GRAMMY’S 2015 WINNERS

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Morning Phase – Beck

SONG OF THE YEAR

Stay With Me (Darkchil Version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Sam Smith

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Say Something – A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM

Cheek To Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

BEST DANCE RECORDING

Rather Be – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne

BEST DANCE ELECTRONIC ALBUM

Syro – Aphex Twin

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

Lazaretto – Jack White

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

The Last In Line – Tenacious D

BEST ROCK SONG

Ain’t It Fun – Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Morning Phase – Beck

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

St. Vincent – St. Vincent

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

Drunk In Love – Beyoncé featuring Jay Z

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

Jesus Children – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

BEST R&B SONG

Drunk In Love – Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, andre Eric Proctor &Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé featuring Jay Z)

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Girl – Pharrell Williams

BEST R&B ALBUM

Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

I – Kendrick Lamar

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

The Monster – Eminem featuring Rihanna

BEST RAP SONG

I – K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

BEST RAP ALBUM

The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Something In The Water – Carrie Underwood

BEST COUNTRY DOU/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Gentle On My Mind – The Band Perry

BEST COUNTRY SONG

I’M Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Platinum – Miranda Lambert

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM

Winds Of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

Fingerprints – Chick Corea, soloist

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

Beautiful Life – Dianne Reeves

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Trilogy – Chick Corea Trio

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

Life In The Bubble – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

The Offense Of The Drum – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

No Greater Love – Smokie Norful

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG

Messengers – Lecrae featuring For King & Country

BEST GOSPEL ALBUM

Help – Erica Campbell

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM

Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong – For King & Country

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM

Shine For All The People – Mike Farris

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

Tangos – Rubén Blades

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

Multiviral – Calle 13

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

Mas + Corazon Profundo – Carlos Vives

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

A Feather’s Not A Bird – Rosanne Cash

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG

A Feather’s Not A Bird – Rosanne Cash

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

The River & The Thread – Rosanne Cash

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

The Earls Of Leicster – The Earls Of Leicester

BEST BLUES ALBUM

Step Back – Johnny Winter

BEST FOLK ALBUM

Remedy – Old Crow Medicine Show

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier

BEST REGGAE ALBUM

Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

Eve – Angelique Kidjo

BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani

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

Diary Of A Mad Diva – Joan Rivers

BEST COMEDY ALBUM

Mandatory Fun – “Weird Al” Yankovic

BEST MUSICAL THEATHER ALBUM

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat, composer

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Let It Go – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION

The Book Thief – John Williams, composer (John Williams)

BEST ARANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPELLA

Daft Punk – Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS

New York Tendaberry - Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

Lightning Bolt – Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE

The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917 – 27) – Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)

BEST ALBUM NOTES

Offering: Live At Temple University – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 – Colin Escott & Chery Pawelski, compilation producres; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL

Morning Phase – Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Beck)

PRODUCERS OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

Max Martin – Bang Bang (Jessie J, Arina Grande & Nicky Minaj) (S)

Break Free (Ariana Grande featuring Zedd) (S)

Dark Horse (Katy Perry featuring Juicy J) (S)

Problem (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea) (S)

Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) (S)

Unconditionally (Katy Perry) (S)

BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL

All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix) – Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM

Beyoncé – Elliot Scheiner, surround mx engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem, Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending – Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Judith Sherman – Beethoven: Cello & Piano Complete (Fischer Duo)

Brahms By Heart (Chiara String Quartet)

Composing America (Lark Quartet)

Divergence (Plattform K + K Vienna)

The Good Song (Thomas Meglioranza)

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

Adams, John: City Noir – David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)

BEST OPERA RECORDING

Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers – Paul O’Dette & Stephens Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

The Sacred Spirit Of Russia – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Encores – Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Play – Jason Vieaux

BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM

Douce France – Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances – Partch; John Schneider, producer

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean – John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Happy – Pharrell Williams

BEST MUSIC FILM

20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fisches & Judith Hill

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