The 58th Annual Grammy Awards was held on February 15, 2016, at the

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. The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which was from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015. The "pre-telecast" ceremony, officially known as the Premiere Ceremony, in which the majority of awards were presented, was held at the nearby

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. It was the 16th Grammy ceremony to be held at the Staples Center, tying the

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in Los Angeles for hosting the most Grammy ceremonies. It also marks the latest date for a Grammy ceremony since

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, which were held on February 23. Unlike previous years, where it was held on a Sunday, the 2016 edition was held on a Monday for the first time to take advantage of the U.S.

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. The ceremony was televised in the United States by

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; for the first time, CBS affiliates in the West Coast and U.S. territories outside the continental region, including Hawaii and Alaska, had the option of broadcasting the Grammys live from the East coast feed, in addition to an encore in local primetime. Nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony were announced on December 7, 2015, returning to the traditional format of an immediate

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reveal of all nominees rather than the "all-day event" unveiling attempted by

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and CBS over the previous few years.

Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Known for his Progressive rap, progressive musical styles and Social consciousness, socially conscious songwriting, he is often considered one of the most infl ...

received the most nominations with 11, and became the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

(12 nominations in

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and

The Weeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, Romance (love), ...

received seven nominations each. Producer

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
allmusic.com known profess ...

received the most nominations for a non-performing artist, with six.

LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...

hosted for the fifth consecutive year. As part of a commercial break on the U.S. broadcast paid for by

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also presented a live music video for her new single "

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led the winners with five trophies, including

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for ''

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''.

won three awards, including Album of the Year for ''1989'', becoming the first female artist to win Album of the Year twice as main credited artist.

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also won three including

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for ''

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''.

Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...

won two including Song of the Year for "

Thinking Out Loud "Thinking Out Loud" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second studio album, '' ×'' (2014). It was written by Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling. It was released in the ...

Mark Ronson Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Robbi ...

and

Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical s ...

' "

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" won for

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and

Meghan Trainor Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single "All About That Bass", which reached ...

won for

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Performers

Presenters

Nominees and winners

''Note'': Winners are listed in bold.

General

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Jeff Bhasker Jeff Bhasker (born March 4, 1974) is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2016 and nominated in 2013. An accomplished producer, he ...

, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Riccardo Damian, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers;

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, mastering engineer *" Really Love" – D'Angelo and the Vanguard **

D'Angelo Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He first garnered attention after co-producing the single "U Will Know" ...

Brent Fischer Brent Sean Cecil Fischer (born July 13, 1964) is an American composer, arranger, bandleader, bass guitarist and percussionist. The son of noted composer, arranger, and keyboardist Clare Fischer, Brent Fischer made his recording debut with his fa ...

, producers;

Russell Elevado Russell Elevado (born 1966 in the Philippines) is a recording engineer and record producer based in New York City. Accolades Russell Elevado has a catalog of 50 full albums from the over 100 albums in his discography. Elevado earned a Grammy ...

, Ben Kane &

Rafa Sardina Rafael Sardina, known professionally as Rafa Sardina, is a basque recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer known for his work with Alejandro Sanz, Luis Miguel, Calle 13, D'Angelo, The Clare Fischer Big Band and Lady Gaga. Sard ...

, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer *"

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Jake Gosling Jake Gosling is an English music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager, and publisher best known for his work with artists such as Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, The Libertines, James Bay, Shawn Mendes, All Time Low, One Direction, Major Lazer, Christ ...

, producer; Jake Gosling,

Mark 'Spike' Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sh ...

& Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer *"

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Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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& Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers;

, mastering engineer *"

Can't Feel My Face "Can't Feel My Face" is a song performed by Canadian singer the Weeknd from his second studio album ''Beauty Behind the Madness'' (2015). The song was released on June 8, 2015, as the third single from the album. It was written by Max Martin, Pet ...

" –

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
allmusic.com known profess ...

Ali Payami Ali Payami is an Iranian-Swedish record producer, songwriter, and DJ. Payami's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 was The Weeknd's single "Can't Feel My Face". In 2016, he won a Grammy for Album of the Year for his contributions on ...

, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers;

, mastering engineer Album of the Year *''

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Jack Antonoff Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. Antonoff is the lead singer of rock band Bleachers, and is the guitarist and drummer in the pop rock band Fun. He was p ...

, Nathan Chapman,

Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Heap (born 9 December 1977) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Her work has been considered pioneering in pop and electropop music. Heap classically trained in piano, cello and clarinet starting at ...

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
allmusic.com known profess ...

Mattman & Robin Mattman & Robin is a Swedish songwriting and production duo composed of Mattias Per Larsson and Robin Lennart Fredriksson. They are published by Wolf Cousins, a publishing company administered by Warner Chappell Music. In 2016, they won a Grammy A ...

, Shellback, Taylor Swift,

Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...

Noel Zancanella Noel Patrick Zancanella is an American record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He has written and produced songs for rock and pop artists such as Taylor Swift, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, B.o.B., Gym Class Heroes, Gavin DeGra ...

, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers;

, mastering engineer *''

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**Alabama Shakes &

Blake Mills Blake Mills (born September 21, 1986) is an American songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in California. Biography Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, United States, and grew up in Malibu, where he attended Malibu ...

, producers;

Shawn Everett Shawn Everett (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers, and Julian Casablancas. Everett has won six Grammy Awards. Early life Ever ...

, engineer/mixer;

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

, mastering engineer *''

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, George Clinton,

James Fauntleroy James Edward Fauntleroy II (born May 16, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Inglewood, California. He is best known for writing credits on tracks by high-profile artists such as Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Kendrick ...

Ronald Isley Ronald Isley (; born May 21, 1941) is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers. Early life Born in 1941 to Sally ...

Rapsody Marlanna Evans (born January 21, 1983), better known by her stage name Rapsody, is an American rapper. Her second album, ''Laila's Wisdom'' (2017), which was critically acclaimed, received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rap Album and Bes ...

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold,

Boi-1Da Matthew Jehu Samuels (born October 12, 1986), known professionally as Boi-1da ( , a play on "boy wonder"), is a Jamaican-Canadian Record production, record producer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto raised producer has work ...

, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson,

Flying Lotus Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder. Flyi ...

, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin,

Knxwledge Glen Earl Boothe (born March 8, 1988), professionally known as Knxwledge (pronounced "knowledge"), is an American hip hop record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Since 2009, he has had over 100 releases via Bandcamp. His ...

, Koz, Lovedragon,

Terrace Martin Terrace Jamahl Martin (born December 28, 1978) is an American musician, rapper, singer, and record producer. He is perhaps best known for producing records for several prominent artists in the music industry, including Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dog ...

