57^e cérémonie des Grammy Awards

Enregistrement de l'année

• Stay with Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • Fancy – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
  • Chandelier – Sia
  • Shake It Off– Taylor Swift
  • All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor

Album de l'année

• Morning Phase – Beck
  • Beyoncé – Beyoncé
  • x – Ed Sheeran
  • In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
  • Girl – Pharrell Williams

Chanson de l'année

• Stay with Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
  • Chandelier – Sia
  • Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
  • Take Me to Church – Hozier

Meilleur nouvel artiste

• Sam Smith
  • Iggy Azalea
  • Bastille
  • Brandy Clark
  • HAIM

Meilleure performance pop en solo

• Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams
  • All of Me (Live) – John Legend
  • Chandelier – Sia
  • Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Meilleur duo/performance de groupe

• Say Something (en) – A Great Big World et Christina Aguilera
  • Fancy – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
  • A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
  • Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj
  • Dark Horse – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

Meilleur album pop instrumental

• In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
  • Ghost Stories – Coldplay
  • Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
  • My Everything – Ariana Grande
  • Prism – Katy Perry
  • x – Ed Sheeran

Meilleur album pop vocal traditionnel

• Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
  • Nostalgia – Annie Lennox
  • Night Songs – Barry Manilow
  • Sending You a Little Christmas – Johnny Mathis
  • Partners – Barbra Streisand

Meilleur enregistrement dance

• Rather Be – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
  • Never Say Never – Basement Jaxx
  • F For You – Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
  • I Got U – Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
  • Faded – Zhu

Meilleur album dance/electro

• Syro – Aphex Twin
  • while(1<2) – deadmau5
  • Nabuma Rubberband – Little Dragon
  • Do It Again – Röyksopp & Robyn
  • Damage Control – Mat Zo

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
  • Wild Heart – Mindi Abair
  • Slam Dunk – Gerald Albright
  • Nathan East – Nathan East
  • Jazz Funk Soul – Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb & Everette Harp

Meilleure prestation rock

• Lazaretto – Jack White
  • Gimme Something Good – Ryan Adams
  • Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys
  • Blue Moon – Beck
  • Fever – The Black Keys

Meilleure prestation metal

• The Last in Line – Tenacious D
  • Neon Knights – Anthrax
  • High Road – Mastodon
  • Heartbreaker – Motörhead
  • The Negative One – Slipknot

Meilleure prestation rock

• Ain't It Fun - Paramore
  • Blue Moon - Beck
  • Fever - The Black Keys
  • Gimme Something Good - Ryan Adams
  • Lazaretto - Jack White

Meilleur album rock

• Morning Phase – Beck
  • Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
  • Turn Blue – The Black Keys
  • Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Songs of Innocence – U2

Meilleur album de musique alternative

• St. Vincent – St. Vincent
  • This Is All Yours – alt-J
  • Reflektor – Arcade Fire
  • Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
  • Lazaretto – Jack White

Meilleure performance R&B

• "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
  • "New Flame" – Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross
  • "It's Your World" – Jennifer Hudson featuring R. Kelly
  • "Like This" – Ledisi
  • "Good Kisser" – Usher

Meilleure performance R&B traditionnel

• "Jesus Children" – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
  • "As" – Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
  • "I.R.S" – Angie Fisher
  • "Nobody" – Kem
  • "Hold Up Wait a Minute (Woo Woo)" – Antonique Smith

Meilleure chanson R&B

• Drunk in Love – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
  • Good Kisser – Usher
  • New Flame– Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross
  • Options (Wolfjames Version) – Luke James
  • The Worst – Jhené Aiko

Meilleur album urbain contemporain

• Girl – Pharrell Williams
  • Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
  • Beyoncé – Beyoncé
  • X – Chris Brown
  • Mali is... – Mali Music

Meilleur album R&B

• Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface
  • Islander – Bernhoft
  • Lift Your Spirit – Aloe Blacc
  • Black Radio 2 – Robert Glasper Experiment
  • Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Meilleure performance rap

