Jay Z, rapper Macklemore, New Zealand singer Lorde among top nods

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC.

Final Nominations List

56th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013

Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

General Field

Category 1 – Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Get Lucky

Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Track from: Random Access Memories

[Columbia Records]

• Radioactive

Imagine Dragons

Alex Da Kid, producer; Manny Marroquin & Josh Mosser, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer

Track from: Night Visions

[Kidinakorner/ Interscope]

• Royals

Lorde

Joel Little, producer; Joel Little, engineer/mixer; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer

Track from: Pure Heroine

[Universal Music]

• Locked Out Of Heaven

Bruno Mars

Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Mark Ronson & The Smeezingtons, producers; Alalal, Josh Blair, Wayne Gordon, Ari Levine, Manny Marroquin & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; David Kutch, mastering engineer

Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox

[Atlantic]

• Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell

Pharrell, producer; Andrew Coleman & Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

Track from: Blurred Lines

[Star Trak/ Interscope]

General Field

Category 2 – Album Of The Year

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• The Blessed Unrest

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles, Mark Endert & John O’Mahony, producers; Jeremy Darby, Mark Endert & John O’Mahony, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer

[Epic Records]

• Random Access Memories

Daft Punk

Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell Williams, featured artists; Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, DJ Falcon & Todd Edwards, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta, Guillaume Le Braz & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

[Columbia Records]

• Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Rock, Jay Z, MC Eiht & Anna Wise, featured artists; DJ Dahi, Hit-Boy, Skhye Hutch, Just Blaze, Like, Terrace Martin, Dawaun Parker, Pharrell, Rahki, Scoop DeVille, Sounwave, Jack Splash, Tabu, Tha Bizness & T-Minus, producers; Derek Ali, Dee Brown, Dr. Dre, James Hunt, Mauricio ‘Veto” Iragorri, Mike Larson, Jared Scott, Jack Splash & Andrew Wright, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi & Brian ‘Big Bass” Gardner, mastering engineers

[TDE/Aftermath/Interscope]

• The Heist

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Ab-Soul, Ben Bridwell, Ray Dalton, Eighty4 Fly, Hollis, Mary Lambert, Baffalo Madonna, Evan Roman, Schoolboy Q, Allen Stone, The Teaching & Wanz, featured artists; Ryan Lewis, producer; Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Amos Miller, Reed Ruddy & Pete Stewart, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer

[Macklemore LLC]

• Red

Taylor Swift

Gary Lightbody & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jacknife Lee, Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Butch Walker & Dan Wilson, producers; Joe Baldridge, Sam Bell, Matt Bishop, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Taylor Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Steve Marcantonio, Manny Marroquin, Justin Niebank, John Rausch, Eric Robinson, Pawel Sek, Jake Sinclair, Mark “Spike” Stent & Andy Thompson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Hank Williams, mastering engineers

[Big Machine Records]

General Field

Category 3 – Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Just Give Me A Reason

Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)

Track from: The Truth About Love

[RCA Records; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./P!nk Inside Publishing/Way Above Music/Sony/ATV Songs LLC/WB Music Corp./FBR Music/Bearvon Music]

• Locked Out Of Heaven

Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox

[Atlantic; Publishers: Mars Force Songs, LLC/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BMG/Roc Nation Music/Music Famamanem LP/EMI April Music Inc./Toy Plane Music – Universal Music/Universal Music Corp.]

• Roar

Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)

[Capitol; Publishers: When I’m Rich You’ll Be My Bitch/Kasz Money Publishing/MXM/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Bonnie McKee Music/Where Da Kasz At?/Songs Of Pulse Recording/Oneirology Publishing/Prescription Songs]

• Royals

Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)

Track from: Pure Heroine

[Universal Music; Publishers: Copyright Control/Sony ATV]

• Same Love

Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)

Track from: The Heist

[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing]

General Field

Category 4 – Best New Artist

(For a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

• James Blake

• Kendrick Lamar

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

• Kacey Musgraves

• Ed Sheeran

Field 1 – Pop

Category 5 – Best Pop Solo Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Brave

Sara Bareilles

Track from: The Blessed Unrest

[Epic Records]

• Royals

Lorde

Track from: Pure Heroine

[Universal Republic]

• When I Was Your Man

Bruno Mars

Track from: Unorthodox Jukebox

[Atlantic]

• Roar

Katy Perry

[Capitol]

• Mirrors

Justin Timberlake

Track from: The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience

[RCA Records]

Field 1 – Pop

Category 6 – Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Get Lucky

Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

Track from: Random Access Memories

[Columbia Records]

• Just Give Me A Reason

Pink Featuring Nate Ruess

Track from: The Truth About Love

[RCA Records]

• Stay

Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko

[Def Jam Records]

• Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell

Track from: Blurred Lines

[Star Trak/ Interscope]

• Suit & Tie

Justin Timberlake & Jay Z

Track from: The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience

[RCA Records]

Field 1 – Pop

Category 7 – Best Pop Instrumental Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental pop recordings.)

• Steppin’ Out

Herb Alpert

[Shout! Factory]

• The Beat

Boney James

[Concord Records]

• Handpicked

Earl Klugh

[Heads Up International]

• Summer Horns

Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot

[Concord Records]

• Hacienda

Jeff Lorber Fusion

[Heads Up International]

Field 1 – Pop

Category 8 – Best Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal pop recordings.)

• Paradise

Lana Del Rey

[Polydor UK / Interscope]

• Pure Heroine

Lorde

[Universal Republic]

• Unorthodox Jukebox

Bruno Mars

[Atlantic]

• Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke

[Star Trak / Interscope]

• The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience

Justin Timberlake

[RCA Records]

Field 2 – Dance/Electronica

Category 9 – Best Dance Recording

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

• Need U (100%)

Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK

Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, producers; Adam Dyment & Tommy Forrest, mixers

[Downtown Records / Win Records]

• Sweet Nothing

Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch

Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer

Track from: 18 Months

[Columbia Records/Ultra Music]

• Atmosphere

Kaskade

Finn Bjarnson & Ryan Raddon, producers; Ryan Raddon, mixer

[Ultra Records]

• This Is What It Feels Like

Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie

Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, producers; Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij, mixers

[Armada Music]

• Clarity

Zedd Featuring Foxes

Zedd, producer; Zedd, mixer

Track from: Clarity

[Interscope Records]

Field 2 – Dance/Electronica

Category 10 – Best Dance/Electronica Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Random Access Memories

Daft Punk

[Columbia Records]

• Settle

Disclosure

[Cherrytree/Interscope Records]

• 18 Months

Calvin Harris

[Columbia Records/Ultra Music]

• Atmosphere

Kaskade

[Ultra Records]

• A Color Map Of The Sun

Pretty Lights

[8 Minutes 20 Seconds Records]

Field 3 – Traditional Pop

Category 11 – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.)

