Album of the Year nominees
25 - Adele
Purpose - Justin Bieber
Views - Drake
Lemonade - Beyonce
Sailors Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson
Best New Artist
Maren Morris
The Chainsmokers
Kelsea Ballerini
Chance the Rapper
Anderson Paak
Song of the Year
Formation - Beyonce
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Hello - Adele
I Took A Pill in Ibiza - Mike Posner
7 Years - Lukas Graham
Record of the Year
Formation - Beyonce
Work - Rihanna
Hello - Adelle
7 Years - Lukas Graham
Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
Best Music Video
Formation - Beyoncé
River — Leon Bridges
Up & Up — Coldplay
Gosh — Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out - OK Go
Best Pop Vocal Album
This is Acting - Sia
25 - Adele
Purpose - Justin Bieber
Confident - Demi Lovato
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
Best Pop Solo Performance
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
Hold Up - Beyonce
Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson
Hello - Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Closer – The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
7 Years – Lukas Graham
Work – Rihanna Featuring Drake
Cheap Thrills – Sia Featuring Sean Paul
Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody – De La Soul
Major Key – DJ Khaled
Views – Drake
Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo – Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Freedom” – Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar
“Hotline Bling” – Drake
“Broccoli” – DRAM ft. Lil Yachty
“Ultralight Beam” – Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The Dream
“Famous” – Kanye West featuring Rihanna
Best Country Album
Big Day in a Small Town – Brandy Clark
Full Circle – Loretta Lynn
Hero – Maren Morris
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord – Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/ Group Performance
Different For Girls – Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
21 Summer – Brothers Osborne
Setting the World on Fire – Kenny Chesney & Pink
Jolene – Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
Think of You – Chris Young with Cassadee Pope
Best Country Solo Performance
Love Can Go To Hell — Brandy Clark
Vice — Miranda Lambert
My Church — Maren Morris
Church Bells — Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain’t Your Color — Keith Urban
Best Alternative Music Album
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
Best Rock Album
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage the Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At the Disco
Weezer — Weezer
Best Rock Performance
Joe (Live From Austin City Limits) – Alabama Shakes
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
Blackstar – David Bowie
The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan) – Disturbed
Heathens – Twenty One Pilots
Best R&B Performance
Turning’ Me Up – BJ the Chicago Kid
Permission – Ro James
I Do – Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me – Rihanna
Cranes in the Sky – Solange
Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
Best Dance Electronic Album
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Amy
Miles Ahead
Straight Outta Compton
Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition)
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Just Like Fire” — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through the Looking Glass
“Purple Lamborghini” — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Try Everything” — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
“The Veil” — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridge of Spies
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Star Wars: The F0rce Awakens
Stranger Things Volume 1
Stranger Things Volume 2
Best Music Film
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – Steve Aoki
The Beatle: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years – The Beatles
Lemonade – Beyoncé
The Music of Strangers – Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry – Various Artists
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo – Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox – Carol Burnett
M Train – Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom Desavia) (Various Artists) – Tom DeSavia, John Doe, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink – Elvis Costello
Best Comedy Album
…America…Great… – David Cross
American Myth – Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted – Tig Notaro
Live at the Apollo – Amy Schumer
Talking for Clapping – Patton Oswalt
Best Musical Theater Album
Bright Star
The Color Purple
Fiddler On the Roof
Kinky Boots
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