GENERAL

Album Of The Year

“The Blessed Unrest” — Sara Bareilles

“Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk WINNER

“Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” — Kendrick Lamar

“The Heist” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

“Red” — Taylor Swift

Record Of The Year

“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams WINNER

“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons

“Royals” — Lorde

“Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars

“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams

Song Of The Year

“Just Give Me A Reason” — Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)

“Locked Out Of Heaven” — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

“Roar” — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)

“Royals” — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde) WINNER

“Same Love” — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)

Best New Artist

James Blake

Kendrick Lamar

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis WINNER

Kacey Musgraves

Ed Sheeran

POP

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Brave” — Sara Bareilles

“Royals” — Lorde WINNER

“When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars

“Roar” — Katy Perry

“Mirrors” — Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams WINNER

“Just Give Me A Reason” — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess

“Stay” — Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko

“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams

“Suit & Tie” — Justin Timberlake & Jay Z

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Paradise” — Lana Del Rey

“Pure Heroine” — Lorde

“Unorthodox Jukebox” — Bruno Mars WINNER

“Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke

“The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” — Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Instrumental Album

“Steppin’ Out” — Herb Alpert WINNER

“The Beat” — Boney James

“Handpicked” — Earl Klugh

“Summer Horns” — Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot

“Hacienda” — Jeff Lorber Fusion

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“Viva Duets” — Tony Bennett & Various Artists

“To Be Loved” — Michael Bublé WINNER

“The Standards” — Gloria Estefan

“Cee Lo’s Magic Moment” — Cee Lo Green

“Now” — Dionne Warwick

DANCE

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Random Access Memories — Daft Punk WINNER

Settle — Disclosure

18 Months — Calvin Harris

Atmosphere — Kaskade

A Color Map Of The Sun — Pretty Lights

Best Dance Recording

“Need U (100%)” — Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK

“Sweet Nothing” — Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch

“Atmosphere” — Kaskade

“This Is What It Feels Like” — Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie

“Clarity” — Zedd Featuring Foxes WINNER

 

ROCK

Best Rock Performance

“Always Alright” — Alabama Shakes

“The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie

“Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons WINNER

“Kashmir” (Live) — Led Zeppelin

“My God Is The Sun” — Queens Of The Stone Age

“I’m Shakin'” — Jack White

Best Rock Album

“13” — Black Sabbath

“The Next Day” — David Bowie

“Mechanical Bull” — Kings Of Leon

“Celebration Day” — Led Zeppelin WINNER

“…Like Clockwork” — Queens Of The Stone Age

“Psychedelic Pill” — Neil Young With Crazy Horse

Best Metal Performance

“T.N.T.” — Anthrax

“God Is Dead?” — Black Sabbath WINNER

“The Enemy Inside” — Dream Theater

“In Due Time” — Killswitch Engage

“Room 24” — Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

Best Rock Song

“Ain’t Messin ‘Round” — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

“Cut Me Some Slack” — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear) WINNER

“Doom And Gloom” — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)

“God Is Dead?” — Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)

“Panic Station” — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

 

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album

“The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” — Neko Case

“Trouble Will Find Me” — The National

“Hesitation Marks” — Nine Inch Nails

“Lonerism” — Tame Impala

“Modern Vampires Of The City” — Vampire Weekend WINNER

 

R&B

Best R&B Performance

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton

“Best Of Me” — Anthony Hamilton

“Nakamarra” — Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip

“How Many Drinks?” — Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Something” — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway WINNER

Best Urban Contemporary Album

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton

“Side Effects Of You” — Fantasia

“One: In The Chamber” — Salaam Remi

“Unapologetic” — Rihanna WINNER

“New York: A Love Story” — Mack Wilds

Best R&B Album

R&B Divas — Faith Evans

Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys WINNER

Love In The Future — John Legend

Better — Chrisette MicheleThree Kings — TGT

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Please Come Home — Gary Clark Jr. WINNER

“Get It Right” — Fantasia

“Quiet Fire” — Maysa

“Hey Laura” — Gregory Porter

“Yesterday” — Ryan Shaw

Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award)