• Viva Duets

Tony Bennett & Various Artists

[Columbia Records]

• To Be Loved

Michael Bublé

[143/Reprise]

• The Standards

Gloria Estefan

[Masterworks]

• Cee Lo’s Magic Moment

Cee Lo Green

[Elektra]

• Now

Dionne Warwick

[Blue Horizon]

Field 4 – Rock

Category 12 – Best Rock Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.)

• Always Alright

Alabama Shakes

Track from: Silver Linings Playbook Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

[Sony Classical]

• The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

David Bowie

Track from: The Next Day

[Columbia Records]

• Radioactive

Imagine Dragons

Track from: Night Visions

[Kidinakorner/ Interscope]

• Kashmir

Led Zeppelin

Track from: Celebration Day

[Swan Song/Atlantic]

• My God Is The Sun

Queens Of The Stone Age

Track from: …Like Clockwork

[Matador]

• I’m Shakin’

Jack White

[Columbia Records/ Third Man]

Field 4 – Rock

Category 13 – Best Metal Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.)

• T.N.T.

Anthrax

Track from: Anthems

[Megaforce]

• God Is Dead?

Black Sabbath

Track from: 13

[Vertigo/Republic]

• The Enemy Inside

Dream Theater

Track from: Dream Theater

[Roadrunner Records]

• In Due Time

Killswitch Engage

Track from: Disarm The Descent

[Roadrunner Records]

• Room 24

Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

Track from: Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

[Republic Records]

Field 4 – Rock

Category 14 – Best Rock Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ain’t Messin ‘Round

Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

[Warner Bros. Records; Publisher: Hotwire Unlimited LLC]

• Cut Me Some Slack

Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)

Track from: Sound City – Real To Reel

[RCA Records / Roswell Records; Publishers: MPL Communications, Inc./M.J.-Twelve Music/Murky Slough Music/Kobalt Music/Ruthensmear Music/Bug Music]

• Doom And Gloom

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)

[Universal Music Enterprises; Publisher: Promopub B.V.]

• God Is Dead?

Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)

Track from: 13

[Vertigo/Republic; Publishers: Aston Music/Blizzard Music Limited/Valallen Music]

• Panic Station

Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

[Warner Bros. Records; Publisher: Warner Chappell]

Field 4 – Rock

Category 15 – Best Rock Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental rock, hard rock or metal recordings.)

• 13

Black Sabbath

[Vertigo/Republic]

• The Next Day

David Bowie

[Columbia Records]

• Mechanical Bull

Kings Of Leon

[RCA Records]

• Celebration Day

Led Zeppelin

[Swan Song/Atlantic]

• …Like Clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age

[Matador]

• Psychedelic Pill

Neil Young With Crazy Horse

[Reprise]

Field 5 – Alternative

Category 16 – Best Alternative Music Album

(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

Neko Case

[Anti Records]

• Trouble Will Find Me

The National

[4Ad]

• Hesitation Marks

Nine Inch Nails

[Columbia Records]

• Lonerism

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Tame Impala

[Modular/Interscope]

• Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

[Xl Recordings]

Field 6 – R&B

Category 17 – Best R&B Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.)

• Love And War

Tamar Braxton

[Epic Records/Streamline Records]

• Best Of Me

Anthony Hamilton

Track from: Back To Love

[RCA Records]

• Nakamarra

Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip

Track from: Tawk Tomahawk

[Sony Music Ent./Flying Buddha]

• How Many Drinks?

Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar

[RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment]

• Something

Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway

Track from: Family Dinner Volume One

[Ropeadope Records]

Field 6 – R&B

Category 18 – Best Traditional R&B Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.)

• Please Come Home

Gary Clark Jr.

Track from: Blak And Blu

[Warner Bros Records]

• Get It Right

Fantasia

Track from: Side Effects Of You

[RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited]

• Quiet Fire

Maysa

[Shanachie Entertainment]

• Hey Laura

Gregory Porter

Track from: Liquid Spirit

[Blue Note Records]

• Yesterday

Ryan Shaw

Track from: Real Love

[Dynotone Records]

Field 6 – R&B

Category 19 – Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Best Of Me

Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)

Track from: Back To Love

[RCA Records; Publishers: Tappy Whyte’s Music LLC/Songs Of Universal, Inc./Spuggy Bug Music]

• Love And War

Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)

[Epic Records/Streamline Records; Publishers: EMI April Music Inc./Miserable Girl Inc./Campstar Music/The Book Productions/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Janice Combs Publishing/Yoga Flames Music]

• Only One

PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)

[Cash Money/Universal Republic; Publisher: Fly Nerd Music]

• Pusher Love Girl

James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)

Track from: The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience

[RCA Records; Publishers: Tennman Tunes/Universal Music- Z – Tunes/Virginia Beach Music/WB Music Corp./Jerome Harmon Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Inc./James Fauntleroy Music/Almo Music]

• Without Me

Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)

Track from: Side Effects Of You

[RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited; Publishers: H-Money Music/RJ Productions/EMI April Music, Inc./Aristocratic Destiny Music/Penmanship Publishing/Songs Of Universal, Inc./Jogloe Music Publishing/Mass Confusion Productions, Inc.]

Field 6 – R&B

Category 20 – Best Urban Contemporary Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B. NOTE: This category is intended for artists whose music may include samples and elements of hip-hop, rap, dance, and electronic music. It may also incorporate production elements found in urban pop, urban Euro-pop, urban rock and urban alternative.)

• Love And War

Tamar Braxton

[Epic Records/Streamline Records]

• Side Effects Of You

Fantasia

[RCA Records /19 Recordings Limited]

• One: In The Chamber

Salaam Remi

[Flying Buddha / Masterworks]

• Unapologetic

Rihanna

Jay Z performs at the Yahoo Wireless Festival 2013 at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on July 13 in London.

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Jay Z performs at the Yahoo Wireless Festival 2013 at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on July 13 in London.

