Grammy Awards 2016
The 58th Grammy Awards · Held February 15, 2016 · 53 categories · everything in 2016
Album of the Year
- Winner 1989 · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Beauty Behind the Madness · The Weeknd
- Nominee Sound & Color
- Nominee To Pimp a Butterfly · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee Traveller · Chris Stapleton
Record of the Year
- Winner Uptown Funk · Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
- Nominee Blank Space · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Can't Feel My Face · The Weeknd
- Nominee Really Love · D'Angelo
- Nominee Thinking Out Loud · Ed Sheeran
Song of the Year
- Winner Thinking Out Loud · Amy Wadge, Ed Sheeran
- Nominee Alright · Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams
- Nominee Blank Space · Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift
- Nominee Girl Crush · Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
- Nominee See You Again from Furious 7 · Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa
Best New Artist
- Winner Meghan Trainor
- Nominee Courtney Barnett
- Nominee James Bay
- Nominee Sam Hunt
- Nominee Tori Kelly
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner Sound & Color · Alabama Shakes
- Nominee Currents · Tame Impala
- Nominee Star Wars · Wilco
- Nominee The Waterfall · My Morning Jacket
- Nominee Vulnicura · Björk
Best American Roots Performance
- Winner See That My Grave Is Kept Clean · Mavis Staples
- Nominee And Am I Born to Die · Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn
- Nominee Born to Play Guitar · Buddy Guy
- Nominee City of Our Lady · The Milk Carton Kids
- Nominee Julep · Punch Brothers
Best American Roots Song
- Winner 24 Frames · Jason Isbell
- Nominee All Night Long · Raul Malo
- Nominee Julep · Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile, Gabe Witcher
- Nominee The Cost of Living · Don Henley, Stan Lynch
- Nominee The Traveling Kind · Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris
Best Americana Album
- Winner Something More Than Free · Jason Isbell
- Nominee Mono · The Mavericks
- Nominee The Firewatcher's Daughter · Brandi Carlile
- Nominee The Phosphorescent Blues · Punch Brothers
- Nominee The Traveling Kind · Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner The Muscle Shoals Recordings · The Steel Drivers
- Nominee Before the Sun Goes Down · Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley
- Nominee In Session · Doyle Lawson
- Nominee Man of Constant Sorrow · Ralph Stanley
- Nominee Pocket Full of Keys · Dale Ann Bradley
Best Blues Album
- Winner Born to Play Guitar · Buddy Guy
- Nominee Descendants of Hill Country · Cedric Burnside Project
- Nominee Muddy Waters 100 · John Primer
- Nominee Outskirts of Love · Shemekia Copeland
- Nominee Worthy · Bettye LaVette
Best Children's Music Album
- Winner Home
- Nominee Dark Pie Concerns · Gustafer Yellowgold
- Nominee How Great Can This Day Be
- Nominee Trees
- Nominee ¡Come Bien! Eat Right! · José-Luis Orozco
Best Comedy Album
- Winner Live at Madison Square Garden · Louis C.K.
- Nominee Back to the Drawing Board · Lisa Lampanelli
- Nominee Brooklyn · Wyatt Cenac
- Nominee Happy. And a Lot. · Jay Mohr
- Nominee Just Being Honest · Craig Ferguson
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- Winner This Is Not a Test · TobyMac
- Nominee How Can It Be · Lauren Daigle
- Nominee Love Ran Red · Chris Tomlin
- Nominee Saints and Sinners · Matt Maher
- Nominee Whatever the Road · Jason Crabb
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Winner Sylva · Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest
- Nominee Afrodeezia · Marcus Miller
- Nominee Guitar in the Space Age! · Bill Frisell
- Nominee Love Language · Wouter Kellerman
- Nominee The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV · Kirk Whalum
Best Country Album
- Winner Traveller · Chris Stapleton
- Nominee Montevallo · Sam Hunt
- Nominee Pageant Material · Kacey Musgraves
- Nominee Pain Killer · Little Big Town
- Nominee The Blade · Ashley Monroe
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- Winner Girl Crush · Little Big Town
- Nominee If I Needed You · Joey + Rory
- Nominee Lonely Tonight · Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe
- Nominee Stay a Little Longer · Brothers Osborne
- Nominee The Driver · Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley, Eric Paslay
Best Country Solo Performance
- Winner Traveller · Chris Stapleton
- Nominee Burning House · Cam
- Nominee Chances Are · Lee Ann Womack
- Nominee John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 · Keith Urban
- Nominee Little Toy Guns · Carrie Underwood
Best Country Song
- Winner Girl Crush · Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
- Nominee Chances Are · Hayes Carll
- Nominee Diamond Rings and Old Barstools · Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Jonathan Singleton
- Nominee Traveller · Chris Stapleton