• i – Kendrick Lamar
  • 3005 – Childish Gambino
  • 0 to 100 / The Catch Up – Drake
  • Rap God – Eminem
  • All I Need Is You – Lecrae

Meilleure collaboration rap/chant

• The Monster – Eminem featuring Rihanna
  • Blak Majik – Common featuring Jhené Aiko
  • Tuesday – ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake
  • Studio – Schoolboy Q featuring BJ the Chicago Kid
  • Bound 2 – Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson

Meilleure chanson rap

• i – Kendrick Lamar
  • Anaconda – Nicki Minaj
  • Bound 2 – Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson
  • We Dem Boyz – Wiz Khalifa
  • 0 to 100 / The Catch Up – Drake

Best Rap Album

• The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem
  • The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
  • Because the Internet – Childish Gambino
  • Nobody's Smiling – Common
  • Oxymoron – Schoolboy Q
  • Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Solo Performance

• "Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood
  • "Give Me Back My Hometown" – Eric Church
  • "Invisible" – Hunter Hayes
  • "Automatic" – Miranda Lambert
  • "Cop Car" – Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Gentle on My Mind" – The Band Perry
  • "Somethin' Bad" – Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
  • "Day Drinking" – Little Big Town
  • "Meanwhile Back at Mama's – Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
  • "Raise 'Em Up" – Keith Urban feat. Eric Church

Best Country Song

• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
  • Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
  • "American Kids"
    • Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally, songwriters (Kenny Chesney)
  • "Automatic"
    • Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
  • "Give Me Back My Hometown"
    • Eric Church & Luke Laird, songwriters (Eric Church)
  • "Meanwhile Back at Mama's"
    • Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)

Best Country Album

• Platinum – Miranda Lambert
  • Riser – Dierks Bentley
  • The Outsiders – Eric Church
  • 12 Stories – Brandy Clark
  • The Way I'm Livin' – Lee Ann Womack

Best New Age Album

• Winds Of Samsara – Ricky Kej et Wouter Kellerman
  • Bhakti – Paul Avgerinos
  • Ritual – Peter Kater et R. Carlos Nakai
  • Symphony Live In Istanbul – Kitaro
  • In Love And Longing – Silvia Nakkach et David Darling

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• "Fingerprints" – Chick Corea, soloist
  • "The Eye of the Hurricane" – Kenny Barron, soloist
  • "You and the Night and the Music" – Fred Hersch, soloist
  • "Recorda Me" – Joe Lovano, soloist
  • "Sleeping Giant" – Brad Mehldau, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Beautiful Life – Dianne Reeves
  • Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro – Billy Childs and various artists
  • I Wanna Be Evil – René Marie
  • Live in NYC – Gretchen Parlato
  • Paris Sessions – Tierney Sutton

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Trilogy – Chick Corea Trio
  • Landmarks – Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
  • Floating – Fred Hersch Trio
  • Enjoy The View – Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco featuring Billy Hart
  • All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller – Jason Moran

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Life in the Bubble – Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
  • The L.A. Treasures Project – Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
  • Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project – Rufus Reid
  • Live: I Hear the Sound – Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
  • OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer – Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

• The Offense of the Drum – Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
  • The Latin Side of Joe Henderson – Conrad Herwig featuring Joe Lovano
  • The Pedrito Martinez Group – Pedrito Martinez Group
  • Second Half – Emilio Solla y la Inestable de Brooklyn
  • New Throned King – Yosvany Terry

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "No Greater Love" – Smokie Norful
  • Aaron W. Lindsey, Smokie Norful, songwriters
  • "Help" – Erica Campbell featuring Lecrae
    • Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell, Hasben Jones, Harold Lilly, Lecrae Moore, Aaron Sledge, songwriters
  • "Sunday A.M. (Live)" – Karen Clark Sheard
    • Rudy Currence, Donald Lawrence, songwriters
  • "I Believe" – Mali Music
    • Kortney J. Pollard, songwriter
  • "Love on the Radio" – The Walls Group
    • Kirk Franklin, songwriter

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "Messengers" – Lecrae featuring For King and Country
  • Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, songwriters
  • "Write Your Story" – Francesca Battistelli
    • Francesca Battistelli, David Arthur Garcia, Ben Glover, songwriters
  • "Come as You Are" – Crowder
    • David Crowder, Ben Glover & Matt Maher, songwriters
  • "Shake" – MercyMe
    • Nathan Cochran, David Arthur Garcia, Ben Glover, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Soli Olds, Mike Scheuchzer, Robby Shaffer, songwriters
  • "Multiplied" – Needtobreathe
    • Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• Help – Erica Campbell
  • Amazing (Live) – Ricky Dillard and New G
  • Withholding Nothing (Live) – William McDowell
  • Forever Yours – Smokie Norful
  • Vintage Worship – Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. – For King & Country
  • If We're Honest – Francesca Battistelli
  • Hurricane – Natalie Grant
  • Welcome to the New – MercyMe
  • Royal Tailor – Royal Tailor

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Shine for All the People – Mike Farris
  • Forever Changed – T. Graham Brown
  • Hymns – Gaither Vocal Band
  • A Cappella – The Martins
  • His Way of Loving Me – Tim Menzies

Best Latin Pop Album

• Tangos – Rubén Blades
  • Elypse – Camila
  • Raíz – Lila Downs, Niña Pastori and Soledad
  • Loco de Amor – Juanes
  • Gracias Por Estar Aquí – Marco Antonio Solís

Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album

• Multi Viral – Calle 13
  • Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina) – ChocQuibTown
  • Bailar En La Cueva – Jorge Drexler
  • Agua Maldita – Molotov
  • Vengo – Ana Tijoux

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández
  • Lastima Que Sean Ajenas – Pepe Aguilar
  • Voz Y Guitarra – Ixya Herrera
  • 15 Aniversario – Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea
  • Alegría Del Mariachi – Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Más + Corazón Profundo – Carlos Vives
  • 50 Aniversario – El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
  • First Class To Havana – Aymee Nuviola
  • Live – Palo!
  • El Asunto – Totó la Momposina

Best American Roots Performance

• "A Feather's Not a Bird" – Rosanne Cash
  • "Statesboro Blues" – Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
  • "And When I Die" – Billy Childs featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
  • "The Old Me Better" – Keb' Mo' featuring the California Feet Warmers
  • "Destination" – Nickel Creek

Best American Roots Song

• "A Feather's Not a Bird" – Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
  • "Just So Much" – Jesse Winchester, songwriter (Jesse Winchester)
  • "The New York Trains" – Woody Guthrie & Del McCoury, songwriters (Del McCoury Band)
  • "Pretty Little One" – Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell)
  • "Terms of My Surrender" – John Hiatt, songwriter (John Hiatt)

Best Americana Album

• The River & the Thread – Rosanne Cash
  • Terms of My Surrender – John Hiatt
  • BluesAmericana – Keb' Mo'
  • A Dotted Line – Nickel Creek
  • Metamodern Sounds in Country Music – Sturgill Simpson

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Earls of Leicester – The Earls of Leicester
  • Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe – Noam Pikelny
  • Cold Spell – Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
  • Into My Own – Bryan Sutton
  • Only Me – Rhonda Vincent

Best Blues Album

• Step Back – Johnny Winter
  • Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
  • Promise of a Brand New Day – Ruthie Foster
  • Juke Joint Chapel – Charlie Musselwhite
  • Decisions – Bobby Rush with Blinddog Smokin'

Best Folk Album

• Remedy – Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Three Bells – Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes
  • Follow the Music – Alice Gerrard
  • The Nocturne Diaries – Eliza Gilkyson
  • A Reasonable Amount of Trouble – Jesse Winchester

Best Regional Music Album

• The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier
  • Light the Stars – Bonsoir, Catin
  • Hanu 'A'ala – Kamaka Kukona
  • Love's Lies – Magnolia Sisters
  • Ceremony – Joe Tohonnie Jr.