[Def Jam Records]

• New York: A Love Story

Mack Wilds

[Louder Than Life / Sony Music]

Field 6 – R&B

Category 21 – Best R&B Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.)

• R&B Divas

Faith Evans

[Prolific Music Group/Eone Music]

• Girl On Fire

Alicia Keys

[RCA Records]

• Love In The Future

John Legend

[Columbia Records]

• Better

Chrisette Michele

[Motown Records]

• Three Kings

TGT

[Atlantic Records]

Field 7 – Rap

Category 22 – Best Rap Performance

(For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Started From The Bottom

Drake

[Young Money/Cash Money]

• Berzerk

Eminem

[Aftermath/Interscope/Shady Records]

• Tom Ford

Jay Z

Track from: Magna Carta…Holy Grail

[Roc Nation]

• Swimming Pools (Drank)

Kendrick Lamar

Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

[TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• Thrift Shop

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz

Track from: The Heist

[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC]

Field 7 – Rap

Category 23 – Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

(For a newly recorded Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together.)

• Power Trip

J. Cole Featuring Miguel

Track from: Born Sinner

[Roc Nation/Columbia Records]

• Part II (On The Run)

Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé

Track from: Magna Carta…Holy Grail

[Roc Nation]

• Holy Grail

Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake

Track from: Magna Carta…Holy Grail

[Roc Nation]

• Now Or Never

Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige

Track from: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

[Aftermath Records]

• Remember You

Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

Track from: O.N.I.F.C.

[Rostrum/Atlantic]

Field 7 – Rap

Category 24 – Best Rap Song

(A song must contain music and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. Songs containing sampled material are eligible in this category. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• F***in’ Problems

Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

Track from: Long.Live.ASAP

[RCA Records / Polo Grounds Music; Publishers: ASAP Rocky Music Publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Mavor & Moses LLC/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc./Herbilicious Music/Black Fountain Music/Livewrite/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Ty Epps Music/Top Dawg Music/Hard Working Black Folks, Inc./WB Music Corp]

• Holy Grail

Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)

Track from: Magna Carta…Holy Grail

[Roc Nation; Publishers: Carter Boys/Warner Chappell/WB Music Corp./2082 Music Publishing/Tennmann Tunes/Universal Music Z Tunes/VB Rising/ole/Jerome Harmon Publishing/Chrysalis Music/Let The Story Begin Publishing/EMI Virgin Songs Inc./Primary Wave Tunes/The End Of Music/MJ Twelve M]

• New Slaves

Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)

Track from: Yeezus

[Def Jam]

• Started From The Bottom

W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)

[Young Money/Cash Money; Publishers: Sandra Gale/EMI Music Publishing/Mavor & Moses Inc./Kobalt]

• Thrift Shop

Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)

Track from: The Heist

[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC; Publishers: Macklemore Publishing/Ryan Lewis Publishing]

Field 7 – Rap

Category 25 – Best Rap Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.)

• Nothing Was The Same

Drake

[Young Money/Cash Money]

• Magna Carta…Holy Grail

Jay Z

[Roc Nation]

• Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

[TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• The Heist

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC]

• Yeezus

Kanye West

[Def Jam]

Field 8 – Country

Category 26 – Best Country Solo Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.)

• I Drive Your Truck

Lee Brice

Track from: Hard 2 Love

[Curb Records]

• I Want Crazy

Hunter Hayes

Track from: Hunter Hayes (Encore)

[Atlantic]

• Mama’s Broken Heart

Miranda Lambert

[RCA Records Label Nashville]

• Wagon Wheel

Darius Rucker

Track from: True Believers

[Capitol Records Nashville]

• Mine Would Be You

Blake Shelton

Track from: Based On A True Story

[Warner Bros. Records]

Field 8 – Country

Category 27 – Best Country Duo/Group Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.)

• From This Valley

The Civil Wars

Track from: The Civil Wars

[Sensibility Recordings / Columbia Records]

• Don’t Rush

Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill

Track from: Greatest Hits: Chapter One

[RCA Records / 19 Recordings Limited]

• Your Side Of The Bed

Little Big Town

Track from: Tornado

[Capitol Records Nashville]

• Highway Don’t Care

Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban

[Big Machine Records]

• You Can’t Make Old Friends

Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

[Warner Music Nashville]

Field 8 – Country

Category 28 – Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Begin Again

Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music]

• I Drive Your Truck

Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)

Track from: Hard 2 Love

[Curb Records; Publishers: Vistaville Music/Happy Tears Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Watch This Girl Publishing/Great Day At This Music/Beattyville Music]

• Mama’s Broken Heart

Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

[RCA Records Label Nashville; Publishers: Tunes Of Bigger Picture/Vista Loma Music/Crazy Water Music/Little Blue Egg/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp/351 Music]

• Merry Go ‘Round

Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

Track from: Same Trailer Different Park

[Mercury Records]

• Mine Would Be You

Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)

Track from: Based On A True Story

[Warner Bros. Records; Publishers: WB Music Corp/Doc And Maggie Music/Get A Load Of This Music/Vistaville Music/Happy Tears Music]

Field 8 – Country

Category 29 – Best Country Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental country recordings.)

• Night Train

Jason Aldean

[Broken Bow Records]

• Two Lanes Of Freedom

Tim McGraw

[Big Machine Records]

• Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves

[Mercury Records]

• Based On A True Story

Blake Shelton

[Warner Bros. Records]

• Red

Taylor Swift

[Big Machine Records]

Field 9 – New Age

Category 30 – Best New Age Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental new age recordings.)

• Lux

Brian Eno

[Warp Records]

• Illumination

Peter Kater

[Mysterium Music]

• Final Call

Kitaro

[Domo Records, Inc]

• Awakening The Fire

R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman

[Canyon Records]

• Love’s River

Laura Sullivan

[Sentient Spirit Records]

Field 10 – Jazz

Category 31 – Best Improvised Jazz Solo

(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Don’t Run

Terence Blanchard, soloist

Track from: Magnetic

[Blue Note Records]

• Song For Maura

Paquito D’Rivera, soloist

Track from: Song For Maura (Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente)

[Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records]

• Song Without Words #4: Duet

Fred Hersch, soloist

Track from: Free Flying (Fred Hersch And Julian Lage)

[Palmetto Records]

• Stadium Jazz

Donny McCaslin, soloist

Track from: Casting For Gravity

[Greenleaf Music]

• Orbits

Wayne Shorter, soloist

Track from: Without A Net (The Wayne Shorter Quartet)

[Blue Note Records]

Field 10 – Jazz

Category 32 – Best Jazz Vocal Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal jazz recordings.)

