58th Annual Grammy Awards
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards was held on February 15, 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. 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 Microsoft Theater. It was the sixteenth Grammy ceremony to be held at the Staples Center, tying the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for hosting the most Grammy ceremonies. It also marks the latest date for a Grammy ceremony since 2003, 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. Presidents' Day long weekend. The ceremony was televised in the United States by CBS; 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 press conference/release reveal of all nominees rather than the "all-day event" unveiling attempted by The Recording Academy and CBS over the previous few years. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations with 11, and became the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind Michael Jackson. Taylor Swift and The Weeknd received seven nominations each. Producer Max Martin received the most nominations for a non-performing artist, with six. LL Cool J hosted for the fifth consecutive year. As part of a commercial break on the U.S. broadcast paid for by Target, Gwen Stefani also presented a live music video for her new single "Make Me Like You".
Kendrick Lamar led the winners with five trophies, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly. Taylor Swift 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. Alabama Shakes also won three including Best Alternative Music Album for Sound & Color. Ed Sheeran won two including Song of the Year for "Thinking Out Loud". Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" won for Record of the Year and Meghan Trainor won for Best New Artist.
Performers
Artist | Song |
Taylor Swift | "Out of the Woods" |
Carrie Underwood Sam Hunt | "Take Your Time" "Heartbeat" |
The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" "In the Night" |
Ellie Goulding Andra Day | "Love Me like You Do" "Rise Up" |
John Legend Demi Lovato Luke Bryan Meghan Trainor Tyrese Gibson Lionel Richie | Tribute to Lionel Richie "Easy" "Hello" "Penny Lover" "You Are" "Brick House" "All Night Long " |
Little Big Town | "Girl Crush" |
Stevie Wonder Pentatonix | Tribute to Maurice White "That's the Way of the World" |
Eagles Bernie Leadon Jackson Browne | Tribute to Glenn Frey "Take It Easy" |
Tori Kelly James Bay | "Hollow" "Let It Go" |
The cast of Hamilton | "Alexander Hamilton" |
Kendrick Lamar | 09.21.2014" |
Miguel Greg Phillinganes | Tribute to Michael Jackson "She's Out of My Life" |
Adele | "All I Ask" |
Justin Bieber Diplo Skrillex | "Love Yourself" "Where Are Ü Now" |
Lady Gaga Nile Rodgers | Tribute to David Bowie "Space Oddity" "Changes" "Ziggy Stardust" "Suffragette City" "Rebel Rebel" "Fashion" "Fame" "Under Pressure" "Let's Dance" "Heroes" |
Chris Stapleton Gary Clark Jr. Bonnie Raitt | Tribute to B.B. King "The Thrill Is Gone" |
Alabama Shakes | "Don't Wanna Fight" |
The Hollywood Vampires | Tribute to Lemmy "As Bad as I Am" "Ace of Spades" |
Joey Alexander | Piano solo |
Pitbull Sofía Vergara Robin Thicke Travis Barker Joe Perry | "El Taxi" "Bad Man" |
Presenters
Nominees and winners
Note: Winners are listed in bold.General
Record of the Year- "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
- *Jeff Bhasker, 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; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- "Really Love" – D'Angelo and the Vanguard
- *D'Angelo & Brent Fischer, producers; Russell Elevado, Ben Kane & Rafa Sardina, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer
- "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran
- *Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer
- "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift
- *Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd
- *Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- 1989 – Taylor Swift
- *Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, 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; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
- Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
- *Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
- To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
- *Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, Andrew Coleman, Hart Gunther, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, Mike Larson, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
- Traveller – Chris Stapleton
- *Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer
- Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
- *Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; DannyBoyStyles, Mike Dean, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, 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; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers
- "Thinking Out Loud"
- *Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters
- "Alright"
- *Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
- "Blank Space"
- *Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters
- "Girl Crush"
