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All of the 2016 Grammy Winners

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The 2016 Grammy Awards aired on CBS last night, and the three-and-a-half hour broadcast provided no shortage of surprises, upsets and triumphs for some of the biggest names in the music community. Taylor Swift took home the evening’s big honor, winning Album of the Year for 2014’s 1989. Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” earned Song of the Year, while Mark Ronson’s and Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” went home with Record of the Year. Kendrick Lamar led the evening with five wins.

Alabama Shakes won three awards, taking home trophies for Best Rock Song (“Don’t Wanna Fight”), Best Rock Performance (“Don’t Wanna Fight”) and Best Alternative Music Album (Sound & Color). Chris Stapleton also had a big night, winning Country Album of the Year for Traveller and Best Country Solo Performance for that album’s title track. Little Big Town took home Best Country Song for their Pain Killer track “Girl Crush.”

Other AS favorites that fared well included Jason Isbell for Best Americana Album (Something More Than Free) and Best American Roots Song (“24 Frames”), The Steeldrivers for Best Bluegrass Album (The Muscle Shoals Recordings) and The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Performers included Alabama Shakes, Taylor Swift,ย Kendrick Lamar and Adele.

Check out the full list of winners below.

Album of the Year
Alabama Shakes,ย Sound and Color
Kendrick Lamar,ย To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton,ย Traveller
Taylor Swift,ย 1989
The Weeknd,ย Beauty Behind the Madness

Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar, โ€œAlrightโ€
Taylor Swift, โ€œBlank Spaceโ€
Little Big Town, โ€œGirl Crushโ€
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, โ€œSee You Againโ€
Ed Sheeran, โ€œThinking Out Loudโ€

Record of the Year
Dโ€™Angelo and the Vanguard, โ€œReally Loveโ€
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, โ€œUptown Funkโ€
Ed Sheeran, โ€œThinking Out Loudโ€
Taylor Swift, โ€œBlank Spaceโ€
The Weeknd, โ€œCanโ€™t Feel My Faceโ€

Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Solo Performance
Kelly Clarkson, “Heartbeat Song”
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence and the Machine, “Ship to Wreck”
Maroon 5, “Sugar”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap,ย The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

Bob Dylan,ย Shadows in the Night
Josh Groban,ย Stages
Seth MacFarlane,ย No One Ever Tells You
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists),ย My Dream Duets

Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelly Clarkson,ย Piece by Piece
Florence and the Machine,ย How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Mark Ronson,ย Uptown Special
Taylor Swift,ย 1989
James Taylor,ย Before This World

Best Dance Recording
Above & Beyond feat. Zoรซ Johnston, “We’re All We Need”
The Chemical Brothers, “Go”
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”
Galantis, “Runaway (U & I)”
Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are รœ Now”

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Caribou,ย Our Love
The Chemical Brothers,ย Born in the Echoes
Disclosure,ย Caracal
Jamie xx,ย In Colour
Skrillex and Diplo,ย Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack รœ

Best Rap Performance
J. Cole, “Apparently”
Drake, “Back to Back”
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne, “Truffle Butter”
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, and Paul McCartney, “All Day”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend, “One Man Change the World”
Common and John Legend, “Glory”
Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur, “Classic Man”
Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise, and Thundercat, “These Walls”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown, “Only”

Best Rap Song
Kanye West, “All Day”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Drake, “Energy”
Common and John Legend, “Glory”
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”

Best Rap Album
J. Cole,ย 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre,ย Compton
Drake,ย If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Kendrick Lamar,ย To Pimp a Butterfly
Nicki Minaj,ย The Pinkprint

Best Country Solo Performance
Cam, “Burning House”
Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”
Carrie Underwood, “Little Toy Guns”
Keith Urban, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”
Lee Ann Womack, “Chances Are”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne, “Stay A Little Longer”
Joey + Rory, “If I Needed You”
Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley, and Eric Paslay, “The Driver”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe, “Lonely Tonight”

Best Country Song
Lee Ann Womack, “Chances Are”
Tim McGraw, “Diamond Rings and Old Barstools”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Brandy Clark, “Hold My Hand”
Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”