• The World According To Andy Bey

Andy Bey

[HighNote Records]

• Attachments

Lorraine Feather

[Jazzed Media]

• Liquid Spirit

Gregory Porter

[Blue Note Records]

• WomanChild

Cécile McLorin Salvant

[Mack Avenue Records]

• After Blue

Tierney Sutton

[BFM Jazz]

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Category 33 – Best Jazz Instrumental Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.)

• Guided Tour

The New Gary Burton Quartet

[Mack Avenue Records]

• Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Terri Lyne Carrington

[Concord Jazz]

• Life Forum

Gerald Clayton

[Concord Jazz]

• Pushing The World Away

Kenny Garrett

[Mack Avenue Records]

• Out Here

Christian McBride Trio

[Mack Avenue Records]

Field 10 – Jazz

Category 34 – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.)

• Brooklyn Babylon

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

[New Amsterdam Records]

• Night In Calisia

Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic

[Summit Records]

• Wild Beauty

Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano

[Half Note]

• March Sublime

Alan Ferber

[Sunnyside Records]

• Intrada

Dave Slonaker Big Band

[Origin Records]

Field 10 – Jazz

Category 35 – Best Latin Jazz Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinean tango music.)

• La Noche Más Larga

Buika

[Warner Music Spain S.L.]

• Song For Maura

Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente

[Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records]

• Yo

Roberto Fonseca

[Concord Jazz]

• Eggūn

Omar Sosa

[Otá Records]

• Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

[Patois Records]

Field 11 – Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Category 36 – Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

(For new vocal gospel/CCM recordings. All sub-genres of gospel/CCM music are eligible.)

• Break Every Chain [Live]

Tasha Cobbs

Track from: Grace [Live] [EMI Gospel/ Motown Gospel]

• Hurricane

Natalie Grant

[Curb Records]

• Lord, I Need You

Matt Maher

Track from: All The People Said Amen (Live)

[Essential Records]

• Overcomer

Mandisa

Track from: Overcomer

[Sparrow Records]

• If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]

Tye Tribbett

Track from: Greater Than [Live] [Motown Gospel]

Field 11 – Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Category 37 – Best Gospel Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Have Your Way

Calvin Frazier & Deitrick Haddon, songwriters (Deitrick Haddon)

[RCA Inspiration; Publishers: Deitrick Vaughn Haddon Publishing/Calvin Frazier Publishing]

• If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]

Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)

Track from: Greater Than [Live] [Motown Gospel; Publisher: Everything Fresh Entertainment LLC]

• If I Believe

Wirlie Morris, Michael Paran, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)

Track from: Love, Charlie

[RCA Records / P Music Group Inc.; Publishers: Nephew Wirlie Music/EMI Music Publishing/Pacific Coast Pirate Publishing/Mamas Pebbly Publishing]

• A Little More Jesus

Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Erica Campbell)

[My Block Inc/ EOne Music; Publishers: That’s Plum Song-EMI April/It’s Tea Tyme-EMI April/Campbell Kids]

• Still

Percy Bady, songwriter (Percy Bady Featuring Lowell Pye)

Track from: Kingdom Inspirations

[Maranatha! Music/K-Bizz Ent.; Publisher: Kingdom Bizz Songs BMI]

Field 11 – Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Category 38 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Hurricane

Matt Bronleewe, Natalie Grant & Cindy Morgan, songwriters (Natalie Grant)

[Curb Records; Publisher: Razor & Tie Music Publishing]

• Love Take Me Over

Steven Curtis Chapman, songwriter (Steven Curtis Chapman)

Track from: The Glorious Unfolding

[Reunion Records]

• Overcomer

David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)

Track from: Overcomer

[Sparrow Records; Publishers: Ariose Music/9T One Songs/Meaux Mercy/LarryDavid Music/Capitol CMG Publishing/Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing/D Soul Music]

• Speak Life

Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Ryan Stevenson, songwriters (Tobymac)

Track from: Eye On It

[Forefront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs/EMI CMG Publishing/Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing/Songs Of Emack/Jamnu Music/Hole-Steen Music]

• Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies)

Ed Cash, Scott Cash & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)

Track from: Burning Lights

[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; Publishers: Sixsteps Songs/Worship Together Music/A Thousand Generations Publishing/EMI CMG Publishing/Alletrop Music/McTyeire Music]

Field 11 – Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Category 39 – Best Gospel Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal gospel recordings.)

• Grace [Live]

Tasha Cobbs

[EMI Gospel/ Motown Gospel]

• Best For Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 [Live]

Donald Lawrence

[Quietwater Entertainment/EOne]

• Best Days Yet

Bishop Paul S. Morton

[Tehillah Music Group/EOne]

• God Chaser [Live]

William Murphy

[RCA Inspiration/ Verity Gospel Music Group]

• Greater Than [Live]

Tye Tribbett

[Motown Gospel]

Field 11 – Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Category 40 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal contemporary Christian music recordings.)

• We Won’t Be Shaken

Building 429

[Essential Records]

• All The People Said Amen [Live]

Matt Maher

[Essential Records]

• Overcomer

Mandisa

[Sparrow Records]

• Your Grace Finds Me (Live)

Matt Redman

[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]

• Burning Lights

Chris Tomlin

[sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]

Field 12 – Latin

Category 41 – Best Latin Pop Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Latin pop recordings.)

• Faith, Hope Y Amor

Frankie J

[Universal Music Latino]

• Viajero Frecuente

Ricardo Montaner

[Sony Music Latin]

• Vida

Draco Rosa

[Sony Music Latin]

Justin Timberlake performs onstage during the 2013 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 24 in Los Angeles.

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Justin Timberlake performs onstage during the 2013 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 24 in Los Angeles.

• Syntek

Aleks Syntek

[Sony Music Latin]

• 12 Historias

Tommy Torres

[Warner Music Latina]

Field 12 – Latin

Category 42 – Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Latin rock, urban or alternative recordings.)

• El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco

Café Tacvba

[Universal Music Latino]

• Ojo Por Ojo

El Tri

[Warner Music Latina]

• Chances

Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

[Sony Music Latin]

• Treinta Días

La Santa Cecilia

[Universal Music Latino Y Arju Productions, Inc.]

