55th Annual Grammy Awards 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

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

Best 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

  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 Video

    • "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