Best Country Album
Sam Hunt,ย Montevallo
Little Big Town,ย Pain Killer
Ashley Monroe,ย The Blade
Kacey Musgraves,ย Pageant Material
Chris Stapleton,ย Traveller

Best Rock Performance
Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Florence and the Machine, “What Kind of Man”
Foo Fighters, “Something From Nothing”
Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Wolf Alice, “Mona Lisa Smile”

Best Metal Performance
August Burns Red, “Identity”
Ghost, “Cirice”
Lamb of God, “512”
Sevendust, “Thank You”
Slipknot, “Custer”

Best Rock Song
Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”

Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s”
James Bay, “Hold Back the River”
Highly Suspect, “Lydia”
Florence and the Machine, “What Kind of Man”

Best Rock Album
James Bay,ย Chaos and the Calm
Death Cab for Cutie,ย Kintsugi
Highly Suspect,ย Mister Asylum
Muse,ย Drones
Slipknot,ย The Gray Chapter

Best Alternative Music Album
Alabama Shakes,ย Sound & Color

Bjรถrk,ย Vulnicura
My Morning Jacket,ย The Waterfall
Tame Impala,ย Currents
Wilco,ย Star Wars

Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton, “If I Don’t Have You”
Andra Day, “Rise Up”
Hiatus Kaiyote, “Breathing Underwater”
Jeremih feat. J. Cole, “Planes”
The Weeknd, “Earned It”

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Faith Evans, “He Is”
Lalah Hathaway, “Little Ghetto Boy”
Jazmine Sullivan, “Let It Burn”
Tyrese, “Shame”
Charlie Wilson, “My Favorite Part of You”

Best R&B Song
Miguel, “Coffee”
The Weeknd, “Earned It”
Jazmine Sullivan, “Let It Burn”
D’Angelo, “Really Love”
Tyrese, “Shame”

Best Urban Contemporary Album
The Internet,ย Ego Death
Kehlani,ย You Should Be Here
Lianne La Havas,ย Blood
Miguel,ย Wildheart
The Weeknd,ย Beauty Behind the Madness

Best R&B Album
Leon Bridges,ย Coming Home
D’Angelo and the Vanguard,ย Black Messiah
Andra Day,ย Cheers to the Fall
Jazmine Sullivan,ย Reality Show
Charlie Wilson,ย Forever Charlie

Best Spoken Word Album
Patti Smith,ย Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbรธ)
Dick Cavett,ย Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
Jimmy Carter,ย A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Janis Ian & Jean Smart,ย Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller)
Amy Poehler,ย Yes Please

Best Comedy Album
Lisa Lampanelli,ย Back to the Drawing Board
Wyatt Cenac,ย Brooklyn
Jay Mohr,ย Happy. And a Lot.
Craig Ferguson,ย Just Being Honest
Louis C.K.,ย Live at Madison Square Garden

Best Musical Theater Album
An American In Paris
Fun Home
Hamilton
The King and I
Something Rotten!

Best New Age Album
Paul Avgerinos
, Grace
Madi Das, Bhakti Without Borders
Catherine Duc,ย Voyager
Pater Kater, Love
Ron Korb, Asia Beauty

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Joey Alexander, โ€œGiant Stepsโ€
Christian McBride, โ€œCherokeeโ€
Donny McCaslin, โ€œArbiters of Evolutionโ€
Joshua Redman, โ€œFriend or Foeโ€
John Scofield, โ€œPast Presentโ€

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Karrin Allyson, Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Denise Donatelli, Find a Heart
Lorraine Feather, Flirting With Disaster
Jamison Ross, Jamison
Cรฉcile McLorin Salvant,ย For One to Love

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Joey Alexander,ย My Favorite Things
Terence Blanchard feat. the E-Collective,ย Breathless
Robert Glasper & the Robert Glasper Trio,ย Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
Jimmy Greene,ย Beautiful Life
John Scofield,ย Past Present

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Gil Evans Project,ย Lines of Color
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band,ย Kรถln
Arturo Oโ€™Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra,ย Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Maria Schneider Orchestra,ย The Thompson Fields
Patrick Williams,ย Home Suite Home