• Repeat After Me

Los Amigos Invisibles

[Nacional Records]

Field 12 – Latin

Category 43 – Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental regional Mexican (banda, norteño, corridos, gruperos, mariachi, ranchera and Tejano) recordings.)

• El Free

Banda Los Recoditos

[Disa]

• En Peligro De Extinción

Intocable

[Universal Music Latin]

• A Mi Manera

Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

[East Side Records/Shea Records]

• Romeo Y Su Nieta

Paquita La Del Barrio

[Balboa Records, Co./Musart]

• 13 Celebrando El 13

Joan Sebastian

[Fonovisa]

Field 12 – Latin

Category 44 – Best Tropical Latin Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental tropical Latin recordings.)

• 3.0

Marc Anthony

[Sony Music Latin]

• Como Te Voy A Olvidar

Los Angeles Azules

[Sony Music Latin]

• Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Pacific Mambo Orchestra

[Tumalanmusic / Stefrecords]

• Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants

Various Artists

[Top Stop Music]

• Corazón Profundo

Carlos Vives

[Sony Music Latin]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 45 – Best American Roots Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk or regional roots songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Build Me Up From Bones

Sarah Jarosz

Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)

[Sugar Hill Records]

• Invisible

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)

Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses))

[New West Records; Publisher: Exile On Jones St. Music]

• Keep Your Dirty Lights On

Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott

Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott, songwriters (Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott)

Track from: Memories And Moments

[Full Skies Records]

• Love Has Come For You

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)

Track from: Love Has Come For You

[Rounder; Publishers: LA Films Music/Brick Elephant Music]

• Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed

Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint, songwriter (Allen Toussaint)

Track from: Songbook

[Rounder; Publishers: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc/Marsaint Music, Inc.]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 46 – Best Americana Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Americana recordings.)

• Old Yellow Moon

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

[Nonesuch Records]

• Love Has Come For You

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

[Rounder]

• Buddy And Jim

Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale

[New West Records]

• One True Vine

Mavis Staples

[Anti Records]

• Songbook

Allen Toussaint

[Rounder]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 47 – Best Bluegrass Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental bluegrass recordings.)

• It’s Just A Road

The Boxcars

[Mountain Home Music Company]

• Brothers Of The Highway

Dailey & Vincent

[Rounder]

• This World Oft Can Be

Della Mae

[Rounder]

• Three Chords And The Truth

James King

[Rounder]

• The Streets Of Baltimore

Del McCoury Band

[McCoury Music]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 48 – Best Blues Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental blues recordings.)

• Remembering Little Walter

Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman

[Blind Pig Records]

• Cotton Mouth Man

James Cotton

[Alligator]

• Get Up!

Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite

[Stax]

• Seesaw

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

[J&R Adventures]

• Down In Louisiana

Bobby Rush

[Deep Rush Records]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 49 – Best Folk Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental folk recordings.)

• My Favorite Picture Of You

Guy Clark

[Dualtone]

• Sweetheart Of The Sun

The Greencards

[Darling Street Records]

• Build Me Up From Bones

Sarah Jarosz

[Sugar Hill Records]

• The Ash & Clay

The Milk Carton Kids

[Anti Records]

• They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

(Various Artists)

Chris Strachwitz, producer

[Arhoolie Records]

Field 13 – American Roots Music

Category 50 – Best Regional Roots Music Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental regional roots music recordings.)

• The Life & Times Of…The Hot 8 Brass Band

Hot 8 Brass Band

[Tru Thoughts]

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• Hula Ku’i

Kahulanui

[Palm Records]

• Le Fou

Zachary Richard

[Avalanche Productions]

• Dockside Sessions

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

[Musicmatters Records]

• Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs

Joe Tohonnie Jr.

[Cool Runnings Music]

Field 14 – Reggae

Category 51 – Best Reggae Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental reggae recordings.)

• One Love, One Life

Beres Hammond

[VP Records]

• Ziggy Marley In Concert

Ziggy Marley

[Tuff Gong Worldwide]

• The Messiah

Sizzla

[VP Records]

• Reggae Connection

Sly & Robbie And The Jam Masters

[K’z Records]

• Reincarnated

Snoop Lion

[RCA Records/Berhane Sound System/Boss Lady Ent]

Field 15 – World Music

Category 52 – Best World Music Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental world music recordings.)

• Savor Flamenco

Gipsy Kings

[Knitting Factory Records]

• No Place For My Dream

Femi Kuti

[Knitting Factory Records]

• Live: Singing For Peace Around The World

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]

• The Living Room Sessions Part 2

Ravi Shankar

[East Meets West Music, Inc.]

Field 16 – Children’s

Category 53 – Best Children’s Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new musical or spoken word recordings that are created and intended specifically for children.)

• Blue Clouds

Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower

[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• The Mighty Sky

Beth Nielsen Chapman

[BNC Records]

• Recess

Justin Roberts

[Carpet Square Records]

• Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World’s Bravest Kids

Alastair Moock & Friends

[Moockshake Music]

• Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well

Jennifer Gasoi

[Sparkling Productions]

Field 17 – Spoken Word

Category 54 – Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t

Stephen Colbert

[Hachette Audio]

• Carrie And Me

Carol Burnett

[Simon & Schuster Audio]

• Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

David Sedaris

[Hachette Audio]

• Still Foolin’ ‘Em

Billy Crystal

[Macmillan Audio]

• The Storm King

Pete Seeger

[Hachette Audio]

Field 18 – Comedy

Category 55 – Best Comedy Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.)

• Calm Down Gurrl

Kathy Griffin

[Back Lot Music]

• I’m Here To Help

Craig Ferguson

[New Wave Dynamics]

• A Little Unprofessional

Ron White

[Organica Music Group]

• Live

Tig Notaro

[Secretly Canadian]

• That’s What I’m Talkin’ About

Bob Saget

[New Wave Dynamics]

Field 19 – Musical Theater

Category 56 – Best Musical Theater Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.)

