Rosetta – Vangelis
White Sun II – White Sun
JAZZ FIELD
Best Improvised Jazz Solo :
Countdown – Joey Alexander, soloist
In Movement – Ravi Coltrane, soloist
We See – Fred Hersch, soloist
I Concentrate On You – Brad Mehldau, soloist
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Sound Of Red – René Marie
Upward Spiral – Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Take Me To The Alley – Gregory Porter
Harlem On My Mind – Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations – The Tierney Sutton Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album :
Book of Intuition – Kenny Barron Trio
Dr. Um – Peter Erskine
Sunday Night At The Vanguard – The Fred Hersch Trio
Nearness – Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
Country For Old Men – John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album :
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
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom – Ted Nash Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album :
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
Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac – Chucho Valdés
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD
Best Gospel Performance/Song :
It’s Alright, It’s OK – Shirley Caesar Featuring Anthony Hamilton; Stanley Brown & Courtney Rumble, songwriters
You’re Bigger [Live] – Jekalyn Carr; Allundria Carr, songwriter
Made A Way [Live] – Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter
God Provides – Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Better – Hezekiah Walker; Jason Clayborn, Gabriel Hatcher & Hezekiah Walker, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Trust In You – Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren & Paul Mabury, songwriters
Priceless – For King & Country; Benjamin Backus, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
King of the World – Natalie Grant; Natalie Grant, Becca Mizell & Samuel Mizell, songwriters
Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters Track from: Love Remains
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams; Mia Fieldes, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Album :
Listen – Tim Bowman Jr.
Fill This House – Shirley Caesar
A Worshipper’s Heart [Live] – Todd Dulaney
Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin
Demonstrate [Live] – William Murphy
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Poets & Saints – All Sons & Daughters
American Prodigal – Crowder
Be One – Natalie Grant
Youth Revival [Live] – Hillsong Young & Free
Love Remains – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Best Roots Gospel Album :
Better Together – Gaither Vocal Band
Nature’s Symphony In 432 – The Isaacs
Hymns – Joey+Rory
Hymns And Songs Of Inspiration – Gordon Mote
God Don’t Ever Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson – (Various Artists)
LATIN FIELD
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:
iLevitable – ile
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 Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Raíces – Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
Hecho A Mano – Joss Favela
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) – Vicente Fernández
Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006 – La Maquinaria Norteña
Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro – Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album:
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
Dónde Están? – Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FIELD
Best American Roots Performance:
Ain’t No Man – The Avett Brothers
Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time – Blind Boys Of Alabama
Factory Girl – Rhiannon Giddens
House Of Mercy – Sarah Jarosz
Wreck You – Lori McKenna
Best American Roots Song:
Alabama At Night – Robbie Fulks, songwriter (Robbie Fulks)
City Lights – Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
Gulfstream – Eric Adcock & Roddie Romero, songwriters (Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars)
Kid Sister – Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Wreck You – Lori McKenna & Felix McTeigue, songwriters (Lori McKenna)
Best Americana Album :
True Sadness – The Avett Brothers
This Is Where I Live – William Bell
The Cedar Creek Sessions – Kris Kristofferson
The Bird & The Rifle – Lori McKenna
Kid Sister – The Time Jumpers
Best Bluegrass Album :
Original Traditional – Blue Highway
Burden Bearer – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Hazel Sessions – Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
North And South – Claire Lynch
Coming Home – O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Best Traditional Blues Album :
Can’t Shake The 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
Porcupine Meat – Bobby Rush
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 :
Silver Skies Blue – Judy Collins & Ari Hest
Upland Stories – Robbie Fulks
Factory Girl – Rhiannon Giddens
Weighted Mind – Sierra Hull
Undercurrent – Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album :
Broken Promised Land – Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard
It’s A Cree Thing – Northern Cree
E Walea – Kalani Pe’a
Gulfstream – Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In The Evangeline Country – (Various Artists)
REGGAE FIELD
Best Reggae Album :
Sly & Robbie Presents.. Reggae For Her – Devin Di Dakta & J.L
Rose Petals – J Boog
Ziggy Marley – Ziggy Marley
Everlasting – Raging Fyah
Falling Into Place – Rebelution
Soja: Live In Virginia – Soja
WORLD MUSIC FIELD
Best World Music Album :
Destiny – Celtic Woman
Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sing Me Home – Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
Land Of Gold – Anoushka Shankar
Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live – Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil
CHILDREN’S FIELD
Best Children’s Album :
Explorer Of The World – Frances England
Infinity Plus One – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Novelties – Recess Monkey
Press Play – Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
Saddle Up – The Okee Dokee Brothers
SPOKEN WORD FIELD
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) :
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo – Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox – Carol Burnett
M Train – Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia) – (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink – Elvis Costello
COMEDY FIELD
Best Comedy Album:
America Great – David Cross
American Myth – Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted – Tig Notaro
Live At The Apollo – Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping – Patton Oswalt
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album:
Bright Star – Carmen Cusack, principal soloist; Jay Alix, Peter Asher & Una Jackman, producers; Steve Martin, composer; Edie Brickell, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
The Color Purple – Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)
Fiddler On The Roof – Danny Burstein, principal soloist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Jerry Bock, composer; Sheldon Harnick, lyricist) (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots – Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers (Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist) (Original West End Cast)
Waitress – Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media :
Amy – (Various Artists)
Miles Ahead – Miles Davis & 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:
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant – Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams, composer
Stranger Things Volume 1 – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2 – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
Heathens – Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
Just Like Fire – Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
Purple Lamborghini – Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
Try Everything – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
The Veil – Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
COMPOSING/ARRANGING FIELD
Best Instrumental Composition:
Bridge of Spies (End Title) – Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman)
The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Big Band) – Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band)
Flow – Alan Ferber, composer (Alan Ferber Nonet)
L’Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock – Verisione Integrale – Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone)
Spoken At Midnight – Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Ask Me Now – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas – Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Count Basie Orchestra)
Linus & Lucy – Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa)
We Three Kings – Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis)
You And I – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals :
Do You Hear What I Hear? – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Featuring Take 6)
Do You Want To Know A Secret – John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Featuring Renee Olstead)
Flintstones – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
I’m A Fool To Want You – Alan Broadbent, arranger (Kristin Chenoweth)
Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version) – Billy Childs & Larry Klein, arrangers (Lang Lang Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright)
PACKAGE FIELD
Best Recording Package :
Anti (Deluxe Edition) – Ciarra Pardo & Robyn Fenty, art directors (Rihanna)
Blackstar – Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Human Performance – Andrew Savage, art director (Parquet Courts)
Sunset Motel – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
22, A Million – Eric Timothy Carlson, art director (Bon Iver)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package :
Edith Piaf 1915-2015 – Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)
401 Days – Jonathan Dagan & Mathias Høst Normark, art directors (J.Views)
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It – Samuel Burgess-Johnson & Matthew Healy, art directors (The 1975)
Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition) – Matt Taylor, art director (Trey Anastasio)
Tug of War (Deluxe Edition) – Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
NOTES FIELD
Best Album Notes :
The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection – Mikal Gilmore, album notes writer (Kris Kristofferson)
The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp – Ted Olson & Tony Russell, album notes writers (Various Artists)
Ork Records: New York, New York – Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, album notes writers (Various Artists)
Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along – Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1990 – Richard Martin, album notes writer (Various Artists)
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Are You Serious – Tchad Blake & David Boucher, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Andrew Bird)
Blackstar – David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony
Dig In Deep – Ryan Freeland, engineer; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (Bonnie Raitt)
Hit N Run Phase Two – Booker T., Dylan Dresdow, Chris James, Prince & Justin Stanley, engineers; Dylan Dresdow, mastering engineer (Prince)
Undercurrent – Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Sarah Jarosz)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording:
Cali Coast (Psionics Remix) – Josh Williams, remixer (Soul Pacific)
Heavy Star Movin’ (staRo Remix) – staRo, remixer (The Silver Lake Chorus)
Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix) – Timo Maas & James Teej, remixers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Only (Kaskade X Lipless Remix) – Ryan Raddon, remixer (Ry X)
Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) – André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix) – Joe Goddard, remixer (The Chemical Brothers)
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Surround Sound Album:
Dutilleux: Sur La Mêe Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Johnson: Considering Matthew Shephard – Brad Michel, surround mix engineer; Brad Michel, surround mastering engineer; Robina G. Young, surround producer (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)
Maja S.K. Ratkje: And Sing – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta)
Primus & The Chocolate Factory – Les Claypool, surround mix engineer; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool, surround producer (Primus)
Reflections – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles – Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Sur La Mêe Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Reflections – Morten Lindberg, engineer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)
Shadow of Sirius – Silas Brown & David Frost, engineers; Silas Brown,
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 – Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh
David Frost
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Judith Sherman
Robina G. Young
CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Orchestral Field:
Bates: Works For Orchestra – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Ibert: Orchestral Works – Neeme Järvi, conductor (Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero’s Rooms – Alan Gilbert, conductor (New York Philharmonic)
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording:
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles – James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Handel: Giulio Cesare – Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl & Anne-Sofie von Otter; Samuel Theis, producer (Il Giardino Armonico)
Higdon: Cold Mountain – Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Emily Fons, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers) Mozart: Le Nozze De Figaro – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva; Daniel Zalay, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)
Szymanowski: Król Roger – Antonio Pappano, conductor; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecień & Saimir Pirgu; Jonathan Allen, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance:
Himmerland – Elisabeth Holte, conductor (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble)
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass – Edward Gardner, conductor; Håkon Matti Skrede, chorus master (Susan 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 – Donald Nally, conductor (Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing)
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 – Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Steinberg: Passion Week – Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Fitelberg: Chamber Works – ARC Ensemble
Reflections – Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene
Serious Business – Spektral Quartet
Steve Reich – Third Coast Percussion
Trios From Our Homelands – Lincoln Trio
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 – Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony)
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway – Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Dvorák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy – Christian Tetzlaff; John Storgårds, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 – Kristian Bezuidenhout
1930’s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 – Gil Shaham; Stéphane Denève, conductor (The Knights & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Monteverdi – Magdalena Kožená; Andrea Marcon, conductor (David Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel)
Mozart: The Weber Sisters – Sabine Devieilhe; Raphaël Pichon, conductor (Pygmalion)
Schumann & Berg – Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist
Shakespeare Songs – Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Verismo – Anna Netrebko; Antonio Pappano, conductor (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, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Gesualdo – Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Manfred Eicher, producer
Vaughan Williams: Discoveries – Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Andrew Walton, producer
Wolfgang: Passing Through – Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang, producers
Zappa: 200 Motels – The Suites – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology – Mason Bates, composer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway – Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Higdon: Cold Mountain – Jennifer Higdon, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist
Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto – Christopher Theofanidis, composer (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)
Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky – C. F. Kip Winger, composer (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video:
Formation – Beyoncé
River – Leon Bridges
Up & Up – Coldplay
Gosh – Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out – OK Go
Best Music Film:
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – Steve Aoki
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years – (The Beatles)
Lemonade – Beyoncé
The Music Of Strangers – Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry – (Various Artists)
- DJ Baddo – All Of Me Remix ft John Legend [AuDio]
- Dj Kamol – Crazy Gyration ft Skailey Normal [AuDio]
- Mr. Charis – All Back ft Zouwrah [AuDio]
- Yung6ix – I Pray ft Oritse Femi [AuDio]
- Victony, Don Toliver & Rema – Soweto
- Kolasoul – All Of Me [AuDio]
- Iyanya – Credit ft Don Jazzy [AuDio]
- DJ Enimoney – Shaku Shaku Therapy [MixTape]
- Dj Sjs – Gospel Worship [MixTape]
- NaijaVibe at 10 MixTape
- Big C – Obimo ft Starface [AuDio]
- Dj Lahboceery – Abena Mix