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FINAL NOMINATIONS LIST

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. Final Nominations List 59th Annual GRAMMY® Awards For recordings released during the Eligibility Year , 2015 through September 30, 2016 Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties. General Field Category 1 Record Of The Year Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.

1. HELLO , producer; Julian Burg, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Kurstin, Liam Nolan & Alex Pasco, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers Track from: 25 [XL Recordings/]

2. FORMATION Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Will Made-It & Pluss, producers; Jaycen & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer Track from: Lemonade [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records]

3. 7 YEARS Animals & Pilo, producers; Delbert Bowers, Sebastian Fogh, & David LaBrel, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: Lukas Graham [Warner Bros. Records]

4. WORK Featuring Boi-1da, producer; Noel "Gadget" Campbell, , , Noah "40" Shebib & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer [Westbury Road Entertainment]

5. & Tyler Joseph, producers; Neal Avron & Adam Hawkins, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer Track from: [Fueled By Ramen]

© 2016 - all rights reserved 1 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List General Field

Category 2 4. VIEWS Of The Year Drake Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording , Future, , PartyNextDoor, Rihanna & , Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than featured artists; Brian Alexander-Morgan, Axlfoliethc, Beat the artist. Bully, Boi-1Da, Cardo, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Daxz, DJ Dahi, , Maneesh, , 1. 25 , Ricci Riera, , Noah "40" Shebib, Adele Southside, Sevn Thomas, Jordan Ullman, , , , , Greg Wizkid & Young Exclusive, producers; Noel Cadastre, Kurstin, , , Shellback, The Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Seth Firkins, David "Prep" Bijan Smeezingtons & , producers; Julian Burg, Huges & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers; Chris Austen Jux Chandler, Cameron Craig, Samuel Dixon, Tom Athens, mastering engineer Elmhirst, Declan Gaffney, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jan [Young Money/Cash Money/] Holzner, Michael Ilbert, Chris Kasych, Greg Kurstin, Charles Moniz, Liam Nolan, Alex Pasco, Mike Piersante, 5. A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH Ariel Rechtshaid, Rich Rich, Dave Schiffman & Matt Wiggins, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, Sturgill Simpson, producer; Geoff Allan, David Ferguson & mastering engineers Sean Sullivan, engineers/mixers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering [XL Recordings/Columbia Records] engineer [Atlantic] 2. LEMONADE Beyoncé , , & , featured artists; Vincent Berry II, Ben Billions, James Blake, , Jonny Coffer, Dannyboystyles, Michael Dean, Alex Delicata, , Derek Dixie, Kevin Garrett, Diana Gordon, HazeBanga, Hit-, , King Henry, Beyoncé Knowles, , Jeremy McDonald, MeLo-X, Mike Will Made-It, Pluss & Jack White, producers; Mike Dean, , Greg Koller, Tony Maserati, Lester Mendoza, Vance Powell, Joshua V. Smith & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records]

3. PURPOSE , Diplo, Halsey, & , featured artists; The Audibles, Axident, Justin Bieber, Big Taste, , Blood, Jason "" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Mike Dean, Diplo, Gladius, Nico Hartikainen, Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Steve James, Ian Kirkpatrick, Maejor, MdL, Skrillex, Jeremy Snyder & @ S O U N D Z, producers; Simon Cohen, Diplo, Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Josh Gudwin, Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Johannes Rassina, Gregg Rominiecki, Chris Sclafani, Skrillex, Dylan William & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers []

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 2 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List General Field Category 3 Category 4 Song Of The Year Best New Artist A (s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or An artist will be considered for Best New Artist if their eligibility if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist year release/s achieved a breakthrough into the public names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only. consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.

1. FORMATION 1. KELSEA BALLERINI Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, (Beyoncé) 2. Track from: Lemonade [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp./Sounds From Eardrummers LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp/Oakland 13 Music] 3.

2. HELLO Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele) 4. Track from: 25 [XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publisher(s): Universal - Songs of Polygram Int'l, Inc./EMI April Music Inc./Kurstin Music] 5. ANDERSON .PAAK

3. I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner) [Island; Publisher(s): North Greenway Productions/SonyATV Tunes LLC]

4. Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & , songwriters (Justin Bieber) [Def Jam Recordings; Publisher(s): Songs Of Universal, Inc. o/b/o Please Don't Forget To Pay Me Music/Universal Music Corp. o/b/o Bieber Time Publishing/SonyATV Songs LLC]

5. 7 YEARS , Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & , songwriters (Lukas Graham) Track from: Lukas Graham [Warner Bros. Records; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp o/b/o Lukas Graham Songs/WB Music Corp o/b/o Stefpublishing & Halla!Halla! Publishing/Then We Take The World/Westside Independent Music Publishing o/b/o Thou Art the Hunger/Late 80’s Music/F*** YOU DAVE]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 3 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 1 - Pop Category 5 Category 6 Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance For new vocal or pop recordings. Singles or Tracks For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop only. recordings. Singles or Tracks only.

1. HELLO 1. CLOSER Adele The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey Track from: 25 [Disruptor Records/Columbia] [XL Recordings/Columbia Records] 2. 7 YEARS 2. HOLD UP Lukas Graham Beyoncé Track from: Lukas Graham Track from: Lemonade [Warner Bros. Records] [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] 3. WORK 3. LOVE YOURSELF Rihanna Featuring Drake Justin Bieber [Westbury Road Entertainment] [Def Jam Recordings] 4. CHEAP THRILLS 4. PIECE BY PIECE (IDOL VERSION) Featuring [RCA Records/Monkey Puzzle Records] [RCA Records/ Limited] 5. STRESSED OUT 5. Twenty One Pilots Track from: Blurryface Track from: Dangerous Woman [Fueled By Ramen] [Republic Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 4 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 1 - Pop Category 7 Category 8 Best Vocal Album Best Pop Vocal Album For containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal pop pop recordings. recordings.

1. CINEMA 1. 25 Andrea Bocelli Adele [Verve] [XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

2. FALLEN ANGELS 2. PURPOSE Justin Bieber [Columbia Records] [Def Jam Recordings]

3. STAGES LIVE 3. DANGEROUS WOMAN Ariana Grande [Reprise] [Republic]

4. SUMMERTIME: SINGS 4. CONFIDENT GERSHWIN Willie Nelson [/] [] 5. 5. ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY Sia [Monkey Puzzle Records/RCA Records] [Columbia Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 5 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 2 - / Category 9 Category 10 Best Dance Recording Best Dance/Electronic Album For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. Instrumental. Singles or tracks only. 1. SKIN 1. TEARING ME UP Flume Bob Moses [Mom+/Future Classic.] Bob Moses, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer 2. 1: THE TIME MACHINE Track from: Days Gone By Jean-Michel Jarre [Domino Recording Co. Ltd.] [Ultra Records]

2. DON'T LET ME DOWN 3. EPOCH The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya Tycho The Chainsmokers, producers; Jordan Young, mixer [Ghostly International] Track from: Collage 4. BARBARA BARBARA, WE FACE A SHINING [Disruptor Records/Columbia] FUTURE 3. NEVER BE LIKE YOU Underworld Flume Featuring Kai [] Harley Streten, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer 5. LOUIE VEGA STARRING...XXVIII [Mom+Pop Music/Future Classic.] Louie Vega 4. RINSE & REPEAT [Vega Records] Featuring Kah-Lo Riton, producer; Wez Clarke, mixer []

5. DRINKEE Sofi Tukker Sofi Tukker, producers; Bryan Wilson, mixer [Ultra Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 6 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 3 - Contemporary Instrumental Music Category 11 Best Contemporary Instrumental Album For albums containing approximately 51% or more playing time of instrumental material. For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.

1. HUMAN Herb Alpert [Herb Alpert Presents]

2. WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR Bill Frisell []

3. WAY BACK HOME: LIVE FROM ROCHESTER, NY Steve Gadd Band [BFM ]

4. UNSPOKEN Chuck Loeb [Shanachie Entertainment]

5. CULCHA VULCHA [Ground Up Music]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 7 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 4 - Rock Category 12 Category 13 Best Rock Performance Best Metal Performance For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings. metal recordings.

1. JOE (LIVE FROM AUSTIN CITY LIMITS) 1. SHOCK ME Baroness [ATO Records] Track from: Purple [Abraxan Hymns] 2. DON'T HURT YOURSELF Beyoncé Featuring Jack White 2. SILVERA Track from: Lemonade Gojira [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] Track from: Magma [Roadrunner Records Inc.] 3. BLACKSTAR 3. ROTTING IN VAIN Track from: Blackstar [ISO/Columbia Records] [Roadrunner Records Inc.]

4. (LIVE ON CONAN) 4. DYSTOPIA Disturbed [Reprise] Track from: Dystopia [UME] 5. HEATHENS Twenty One Pilots 5. THE PRICE IS WRONG Track from: Suicide Squad: The Album Periphery [] Track from: Periphery III: Select Difficulty [Sumerian]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 8 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 4 - Rock Category 14 Category 15 Best Rock Song Best Rock Album A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist rock or metal recordings. names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only. 1. 1. BLACKSTAR Blink-182 David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie) [BMG]

Track from: Blackstar 2. TELL ME I'M PRETTY [ISO/Columbia Records; Publisher(s): Nipple Music admin. by RZO Music, Inc.] [RCA Records] 2. BURN THE WITCH , songwriters (Radiohead) 3. MAGMA Gojira Track from: A Moon Shaped Pool [XL Recordings; Publisher(s): Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.] [Roadrunner Records Inc.]

3. HARDWIRED 4. DEATH OF A BACHELOR James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters () Panic! At The [Blackened Recordings; Publisher(s): Creeping Death Music] [DCD2/Fueled By Ramen]

4. HEATHENS 5. Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots) Weezer [Crush/Atlantic] Track from: Suicide Squad: The Album [Atlantic Records; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Stryker Joseph Music]

5. Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters () [; Publisher(s): MCID]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 9 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 5 - Alternative Category 16 Best Alternative Music Album Vocal or Instrumental.

1. 22, A MILLION [Jagjaguwar]

2. BLACKSTAR David Bowie [Columbia Records]

3. THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT PJ Harvey [Vagrant]

4. POST POP DEPRESSION []

5. A MOON SHAPED POOL Radiohead [XL Recordings]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 10 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 6 - R&B Category 17 Category 18 Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings. For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.

1. TURNIN' ME UP 1. THE THREE OF ME BJ The Kid William Bell Track from: In My Mind Track from: This Is Where I Live [ Records] []

2. PERMISSION 2. WOMAN'S WORLD Ro James BJ The Chicago Kid Track from: Eldorado Track from: In My Mind [ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records] [Motown Records]

3. I DO 3. SLEEPING WITH THE ONE I LOVE Fantasia Track from: On Earth Track from: The Definition Of... [My Block, Inc./Entertainment One] [RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited]

4. NEEDED ME 4. ANGEL Rihanna [Westbury Road Entertainment/ Records] Track from: Lalah Hathaway Live [Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One] 5. CRANES IN THE SKY Solange 5. CAN'T WAIT Track from: [Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment] Track from: Woman [ Babe Records/Atlantic Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 11 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 6 - R&B Category 19 Category 20 Best R&B Song Best Album A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B. Tracks only. 1. LEMONADE 1. Beyoncé J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake) 2. OLOGY Track from: PartyNextDoor 3 (P3) [OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records; Publisher(s): Party OMO Gallant Ltd.//Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Mavor [Mind Of A Genius Records/Warner Bros. Records] & Moses Inc./Kobalt] 3. WE ARE KING 2. EXCHANGE KING Michael Hernandez & , songwriters [KING Creative, LLC] (Bryson Tiller) Track from: T R A P S O U L 4. MALIBU [RCA Records; Publisher(s): The MeKanics Music/EMI April Music, Anderson .Paak Inc.] [OBE/Steel Wool/Art Club/EMPIRE] 3. 5. ANTI , Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Rihanna Teddy Sinclair, songwriters (Rihanna) [Westbury Road Entertainment/Roc Nation Records] Track from: Anti [Westbury Road Entertainment/Roc Nation Records; Publisher(s): Songs of Universal//ATV Songs/The Kills Effect/Way Above Music]

4. LAKE BY THE OCEAN Hod David & Musze, songwriters () Track from: blackSUMMERS'night [Columbia Records; Publisher(s): SonyATV Tunes LLC o/b/o Muszewell/EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Ben Ami Music]

5. LUV Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters () Track from: [Mad Love/Interscope Records; Publisher(s): Infinite Stripes/Back Hair Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music Publishing/Please Don't Forget To Pay Me Music admin. by Universal Music Publishing/Tory Lanez Publishing /Tony Kelly Music/Universal – Songs of PolyGram Int., Inc./Dub Plate Music Publishers Ltd./Shocking Vibes Music Ltd./Greensleeves Publishing Ltd.]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 12 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 6 - R&B Category 21 Best R&B Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.

1. IN MY MIND BJ The Chicago Kid [Motown Records]

2. LALAH HATHAWAY LIVE Lalah Hathaway [Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One]

3. VELVET PORTRAITS Terrace Martin [Sounds Of Crenshaw/Ropeadope]

4. HEALING SEASON [Mint Condition Music, LLC]

5. SMOOVE JONES Mya [Planet 9]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 13 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 7 - Rap Category 22 Category 23 Best Rap Performance Best Rap/Sung Performance For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only. For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B and Rap. 1. NO Chance The Rapper Featuring & 1. FREEDOM [Chance The Rapper] Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar

2. PANDA Track from: Lemonade [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] [Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings] 2. Drake 3. Drake Featuring The Throne Track from: Views [/Republic Records] Track from: Views [Cash Money Records/Republic Records] 3. BROCCOLI D.R.A.M. Featuring 4. ALL THE WAY UP [EMPIRE/Atlantic Records] & Remy Ma Featuring & Infared 4. [RNG/EMPIRE] Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly 5. Price, & The-Dream Featuring Kanye West Track from: [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings] Track from: Blank Face LP [/Interscope Records] 5. FAMOUS Kanye West Featuring Rihanna [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 14 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 7 - Rap Category 24 Category 25 Best Rap Song Best Rap Album A song must contain music and lyrics and must be either a new For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility recordings. year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) 1. 1. ALL THE WAY UP Chance The Rapper Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, [Chance The Rapper] Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters 2. AND THE ANONYMOUS NOBODY (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & De La Soul Infared) [A.O.I. Records] [RNG/EMPIRE] 3. MAJOR KEY 2. FAMOUS DJ Khaled Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, [Epic] Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye 4. VIEWS West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Drake Featuring Rihanna) [OVO Sound/Young Money/Cash Money/Republic] [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./BMG Platinum Songs/Mr. Redan 5. BLANK FACE LP Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/ ScHoolboy Q Hell/Universal Music-MGB Songs/Noah Goldstein admin. by Donda [Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records] Publishing/EMI April Music Inc./Sound EQ Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Papa George Music admin. by Warner-Tamerlane 6. THE LIFE OF PABLO Publishing Corp./Chancelor Bennett Publishing Designee/Monza Ronza/Universal Tunes/Donda Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Kanye West Inc./Warp Publishing/ What Up] [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings] 3. HOTLINE BLING Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake) Track from: Views [Cash Money Records/Republic Records; Publisher(s): Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Nyan King Music Inc./EMI April/Sony ATV]

4. NO PROBLEM Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) [Chance The Rapper]

5. ULTRALIGHT BEAM Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, , Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream) Track from: The Life Of Pablo [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Warner-Tamerlane Publishng Corp./Papa George Music admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp/For the Write Price admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing/2082 Music Publishing/WB Music Corp./Universal Music Brentwood Benson Songs/Universal Music Z-Tunes LLC/Monza Ronza/Universal Tunes/Chancelor Bennett Publishing Designee/Noah Goldstein Music/JLOL ASCAP/Samuel Griesemer Publishing Designee/BMG Platinum Songs/Mr. Redan Music]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 15 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 8 - Country Category 26 Category 27 Best Country Solo Performance Best Country Duo/Group Performance For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings. For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings. 1. LOVE CAN GO TO HELL Brandy Clark 1. DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Track from: Big Day In A Small Town Dierks Bentley Featuring [Warner Bros. Records] Track from: Black [ Nashville] 2. VICE 2. 21 SUMMER [Vanner Records/RCA Nashville]

3. Track from: Pawn Shop [EMI Records Nashville] Maren Morris Track from: Hero 3. SETTING THE WORLD ON [Columbia Nashville] & P!nk [ Chair Records/Columbia Nashville] 4. CHURCH BELLS 4. JOLENE Track from: Storyteller Pentatonix Featuring [19 Recordings/] [Dolly Records, LLC/RCA Nashville]

5. BLUE AIN'T YOUR COLOR 5. THINK OF YOU Chris Young With Track from: Ripcord Track from: I'm Comin' Over [Capitol Records Nashville] [RCA Nashville]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 16 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 8 - Country Category 28 Category 29 Best Country Song Best Country Album A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new country Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or recordings. Tracks only. 1. BIG DAY IN A SMALL TOWN 1. BLUE AIN'T YOUR COLOR Brandy Clark Clint Lagerberg, & Steven Lee Olsen, [Warner Bros. Records] songwriters (Keith Urban) 2. FULL CIRCLE Track from: Ripcord [Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs of The Corn, admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.; [Legacy Recordings] HillarodyRathbone Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC; House Of Sea Gayle Music, admin. by ClearBox Rights/Spirit 3. HERO Catalog Holdings, S.a.r.l. admin. by Spirit Two Nashville.] Maren Morris 2. DIE A HAPPY MAN [Columbia Nashville] Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, 4. A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH songwriters (Thomas Rhett) Sturgill Simpson Track from: Tangled Up [Atlantic] [The Valory Music Co.; Publisher(s): EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Cricket On The Line admin. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC./ 5. RIPCORD Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Eastman Pond Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Music of Big Deal/Nice Keith Urban Life/Frederic and Ried Music. admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) [Capitol Records Nashville] LLC.]

3. HUMBLE AND KIND Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw) Track from: Damn [; Publisher(s): Songs of Universal, Inc./Hoodie Songs]

4. MY CHURCH & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris) Track from: Hero [Columbia Nashville; Publisher(s): International Dog Music/Words & Music/BMG Platinum Songs/BMG Rights Management/Hello I Love You Music]

5. VICE Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) [Vanner Records/RCA Nashville; Publisher(s): SonyATV Tree Publishing/Pink Dog Publishing/Smack Songs LLC/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing/Anderson Fork In The Road Music/Kobalt Music Publishing]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 17 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 9 - New Age Category 30 Best New Age Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental new age recordings.

1. OROGEN John Burke [John Burke]

2. DARK SKY ISLAND Enya [Warner Bros.]

3. INNER PASSION Peter Kater & Tina Guo [Hearts Of Space Records]

4. ROSETTA Vangelis [Decca]

5. WHITE SUN II White Sun [Be Why]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 18 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 10 - Jazz Category 31 Category 32 Best Improvised Jazz Solo Best Jazz Vocal Album For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal jazz on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed recordings. appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is 1. SOUND OF RED in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only. René Marie 1. COUNTDOWN [Motema Music] Joey Alexander, soloist 2. UPWARD SPIRAL Track from: Countdown Quartet With Special Guest Kurt [Motema Music] Elling 2. IN MOVEMENT [Okeh] , soloist 3. TAKE ME TO THE ALLEY Track from: In Movement (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane Gregory Porter & Matthew Garrison) [Blue Note] [ECM] 4. HARLEM ON MY MIND 3. WE SEE Catherine Russell , soloist [Jazz Village] Track from: Sunday Night At The Vanguard (The Fred 5. THE VARIATIONS Hersch Trio) [Palmetto Records] The Tierney Sutton Band [BFM Jazz] 4. I CONCENTRATE ON YOU , soloist Track from: (Brad Mehldau Trio) [Nonesuch]

5. I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY , soloist Track from: Country For Old Men [Impulse!]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 19 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 10 - Jazz Category 33 Category 34 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble instrumental jazz recordings. jazz recordings.

1. BOOK OF INTUITION 1. REAL ENEMIES Trio Darcy James Argue's Secret Society [Impulse!] [New Amsterdam Records]

2. DR. UM 2. MONK'ESTRA, VOL. 1 John Beasley [Fuzzy Music] [Mack Avenue Records]

3. SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD 3. KALEIDOSCOPE EYES: MUSIC OF The Fred Hersch Trio John Daversa [Palmetto Records] [BFM Jazz]

4. NEARNESS 4. ALL L.A. BAND Joshua & Brad Mehldau Bob Mintzer [Nonesuch] [Fuzzy Music]

5. COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 5. PRESIDENTIAL SUITE: EIGHT VARIATIONS ON John Scofield FREEDOM [Impulse!] Ted Nash Big Band [Motema Music]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 20 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 10 - Jazz Category 35 Best Latin Jazz Album For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.

1. ENTRE COLEGAS Andy González [Truth Revolution Records]

2. MADERA LATINO: A LATIN JAZZ PERSPECTIVE ON THE MUSIC OF Brian Lynch & Various Artists [Hollistic Musicworks]

3. CANTO AMÉRICA Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta [Patois Records]

4. 30 Trio Da Paz [Zoho]

5. TRIBUTE TO : LIVE IN MARCIAC Chucho Valdés [Jazz Village]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 21 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 11 - Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Category 36 Category 37 Best Gospel Performance/Song Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel or compositions) for the best contemporary Christian pop, Christian contemporary gospel single or track. rap/hip-hop, or Christian rock single or track.

1. IT'S ALRIGHT, IT'S OK 1. TRUST IN YOU Featuring Anthony ; Stanley ; Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren & Paul Brown & Courtney Rumble, songwriters Mabury, songwriters Track from: Fill This House Track from: How Can It Be [Light Records/Entertainment One; Publisher(s): Stan Brown [Centricity Music; Publisher(s): CentricSongs/Sony/ATV Timber Music/Courtney Adrianna Rumble] Publishing/Word Music & Pocket Full of Rocks Publishing]

2. YOU'RE BIGGER [LIVE] 2. PRICELESS Jekalyn Carr; Allundria Carr, songwriter For King & Country; Benjamin Backus, Seth Mosley, Track from: The Life Project [Live] Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, [LUNJEAL Music Group/Entertainment One; Publisher(s): ALJELUN songwriters Publishing] Track from: Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. [The 3. MADE A WAY [LIVE] Anniversary Edition] [Fervent/Curb Records; Publisher(s): Warner Tamerlane/Dayspring Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter Music, LLC/Kilns Music / WB Music Corp./Word Music, LLC/Method Track from: The Hill [Live] To The Madness/Shankel Songs/CentricSongs/2 Hour Songs/R1WAY Music Publishing/Wordspring Music, LLC] [RCA Inspiration; Publisher(s): Greenelight International] 3. KING OF THE WORLD 4. GOD PROVIDES ; Natalie Grant, Becca Mizell & Samuel ; Kirk Franklin, songwriter Mizell, songwriters Track from: One Way Track from: Be One [TillyMann Music; Publisher(s): Second Half Music Publishing] [Curb Records; Publisher(s): SeeSeeBubba Songs admin. by Music Services/Maxx Melodies/BMG Platinum Songs/Takin It To The Maxx] 5. BETTER Hezekiah Walker; Jason Clayborn, Gabriel Hatcher & 4. THY WILL Hezekiah Walker, songwriters & The Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Track from: Azusa: The Next Generation 2- Better Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters [Entertainment One/Azusa; Publisher(s): JayClay Publishing/Luv-Ki/Phat Track from: Love Remains Chordz Productions] [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]

5. CHAIN BREAKER Zach Williams; Mia Fieldes, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters [Essential Records/Provident/; Publisher(s): Anthems of Hope/Upside Down Under/Be Essential Songs/Not Just Another Song Publishing/So Essential Tunes]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 22 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 11 - Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Category 38 Category 39 Best Gospel Album Best Contemporary Christian Music Album This award is given to the artist(s) and any producer(s) or This award is given to the artist(s) and any producer(s) or engineer(s) responsible for at least 51% playing time of an album engineer(s) responsible for at least 51% playing time of an album containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B recordings. contemporary Christian music, including pop, rap/hip-hop, or rock recordings. (Subject to eligibility criteria) 1. LISTEN Tim Bowman Jr. 1. POETS & SAINTS [Lifestyle Music Group/Motown Gospel] All Sons & Daughters [Integrity Music] 2. FILL THIS HOUSE Shirley Caesar 2. AMERICAN PRODIGAL [Light Records/Entertainment One] Crowder [sixstepsrecords/] 3. A WORSHIPPER'S HEART [LIVE] Todd Dulaney 3. BE ONE [Entertainment One/Worship] Natalie Grant [Curb Records] 4. LOSING MY RELIGION Kirk Franklin 4. YOUTH REVIVAL [LIVE] [Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA Records] Hillsong Young & Free [Hillsong Music ] 5. DEMONSTRATE [LIVE] William Murphy 5. LOVE REMAINS [RCA Inspiration] Hillary Scott & The Scott Family [EMI Records Nashville]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 23 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 11 - Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Category 40 Best Roots Gospel Album This award is given to the artist(s) and any producer(s) or engineer(s) responsible for at least 51% playing time of an album containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings. (Subject to eligibility criteria)

1. BETTER TOGETHER Gaither Vocal Band [Gaither Music Group]

2. NATURE'S SYMPHONY IN 432 The Isaacs [House Of Isaacs]

3. HYMNS Joey+Rory [Gaither Music Group/Farmhouse Recordings]

4. HYMNS AND SONGS OF INSPIRATION Gordon Mote [New Haven Records]

5. GOD DON'T NEVER CHANGE: THE SONGS OF (Various Artists) Jeffrey Gaskill, producer [Alligator Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 24 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 12 - Latin Category 41 Category 42 Best Album Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new Latin pop For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new Latin rock, recordings. urban or alternative recordings.

1. UN BESITO MAS 1. ILEVITABLE Jesse & Joy ile [Warner Music ] []

2. ILUSIÓN 2. L.H.O.N. (LA HUMANIDAD O NOSOTROS) Gaby Moreno Illya Kuryaki & The Valderamas [Metamorfosis /Sony Music US Latin] [Sony Music]

3. SIMILARES 3. BUENAVENTURA Laura Pausini La Santa Cecilia [Warner Music Italia/] [Universal Music Latin Entertainment]

4. SEGUIR LATIENDO 4. RAKAS Sanalejo Los Rakas [Marmaz Records] [Universal Music Latino]

5. BUENA VIDA 5. AMOR SUPREMO Diego Torres Carla Morrison [Sony Music Latin] [Cosmica Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 25 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 12 - Latin Category 43 Category 44 Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) Best Tropical Latin Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new regional For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new tropical Mexican (banda, norteño, corridos, gruperos, , ranchera Latin recordings. and Tejano) recordings. 1. CONEXIÓN 1. RAÍCES Fonseca Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC] [Fonovisa] 2. LA FANTASIA HOMENAJE A JUAN FORMELL 2. HECHO A MANO Formell Y Los Van Van Joss Favela [EGREM] [Sony Music Latin] 3. 35 ANIVERSARIO 3. UN AZTECA EN EL AZTECA, VOL. 1 (EN VIVO) Grupo Niche Vicente Fernández [Niche Business Enterprises Inc. dba PPM USA] [Sony Music Entertainment México] 4. LA SONORA SANTANERA EN SU 60 4. GENERACIÓN MAQUINARIA EST. 2006. ANIVERSARIO La Maquinaria Norteña La Sonora Santanera [Azteca Records/Fonovisa/UMLE] [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. De C.V.]

5. TRIBUTO A JOAN SEBASTIAN Y RIGOBERTO 5. DONDE ESTÁN? ALFARO Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea [En Grande Music, LLC] [East Side Records/Shea Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 26 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 13 - American Roots Music Category 45 Category 46 Best American Roots Performance Best American Roots Song For new vocal or instrumental American Roots recordings. This is A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, traditional for performances in the style of any of the subgenres encompassed blues, contemporary blues, folk or regional roots songs. For Song in the American Roots Music field including Americana, bluegrass, Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in blues, folk or regional roots. Award to the artist(s). parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

1. AIN'T NO MAN 1. ALABAMA AT NIGHT Robbie Fulks, songwriter (Robbie Fulks) Track from: True Sadness Track from: Upland Stories [American Recordings/Republic Records] [Bloodshot Records; Publisher(s): Lorne Rall Music]

2. MOTHER'S CHILDREN HAVE A HARD TIME 2. CITY LIGHTS Blind Boys Of Alabama Jack White, songwriter (Jack White) Track from: God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Track from: Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016 Willie Johnson [Columbia/; Publisher(s): Peppermint Stripe Music] [Alligator Records] 3. GULFSTREAM 3. FACTORY GIRL Eric Adcock & Roddie Romero, songwriters (Roddie Rhiannon Giddens Romero And The Hub City All-Stars) Track from: Factory Girl Track from: Gulfstream [Nonesuch Records Inc.] [Octavia Records; Publisher(s): Grand Bayou Music/Roddie Romero Music] 4. HOUSE OF MERCY 4. KID SISTER Sarah Jarosz Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers) Track from: Undercurrent Track from: Kid Sister [] [; Publisher(s): Vinny Mae Music admin. by Songs of 5. WRECK YOU Kobalt Music Publishing] Lori McKenna 5. WRECK YOU [CN Records] Lori McKenna & Felix McTeigue, songwriters (Lori McKenna) [CN Records; Publisher(s): Melanie Howard Music, Inc./Rusty Muffler Songs admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 27 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 13 - American Roots Music Category 47 Category 48 Best Americana Album Best Bluegrass Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Americana recordings. instrumental bluegrass recordings.

1. TRUE SADNESS 1. ORIGINAL TRADITIONAL The Avett Brothers Blue Highway [American Recordings/Republic Records] [Rounder Records]

2. THIS IS WHERE I LIVE 2. BURDEN BEARER William Bell Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver [Stax] [Mountain Home Music ]

3. THE CEDAR CREEK SESSIONS 3. THE HAZEL AND ALICE SESSIONS & The Right Hands [KK Records, Llc] [Spruce And Maple Music]

4. THE BIRD & THE RIFLE 4. NORTH BY SOUTH Lori McKenna Claire Lynch [CN Records] [Compass Records]

5. KID SISTER 5. COMING HOME The Time Jumpers O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor [Rounder Records] [Rounder Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 28 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 13 - American Roots Music Category 49 Category 50 Best Traditional Blues Album Best Contemporary Blues Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental traditional blues recordings. instrumental contemporary blues recordings.

1. CAN'T SHAKE THIS FEELING 1. THE LAST DAYS OF OAKLAND Lurrie Bell Fantastic Negrito [Delmark Records] [Believe Global/Blackball Universe]

2. LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE 2. LOVE WINS AGAIN Joe Bonamassa Janiva Magness [J&R Adventures] [Blue Élan Records]

3. BLUES & BALLADS (A FOLKSINGER'S 3. BLOODLINE SONGBOOK: VOLUMES I & II) Kenny Neal Luther Dickinson [Cleopatra Blues] [New West Records] 4. GIVE IT BACK TO YOU 4. THE SOUL OF JIMMIE RODGERS The Record Company Vasti Jackson [] [VJM] 5. EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE 5. PORCUPINE MEAT Joe Louis Walker [Provogue] [Rounder Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 29 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 13 - American Roots Music Category 51 Category 52 Best Folk Album Best Regional Roots Music Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental folk recordings. instrumental regional roots music recordings.

1. SILVER SKIES BLUE 1. BROKEN PROMISED LAND & Ari Hest Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard [Wildflower Records/Cleopatra Records] [Swallow Records]

2. UPLAND STORIES 2. IT'S A CREE THING Robbie Fulks Northern Cree [Bloodshot Records] [Canyon Records]

3. FACTORY GIRL 3. E WALEA Rhiannon Giddens Kalani Pe'a [Nonesuch Records Inc.] [Kalani Pe’a Music Llc]

4. WEIGHTED MIND 4. GULFSTREAM Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars [Rounder Records] [Octavia Records]

5. UNDERCURRENT 5. I WANNA SING RIGHT: REDISCOVERING LOMAX Sarah Jarosz IN THE EVANGELINE COUNTRY [Sugar Hill Records] (Various Artists) Joshua Caffery & Joel Savoy, producers [Valcour Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 30 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 14 - Category 53 Best Reggae Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new reggae recordings.

1. SLY & ROBBIE PRESENTS... REGGAE FOR HER Devin Di Dakta & J.L [Tuff Gong International, Taxi Records]

2. ROSE PETALS J Boog [Wash Group]

3. ZIGGY MARLEY Ziggy Marley [Tuff Gong Worldwide]

4. EVERLASTING Raging Fyah [Dub Rockers/VP Records]

5. FALLING INTO PLACE Rebelution [87 Music/Hill Kid/Raise Up Music/Easy Star Records]

6. SOJA: LIVE IN VIRGINIA SOJA [ATO Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 31 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 15 - Category 54 Best World Music Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental world music recordings.

1. DESTINY Celtic Woman []

2. WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FATHERS Ladysmith Black Mambazo [Ladysmith Black Mambazo]

3. SING ME HOME Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble [Masterworks]

4. LAND OF GOLD Anoushka Shankar []

5. DOIS AMIGOS, UM SÉCULO DE MÚSICA: MULTISHOW LIVE Caetano Veloso & [Nonesuch]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 32 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 16 - Children's Category 55 Best Children's Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new musical or spoken word recordings that are created and intended specifically for children.

1. EXPLORER OF THE WORLD Frances England [Frances England Music]

2. INFINITY PLUS ONE Secret Agent 23 Skidoo [Underground Records]

3. NOVELTIES Recess Monkey [Recess Monkey]

4. PRESS PLAY Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could [Bumblin' Bee Records]

5. SADDLE UP The Okee Dokee Brothers [Okee Dokee Music]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 33 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 17 - Spoken Word Category 56 Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

1. THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO Amy Schumer [Simon & Schuster Audio]

2. IN SUCH GOOD COMPANY: ELEVEN YEARS OF LAUGHTER, MAYHEM, AND FUN IN THE SANDBOX [Penguin Audio]

3. M TRAIN [ Audio]

4. UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF L.A. PUNK (JOHN DOE WITH TOM DESAVIA) (Various Artists) Tom DeSavia, John Doe, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers [Penguin Random House Audio]

5. UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK [Penguin Random House Audio]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 34 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 18 - Comedy Category 57 Best Comedy Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.

1. ...AMERICA...GREAT… David Cross [Liberal Jewrun Media Productions]

2. AMERICAN MYTH Margaret Cho [Clownery Records]

3. BOYISH GIRL INTERRUPTED Tig Notaro [Secretly Canadian]

4. LIVE AT THE APOLLO Amy Schumer [Maverick]

5. TALKING FOR CLAPPING Patton Oswalt [ASpecialThing Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 35 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 19 - Musical Theater Category 58 Best Musical Theater Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and (s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.

1. BRIGHT STAR Carmen Cusack, principal soloist; Jay Alix, & Una Jackman, producers; , composer; Edie Brickell, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) [Ghostlight]

2. THE COLOR PURPLE Cynthia Erivo & , principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, & , /lyricists) (New Broadway Cast) [Broadway Records]

3. Danny Burstein, principal soloist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Jerry Bock, composer; Sheldon Harnick, lyricist) (2016 Broadway Cast) [Broadway Records]

4. KINKY BOOTS Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., , Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers (Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist) (Original West End Cast) [Masterworks Broadway]

5. WAITRESS Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) [DMI ]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 36 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 20 - Music for Visual Media Category 59 Category 60 Best Compilation For Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media Award to the artist(s) and/or ‘in studio’ producer(s) of a majority of Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically the tracks on the album. In the absence of both, award to the one for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, or two individuals proactively responsible for the concept and television show or series, video games or other visual media. musical direction of the album and for the selection of artists, songs 1. BRIDGE OF SPIES and producers, as applicable. Award also goes to appropriately credited music supervisor(s). Thomas Newman, composer [Hollywood Records] 1. AMY (Various Artists) 2. QUENTIN TARANTINO'S THE HATEFUL EIGHT [Republic Records] , composer [Decca] 2. MILES AHEAD ( & Various Artists) 3. THE REVENANT [Columbia/Legacy] Alva Noto & , composers [ Records] 3. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Various Artists) 4. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS [Capitol Records/UMe] John Williams, composer [] 4. SUICIDE SQUAD (COLLECTOR'S EDITION) (Various Artists) 5. STRANGER THINGS VOLUME 1 [Atlantic/WaterTower Music] Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers [Lakeshore Records] 5. VINYL: THE ESSENTIALS SEASON 1 (Various Artists) 6. STRANGER THINGS VOLUME 2 [Atlantic/Warner Bros. Records] Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers [Lakeshore Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 37 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 20 - Music for Visual Media Category 61 Best Song Written For Visual Media A Songwriter(s) award. For a song ( & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television, video games or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

1. CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! Max Martin, Shellback & , songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, , James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar) Track from: [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]

2. HEATHENS Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots) Track from: Suicide Squad [Atlantic/WaterTower Music; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Stryker Joseph Music]

3. , Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk) Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass [RCA Records/Walt Disney Records; Publisher(s): EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./P!nk Inside Publishing/MXM Music admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Wolf Cousins/WB Music Corp. o/b/o Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia/Lionheart Music/Walt Disney Music Company/Wonderland Music Company, Inc.]

4. PURPLE LAMBORGHINI Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & ) Track from: Suicide Squad [Atlantic/WaterTower Music; Publisher(s): Copaface admin. by Kobalt Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./4 Blunts Lit At Once/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. o/b/o itself/Rich Forever and Close Range Publishing]

5. TRY EVERYTHING Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters () Track from: Zootopia [Walt Disney Records; Publisher(s): Walt Disney Music Company]

6. THE VEIL , songwriter (Peter Gabriel) Track from: Snowden [Real World Records/Peter Gabriel Ltd.; Publisher(s): Real World Music Ltd/Sony ATV]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 38 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 21 - Composing/Arranging Category 62 Category 63 Best Instrumental Composition Best , Instrumental or A Cappella A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or or Tracks only. Tracks only. 1. ASK ME NOW 1. BRIDGE OF SPIES (END TITLE) John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman) Track from: MONK'estra, Vol. 1 Track from: Bridge Of Spies [Mack Avenue Records] [Hollywood Records] 2. GOOD "SWING" WENCESLAS 2. THE EXPENSIVE TRAIN SET (AN EPIC Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Orchestra) SARAHNADE FOR DOUBLE BIG BAND) Track from: A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band) [] Track from: The Expensive Trainset [Origin Records] 3. LINUS & LUCY Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet) 3. FLOW Track from: Then & Now: Classic Sounds & Variations Of Alan Ferber, composer (Alan Ferber Nonet) 12 Jazz Legends Track from: Roots & Transitions [Mama Records] [Sunnyside Communications, Inc.] 4. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS 4. L'ULTIMA DILIGENZA DI RED ROCK - VERSIONE John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa) INTEGRALE Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone) [BFM Jazz] Track from: Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight [] 5. WE THREE KINGS Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra 5. SPOKEN AT MIDNIGHT With ) Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band) Track from: Big Band Holidays Track from: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On [Blue Engine Records] Freedom [Motema Music] 6. YOU AND I Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room [Membran]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 39 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 21 - Composing/Arranging Category 64 Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

1. DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Take 6) Track from: A Big Phat Christmas - Wrap This! [Music Of Content]

2. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Featuring Renee Olstead) Track from: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles [BFM Jazz]

3. FLINTSTONES Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) Track from: In My Room [Membran]

4. I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU Alan Broadbent, arranger (Kristin Chenoweth) Track from: The Art Of Elegance [Concord Records]

5. SOMEWHERE (DIRTY BLVD) (EXTENDED VERSION) Billy Childs & Larry Klein, arrangers ( Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright) Track from: Rhapsody [Sony Classical]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 40 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 22 - Package Category 65 Category 66 Best Recording Package Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

1. ANTI (DELUXE EDITION) 1. EDITH PIAF 1915-2015 Ciarra Pardo & Robyn Fenty, art directors (Rihanna) Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf) [Westbury Road Entertainment] [Warner Music France]

2. BLACKSTAR 2. 401 DAYS Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie) Jonathan Dagan & Mathias Høst Normark, art [ISO/Columbia Records] directors (J.Views) [J.Views] 3. HUMAN PERFORMANCE Andrew Savage, art director (Parquet Courts) 3. I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT (BOX SET) [] Samuel Burgess-Johnson & Matthew Healy, art 4. SUNSET MOTEL directors (The 1975) Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless [Dirty Hit/Interscope] Kelly) 4. PAPER WHEELS (DELUXE LIMITED EDITION) [No Big Deal Records] Matt Taylor, art director () 5. 22, A MILLION [ATO Records] Eric Timothy Carlson, art director (Bon Iver) 5. TUG OF WAR (DELUXE EDITION) [Jagjaguwar] Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney) [Concord Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 41 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 23 - Notes Category 67 Best Album Notes

1. THE COMPLETE MONUMENT & COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION Mikal Gilmore, album notes writer (Kris Kristofferson) [Legacy Recordings]

2. THE KNOXVILLE SESSIONS, 1929-1930: KNOX COUNTY STOMP Ted Olson & Tony Russell, album notes writers (Various Artists) [Bear Family Productions Ltd.]

3. ORK RECORDS: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, album notes writers (Various Artists) [The Numero Group]

4. SISSLE AND BLAKE SING SHUFFLE ALONG Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle) [Harbinger Records/The Musical Theater Project]

5. WAXING THE GOSPEL: EVANGELISM & THE , 1890-1900 Richard Martin, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Archeophone Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 42 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 24 - Historical Category 68 Best Historical Album

1. 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) [Columbia/Legacy]

2. MUSIC OF MOROCCO FROM THE : RECORDED BY PAUL BOWLES, 1959 April G. Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Bill Nowlin & Philip D. Schuyler, compilation producers; Rick Fisher & Michael Graves, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Dust-To-Digital]

3. ORK RECORDS: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [The Numero Group]

4. : THE UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS 1966-1983 Bernard Horowitz, Andreas K. Meyer & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Andreas K. Meyer & Jeanne Montalvo, mastering engineers (Vladimir Horowitz) [Sony Classical]

5. WAXING THE GOSPEL: MASS EVANGELISM & THE PHONOGRAPH, 1890-1900 Michael Devecka, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Michael Devecka, David Giovannoni, Michael Khanchalian & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Archeophone Records]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 43 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 25 - Production, Non-Classical Category 69 Category 70 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.) A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.)

1. ARE YOU SERIOUS 1. BENNY BLANCO Tchad Blake & David Boucher, engineers; Bob Ludwig, • Cold Water ( Featuring Justin Bieber And mastering engineer () MØ) (S) [Loma Vista Recordings] • Friends ( Featuring Bon Iver) (S) • Kill Em' With Kindness ( Gomez) (T) 2. BLACKSTAR • Love Yourself (Justin Bieber) (S) David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony • Luv (Tory Lanez) (S) Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer • Wild Love ( Featuring The Weeknd & (David Bowie) Francis And The Lights) (S) [ISO/Columbia Records] 2. GREG KURSTIN 3. DIG IN DEEP • Cheap Thrills (Sia Featuring Sean Paul) (S) Ryan Freeland, engineer; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer • Hello (Adele) (S) () • Love You To Death () (A) [Redwing Records] • Million Years Ago (Adele) (T) 4. HIT N RUN PHASE TWO • Something In The Way You Move () (T) Booker T., Dylan Dresdow, Chris James, & Justin • Water Under The Bridge (Adele) (T) Stanley, engineers; Dylan Dresdow, mastering engineer 3. MAX MARTIN (Prince) • Can't Stop The Feeling! (Justin Timberlake) (S) [NPG Records] • Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande) (S) 5. UNDERCURRENT • Into You (Ariana Grande) (S) Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Paul Blakemore, • Just Like Fire (P!nk) (T) mastering engineer (Sarah Jarosz) • () (S) [Sugar Hill Records] • Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (Adele) (S) • (Ariana Grande Featuring ) (T)

4. NINETEEN85 • (DJ Khaled Ft. Drake) (S) • Hotline Bling (Drake) (S) • Not Nice (PartyNextDoor) (S) • (Drake Featuring Wiz Kid & Kyla) (S) • Rising Water (James Vincent McMorrow) (T) • Sept. 5th (dvsn) (A) • (Drake Featuring Rihanna) (S) • (James Vincent McMorrow) (A)

5. • Better ( Featuring ) (S) • Cruel World (Phantogram) (S) • Girls Talk Boys () (S) • HandClap (Fitz And The Tantrums) (S) • Me Too (Meghan Trainor) (S) • No (Meghan Trainor) (S) • Sober (DJ Snake Featuring JRY) (T) • You Don't Get Me High Anymore (Phantogram) (S)

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 44 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 25 - Production, Non-Classical Category 71 Best Remixed Recording A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.

1. CALI COAST (PSIONICS ) Josh Williams, remixer (Soul Pacific) Track from: Awake [Diso Studios]

2. HEAVY STAR MOVIN' (STARO REMIX) staRo, remixer (The Silver Lake Chorus) Track from: Silver Lake Chorus [Six Degrees Records]

3. NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY- (TIMO MAAS & JAMES TEEJ REMIX) Timo Maas & James Teej, remixers (Paul McCartney & Wings) [Casablanca/Republic Records]

4. ONLY (KASKADE X LIPLESS REMIX) Ryan Raddon, remixer (Ry X) [Loma Vista Recordings]

5. TEARING ME UP (RAC REMIX) André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses) [Domino Recording]

6. WIDE OPEN (JOE GODDARD REMIX) Joe Goddard, remixer () [Astralwerks]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 45 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 26 - Surround Sound Category 72 Best Surround Sound Album For vocal or instrumental albums in any genre. Must be commercially released on DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, SACD, Blu-Ray, or burned download-only/streaming-only copies and must provide a new surround mix of four or more channels. Award to the surround mix engineer, surround producer (if any) and surround mastering engineer (if any).

1. 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) [Seattle Symphony Media]

2. JOHNSON: CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD Brad Michel, surround mix engineer; Brad Michel, surround mastering engineer; Robina G. Young, surround producer (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare) []

3. MAJA S.K. RATKJE: AND SING ... Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta) [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

4. PRIMUS & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (5.1 SURROUND SOUND EDITION) Les Claypool, surround mix engineer; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool, surround producer (Primus) [ATO Records]

5. REFLECTIONS Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene) [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 46 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 27 - Production, Classical Category 73 Best Engineered Album, Classical An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)

1. CORIGLIANO: THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra) [Pentatone Music]

2. DUTILLEUX: SUR LE MÊME ACCORD; LES CITATIONS; MYSTÈRE DE L'INSTANT & TIMBRES, ESPACE, MOUVEMENT Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) [Seattle Symphony Media]

3. REFLECTIONS Morten Lindberg, engineer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene) [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

4. SHADOW OF SIRIUS Silas Brown & David Frost, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble) [Naxos]

5. SHOSTAKOVICH: UNDER STALIN'S SHADOW - SYMPHONIES NOS. 5, 8 & 9 Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 47 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 27 - Production, Classical Category 74 Producer Of The Year, Classical A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)

1. BLANTON ALSPAUGH 4. • The Aeolian Organ At Duke University Chapel • American First Sonatas (Cecile Licad) (Christopher Jacobson) • : This Is The Life! (Rick Benjamin & Paragon • Bolcom: Canciones De Lorca & Prometheus (René Ragtime Orchestra) Barbera, Jeffrey Biegel, Carl St. Clair, Pacific Chorale & • Centennial Commissions, Vol. II (Charles Neidich & Pro Pacific Symphony) Arte Quartet) • Brahms: Symphonies ( & • Gernsheim & Brahms: Quintets (Reiko Uchida & Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Formosa Quartet) • Copland: Appalachian Spring Complete Ballet; Hear Ye! • Latin American & Spanish Masterpieces For Flute & Hear Ye! (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Piano (Stephanie Jutt) • Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (James Conlon, • Similar Motion (Momenta Quartet) Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, • Tchaikovsky: Complete Works For & Orchestra Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA (Jennifer Koh, Alexander Vedernikov & Odense Symphony Opera Chorus & Orchestra) Orchestra) • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (Andrés Orozco-Estrada • Tower: String Quartets Nos. 3-5 & Dumbarton Quintet & Symphony) (Miami String Quartet) • Dvořák: Symphony No. 6; Slavonic Dances (Andrés 5. ROBINA G. YOUNG Orozoco-Estrada & Houston Symphony) • Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (Craig Hella • Floyd: Wuthering Heights (Joseph Mechavich, Heather Johnson & Conspirare) Buck, Vale Rideout, Susanne Mentzer, Kelly Markgraf, • Lutosławski: Concerto For Orchestra; Brahms: Piano Jarman, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Quartet (Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Fort Worth Symphony Florentine Opera Company) Orchestra) 2. DAVID FROST • Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 (Kristian • Bach: The Suites According To Anna Magdalena Bezuidenhout) (Matt Haimovitz) • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 (Vadym • Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology ( & Kholodenko, Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Fort Worth Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Symphony Orchestra) • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 (Jonathan Biss) • A Wondrous Mystery - Renaissance Choral Music For • Brahms & Dvořák: Serenades (Boston Symphony Christmas (Stile Antico) 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 (, Alberto Mizrahi, Riccardo Muti, , Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus) • Shadow Of Sirius (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble)

3. MARINA A. LEDIN AND VICTOR LEDIN • Friedman: Original Piano Compositions (Joseph Banowetz) • Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 48 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 28 - Classical Category 75 Category 76 Best Orchestral Performance Best Opera Recording Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra. Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists. 1. BATES: WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA , conductor (San Francisco 1. CORIGLIANO: THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES Symphony) James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, [SFS Media] Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton 2. IBERT: ORCHESTRAL WORKS Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Neeme Järvi, conductor (Orchestre De La Suisse Chorus) Romande) [Pentatone Music] [Chandos] 2. HANDEL: 3. PROKOFIEV: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN B-FLAT Giovanni Antonini, conductor; , Philippe MAJOR, OP. 100 Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl & Anne-Sofie von Otter; , conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Samuel Theis, producer (Il Giardino Armonico) Orchestra) [Decca] [RCO] 3. HIGDON: COLD MOUNTAIN 4. ROUSE: ODNA ZHIZN; SYMPHONIES 3 & 4; PROSPERO'S ROOMS Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Emily Fons, Nathan Alan Gilbert, conductor () Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; [Dacapo Records] Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers) 5. SHOSTAKOVICH: UNDER STALIN'S SHADOW - [Pentatone Music] SYMPHONIES NOS. 5, 8 & 9 4. MOZART: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; , Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon] Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva; Daniel Zalay, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt) [Deutsche Grammophon]

5. SZYMANOWSKI: KRÓL ROGER , conductor; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecień & Saimir Pirgu; Jonathan Allen, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus) [Opus Arte]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 49 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 28 - Classical Category 77 Category 78 Best Choral Performance Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Award to the Conductor, and to the Choral Director and/or Chorus For new recordings of works with chamber or small ensemble Master where applicable and to the Choral Organization/Ensemble. (twenty-four or fewer members, not including the conductor). One Award to the ensemble and one Award to the conductor, if 1. HIMMELRAND applicable. Elisabeth Holte, conductor (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise 1. FITELBERG: CHAMBER WORKS Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble) ARC Ensemble [2L (Lindberg Lyd)] [Chandos]

2. JANÁČEK: GLAGOLITIC MASS 2. REFLECTIONS Edward Gardner, conductor; Håkon Matti Skrede, Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & chorus master (Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Trondheimsolistene Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen [2L (Lindberg Lyd)] Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium 3. SERIOUS BUSINESS Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor) Spektral Quartet [Chandos] [Sono Luminus]

3. LLOYD: BONHOEFFER 4. Donald Nally, conductor (Malavika Godbole, John Third Coast Percussion Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing) [Cedille Records] [Albany Records] 5. TRIOS FROM OUR HOMELANDS 4. PENDERECKI CONDUCTS PENDERECKI, Lincoln Trio VOLUME 1 [Cedille Records] , conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir) [Warner Classics]

5. STEINBERG: PASSION WEEK Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir) [Naxos]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 50 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 28 - Classical Category 79 Category 80 Best Classical Instrumental Solo Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor when Award to: Vocalist(s), Collaborative Artist(s) (Ex: , applicable. conductors, chamber groups) Producer(s), Recording Engineers/Mixers with 51% or more playing time of new material. 1. ADAMS, J.: SCHEHERAZADE.2 Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester 1. MONTEVERDI Englander; St. Louis Symphony) Magdalena Kožená; , conductor (David [Nonesuch] Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel) 2. DAUGHERTY: TALES OF HEMINGWAY [Archiv Produktion] Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony) 2. MOZART: THE WEBER SISTERS Track from: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Sabine Devieilhe; Raphaël Pichon, conductor Gothic; Once Upon A Castle (Pygmalion) [Naxos] [Erato]

3. DVOŘÁK: VIOLIN CONCERTO & ROMANCE; 3. SCHUMANN & BERG SUK: FANTASY Dorothea Röschmann; , accompanist Christian Tetzlaff; John Storgårds, conductor (Helsinki [Decca] Philharmonic Orchestra) [Ondine] 4. SHAKESPEARE SONGS Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael 4. MOZART: KEYBOARD MUSIC, VOLS. 8 & 9 Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Kristian Bezuidenhout Walker) [Harmonia Mundi] [Warner Classics]

5. 1930'S VIOLIN CONCERTOS, VOL. 2 5. VERISMO Gil Shaham; Stéphane Denève, conductor (The Knights ; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Yusif & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra) Eyvazov; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa [Canary Classics] Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) [Deutsche Grammophon]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 51 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 28 - Classical Category 81 Category 82 Best Classical Compendium Best Contemporary Classical Composition Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) and A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition Engineer(s) of over 51% playing time of the album, if other than composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time the artist. during the Eligibility Year.) Award to the librettist, if applicable.

1. DAUGHERTY: TALES OF HEMINGWAY; 1. BATES: ANTHOLOGY OF FANTASTIC ZOOLOGY AMERICAN GOTHIC; ONCE UPON A CASTLE , composer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, Symphony Orchestra) producer [CSO Resound] [Naxos] 2. DAUGHERTY: TALES OF HEMINGWAY 2. GESUALDO Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; , producer Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) [ECM New Series] Track from: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle 3. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: DISCOVERIES [Naxos] Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Andrew Walton, producer 3. HIGDON: COLD MOUNTAIN [Albion Records] Jennifer Higdon, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist 4. WOLFGANG: PASSING THROUGH (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn & The Santa Fe Opera) Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang, producers; [Pentatone Music] (Various Artists) [Albany Records] 4. THEOFANIDIS: BASSOON CONCERTO 5. ZAPPA: 200 MOTELS - THE SUITES Christopher Theofanidis, composer (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest ) Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa, producers Track from: Bassoon Concertos - Theofanidis, Hummel, [Universal Music] Mozart [Estonian Record Productions]

5. WINGER: CONVERSATIONS WITH NIJINSKY C. F. Kip Winger, composer (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) Track from: Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky [VBI Classic Recordings]

© The Recording Academy 2016 - all rights reserved 52 Not for copy or distribution 59th Finals - Press List Field 29 - /Film Category 83 Category 84 Best Music Video Best Music Film Award to the artist, video director, and video producer. For /performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer. 1. FORMATION Beyoncé 1. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD Melina Matsoukas, video director; Nathan Scherrer, Steve Aoki video producer Justin Krook, video director; Brent Almond, Matt [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Happy Walters & Matthew Weaver, video producers 2. RIVER [Relativity] Miles Jay, video director; Dennis Beier, Allison 2. THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK THE Kunzman & Saul Levitz, video producers TOURING YEARS [Columbia Records] (The Beatles) Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron 3. UP & UP Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Juliette [ Ltd./UMe] Larthe & Natan Schottenfels, video producers 3. LEMONADE [ Records/Atlantic] Beyoncé 4. GOSH Beyoncé Knowles Carter & Kahlil Joseph, video Jamie XX directors; Beyoncé Knowles Carter, video producer Romain Gavras, video director; Iconoclast, video [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records] producers 4. THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS [Young Turks] Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble 5. UPSIDE DOWN & INSIDE OUT Morgan Neville, video director; Caitrin Rogers, video OK Go producer Jr. & , video directors; Melissa [Tremolo Productions] Murphy & John O'Grady, video producers 5. AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT: LIVE FROM THE [] (Various Artists) George J. Flanigen IV, video director; Steve Buchanan, John Burke, Lindsey Clark, Robert Deaton, Pete Fisher & George J. Flanigen IV, video producers [Grand Ole Opry, LLC]

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