• Kinky Boots

Billy Porter & Stark Sands, principal soloists; Sammy James Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers; Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Stark Sands, Billy Porter & Others)

[Masterworks Broadway]

• Matilda: The Musical

Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro & Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers; Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

[Broadway Records / Yellow Sound Label]

• Motown The Musical

Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia Lakae, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti & Ethan Popp, producers (Robert Bateman, Al Cleveland, Georgia Dobbins, Lamont Dozier, Wiliam Garrett, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Cornelius Grant, Brian Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter, Michael Lovesmith, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield & Stevie Wonder, composers; Nickolas Ashford, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Edward Holland Jr., Michael Lovesmith, Deke Richards, William Robinson, Barrett Strong, Ronald White, Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae, Charl Brown, Bryan Terrell Clark, & Others)

[Universal Music Enterprises]

Field 20 – Music for Visual Media

Category 57 – Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or, in the absence of either, to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

• Django Unchained

(Various Artists)

[Loma Vista/Universal Republic]

• The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)

(Various Artists)

[WaterTower Music/Interscope]

• Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)

(Various Artists)

[Universal Republic]

• Muscle Shoals

(Various Artists)

[Universal Republic]

• Sound City: Real To Reel

Dave Grohl & Various Artists

[RCA Records/Roswell Records]

Field 20 – Music for Visual Media

Category 58 – Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series, video games or other visual media.)

• Argo

Alexandre Desplat, composer

[WaterTower Music]

• The Great Gatsby

Craig Armstrong, composer

[WaterTower Music/Interscope]

• Life Of Pi

Mychael Danna, composer

[Sony Classical/Fox Music]

• Lincoln

John Williams, composer

[Sony Classical]

• Skyfall

Thomas Newman, composer

[Sony Classical]

• Zero Dark Thirty

Alexandre Desplat, composer

[Madison Gate Records]

Field 20 – Music for Visual Media

Category 59 – Best Song Written For Visual Media

(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television, video games or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Atlas

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Track from: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

[Universal Republic; Publisher: Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.]

• Silver Lining

Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)

Track from: Silver Linings Playbook

[Sony Classical; Publisher: Realsongs]

• Skyfall

Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Track from: Skyfall

[Columbia Records/ XL Recordings; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Ltd./EMI Music Publishing Ltd.]

• We Both Know

Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)

Track from: Safe Haven

[Relativity Music Group/RCA/Universal Republic; Publishers: G Degraw Music Inc./Plummy Lou Music]

• Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)

Track from: The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)

[WaterTower Music/Interscope; Publishers: EMI Music Publishing Ltd./R-Rated Music/EMI April Music, Inc.]

• You’ve Got Time

Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)

Track from: Orange Is The New Black

[Sire; Publishers: Soviet Kitsch Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc.]

Field 21 – Composing/Arranging

Category 60 – Best Instrumental Composition

(A Composer’s Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Bound Away

Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

Track from: River Runs: A Concerto For Jazz Guitar, Saxophone & Orchestra

[Mama Records]

• California Pictures For String Quartet

Gordon Goodwin, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

Track from: Pacific Premieres: New Works By California Composers

[Violinjazz Recordings]

• Koko On The Boulevard

Scott Healy, composer (Scott Healy Ensemble)

Track from: Hudson City Suite

[Hudson City Records]

• Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra

Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)

[Clavo Records]

• String Quartet No. 1: Funky Diversion In Three Parts

Vince Mendoza, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

Track from: Pacific Premieres: New Works By California Composers

[Violinjazz Recordings]

Field 21 – Composing/Arranging

Category 61 – Best Instrumental Arrangement

(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Invitation

Kim Richmond, arranger (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)

Track from: Artistry: A Tribute To Stan Kenton

[Mama Records]

• On Green Dolphin Street

Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Track from: NA

[Telarc International]

• Side Hikes – A Ridge Away

Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

Track from: River Runs: A Concerto For Jazz Guitar, Saxophone & Orchestra

[Mama Records]

• Skylark

Nan Schwartz, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Track from: Dusk & Dawn

[Sony Classical]

• Wild Beauty

Gil Goldstein, arranger (Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano)

[Half Note]

Field 21 – Composing/Arranging

Category 62 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

(An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• La Vida Nos Espera

Nan Schwartz, arranger (Gian Marco)

Track from: Versiones

[E35 Music & Caracola Records]

• Let’s Fall In Love

Chris Walden, arranger (Calabria Foti Featuring Seth MacFarlane)

[Moco Records]

• The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress

John Hollenbeck, arranger (John Hollenbeck)

Track from: Songs I Like A Lot

[Sunnyside]

• Swing Low

Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)

[Masterworks]

• What A Wonderful World

Shelly Berg, arranger (Gloria Estefan)

Track from: The Standards

[Masterworks]

Field 22 – Package

Category 63 – Best Recording Package

• Automatic Music Can Be Fun

Mike Brown, Zac Decamp, Brian Grunert & Annie Stoll, art directors (Geneseo)

[Temperamental Recordings]

• Long Night Moon

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)

[No Big Deal Records]

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Model Maryna Linchuk and Taylor Swift at the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at Lexington Avenue Armory on Nov. 13 in New York City.

• Magna Carta…Holy Grail

Brian Roettinger, art director (Jay Z)

[Roc Nation]

• Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture)

Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)

[Blackened Recordings]

• The Next Day

Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

[Columbia Records]

Field 22 – Package

Category 64 – Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Brussels Affair

Charles Dooher & Scott Sandler, art directors (The Rolling Stones)

[Rolling Stones Records]

• How Do You Do (Limited Edition Box Set)

Mayer Hawthorne, art director (Mayer Hawthorne)

[Universal Republic]

• The Road To Red Rocks (Special Edition)

Ross Stirling, art director (Mumford & Sons)

[Glassnote Records]

• The Smith Tapes

Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

[The Smith Tapes]

• Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)

Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)

[Hear Music]

Field 23 – Notes

Category 65 – Best Album Notes

• Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)

Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)

[Pablo/Concord Music Group]

• Call It Art 1964-1965

Ben Young, album notes writer (New York Art Quartet)

[Triple Point Records]

• Electric Music For The Mind & Body

Alec Palao, album notes writer (Country Joe & The Fish)

[Ace/Vanguard]

• Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

Jonathan Cott, album notes writer (Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic)

[Sony Classical]

• 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story

Sean Wilentz, album notes writer (Various Artists)

[Columbia Records]

• Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music, 1923-1936

Nathan Salsburg, album notes writer (Various Artists)

[Tompkins Square]

Field 24 – Historical

Category 66 – Best Historical Album

• Call It Art 1964-1965

Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, compilation producers; Steve Fallone, Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, mastering engineers (New York Art Quartet)

[Triple Point Records]

• Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965

Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)

[ABKCO]

• The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums

Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)

[Columbia/Legacy Recordings]

• Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio: 980–1980

Patrick Feaster & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

[Dust-To-Digital]

• Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Deluxe Edition)

Philip Siney, compilation producer; Ben Turner, mastering engineer (Sir Georg Solti)

[Decca]

Field 25 – Production, Non-Classical

Category 67 – Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Annie Up

Chuck Ainlay, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Pistol Annies)

[RCA/Sony]

• The Blue Room

Helik Hadar & Leslie Ann Jones, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Madeleine Peyroux)

[Decca/Universal]

• The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Paul Figueroa & Randy Staub, engineers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (Alice In Chains)

[Capitol Records]

• …Like Clockwork

Joe Barresi & Mark Rankin, engineers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Queens Of The Stone Age)

[Matador]

• The Moorings

Trina Shoemaker, engineer; Eric Conn, mastering engineer (Andrew Duhon)

[Andrew Duhon]

• Random Access Memories

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Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)

[Columbia Records]

Field 25 – Production, Non-Classical

Category 68 – Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Rob Cavallo

• All That Echoes (Josh Groban) (A)

• Bright Lights (Gary Clark Jr.) (T)

• ¡Dos! (Green Day) (A)

• If I Loved You (Delta Rae Featuring Lindsey Buckingham) (S)

• Love They Say (Tegan And Sara) (T)

• Things Are Changin’ (Gary Clark Jr.) (T)

• ¡Tré! (Green Day) (A)

• When My Train Pulls In (Gary Clark Jr.) (T)

• You’ve Got Time (Regina Spektor) (S)

• Dr. Luke

• Bounce It (Juicy J Featuring Wale & Trey Songz) (S)

• Crazy Kids (Kesha) (S)

• Fall Down (will.i.am Featuring Miley Cyrus) (S)

• Give It 2 U (Robin Thicke Featuring Kendrick Lamar) (S)

• Play It Again (Becky G) (S)

• Roar (Katy Perry) (S)

• Rock Me (One Direction) (T)

• Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) (S)

• Ariel Rechtshaid

• Days Are Gone (Haim) (A)

• Everything Is Embarrassing (Sky Ferreira) (T)

• Lost In My Bedroom (Sky Ferreira) (T)

• Modern Vampires Of The City (Vampire Weekend) (A)

• Reincarnated (Snoop Lion) (A)

• True Romance (Charli XCX) (A)

• You’re No Good (Major Lazer Featuring Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Danielle Haim & Yasmin) (T)

• Jeff Tweedy

• The Invisible Way (Low) (A)

• One True Vine (Mavis Staples) (A)

• Wassaic Way (Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion) (A)

• Pharrell Williams

• BBC (Jay Z) (T)

• Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell) (S)

• Happy (Pharrell Williams) (T)

• I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel) (Jennifer Hudson Featuring T.I.) (S)

• Nuclear (Destiny’s Child) (T)

• Oceans (Jay Z Featuring Frank Ocean) (T)

• Reach Out Richard (Mayer Hawthorne) (T)

• The Stars Are Ours (Mayer Hawthorne) (T)

Field 25 – Production, Non-Classical

Category 69 – Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Days Turn Into Nights (Andy Caldwell Remix)

Andy Caldwell, remixer (Delerium Featuring Michael Logen)

Track from: Days Turn Into Nights Remixes

[Nettwerk]

• If I Lose Myself (Alesso Vs. OneRepublic)

Alesso, remixer (OneRepublic)

[Mosley Music Group/Interscope]

• Locked Out Of Heaven (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix)

Ned Shepard & Sultan, remixers (Bruno Mars)

[Atlantic Records]

• One Love/People Get Ready (Photek Remix)

Rupert Parkes, remixer (Bob Marley And The Wailers)

Track from: Legend Remixed

[Universal Music Enterprises/Tuff Gong]

• Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)

Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)

[Interscope/Polydor UK]

Field 26 – Surround Sound

Category 70 – Best Surround Sound Album

(Classical or non-classical. For vocal or instrumental albums in any genre. Must be a commercially released on DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, SACD, Blu-Ray or surround download and must provide a new surround mix of four or more channels. Award to the surround mix engineer, surround producer (if any) and surround mastering engineer (if any).)

• Live Kisses

Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)

[Eagle Rock Entertainment]

• Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (Deluxe Edition)

Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (Primus)

[Universal Music Enterprises]

• Signature Sound Opus One

Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (Various Artists)

[Media Hyperium 3 (Mh3)]

• Sixteen Sunsets

Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)

[Pure Audio Records]

• Sprung Rhythm

Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Richard Scerbo & Inscape)

[Sono Luminus]

Field 27 – Production, Classical

Category 71 – Best Engineered Album, Classical

(An Engineer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Hymn To The Virgin

Morten Lindberg, engineer (Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl & Schola Cantorum)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

• La Voie Triomphale

Morten Lindberg, engineer (Ole Kristian Ruud & Staff Band Of The Norwegian Armed Forces)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

• Roomful Of Teeth

Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers (Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth)

[New Amsterdam Records]

• Vinci: Artaserse

Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius & Ulrich Ruscher, engineers (Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko & Concerto Köln)

[Virgin Classics]

• Winter Morning Walks

David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)

[ArtistShare]

Field 27 – Production, Classical

Category 72 – Producer Of The Year, Classical

(A Producer’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Manfred Eicher

• Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen (András Schiff)

• Canto Oscuro (Anna Gourari)

• Pärt: Adam’s Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)

• Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)

• David Frost

• Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble)

• Angel Heart, A Music Storybook (Matt Haimovitz & Uccello)

• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Jonathan Biss)

• Ben-Haim: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)

• Celebrating The American Spirit (Judith Clurman & Essential Voices USA)

• Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; Greensleeves (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

• Guilty Pleasures (Renée Fleming, Sebastian Lang-Lessing & Philharmonia Orchestra)

• Verdi: Otello (Riccardo Muti, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

• Winter Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)

• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

• Bizet: Symphony In C; Jeux D’Enfants; Variations Chromatiques (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

• Traveling Sonata – European Music For Flute & Guitar (Viviana Guzmán & Jérémy Jouve)

• Voyages (Conrad Tao)

• Zia (Del Sol String Quartet)

• James Mallinson

• Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts (Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Orchestra)

• Bloch: Symphony In C-Sharp Minor & Poems Of The Sea (Dalia Atlas & London Symphony Orchestra)

• Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaccona (Nigel Short, Tenebrae & London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble)

• Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra)

• Wagner: Das Rheingold (Valery Gergiev, René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Nikolai Putilin & Mariinsky Orchestra)

• Wagner: Die Walküre (Valery Gergiev, Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme & Mariinsky Orchestra)

• Weber: Der Freischütz (Colin Davis, Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, Simon O’Neill, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra)

• Jay David Saks

• Adams: Nixon In China (John Adams, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

• Adès: The Tempest (Thomas Adès, Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

• The Enchanted Island (William Christie, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle De Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

• Handel: Rodelinda (Harry Bicket, Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, Shenyang & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

• Live At Carnegie Hall (James Levine, Evgeny Kissin & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

• Verdi: Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova, Štefan Kocán, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Field 28 – Classical

Category 73 – Best Orchestral Performance

(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Atterberg: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

Neeme Järvi, conductor (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)

[Chandos]

• Lutosławski: Symphony No. 1

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Track from: Lutoslawski: The Symphonies

[Sony Classical]

• Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Overtures Manfred & Genoveva

Claudio Abbado, conductor (Orchestra Mozart)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)

[BIS Records]

• Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)

[EMI Classics]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 74 – Best Opera Recording

(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)

• Adès: The Tempest

Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Luisa Bricetti & Victoria Warivonchick, producers (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia

Oliver Knussen, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton & Angelika Kirchschlager; John Fraser, producer (Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)

[Virgin Classics]

• Kleiberg: David & Bathsheba

Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Anna Einarsson & Johannes Weisser; Morten Lindberg, producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Vocal Ensemble)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

• Vinci: Artaserse

Diego Fasolis, conductor; Valer Barna-Sabadus, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli & Philippe Jaroussky; Ulrich Ruscher, producer (Concerto Köln; Coro Della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano)

[Virgin Classics]

• Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Christian Thielemann, conductor; Katarina Dalayman, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson & Linda Watson; Othmar Eichinger, producer (Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper; Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 75 – Best Choral Performance

(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)

• Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts

Colin Davis, conductor (Barry Banks; London Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Chorus)

[LSO Live]

• Palestrina: Volume 3

Harry Christophers, conductor (The Sixteen)

[Coro]

• Parry: Works For Chorus & Orchestra

Neeme Järvi, conductor; Adrian Partington, chorus master (Amanda Roocroft; BBC National Orchestra Of Wales; BBC National Chorus Of Wales)

[Chandos]

• Pärt: Adam’s Lament

Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)

[ECM New Series]

• Whitbourn: Annelies

James Jordan, conductor (Ariana Zukerman; The Lincoln Trio; Westminster Williamson Voices)

[Naxos]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 76 – Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

(For new recordings of works with chamber or small ensemble (twenty-four or fewer members, not including the conductor). One Award to the ensemble and one Award to the conductor, if applicable.)

• Beethoven: Violin Sonatas

Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

[Decca]

• Cage: The 10,000 Things

Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters

[MicroFest Records]

• Duo

Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Roomful Of Teeth

Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth

[New Amsterdam Records]

• Times Go By Turns

New York Polyphony

[BIS Records]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 77 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor when applicable.)

• Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti

Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Peter Eötvös, conductor (Ensemble Modern & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)

[Naïve]

• Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra

Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Track from: Corigliano: Conjurer; Vocalise

[Naxos]

• The Edge Of Light

Gloria Cheng (Calder Quartet)

[Harmonia Mundi]

• Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2

Yefim Bronfman; Alan Gilbert, conductor (New York Philharmonic)

Track from: Magnus Lindberg

[Dacapo Records]

• Salonen: Violin Concerto; Nyx

Leila Josefowicz; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D. 960

Maria João Pires

[Deutsche Grammophon]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 78 – Best Classical Vocal Solo

(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Drama Queens

Joyce DiDonato (Alan Curtis; Il Complesso Barocco)

[Virgin Classics]

• Mission

Cecilia Bartoli (Diego Fasolis; Philippe Jaroussky; I Barocchisti)

[Decca]

• Schubert: Winterreise

Christoph Prégardien (Michael Gees)

[Challenge]

• Wagner

Jonas Kaufmann (Donald Runnicles; Markus Brück; Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin)

[Decca]

• Winter Morning Walks

Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)

[ArtistShare]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 79 – Best Classical Compendium

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) and Engineer(s) of over 51% playing time of the album, if other than the artist.)

• Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

[Ondine]

• Holmboe: Concertos

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor; Preben Iwan, producer

[Dacapo Records]

• Tabakova: String Paths

Maxim Rysanov; Manfred Eicher, producer

[ECM New Series]

Field 28 – Classical

Category 80 – Best Contemporary Classical Composition

(A Composer’s Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.) Award to the librettist, if applicable.)

• Lindberg, Magnus: Piano Concerto No. 2

Magnus Lindberg, composer (Yefim Bronfman, Alan Gilbert & New York Philharmonic)

Track from: Magnus Lindberg

[Dacapo Records]

• Pärt, Arvo: Adam’s Lament

Arvo Pärt, composer (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis & Sinfonietta Riga)

Track from: Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament

[ECM New Series]

• Salonen, Esa-Pekka: Violin Concerto

Esa-Pekka Salonen, composer (Leila Josefowicz, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Track from: Out Of Nowhere

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks

Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Track from: Winter Morning Walks

[ArtistShare]

• Shaw, Caroline: Partita For 8 Voices

Caroline Shaw, composer (Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth)

Track from: Roomful Of Teeth

[New Amsterdam Records]

Field 29 – Music Video/Film

Category 81 – Best Music Video

(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.)

• Safe And Sound

Capital Cities

Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer

[Capitol Records]

• Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film

Jay Z

Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers

[Roc Nation]

• Can’t Hold Us

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton

Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers

[Macklemore LLC]

• Suit & Tie

Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z

David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer

[RCA Records]

• I’m Shakin’

Jack White

Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer

[Columbia Records]

Field 29 – Music Video/Film

Category 82 – Best Music Film

(For concert/performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.)

• Live 2012

Coldplay

Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer

[Capitol Records]

• ¡Cuatro!

Green Day

Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer

[Reprise]

• I’m In I’m Out And I’m Gone: The Making Of Get Up!

Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite

Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer

[Stax]

• Live Kisses

Paul McCartney

Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers

[Eagle Rock Entertainment]

• The Road To Red Rocks

Mumford & Sons

Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer

[Glassnote Records]


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