“Best Of Me” — Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)

“Love And War” — Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)

“Only One” — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)

“Pusher Love Girl” — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake) WINNER

“Without Me” — Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)

 

RAP

Best Rap Performance

“Started From The Bottom” — Drake

“Berzerk” — Eminem

“Tom Ford” — Jay Z

“Swimming Pools (Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar

“Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz WINNER

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Power Trip” — J.Cole Featuring Miguel

“Part II (On The Run)” — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé

“Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake WINNER

“Now Or Never” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige

“Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

Best Rap Album

Nothing Was The Same — Drake

Magna Carta…Holy Grail — Jay Z

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar

The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis WINNER

Yeezus — Kanye West

Best Rap Song

“F***in’ Problems” — Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

“Holy Grail” — Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)

“New Slaves” — Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)

“Started From The Bottom” — W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)

“Thrift Shop” — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz) WINNER

COUNTRY MUSIC

Best Country Solo Performance

“I Drive Your Truck” — Lee Brice

“I Want Crazy” — Hunter Hayes

“Mama’s Broken Heart” — Miranda Lambert

“Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker WINNER

“Mine Would Be You” — Blake Shelton

Best Country Album

Night Train — Jason Aldean

Two Lanes Of Freedom — Tim McGraw

Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves WINNER

Based On A True Story — Blake Shelton

Red — Taylor Swift

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“From This Valley”— The Civil Wars WINNER

“Don’t Rush” — Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill

“Your Side Of The Bed” — Little Big Town

“Highway Don’t Care” — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban

“You Can’t Make Old Friends” — Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award)

“Begin Again” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

“I Drive Your Truck” — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)

“Mama’s Broken Heart” — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

“Merry Go ‘Round” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) WINNER

“Mine Would Be You” — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)

 

NEW AGE

Best New Age Album

“Lux” — Brian Eno

“Illumination” — Peter Kater

“Final Call” — Kitaro

“Awakening The Fire” — R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman

“Love’s River” — Laura Sullivan WINNER

 

JAZZ

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Guided Tour — The New Gary Burton Quartet

Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington WINNER

Life Forum — Gerald Clayton

Pushing The World Away — Kenny Garrett

Out Here — Christian McBride Trio

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

“Don’t Run” — Terence Blanchard, soloist

“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera, soloist

“Song Without Words #4: Duet” — Fred Hersch, soloist

“Stadium Jazz” — Donny McCaslin, soloist

“Orbits” — Wayne Shorter, soloist WINNER

 

Best Jazz Vocal Album

“The World According To Andy Bey” — Andy Bey

“Attachments” — Lorraine Feather

“Liquid Spirit” — Gregory Porter WINNER

“WomanChild” — Cécile McLorin Salvant

“After Blue” — Tierney Sutton

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

“Brooklyn Babylon” — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

“Night In Calisia” — Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic WINNER

“Wild Beauty” — Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano

“March Sublime” — Alan Ferber

“Intrada” — Dave Slonaker Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

“La Noche Más Larga” — Buika

“Song For Maura” — Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente WINNER

“Yo” — Roberto Fonseca

“Eggūn” — Omar Sosa

“Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin” — Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

 

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Best Gospel Album

Grace (Live) — Tasha Cobbs WINNER

Best For Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 — Donald Lawrence

Best Days Yet — Bishop Paul S. Morton

God Chaser (Live) — William Murphy

Greater Than (Live) — Tye Tribbett

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

“Break Every Chain [Live]” –Tasha Cobbs WINNER

“Hurricane” — Natalie Grant

“Lord, I Need You” — Matt Maher

“Overcomer” — Mandisa

“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett

Best Gospel Song

“Have Your Way” — Calvin Frazier & Deitrick Haddon, songwriters (Deitrick Haddon)

“If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]” — Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett) WINNER

“If I Believe” — Wirlie Morris, Michael Paran, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)

“A Little More Jesus” — Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Erica Campbell)

“Still” — Percy Bady, songwriter (Percy Bady Featuring Lowell Pye)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

“Hurricane” — Matt Bronleewe, Natalie Grant & Cindy Morgan, songwriters (Natalie Grant)