Rahki Columbus Smith III, better known by his stage name Rahki (sometimes Rahki Beats), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. He is known for his work with mentor DJ Khalil and acts such as Emi ...

Sounwave Mark Anthony Spears, known professionally as Sounwave, is an American hip-hop producer and songwriter from Compton, California, and an original member of the Californian hip-hop label Top Dawg Entertainment. Sounwave has worked on every Kendrick ...

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, Thundercat, Whoarei &

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...

, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, Andrew Coleman, Hart Gunther, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, Mike Larson,

9th Wonder Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975),
better known as 9th Wonder, is a Mike Bozzi Mike Bozzi is an American mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California. He won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for mastering Childish Gambino's " This Is America", and is a six-time nominee for the Grammy Awa ...

, mastering engineer *'' Traveller'' –

Chris Stapleton Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Staffordsville, Kentucky. In 2001, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to ...

Dave Cobb Dave Cobb (born July 9, 1974) is an American record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee, best known for producing the work of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, The Highwomen and Rival Sons . Cobb i ...

& Chris Stapleton, producers;

Vance Powell Vance Powell is an American six-time Grammy Award winning record producer, engineer and mixer. His credits include Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, The White Stripes, Arctic Monke ...

, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer *''

Beauty Behind the Madness ''Beauty Behind the Madness'' is the second studio album by Canadian singer the Weeknd, released on August 28, 2015, through XO and Republic Records. It features guest appearances from Labrinth, Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey. The album was executi ...

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Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent ...

Labrinth Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record labe ...

, featured artists; DannyBoyStyles, Mike Dean, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
allmusic.com known profess ...

Stephan Moccio Stephan Moccio is a Canadian composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor and recording artist. He co-wrote and co-produced the two end credit songs for ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and its soundtrack: "Earned It" (The Weeknd) and " I Know You ...

, Carlo Montagnese,

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Jason Quenneville Jason Quenneville (born February 23, 1982), professionally known as DaHeala ( ), is a Canadian record producer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO. He has produced for artists such as the Weeknd, Halsey, Lil Uzi Vert, and Belly, among others. He wa ...

Peter Svensson Anders Peter Svensson is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is the main songwriter and guitarist of the band the Cardigans. He started playing guitar at the age of eight, and in his teens he went on to play with local bands ...

, Abel Tesfaye &

Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...

, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers;

& Dave Kutch, mastering engineers Song of the Year *"

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Amy Wadge Amy Victoria Wadge (born ) is an English singer and songwriter. She has co-written tracks with Ed Sheeran, including "Thinking Out Loud" for which she won the 2016 Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Early life Wadge was born and brought up in B ...

, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) *"

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Hillary Lindsey Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon ...

Lori McKenna Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single " ...

Liz Rose Elisabeth Wagner (born September 6, 1957), known professionally as Liz Rose, is an American country music songwriter, best known for her work with Taylor Swift. She has co-written seventeen of Swift's officially released songs, including "You Bel ...

, songwriters (

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See You Again "See You Again" is a song by American rapper and singer Wiz Khalifa featuring fellow American singer Charlie Puth. It was commissioned for the soundtrack of the 2015 film ''Furious 7'' as a tribute to actor Paul Walker, who died in a single-ve ...

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Justin Franks Justin Franks, known professionally as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. Frank E started working closely with Adelio Lombardi, founder of Side 3 Entertainment and owner of Side 3 Studios in Denver, while ...

Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. (; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song videos uploaded to YouTube. Puth initially signed with the record label eleveneleven after pe ...

& Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)

Courtney Barnett Courtney Melba Barnett (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics, she attracted attention with the release of her debut EP ''I've Got a Friend Calle ...

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Sam Hunt Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sports career before signing with MCA ...

Tori Kelly Victoria Loren Kelly (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, and voice actress. She first gained recognition after posting videos on YouTube as a teenager, and made it through to Hollywood week on the ninth season of ''Americ ...

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Best Pop Solo Performance The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guides, the Best Pop So ...

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Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of ''American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debu ...

* " Love Me Like You Do" –

Ellie Goulding Elena Jane Goulding ( ; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who became her manager and Artists and ...

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Ship to Wreck "Ship to Wreck" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their third studio album, ''How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'' (2015). It was released on 9 April 2015 as the album's second single. The track premiered on Huw St ...

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Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, ''Show and Prove'', in 2006 and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 200 ...

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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented ...

* '' The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern'' –

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* '' Shadows in the Night'' –

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Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, wi ...

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No One Ever Tells You ''No One Ever Tells You'' is the third studio album by American actor and singer Seth MacFarlane. The album was released on September 30, 2015 through Republic Records. The album features Frank Sinatra's bassist Chuck Berghofer as well as a 65-pi ...

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Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...

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My Dream Duets Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

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Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful ''How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'' is the third studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 29 May 2015 by Island Records. After returning from her year-long hiatus from music, lead vocalist Florence Welch r ...

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Florence and the Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...

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James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...

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Uptown Special ''Uptown Special'' is the fourth studio album by English record producer Mark Ronson. The album was released on 13 January 2015 in the US and 19 January 2015 in the UK. It is his first album in nearly five years, following '' Record Collection'' ...

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Dance/Electronic

Best Dance Recording The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording (formerly known as Best Dance Recording) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists f ...

Where Are Ü Now "Where Are Ü Now" is a song produced by American EDM artists Skrillex and Diplo under their collaborative effort Jack Ü, with vocals from Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The song was released as the second single from the duo's debut studio alb ...

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Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...

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Zoë Johnston Zoë Johnston is a Grammy-nominated British singer, songwriter and artist, born in Nottingham, England c.1976. She has written and recorded songs with a number of bands including Faithless, Above & Beyond, Bent, and Delerium, and also with for ...

Andrew Bayer Andrew Michael Bayer (born 1987) is an American DJ and Grammy-nominated music producer. He is best known for working with Anjunabeats as a multi-genre artist and English deep house sublabel Anjunadeep. Born in Washington, D.C., Bayer was pia ...

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The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...

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Never Catch Me "Never Catch Me" is a song by American music producer Flying Lotus from his fifth studio album ''You're Dead!'' (2014). The song features vocals from American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar. "Never Catch Me" received a nomination for Bes ...

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Runaway (U & I) "Runaway (U & I)" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo Galantis. It was released on 5 October 2014 as the lead single from their debut studio album '' Pharmacy'' (2015). The song features uncredited production work by Svidden, as well as Jul ...

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Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic dance music production, songwriting and DJ duo consisting of Christian Karlsson (DJ), Christian Karlsson and Style of Eye, Linus Eklöw. Karlsson is also known as Bloodshy as part of two other musical groups, a d ...

