The 2015 Grammy nomination list
The complete nominations list for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards
The list is for recordings released during the eligibility year Oct. 1, 2013 through Sept. 30, 2014. More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.
Album of the Year
Morning Phase, Beck
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
x, Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
G I R L, Pharrell Williams
Record of the Year
Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me, Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor
Song of the Year
All About That Bass
Chandelier
Shake It Off
Stay With Me
Take Me to Church
Best New Artist:
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance
All Of Me (Live), John Legend
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
Happy, Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Fancy, Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
A Skyfull of Stars, Coldplay
Say Something, A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
Bang, Bang, Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
Dark Horse, Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cheek to Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Nostalgia, Annie Lennox
Night Songs, Barry Manilow
Sending You A Little Christmas, Johnny Mathis
Partners, Barbra Streisand With Various Artists
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ghost Stories, Coldplay
Bangerz, Miley Cyrus
My Everything, Ariana Grande
Prism, Katy Perry
X, Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
Best Dance Recording
Never Say Never, Basement Jaxx
Rather Be, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
F For You, Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
I Got U, Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
Faded, Zhu
Dance/Electronic Music
Syro, Aphex Twin
While (1<2), Deadmaus
Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon
Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn
Damage Control, Mat Zo
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Wild Heart, Mindi Abair
Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright
Nathan East, Nathan East
Jazz Funk Soul, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp
Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Best Rock Performance
Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams
Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys
Blue Moon, Beck
Fever, The Black Keys
Lazaretto, Jack White
Best Metal Performance
Neon Knights, Anthrax
High Road, Mastodon
Heartbreaker, Motörhead
The Negative One, Slipknot
The Last In Line, Tenacious D
Best Rock Song
Ain't It Fun, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Blue Moon, Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
Fever, D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
Lazaretto, Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Morning Phase, Beck
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Songs Of Innocence, U2
Best Alternative Music Album
This Is All Yours, Alt-J
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Melophobia, Cage The Elephant
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Lazaretto, Jack White
Best R&B Performance
Drunk In Love, Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
New Flame, Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
It's Your World, Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
Like This, Ledisi
Good Kisser, Usher
Best Traditional R&B Performance
As, Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
I.R.S., Angie Fisher
Jesus Children, Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
Nobody, Kem
Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo), Antonique Smith
Best R&B Song
Drunk In Love
Good Kisser
New Flame
Options (Wolfjames Version)
The Worst
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Sail Out, Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
X, Chris Brown
Mali Is... Mali Music
Girl, Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album
Islander, Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Best Rap Performance
3005, Childish Gambino
0 To 100 / The Catch Up, Drake
Rap God, Eminem
I, Kendrick Lamar
All I Need Is You, Lecrae
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Blak Majik, Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
The Monster, Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Tuesday, I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
Studio, Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Best Rap Song
Anaconda
Bound 2
I
We Dem Boyz
0 To 100 / The Catch Up
Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody's Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
Best Country Solo Performance
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
Invisible, Hunter Hayes
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Something In The Water, Carrie Underwood
Cop Car, Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Gentle On My Mind, The Band Perry
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
Day Drinking, Little Big Town
Meanwhile Back At Mama's, Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Raise 'Em Up, Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
Best Country Song
American Kids
Automatic
Give Me Back My Hometown
I'm Not Gonna Miss You
Meanwhile Back At Mama's
Best Country Album
Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Eric Church
12 Stories, Brandy Clark
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
The Way I'm Livin', Lee Ann Womack
Best New Age Album
Bhakti, Paul Avgerinos
Ritual, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Symphony Live In Istanbul, Kitaro
In Love And Longing, Silvia Nakkach & David Darling
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
The Eye Of The Hurricane, Kenny Barron
Fingerprints, Chick Corea
You & The Night & The Music, Fred Hersch
Recorda Me, Joe Lovano
Sleeping Giant, Brad Mehldau
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, (Billy Childs &) Various Artists
I Wanna Be Evil, René Marie
Live In NYC, Gretchen Parlato
Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
Paris Sessions, Tierney Sutton
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Landmarks, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
Floating, Fred Hersch Trio
Enjoy The View, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller, Jason Moran
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The L.A. Treasures Project, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project, Rufus Reid
Live: I Hear The Sound, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson, Conrad Herwig Featuring Joe Lovano
The Pedrito Martinez Group, The Pedrito Martinez Group
The Offense Of The Drum, Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Second Half, Emilio Solla Y La Inestable De Brooklyn
New Throned King, Yosvany Terry
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Help, Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae
Sunday A.M. [Live], Karen Clark Sheard
I Believe, Mali Music
No Greater Love, Smokie Norful
Love On The Radio, The Walls Group
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Write Your Story, Francesca Battistelli
Come As You Are, Crowder
Messengers, Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
Shake, MercyMe
Multiplied, Needtobreathe
Best Gospel Album
Help, Erica Campbell
Amazing [Live], Ricky Dillard & New G
Withholding Nothing [Live], William McDowell
Forever Yours, Smokie Norful
Vintage Worship, Anita Wilson
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong, For King & Country
Hurricane, Natalie Grant
Welcome To The New, MercyMe
Royal Tailor, Royal Tailor
Best Roots Gospel Album
Forever Changed, T. Graham Brown
Shine For All The People, Mike Farris
Hymns, Gaither Vocal Band
A Cappella, The Martins
His Way Of Loving Me, Tim Menzies
Best Latin Pop Album
Tangos, Rubén Blades
Elypse, Camila
Raíz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori And Soledad
Loco De Amor, Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí, Marco Antonio Solís
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Multiviral, Calle 13
Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina), Chocquibtown
Bailar En La Cueva, Jorge Drexler
Agua Maldita, Molotov
Vengo, Ana Tijoux
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Lastima Que Sean Ajenas, Pepe Aguilar
Mano A Mano - Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández, Vicente Fernández
Voz Y Guitarra, Ixya Herrera
15 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Alegría Del Mariachi, Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
Best Tropical Latin Album
50 Aniversario, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
First Class To Havana, Aymee Nuviola
Live, Palo!