- *Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters
- "See You Again"
- *Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters
- Meghan Trainor
- Courtney Barnett
- James Bay
- Sam Hunt
- Tori Kelly
Pop
- "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran
- "Heartbeat Song" – Kelly Clarkson
- "Love Me Like You Do" – Ellie Goulding
- "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift
- "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd
- "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
- "Ship to Wreck" – Florence + The Machine
- "Sugar" – Maroon 5
- "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
- "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
- – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
- Shadows in the Night – Bob Dylan
- Stages – Josh Groban
- No One Ever Tells You – Seth MacFarlane
- My Dream Duets – Barry Manilow
- 1989 – Taylor Swift
- Piece by Piece – Kelly Clarkson
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence and the Machine
- Before This World – James Taylor
- Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
Dance/Electronic
- "Where Are Ü Now" – Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
- *Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
- "We're All We Need" – Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston
- *Andrew Bayer, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, producers; Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki, mixers
- "Go" – The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip
- *Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers
- "Never Catch Me" – Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
- *Steven Ellison, producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mixer
- "Runaway " – Galantis
- *Linus Eklöw, Christian Karlsson & Svidden, producers; Linus Eklöw, Niklas Flyckt & Christian Karlsson, mixers
- Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo
- Our Love – Caribou
- Born in the Echoes – The Chemical Brothers
- Caracal – Disclosure
- In Colour – Jamie xx
Contemporary Instrumental
- Sylva – Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
- Guitar in the Space Age! – Bill Frisell
- Love Language – Wouter Kellerman
- Afrodeezia – Marcus Miller
- The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV – Kirk Whalum
Rock
- "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
- "Cirice" – Ghost
- "Identity" – August Burns Red
- "512" – Lamb of God
- "Thank You" – Sevendust
- "Custer" – Slipknot
- "Don't Wanna Fight"
- * Alabama Shakes, songwriters
- "Ex's & Oh's"
- * Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters
- "Hold Back the River"
- * Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters
- "Lydia"
- * Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters
- "What Kind of Man"
- * John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters
- Drones – Muse
- Chaos and the Calm – James Bay
- Kintsugi – Death Cab for Cutie
- Mister Asylum – Highly Suspect
- – Slipknot
Alternative
- Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
- Vulnicura – Björk
- The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket
- Currents – Tame Impala
- Star Wars – Wilco
R&B
- "Earned It " – The Weeknd
- "If I Don't Have You" – Tamar Braxton
- "Rise Up" – Andra Day
- "Breathing Underwater" – Hiatus Kaiyote
- "Planez" – Jeremih featuring J. Cole
- "Little Ghetto Boy" – Lalah Hathaway
- "He Is" – Faith Evans
- "Let It Burn" – Jazmine Sullivan
- "Shame" – Tyrese
- "My Favorite Part of You" – Charlie Wilson
- "Really Love"
- * D'Angelo, Gina Figueroa & Kendra Foster, songwriters
- "Coffee"
- * Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters
- "Earned It "
- * Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters
- "Let It Burn"
- * Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters
- "Shame"
- * Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson & D.J. Rogers Jr, songwriters
- Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
- Ego Death – The Internet
- You Should Be Here – Kehlani
- Blood – Lianne La Havas
- Wildheart – Miguel
- Black Messiah – D'Angelo and The Vanguard
- Coming Home – Leon Bridges
- Cheers to the Fall – Andra Day
- Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
- Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson
Rap
- "Alright" – Kendrick Lamar
- "Apparently" – J. Cole
- "Back to Back" – Drake
- "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap
- "Truffle Butter" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
- "All Day" – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
- "These Walls" – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
- "One Man Can Change The World" – Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend
- "Glory" – Common & John Legend
- "Classic Man" – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
- "Only" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
- "Alright"
- * Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters
- "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
- "Energy"
- * Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters
- "Glory"
- * Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters
- "Trap Queen"
- * Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters
- To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
- Compton – Dr. Dre
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late – Drake
- The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
Country
- "Traveller" – Chris Stapleton
- "Burning House" – Cam
- "Little Toy Guns" – Carrie Underwood
- "" – Keith Urban
- "Chances Are" – Lee Ann Womack
- "Girl Crush" – Little Big Town
- "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
- "Girl Crush"
- * Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters
- "Chances Are"
- * Hayes Carll, songwriters
- "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools"
- * Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters
- "Hold My Hand"
- * Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones, songwriters
- "Traveller"
- * Chris Stapleton, songwriter
- Traveller – Chris Stapleton
- Montevallo – Sam Hunt
- Pain Killer – Little Big Town
- The Blade – Ashley Monroe
- Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
New Age
- Grace – Paul Avgerinos
- Bhakti without Borders – Madi Das
- Voyager – Catherine Duc
- Love – Peter Kater
- Asia Beauty – Ron Korb
Jazz
- "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
- For One to Love – Cécile McLorin Salvant
- ' – Karrin Allyson
- Find a Heart – Denise Donatelli
- Flirting with Disaster – Lorraine Feather
- Jamison – Jamison Ross
- Past Present – John Scofield
- 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
- The Thompson Fields – Maria Schneider Orchestra
- Lines of Color – Gil Evans Project
- Köln – Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band
- Made in Brazil – Eliane Elias
- Impromptu – The Rodriguez Brothers
- Suite Caminos – Gonzalo Rubalcaba
- Intercambio – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
- Identities are Changeable – Miguel Zenón
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music
- "Wanna Be Happy?" – Kirk Franklin
- * Kirk Franklin, songwriter
- "Worth " – Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
- * Anthony Brown, songwriter
- "Intentional" – Travis Greene
- * Travis Greene, songwriter
- "How Awesome Is Our God " – Israel & Newbreed featuring Yolanda Adams
- * Neville Diedericks, Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, songwriters
- "Worth Fighting For " – Brian Courtney Wilson
- * Aaron Lindsey & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters
- "Holy Spirit" – Francesca Battistelli
- * Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt, songwriters
- "Lift Your Head Weary Sinner " – Crowder
- * Ed Cash, David Crowder & Seth Philpott, songwriters
- "Because He Lives " – 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 Mr. Talkbox
- * Cary Barlowe, David Arthur Garcia & Toby McKeehan, songwriters
- ] – Israel & Newbreed
- Destined to Win |Destined to Win – Karen Clark Sheard
- Living It – Dorinda Clark-Cole
- One Place Live – Tasha Cobbs
- ' – Jonathan McReynolds
- This Is Not a Test – TobyMac
- Whatever the Road – Jason Crabb
- How Can It Be – Lauren Daigle
- Saints and Sinners – Matt Maher
- Love Ran Red – Chris Tomlin
- Still Rockin' My Soul – The Fairfield Four
Latin
Best Latin Pop Album- A Quien Quiera Escuchar – Ricky Martin
- Terral – Pablo Alborán
- Healer – Alex Cuba
- Sirope – Alejandro Sanz
- Algo sucede – Julieta Venegas
- Dale – Pitbull
- Hasta la Raíz – Natalia Lafourcade
- Amanecer – Bomba Estéreo
- Mondongo – La Cuneta Son Machín
- Caja de Música – Monsieur Periné
- Realidades – Deluxe Edition – Los Tigres del Norte
- Mi Vicio Más Grande – Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizárraga
- Ya Dime Adiós – La Maquinaria Norteña
- Zapateando – Los Cojolites
- Tradición, Arte y Pasión – Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano
- 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
- Todo Tiene Su Hora – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
- Que Suenen los Tambores – Victor Manuelle
American Roots
- "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
- "24 Frames"
- * Jason Isbell, songwriter
- "All Night Long"
- * Raul Malo, songwriter
- "The Cost of Living"
- * Don Henley & Stan Lynch, songwriters
- "Julep"
- * Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile & Gabe Witcher, songwriters
- "The Traveling Kind"
- * Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, songwriters
- Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell
- The Firewatcher's Daughter – Brandi Carlile
- The Traveling Kind – Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
- Mono – The Mavericks
- The Phosphorescent Blues – Punch Brothers
- 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
- Man of Constant Sorrow – Ralph Stanley and friends
- Born to Play Guitar – Buddy Guy
- Descendants of Hill Country – Cedric Burnside Project
- Outskirts of Love – Shemekia Copeland
- Worthy – Bettye LaVette
- Muddy Waters 100 – John Primer and various artists
- Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
- Wood, Wire & Words – Norman Blake
- Tomorrow Is My Turn – Rhiannon Giddens
- Servant of Love – Patty Griffin