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- Winner Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü · Skrillex and Diplo
- Nominee Born in the Echoes · The Chemical Brothers
- Nominee Caracal · Disclosure
- Nominee In Colour · Jamie xx
- Nominee Our Love · Caribou
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Winner Where Are Ü Now · Skrillex and Diplo, Justin Bieber
- Nominee Go · The Chemical Brothers, Q-Tip
- Nominee Never Catch Me · Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee Runaway (U & I) · Galantis
- Nominee We're All We Need · Above & Beyond, Zoë Johnston
Best Folk Album
- Winner Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn · Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn
- Nominee Didn't He Ramble · Glen Hansard
- Nominee Servant of Love · Patty Griffin
- Nominee Tomorrow Is My Turn · Rhiannon Giddens
- Nominee Wood, Wire & Words · Norman Blake
Best Global Music Album
- Winner Sings · Angelique Kidjo
- Nominee Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo · Gilberto Gil
- Nominee Home · Anoushka Shankar
- Nominee I Have No Everything Here · Zomba Prison Project
- Nominee Music from Inala · Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ella Spira
Best Gospel Album
- Winner Covered: Alive in Asia [Live] · Israel Houghton, Israel Breed, New Breed
- Nominee Destined to Win [Live] · Karen Clark Sheard
- Nominee Life Music: Stage Two · Jonathan McReynolds
- Nominee Living It · Dorinda Clark-Cole
- Nominee One Place Live · Tasha Cobbs
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Winner Past Present · John Scofield
- Nominee Beautiful Life · Jimmy Greene
- Nominee Breathless · Terence Blanchard
- Nominee Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios · Robert Glasper
- Nominee My Favorite Things · Joey Alexander
Best Jazz Performance
- Winner Cherokee · Christian McBride
- Nominee Arbiters of Evolution · Donny McCaslin
- Nominee Friend or Foe · Joshua Redman
- Nominee Giant Steps · Joey Alexander
- Nominee Past Present · John Scofield
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Winner For One to Love · Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Nominee Find a Heart · Denise Donatelli
- Nominee Flirting with Disaster · Lorraine Feather
- Nominee Jamison · Jamison Ross
- Nominee Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein · Karrin Allyson
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner The Thompson Fields · Maria Schneider Orchestra
- Nominee Cuba: The Conversation Continues · Arturo O'Farrill
- Nominee Home Suite Home · Patrick Williams
- Nominee Köln · Marshall Gilkes, WDR Big Band
- Nominee Lines of Color
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Winner Made in Brazil · Eliane Elias
- Nominee Identities are Changeable · Miguel Zenón
- Nominee Impromptu
- Nominee Intercambio
- Nominee Suite Caminos · Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Best Latin Pop Album
- Winner A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) · Ricky Martin
- Nominee Algo Sucede · Julieta Venegas
- Nominee Healer · Alex Cuba
- Nominee Sirope · Alejandro Sanz
- Nominee Terral · Pablo Alborán
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Winner Dale · Pitbull
- Winner Hasta la Raíz · Natalia Lafourcade
- Nominee Amanecer · Bomba Estéreo
- Nominee Caja de Música · Monsieur Periné
- Nominee Mondongo · La Cuneta Son Machín
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- Winner These Walls · Kendrick Lamar, Bilal, Thundercat
- Nominee Classic Man · Jidenna, Roman GianArthur
- Nominee Glory from Selma · Common, John Legend
- Nominee One Man Can Change The World · Big Sean, Kanye West, John Legend
- Nominee Only · Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown
Best Metal Performance
- Winner Cirice · Ghost
- Nominee 512 · Lamb of God
- Nominee Custer · Slipknot
- Nominee Identity · August Burns Red
- Nominee Thank You · Sevendust
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner Grace · Paul Avgerinos
- Nominee Asia Beauty · Ron Korb
- Nominee Bhakti without Borders
- Nominee Love · Peter Kater
- Nominee Voyager · Catherine Duc
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Winner Uptown Funk · Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
- Nominee Bad Blood · Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee See You Again from Furious 7 · Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth
- Nominee Ship to Wreck · Florence & The Machine, Florence Machine, the Machine
- Nominee Sugar · Maroon 5
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Winner Thinking Out Loud · Ed Sheeran
- Nominee Blank Space · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Can't Feel My Face · The Weeknd
- Nominee Heartbeat Song · Kelly Clarkson
- Nominee Love Me like You Do from Fifty Shades of Grey · Ellie Goulding
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Winner 1989 · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Before This World · James Taylor, James Taylor
- Nominee How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful · Florence & The Machine, Florence Machine, the Machine
- Nominee Piece by Piece · Kelly Clarkson
- Nominee Uptown Special · Mark Ronson
Best Progressive R&B Album
- Winner Beauty Behind the Madness · The Weeknd
- Nominee Blood · Lianne La Havas
- Nominee Ego Death · The Internet
- Nominee Wildheart · Miquel Jontel
- Nominee You Should Be Here · Kehlani
Best R&B Album
- Winner Black Messiah · D'Angelo
- Nominee Cheers to the Fall · Andra Day
- Nominee Coming Home · Leon Bridges
- Nominee Forever Charlie · Charlie Wilson
- Nominee Reality Show · Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Performance
- Winner Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey · The Weeknd
- Nominee Breathing Underwater · Hiatus Kaiyote
- Nominee If I Don't Have You · Tamar Braxton
- Nominee Planez · Jeremih, J. Cole
- Nominee Rise Up · Andra Day
Best R&B Song
- Winner Really Love · D'Angelo
- Nominee Coffee · Brook Davis, Miquel Jontel
- Nominee Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey · Belly, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville, The Weeknd
- Nominee Let It Burn · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan, Dwane M. Weir II
- Nominee Shame · Warryn Campbell, Tyrese
Best Rap Album
- Winner To Pimp a Butterfly · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee 2014 Forest Hills Drive · J. Cole
- Nominee Compton · Dr. Dre
- Nominee If You're Reading This It's Too Late · Drake
- Nominee The Pinkprint · Nicki Minaj
Best Rap Performance
- Winner Alright · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee All Day · Kanye West, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney
- Nominee Apparently · J. Cole
- Nominee Back to Back · Drake
- Nominee Trap Queen · Fetty Wap
- Nominee Truffle Butter · Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne
Best Rap Song
- Winner Alright · Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams
- Nominee All Day · Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Mario Winans, Cydell Young
- Nominee Energy · Drake, M. Samuels
- Nominee Glory from Selma · Common, C. Smith, John Legend
- Nominee Trap Queen · Fetty Wap
Best Reggae Album
- Winner Strictly Roots · Morgan Heritage
- Nominee Acousticalevy · Barrington Levy
- Nominee Branches of the Same Tree · Rocky Dawuni
- Nominee The Cure · Jah Cure
- Nominee Zion Awake · Luciano
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- Winner Go Go Juice · Jon Cleary
- Nominee Generations
- Nominee Get Ready · The Revelers
- Nominee Kawaiokalena · Kealiʻi Reichel
- Nominee La La La La
Best Rock Album
- Winner Drones · Muse
- Nominee .5: The Gray Chapter · Slipknot
- Nominee Chaos and the Calm · James Bay
- Nominee Kintsugi · Death Cab For Cutie
- Nominee Mister Asylum · Highly Suspect
Best Rock Performance
- Winner Don't Wanna Fight · Alabama Shakes
- Nominee Ex's & Oh's · Elle King
- Nominee Moaning Lisa Smile · Wolf Alice
- Nominee Something from Nothing · Foo Fighters
- Nominee What Kind of Man · Florence & The Machine, Florence Machine, the Machine
Best Rock Song
- Winner Don't Wanna Fight · Alabama Shakes
- Nominee Ex's & Oh's · Dave Bassett, Elle King
- Nominee Hold Back the River · Iain Archer, James Bay
- Nominee Lydia
- Nominee What Kind of Man · John Hill, Tom Hull, Florence Welch
Best Roots Gospel Album
- Winner Still Rockin' My Soul · The Fairfield Four
- Nominee Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know) · Point of Grace
- Nominee Pray Now
Best Spoken Word Album
- Winner A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety · Jimmy Carter
- Nominee Blood on Snow (Jo Nesbø) · Patti Smith
- Nominee Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks · Dick Cavett
- Nominee Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller) · Janis Ian, Jean Smart
- Nominee Yes Please · Amy Poehler
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Winner The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern · Tony Bennett, Bill Charlap
- Nominee My Dream Duets · Barry Manilow
- Nominee No One Ever Tells You · Seth MacFarlane
- Nominee Shadows in the Night · Bob Dylan
- Nominee Stages · Josh Groban
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Winner Little Ghetto Boy · Lalah Hathaway
- Nominee He Is · Faith Evans
- Nominee Let It Burn · Jazmine Sullivan
- Nominee My Favorite Part of You · Charlie Wilson
- Nominee Shame · Tyrese
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner Son de Panamá · Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
- Nominee Presente Continuo · Guaco
- Nominee Que Suenen los Tambores · Victor Manuelle
- Nominee Todo Tiene Su Hora · Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
- Nominee Tributo a Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto · José Alberto "El Canario"