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Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü ''Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü'' is the only studio album by American DJ duo Jack Ü, individually known as Skrillex and Diplo. It was released on February 27, 2015, by Owsla and Mad Decent, Skrillex and Diplo's respective labels. The album ...

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Caribou Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 subspe ...

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Born in the Echoes ''Born in the Echoes'' is the eighth studio album by English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 17 July 2015 by Virgin EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Astralwerks in the United States. It was their first studio album s ...

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Disclosure Disclosure may refer to: Arts and media *Disclosure (The Gathering album), ''Disclosure'' (The Gathering album), 2012 *Disclosure (band), a UK-based garage/electronic duo *Disclosure (novel), ''Disclosure'' (novel), 1994 novel written by Michael ...

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Jamie xx James Thomas Smith (born 28 October 1988), known professionally as Jamie xx, is an English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer. He is known for both his solo work and as a member of the English indie pop band The xx. He has been described ...

Contemporary Instrumental

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording arti ...

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Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an American instrumental band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won four Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalist ...

Metropole Orkest The Metropole Orkest (Metropole Orchestra) is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full-time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz, big band and symphony orchestra. Com ...

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Guitar in the Space Age! ''Guitar in the Space Age!'' is an album by Bill Frisell featuring interpretations of songs and instrumentals from the 1960s which was released by OKeh in 2014. Reception In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek notes that "''Guitar in the Space Ag ...

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Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

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Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a GRAMMY® Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won eight South African Music Awards. Using his classical training as a foundation, Kellerman has focused his attention ...

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Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

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Kirk Whalum Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

Rock

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Foo Fighters Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Following the success of the eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) re ...

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Ex's & Oh's "Ex's & Oh's" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Elle King for her debut studio album, ''Love Stuff'' (2015). It was released on September 23, 2014, as King's debut solo single and the album's lead single via RCA Records. The ...

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Elle King Tanner Elle Schneider (born July 3, 1989), known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical style was influenced by Country music, country, Rock music, rock and blues. In 2012, King released her d ...

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Moaning Lisa Smile "Moaning Lisa Smile" is a song by English alternative rock band Wolf Alice. It was released on 3 April 2014 as a single from their second EP, '' Creature Songs'' (2014). It also appears on the US edition of their debut album, '' My Love Is Coo ...

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Wolf Alice Wolf Alice are an English rock band from London, England. Formed in 2010 as an acoustic duo comprising singer Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Joff Oddie, Wolf Alice have also featured bassist Theo Ellis and drummer Joel Amey since 2012. Wolf Alice ...

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Cirice "Cirice" ( , ; 'church') is a song by the Swedish rock band Ghost. The track was released as the lead single from the group's third studio album ''Meliora''. The song peaked at number 4 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and won the Grammy Award ...

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Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

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Identity Identity may refer to: * Identity document * Identity (philosophy) * Identity (social science) * Identity (mathematics) Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Identity'' (1987 film), an Iranian film * ''Identity'' (2003 film), ...

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August Burns Red August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist Ja ...

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Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

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Thank You "''Thank you''" (often expanded to ''thank you very much'' or ''thanks a lot'', or informally abbreviated to ''thanks'' or alternately as ''many thanks''Geoffrey Leech, ''The Pragmatics of Politeness'' (2014), p. 200.) is a common expression of ...

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Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lowery ...

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Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, b ...

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Best Rock Song The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre. Honors in several ...

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Dave Bassett David Thomas Bassett (born 4 September 1944 in Stanmore) is an English football manager and a former player. During his career he has managed Wimbledon, Watford, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley, Leicester City and ...

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Iain Archer Iain Archer is a writer, producer and solo artist from Bangor, Northern Ireland. He is a two-time Ivor Novello Award winner, winning the 2004 Album Award – ''Final Straw'' by Snow Patrol and Most Performed Work in 2016 for Grammy nominated ...

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Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

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Highly Suspect Highly Suspect is an American rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The band consists of twin brothers Rich (bass, backing vocals) and Ryan Meyer (drums, backing vocals), Johnny Stevens (guitar, lead vocals), and Matt Kofos (guitar, synthesiz ...

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John Hill John Hill may refer to: Business * John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary * John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter * John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Austral ...

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Florence Welch Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band's debut studio album, ''Lungs'' (2009), topped the UK Albums Chart and wo ...

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Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

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Chaos and the Calm ''Chaos and the Calm'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was first released on 15 December 2014 via Republic Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, while the song " Hold Back ...

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Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboar ...

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Mister Asylum ''Mister Asylum'' is the debut album by American rock band Highly Suspect, released on July 17, 2015. It features the singles "Lydia" and " Bloodfeather". Reception The album debuted at No. 56 on ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 7 on the Top Rock A ...

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Vulnicura ''Vulnicura'' is the eighth studio album by Icelandic musician and singer Björk. It was produced by Björk, Arca and The Haxan Cloak, and released on 20 January 2015 by One Little Indian Records. Björk said the album expresses her feelings befo ...

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Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...

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My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket is an American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. The ba ...

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Tame Impala Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parke ...

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Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

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Wilco Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently dur ...

R&B

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If I Don't Have You "If I Don't Have You" is a song by American singer Tamar Braxton. It was released on May 27, 2015 as a digital download through Epic and Streamline Records, replacing " Let Me Know" (2014) as the lead single from Braxton's fourth studio album ' ...

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Tamar Braxton Tamar Estine Braxton (born March 17, 1977) is an American singer and television personality. Braxton began her career in 1990 as a founding member of The Braxtons, an R&B singing group formed with her sisters. The Braxtons released their debut a ...

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Andra Day Andra may refer to: People * Andra (singer) (born 1986), Romanian singer *Andra (musician), Zimbabwean-American musician * Andra Karpin (born 1979), Estonian footballer * Andra Neiburga (1957–2019), Latvian writer *Andra Day (born 1984), Amer ...

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Hiatus Kaiyote Hiatus Kaiyote () is an Australian jazz/funk band formed in Melbourne in 2011, made up of singer/guitarist Nai Palm, bassist Paul Bender, keyboardist Simon Mavin, and drummer Perrin Moss. History 2011–2013: Formation and ''Tawk Tomahawk'' I ...

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Planez "Planez" (originally titled "Planes") is a song by American singer Jeremih from his third studio album, ''Late Nights''. It features American rapper J. Cole, and was released as the second single from the album. The original version of the song f ...

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Jeremih Jeremy Phillip Felton (born July 17, 1987), known professionally as Jeremih ( ), is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. In 2009, he signed a record deal with Def Jam Recordings. Jeremih's commercial debut single, "Birthday Sex", ...