- Didn't He Ramble – Glen Hansard
- Go Go Juice – Jon Cleary
- La La La La – Natalie Ai Kamauu
- Kawaiokalena – Kealiʻi Reichel
- Get Ready – The Revelers
- Generations – Windwalker and the MCW
Reggae
- Strictly Roots – Morgan Heritage
- Branches of the Same Tree – Rocky Dawuni
- The Cure – Jah Cure
- Acousticalevy – Barrington Levy
- Zion Awake – Luciano
World Music
- 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
- 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
- A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety – Jimmy Carter
- Blood on Snow – Patti Smith
- Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks – Dick Cavett
- Patience and Sarah – Janis Ian & Jean Smart
- Yes Please – Amy Poehler
Comedy
- 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
- Hamilton – Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tariq Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist
- An American In Paris – Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers
- Fun Home – Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers
- 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
- 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
Music for Visual Media
- – various artists
- * Julian Raymond, compilation producer
- ' – various artists
- * Timbaland & Jim Beanz, compilation producers
- ' – various artists
- * Mike Knobloch & Dana Sano, compilation producers
- Pitch Perfect 2 – various artists
- * Julianne Jordan, Harvey Mason Jr. & Julia Michels, compilation producers
- Selma – various artists
- * Ava DuVernay, compilation producer
- Birdman – Antonio Sánchez, composer
- The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat, composer
- Interstellar – Hans Zimmer, composer
- The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
- Whiplash – Justin Hurwitz, composer
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Composing
- "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite"
- * Arturo O'Farrill, composer
- "Civil War"
- * Bob Mintzer, composer
- "Confetti Man"
- * David Balakrishnan, composer
- "Neil"
- * Rich DeRosa, composer
- "Vesper"
- * Marshall Gilkes, composer
Arranging
- "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
- * Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado and Kevin Olusola, arrangers
- "Bruno Mars"
- * Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
- * Armand Hutton, arranger
- "Ghost of a Chance"
- * Bob James, arranger
- "You and the Night and the Music"
- * John Fedchock, arranger
- "Sue "
- * Maria Schneider, arranger
- "Be My Muse"
- * Shelly Berg, arranger
- "52nd & Broadway"
- * Patrick Williams, arranger
- "Garota de Ipanema"
- * Otmaro Ruiz, arranger
- "When I Come Home"
- * Jimmy Greene, arranger
Packaging
- * Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors
- Alagoas
- * Alex Trochut, art director
- Bush
- * Anita Marisa Boriboon & Phi Hollinger, art directors
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- * Brian Roettinger, art director
- My Happiness
- * Nathanio Strimpopulos & Jack White, art directors
- The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two
- * Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors
- Beneath the Skin
- * Leif Podhajsky, art director
- I Love You, Honeybear
- * Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors
- Sticky Fingers
- * Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors
- 30 Trips Around the Sun
- * Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors
- What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
- * Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors
Historical
- * Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers
- The Complete Concert by the Sea
- * Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth & Jessica Thompson, mastering engineers
- * Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer
- Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947–1959
- * Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
- Songs My Mother Taught Me
- * Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer
Engineered Album
- Sound & Color
- * Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
- Before This World
- * Dave O'Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
- Currency of Man
- * Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
- Recreational Love
- * Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
- Wallflower
- * Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer
- 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
- * Beyond 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
- Jeff Bhasker
- * "Ain't Gonna Drown"
- * "Burning Doves"
- * "Burning House"
- * Grand Romantic
- * "Last Damn Night"
- * "Never Let You Down"
- * "Runaway Train"
- * Uptown Special
- Dave Cobb
- * Delilah
- * Little Neon Limelight
- * "Smoke"
- * Something More Than Free
- * Southernality
- * 3
- * Traveller
- Diplo
- * "Bitch I'm Madonna"
- * "Doctor Pepper"
- * "Golden"
- * "Lean On"
- * Peace Is the Mission
- * Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
- * "Where Are Ü Now"
- Larry Klein
- * Currency of Man
- * Freedom & Surrender
- * Heartland
- * I'm Leaving You