El Asunto, Totó La Momposina
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance
Statesboro Blues, Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
A Feather's Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
And When I Die, Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
The Old Me Better, Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
Destination, Nickel Creek
Best American Roots Song
A Feather's Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
Just So Much, Jesse Winchester
The New York Trains, The Del McCoury Band
Pretty Little One, Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell
Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Best Americana Album
The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash
Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson
Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
Best Blues Album
Common Ground - Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise Of A Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin'
Step Back, Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes
Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard
The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson
Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Light The Stars, Bonsoir, Catin
Hanu 'A'ala, Kamaka Kukona
Love's Lies, Magnolia Sisters
The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
Ceremony, Joe Tohonnie Jr.
Best Reggae Album
Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
Full Frequency,Sean Paul
Back On The Controls, Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
Best World Music Album
Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Eve, Angelique Kidjo
Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
Magic, Sérgio Mendes
Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
Best Children's Album
Appetite For Construction, The Pop Ups
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai), Neela Vaswani
Just Say Hi!, Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
The Perfect Quirk, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Through The Woods, The Okee Dokee Brothers
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Actors Anonymous, James Franco
A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
Best Comedy Album
Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God, Louis C.K.
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time, Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles, Sarah Silverman
Best Musical Theater Album
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
West Side Story
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Frozen, Christophe Beck
Gone Girl, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Gravity, Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Everything Is Awesome!!!, The Lego Movie
I See Fire, Track from: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Track from: Glen Campbell, I'll Be Me
Let It Go, Frozen
The Moon Song, Her
Best Instrumental Composition
The Book Thief, John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Last Train To Sanity, Stanley Clarke, composer (The Stanley Clarke Band)
Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Recognition, Rufus Reid, composer (Rufus Reid)
Tarnation, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, composers (Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Beautiful Dreamer, Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
Daft Punk, Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Get Smart, Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Guantanamera, Alfredo Rodríguez, arranger (Alfredo Rodríguez)
Moon River, Chris Walden, arranger (Amy Dickson)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
All My Tomorrows, Jeremy Fox
Goodnight America, Vince Mendoza
New York Tendaberry, Billy Childs
Party Rockers, Gordon Goodwin
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?, Pete McGuinness
Best Recording Package
Formosa Medicine Show, David Chen & Andrew Wong, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Indie Cindy, Vaughan Oliver, art director (Pixies)
Lightning Bolt, Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
LP1, FKA Twigs & Phil Lee, art directors (FKA Twigs)
Whispers, Sarah Larnach, art director (Passenger)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Cities Of Darkscorch
A Letter Home (Vinyl Box Set)
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set)
Spring 1990 (The Other One)
Best Album Notes
Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Offering: Live At Temple University
The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From 'Nashville West'
Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Best Historical Album
Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 - 1971 (Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Bass & Mandolin
Bluesamericana
Morning Phase
The Way I'm Livin'
What's Left Is Forever
Producer Of The Year , Non-Classical
Paul Epworth
John Hill
Jay Joyce
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)
Falling Out (Ming Remix)
Pompeii (Audien Remix)
The Rising (Eddie Amador Remix)
Smile (Kaskade Edit)
Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)
Best Surround Sound Album
Beppe: Remote Galaxy
Beyoncé
Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes
The Division Bell (20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
Epics Of Love
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Adams, John: City Noir
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
Producer of the Year, Classical
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Judith Sherman
David Starobin
Best Orchestral Performance
Adams, John: City Noir
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa
Schumann: Symphonien 1-4
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
Best Opera Recording
Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
Schönberg: Moses Und Aron
Strauss: Elektra
Best Choral Performance
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
Mozart: Requiem
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dreams & Prayers
In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores
Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Partch: Castor & Pollux
Sing Thee Nowell
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
All The Things You Are
The Carnegie Recital
Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
Play
Toccatas
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Douce France
Porpora: Arias
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Stella Di Napoli
Virtuoso Rossini Arias
Best Classical Compendium
Britten To America
Mieczysław Weinberg
Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
The Solent - Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4
Best Music Video
We Exist, Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier, Sia
Happy, Pharrell Williams
The Golden Age, Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
Best Music Film
Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour
Ghost Stories (Coldplay)
20 Feet From Stardom
Metallica Through The Never
The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne (Pink)