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J. Cole Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his d ...

Best Traditional R&B Performance The Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers of quality traditional R&B vocal performances. ...

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Lalah Hathaway Eulaulah Donyll "Lalah" Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer. In 1990 Hathaway released her first album titled ''Lalah Hathaway''. After releasing another album, titled '' A Moment'' (1994), it debuted at number 34 on the To ...

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Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B ...

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Jazmine Sullivan Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American R&B and soul singer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, her debut album, ''Fearless'' was released in 2008. The record topped ''Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certifie ...

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Shame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. Definition Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...

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Tyrese Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American actor and singer. He released his self-titled debut album in 1998, which featured the single " Sweet Lady", peaking at number twelve on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second ...

* "My Favorite Part of You" – Charlie Wilson

Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record four times, while Bab ...

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Coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. S ...

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Miguel Pimentel Miguel Jontel Pimentel (born October 23, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Raised in San Pedro, California, he began pursuing a music career at age thirteen. After signing to Jive Records in 2007, Miguel released his debut st ...

, songwriters (Miguel) * " Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" ** Ahmad Balshe,

Abel Tesfaye Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and ...

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Warryn Campbell Warryn Stafford Campbell, Jr. (born August 21, 1975) is an American record producer. He has worked with a number of gospel, hip hop and R&B artists. Campbell originally got his start as a session musician and producer under the tutelage of DJ Q ...

Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American actor and singer. He released his self-titled debut album in 1998, which featured the single " Sweet Lady", peaking at number twelve on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second ...

& D.J. Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese)

Best Urban Contemporary Album The Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for quality works on albums in the urban contemporary subgenre within the R&B field. Honors in several categories are presented at t ...

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The Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

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Kehlani Kehlani Ashley Parrish (born April 24, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Kehlani is originally from Oakland, California, and achieved initial fame as a member of the teen group Poplyfe in 2011. In 2014, Kehlani released thei ...

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Blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the c ...

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Lianne La Havas Lianne Charlotte Barnes (born 23 August 1989), known professionally as Lianne La Havas ( ), is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. Her career began after being introduced to various musicians, including singer Paloma Faith, for who ...

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Wildheart WildHeart (stylized as •WildHeart•) is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2018, the band consisted of lead vocalist Teddy Swims, lead guitarist Kevin Hanson, rhythm guitarist Addy Maxwell, bass guitarist Turner Wood, an ...

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Best R&B Album The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the R&B music genre. Honors ...

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Leon Bridges Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges (born July 13, 1989) is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2015 song " Coming Home", which received regular airplay and was also a Top 10 Most Viral Track on Spotify. Brid ...

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Cheers to the Fall ''Cheers to the Fall'' is the debut studio album by American singer Andra Day. It was released on August 28, 2015 by Warner Bros. Records and Buskin Records. She worked with Jenn Decilveo, Adrian Gurvitz, Rob Kleiner, Raphael Saadiq, and Chris S ...

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Reality Show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

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Forever Charlie ''Forever Charlie'' is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Charlie Wilson. It was released on January 27, 2015, by RCA Records. The album was supported by two singles: " Goodnight Kisses" and "Touched by an Angel". The ...

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Rap

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Apparently "Apparently" is a song by North Carolina rapper J. Cole, released on December 9, 2014 as the lead single from his third studio album, ''2014 Forest Hills Drive''. The song samples "La Morte Dell'ermina" by Filippo Trecca, and was produced by J. C ...

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Trap Queen "Trap Queen" is the debut single by American rapper Fetty Wap from his Fetty Wap (album), self-titled debut album (2015). Following its online premiere in March 2014, it was released independently on April 22, 2014, before being re-released in c ...

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Fetty Wap Willie Junior Maxwell II (born June 7, 1991), better known by his stage names Fetty Wap or Harlem Fetty, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence after his debut single "Trap Queen" reached number two on the U.S. ''B ...

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Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accent ...

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Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman (rapper), ...

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Theophilus London Theophilus Musa London (born February 23, 1987) is an American rapper and singer. A frequent collaborator of Kanye West, London was a producer on the 2022 album Donda 2 and was featured on West's 2015 single " All Day" which was nominated for sev ...

Allan Kingdom Allan Kyariga (born January 6, 1994), better known by his stage name Allan Kingdom, is a Canadian rapper and record producer based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was a member of Thestand4rd along with Bobby Raps, Corbin, and Psymun. He was featured ...

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* " These Walls" –

featuring

, Anna Wise & Thundercat * "

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featuring

& John Legend * "Glory (Common and John Legend song), Glory" – Common (rapper), Common & John Legend * "Classic Man" – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur * "Only (Nicki Minaj song), Only" –

featuring

& Chris Brown Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Song * "

" ** Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Anthony Spears &

, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) * " All Day" ** Ernest Brown, Velous, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef, Malik Yusef Jones, French Montana, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kingdom, Allan Kyariga,

, Vic Mensa, Victor Mensah, 88-Keys, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Plain Pat, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter,

, Mario Winans & Cyhi the Prynce, Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney) * "Energy (Drake song), Energy" ** Richard Dorfmeister, Drake (rapper), A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, Boi-1da, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake) * "Glory (Common and John Legend song), Glory" ** Common (rapper), Lonnie Lynn, Rhymefest, Che Smith & John Legend, John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) * "

" ** Tony Fadd & Fetty Wap, Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)

* ''

'' –

* ''2014 Forest Hills Drive'' –

* ''Compton (album), Compton'' – Dr. Dre * ''If You're Reading This It's Too Late'' –

* ''The Pinkprint'' –

Country

Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Solo Performance * "Traveller (Chris Stapleton song), Traveller" –

* "Burning House" – Cam (singer), Cam * "Little Toy Guns" – Carrie Underwood * "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" – Keith Urban * "Chances Are" – Lee Ann Womack Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Best Country Duo/Group Performance * "

" –

* "Stay a Little Longer (Brothers Osborne song), Stay a Little Longer" – Brothers Osborne * "If I Needed You" – Joey + Rory * "The Driver" – Charles Kelley featuring Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay * "Lonely Tonight" – Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Best Country Song * "Girl Crush" **

, songwriters (

) * "Chances Are" ** Hayes Carll, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack) * "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" ** Barry Dean (songwriter), Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw) * "Hold My Hand" ** Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark) * "Traveller (Chris Stapleton song), Traveller" **

, songwriter (

) Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Album * '' Traveller'' –

* ''Montevallo (album), Montevallo'' –

* ''Pain Killer (Little Big Town album), Pain Killer'' –

* ''The Blade (Ashley Monroe album), The Blade'' – Ashley Monroe * ''Pageant Material'' – Kacey Musgraves

New Age

Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Best New Age Album * ''Grace'' – Paul Avgerinos * ''Bhakti without Borders'' – Madi Das * ''Voyager'' – Catherine Duc * ''Love'' – Peter Kater * ''Asia Beauty'' – Ron Korb

Jazz

Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Best Improvised Jazz Solo * "Live at the Village Vanguard (2015 Christian McBride album), Cherokee" – Christian McBride, soloist * "Giant Steps" – Joey Alexander, soloist * "Arbiters of Evolution" – Donny McCaslin, soloist * "Friend or Foe" – Joshua Redman, soloist * "Past Present" – John Scofield, soloist Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Best Jazz Vocal Album * ''For One to Love'' – Cécile McLorin Salvant * ''Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein'' – Karrin Allyson * ''Find a Heart'' – Denise Donatelli * ''Flirting with Disaster (Lorraine Feather album), Flirting with Disaster'' – Lorraine Feather * ''Jamison (album), Jamison'' – Jamison Ross Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Jazz Instrumental Album * ''Past Present (John Scofield album), Past Present'' – John Scofield * ''My Favorite Things (Joey Alexander album), My Favorite Things'' – Joey Alexander * ''Breathless (Terence Blanchard album), Breathless'' – Terence Blanchard featuring The E-Collective * ''Covered (Robert Glasper album), Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios'' – Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio * ''Beautiful Life (Jimmy Greene album), Beautiful Life'' – Jimmy Greene Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album * ''The Thompson Fields'' – Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider Orchestra * ''Lines of Color'' – Gil Evans Project * ''Köln (Marshall Gilkes album), Köln'' – Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band * ''Cuba: The Conversation Continues'' – Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra * ''Home Suite Home'' – Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, Best Latin Jazz Album * ''Made in Brazil (album), Made in Brazil'' – Eliane Elias * ''Impromptu'' – The Rodriguez Brothers * ''Suite Caminos'' – Gonzalo Rubalcaba * ''Intercambio (album), Intercambio'' – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet * ''Identities are Changeable'' – Miguel Zenón

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song, Best Gospel Performance/Song * "Wanna Be Happy?" – Kirk Franklin ** Kirk Franklin, songwriter * "Worth [Live]" – Anthony Brown (Gospel musician), Anthony Brown & Group Therapy ** Anthony Brown, songwriter * "Intentional" – Travis Greene (musician), Travis Greene ** Travis Greene, songwriter * "How Awesome Is Our God [Live]" – Israel Houghton, Israel & Newbreed featuring Yolanda Adams ** Neville Diedericks, Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, songwriters * "Worth Fighting For [Live]" – Brian Courtney Wilson ** Aaron Lindsey & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song * "Holy Spirit" – Francesca Battistelli ** Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt, songwriters * "Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)" – Crowder (musician), Crowder ** Ed Cash, David Crowder & Seth Philpott, songwriters * "Because He Lives (Amen)" – Matt Maher ** Daniel Carson, Ed Cash, Jason Ingram, Matt Maher & Chris Tomlin, songwriters * "Soul on Fire" – Third Day featuring All Sons & Daughters ** Tai Anderson, Brenton Brown, David Carr, Mark Lee, Matt Maher & Mac Powell, songwriters * "Feel It" – TobyMac featuring Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers, Mr. Talkbox ** Cary Barlowe, David Garcia (musician), David Arthur Garcia & Toby McKeehan, songwriters Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album, Best Gospel Album * ''Covered: Alive in Asia, Covered: Alive in Asia [Live]'' (Deluxe) – Israel Houghton, Israel & Newbreed * ''Destined to Win (Karen Clark Sheard album), Destined to Win [Live]'' – Karen Clark Sheard * ''Living It (album), Living It'' – Dorinda Clark-Cole * ''One Place Live'' – Tasha Cobbs * ''Life Music: Stage Two'' – Jonathan McReynolds Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, Best Contemporary Christian Music Album * ''This Is Not a Test (album), This Is Not a Test'' – TobyMac * ''Whatever the Road'' – Jason Crabb * ''How Can It Be (album), How Can It Be'' – Lauren Daigle * ''Saints and Sinners (Matt Maher album), Saints and Sinners'' – Matt Maher * ''Love Ran Red'' – Chris Tomlin Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album, Best Roots Gospel Album * ''Still Rockin' My Soul'' – The Fairfield Four * ''Pray Now'' – Karen Peck and New River * ''Directions Home, Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)'' – Point of Grace

Latin

Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Best Latin Pop Album * ''A Quien Quiera Escuchar, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)'' – Ricky Martin * ''Terral (Pablo Alborán album), Terral'' – Pablo Alborán * ''Healer (Alex Cuba album), Healer'' – Alex Cuba * ''Sirope'' – Alejandro Sanz * ''Algo Sucede'' – Julieta Venegas Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album * ''Dale (album), Dale'' – Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull * ''Hasta la Raíz'' – Natalia Lafourcade * ''Amanecer (Bomba Estéreo album), Amanecer'' – Bomba Estéreo * ''Mondongo'' – La Cuneta Son Machín * ''Caja de Música'' – Monsieur Periné Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album, Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) * ''Realidades – Deluxe Edition'' – Los Tigres del Norte * ''Mi Vicio Más Grande'' – Banda El Recodo, Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizárraga * ''Ya Dime Adiós'' – La Maquinaria Norteña * ''Zapateando'' – Los Cojolites * ''Tradición, Arte y Pasión'' – Mariachi los Camperos, Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, Best Tropical Latin Album * ''Son de Panamá'' – Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta * ''Tributo a Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto'' – José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero * ''Presente Continuo'' – Guaco (band), Guaco * ''Todo Tiene Su Hora'' – Juan Luis Guerra, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 * ''Que Suenen los Tambores'' – Victor Manuelle

American Roots

Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Performance * "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" – Mavis Staples * "And Am I Born to Die" – Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn * "Born to Play Guitar" – Buddy Guy * "City of Our Lady" – The Milk Carton Kids * "Julep" – Punch Brothers Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song, Best American Roots Song * "24 Frames" ** Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) * "All Night Long" ** Raul Malo, songwriter (The Mavericks) * "The Cost of Living" ** Don Henley & Stan Lynch, songwriters (Don Henley & Merle Haggard) * "Julep" ** Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile & Gabe Witcher, songwriters (Punch Brothers) * "The Traveling Kind" ** Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, songwriters (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell) Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, Best Americana Album * ''Something More Than Free'' – Jason Isbell * ''The Firewatcher's Daughter'' – Brandi Carlile * ''The Traveling Kind'' – Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell * ''Mono (The Mavericks album), Mono'' – The Mavericks * ''The Phosphorescent Blues'' – Punch Brothers Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, Best Bluegrass Album * ''The Muscle Shoals Recordings'' – The SteelDrivers * ''Pocket Full of Keys'' – Dale Ann Bradley * ''Before the Sun Goes Down'' – Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley * ''In Session (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver album), In Session'' – Doyle Lawson, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver * ''Man of Constant Sorrow (album), Man of Constant Sorrow'' – Ralph Stanley and friends Grammy Award for Best Blues Album, Best Blues Album * ''Born to Play Guitar'' – Buddy Guy * ''Descendants of Hill Country'' – Cedric Burnside, Cedric Burnside Project * ''Outskirts of Love'' – Shemekia Copeland * ''Worthy (Bettye LaVette album), Worthy'' – Bettye LaVette * ''Muddy Waters 100'' – John Primer and various artists Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, Best Folk Album * ''Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn'' – Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn * ''Wood, Wire & Words'' – Norman Blake (American musician), Norman Blake * ''Tomorrow Is My Turn (album), Tomorrow Is My Turn'' – Rhiannon Giddens * ''Servant of Love'' – Patty Griffin * ''Didn't He Ramble'' – Glen Hansard Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album, Best Regional Music Album * ''Go Go Juice'' – Jon Cleary (musician), Jon Cleary * ''La La La La'' – Natalie Ai Kamauu * ''Kawaiokalena'' – Kealiʻi Reichel * ''Get Ready'' – The Revelers (Louisiana), The Revelers * ''Generations'' – Windwalker and the MCW

Reggae

Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Best Reggae Album * ''Strictly Roots'' – Morgan Heritage * ''Branches of the Same Tree'' – Rocky Dawuni * ''The Cure (Jah Cure album), The Cure'' – Jah Cure * ''Acousticalevy'' – Barrington Levy * ''Zion Awake'' – Luciano (singer), Luciano

World Music

Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Best World Music Album * ''Sings'' – Angélique Kidjo * ''Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo'' – Gilberto Gil * ''Music from Inala'' – Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira and The Inala Ensemble * ''Home'' – Anoushka Shankar * ''I Have No Everything Here'' – Zomba Prison Project

Children's

Grammy Award for Best Children's Album, Best Children's Album * ''Home'' – Tim Kubart * ''¡Come Bien! Eat Right!'' – José-Luis Orozco * ''Dark Pie Concerns'' – Gustafer Yellowgold * ''How Great Can This Day Be'' – Lori Henriques * ''Trees'' – Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly

Spoken Word

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling) * ''A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety'' – Jimmy Carter * ''Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbø)'' – Patti Smith * ''Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks'' – Dick Cavett * ''Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller)'' – Janis Ian & Jean Smart * ''Yes Please'' – Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)

Comedy

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

Musical Theatre

Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Best Musical Theater Album * ''Hamilton (musical), Hamilton'' – Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson (actor), Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos (actor), Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman (composer), Bill Sherman, Questlove, Ahmir Thompson & Black Thought, Tariq Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) * ''An American in Paris (musical), An American In Paris'' – Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) * ''Fun Home (musical), Fun Home'' – Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) * ''The King and I'' – Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast) * ''Something Rotten!'' – Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar & Kate Reinders, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Manchester, Kevin McCollum & Phil Reno, producers; Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Music for Visual Media

Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media * ''Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me#Soundtrack, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me'' – various artists ** Julian Raymond, compilation producer * ''Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1, Empire: Season 1'' – various artists ** Timbaland & Jim Beanz, compilation producers * ''Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey'' – various artists ** Mike Knobloch & Dana Sano, compilation producers * ''Pitch Perfect 2#Music, Pitch Perfect 2'' – various artists ** Julianne Jordan, Harvey Mason Jr. & Julia Michels, compilation producers * ''Selma (film)#Music, Selma'' – various artists ** Ava DuVernay, compilation producer Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media * ''Birdman (film score), Birdman'' – Antonio Sánchez (drummer), Antonio Sánchez, composer * ''The Imitation Game#Music, The Imitation Game'' – Alexandre Desplat, composer * ''Interstellar (soundtrack), Interstellar'' – Hans Zimmer, composer * ''The Theory of Everything (2014 film)#Music, The Theory of Everything'' – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer * ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' – Justin Hurwitz, composer Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best Song Written for Visual Media * "Glory (Common and John Legend song), Glory" (from ''Selma (film), Selma'') – Common (rapper), Lonnie Lynn, Rhymefest, Che Smith & John Legend, John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) * "Earned It" (from ''Fifty Shades of Grey (film), Fifty Shades of Grey'') – Ahmad Balshe,

, songwriters (The Weeknd) * "Love Me like You Do" (from ''Fifty Shades of Grey (film), Fifty Shades of Grey'') – Savan Kotecha,

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, Tove Lo, Tove Nilsson,

, & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (

) * "

" (from ''Furious 7'') – Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth) * "Til It Happens to You" (from ''The Hunting Ground'') – Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

Composing

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Composition * "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite" ** Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa) * "Civil War" ** Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band) * "Confetti Man" ** David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet) * "Neil" ** Rich DeRosa, composer (University of North Texas College of Music, One O'Clock Lab Band) * "Vesper" ** Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)

Arranging

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella * "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" ** Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado and Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix) * "Bruno Mars" ** Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged) * "Do You Hear What I Hear?" ** Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed) * "Ghost of a Chance" ** Bob James (musician), Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East) * "You and the Night and the Music" ** John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band) Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" ** Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie) * "Be My Muse" ** Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather) * "52nd & Broadway" ** Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams featuring Patti Austin) * "Garota de Ipanema" ** Otmaro Ruíz, Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna featuring Otmaro Ruiz) * "When I Come Home" ** Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene with Javier Colon)

Packaging

Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Recording Package * ''Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys'' ** Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep at the Wheel) * ''Alagoas'' ** Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas) * ''Bush (album), Bush'' ** Anita Marisa Boriboon & Phi Hollinger, art directors (

) * ''How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)'' ** Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence and the Machine, Florence + The Machine) * ''My Happiness'' ** Nathanio Strimpopulos & Jack White, art directors (Elvis Presley) Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package * ''The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928–32)'' ** Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists) * ''Beneath the Skin (Of Monsters and Men album), Beneath the Skin'' (Deluxe Box Set) ** Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters and Men) * ''I Love You, Honeybear'' (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) ** Sasha Barr & J. Tillman, Josh Tillman, art directors (J. Tillman, Father John Misty) * ''Sticky Fingers'' (Sticky Fingers#Track listing, Super Deluxe Edition) ** Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones) * ''30 Trips Around the Sun'' ** Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead) * ''What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World'' (Deluxe Box Set) ** Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)