- * Parker's Place
- * Speaking in Tongues
- * Tenderness
- Blake Mills
- * Sound & Color
- Judith Sherman
- * Ask Your Mama
- * Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences
- * Liaisons – Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
- * Montage – Great Film Composers & the Piano
- * Multitude, Solitude
- * Of Color Braided All Desire – Music of Eric Moe
- * Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
- * Sirota: Parting the Veil – Works for Violin & Piano
- * Turina: Chamber Music for Strings & Piano
- Blanton Alspaugh
- * Hill: Symphony No. 4; Concertino Nos. 1 & 2; Divertimento
- * Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
- * Sacred Songs of Life & Love
- * Spirit of the American Range
- * Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance
- Manfred Eicher
- * Franz Schubert
- * Galina Ustvolskaya
- * Moore: Dances & Canons
- * Rihm: Et Lux
- * Visions Fugitives
- Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
- * Dances for Piano & Orchestra
- * Tempo do Brasil
- * Woman at the New Piano
- Dan Merceruio
- * Chapí: String Quartets 1 & 2
- * From Whence We Came
- * Gregson: Touch
- * In the Light of Air – ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir
- * Schumann
- * Scrapyard Exotica
- * Stravinsky: Petrushka
- * What Artemisia Heard
- * ZOFO Plays Terry Riley
Remixer
- "Uptown Funk"
- * Dave Audé, remixer
- "Berlin by Overnight"
- * CFCF, remixer
- "Hold On"
- * Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers
- "Runaway "
- * Ryan Raddon, remixer
- "Say My Name"
- * André Allen Anjos, remixer
Surround Sound
- Amused to Death
- * James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer
- Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop
- * Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, 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
Classical
Best Orchestral Performance
- Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow – Symphony No. 10
- * Andris Nelsons, conductor
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
- * Manfred Honeck, conductor
- Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double
- * Ludovic Morlot, conductor
- Spirit of the American Range
- * Carlos Kalmar, conductor
- Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839
- * Darrell Ang, conductor
- Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
- * Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer
- Janáček: Jenůfa
- * Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer
- Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
- * Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer
- Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
- * Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer
- Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe
- * Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer
- Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
- * Charles Bruffy, conductor
- 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
- Filament
- * Eighth Blackbird
- 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
- Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
- * Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin
- Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
- * Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
- Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos
- * Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor
- Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7
- * Kristian Bezuidenhout
- Rachmaninov Variations
- * Daniil Trifonov
- Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
- * Ursula Oppens
- Joyce & Tony – Live from Wigmore Hall
- * Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
- Beethoven: 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
- Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali
- * Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor
- St. Petersburg
- * Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor
- 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
- * 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
- Woman at the New Piano
- * Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
- Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
- * Stephen Paulus, composer
- Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
- * Gerald Barry, composer
- Norman: Play
- * Andrew Norman, composer
- Tower: Stroke
- * Joan Tower, composer
- Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
- * Julia Wolfe, composer
Music Video/Film
- "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
- *Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Mohrhoff, video producer
- "LSD" – ASAP Rocky
- * Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer
- "I Feel Love " – The Dead Weather
- *Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
- "Alright" – Kendrick Lamar
- *The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers
- "Freedom" – Pharrell Williams
- *Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
- Amy –
- * Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown –
- * Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers
- ' – Foo Fighters
- * Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers
- What Happened, Miss Simone? –
- * Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers
- ' – Roger Waters
- * Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers
Special Merit Awards
[MusiCares Person of the Year]
- Lionel Richie
Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ruth Brown
- Celia Cruz
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Herbie Hancock
- Jefferson Airplane
- Linda Ronstadt
- Run-DMC
Trustees Award">Grammy Trustees Award">Trustees Award
- John Cage
- Fred Foster
- Chris Strachwitz
[Technical Grammy Award]
- EMT
- Harvey Fletcher
Music Educator Award
- Phillip Riggs
Grammy Hall of Fame inductions
Title | Artist | Record Label | Year of Release | Genre | Format |
American Beauty | Grateful Dead | Warner Bros. | 1970 | Country Rock | Album |
The Basement Tapes | Bob Dylan and The Band | Columbia | 1975 | Roots Rock | Album |
"Boom Boom" | John Lee Hooker | Vee-Jay | 1962 | Blues | Single |
"Celebration" | Kool & the Gang | De-Lite | 1980 | Post-disco | Single |
"Cold Sweat Part 1" | James Brown & his Orchestra | King | 1967 | Funk | Single |
"The Dark End of the Street" | James Carr | Goldwax | 1967 | Soul | Single |
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree " | The Andrews Sisters | Decca | 1942 | Pop | Single |
Ella and Louis | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Verve | 1956 | Vocal Jazz | Album |
"The Fat Man" | Fats Domino | Imperial | 1949 | Rock and roll | Single |
First Take | Roberta Flack | Atlantic | 1969 | Vocal Jazz | Album |
Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | Reprise | 1975 | Soft Rock | Album |
"For the Love of Money" | The O'Jays | Philadelphia International | 1973 | R&B | Single |
"Heart of Glass" | Blondie | Chrysalis | 1978 | Disco | Single |
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett with the Blackhearts | Boardwalk | 1981 | Hard Rock | Single |
"The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | Dimension | 1962 | Pop | Single |
Lush Life | John Coltrane | Prestige | 1961 | Jazz | Album |
"Margaritaville" | Jimmy Buffett | ABC | 1977 | Pop | Single |
Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | Columbia | 1967 | Jazz | Album |
Pretenders | The Pretenders | Sire | 1980 | Punk Rock | Album |
Randy Newman | Randy Newman | Reprise | 1968 | Baroque Pop | Album |
"Rock Island Line" | Lead Belly | Asch Records | 1937 | Blues | Single |
"She's About a Mover" | Sir Douglas Quintet | Tribe Records | 1965 | Garage Rock | Single |
"She's Not There" | The Zombies | Decca | 1964 | Beat | Single |
"This Train" | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Decca | 1939 | Gospel | Single |
" Black and Blue" | Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra | Okeh | 1929 | Jazz | Single |
"You Are So Beautiful" | Joe Cocker | A&M | 1974 | Pop | Single |
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
- 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
- Yvonne Wright
- Mic Gillette
- 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
- Doug Sax
- Cory Wells
- Al Bunetta
- Bill Arhos
- Stan Freberg
- Jimmie Haskell
- Pierre Boulez
- Kurt Masur
- Robert Craft
- Gunther Schuller
- Bobbie Bailey
- Natalie Cole
Multiple nominations and awards
- Eleven: Kendrick Lamar
- Seven: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd,
- Six: Max Martin
- Five: Florence + the Machine, Tom Coyne, Drake, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes,
- Four: Alabama Shakes, Sam Holland, John Legend, Ali Payami, Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Florence Welch, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams
- Three: James Bay, J. Cole, Common, D'Angelo, Diplo, Wiz Khalifa, Morten Lindberg, Matt Maher, Nicki Minaj, Stephan Moccio, Punch Brothers, Charlie Puth, Jason Quenneville, Mark Ronson, Shellback, Jazmine Sullivan
- Two: Joey Alexander, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Jeff Bhasker, Bilal, Mattias Bylund, Andrew Cedar, The Chemical Brothers, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Cobb, Andra Day, DJ Frank E, Shawn Everett, Béla Fleck, Flying Lotus, Foo Fighters, Marshall Gilkes, Noah Goldstein, Jimmy Greene, Buddy Guy, Emmylou Harris, Highly Suspect, Sam Hunt, Michael Ilbert, Jason Isbell, Israel & Newbreed, Elle King, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin, Lil Wayne, Hillary Lindsey, Little Big Town, Bob Ludwig, Raul Malo, Bruno Mars, Paul McCartney, Lori McKenna, Miguel, Blake Mills, Ashley Monroe, Ludovic Morlot, Arturo O'Farrill, Antonio Pappano, Liz Rose, Nathan Scherrer, Maria Schneider, John Scofield, Judith Sherman, Nadia Shpachenko, Skrillex, Slipknot, Mark Anthony Spears, Thundercat, Tobymac, Tyrese, Fetty Wap, Abigail Washburn, Patrick Williams, Charlie Wilson, Anna Wise
- Five: Kendrick Lamar
- Three: Alabama Shakes, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Taylor Swift
- Two: Jeff Bhasker, Tom Coyne, D'Angelo, Diplo, Sam Holland, Jason Isbell, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Maria Schneider, Max Martin, Ed Sheeran, Shellback, Skrillex, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd