Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out”
Best Opera Recording: James Conlon, Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Best Choral Performance: Krzysztof Penderecki, “Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1”
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Zuill Bailey, “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway”
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Dorothea Röschmann, Schumann & Berg and Ian Bostridge, Shakespeare Songs
Best Classical Compendium: Giancarlo Guerrero, Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Michael Daughtery, Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway
Best Latin Jazz Album: Chucho Valdés, Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Willie Nelson, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Best Pop Vocal Album: Adele, 25
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin
Best Alternative Music Album: David Bowie, Blackstar
Best Rock Album: Cage the Elephant, Tell Me I’m Pretty
Best Metal Performance: Megadeath, “Dystopia”
Best Rock Performance: David Bowie, “Blackstar”
Best Rap Song: Drake, “Hotline Bling”
Best Rap/Sung Performance: Drake, “Hotline Bling”
Best Rap Performance: Chance the Rapper, “No Problem (feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)”
Best R&B Song: Maxwell, “Lake by the Ocean”
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, “Angel”
Best R&B Performance: Solange, “Cranes in the Sky”
Best Comedy Album: Patton Oswalt, Talking for Clapping
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley
Best Folk Album: Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Fantastic Negrito, The Last Days of Oakland
Best Bluegrass Album: O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor, Coming Home
Best Traditional Blues Album: Bobby Rush, Porcupine Meat
Best American Roots Song: Vince Gill, “Kid Sister”
Best American Roots Performance: Sarah Jarosz, “House of Mercy”
Best Tropical Latin Album: Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo, Donde Están?
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Vicente Fernández, Un Azteca en el Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: ile, ilevitable
Best Latin Pop Album: Jesse & Joy, Un Besito Mas
Best Country Album: Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Best Country Song: Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Pentatonix, “Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton)”
Best Roots Gospel Album: Joey+Rory, Hymns
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Ted Nash Big Band, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Country for Old Men
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: John Scofield, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Snarky Puppy, Culcha Vulcha
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Flume, Skin
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Third Coast Percussion, “Steve Reich”
Best Dance Recording: The Chainsmokers, “Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya)”
Best New Age Album: White Sun, White Sun II
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, “Thy Will”
Best Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, Love Remains
Best World Music Album: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, Sing Me Home
Best Children’s Album: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Infinity Plus One
Best Spoken Word Album: Carol Burnett, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox
Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
Best Instrumental Composition: Ted Nash, “Spoken at Midnight”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Jacob Collier, “You and I”
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Jacob Collier, “Flintstones”
Best Recording Package: David Bowie, Blackstar
Best Album Notes: Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along
Best Historical Album: Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: David Bowie, Blackstar
Best Remixed Recording: Bob Moses, “Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix)”
Best Surround Sound Album: Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony, Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler, Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra, “Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9”
Best Music Video: Beyoncé, “Formation”
Best Music Film: The Beatles, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years
MusiCares Person of the Year: Tom Petty