The Grammy Nominations Are In!

The 2016 Grammy Awards air on Monday, February 15 (No Show on Valentine’s Weekend, the ceremony’s moved to a Monday night this year) at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.

Best Pop Solo Performance:

Kelly Clarkson, “Heartbeat Song”

Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do” (Entertainment World’s Pick)

Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”

Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”

The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Florence + the Machine, “Ship to Wreck”

Maroon 5, “Sugar” (Entertainment World’s Pick)

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”

Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”

Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”

 

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Kelly Clarkson, Piece By Piece

Florence + the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Mark Ronson, Uptown Special

Taylor Swift, 1989

James Taylor, Before This World

Best Rock Performance:

“Don’t Wanna Fight,” Alabama Shakes

“What Kind Of Man,” Florence + the Machine

“Something From Nothing,” Foo Fighters

“Ex’s & Oh’s,” Elle King

“Moaning Lisa Smile,” Wolf Alice

Best Metal Performance:

“Identity,” August Burns Red

“Cirice,” Ghost

“512,” Lamb Of God

“Thank You,” Sevendust

“Custer,” Slipknot

Best Rock Song:

“Don’t Wanna Fight,” Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)

“Ex’s & Oh’s,” Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)

“Hold Back The River,” Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)

“Lydia,” Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

“What Kind Of Man,” John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + the Machine)

Best Rock Album:

Chaos And The Calm, James Bay

Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie

Mister Asylum, Highly Suspect

Drones, Muse

.5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot

Best Alternative Album:

Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes

Vulnicura, Björk

The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket

Currents, Tame Impala

Star Wars, Wilco

Best Dance Recording:

Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston, “We’re All We Need”

The Chemical Brothers, “Go”

Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”

Galantis, “Runaway (U & I)”

Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Our Love, Caribou

Born In The Echoes, The Chemical Brothers

Caracal, Disclosure

In Colour, Jamie XX

Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü, Skrillex And Diplo

 

 

Best R&B Performance:

“If I Don’t Have You,” Tamar Braxton

“Rise Up,” Andra Day

“Breathing Underwater,” Hiatus Kaiyote

“Planes,” Jeremih feat. J. Cole

“Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey),” The Weeknd

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

“He Is,” Faith Evans

“Little Ghetto Boy,” Lalah Hathaway

“Let It Burn,” Jazmine Sullivan

“Shame,” Tyrese

“My Favorite Part Of You,” Charlie Wilson

Best R&B Song:

“Coffee,” Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel)

“Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey),” Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)

“Let It Burn,” Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)

“Really Love,” D’Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D’Angelo And The Vanguard)

Track from: Black Messiah

“Shame,” Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & DJ Rogers Jr, songwriters (Tyrese)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Ego Death, The Internet

You Should Be Here, Kehlani

Blood, Lianne La Havas

Wildheart, Miguel

Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd

Best R&B Album:

Coming Home, Leon Bridges

Black Messiah, D’Angelo And The Vanguard

Cheers To The Fall, Andra Day

Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan

Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Performance:

“Apparently,” J. Cole

“Back To Back,” Drake

“Trap Queen,” Fetty Wap

“Alright,” Kendrick Lamar

“Truffle Butter,” Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne

“All Day,” Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

“One Man Can Change The World,” Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend

“Glory,” Common & John Legend

“Classic Man,” Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur

“These Walls,” Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat

“Only,” Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song:

“All Day,” Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)

“Alright,” Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

“Energy,” Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O’Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake)

“Glory,” Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)

“Trap Queen,” Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)

Best Rap Album:

2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole

Compton, Dr. Dre

If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, Drake

To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj

Best Country Solo Performance:

“Burning House,” Cam

“Traveller,” Chris Stapleton

“Little Toy Guns,” Carrie Underwood

“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” Keith Urban

“Chances Are,” Lee Ann Womack

Best Country/Duo Group Performance:

“Stay A Little Longer,” Brothers Osborne

“If I Needed You,” Joey+Rory

“The Driver,” Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay

“Girl Crush,” Little Big Town

“Lonely Tonight,” Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe

Best Country Song:

“Chances Are,” Hayes Carll, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)

“Diamond Rings And Old Barstools,” Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Tim McGraw)

“Girl Crush,” Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)

“Hold My Hand,” Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters (Brandy Clark)

Track from: 12 Stories

“Traveller,” Chris Stapleton, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album:

Montevallo, Sam Hunt

Pain Killer, Little Big Town

The Blade, Ashley Monroe

Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves

Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night

Josh Groban, Stages

Seth MacFarlane, No One Ever Tells You

Barry Manilow and Various Artists, My Dream Duets

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

Guitar In The Space Age!, Bill Frisell

Love Language, Wouter Kellerman

Afrodeezia, Marcus Miller

Sylva, Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest

The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV, Kirk Whalum

Best New Age Album:

Grace, Paul Avgerinos

Bhakti Without Borders, Madi Das

Voyager, Catherine Duc

Love, Peter Kater

Asia Beauty, Ron Korb

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:

“Giant Steps,” Joey Alexander, soloist

“Cherokee,” Christian McBride, soloist

“Arbiters Of Evolution,” Donny McCaslin, soloist

“Friend Or Foe,” Joshua Redman, soloist

“Past Present,” John Scofield, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, Karrin Allyson

Find A Heart, Denise Donatelli

Flirting With Disaster, Lorraine Feather

Jamison, Jamison Ross

For One To Love, Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

My Favorite Things, Joey Alexander

Breathless, Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective

Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios, Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio

Beautiful Life, Jimmy Greene

Past Present, John Scofield

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

Lines Of Color, Gil Evans Project

Köln, Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band

Cuba: The Conversation Continues, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

The Thompson Fields, Maria Schneider Orchestra

Home Suite Home, Patrick Williams

Best Latin Jazz Album:

Made In Brazil, Eliane Elias

Impromptu, The Rodriguez Brothers

Suite Caminos, Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Intercambio, Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Identities Are Changeable, Miguel Zenón

Best Gospel Performance/Song:

“Worth [Live],” Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown, songwriter

“Wanna Be Happy?,” Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

“Intentional,” Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter

“How Awesome Is Our God [Live],” 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

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:

“Holy Spirit, Francesca Battistelli

“Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains),” Crowder; Ed Cash, David Crowder & Seth Philpott, songwriters

“Because He Lives (Amen),” Matt Maher

“Soul On Fire,” Third Day feat. All Sons & Daughters; Tai Anderson, Brenton Brown, David Carr, Mark Lee, Matt Maher & Mac Powell, songwriters

“Feel It,” Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox; Cary Barlowe, David Arthur Garcia & Toby McKeehan, songwriters

Best Gospel Album:

Destined To Win [Live], Karen Clark Sheard

Living It, Dorinda Clark-Cole

One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs

Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe), Israel & Newbreed

Life Music: Stage Two, Jonathan McReynolds

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Whatever The Road, Jason Crabb

How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle

Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher

This Is Not A Test, Tobymac

Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin

Best Roots Gospel Album:

Still Rockin’ My Soul, The Fairfield Four

Pray Now, Karen Peck & New River

Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know), Point Of Grace

Best Latin Pop Album

Terral, Pablo Alborán

Healer, Alex Cuba

A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition), Ricky Martin

Sirope, Alejandro Sanz

Algo Sucede, Julieta Venegas

Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album:

Amanecer, Bomba Estereo

Mondongo, La Cuneta Son Machín

Hasta La Raíz, Natalia Lafourcade

Caja De Música, Monsieur Periné

Dale, Pitbull

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):

Mi Vicio Mas Grande, Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga

Ya Dime Adiós, La Maquinaria Norteña

Zapateando, Los Cojolites

Realidades – Deluxe Edition, Los Tigres Del Norte

Tradición, Arte Y Pasión, Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano

Best Tropical Latin Album:

Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto, José Alberto “El Canario” & Septeto Santiaguero

Son De Panamá, Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra

Presente Continuo, Guaco

Todo Tiene Su Hora, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Que Suenen Los Tambores, Victor Manuelle

Best American Roots Performance:

“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

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,” Mavis Staples

Best American Roots Song:

“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)

“24 Frames,” Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)

Best Americana Album:

The Firewatcher’s Daughter, Brandi Carlile

The Traveling Kind, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell

Mono, The Mavericks

The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album:

Pocket Full Of Keys, Dale Ann Bradley

Before The Sun Goes Down, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

In Session, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Man Of Constant Sorrow, Ralph Stanley & Friends

The Muscle Shoals Recordings, The Steeldrivers

Best Blues Album:

Descendants Of Hill Country, Cedric Burnside Project

Outskirts Of Love, Shemekia Copeland

Born To Play Guitar, Buddy Guy

Worthy, Bettye LaVette

Muddy Waters 100, John Primer & Various Artists

Best Folk Album:

Wood, Wire & Words, Norman Blake

Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens

Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin

Didn’t He Ramble, Glen Hansard

Best Regional Roots Music Album:

Go Go Juice, Jon Cleary

La La La La, Natalie Ai Kamauu

Kawaiokalena, Keali’i Reichel

Get Ready, The Revelers

Generations, Windwalker And The MCW

Best Reggae Album:

Branches Of The Same Tree, Rocky Dawuni

The Cure, Jah Cure

Acousticalevy, Barrington Levy

Zion Awake, Luciano

Strictly Roots, Morgan Heritage

Best World Music Album:

Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo, Gilberto Gil

Sings, Angelique Kidjo

Music From Inala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble

Home, Anoushka Shankar

I Have No Everything Here, Zomba Prison Project

Best Surround Sound Album:

Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop, Morten Lindberg, Surround Mix Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Mastering Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Producer

Amused To Death, James Guthrie, Surround Mix Engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, Surround Mastering Engineers; James Guthrie, Surround Producer

Magnificat, Morten Lindberg, Surround Mix Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Mastering Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Producer

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Erdo Groot, Surround Mix Engineer; Erdo Groot, Surround Mastering Engineer; Philip Traugott, Surround Producer

Spes, Morten Lindberg, Surround Mix Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Mastering Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Surround Producer

Best Engineered Album, Classical:

Ask Your Mama, Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, Engineers; Patricia Sullivan, Mastering Engineer

Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double,’ Dmitriy Lipay, Engineer; Alexander Lipay, Mastering Engineer

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria, Robert Friedrich, Engineer; Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, Engineers; Mark Donahue, Mastering Engineer

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, ‘Organ,’ Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, Engineers; Keith O. Johnson, Mastering Engineer

Producer Of The Year, Classical:

Blanton Alspaugh

Manfred Eicher

Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

Dan Merceruio

Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4,Manfred Honeck, Conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Dutilleux: Métaboles​; L’Arbre Des Songes; ​Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double,’ Ludovic Morlot, Conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow — Symphony No. 10, Andris Nelsons, Conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Spirit Of The American Range, Carlos Kalmar, Conductor (The Oregon Symphony)

Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony ‘Humen 1839,’ Darrell Ang, Conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance:

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Bernard Haitink, Conductor; Peter Dijkstra, Chorus Master

Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610, Harry Christophers, Conductor

Pablo Neruda — The Poet Sings, Craig Hella Johnson, Conductor

Paulus: Far In The Heavens, Eric Holtan, Conductor

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Charles Bruffy, Conductor

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Brahms: The Piano Trios, Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt

Filament, Eighth Blackbird

Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics, Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee (Track from: ​Woman At The New Piano)

Render, Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2, Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes, Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, Conductor (Seattle Symphony) (Track from: Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes;Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’)

​Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos, Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, Conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)

Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7, Kristian Bezuidenhout

Rachmaninov Variations,Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:

Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata, Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, Accompanist

Joyce & Tony — Live From Wigmore Hall, Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, Accompanist

Nessun Dorma — The Puccini Album,Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Rouse: Seeing​; Kabir Padavali, Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, Conductor

St. Petersburg, Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, Conductor

Best Classical Compendium:

​As Dreams Fall Apart — The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955), New Budapest Orpheum Society; Jim Ginsburg, Producer

​Ask Your Mama, George Manahan, Conductor; Judith Sherman, Producer

Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740,Paul McCreesh, Conductor; Nicholas Parker, Producer

Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; ​Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto, Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor; Tim Handley, Producer

Woman At The New Piano,Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, Producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Barry: The Importance Of Being Earnest, Gerald Barry, Composer

Norman: Play, Andrew Norman, Composer (Track from: Norman: Play)

Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances, Stephen Paulus, Composer (Track from: Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances)

Tower: Stroke, Joan Tower, Composer (Track from: Tower/ Violin Concert​ /​Stroke /Chamber Dance)

Wolfe: Anthracite Fields​, Julia Wolfe, Composer

Best Music Video:

“LSD,” A$AP Rocky

“I Feel Love (Every Million Miles),” The Dead Weather

“Alright,” Kendrick Lamar

“Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar

“Freedom,” Pharrell Williams

Best Music Films:

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown_​, James Brown (Video director: Alex Gibney)

​Sonic Highways, Foo Fighters (Video director: Dave Grohl)

​What Happened, Miss Simone?, Nina Simone (Video director: Liz Garbus)

​The Wall, Roger Waters (Video directors: Sean Evans & Roger Waters)

​Amy, Amy Winehouse (Video director: Asif Kapadia)