Notes

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Best Album Notes * ''Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced'' ** Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell) * ''Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946'' ** James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists) * ''Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'' ** Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly) * ''Portrait of an American Singer'' ** Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) * ''Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925'' ** Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)

Historical

Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, Best Historical Album * ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11'' ** Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (

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

Engineered Album

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical * ''

'' **

, engineer;

, mastering engineer (

) * '' Before This World'' ** Dave O'Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (

) * ''Currency of Man'' ** Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot) * ''Recreational Love'' ** Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird and the Bee, The Bird And The Bee) * ''Wallflower (Diana Krall album), Wallflower'' ** Steven Price (composer), Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall) Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Album, Classical * ''Ask Your Mama'' ** Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) * Henri Dutilleux, Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double ** Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony) * ''Claudio Monteverdi, Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria'' ** Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque) * ''Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff), All-Night Vigil'' ** Byeong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) * ''Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns), Symphony No. 3, 'Organ''' ** Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern (conductor), Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony);

Producer

Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical *

** "Ain't Gonna Drown" (

) ** "Burning Doves" (Mikky Ekko) ** "Burning House" (Cam (singer), Cam) ** ''Grand Romantic'' (Nate Ruess) ** "Last Damn Night" (Elle King) ** "Never Let You Down" (Yoann Lemoine, Woodkid featuring Lykke Li) ** "Runaway Train" (Cam) ** ''

'' (

) *

** ''Delilah (Anderson East album), Delilah'' (Anderson East) ** ''Little Neon Limelight'' (Houndmouth) ** "Smoke (A Thousand Horses song), Smoke" (A Thousand Horses) ** ''Something More Than Free'' (Jason Isbell) ** ''Southernality'' (A Thousand Horses) ** ''3 (honeyhoney album), 3'' (honeyhoney) ** '' Traveller'' (

) * Diplo ** "Bitch I'm Madonna" (Madonna featuring

) ** "Doctor Pepper (song), Doctor Pepper" (Diplo featuring CL (singer), CL, Riff Raff (rapper), Riff Raff & OG Maco) ** "Golden (Travie McCoy song), Golden" (Travie McCoy featuring Sia) ** "Lean On" (Major Lazer featuring MØ & DJ Snake) ** ''Peace Is the Mission'' (Major Lazer) ** ''

'' ( Skrillex and Diplo) ** "

" (Skrillex And Diplo With

) * Larry Klein ** ''Currency of Man'' (Melody Gardot) ** ''Freedom & Surrender'' (Lizz Wright) ** ''Heartland'' (Indra Rios-Moore) ** ''I'm Leaving You'' (Florence K (singer), Florence K) ** ''Parker's Place'' (Parker Bent) ** ''Speaking in Tongues'' (Luciana Souza) ** ''Tenderness (J. D. Souther album), Tenderness'' (J. D. Souther, JD Souther) *

** ''

'' (

) Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical, Producer of the Year, Classical * Judith Sherman ** ''Ask Your Mama'' (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) ** ''Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences'' (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra) ** ''Liaisons – Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano'' (Anthony de Mare) ** ''Montage – Great Film Composers & the Piano'' (Gloria Cheng) ** ''Multitude, Solitude'' (Momenta Quartet) ** ''Of Color Braided All Desire – Music of Eric Moe'' (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon) ** ''Frederic Rzewski, Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!'' (Ursula Oppens) ** ''Sirota: Parting the Veil – Works for Violin & Piano'' (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee) ** ''Joaquín Turina, Turina: Chamber Music for Strings & Piano'' (Lincoln Trio) * Blanton Alspaugh ** ''Edward Burlingame Hill, Hill: Symphony No. 4; Concertino Nos. 1 & 2; Divertimento'' (Peter Bay, Anton Nel & Austin Symphony Orchestra) ** ''Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff), All-Night Vigil'' (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) ** ''Sacred Songs of Life & Love'' (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale) ** ''Spirit of the American Range'' (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony, The Oregon Symphony) ** ''Joan Tower, Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance'' (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony) * Manfred Eicher ** ''Franz Schubert'' (András Schiff) ** ''Galina Ustvolskaya'' (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Markus Hinterhäuser & Reto Bieri) ** ''Moore: Dances & Canons'' (Saskia Lankhoorn) ** ''Wolfgang Rihm, Rihm: Et Lux'' (Paul Van Nevel, Minguet Quartet & Huelgas Ensemble) ** ''Visions Fugitives'' (Anna Gourari) * Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin ** ''Dances for Piano & Orchestra'' (Joel Fan, Christophe Chagnard & Northwest Sinfonietta) ** ''Tempo do Brasil'' (Marc Regnier) ** ''Woman at the New Piano'' (Nadia Shpachenko) * Dan Merceruio ** ''Ruperto Chapí, Chapí: String Quartets 1 & 2'' (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) ** ''From Whence We Came'' (Ensemble Galilei) ** ''Gregson: Touch'' (Peter Gregson (cellist), Peter Gregson) ** ''In the Light of Air – ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir'' (International Contemporary Ensemble) ** ''Schumann'' (Ying Quartet) ** ''Scrapyard Exotica'' (Del Sol String Quartet) ** ''Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky: Petrushka (ballet), Petrushka'' (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra) ** ''What Artemisia Heard'' (El Mundo) ** ''ZOFO Plays Terry Riley'' (ZOFO)

Remixer

Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical * "

" (Dave Audé Remix) ** Dave Audé, remixer (

featuring

) * "Berlin by Overnight" (CFCF Remix) ** CFCF (musician), CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope (violinist), Daniel Hope) * "Hold On" (Fatum Remix) ** Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (Jes Brieden, JES with Shant & Clint Maximus) * "

" (Kaskade Remix) ** Kaskade, Ryan Raddon, remixer (

) * "Say My Name" (RAC Remix) ** Remix Artist Collective, André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza featuring Zyra)

Surround Sound

Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album, Best Surround Sound Album * ''Amused to Death'' ** James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie (record producer), James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters) * ''Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop'' ** Morten Lindberg (sound engineer), Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra) * ''Magnificat'' ** Morten Lindberg (sound engineer), Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheim Soloists, TrondheimSolistene) * ''Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich), Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7'' ** Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra) * ''Spes'' ** Morten Lindberg (sound engineer), Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)

Classical

''Performers who are not eligible for an award (such as orchestras, choirs, or soloists) are mentioned in parentheses'' Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance, Best Orchestral Performance * ''Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich), Under Stalin's Shadow – Symphony No. 10'' ** Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) * ''Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner), Symphony No. 4'' ** Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) * ''Henri Dutilleux, Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2 (Dutilleux), Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double''' ** Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) * ''Spirit of the American Range'' ** Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony) * ''Zhou Long & Chen Yi (composer), Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839 ** Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra) Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Best Opera Recording * ''Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade (Ravel), Shéhérazade'' ** Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus) * ''Leoš Janáček, Janáček: Jenůfa'' ** Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin) * ''Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria'' ** Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque) * ''Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail'' ** Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra of Europe) * ''Steffani: Niobe, regina di Tebe, Niobe, Regina Di Tebe'' ** Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra) Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Best Choral Performance * ''Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff), All-Night Vigil'' ** Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) * ''Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven: Missa solemnis (Beethoven), Missa Solemnis'' ** Bernard Haitink, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) * ''Claudio Monteverdi, Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Vespers Of 1610'' ** Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen) * ''Pablo Neruda – The Poet Sings'' ** Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare) * ''Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Far in the Heavens'' ** Eric Holtan, conductor (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices) Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance * ''Filament'' ** eighth blackbird, Eighth Blackbird * ''Johannes Brahms, Brahms: The Piano Trios'' ** Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt * ''Flaherty: Airdancing for Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics'' ** Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee * ''Render'' ** Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth * ''Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich: Piano Quintet (Shostakovich), Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2 (Shostakovich), String Quartet No. 2'' ** Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Instrumental Solo * ''Henri Dutilleux, Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'arbre des songes, L'Arbre Des Songes'' ** Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) * ''Edvard Grieg, Grieg & Moritz Moszkowski, Moszkowski: Piano Concertos'' ** Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern) * ''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7'' ** Kristian Bezuidenhout * ''Rachmaninov Variations'' ** Daniil Trifonov (Philadelphia Orchestra) * ''Frederic Rzewski, Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!'' ** Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal) Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, Best Classical Solo Vocal Album * ''Joyce & Tony – Live from Wigmore Hall'' ** Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist * ''Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata'' ** Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, accompanist * ''Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album'' ** Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Kristīne Opolais, Antonio Pirozzi & Massimo Simeoli; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) * ''Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali'' ** Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor (Orion Weiss; Albany Symphony Orchestra) * ''St. Petersburg'' ** Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor (I Barocchisti) Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium, Best Classical Compendium * ''Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto'' ** Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer * ''As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925–1955)'' ** New Budapest Orpheum Society; James Steven Ginsburg, Jim Ginsburg, producer * ''Ask Your Mama'' ** George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer * ''Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740'' ** Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer * ''Woman at the New Piano'' ** Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, Best Contemporary Classical Composition * ''Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances'' ** Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra) * ''Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest'' ** Gerald Barry (composer), Gerald Barry, composer (Thomas Adès, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) * ''Norman: Play'' ** Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project) * ''Tower: Stroke'' ** Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony) * ''Wolfe: Anthracite Fields'' ** Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Bang on a Can All Stars)

Music Video/Film

Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Best Music Video *" Bad Blood" –

featuring

**Joseph Kahn (director), Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Mohrhoff, video producer *"LSD (ASAP Rocky song), LSD" – ASAP Rocky ** Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer *"I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)" – The Dead Weather **Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers *"

" –

**The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers *"Freedom (Pharrell Williams song), Freedom" –

**Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Best Music Film *''Amy (2015 film), Amy'' – (Amy Winehouse) ** Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer *''Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown'' – (James Brown) ** Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers *''Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, Sonic Highways'' –

** Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers *''What Happened, Miss Simone?'' – (Nina Simone) ** Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers *''Roger Waters: The Wall, The Wall'' – Roger Waters ** Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

* Lionel Richie

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award

* Ruth Brown * Celia Cruz * Earth, Wind & Fire * Herbie Hancock * Jefferson Airplane * Linda Ronstadt * Run-DMC

Grammy Trustees Award, Trustees Award

* John Cage * Fred Foster * Chris Strachwitz

Technical Grammy Award

* Elektro-Mess-Technik, EMT * Harvey Fletcher

Music Educator Award

* Phillip Riggs (of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina)

Grammy Hall of Fame inductions

In Memoriam

The following individuals were, in order, included in the ceremony's 'In Memoriam' film * Allen Toussaint * Maurice White * B.B. King * Glenn Frey * David Bowie * Ben E. King * Signe Toly Anderson * Paul Kantner * Dan Hicks (singer), Dan Hicks * Lemmy, Lemmy Kilmister * Scott Weiland * Chris Squire * Gary Richrath * Lesley Gore * Lynn Anderson * Billy Joe Royal * Buddy Emmons * Johnny Gimble * Billy Sherrill * Percy Sledge * Michael Masser * William Guest (singer), William Guest * Yvonne Wright * Mic Gillette * Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label), Joseph Robinson Jr. * Kool DJ AJ * Big Kap * Joan Sebastian * Clark Terry * Ornette Coleman * Phil Woods * Paul Bley * Orrin Keepnews * James Horner * Robert Stigwood * Bruce Lundvall * Billy Ray Hearn * Stan Cornyn * Jerry Weintraub * René Angélil * Larry Rosen (producer), Larry Rosen * Doug Sax * Cory Wells * Al Bunetta * Austin City Limits, Bill Arhos * Stan Freberg * Jimmie Haskell * Pierre Boulez * Kurt Masur * Robert Craft * Gunther Schuller * Bobbie Bailey * Natalie Cole

Multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations: *Eleven:

*Seven:

*Six:

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*Five: Florence + the Machine,

, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes *Four:

, Sam Holland, John Legend,

*Three:

, Common (rapper), Common,

, Diplo,

, Morten Lindberg (sound engineer), Morten Lindberg, Matt Maher,

, Punch Brothers,

, Shellback,

*Two: Joey Alexander, Kristian Bezuidenhout,

, Mattias Bylund, Andrew Cedar,

, DJ Frank E,

, Béla Fleck,

, Marshall Gilkes, Noah Goldstein, Jimmy Greene, Buddy Guy, Emmylou Harris,

, Michael Ilbert, Jason Isbell, Israel Houghton, Israel & Newbreed,

, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin,

, Raul Malo,

, Miguel,

, Ashley Monroe, Ludovic Morlot, Arturo O'Farrill, Antonio Pappano,

, Nathan Scherrer, Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider, John Scofield, Judith Sherman, Nadia Shpachenko, Skrillex, Slipknot, Mark Anthony Spears, Thundercat, Tobymac,

, Abigail Washburn, Patrick Williams (composer), Patrick Williams, Charlie Wilson, Anna Wise The following artists received multiple awards: *Five:

*Three:

, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes,

*Two:

, Diplo, Sam Holland, Jason Isbell,

, Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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, Shellback, Skrillex,

References

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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award

Grammy Trustees Award, Trustees Award

Technical Grammy Award

Music Educator Award

Grammy Hall of Fame inductions

In Memoriam

Multiple nominations and awards

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