55th Annual Grammy Awards: Complete List of Nominees

Album of the Year

• El Camino, The Black Keys
• Some Nights, fun.
• Babel, Mumford & Sons
• Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
• Blunderbuss, Jack White

Record of the Year

• "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson
• "We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
• "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra
• "Thinkin' Bout You," Frank Ocean
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

• "The A Team," Ed Sheeran (Writer: Ed Sheeran)
• "Adorn," Miguel (Writers: Miguel Pimentel)
• "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen (Writers: Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson (Writer: Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi)
• "We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Monáe (Writers: Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess)

Best New Artist

• Alabama Shakes
• fun.
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)," Adele
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson
• "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Wide Awake," Katy Perry
• "Where Have You  Been," Rihanna

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Shake It Out," Florence + the Machine
• "We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
• "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra
• "Sexy and I Know It," LMFAO
• "Payphone," Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• 24/7, Gerald Albright and Norman Brown
• Impressions, Chris Botti
• Four Hands and a Heart, Volume One, Larry Carlton
• Live at the Blue Note Tokyo, Dave Koz
• Rumbadoodle, Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
• Ceremonials, Florence + the Machine
• Some Nights, fun.
• Overexposed, Maroon 5
• The Truth About Love, Pink

Best Dance Recording

• "Levels," Avicii
• "Let's Go," Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo
• "Bangarang," Skrillex featuring Sirah
• "Don't You Worry Child," Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
• "I Can't Live Without You," Al Waiser

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Wonderland, Steve Aoki
• Don't Think, The Chemical Brothers
• >Album Title Goes Here<, Deadmau5
• Fire and Ice, Kaskade
• Bangarang, Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Christmas, Michael Bublé
• A Holiday Carole, Carole King
• Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney

Best Rock Performance

• "Hold On," Alabama Shakes
• "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
• "Charlie Brown," Coldplay
• "I Will Wait," Mumford & Sons
• "We Take Care of Our Own," Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

• "I'm Alive," Anthrax
  
• "Love Bites (So Do I)," Halestorm
  
• "Blood Brothers," Iron Maiden
  
• "Ghost Walking," Lamb of God
  
• "No Reflection," Marilyn Manson
• "Whose Life (Is It Anyways)?", Megadeth

Best Rock Song

• "Freedom at 21," Jack White (Writers: Jack White)
• "I Will Wait," Mumford & Sons (Writer: Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Marcus Mumford)
• "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys (Writers: Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton and Patrick Carney)
• "Madness," Muse (Writers: Matthew Bellamy)
• "We Take Care of Our Own," Bruce Springsteen (Writers: Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

• El Camino, The Black Keys
• Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
• The Second Law, Muse
• Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
• Blunderbuss, Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, Fiona Apple
• Biofilia, Björk
• Making Mirrors, Gotye
• Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
• Bad As Me, Tom Waits

Best R&B Performance

• "Thank You," Estelle
• "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B)," Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Ledisi
• "I Want You," Luke James
• "Adorn," Miguel
• "Climax," Usher

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Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Fortune, Chris Brown
• Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel
• Channel Orange, Frank Ocean

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Lately," Anita Baker
• "Love on Top," Beyoncé
• "Wrong Side of a Love Song," Melanie Fiona
• "Real Good Hands," Gregory Porter
• "If Only You Knew," SWV

Best R&B Song

• "Adorn," Miguel (Writers: Miguel)
• "Beautiful Surprise," Tamia (Writers: Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly and Salaam Remi)
• "Heart Attack," Trey Songz (Writer: Benjamin Levin, Rico Love and Tremaine Neverson)
• "Pray for Me," Anthony Hamilton (Writers: Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton and Patrick "jQue" Smith)
• "Refill," Elle Varner (Writers: Darhyl "DJ" Camper, Elle Varner and Andrew "Pop" Wansel)

Best R&B Album

• Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment
• Back to Love, Anthony Hamilton
• Write Me Back, R. Kelly
• Beautiful Surprise, Tamia
• Open Invitation, Tyrese

Best Rap Performance

• "HYFR (Hell Yeah F--king Right)," Drake featuring Lil Wayne
  
• "N----s in Paris," Kanye West and Jay-Z
• "Daughters," Nas
• "Mercy," Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
• "I Do," Young Jeezy featuring Jay-Z and André 3000

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• "Wild Ones," Flo Rida featuring Sia
• "No Church in the Wild," Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream
• "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)," John Legend featuring Ludacris
• "Cherry Wine," Nas featuring Amy Winehouse
• "Talk That Talk," Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song

• "Daughters," Nas (Writers: Nasir Jones and Ernest Wilson)
• "Lotus Flower Bomb," Wale featuring Miguel (Writers:Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson and Miguel
  Jontel Pimentel)
• "Mercy," Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz (Writers: Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton and Kanye West)
• "The Motto," Drake featuring Lil Wayne (Writers: Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham and Tyler Williams)
• "N----s in Paris," Kanye West and Jay-Z (Writers: Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis and Kanye West)
• "Young, Wild and Free," Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg featuring Bruno Mars (Writers: Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez and Cameron Thomaz)

Best Rap Album

• Take Care, Drake
• Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1, Lupe Fiasco
• Life Is Good, Nas
• Undone, The Roots
• God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross
• Based on a T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz

Bset Country Solo Performance

• "Home," Dierks Bentley
• "Springsteen," Eric Church
• "Cost of Livin'," Ronnie Dunn
• "Wanted," Hunter Hayes
• "Over," Blake Shelton
• "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," Eli Young Band
• "Pontoon," Little Big Town
• "Safe and Sound," Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
• "On the Outskirts of Town," The Time Jumpers
• "I Just Come Here for the Music," Don Williams featuring Alison Krauss

Best Country Song

• "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood (Writers: Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins)
• "Cost of Livin'," Ronnie Dunn (Writers: Phillip Coleman and Ronnie Dunn)
• "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," Eli Young Band (Writers: Will Hoge and Eric Paslay)
• "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore," Alan Jackson (Writers: Jay Knowles and Adam Wright)
• "Springsteen," Eric Church (Writers: Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell)

Best Country Album

• Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
• Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes
• Living For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, Jamey Johnson
• Four the Record, Miranda Lambert
• The Time Jumpers, The Time Jumpers

Best New Age Album

• Echoes of Love, Omar Akram
  
• Live Ananda, Krishna Das
  
• Bindu, Michael Brant DeMaria
  
• Deep Alpha, Steven Halpern
  
• Light Body, Peter Kater
  
• Troubadours On the Rhine, Loreena McKennitt

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• "Cross Roads," Ravi Coltrane
  
• "Hot House," Gary Burton and Chick Corea
• "Alice in Wonderland," Chick Corea
• "J. Mac," Kenny Garrett
• "Ode," Brad Mehldau

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Soul Shadows, Denise Donatelli
• 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project, Kurt Elling
• Live, Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest)
• The Book of Chet, Luciana Souza
• Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Further Explorations, Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian
• Hot House, Chick Corea and Gary Burton
• Seeds From the Underground, Kenny Garrett
• Blue Moon, Ahmad Jamal
• Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans, Gil Evans Project
• For the Moment, Bob Mintzer Big Band
• Dear Diz (Everyday I Think of You), Arturo Sandoval

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Flamenco Sketches, Chano Domínguez
• ¡Ritmo!, The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
• Multiverse, Bobby Sanabria Big Band
• Duos III, Luciana Souza
• New Cuban Express, Manuel Valera New Cuban Express

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

• "Jesus, Friend of Sinners," Casting Crowns
• "Take Me to the King," Tamela Mann
• "Go Get It," Mary Mary
• "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman
• "My Testimony," Marvin Sapp

Best Gospel Song

• "Go Get It," Mary Mary (Writer: Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell and Warryn Campbell)
  
• "Hold On,"James Fortune and FIYA, Monica and Fred Hammond (Writers: Cheryl Fortune, James Fortune and Terence Vaughn)
• "I Feel Good," Fred Hammond (Writer: Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Miller and Calvin Rodgers)
• "My Testimony," Marvin Sapp (Writer: Aaron Lindsey and Marvin Sapp)
• "Released," Bill Winston and Living Word Featuring Donald Lawrence (Writer: Donald Lawrence)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

• "Jesus, Friend of Sinners," Casting Crowns (Writer: Mark Hall and Matthew West)
• "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman (Writers: Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman)
• "When Mercy Found Me," Rhett Walker Band (Writers: Jeff Pardo and Rhett Walker)
• "White Flag," Passion and Chris Tomlin (Writer: Jason Ingram, Matt Maher, Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin)
• "Your Presence is Heaven," Israel and New Breed (Writers: Israel Houghton and Micah Massey)

Best Gospel Album

• Identity, James Fortune and FIYA
• Jesus at the Center Live, Israel and New Breed
• Gravity, Lecrae
• I Win, Marvin Sapp
• Worship Soul, Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Come to the Well, Casting Crowns
• Where I Find You, Kari Jobe
• Gold, Britt Nicole
• Eye on It, TobyMac
• Into the Light, Matthew West

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

• Independiente, Ricardo Arjona
• Ilusión, Fonseca
• Kany Garcia, Kany Garcia
• ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?, Jesse Y Joy
• MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes

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Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• Campo, Campo
• Déjenme Llorar, Carla Morrison
• Imaginaries, Quetzal
• Electro-Jarocho, Sistema Bomb
• La Bala, Ana Tijoux

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album

• Pecados Y Milagros, Lila Downs
• Sembrando Flores, Los Cojolites
• 365 Días, Los Tucanes De Tijuana
• Oye, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
• El Primer Ministro, Gerardo Ortiz

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Cubano Soy, Raúl Lara Y Sus Soneros
• Desde Nueva York Y Puerto Rico, Eddie Montalvo
• Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña
• Formula Vol. 1, Romeo Santos

Best Americana Album

• The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers
  
• From the Ground Up, John Fullbright
  
• The Lumineers, The Lumineers
  
• Babel, Mumford & Sons
  
• Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt
  

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Gospel Side Of, Dailey and Vincent
  
• Life Finds a Way, The Grascals
  
• Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail, Noam Pikelny
  
• Scratch Gravel Road, Special Consensus
• Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers

Best Blues Album

• 33 1/3, Shemekia Copeland
  
• Locked Down, Dr. John
• Let It Burn, Ruthie Foster
  
• And Still I Rise, Heritage Blues Orchestra
  
• Bring It On Home, Joan Osborne
  

Best Folk Album

• Leaving Eden, Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Election Special, Ry Cooder
• Hambone's Meditations, Luther Dickinson
• The Great Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
• This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, Various Artists

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Malama Ko Aloha, Keola Beamer
  
• She Kéyah, Radmilla Cody
  
• Pilialoha, Weldon Kekauoha
  
• Nothin' But the Best, Corey Ledet With Anthony Dopsie, Dwayne Dopsie And André Thierry
  
• The Band Courtbouillon, Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy

Best Reggae Album

• Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff
  
• Miracle, The Original Wailers
  
• Tomahawk Technique, Sean Paul
  
• New Legend-Jamaica 50th Edition, Sly and Robbie and The Jam Masters
  
• Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged on Strawberry Hill, Toots And The Maytals
  

Best World Music Album

• Folila, Amadou and Mariam
  
• On a Gentle Island Breeze, Daniel Ho
  
• Jabulani, Hugh Masekela
  
• Traveller, Anoushka Shankar
  
• The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar

Best Children's Album

• Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers
• High Dive and Other Things That Could Have Happened, Bill Harley
• Jumpin' Jazz Kids: A Swinging Jungle Tale, James Murray and Various Artists
• Little Seed: Songs for Children, Elizabeth Mitchell
• Radio Jungle, The Pop Ups

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

• American Grown (Michelle Obama), Various Artists
• Back to Work: Why We Need a Smart Government for a Strong Economy, Bill Clinton
• Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, Rachel Maddow
• Seriously...I'm Kidding, Ellen DeGeneres
• Society's Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian

Best Comedy Album

• Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon
  
• Cho Dependent (Live in Concert), Margaret Cho
  
• In God We Rust, Lewis Black.
  
• Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class, Kathy Griffin
  
• Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
  
• Rize of the Fenix, Tenacious D

Best Musical Theater Album

• Follies, Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters and Ron Raines
  
• The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald
  
• Newsies, Jeremy Jordan and Kara Lindsay
  
• Nice Work If You Can Get It, Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara
• Once: A New Musical, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti

Best Compilation Sountrack for Visual Media

• The Descendents, Varous Artists
  
• Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers
  
• Midnight in Paris, Various Artists
  
• The Muppets, Various Artists
  
• Rock of Ages, Various Artists
  

Best Score Sountrack for Visual Media

• The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Josh Williams
  
• The Artist, Ludovic Bource
  
• The Dark Knight Rises, Hans Zimmer
  
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  
• Hugo, Howard Shore
  
• Journey, Austin Wintory

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Abraham's Daughter," from The Hunger Games, Arcade Fire (Writer: T Bone Burnett, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne)
• "Learn Me Right," from Brave, Mumford & Sons (Writers: Birdy and Mumford & Sons)
• "Let Me Be Your Star," from Smash, Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty (Writers: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman)
• "Man or Muppet," from The Muppets, Jason Segel and Walter (Writer: Bret McKenzie)
• "Where the River Goes," from Footloose, Zac Brown (Writers: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson and Anne Preven)
• "Safe and Sound," from The Hunger Games, Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars (Writer: T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White and Joy Williams)

Best Instrumental Composition

• "December Dream," Chuck Loeb
• "Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick Corea
• "Music of Ansel Adams: America," Chris Brubeck and Dave Brubeck
• "Overture, Waltz and Rondo," Bill Cunliffe
• "Without a Paddle," Bill Holman

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• "Afro-Cuban Jazz Beat for Ellington," Michael Philip Mossman
• "How About You," Gil Evans
• "Irrequietor," Bob Mintzer
• "A Night in Tunisia," Wally Minko
• "Salt Peanuts," Gordon Goodwin

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "City of Roses," Thara Memory and Esperanza Spalding
• "Look to the Rainbow," Gil Evans
• "Out There," Shelly Berg
• "Spain (I Can Recall)," Vince Mendoza
• "Wild Is the Wind," Nan Schwartz

Best Recording Package

• "Biophilia," Bjork
• "Boys and Girls," Alabama Shakes
• "Charmer," Aimee Mann
• "Love This Giant," David Byrne and St. Vincent
• "Swing Lo Magellan," Dirty Projectors

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Rob Sheridan
  
• Go Fly a Kite, Liz Kweller
  
• Ram: Paul McCartney Archive Collection, Simon Earith and James Musgrave
  
• Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition, Stephen Kennedy
  
• Woody at 100, Fritz Klaetke
  

Best Album Notes

• Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition, Stephen Wade
  
• First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition, Hans Olof Gottfridsson
  
• The Pearl Sessions, Holly George-Warren
  
• Piazzolla in Brooklyn, Fernando Gonzalez
  
• Singular Genius: Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera
  

Best Historical Album

• He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes, Josh Rosenthal
  
• Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music, Kent Cave, Michael Montgomery and Ted Olson
  
• Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM, Steven Lance Ledbetter and Jonathan Ward
• Ram: The Paul McCartney Archive Collection, Paul McCartney
• The Smile Sessions, Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson and Dennis Wolfe
  

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• The Absence, Moogie Canazio and Al Schmitt
  
• Ashes and Fire, Glyn Johns
  
• The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Richard King
  
• Love Is a Four Lettered Word, Joe Chiccarelli, Steve Churchyard, Lars Fox, Graham Hope, Tony Maserati and Morgan Stratton
• Slingshot, Helik Hadar
  

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Dan Auerbach
• Jeff Bhasker
• Diplo
• Markus Dravs
• Salaam Remi

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• "In My Mind (Axwell Remix)," Axel Hedfors
• "Lie Down in Darkness (Photek Remix)," Photek
• "Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)," Eric Prydz
• "Promises (Skrillex and Nero Mix)," Skrillex
• "The Veldt (Tommy Trash remix)," Thomas Olsen

Best Surround Sound Album

• Chamberland, David Miles Huber
  
• Modern Cool, Jim Anderson
  
• Quiet Winter Night, Morten Lindberg
  
• Rupa-Khandha, Daniel Shores
  
• Storm Corrosion, Steven Wilson
  

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Americana, Daniel Shores
  
• Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 and 131, Bruce Egre
  
• Life and Breath, Tom Caulfield and John Newton
  
• Music For a Time of War, Jesse Lewis and John Newton
  
• Souvenir, Morten Lindberg
  

Best Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
  
• Tim Handley
• Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin
• James Mallinson
• Dan Merceruio

Best Orchestral Performance

• "Adams: Harmonielehre and Short Ride In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson Thomas
• "Mahler: Symphony No. 1," Iván Fischer
• "Music For a Time of War," Carlos Kalmar
• "Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances," Valery Gergiev
• "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5," Osmo Vänskä

Best Opera Recording

• "Berg: Lulu," Michael Boder
  
• "Handel: Agrippina," René Jacobs
• "Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress," Vladimir Jurowski
• "Vivaldi: Teuzzone," Jordi Savall
• "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen," James Levine and Fabio Luisi

Best Choral Performance

• "Handel: Israel In Egypt," Julian Wachner
• "Life and Breath-Choral Works By René Clausen," Charles Bruffy
• "Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony," Peter Eötvös
• "The Nightingale," Stephen Layton
• "Striggio: Mass For 40 and 60 Voices," Hervé Niquet

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• "Americana," Modern Mandolin Quartet
• "Meanwhile," Eighth Blackbird
• "Mind Meld," ZOFO Duet
• "Profanes Et Sacrées," Boston Symphony Chamber Players
• "Rupa-Khandha," Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• "Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier," András Schiff
• "The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau," Jory Vinikour
• "Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos," Claudio Cruz
• "Holst: The Planets," Hansjörg Albrecht
• "Kurtág and Ligeti: Music For Viola," Kim Kashkashian

Best Classical Vocal Solo

• "Debussy: Clair De Lune," Natalie Dessay
• "Homecoming-Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato," Joyce DiDonato
• "Paris Days, Berlin Nights," Ute Lemper
• "Poèmes," Renée Fleming
• "Sogno Barocco," Anne Sofie Von Otter

Best Classical Compendium

• "Partch: Bitter Music," Partch
• "Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit
• "Une Fête Baroque," Emmanuelle Haïm

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• "Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays," Stephen Hartke
• "León, Tania: Inura For Voices, Strings and Percussion," Tania León
• "Praulins, Ugis: The Nightingale," Ugis Praulins
• "Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'," Einojuhani Rautavaara
• "Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964," Steven Stucky

Best Short Form Music Vido

• "Houdini," Foster the People
• "No Church In the Wild," Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream
• "Bad Girls," M.I.A
• "We Found Love," Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
• "Run Boy Run," Woodkid

Best Long Form Music Video

• "Big Easy Express," Mumford & Sons
• "Bring Me Home-Live," Sade
• "Radio Music Society," Esperanza Spalding
• "Get Along," Tegan and Sara
• "From the Sky Down," U2