Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song – “Thy Will” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters
Gospel Album – “Losing My Religion” — Kirk Franklin
Contemporary Christian Music Album – “Love Remains” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Roots Gospel Album – “Hymns” — Joey + Rory
Latin Pop Album – “Un Besito Mas” — Jesse & Joy
Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album – “iLevitable” — iLe
Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – “Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)” — Vicente Fernández
Tropical Latin Album – “Donde Están?” — Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo
American Roots Performance – “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz
American Roots Song – “Kid Sister” — Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Americana Album – “This Is Where I Live” — William Bell
Bluegrass Album – “Coming Home” — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Traditional Blues Album – “Porcupine Meat” — Bobby Rush
Contemporary Blues Album – “The Last Days of Oakland” — Fantastic Negrito
Folk Album – “Undercurrent” — Sarah Jarosz
Regional Roots Music Album – “E Walea” — Kalani Pe’a
Reggae Album – “Ziggy Marley” — Ziggy Marley
World Music Album – “Sing Me Home” — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
Children’s Album – “Infinity Plus One” — Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Spoken Word Album – “In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox” — Carol Burnett
Comedy Album – “Talking for Clapping” — Patton Oswalt
Musical Theater Album – “The Color Purple”
Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – “Miles Ahead” (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — John Williams, composer
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”
Instrumental Composition – “Spoken at Midnight” — Ted Nash, composer
Arrangement, Instrumental or ACappella – “You And I” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals – “Flintstones” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Recording Package – “Blackstar” — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package – “Edith Piaf 1915-2015” — Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)
Album Notes – “Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along” — Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
Historical Album – “The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12” (Collector’s Edition), Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)
Engineered Album, Non-Classical – “Blackstar” — David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical – Greg Kurstin
Remixed Recording – “Tearing Me Up” (RAC Remix) — André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Surround Sound Album – “Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement” — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Engineered Album, Classical – “Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles” — Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Opera Recording – “Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles” — James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Choral Performance – “Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1” — Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Classical Instrumental Solo – “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Classical Solo Vocal Album – TIE: “Schumann & Berg” — Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist; and “Shakespeare Songs” — Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Classical Compendium – “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle” — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Contemporary Classical Composition – “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Music Video – “Formation” — Beyoncé
Music Film – “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years” — Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers