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RECORD OF THE YEAR

“Really Love” — D’Angelo and the Vanguard

WINNER: “Uptown ” — featuring

” —

“Blank Space” —

“Can’t Feel My Face” —

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Sound & Color —

To Pimp a Butterfly —

Traveller —

WINNER: 1989 — Taylor Swift

Beauty Behind the Madness — The Weeknd

BEST NEW ARTIST

Courtney Barnett

James Bay

Sam Hunt

Tori Kelly

WINNER: Meghan Trainor

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

WINNER: “Don’t Wanna Fight” — Alabama Shakes

“What Kind of Man” — Florence & The Machine

“Something From Nothing” —

“Ex’s & Oh’s” — Elle

” — Wolf Alice

BEST MUSICAL THEATER

An American in Paris

Fun Home WINNER: Hamilton

The King And I

Something Rotten!

PHOTOS: Grammys 2016 Red Carpet: Wildest Fashion and Beauty Looks

SONG OF THE YEAR

“Alright” — Kendrick Lamar

“Blank Space” — Taylor Swift

“Girl Crush” —

” — featuring

WINNER: “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Montevallo — Sam Hunt

Pain Killer — Little Big Town

The Blade — Ashley Monroe

Pageant Material —

WINNER: Traveller — Chris Stapleton

BEST RAP ALBUM

2014 Forest Hills Drive — J. Cole

Compton — Dr. Dre

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late —

WINNER: — Kendrick Lamar

The Pinkprint —

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Ship to Wreck” — Florence & The Machine

“Sugar” —

WINNER: “” — Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

“Bad Blood” — Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar “See You Again” — Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

PHOTOS: Awards Show Audience Reactions: Funniest Celebrity Faces in the Crowd

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Heartbeat Song” —

Do” —

WINNER: “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran

“Blank Space” — Taylor Swift

“Can’t Feel My Face” — The Weeknd

BEST RAP SONG

“All Day” — Kendrick Lamar and

WINNER: “Alright” — Kendrick Lamar featuring

“Energy” — Drake

“Glory” — &

” —

BEST VIDEO

“LSD” — A$AP Rocky

“I (Every Million Miles)” — The Dead Weather

“Alright” — Kendrick Lamar

WINNER: “Bad Blood” — Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Freedom” — Pharrell Williams

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

” — J. Cole

“Back To Back” — Drake

“Trap Queen” — Fetty Wap

WINNER: “Alright” — Kendrick Lamar

” — Nicki Minaj featuring Drake &

“All Day” — Kanye West featuring Theophilus , Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney BEST MUSIC FILM

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

Sonic Highways

What Happened, Miss Simone?

The Wall

WINNER: Amy

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Piece By Piece — Kelly Clarkson

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful — Florence & The Machine

Uptown Special — Mark Ronson

WINNER: 1989 — Taylor Swift

Before This World — James Taylor

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Empire: Season 1

Fifty Shades of Grey

WINNER: : I’ll Be Me

Pitch Perfect 2

Selma

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

WINNER:

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

PHOTOS: 's Stunning Transformation

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

( of Grey)” — The Weeknd WINNER: “Glory” — Common & John Legend

“Love Me Like You D” — Ellie Goulding

“See You Again” — Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

” —

BEST ALBUM

Ego Death — The Internet

You Should Be Here — Kehlani

Blood — Lianne La Havas

Wildheart — Miguel

WINNER: Beauty Behind the Madness — The Weeknd

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

“Worth [Live]” —Anthony Brown & Group Therapy

WINNER: “Wanna Be Happy?” —

“Intentional” — Travis Greene

“How Awesome is Our God [Live]” — Israel & NewBreed featuring Yolanda Adams

“Worth Fighting For [Live]” — Brian Courtney Wilson

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

Terral — Pablo Alborán

Healer — Alex Cuba

WINNER: A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Album) — Ricky Martin

Sirope —

Algo Sucede — Julieta Venegas

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

Amanecer — Bomba Estereo

Mondongo — La Cuneta Son Machín

WINNER: Hasta La Raíz — Natalia Lafourcade

Caja de Música — Monsieur Periné Dale —

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

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

Ya Dime Adiós — La Maquinaria Norteña

Zapateando — Los Cojolites

WINNER: Realidades (Deluxe Edition) —Los Tigres Del Norte

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

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

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

WINNER: Son De Panamá — Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado &

Presente Continuo — Guaco

Todo Tiene Su Hora — 4.40

Que Suenen Los Tambores — Victor Manuelle

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

“And Am I Born To Die” — Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

“Born to Play ” — Buddy Guy

“City Of Our Lady” — The Milk Carton Kids

“Julep” — Punch Brothers

WINNER: “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” — Mavis Staples

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG

“All Night Long” —

“The Cost Of Living” — & Merle Haggard

“Julep” — Punch Brothers

“The Traveling Kind” — & Rodney Crowell

WINNER: “24 Frames” —

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

The Firewatcher’s Daughter — Brandi Carlile The Traveling Kind — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

WINNER: Something More Than Free — Jason Isbell

Mono — The Mavericks

The Phosphorescent Blues — Punch Brothers

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

Pocket Full of Keys — Dale Ann Bradley

Before The Sun Goes Down — Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

In Session — Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Man of Constant Sorrow — & Friends

WINNER: The Muscle Shoals Recordings — The Steeldrivers

BEST BLUES ALBUM

Descendants of Hill Country — Cedric Burnside Project

Outskirts of Love — Shemekia Copeland

WINNER: Born to Play Guitar — Buddy Guy

Worthy — Bettye LaVette

Muddy Waters 100 — John Primer & Various Artists

BEST FOLK ALBUM

Wood, Wire & Words — Norman Blake

WINNER: Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn — Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Tomorrow Is My Turn — Rhiannon Giddens

Servant of Love —

Didn’t He Ramble —

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

WINNER: Go Go Juice — Jon Cleary

La La La La — Natalie Ai Kamauu

Kawaiokalena — Keali’i Reichel

Get Ready — The Revelers Generations — Windwalker And the MCW

Justin Bieber Gives High-Energy Performance of '' and 'Where Are Ü Now' at Grammys 2016

BEST COMPOSITION

WINNER: “The Afro Latin Suite” — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa

“Civil War” — Bob Mintzer

“Confetti Man” — Turtle Island Quartet

“Neil” — University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band

“Vesper” — Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band

BEST , INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPELLA

“Bruno Mars” — Vocally Challenged

WINNER: “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” —

“Do You Hear What I Hear” — Committed

“Ghost of A Chance” — & Nathan East

“You and the Night and the Music” — John Fedchock New York Big Band

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS

“Be My Muse” — Lorraine Feather

“52nd & Broadway” — Patrick Williams featuring Patti Austin

“Garota De Ipanema” — Catina DeLuna featuring Otmaro Ruiz

WINNER: “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) —

“When I Come Home” — Jimmy Greene with Javier Colon

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Blanton Alspaugh

Manfred Eicher

Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

Dan Merceruio

WINNER: Judith Sherman BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

Alagoas — Alagoas

Bush —

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) — Florence + The Machine

My Happiness —

WINNER: Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys — Asleep At The Wheel

Lady Gaga Gets New David Bowie Tattoo Ahead of Her Grammys 2016 Tribute: See the Photo!

BEST ALBUM NOTES

Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 — Various Artists

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Lead Belly

WINNER: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to be Danced — Joni Mitchell

Portrait of an American — Tennessee Ernie Ford

Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925 — Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE

Beneath the Skin (Deluxe Box Set) —Of Monsters And Men

I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) — Father John Misty

WINNER: The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) — Various Artists

Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition) — The Rolling Stones

30 Trips Around the Sun — Grateful Dead

What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set) — The Decemberists

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

WINNER: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol 11 — and the Band

The Complete by the Sea — Erroll Garner

Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985 — Various Artists

Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947-1959 — Various Artists

Songs My Mother Taught Me — Fannie Lou Hamer BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL

Before this World — James Taylor

Currency of Man — Melody Gardot

Recreational Love — The Bird and the Bee

WINNER: Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes

Wallflower — Diana Krall

BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL

“Berlin by Overnight (CFCF )”

“Hold On (Fatum Remix)”

“Runaway (U & I) ( Remix)”

(RAC Remix)”

WINNER: “Uptown Funk ( Audé Remix)”

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM

Amdahl: Astrongnosia & Aesop

WINNER: Amused To Death

Magnificat

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7

Spes

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Guitar in the Space Age! — Bill Frisell

Love Language — Wouter Kellerman

Afrodeezia —

WINNER: Sylva — & Metropole Orkest

The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV — Kirk Whalum

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM

WINNER: Grace — Paul Avgerinos

Bhakti Without Borders — Madi Das Voyager — Catherine Duc

Love — Peter Kater

Asia Beauty —

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

“Giant Steps” — Joey Alexander

WINNER: “Cherokee” — Christian McBride

“Arbiters of Evolution” — Donny McCaslin

“Friend or Foe” — Joshua Redman

“Past Present” — John Scofield

What Time Are the Grammys 2016? (Plus 5 Things We Can’t Wait to See!)

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

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

Find A Heart — Denise Donatelli

Flirting With Disaster — Lorraine Feather

Jamison — Jamison Ross

WINNER: For One to Love — Cécil McLorin Salvant

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

My Favorite Things — Joey Alexander

Breathless — Terence Blanchard featuring The E-Collective

Covered: Recorded Live At Capital Studios — & The Robert Glasper Trio

Beautiful Life — Jimmy Greene

WINNER: Past Present — John Scofield

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Lines of Color — Gil Evans Project

Köln — Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Bana

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

WINNER: The Thompson Fields — Maria Schneider Orchestra Home Suite Home — Patrick Williams

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

WINNER: Made In Brazil — Eliane Elias

Impromptu — The Rodriguez Brothers

Suite Caminos — Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Intercambio — Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Identities are Changeable — Miguel Zenón

BEST ALBUM

Branches of the Same Tree — Rocky Dawuni

The Cure —

Acousticalevy — Barrington Levy

Zion Awake — Luciano

WINNER: Strictly Roots — Morgan Heritage

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo — Gilberto Gil

WINNER: Sings — Angelique Kidjo

Music From Inala — Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble

Home — Anoushka Shankar

I Have No Everything Here —Zomba Prison Project

BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM

¡Come Bien! Eat Right! — José-Luis Orozco

Dark Pie Concerns — Gustafer Yellowgold

WINNER: Home — Tim Kubart

How Great Can This Day Be —Lori Henriques

Trees — Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly

BEST SPOKEN WORLD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)

Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbø) —Patti Smith Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments and Assorted Hijinks — Dick Cavett

WINNER: A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety — Jimmy Carter

Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) — Janis Ian & Jean Smart

Yes Please — Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)

BEST COMEDY ALBUM

Back to the Drawing Board — Lisa Lampanelli

Brooklyn — Wyatt Cenac

Happy. And A Lot. — Jay Mohr

Just Being Honest — Craig Ferguson

WINNER: Live at — Louis C.K.

BEST OPERA RECORDING

“Janáček: Jenůfa”

“Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria”

“Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail”

WINNER: “Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortiléges; Shéhérazade”

“Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe”

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

“Beethoven: Missa Solemnis”

“Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610”

“Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings”

“Paulus: Far In The Heavens”

WINNER: “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil”

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

“Brahms: The Trios”

WINNER: “Filament”

“Flaherty: Airdancing for Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics”

“Render” “Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2”

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

WINNER: “Dutilleux: Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes”

“Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos”

“Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7”

“Rachmaninov Variations”

“Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated!”

BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM

Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata

WINNER: Joyce & Tony — Live from Wigmore Hall

Nessun Dorma — The Puccini Album

Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali

St. Petersburg

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest

Norman: Play

WINNER: Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances

Tower: Stroke

Wolfe: Anthracite Fields

Grammy Awards: Best and Worst Dressed Stars of All Time

BEST VOCAL ALBUM

WINNER: The Silver Lining: The Songs of & Bill Charlap

Shadows In the Night — Bob Dylan

Stages — Josh Groban

No One Ever Tells You — Seth MacFarlane

My Dream Duets — Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)

BEST DANCE RECORDING “We’re All We Need” — Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston

“Go” — featuring Q-Tip

” — Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Runaway (U & I)” — Galantis

WINNER: “Where Are Ü Now” — Skrillex and with

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM

Our Love — Caribou

Born in the Echoes — The Chemical Brothers

Caracal — Disclosure

In Colour —

WINNER: Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü — Skrillex and Diplo

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

“Identity” — August Red

WINNER: “Cirice” — Ghost

“512” — Lamb of God

“Thank You” — Sevendust

“Custer” — Slipknot

BEST ROCK SONG

WINNER: “Don’t Wanna Fight” — Alabama Shakes

“Ex’s & Oh’s” — Elle King

“Hold Back The River” — James Bay

“Lydia” — Highly Suspect

“What Kind of Man” — Florence & The Machine

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Chaos and the Calm — James Bay

Kintsugi — Death Cab For Cutie

Mister Asylum — Highly Suspect WINNER: Drones — Muse

.5: The Gray Chapter — Slipknot

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

WINNER: Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes

Vulnicura — Björk

The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket

Currents — Tame Impala

Star Wars — Wilco

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

“If I Don’t Have You” —

“Rise ” —

“Breathing Underwater” —

“Planes” — featuring J. Cole

WINNER: “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Gray)” — The Weeknd

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

“He is” — Faith Evans

WINNER: “Little Ghetto Boy” —

“Let It Burn” —

“Shame” — Tyrese

“My Favorite Part of You” — Charlie Wilson

BEST R&B SONG

“Coffee” — Miguel

“Let It Burn” — Jazmine Sullivan

WINNER: “Really Love” — D’Angelo And The Vanguard

“Shame” — Tyrese

"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Gray)" — The Weeknd

BEST R&B ALBUM Coming Home —

WINNER: Black Messiah — D’Angelo And The Vanguard

Cheers To The Fall — Andra Day

Reality Show — Jazmine Sullivan

Forever Charlie —Charlie Wilson

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

“One Man Can ” — featuring Kanye West & John Legend

“Glory” — Common & John Legend

“Classic Man” — featuring Roman GianArthur

WINNER: “These Walls” — Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise &

“Only” — Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne &

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Burning House” — Cam

WINNER: “Traveller” — Chris Stapleton

“Little Toy Guns” —

“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” —

“Chances Are” —

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Stay A Little Longer” — Brothers Osborne

“If I Needed You” — Joey+Rory

“The Driver” — Charles Kelley, &

WINNER: “Girl Crush” — Little Big Town

“Lonely Tonight” — featuring Ashley Monroe

BEST COUNTRY SONG

“Chances Are” — Lee Ann Womack

“Diamond Rings and Old Barstools” — Tim McGraw

WINNER: “Girl Crush” — Little Big Town “Hold My Hand” —

“Traveller” — Chris Stapleton

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG

WINNER: “Holy Spirit” — Francesca Battistelli

“Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)” — Crowder

“Because He Lives (Amen)” — Matt Maher

“Soul On Fire” — Third Day featuring All Sons & Daughters

“Feel It” — Tobymac featuring Mr. Talkbox

BEST GOSPEL ALBUM

Destined To Win [Live] — Karen Clark Sheard

Living It — Dorinda Clark-Cole

One Place Live —Tasha Cobbs

WINNER: Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] — Israel & NewBreed

Life Music: Stage Two — Jonathan McReynolds

Six Song-Inspired Cocktails to Kick Your Grammys Party Up an Octave: Check Out These Delicious Drinks!

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM

Whatever The Road — Jason Crabb

How Can It Be — Lauren Daigle

Saints And Sinners — Matt Maher

WINNER: This Is Not A Test — Tobymac

Love Ran Red — Chris Tomlin

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM

WINNER: Still Rockin’ My Soul — The Fairfield Four

Pray Now — Karen Peck & New River

Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know) —

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

WINNER:

Diplo

Larry Klein

Blake Mills

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

WINNER: Ask Your Mama

Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, ‘Organ’

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

“Bruckner: Symphony No. 4”

“Dutilleux: Métaboles; L’Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, ‘Le Double’”

WINNER: “Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow - Symphony No. 10”

Spirit of The American Range

Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony ‘Humen 1839’”

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

As Dreams Fall Apart — The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925-1955)

Ask Your Mama

WINNER: Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto

Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740

Woman at the New Piano