Best Latin Jazz Album
Eliane Elias,ย Made in Brazil
The Rodriguez Brothers,ย Impromptu
Gonzalo Rubalcaba,ย Suite Caminos
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet,ย Intercambio
Miguel Zenรณn,ย Identities Are Changeable

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy, โ€œWorth [Live]โ€
Kirk Franklin; โ€œWanna Be Happy?โ€
Travis Greene, โ€œIntentionalโ€
Israel & NewBreed feat. Yolanda Adams, โ€œHow Awesome Is Our God [Live]โ€
Brian Courtney Wilson, โ€œWorth Fighting For [Live]โ€

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Francesca Battistelli, โ€œHoly Spiritโ€
Crowder, โ€œLift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)โ€
Matt Maher, โ€œBecause He Lives (Amen)โ€
Third Day feat. All Sons & Daughters, โ€œSoul on Fireโ€
Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox, โ€œFeel Itโ€

Best Gospel Album
Karen Clark Sheard,ย Destined to Win [Live]
Dorinda Clark-Cole,ย Living It
Tasha Cobbs,ย One Place Live
Israel & NewBreed,ย Covered: Alive in Asia [Live]
Jonathan McReynolds,ย Life Music: Stage Two

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jason Crabb,ย Whatever the Road
Lauren Daigle,ย How Can It Be
Matt Maher,ย Saints and Sinners
Tobymac,ย This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin,ย Love Ran Red

Best Roots Gospel Album
The Fairfield Four,ย Still Rockinโ€™ My Soul
Karen Peck & New River,ย Pray Now
Point of Grace,ย Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)

Best Latin Pop Album
Pablo Alborรกn,ย Terral
Alex Cuba,ย Healer
Ricky Martin,ย A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Alejandro Sanz,ย Sirope
Julieta Venegas,ย Algo Sucede

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Bomba Estereo,ย Amanecer
La Cuneta Son Machรญn,ย Mondongo
Natalia Lafourcade,ย Hasta La Raรญz
Monsieur Perinรฉ,ย Caja De Mรบsica
Pitbull,ย Dale

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga,ย Mi Vicio Mas Grande
La Maquinaria Norteรฑa,ย Ya Dime Adiรณs
Los Cojolites,ย Zapateando
Los Tigres Del Norte,ย Realidades โ€“ Deluxe Edition
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano,ย Tradiciรณn, Arte Y Pasiรณn

Best Tropical Latin Album
Josรฉ Alberto โ€œEl Canarioโ€ & Septeto Santiaguero,ย Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto
Rubรฉn Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orchestra,ย Son De Panamรก
Guaco,ย Presente Continuo
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40,ย Todo Tiene Su Hora
Victor Manuelle,ย Que Suenen Los Tambores

Best American Roots Performance
Bรฉla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, โ€œAnd Am I Born to Dieโ€
Buddy Guy, โ€œBorn to Play Guitarโ€
The Milk Carton Kids, โ€œCity of Our Ladyโ€
Punch Brothers, โ€œJulepโ€
Mavis Staples, โ€œSee That My Grave Is Kept Cleanโ€

Best American Roots Song
The Mavericks, โ€œAll Night Longโ€
Don Henley & Merle Haggard, โ€œThe Cost of Livingโ€
Punch Brothers, โ€œJulepโ€
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, โ€œThe Traveling Kindโ€
Jason Isbell, โ€œ24 Framesโ€

Best Americana Album
Brandi Carlile,ย The Firewatcherโ€™s Daughter
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell,ย The Traveling Kind
Jason Isbell,ย Something More Than Free
The Mavericks,ย Mono
Punch Brothers,ย The Phosphorescent Blues

Best Bluegrass Album
Dale Ann Bradley,ย Pocket Full of Keys
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley,ย Before the Sun Goes Down
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,ย In Session
Ralph Stanley & Friends,ย Man of Constant Sorrow
The Steeldrivers,ย The Muscle Shoals Recordings

Best Blues Album
Cedric Burnside Project,ย Descendants of Hill Country
Shemekia Copeland,ย Outskirts of Love
Buddy Guy,ย Born to Play Guitar
Bettye LaVette,ย Worthy
John Primer & Various Artists,ย Muddy Waters 100

Best Folk Album
Norman Blake, Wood,ย Wire & Words
Bรฉla Fleck and Abigail Washburn,ย Bรฉla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Rhiannon Giddens,ย Tomorrow Is My Turn
Patty Griffin,ย Servant of Love
Glen Hansard,ย Didnโ€™t He Ramble

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Jon Cleary,ย Go Go Juice

Natalie Ai Kamauu,ย La La La La
Kealiโ€™i Reichel,ย Kawaiokalena
The Revelers,ย Get Ready
Windwalker and the MCW,ย Generations

Best Reggae Album
Rocky Dawuni,ย Branches of the Same Tree
Jah Cure,ย The Cure
Barrington Levy,ย Acousticalevy
Luciano,ย Zion Awake
Morgan Heritage,ย Strictly Roots

Best World Music Album
Gilberto Gil,ย Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Angelique Kidjo,ย Sings
Ladysmith Black Mambas with Ella Spira & the Inala Ensemble,ย Music From Inala
Anoushka Shankar,ย Home
Zumba Prison Project,ย I Have No Everything Here

Best Childrenโ€™s Album
Josรฉ-Luis Orozco,ย ยกCome Bien! Eat Right!
Gustafer Yellowgold,ย Dark Pie Concerns
Tim Kubart,ย Home
Lori Henriques,ย How Great Can This Day Be
Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly,ย Trees

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists,ย Empire: Season 1
Various Artists,ย Fifty Shades of Grey
Various Artists,ย Glen Campbell: Iโ€™ll Be Me
Various Artists,ย Pitch Perfect 2
Various Artists,ย Selma

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Antonio Sanchez,ย Birdman

Alexandre Desplat,ย The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer,ย Interstellar
Jรณhann Jรณhannsson,ย The Theory of Everything
Justin Hurwitz,ย Whiplash

Best Song Written for Visual Media
The Weeknd, โ€œEarned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)โ€
Common & John Legend, โ€œGloryโ€
Ellie Goulding, โ€œLove Me Like You Doโ€
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, โ€œSee You Againโ€
Lady Gaga, โ€œTil It Happens to Youโ€

Best Instrumental Composition
Arturo Oโ€™Farrill, composer (Arturo Oโ€™Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. Rudresh Mahanthappa), โ€œThe Afro Latin Jazz Suiteโ€
Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band), โ€œCivil Warโ€
David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet), โ€œConfetti Manโ€
Rich DeRosa, composer (University of North Texas One Oโ€™Clock Lab Band), โ€œNeilโ€
Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band), โ€œVesperโ€

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix), โ€œDance of the Sugar Plum Fairyโ€
Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Dwight Streets Levens, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged), โ€œBruno Marsโ€
Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed), โ€œDo You Hear What I Hear?โ€
Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East), โ€œGhost of a Chanceโ€
John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band), โ€œYou and the Night and the Musicโ€

Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals
Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie), โ€œSue (Or in a Season of Crime)โ€
Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather), โ€œBe My Museโ€
Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams feat. Patti Austin), โ€œ52nd & Broadwayโ€
Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna feat. Otmaro Ruiz), โ€œGarota De Ipanemaโ€
Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene with Javier Colon), โ€œWhen I Come Homeโ€

Best Recording Package
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel),ย Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas),ย Alagoas
Anita Marisa Boriboon and Phi Hollinger, art directors (Snoop Dogg),Bush
Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence & the Machine),ย How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)
Nathanio Strimpopulos and Jack White, art directors (Elvis Presley),ย My Happiness

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood and Jack White, art directors (Various Artists),ย The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Twoย (1928-32)
Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men),ย Beneath the Skin (Deluxe Box Set)
Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty),ย I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)
Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones), Sticky Fingers (Deluxe Edition)
Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead),ย 30 Trips Around the Sun
Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists),ย What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)

Best Album Notes
Joni Mitchell,ย Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Dancedย (winner)
James P. Leary,ย Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946
Jeff Place,ย Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Ted Olson,ย Portrait of an American Singer
Ryan Barna,ย Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925

Best Historical Album
Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust, and Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore and Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bob Dylan and the Band),ย The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

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

Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical)
Dave Oโ€™Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (James Taylor),ย Before This World
Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot),ย Currency of Man
Greg Kurstin and Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird and The Bee),ย Recreational Love
Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes),ย Sound & Color
Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag, and Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall),ย Wallflower

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhasker

Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope), โ€œBerlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)โ€
Bill Hamel and Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, and Clint Maximus), โ€œHold On (Fatum Remix)โ€
Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis), โ€œRunaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)โ€
Andrรฉ Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra), โ€œSay My Name (RAC Remix)โ€
Dave Audรฉ, remixer (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars), โ€œUptown Funk (Dave Audรฉ Remix)โ€

Best Surround Sound Album
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra),Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop
James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters),ย Amused To Death

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (ร˜yvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene),Magnificat
Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Jรคrvi & Russian National Orchestra),ย Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus),ย Spes

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra),ย Ask Your Mama
Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony),ย Dutilleux: Mรฉtaboles; Lโ€™Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, โ€˜Le Doubleโ€™
Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarรฃes & Boston Baroque),Monteverdi: Il Ritorno Dโ€™Ulisse in Patria
Byeong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale),ย Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony),ย Saint-Saรซns: Symphony No. 3, โ€˜Organโ€™

Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Dan Merceruio
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance
Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra), Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony), Dutilleux: Mรฉtaboles; Lโ€™Arbre des Songes; Symphony No. 2, โ€˜Le Doubleโ€™
Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Shostakovich: Under Stalinโ€™s Shadow โ€“ Symphony No. 10
Carlos Kalmar, conductor (The Oregon Symphony), Spirit of the American Range
Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra), Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony โ€˜Humen 1839

Best Opera Recording
Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune and Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin), Janรกฤek: Jenลฏfa
Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarรฃes and Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque), Monteverdi: Il Ritorno Dโ€™Ulisse In Patria
Yannick Nรฉzet-Sรฉguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester and Rolando Villazรณn; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe), Mozart: Die Entfรผhrung Aus Dem Serail
Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Childrenโ€™s Chorus), Ravel: Lโ€™Enfant et les Sortilรจges; Shรฉhรฉrazade
Paul Oโ€™Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin and Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra), Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe

Best Choral Performance
Bernard Haitink, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kรผhmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Mรผller-Brachmann and Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan and Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen), Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville and Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow and Stephen Redfield; Conspirare), Pablo Neruda โ€“ The Poet Sings
Eric Holtan, conductor (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller and Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices), Paulus: Far In The Heavens
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor and Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale), Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt, Brahms: The Piano Trios
Eighth Blackbird, โ€œFilamentโ€
Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee, โ€œFlaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronicsโ€
Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth, โ€œRenderโ€
Takรกcs Quartet & Marc-Andrรฉ Hamelin, Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony), Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, Lโ€™Arbre Des Songes
Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrรผcken Kaiserslautern), Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7
Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra), Rachmaninov Variations
Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal), Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

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

Best Classical Compendium
New Budapest Orpheum Society; Jim Ginsburg, producer,ย As Dreams Fall Apart โ€“ The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)
George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer,ย Ask Your Mama
Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer,ย Handel: Lโ€™Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer, Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers,ย Woman at the New Piano

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Gerald Barry, composer (Thomas Adรจs, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Kรกrolyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group),ย Barry: The Importance Of Being Earnest
Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project),ย Norman: Play
Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra),ย Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony),ย Tower: Stroke
Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars),ย Wolfe: Anthracite Fields

Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky, โ€œLSDโ€
The Dead Weather, โ€œI Feel Love (Every Million Miles)โ€
Kendrick Lamar, โ€œAlrightโ€
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, โ€œBad Bloodโ€
Pharrell Williams, โ€œFreedomโ€

Best Music Film
Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers, (James Brown),ย Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, Dave Grohl, John Ramsay, James A. Rota, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers (Foo Fighters),ย Sonic Highways
Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers (Nina Simone),ย What Happened, Miss Simone?
Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers (Roger Waters),ย The Wall
Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer (Amy Winehouse),ย Amy