“Love Take Me Over” — Steven Curtis Chapman, songwriter (Steven Curtis Chapman)

“Overcomer” — David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa) WINNER

“Speak Life” — Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Ryan Stevenson, songwriters (Tobymac)

“Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies)” — Ed Cash, Scott Cash & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“We Won’t Be Shaken” — Building 429

“All The People Said Amen [Live]” — Matt Maher

“Overcomer” — Mandisa WINNER

“Your Grace Finds Me (Live)” — Matt Redman

“Burning Lights” Chris Tomlin

 

LATIN

Best Latin Pop Album

“Faith, Hope Y Amor” — Frankie J

“Viajero Frecuente” — Ricardo Montaner

“Vida” — Draco Rosa WINNER

“Syntek” — Aleks Syntek

“12 Historias” — Tommy Torres

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

“El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco” — Café Tacvba

“Ojo Por Ojo” — El Tri

“Chances” — Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

“Treinta Días” — La Santa Cecilia WINNER

“Repeat After Me” — Los Amigos Invisibles

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

“El Free” — Banda Los Recoditos

“En Peligro De Extinción” — Intocable

“A Mi Manera” — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea WINNER

“Romeo Y Su Nieta” — Paquita La Del Barrio

“13 Celebrando El 13” — Joan Sebastian

Best Tropical Latin Album

3.0 — Marc Anthony

Como Te Voy A Olvidar — Los Angeles Azules

Pacific Mambo Orchestra — Pacific Mambo Orchestra WINNER

Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants — Various Artists

Corazón Profundo — Carlos Vives

 

AMERICAN ROOTS

Best Americana Album

Old Yellow Moon — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell WINNER

Love Has Come For You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Buddy And Jim — Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale

One True Vine — Mavis Staples

Songbook — Allen Toussaint

Best Bluegrass Album

“It’s Just A Road” — The Boxcars

“Brothers Of The Highway” — Dailey & Vincent

“This World Oft Can Be” — Della Mae

“Three Chords And The Truth” — James King

“The Streets Of Baltimore” — Del McCoury Band WINNER

Best Blues Album

“Remembering Little Walter” — Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman

“Cotton Mouth Man” — James Cotton

“Get Up!” — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite WINNER

“Seesaw” — Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

“Down In Louisiana” — Bobby Rush

Best Folk Album

“My Favorite Picture Of You” — Guy Clark WINNER

“Sweetheart Of The Sun” — The Greencards

“Build Me Up From Bones” — Sarah Jarosz

“The Ash & Clay” — The Milk Carton Kids

“They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration” — (Various Artists) Chris Strachwitz, producer

Best Regional Roots Music Album

“The Life & Times Of…The Hot 8 Brass Band” — Hot 8 Brass Band

“Hula Ku’i” — Kahulanui

“Le Fou” — Zachary Richard

“Dockside Sessions” — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience WINNER

“Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs” — Joe Tohonnie Jr.

 

REGGAE

Best Reggae Album

“One Love, One Life” — Beres Hammond

“Ziggy Marley In Concert” — Ziggy Marley WINNER

“The Messiah” — Sizzla

“Reggae Connection” — Sly & Robbie And The Jam Masters

“Reincarnated” — Snoop Lion

 

WORLD MUSIC

Best World Music Album

“Savor Flamenco” — Gipsy Kings WINNER

“No Place For My Dream” — Femi Kuti

“Live: Singing For Peace Around The World” — Ladysmith Black Mambazo

“The Living Room Sessions Part 2” — Ravi Shankar

 

CHILDREN’S

Best Children’s Album

“Blue Clouds” Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower

“The Mighty Sky” — Beth Nielsen Chapman

“Recess” — Justin Roberts

“Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World’s Bravest Kids” — Alastair Moock & Friends

“Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well” — Jennifer Gasoi WINNER

 

SPOKEN WORD

Best Spoken Word Album

“America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t” — Stephen Colbert WINNER

“Carrie And Me” — Carol Burnett

“Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls” — David Sedaris

“Still Foolin’ ‘Em” — Billy Crystal

“The Storm King” — Pete Seeger

 

