The nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards were announced late last year, and tonight (February 15) finally sees the big winners revealed during the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Kendrick Lamar led the pack of nominated artists earning 11 nods for his latest album To Pimp a Butterfly. Canadian crooner the Weeknd and chart-topping pop princess Taylor Swift were each up for seven, while Alabama Shakes got nods in six categories and Drake garnered a respectable tip of the hat in five.
During the ceremonies, highlights included Taylor Swift winning Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 1989 and Best Music Video for the Kendrick Lamar-featuring "Bad Blood"; the Weeknd grabbing Best Urban Contemporary Album for Beauty Behind the Madness and Best R&B Performance for "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"; Kendrick Lamar winning Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Alright," and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with "These Walls"; and Alabama Shakes taking home Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album Non-Classical for Sound & Color, as well as Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for "Don't Wanna Fight."
Other notable winners included Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber winning Best Dance Recording with "Where Are Ü Now," Skrillex and Diplo winning Best Dance/Electronic Album for Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars getting Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Uptown Funk," Jason Isbell taking Best Americana Album with Something More Than Free and Best American Roots Song for "24 Frames," Ghost nabbing Best Metal Performance for "Cirice," Muse getting Best Rock Album for Drones, and D'Angelo and the Vanguard winning Best R&B Album for Black Messiah and Best R&B Song for "Really Love."
Then we had Louis C.K. taking home Best Comedy album for Live at Madison Square Garden, Maria Schneider winning Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for working on David Bowie's "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)," and Jack White's Third Man Records' The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two getting the award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
The full list of nominations for can be found below, and you can relive some of the night's performances here.
2016 Grammy Award Winners:
Album of the Year:
Alabama Shakes Sound and Color
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Taylor Swift 1989
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
Song of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Record of the Year:
D'Angelo and the Vanguard "Really Love"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheehan "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel my Face"
Best New Artist:
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Florence + The Machine " Ship to Wreck"
Maroon 5 "Sugar"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night
Josh Groban Stages
Seth MacFarlane No One Ever Tells You
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists) My Dream Duets
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece
Florence + The Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful
Mark Ronson Uptown Special
Taylor Swift 1989
James Taylor Before This World
Best Dance Recording:
Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston :We're All We Need"
The Chemical Brothers "Go"
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me"
Galantis "Runaway (U & I)"
Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now"
Best Rock Performance:
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Florence + The Machine "What Kind Of Man"
Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing"
Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
Wolf Alice "Moaning Lisa Smile"
Best Alternative Music Album:
Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
Björk Vulnicura
My Morning Jacket The Waterfall
Tame Impala Currents
Wilco Star Wars
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
The Internet Ego Death
Kehlani You Should Be Here
Lianne La Havas Blood
Miguel Wildheart
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
Best Rap Album:
J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre Compton
Drake If You're Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint
Best Country Album:
Sam Hunt Montevallo
Little Big Town Pain Killer
Ashley Monroe The Blade
Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Joey Alexander My Favorite Things
Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective Breathless
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
Jimmy Greene Beautiful Life
John Scofield Past Present
Best Gospel Album:
Karen Clark Sheard Destined to Win (Live)
Dorinda Clark-Cole Living It
Tasha Cobbs One Place Live
Israel & Newbreed Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Jonathan McReynolds Life Music: Stage Two
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jason Crabb Whatever the Road
Lauren Daigle How Can It Be
Matt Maher Saints and Sinners
Tobymac This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red
Best Latin Pop Album:
Pablo Alborán Terral
Alex Cuba Healer
Ricky Martin A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Alejandro Sanz Sirope
Julieta Venegas Algo Sucede
Best Americana Album:
Brandi Carlile The Firewatcher's Daughter
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell The Traveling Kind
Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
The Mavericks Mono
Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Caribou Our Love
The Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes
Disclosure Caracal
Jamie XX In Colour
Skrillex and Diplo Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Bill Frisell Guitar in the Space Age!
Wouter Kellerman Love Language
Marcus Miller Afrodeezia
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest Sylva
Kirk Whalum The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter IV
Best Metal Performance:
August Burns Red "Identity"
Ghost "Cirice"
Lamb of God "512"
Sevendust "Thank You"
Slipknot "Custer"
Best Rock Song:
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
James Bay "Hold Back the River"
Highly Suspect "Lydia"
Florence + the Machine "What Kind of Man"
Best Rock Album:
James Bay Chaos and the Calm
Death Cab for Cutie Kintsugi
Highly Suspect Mister Asylum
Muse Drones
Slipknot .5: The Gray Chapter
Best R&B Performance:
Tamar Braxton "If I Don't Have You"
Andra Day "Rise Up"
Hiatus Kaiyote "Breathing Underwater"
Jeremih feat. J. Cole "Planes"
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Faith Evans "He Is"
Lalah Hathaway "Little Ghetto Boy"
Jazmine Sullivan "Let It Burn"
Tyrese "Shame"
Charlie Wilson "My Favorite Part of You"
Best R&B Song:
Miguel "Coffee"
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Jazmine Sullivan "Let It Burn"
D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Really Love"
Tyrese "Shame"
Best R&B Album:
Leon Bridges Coming Home
D'Angelo and the Vanguard Black Messiah
Andra Day Cheers to the Fall
Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show
Charlie Wilson Forever Charlie
Best Rap Performance:
J. Cole "Apparently"
Drake "Back to Back"
Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne "Truffle Butter"
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney "All Day"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend "One Man Can Change the World"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur "Classic Man"
Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal Anna Wise & Thundercat "These Walls"
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake Lil Wayne & Chris Brown "Only"
Best Rap Song:
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney "All Day"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Drake "Energy"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Brothers Osborne "Stay a Little Longer"
Joey + Rory "If I Needed You"
Charles Kelley Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay "The Driver"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe "Lonely Tonight"
Best Country Song:
Lee Ann Womack "Chances Are"
Tim McGraw "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Brandy Clark "Hold My Hand"
Chris Stapleton "Traveller"
Best Country Solo Performance:
Cam "Burning House"
Chris Stapleton "Traveller"
Carrie Underwood "Little Toy Guns"
Keith Urban "John Cougar John Deere John 3:16"
Lee Ann Womack "Chances Are"
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Lady Gaga "Til It Happens to You"
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Music Video:
A$AP Rocky "LSD"
The Dead Weather "I Feel Love"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
Pharrell Williams "Freedom"
Best Music Film:
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
James Brown Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Nina Simone What Happened Miss Simone
Roger Waters The Wall
Amy Winehouse Amy
Best New Age Album:
Paul Avgerinos Grace
Madi Das Bhakti Without Borders
Catherine Duc Voyager
Peter Kater Love
Ron Korb Asia Beauty
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Joey Alexander "Giant Steps"
Christian McBride "Cherokee"
Donny McCaslin "Arbiters of Evolution"
Joshua Redman "Friend or Foe"
John Scofield "Past Present"
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Karrin Allyson Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Denise Donatelli Find a Heart
Lorraine Feather Flirting With Disaster
Jamison Ross Jamison
Cécile McLorin Salvant For One to Love
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Gil Evans Project Lines of Color
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band Köln
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Maria Schneider Orchestra The Thompson Fields
Patrick Williams Home Suite Home
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Eliane Elias Made in Brazil
The Rodriguez Brothers Impromptu
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Suite Caminos
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet Intercambio
Miguel Zenón Identities Are Changeable
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy "Worth [Live]"
Kirk Franklin "Wanna Be Happy?"
Travis Greene "Intentional"
Israel & Newbreed feat. Yolanda Adams "How Awesome Is Our God [Live]"
Brian Courtney Wilson "Worth Fighting For [Live]"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Francesca Battistelli "Holy Spirit"
Crowder "Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)"
Matt Maher "Because He Lives (Amen)"
Third Day feat. All Sons & Daughters "Soul on Fire"
Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox "Feel It"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jason Crabb Whatever the Road
Lauren Daigle How Can It Be
Matt Maher Saints and Sinners
Tobymac This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red
Best Roots Gospel Album:
The Fairfield Four Still Rockin' My Soul
Karen Peck & New River Pray Now
Point of Grace Directions Home (Songs We Love Songs You Know)
Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album:
Bomba Estereo Amanecer
La Cuneta Son Machín Mondongo
Natalia Lafourcade Hasta La Raíz
Monsieur Periné Caja De Música
Pitbull Dale
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga Mi Vicio Mas Grande
La Maquinaria Norteña Ya Dime Adiós
Los Cojolites Zapateando
Los Tigres Del Norte Realidades - Deluxe Edition
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano Tradición Arte Y Pasión
Best Tropical Latin Album:
José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto
Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra Son De Panamá
Guaco Presente Continuo
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 Todo Tiene Su Hora
Victor Manuelle Que Suenen Los Tambores
Best American Roots Performance:
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn "And Am I Born to Die"
Buddy Guy "Born to Play Guitar"
The Milk Carton Kids "City of Our Lady"
Punch Brothers "Julep"
Mavis Staples "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
Best American Roots Song:
The Mavericks "All Night Long"
Don Henley & Merle Haggard "The Cost of Living"
Punch Brothers "Julep"
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell "The Traveling Kind"
Jason Isbell "24 Frames"
Best Bluegrass Album:
Dale Ann Bradley Pocket Full of Keys
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Before the Sun Goes Down
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver In Session
Ralph Stanley & Friends Man of Constant Sorrow
The Steeldrivers The Muscle Shoals Recordings
Best Blues Album:
Cedric Burnside Project Descendants of Hill Country
Shemekia Copeland Outskirts of Love
Buddy Guy Born to Play Guitar
Bettye LaVette Worthy
John Primer & Various Artists Muddy Waters 100
Best Folk Album:
Norman Blake Wood Wire & Words
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow Is My Turn
Patty Griffin Servant of Love
Glen Hansard Didn't He Ramble
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Jon Cleary Go Go Juice
Natalie Ai Kamauu La La La La
Keali'i Reichel Kawaiokalena
The Revelers Get Ready
Windwalker and The MCW Generations
Best Reggae Album:
Rocky Dawuni Branches of the Same Tree
Jah Cure The Cure
Barrington Levy Acousticalevy
Luciano Zion Awake
Morgan Heritage Strictly Roots
Best World Music Album:
Gilberto Gil Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Angelique Kidjo Sings
Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble Music From Inala
Anoushka Shankar Home
Zomba Prison Project I Have No Everything Here
Best Children's Album:
José-Luis Orozco ¡Come Bien! Eat Right!
Gustafer Yellowgold Dark Pie Concerns
Tim Kubart Home
Lori Henriques How Great Can This Day Be
Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly Trees
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Patti Smith Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbø)
Dick Cavett Brief Encounters: Conversations Magic Moments and Assorted Hijinks
Jimmy Carter A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Janis Ian & Jean Smart Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller)
Amy Poehler (& Various Artists) Yes Please
Best Comedy Album:
Lisa Lampanelli Back to the Drawing Board
Wyatt Cenac Brooklyn
Jay Mohr Happy. And A Lot.
Craig Ferguson Just Being Honest
Louis C.K. Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Musical Theater Album:
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Hamilton
The King And I
Something Rotten!
Best Instrumental Composition:
Arturo O'Farrill "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite"
Bob Mintzer "Civil War"
David Balakrishnan "Confetti Man"
Rich DeRosa "Neil"
Marshall Gilkes "Vesper"
Best Arrangement Instrumental or A Cappella:
Bruno Mars
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Ghost of a Chance
You and the Night and the Music
Best Arrangement Instruments and Vocals:
Shelly Berg "Be My Muse"
Patrick Williams "52nd & Broadway"
Otmaro Ruiz "Garota De Ipanema"
Maria Schneider "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)"
Jimmy Greene "When I Come Home"
Best Recording Package:
Alex Trochut for Alagoas Alagoas
Anita Marisa Boriboon for Snoop Dogg Bush
Brian Roettinger for Florence + the Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)
Nathanio Strimpopulos for Elvis Presley My Happiness
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves for Asleep at the Wheel Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin
Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
Various Artists The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records Volume Two (1928-32)
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)
Grateful Dead 30 Trips Around the Sun
The Decemberists What a Terrible World What a Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)
Best Album Notes:
James P. Leary Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest 1937-1946
Jeff Place Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Joni Mitchell Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet A Ballet Waiting to Be Danced
Ted Olson Portrait of an American Singer
Ryan Barna Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings 1916-1925
Best Historical Album:
Bob Dylan and the Band The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Erroll Garner The Complete Concert by the Sea
Various Artists Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk Rock And Country 1966–1985
Various Artists Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings 1947–1959
Fannie Lou Hamer Songs My Mother Taught Me
Best Engineered Album Non-Classical:
James Taylor Before This World
Melody Gardot Currency of Man
The Bird and the Bee Recreational Love
Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
Diana Krall Wallflower
Producer of the Year Non-Classical:
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical:
Daniel Hope "Berlin by Overnight (CFCF Remix)"
JES Shant & Clint Maximus "Hold On (Fatum Remix)"
Galantis "Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)"
Odesza feat. Zyra "Say My Name (RAC Remix)"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)"
Best Surround Sound Album:
Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop
Roger Waters Amused to Death
Øyvind Gimse Anita Brevik Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene Magnificat
Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus Spes
Best Engineered Album Classical:
George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Ask Your Mama
Ludovic Morlot Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2 'Le Double'
Martin Pearlman Jennifer Rivera Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Charles Bruffy Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ'
Producer of the Year Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Marina A. Ledin Victor Ledin
Dan Merceruio
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra "Bruckner: Symphony No. 4"
Seattle Symphony "Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2 'Le Double'"
Boston Symphony Orchestra "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10"
The Oregon Symphony "Spirit of the American Range"
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra "Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839'"
Best Opera Recording:
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin "Janáček: Jenůfa"
Boston Baroque "Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria"
Chamber Orchestra of Europe "Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail"
Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus "Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade"
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra "Steffani: Niobe Regina Di Tebe"
Best Choral Performance:
Bernard Haitink "Beethoven: Missa Solemnis"
Harry Christophers "Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610"
Craig Hella Johnson "Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings"
Eric Holtan "Paulus: Far in the Heavens"
Charles Bruffy "Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil"
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Tanja Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt "Brahms: The Piano Trios"
Eighth Blackbird "Filament"
Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee "Flaherty: Airdancing for Toy Piano Piano & Electronics"
Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth "Render"
Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin "Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2"
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Augustin Hadelich "Dutilleux: Violin Concerto L'Arbre Des Songes"
Joseph Moog "Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos"
Kristian Bezuidenhout "Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 7"
Daniil Trifonov "Rachmaninov Variations"
Ursula Oppens "Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album
Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali
St. Petersburg
Best Classical Compendium:
New Budapest Orpheum Society As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)
George Manahan Ask Your Mama
Paul McCreesh Handel: L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato 1740
Giancarlo Guerrero Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
Nadia Shpachenko Woman at the New Piano
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Gerald Barry Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Andrew Norman Norman: Play
Stephen Paulus Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Joan Tower Tower: Stroke
Julia Wolfe Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
Kendrick Lamar led the pack of nominated artists earning 11 nods for his latest album To Pimp a Butterfly. Canadian crooner the Weeknd and chart-topping pop princess Taylor Swift were each up for seven, while Alabama Shakes got nods in six categories and Drake garnered a respectable tip of the hat in five.
During the ceremonies, highlights included Taylor Swift winning Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 1989 and Best Music Video for the Kendrick Lamar-featuring "Bad Blood"; the Weeknd grabbing Best Urban Contemporary Album for Beauty Behind the Madness and Best R&B Performance for "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"; Kendrick Lamar winning Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Alright," and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with "These Walls"; and Alabama Shakes taking home Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album Non-Classical for Sound & Color, as well as Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for "Don't Wanna Fight."
Other notable winners included Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber winning Best Dance Recording with "Where Are Ü Now," Skrillex and Diplo winning Best Dance/Electronic Album for Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars getting Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Uptown Funk," Jason Isbell taking Best Americana Album with Something More Than Free and Best American Roots Song for "24 Frames," Ghost nabbing Best Metal Performance for "Cirice," Muse getting Best Rock Album for Drones, and D'Angelo and the Vanguard winning Best R&B Album for Black Messiah and Best R&B Song for "Really Love."
Then we had Louis C.K. taking home Best Comedy album for Live at Madison Square Garden, Maria Schneider winning Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for working on David Bowie's "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)," and Jack White's Third Man Records' The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two getting the award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
The full list of nominations for can be found below, and you can relive some of the night's performances here.
2016 Grammy Award Winners:
Album of the Year:
Alabama Shakes Sound and Color
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Taylor Swift 1989
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
Song of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Record of the Year:
D'Angelo and the Vanguard "Really Love"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheehan "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel my Face"
Best New Artist:
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Florence + The Machine " Ship to Wreck"
Maroon 5 "Sugar"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night
Josh Groban Stages
Seth MacFarlane No One Ever Tells You
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists) My Dream Duets
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece
Florence + The Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful
Mark Ronson Uptown Special
Taylor Swift 1989
James Taylor Before This World
Best Dance Recording:
Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston :We're All We Need"
The Chemical Brothers "Go"
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me"
Galantis "Runaway (U & I)"
Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now"
Best Rock Performance:
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Florence + The Machine "What Kind Of Man"
Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing"
Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
Wolf Alice "Moaning Lisa Smile"
Best Alternative Music Album:
Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
Björk Vulnicura
My Morning Jacket The Waterfall
Tame Impala Currents
Wilco Star Wars
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
The Internet Ego Death
Kehlani You Should Be Here
Lianne La Havas Blood
Miguel Wildheart
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
Best Rap Album:
J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre Compton
Drake If You're Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint
Best Country Album:
Sam Hunt Montevallo
Little Big Town Pain Killer
Ashley Monroe The Blade
Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Joey Alexander My Favorite Things
Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective Breathless
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
Jimmy Greene Beautiful Life
John Scofield Past Present
Best Gospel Album:
Karen Clark Sheard Destined to Win (Live)
Dorinda Clark-Cole Living It
Tasha Cobbs One Place Live
Israel & Newbreed Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Jonathan McReynolds Life Music: Stage Two
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jason Crabb Whatever the Road
Lauren Daigle How Can It Be
Matt Maher Saints and Sinners
Tobymac This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red
Best Latin Pop Album:
Pablo Alborán Terral
Alex Cuba Healer
Ricky Martin A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Alejandro Sanz Sirope
Julieta Venegas Algo Sucede
Best Americana Album:
Brandi Carlile The Firewatcher's Daughter
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell The Traveling Kind
Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
The Mavericks Mono
Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Caribou Our Love
The Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes
Disclosure Caracal
Jamie XX In Colour
Skrillex and Diplo Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Bill Frisell Guitar in the Space Age!
Wouter Kellerman Love Language
Marcus Miller Afrodeezia
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest Sylva
Kirk Whalum The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter IV
Best Metal Performance:
August Burns Red "Identity"
Ghost "Cirice"
Lamb of God "512"
Sevendust "Thank You"
Slipknot "Custer"
Best Rock Song:
Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
James Bay "Hold Back the River"
Highly Suspect "Lydia"
Florence + the Machine "What Kind of Man"
Best Rock Album:
James Bay Chaos and the Calm
Death Cab for Cutie Kintsugi
Highly Suspect Mister Asylum
Muse Drones
Slipknot .5: The Gray Chapter
Best R&B Performance:
Tamar Braxton "If I Don't Have You"
Andra Day "Rise Up"
Hiatus Kaiyote "Breathing Underwater"
Jeremih feat. J. Cole "Planes"
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Faith Evans "He Is"
Lalah Hathaway "Little Ghetto Boy"
Jazmine Sullivan "Let It Burn"
Tyrese "Shame"
Charlie Wilson "My Favorite Part of You"
Best R&B Song:
Miguel "Coffee"
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Jazmine Sullivan "Let It Burn"
D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Really Love"
Tyrese "Shame"
Best R&B Album:
Leon Bridges Coming Home
D'Angelo and the Vanguard Black Messiah
Andra Day Cheers to the Fall
Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show
Charlie Wilson Forever Charlie
Best Rap Performance:
J. Cole "Apparently"
Drake "Back to Back"
Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne "Truffle Butter"
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney "All Day"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend "One Man Can Change the World"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur "Classic Man"
Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal Anna Wise & Thundercat "These Walls"
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake Lil Wayne & Chris Brown "Only"
Best Rap Song:
Kanye West feat. Theophilus London Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney "All Day"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Drake "Energy"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Brothers Osborne "Stay a Little Longer"
Joey + Rory "If I Needed You"
Charles Kelley Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay "The Driver"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe "Lonely Tonight"
Best Country Song:
Lee Ann Womack "Chances Are"
Tim McGraw "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools"
Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
Brandy Clark "Hold My Hand"
Chris Stapleton "Traveller"
Best Country Solo Performance:
Cam "Burning House"
Chris Stapleton "Traveller"
Carrie Underwood "Little Toy Guns"
Keith Urban "John Cougar John Deere John 3:16"
Lee Ann Womack "Chances Are"
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)"
Common & John Legend "Glory"
Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do"
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "See You Again"
Lady Gaga "Til It Happens to You"
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Music Video:
A$AP Rocky "LSD"
The Dead Weather "I Feel Love"
Kendrick Lamar "Alright"
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
Pharrell Williams "Freedom"
Best Music Film:
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
James Brown Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Nina Simone What Happened Miss Simone
Roger Waters The Wall
Amy Winehouse Amy
Best New Age Album:
Paul Avgerinos Grace
Madi Das Bhakti Without Borders
Catherine Duc Voyager
Peter Kater Love
Ron Korb Asia Beauty
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Joey Alexander "Giant Steps"
Christian McBride "Cherokee"
Donny McCaslin "Arbiters of Evolution"
Joshua Redman "Friend or Foe"
John Scofield "Past Present"
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Karrin Allyson Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Denise Donatelli Find a Heart
Lorraine Feather Flirting With Disaster
Jamison Ross Jamison
Cécile McLorin Salvant For One to Love
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Gil Evans Project Lines of Color
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band Köln
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Cuba: The Conversation Continues
Maria Schneider Orchestra The Thompson Fields
Patrick Williams Home Suite Home
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Eliane Elias Made in Brazil
The Rodriguez Brothers Impromptu
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Suite Caminos
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet Intercambio
Miguel Zenón Identities Are Changeable
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy "Worth [Live]"
Kirk Franklin "Wanna Be Happy?"
Travis Greene "Intentional"
Israel & Newbreed feat. Yolanda Adams "How Awesome Is Our God [Live]"
Brian Courtney Wilson "Worth Fighting For [Live]"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Francesca Battistelli "Holy Spirit"
Crowder "Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains)"
Matt Maher "Because He Lives (Amen)"
Third Day feat. All Sons & Daughters "Soul on Fire"
Tobymac feat. Mr. Talkbox "Feel It"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jason Crabb Whatever the Road
Lauren Daigle How Can It Be
Matt Maher Saints and Sinners
Tobymac This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red
Best Roots Gospel Album:
The Fairfield Four Still Rockin' My Soul
Karen Peck & New River Pray Now
Point of Grace Directions Home (Songs We Love Songs You Know)
Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album:
Bomba Estereo Amanecer
La Cuneta Son Machín Mondongo
Natalia Lafourcade Hasta La Raíz
Monsieur Periné Caja De Música
Pitbull Dale
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga Mi Vicio Mas Grande
La Maquinaria Norteña Ya Dime Adiós
Los Cojolites Zapateando
Los Tigres Del Norte Realidades - Deluxe Edition
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano Tradición Arte Y Pasión
Best Tropical Latin Album:
José Alberto "El Canario" & Septeto Santiaguero Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto
Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra Son De Panamá
Guaco Presente Continuo
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 Todo Tiene Su Hora
Victor Manuelle Que Suenen Los Tambores
Best American Roots Performance:
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn "And Am I Born to Die"
Buddy Guy "Born to Play Guitar"
The Milk Carton Kids "City of Our Lady"
Punch Brothers "Julep"
Mavis Staples "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
Best American Roots Song:
The Mavericks "All Night Long"
Don Henley & Merle Haggard "The Cost of Living"
Punch Brothers "Julep"
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell "The Traveling Kind"
Jason Isbell "24 Frames"
Best Bluegrass Album:
Dale Ann Bradley Pocket Full of Keys
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Before the Sun Goes Down
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver In Session
Ralph Stanley & Friends Man of Constant Sorrow
The Steeldrivers The Muscle Shoals Recordings
Best Blues Album:
Cedric Burnside Project Descendants of Hill Country
Shemekia Copeland Outskirts of Love
Buddy Guy Born to Play Guitar
Bettye LaVette Worthy
John Primer & Various Artists Muddy Waters 100
Best Folk Album:
Norman Blake Wood Wire & Words
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow Is My Turn
Patty Griffin Servant of Love
Glen Hansard Didn't He Ramble
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Jon Cleary Go Go Juice
Natalie Ai Kamauu La La La La
Keali'i Reichel Kawaiokalena
The Revelers Get Ready
Windwalker and The MCW Generations
Best Reggae Album:
Rocky Dawuni Branches of the Same Tree
Jah Cure The Cure
Barrington Levy Acousticalevy
Luciano Zion Awake
Morgan Heritage Strictly Roots
Best World Music Album:
Gilberto Gil Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
Angelique Kidjo Sings
Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble Music From Inala
Anoushka Shankar Home
Zomba Prison Project I Have No Everything Here
Best Children's Album:
José-Luis Orozco ¡Come Bien! Eat Right!
Gustafer Yellowgold Dark Pie Concerns
Tim Kubart Home
Lori Henriques How Great Can This Day Be
Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly Trees
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Patti Smith Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbø)
Dick Cavett Brief Encounters: Conversations Magic Moments and Assorted Hijinks
Jimmy Carter A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Janis Ian & Jean Smart Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller)
Amy Poehler (& Various Artists) Yes Please
Best Comedy Album:
Lisa Lampanelli Back to the Drawing Board
Wyatt Cenac Brooklyn
Jay Mohr Happy. And A Lot.
Craig Ferguson Just Being Honest
Louis C.K. Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Musical Theater Album:
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Hamilton
The King And I
Something Rotten!
Best Instrumental Composition:
Arturo O'Farrill "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite"
Bob Mintzer "Civil War"
David Balakrishnan "Confetti Man"
Rich DeRosa "Neil"
Marshall Gilkes "Vesper"
Best Arrangement Instrumental or A Cappella:
Bruno Mars
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Ghost of a Chance
You and the Night and the Music
Best Arrangement Instruments and Vocals:
Shelly Berg "Be My Muse"
Patrick Williams "52nd & Broadway"
Otmaro Ruiz "Garota De Ipanema"
Maria Schneider "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)"
Jimmy Greene "When I Come Home"
Best Recording Package:
Alex Trochut for Alagoas Alagoas
Anita Marisa Boriboon for Snoop Dogg Bush
Brian Roettinger for Florence + the Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)
Nathanio Strimpopulos for Elvis Presley My Happiness
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves for Asleep at the Wheel Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin
Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
Various Artists The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records Volume Two (1928-32)
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)
Grateful Dead 30 Trips Around the Sun
The Decemberists What a Terrible World What a Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)
Best Album Notes:
James P. Leary Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest 1937-1946
Jeff Place Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Joni Mitchell Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet A Ballet Waiting to Be Danced
Ted Olson Portrait of an American Singer
Ryan Barna Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings 1916-1925
Best Historical Album:
Bob Dylan and the Band The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Erroll Garner The Complete Concert by the Sea
Various Artists Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk Rock And Country 1966–1985
Various Artists Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings 1947–1959
Fannie Lou Hamer Songs My Mother Taught Me
Best Engineered Album Non-Classical:
James Taylor Before This World
Melody Gardot Currency of Man
The Bird and the Bee Recreational Love
Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
Diana Krall Wallflower
Producer of the Year Non-Classical:
Jeff Bhasker
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical:
Daniel Hope "Berlin by Overnight (CFCF Remix)"
JES Shant & Clint Maximus "Hold On (Fatum Remix)"
Galantis "Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)"
Odesza feat. Zyra "Say My Name (RAC Remix)"
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)"
Best Surround Sound Album:
Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop
Roger Waters Amused to Death
Øyvind Gimse Anita Brevik Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene Magnificat
Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus Spes
Best Engineered Album Classical:
George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Ask Your Mama
Ludovic Morlot Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2 'Le Double'
Martin Pearlman Jennifer Rivera Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Charles Bruffy Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ'
Producer of the Year Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Marina A. Ledin Victor Ledin
Dan Merceruio
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra "Bruckner: Symphony No. 4"
Seattle Symphony "Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2 'Le Double'"
Boston Symphony Orchestra "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10"
The Oregon Symphony "Spirit of the American Range"
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra "Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839'"
Best Opera Recording:
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin "Janáček: Jenůfa"
Boston Baroque "Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria"
Chamber Orchestra of Europe "Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail"
Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus "Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade"
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra "Steffani: Niobe Regina Di Tebe"
Best Choral Performance:
Bernard Haitink "Beethoven: Missa Solemnis"
Harry Christophers "Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610"
Craig Hella Johnson "Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings"
Eric Holtan "Paulus: Far in the Heavens"
Charles Bruffy "Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil"
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Tanja Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt "Brahms: The Piano Trios"
Eighth Blackbird "Filament"
Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee "Flaherty: Airdancing for Toy Piano Piano & Electronics"
Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth "Render"
Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin "Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2"
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Augustin Hadelich "Dutilleux: Violin Concerto L'Arbre Des Songes"
Joseph Moog "Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos"
Kristian Bezuidenhout "Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 7"
Daniil Trifonov "Rachmaninov Variations"
Ursula Oppens "Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album
Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali
St. Petersburg
Best Classical Compendium:
New Budapest Orpheum Society As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)
George Manahan Ask Your Mama
Paul McCreesh Handel: L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato 1740
Giancarlo Guerrero Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
Nadia Shpachenko Woman at the New Piano
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Gerald Barry Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Andrew Norman Norman: Play
Stephen Paulus Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Joan Tower Tower: Stroke
Julia Wolfe Wolfe: Anthracite Fields