58th Annual Grammy Awards

58th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 15, 2016
Location	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Website	http://www.grammy.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which will run from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. It will be broadcast live by the CBS network. The "pre-telecast" ceremony, officially known as the Premiere Ceremony, in which the majority of awards will be presented, will be held at the Microsoft Theater which is next door to the Staples Center. This ceremony will be streamed live on the internet.

It will be the sixteenth Grammy ceremony to be held at the Staples Center, tying the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for hosting the most Grammy ceremonies. It also marks the latest date for a Grammy ceremony since 2003, which were held on February 23.

This edition of the Grammy Awards presentation will mark the first time the ceremony will be held on a Monday, after several years when the awards were presented on Sundays. The move is said to be temporary, as this edition will fall in an American holiday weekend (February 15 will be President's Day), and the Grammy organization opted for a ceremony to be held at the end, rather than in the middle of, this long holiday weekend. In addition, the move also avoids the ceremony facing stiff ratings competition from AMC's hit horror series The Walking Dead.

Nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony were announced on December 7, 2015.

Nominees

General

Record of the Year

• "Really Love" – D'Angelo and the Vanguard
  • D'Angelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer

• "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
  • Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

• "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran
  • Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer

• "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift
  • Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

• "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd
  • Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

• Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
  • Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

• To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
  • Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek "Mixedbyali" Ali, Thomas Burns, James "The White Black Man" Hunt, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

• Traveller – Chris Stapleton
  • Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer

• 1989 – Taylor Swift
  • Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

• Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
  • Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers

Song of the Year

• "Alright"
  • Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

• "Blank Space"
  • Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

• "Girl Crush"
  • Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)

• "See You Again"
  • Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)

• "Thinking Out Loud"
  • Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)

Best New Artist

• Courtney Barnett
• James Bay
• Sam Hunt
• Tori Kelly
• Meghan Trainor

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Heartbeat Song" – Kelly Clarkson
• "Love Me Like You Do" – Ellie Goulding
• "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran
• "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift
• "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Ship to Wreck" – Florence + The Machine
• "Sugar" – Maroon 5
• "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
• "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
• "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Piece By Piece – Kelly Clarkson
• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine
• Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
• 1989 – Taylor Swift
• Before This World – James Taylor

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
• Shadows In The Night – Bob Dylan
• Stages – Josh Groban
• No One Ever Tells You – Seth MacFarlane
• My Dream Duets – Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• "Don't Wanna Fight" – Alabama Shakes
• "What Kind of Man" – Florence + The Machine
• "Something From Nothing" – Foo Fighters
• "Ex's & Oh's" – Elle King
• "Moaning Lisa Smile" – Wolf Alice

Best Rock Song

• "Don't Wanna Fight"
  • Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
• "Ex's & Oh's"
  • Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
• "Hold Back the River"
  • Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
• "Lydia"
  • Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
• "What Kind of Man"
  • John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine)

Best Metal Performance

• "Identity"
  • August Burns Red
• "Cirice"
  • Ghost
• "512"
  • Lamb of God
• "Thank You"
  • Sevendust
• "Custer"
  • Slipknot

Rap

Best Rap Performance

• "Apparently" – J. Cole
• "Back to Back" – Drake
• "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap
• "Alright" – Kendrick Lamar
• "Truffle Butter" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
• "All Day" – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• "One Man Can Change The World" – Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend
• "Glory" – Common & John Legend
• "Classic Man" – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
• "These Walls" – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
• "Only" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song

• "All Day"
  • Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
• "Alright"
  • Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• "Energy"
  • Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels & Phillip Thomas, songwriters (Drake)
• "Glory"
  • Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
• "Trap Queen"
  • Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell, songwriters (Fetty Wap)

Best Rap Album

• 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
• Compton – Dr. Dre
• If You're Reading This It's Too Late – Drake
• To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
• The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

• "LSD" – ASAP Rocky
  • Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer
• "I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)" – The Dead Weather
  • Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
• "Alright" – Kendrick Lamar
  • The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers
• "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
  • Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer
• "Freedom" – Pharrell Williams
  • Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers

Multiple nominations

Eleven:

• Kendrick Lamar

Seven:

• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

Five:

• Drake
• Florence and the Machine
• Max Martin
• Serban Ghenea
• John Hanes
• Tom Coyne

Four:

• Alabama Shakes
• Chris Stapleton
• Ed Sheeran
• Kanye West

Three:

• D'Angelo
• Diplo
• Nicki Minaj
• Charlie Puth
• Mark Ronson
• Shellback
• Pharrell Williams
• Wiz Khalifa

Two:

• James Bay
• Kelly Clarkson
• Little Big Town
• Bruno Mars
• Slipknot
• Sam Hunt

External links

• Official website