1. RECORD OF THE YEAR TBA 2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR TBA 3. SONG OF THE YEAR TBA 4. BEST NEW ARTIST Chance the Rapper 5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE Hello Adele Track from: 25 Label: XL Recordings/Columbia Records 6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots Track from: Blurryface Label: Fueled By Ramen 7. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin Willie Nelson Label: Legacy Recordings 8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM 25 Adele Label: XL Recordings/Columbia Records 9. BEST DANCE RECORDING Don’t Let Me Down The Chainsmokers featuring Daya The Chainsmokers, producers; Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young, mixer Track from: Collage Label: Disruptor Records/Columbia 10. BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM Skin Flume Label: Mom+Pop Music/Future Classic. 11. BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy Label: Ground Up Music 12. BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE Blackstar David Bowie Track from: Blackstar Label: ISO/Columbia Records 13. BEST METAL PERFORMANCE Dystopia Megadeth Track from: Dystopia Label: UME 14. BEST ROCK SONG Blackstar David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie) Track from: Blackstar Label: ISO/Columbia Records; Publisher(s): Nipple Music admin. by RZO Music, Inc. 15. BEST ROCK ALBUM Tell Me I’m Pretty Cage the Elephant Label: RCA Records 16. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Blackstar David Bowie Label: Columbia Records 17. BEST R&B PERFORMANCE Cranes in the Sky Solange Track from: A Seat At The Table Label: Saint Records/Columbia Records 18. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE Angel Lalah Hathaway Track from: Lalah Hathaway Live Label: Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One 19. BEST R&B SONG Lake By The Ocean Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell) Track from: blackSUMMERS’night Label: Columbia Records; Publisher(s): SonyATV Tunes LLC o/b/o Muszewell/EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Ben Ami Music 20. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM Lemonade Beyoncé Label: Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records 21. BEST R&B ALBUM Lalah Hathaway Live Lalah Hathaway Label: Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One 22. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE No Problem Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz Label: Chance the Rapper 23. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION Hotline Bling Drake Track from: Views Label: Cash Money Records/Republic Records 24. BEST RAP SONG Hotline Bling Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake) Track from: Views Label: Cash Money Records/Republic Records; Publisher(s): Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Nyan King Music Inc./EMI April/Sony ATV 25. BEST RAP ALBUM Coloring Book Chance The Rapper Label: Chance The Rapper 26. BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE My Church Maren Morris Track from: Hero Label: Columbia Nashville 27. BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Jolene Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton Label: RCA Records 28. BEST COUNTRY SONG Humble And Kind Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw) Track from: Damn Country Music Label: Big Machine Records; Publisher(s): Songs of Universal, Inc./Hoodie Songs 29. BEST COUNTRY ALBUM A Sailor’s Guide To Earth Sturgill Simpson Label: Atlantic 30. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM White Sun II White Sun Label: Be Why 31. BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry John Scofield, soloist Track from: Country For Old Men Label: Impulse! 32. BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Take Me To The Alley Gregory Porter Label: Blue Note 33. BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Country For Old Men John Scofield Label: Impulse! 34. BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom Ted Nash Big Band Label: Motema Music 35. BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac Chucho Valdés Label: Jazz Village 36. BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG God Provides Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter Track from: One Way Label: TillyMann Music; Publisher(s): Second Half Music Publishing 37. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG Thy Will Hillary Scott & The Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters Track from: Love Remains Label: EMI Records Nashville; Publisher(s): W.B.M. Music Corp./EKT Publishing, admin. by W.B.M. Music Corp./WB Music Corp./Thankful For This Music, admin. by WB Music Corp./Songs of Universal, Inc./G650 Music 38. BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Losing My Religion Kirk Franklin Label: Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA Records 39. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM Love Remains Hillary Scott & The Scott Family Label: EMI Records Nashville 40. BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM Hymns Joey+Rory Label: Gaither Music Group/Farmhouse Recordings 41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM Un Besito Mas Jesse & Joy Label: Warner Music Mexico 42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM iLevitable iLe Label: Sony Music Latin 43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO) Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) Vicente Fernández Label: Sony Music Entertainment México 44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM Donde Están? Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo Label: En Grande Music, LLC 45. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE House Of Mercy Sarah Jarosz Track from: Undercurrent Label: Sugar Hill Records 46. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG Kid Sister Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers) Track from: Kid Sister Label: Rounder Records; Publisher(s): Vinny Mae Music admin. by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing 47. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM This Is Where I Live William Bell Label: Stax 48. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM Coming Home O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor Label: Rounder Records 49. BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM Porcupine Meat Bobby Rush Label: Rounder Records 50. BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM The Last Days Of Oakland Fantastic Negrito Label: Believe Global/Blackball Universe 51. BEST FOLK ALBUM Undercurrent Sarah Jarosz Label: Sugar Hill Records 52. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM E Walea Kalani Pe’a Label: Kalani Pe’a Music Llc 53. BEST REGGAE ALBUM Ziggy Marley Ziggy Marley Label: Tuff Gong Worldwid 54. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Sing Me Home Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble Label: Masterworks 55. BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM Infinity Plus One Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Label: Underground Records 56. BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING) In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox Carol Burnett Label: Penguin Random House Audio 57. BEST COMEDY ALBUM Talking For Clapping Patton Oswalt Label: ASpecialThing Records 58. BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM The Color Purple Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast) Label: Broadway Records 59. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA Miles Ahead (Miles Davis & Various Artists) Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers Label: Columbia/Legacy 60. BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA Star Wars: The Force Awakens John Williams, composer Label: Walt Disney Records 61. BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA Can’t Stop The Feeling! Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar) Track from: Trolls Label: Villa40/RCA Records; Publisher(s): Tennman Tunes admin. by Universal Music-Z Tunes LLC/ MXM Music admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./DWA Songs 62. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION Spoken At Midnight Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band) Track from: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom Label: Motema Music 63. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA You And I Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room Label: Membran 64. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS Flintstones Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room Label: Membran 65. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE Blackstar Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie) Label: ISO/Columbia Records 66. BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE Edith Piaf 1915-2015 Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf) Label: Warner Music France 67. BEST ALBUM NOTES Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle) Label: Harbinger Records/The Musical Theater Project 68. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan) Label: Columbia/Legacy 69. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL Blackstar David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie) Label: ISO/Columbia Records 70. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Greg Kurstin • Cheap Thrills (Sia featuring Sean Paul) (S) • Hello (Adele) (S) • Love You to Death (Tegan and Sara) (A) • Million Years Ago (Adele) (T) • Something in the Way You Move (Ellie Goulding) (T) • Water Under the Bridge (Adele) (T) 71. BEST REMIXED RECORDING Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses) Label: Domino Recording 72. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) Label: Seattle Symphony Media 73. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra) Label: Pentatone Music 74. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL David Frost • Bach: The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena (Matt Haimovitz) • Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 (Jonathan Biss) • Brahms & Dvořák: Serenades (Boston Symphony Chamber Players) • Fitelberg: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble) • Ispirare (Melia Watras) • Overtures To Bach (Matt Haimovitz) • Schoenberg: Kol Nidre; Shostakovich: Suite On Verses Of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, Alberto Mizrahi, Riccardo Muti, Duain Wolfe, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus) • Shadow Of Sirius (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble) 75. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Label: Deutsche Grammophon 76. BEST OPERA RECORDING Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus) Label: Pentatone Music 77. BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir) Label: Warner Classics 78. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Steve Reich Third Coast Percussion Label: Cedille Records 79. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway Zuill Bailey Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony) Track from: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle Label: Naxos 80. BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM (Tie) Schumann & Berg Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist Label: Decca Shakespeare Songs Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker) Label: Warner Classics 81. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer Label: Naxos 82. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) Track from: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle Label: Naxos 83. BEST MUSIC VIDEO Formation Beyoncé Melina Matsoukas, video director; Candice Dragonas, Juliette Larthe, Nathan Scherrer & Inga Veronique, video producers Label: Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records 84. BEST MUSIC FILM The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years (The Beatles) Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers Label: Apple Corps Ltd./UMe]]>