Best Reggae Album

• Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
  • Back On the Controls – Lee "Scratch" Perry
  • Full Frequency – Sean Paul
  • Out of Many, One Music – Shaggy
  • Reggae Power – Sly and Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
  • Amid The Noise and The Haste – SOJA

Best World Music Album

• Eve – Angélique Kidjo
  • Toumani & Sidiki – Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
  • Our World in Song – Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
  • Magic – Sérgio Mendes
  • Traces of You – Anoushka Shankar

Best Children's Album

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani
  • Appetite For Construction – The Pop Ups
  • Just Say Hi! – Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
  • The Perfect Quirk – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
  • Through The Woods – The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

• Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers
  • Actors Anonymous – James Franco
  • A Call to Action – Jimmy Carter
  • Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America – John Waters
  • A Fighting Chance – Elizabeth Warren
  • We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song – Gloria Gaynor

Best Comedy Album

• Mandatory Fun – "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • Obsessed – Jim Gaffigan
  • Oh My God – Louis C.K.
  • Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time – Patton Oswalt
  • We Are Miracles – Sarah Silverman

Best Musical Theater Album

• Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (original Broadway cast)
  • Aladdin – James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs & Courtney Reed, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, Chad Beguelin & Tim Rice, lyricists) (original Broadway cast)
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Jefferson Mays & Bryce Pinkham, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch & Joel Moss, producers; Robert L. Freedman, lyricist; Steven Lutvak, composer & lyricist (original Broadway cast)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Lena Hall & Neil Patrick Harris, principal soloists; Justin Craig, Tim O'Heir & Stephen Trask, producers (Stephen Trask, composer & lyricist) (original Broadway cast)
  • West Side Story – Cheyenne Jackson & Alexandra Silber, principal soloists; Jack Vad, producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (Cheyenne Jackson & Alexandra Silber with the San Francisco Symphony)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• La Reine des neiges – various artists
  • American Hustle – various artists
  • Get on Up: The James Brown Story – James Brown
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 – various artists
  • The Wolf of Wall Street – various artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack – Alexandre Desplat, compositeur
  • La Reine des neiges – Christophe Beck, compositeur
  • Gone Girl: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, compositeur
  • Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Steven Price, compositeur
  • Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman, compositeur

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• Libérée, délivrée (de La Reine des neiges) – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
  • "Everything Is Awesome" (de La Grande Aventure Lego) – Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone, songwriters (Tegan and Sara featuring the Lonely Island)
  • "I See Fire" (de Le Hobbit : La Désolation de Smaug) – Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
  • "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (de Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me) – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
  • The Moon Song (de Her) – Spike Jonze & Karen O, songwriters (Scarlett Johansson & Joaquin Phoenix)

Best Instrumental Composition

• "The Book Thief (film)"
  • John Williams, composer (John Williams)
  • "Last Train To Sanity"
    • Stanley Clarke, composer (The Stanley Clarke Band)
  • "Life In The Bubble"
    • Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
  • "Recognition"
    • Rufus Reid, composer (Rufus Reid)
  • "Tarnation"
    • Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, composers (Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Cappella

• "Daft Punk"
  • Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
  • "Beautiful Dreamer"
    • Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
  • "Get Smart"
    • Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
  • "Guantanamera"
    • Alfredo Rodríguez, arranger (Alfredo Rodríguez)
  • "Moon River"
    • Chris Walden, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "New York Tendaberry"
  • Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
  • "All My Tomorrows"
    • Jeremy Fox, arranger (Jeremy Fox Featuring Kate McGarry)
  • "Goodnight America"
    • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
  • "Party Rockers"
    • Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
  • "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"
    • Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)

Best Recording Package

• Lightning Bolt
  • Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
  • Formosa Medicine Show
    • David Chen & Andrew Wong, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
  • Indie Cindy
    • Vaughan Oliver, art director (Pixies)
  • LP1
    • FKA Twigs & Phil Lee, art directors (FKA twigs)
  • Whispers
    • Sarah Larnach, art director (Passenger)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27)
  • Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (various artists)
  • Cities of Darkscorch
    • Leland Meiners & Ken Shipley, art directors (various artists)
  • A Letter Home (vinyl box set)
    • Gary Burden & Jenice Heo, art directors (Neil Young)
  • Sparks (deluxe album box set)
    • Andy Carne, art director (Imogen Heap)
  • Spring 1990 (The Other One)
    • Jessica Dessner, Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead)

Best Album Notes

• Offering: Live At Temple University
  • Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
  • Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
    • David Sager, album notes writer (Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra)
  • I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70
    • Alec Palao, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  • 'The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From 'Nashville West
    • Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  • Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound
    • Jon Kirby, album notes writer (Various Artists)
  • The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27)
    • Scott Blackwood, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

• The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
  • Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)
  • Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
    • Jeffrey Green, Ranier E. Lotz & Howard Rye, compilation producers; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  • Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
    • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra)
  • Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
    • Steven Lance Ledbetter & David Murray, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  • There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 – 1971 (Deluxe Edition)
  • Hunter Lea, Patrick McCarthy & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Morning Phase
  • Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden, Greif Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Beck)
  • Bass & Mandolin
    • Richard King & Dave Sinko, engineers; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer)
  • Bluesamericana
    • Ross Hogarth & Casey Wasner, engineers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Keb' Mo')
  • The Way I'm Livin'
    • Chuck Ainlay, engineer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Lee Ann Womack)
  • What's Left Is Forever
    • Tchad Blake, Oyvind Jakobsen, Jo Ranheim, Itai Shapiro & David Way, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Thomas Dybdahl)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Max Martin
  • "Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
  • "Break Free" (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd)
  • "Dark Horse" (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J)
  • "Problem" (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea)
  • "Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift)
  • "Unconditionally" (Katy Perry)
  • Paul Epworth
    • "Pendulum" (FKA twigs)
    • "Queenie Eye" (Paul McCartney)
    • "Road" (Paul McCartney)
    • "Save Us" (Paul McCartney)
  • John Hill
    • "All You Never Say" (Birdy)
    • "Burning Gold" (Christina Perri)
    • "Can't Remember to Forget You" (Shakira Featuring Rihanna)
    • "Goldmine" (Kimbra)
    • "Guts Over Fear" (Eminem Featuring Sia)
    • Strange Desire (Bleachers)
    • Voices (Phantogram)
    • "Water Fountain" (Tune-Yards)
  • Jay Joyce
    • About Last Night (Sleeper Agent)
    • It Goes Like This (Thomas Rhett)
    • Melophobia (Cage the Elephant)
    • Montibello Memories (Matrimony)
    • Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song (Amos Lee)
    • The Outsiders (Eric Church)
  • Greg Kurstin
    • "Beating Heart" (Ellie Goulding)
    • "Chandelier" (Sia)
    • "Double Rainbow" (Katy Perry)
    • "Gunshot" (Lykke Li)
    • "Money Power Glory" (Lana Del Rey)
    • 1000 Forms of Fear (Sia)
    • Sheezus (Lily Allen)
    • Wrapped in Red (Kelly Clarkson)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• "All Of Me" (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)
  • Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
  • "Falling Out" (Ming Remix)
    • MING, remixer (Crossfingers Featuring Danny Losito)
  • "Pompeii" (Audien Remix)
    • Audien, remixer (Bastille)
  • "The Rising" (Eddie Amador Remix)
    • Eddie Amador, remixer (Five Knives)
  • "Smile" (Kaskade Edit)
    • Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)
  • "Waves" (Robin Schulz Remix)
    • Robin Schulz, remixer (Mr Probz)

Best Surround Sound Album

• Beyoncé
  • Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
  • Beppe: Remote Galaxy
    • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Vladimir Ashkenazy & Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes
    • David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber)
  • The Division Bell (20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
    • Damon Iddins & Andy Jackson, surround mix engineers; Damon Iddins & Andy Jackson, surround mastering engineers (Pink Floyd)
  • Epics Of Love
    • Hans-Jörg Maucksch, surround mix engineer; Hans-Jörg Maucksch, surround mastering engineer; Günter Pauler, surround producer (Song Zuying, Yu Long & China Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
    • Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Benjamin Zander & Philharmonia Orchestra)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
  • Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
  • Adams, John: City Noir
    • Richard King, engineer; Wolfgang Schiefermair, mastering engineer (David Robertson & St. Louis Symphony)
  • Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
    • Dmitriy Lipay & Nathaniel Reichman, engineers; Nathaniel Reichman, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
  • Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
    • Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
  • Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
    • David Frost & Christopher Willis, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman
  • Beethoven: Cello & Piano Complete (Fischer Duo)
  • Brahms By Heart (Chiara String Quartet)
  • Composing America (Lark Quartet)
  • Divergence (Plattform K + K Vienna)
  • The Good Song (Thomas Meglioranza)
  • Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets (Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet)
  • Snapshot (American Brass Quintet)
  • Two X Four (Jaime Laredo, Jennifer Koh, Vinay Parameswaran & Curtis 20/21 Ensemble)
  • Wagner Without Words (Ll_r Williams)
• Morten Lindberg
  • Beppe: Remote Galaxy (Vladimir Ashkenazy & Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • Dyrud: Out Of Darkness (Vivianne Sydnes & Nidaros Cathedral Choir)
  • Ja, Vi Elsker (Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl, Ingar Bergby, Staff Band Of The Norwegian Armed Forces & Schola Cantorum)
  • Symphonies Of Wind Instruments (Ingar Bergby & Royal Norwegian Navy Band)
• Dmitriy Lipay
  • Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
  • Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
  • Fauré: Masques Et Bergamasques; Pelléas Et Mélisande; Dolly (Ludovic Morlot, Seattle Symphony Chorale & Seattle Symphony)
  • Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione; Five Pieces For String Orchestra (Gerard Schwarz & Seattle Symphony)
  • Ives: Symphony No. 2; Carter: Instances; Gershwin: An American In Paris (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
  • Ravel: Orchestral Works; Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
• Elaine Martone
  • Hallowed Ground (Louis Langrée, Maya Angelou, Nathan Wyatt & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (Benjamin Zander, Stefan Bevier, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra)
  • Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
  • Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
• David Starobin
  • All The Things You Are (Leon Fleisher)
  • Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 16 (Ann Crumb, Patrick Mason, James Freeman & Orchestra 2001)
  • Game Of Attrition – Arlene Sierra, Vol. 2 (Jac Van Steen & BBC National Orchestra Of Wales)
  • Haydn, Beethoven & Schubert (Gilbert Kalish)
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos, No. 12, K. 414 & No. 23, K. 488 (Marianna Shirinyan, Scott Yoo & Odense Symphony Orchestra)
  • Music Of Peter Lieberson, Vol. 3 (Scott Yoo, Roberto Diaz, Steven Beck & Odense Symphony Orchestra)
  • Rochberg, Chihara & Rorem (Jerome Lowenthal)
  • Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18 & Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Joyce Yang, Alexander Lazarev & Odense Symphony Orchestra)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Adams, John: City Noir
  • David Robertson (conductor), (St. Louis Symphony)
• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout un monde lointain...; The Shadows Of Time
  • Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa
  • Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Schumann: Symphonien 1–4
  • Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
  • Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

• Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
  • Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
• Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
  • Kenneth Kiesler, conductor; Dan Kempson, Jennifer Lane, Tamara Mumford & Brenda Rae; Tim Handley, producer (University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble & University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra; University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & UMS Choral Union)
• Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
  • William Christie, conductor; Sarah Connolly, Stéphane Degout, Christiane Karg, Ed Lyon & Katherine Watson; Sébastien Chonion, producer (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; The Glyndebourne Chorus)
• Schönberg: Moses und Aron
  • Sylvain Cambreling, conductor; Andreas Conrad & Franz Grundheber; Reinhard Oechsler, producer (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg; EuropaChorAkademie)
• Strauss: Elektra (opera)
  • Christian Thielemann, conductor; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, René Pape & Anne Schwanewilms; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Staatskapelle Dresden; Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden)

Best Choral Performance

• The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
  • Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)

Performers who are not eligible for an award (such as orchestras, soloists or choirs) are mentioned in parentheses

• Bach: Matthäus-Passion
  • René Jacobs, conductor (Werner Güra & Johannes Weisser; Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin; RIAS Kammerchor & Staats-Und Domchor Berlin)
• Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
  • Vivianne Sydnes, conductor (Erlend Aagaard Nilsen & Geir Morten Øien; Sarah Head & Lars Sitter; Nidaros Cathedral Choir)
• Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
  • Andrew Davis (conductor); Stephen Jackson, chorus master (Susan Gritton; BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Chorus)
• Mozart: Requiem Mass in D minor
  • John Butt (musician), conductor (Matthew Brook, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs & Joanne Lunn; Dunedin Consort)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
  • Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
• Dreams & Prayers
  • David Krakauer & A Far Cry
• Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1–3
  • Steven Isserlis & Olli Mustonen
• Partch: Castor & Pollux
  • Partch
• Sing Thee Nowell
  • New York Polyphony

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Play
  • Jason Vieaux
• All The Things You Are
  • Leon Fleisher
• The Carnegie Recital
  • Daniil Trifonov
• Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain...
  • Xavier Phillips; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• Toccatas
  • Jory Vinikour

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Douce France
  • Anne Sofie von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
• Porpora: Arias
  • Philippe Jaroussky; Andrea Marcon, conductor (Cecilia Bartoli; Venice Baroque Orchestra)
• Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
  • Florian Boesch; Malcolm Martineau, accompanist
• Stella Di Napoli
  • Joyce DiDonato; Riccardo Minasi, conductor (Chœur De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
• Virtuoso Rossini Arias
  • Lawrence Brownlee; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

• Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
  • Partch; John Schneider, producer
• Britten To America
  • Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor; Colin Matthews, producer
• Mieczys_aw Weinberg
  • Giedr_ Dirvanauskait_, Daniil Grishin, Gidon Kremer & Daniil Trifonov; Manfred Eicher, producer
• Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
  • Mike Marshall (musician) & Turtle Island Quartet; Mike Marshall, producer
• The Solent – Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Paul Daniel, conductor; Andrew Walton, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
  • John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
• Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
  • Anna Clyne, composer (Jaime Laredo, Jennifer Koh, Vinay Parameswaran & Curtis 20/21 Ensemble)
• Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
  • George Crumb, composer (Ann Crumb, Patrick Mason, James Freeman & Orchestra 2001)
• Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
  • Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Berlin, Richard Kelley, James Patrick Miller & UMASS Wind Ensemble)
• Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4
  • Roberto Sierra, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Music Video

• "Happy" – Pharrell Williams
  • We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Roman Pichon Herrera, Jett Steiger & Cedric Troadec, video producers
• "Chandelier" – Sia
  • Sia Furler & Daniel Askill, video directors; Jennifer Heath, video producer
• "We Exist" – Arcade Fire
  • David Wilson, video director; Jason Baum, video producer
• "Turn Down for What" – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
  • Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, video directors; Judy Craig, Jonathan Wang, Candance Ouaknine & Bryan Younce, video producers
• "The Golden Age" – Woodkid feat. Max Richter
  • Chis Clayton & Yoann Lemoine, video director; Roman Pichon Herrera, Christine Miller, Susan Porche & Annabel Rosier, video producers

Best Music Film

• 20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
  • Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
• Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour – Beyoncé & Jay Z
  • Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Svana Gisla, video producer
• Ghost Stories – Coldplay
  • Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer
• Metallica Through The Never – Metallica
  • Nimród Antal, video director; Adam Ellison & Charlotte Huggins, video producers
• The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne – Pink
  • Larn Poland, video director; Roger Davies, video producer