COMEDY

Best Comedy Album

“Calm Down Gurrl” — Kathy Griffin WINNER

“I’m Here To Help” — Craig Ferguson

“A Little Unprofessional” — Ron White

“Live” — Tig Notaro

“That’s What I’m Talkin’ About” — Bob Saget

 

MUSICAL THEATER

Best Musical Theater Album

“Kinky Boots” WINNER

“Matilda: The Musical”

“Motown The Musical”

 

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Django Unchained

The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)

Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)

Muscle Shoals

Sound City: Real To Reel WINNER

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Argo – Alexandre Desplat, composer

The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong, composer

Life Of Pi – Mychael Danna, composer

Lincoln – John Williams, composer

Skyfall – Thomas Newman, composer WINNER

Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

“Atlas” from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

“Silver Lining” from “Silver Linings Playbook” — Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)

“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele) WINNER

“We Both Know” from “Safe Haven” — Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)

“Young And Beautiful” from “The Great Gatsby” –Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)

“You’ve Got Time” from Orange Is The New Black – Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)

COMPOSING/ARRANGING

Best Instrumental Composition

“Bound Away” — Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

“California Pictures For String Quartet” — Gordon Goodwin, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

“Koko On The Boulevard” — Scott Healy, composer (Scott Healy Ensemble)

“Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra” — Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra) WINNER

“String Quartet No. 1: Funky Diversion In Three Parts” — Vince Mendoza, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

“Invitation” — Kim Richmond, arranger (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)

“On Green Dolphin Street” — Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band) WINNER

“Side Hikes – A Ridge Away” — Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

“Skylark” — Nan Schwartz, arranger (Amy Dickson)

“Wild Beauty” — Gil Goldstein, arranger (Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

“La Vida Nos Espera” — Nan Schwartz, arranger (Gian Marco)

“Let’s Fall In Love” — Chris Walden, arranger (Calabria Foti Featuring Seth MacFarlane)

“The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress” — John Hollenbeck, arranger (John Hollenbeck)

“Swing Low” — Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding) WINNER

“What A Wonderful World” — Shelly Berg, arranger (Gloria Estefan)

 

CRAFTS

Best Recording Package

Automatic Music Can Be Fun — Mike Brown, Zac Decamp, Brian Grunert & Annie Stoll, art directors (Geneseo)

Long Night Moon — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly) WINNER

Magna Carta… Holy Grail — Brian Roettinger, art director (Jay-Z)

Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture) — Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)

The Next Day — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

The Brussels Affair — Charles Dooher & Scott Sandler, art directors (The Rolling Stones)

How Do You Do (Limited Edition Box Set) — Mayer Hawthorne, art director (Mayer Hawthorne)

The Road To Red Rocks (Special Edition) — Ross Stirling, art director (Mumford & Sons)

The Smith Tapes — Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) — Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney and Wings) WINNER

Best Album Notes

Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) — Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane) WINNER

Call It Art 1964–1965 — Ben Young, album notes writer (New York Art Quartet)

Electric Music for the Mind and Body — Alec Palao, album notes writer (Country Joe and the Fish)

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps — Jonathan Cott, album notes writer (Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic)

360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story — Sean Wilentz, album notes writer (various artists)

Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music, 1923–1936 — Nathan Salsburg, album notes writer (various artists)

 

PRODUCTION

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Annie Up — Chuck Ainlay, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Pistol Annies)

The Blue Room — Helik Hadar & Leslie Ann Jones, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Madeleine Peyroux)

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here — Paul Figueroa & Randy Staub, engineers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (Alice in Chains)

…Like Clockwork — Joe Barresi & Mark Rankin, engineers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Queens of the Stone Age)

The Moorings — Trina Shoemaker, engineer; Eric Conn, mastering engineer (Andrew Duhon)

Random Access Memories — Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk) WINNER

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Rob Cavallo — “All That Echoes” (Josh Groban), “Bright Lights” (Gary Clark Jr.). “¡Dos!” (Green Day), “If I Loved You” (Delta Rae featuring Lindsey Buckingham), “Love They Say” (Tegan and Sara), “Things Are Changin'” (Gary Clark Jr.), “¡Tré!” (Green Day), “When My Train Pulls In” (Gary Clark Jr.), “You’ve Got Time” (Regina Spektor)

Dr. Luke — “Bounce It” (Juicy J Featuring Wale & Trey Songz), “Crazy Kids” (Kesha), “Fall Down (will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus), “Give It 2 U” (Robin Thicke featuring Kendrick Lamar), “Like Nobody´s Around” (Big Time Rush) , “Roar” (Katy Perry), “Rock Me” (One Direction), “Wrecking Ball” (Miley Cyrus)

Ariel Rechtshaid — “Days Are Gone” (Haim), “Everything Is Embarrassing” (Sky Ferreira), “Lost in My Bedroom” (Sky Ferreira), “Modern Vampires of the City” (Vampire Weekend), “Reincarnated” (Snoop Lion), “True Romance” (Charli XCX), “You’re No Good” (Major Lazer featuring Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Danielle Haim and Yasmin)

Jeff Tweedy — “The Invisible Way” (Low), “One True Vine” (Mavis Staples), “Wassaic Way” (Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion)

Pharrell Williams — “BBC” (Jay-Z), “Blurred Lines” (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell), “Happy” (Pharrell Williams), “I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel)” (Jennifer Hudson featuring T.I.), “Nuclear” (Destiny’s Child), “Oceans” (Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean), “Reach Out Richard” (Mayer Hawthorne), “The Stars Are Ours” (Mayer Hawthorne) WINNER

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

“Days Turn Into Nights” (Andy Caldwell Remix) — Andy Caldwell, remixer (Delerium featuring Michael Logen)

“If I Lose Myself” (Alesso Vs. OneRepublic) — Alesso, remixer (OneRepublic)

“Locked Out of Heaven” (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix) — Sultan & Ned Shepard, remixers (Bruno Mars)

“One Love/People Get Ready” (Photek Remix) — Rupert Parkes, remixer (Bob Marley and the Wailers)

“Summertime Sadness” (Cedric Gervais Remix) — Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey) WINNER

 

PRODUCTION, SURROUND SOUND

Best Surround Sound Album

Live Kisses — Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney) WINNER

Sailing the Seas of Cheese (Deluxe Edition) — Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (Primus)

Signature Sound Opus One — Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (various artists)

Sixteen Sunsets — Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)

Sprung Rhythm — Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Richard Scerbo & Inscape)

 

PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Hymn to the Virgin — Morten Lindberg, engineer (Tone Bianca, Sparre Dahl, & Schola Cantorum)

La Voie Triomphale — Morten Lindberg, engineer (Ole Kristian Ruud & Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces)

Roomful of Teeth — Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers (Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth)

Vinci: Artaserse — Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius & Ulrich Ruscher, engineers (Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko & Concerto Köln)

Winter Morning Walks — David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) WINNER

Producer of the Year, Classical

Manfred Eicher — Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen (András Schiff), Canto Oscuro (Anna Gourari), Pärt: Adam’s Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra), Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)

David Frost — Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble) — Angel Heart, A Music Storybook (Matt Haimovitz & Uccello), Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Jonathan Biss) — Ben-Haim: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble), Celebrating The American Spirit (Judith Clurman & Essential Voices USA), Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; Greensleeves (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony), Guilty Pleasures (Renée Fleming, Sebastian Lang-Lessing & Philharmonia Orchestra), Verdi: Otello (Riccardo Muti, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Winter Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra) WINNER

Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin — Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D’Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra), Traveling Sonata – European Music For Flute & Guitar (Viviana Guzmán & Jérémy Jouve), Voyages (Conrad Tao), Zia (Del Sol String Quartet)

James Mallinson — Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts (Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Orchestra), Bloch: Symphony In C-Sharp Minor & Poems Of The Sea (Dalia Atlas & London Symphony Orchestra), Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaccona (Nigel Short, Tenebrae & London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble), Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra), Wagner: Das Rheingold (Valery Gergiev, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Nikolai Putilin & Mariinsky Orchestra), Wagner: Die Walküre (Valery Gergiev, Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme & Mariinsky Orchestra), Weber: Der Freischütz (Colin Davis, Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, Simon O’Neill, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)

Jay David Saks — Adams: Nixon In China (John Adams, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra), Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra), The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus), Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Verdi: Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Željko Lu_i_, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova, Štefan Kocán, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

 

CLASSICAL

Best Orchestral Performance

Atterberg: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 — Neeme Järvi (conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1 — Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Los Angeles Philharmonic

Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Overtures Manfred & Genoveva — Claudio Abbado (conductor), Orchestra Mozart

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 — Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Minnesota Orchestra WINNER

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps — Simon Rattle (conductor), Berliner Philharmoniker

Best Opera Recording

Adès: The Tempest — Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke (soloists); Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick (producers) WINNER

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia — Oliver Knussen (conductor); Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager (soloists); John Fraser (producer)

Kleiberg: David and Bathsheba — Tönu Kaljuste (conductor); Anna Eimarsson and Johannes Weisser (soloists); Morten Lindberg (producer)

Vinci: Artaserse — Diego Fasolis (conductor); Valer Barna-Sabadus, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Franco Fagioli, Philippe Jaroussky (soloists); Ulrich Russcher (producer)

Wager: Der Ring des Nibelungen — Christian Thielemann (conductor); Katarina Dalayman, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson, Linda Watson (soloists); Ohmar Eichinger (producer)

Best Choral Performance

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

Berlioz: Grande Messe de Morts — Colin Davis (conductor) (with Barry Banks, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir and London Symphony Chorus)

Parry: Works for Chorus & Orchestra — Neeme Järvi (conductor), Adrian Partington (chorus master) (with Amanda Roocroft, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC National Chorus of Wales)

Pärt: Adam’s Lament — Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) (with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis) WINNER

Whitbourn: Annelies — James Jordan (conductor) (conductor) (with Arianna Zukerman, The Lincoln Trio and the Westminster Williamson Voices)

Palestrina: Volume 3 — Harry Christophers (conductor) (with The Sixteen)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas — Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

Cage: The 10,000 Things — Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters

Duo — Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta

Roomful of Teeth — Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth WINNER

Times Go By Turns — New York Polyphony

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti — Patricia Kopatchinskaja (soloist), Peter Eötvös (conductor)

Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra — Evelyn Glennie (soloist), David Alan Miller (conductor) WINNER

The Edge of Light — Gloria Cheng

Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 — Yefim Bronfman (soloist), Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Salonen: Violin Concerto; Nyx — Leila Josefowicz (soloist), Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D. 960 — Maria João Pires

Best Classical Vocal Solo

Drama Queens — Joyce DiDonato

Mission — Cecilia Bartoli

Schubert: Winterreise — Christoph Prégardien

Wagner — Jonas Kaufmann

Winter Morning Walks — Dawn Upshaw WINNER

Best Classical Compendium

Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik — Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) WINNER

Holmboe: Concerto — Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Preben Iwan (producer)

Tabakova: String Paths — Maxim Rysanov (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Piano Concerto No. 2 — Morten Lindberg

Adam’s Lament — Arvo Pärt

Violin Concerto — Esa-Pekka Salonen

Winter Morning Walks — Maria Schneider WINNER

Partita for 8 Voices — Caroline Shaw

 

MUSIC VIDEO

Best Music Video

“Safe and Sound” – Capital Cities — Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer

“Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film” – Jay-Z — Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers

“Can’t Hold Us” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton — Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers

“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z — David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer WINNER

“I’m Shakin'” – Jack White — Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer

Best Music Film

Live 2012 – Coldplay — Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer

¡Cuatro! – Green Day — Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer

I’m in I’m out and I’m Gone: The Making of Get Up! – Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite — Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer

Live Kisses – Paul McCartney — Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers WINNER

The Road to Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons — Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer

SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS

MusiCares Person of the Year

Carole King

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Beatles

Clifton Chenier

The Isley Brothers

Kraftwerk

Kris Kristofferson

Armando Manzanero

Maud Powell

Trustees Awards

Rick Hall

Jim Marshall

Ennio Morricone

 

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