57th Annual Grammy Awards

57th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 8, 2015
Location	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	TBC
Website	http://www.grammy.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 8, 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show will be broadcast live by CBS. It is not yet known who will host the ceremony, In all, 83 Grammy Awards will be presented, up one compared to 2014.

Pre-telecast ceremony

Not all Grammys will be presented during the live telecast. As in previous years, most awards will be handed out during the so-called pre-telecast ceremony, held at the Nokia Theater next to the Staples Center. This ceremony takes place during the afternoon before the main show. From 2015, this ceremony will be known as the Premiere Ceremony. Approximately 70 Grammys will be presented at this ceremony.

Nominations

The eligibility period for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. The nominees will be announced on December 5, 2014. The Album of the Year nominees will be announced during a special Christmas-themed Grammy TV show to be broadcast on the same day.

General

Album of the Year

Record of the Year

• "Fancy" – Igloo Australia featuring Charli XCX
  • The Arcade & The Invisible Men, producers; Anthony Kilhofler & Eric Weaver, engineers/mixers; Miles Showell, mastering engineer
• "Chandelier" – Sia
  • Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin, producers; Greg Kurstin, Manny Marroquin & Jesse Shatkin, engineers/mixers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
• "Stay With Me" – Sam Smith
  • Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
• "Shake It Off (Taylor Swift song)" – Taylor Swift
  • Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
• "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor
  • Kevin Kadish, producer; Kevin Kadish, engineer/mixer; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

• "All About That Bass"
  • Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
• "Chandelier"
  • Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
• "Shake It Off"
  • Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• "Stay with Me"
  • James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
• "Take Me to Church"
  • Andrew Hozier-Byrne , songwriter (Hozier)

Best New Artist

• Igloo Australia
• Bastille
• Brandy Clark
• HAIM
• Sam Smith

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "All of Me (Live)" – John Legend
• "Chandelier" – Sia
• "Stay with Me" – Sam Smith
• "Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift
• "Happy (Live)" – Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
• "A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay
• "Say Something" - A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
• "Bang Bang" - Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj
• "Dark Horse" - Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

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 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

Dance/Electronica

Best Dance Recording

• "Never Say Never" – Basement Jaxx
  • Basement Jaxx, producers; Basement Jaxx, mixers
• "Rather Be" – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
  • Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixers
• "F For You" – Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
  • Disclosure, producer; Disclosure, mixer
• "I Got U" – Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
  • Duke Dumont & Jax Jones, producers; Tommy Forrest, mixer
• "Faded" – Zhu
  • Zhu, producer; Zhu, mixer

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Syro – Aphex Twin
• While (1<2) – Deadmaus
• Nabuma Rubberband – Little Dragon
• Do It Again – Röyksopp & Robyn
• Damage Control – Mat Zo

Contemporary Instrumental

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

Rock

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"
  • Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney & Brian Burton, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• "Gimme Something Good"
  • Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
• "Lazaretto"
  • Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)

Best Rock Album

• Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
• Morning Phase – Beck
• Turn Blue – The Black Keys
• Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Songs of Innocence – U2

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• This Is All Yours – alt-J
• Reflektor – Arcade Fire
• Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
• St. Vincent – St. Vincent
• Lazaretto – Jack White

R&B

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"
  • Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
• "Good Kisser"
  • Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Usher)
• "New Flame"
  • Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice ""Verse"" Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)
• "Options (Wolfjames Version)"
  • Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica ""Kahn-Cept"" Smith, songwriters (Luke James Featuring Rick Ross)
• "The Worst"
  • Jhené Aiko Chilombo, songwriter (Jhené Aiko)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
• Beyoncé – Beyoncé
• X – Chris Brown
• Mali is... – Mali Music
• G I R L – 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

Rap

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 featuring Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Song

• "Anaconda"
  • Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
• "Bound 2"
  • Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West & Charlie Wilson)
• "i"
  • K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• "We Dem Boyz"
  • N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
• "0 to 100 / The Catch Up"
  • A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)

Best Rap Album

• The New Classic - Iggy Azalea
• Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
• Nobody's Smiling - Common
• The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem
• Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
• Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa

Country

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 feat. Faith Hill
• "Raise 'Em Up" - Keith Urban feat. Eric Church

Best Country Song

• "American Kids"
  • Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally, songwriters (Kenny Chesney)
• "Automatic"
  • Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
• "Give Me Back My Hometown"
  • Eric Church & Luke Laird, songwriters (Eric Church)
• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
  • Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond , songwriters (Glen Campbell)
• "Meanwhile Back at Mama's"
  • Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)

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

New Age

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

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• "The Eye Of The Hurricane"
  • Kenny Barron, soloist
• "Fingerprints"
  • Chick Corea, soloist
• "You & The Night & The Music"
  • Fred Hersch, soloist
• "Recorda Me"
  • Joe Lovano, soloist
• "Sleeping Giant"
  • Brad Mehldau, soloist

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
• verTime: 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

Gospel/Contemporary Christian

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Help – Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae
  • Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae; Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell, Hasben Jones, Harold Lilly, Lecrae Moore & Aaron Sledge, songwriters
• Sunday A.M. [Live] – Karen Clark Sheard
  • Karen Clark Sheard; Rudy Currence & Donald Lawrence, songwriters
• I Believe – Mali Music
  • Mali Music; Kortney J. Pollard, songwriter
• No Greater Love – Smokie Norful
  • mokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters
• Love On The Radio – The Walls Group
  • The Walls Group; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Write Your Story – Francesca Battistelli
  • Francesca Battistelli; Francesca Battistelli, David Arthur Garcia & Ben Glover, songwriters
• Come As You Are – Crowder
  • Crowder, songwriters
• Messengers –Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
  • Lecrae Featuring For King & Country; Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone, songwriters
• Shake – MercyMe
  • MercyMe; Nathan Cochran, David Arthur Garcia, Ben Glover, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Soli Olds, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer, songwriters
• Multiplied – Needtobreathe
  • Needtobreathe; Bear Rinehart & Bo Rinehart, songwriters

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
• Back On the Controls – Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Full Frequency – Sean Paul
• Out of Many, One Music – Shaggy
• Reggae Power – Sly and Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
• Amid The Noise and The Haste – SOJA

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

• "We Exist" - Arcade Fire
  • David Wilson, video director
• "Turn Down for What" - DJ Snake & Lil Jon
  • Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, video directors; Judy Craig, Jonathan Wang & Candance Ouaknine, video producers
• "Chandelier" - Sia
  • Sia Furler & Daniel Askill, video directors
• "Happy" - Pharrell Williams
  • Jon Beattie & Yoann Lemoine, video directors
• "The Golden Age" - Woodkid feat. Max Richter
  • Yoann Lemoine, video director; Roman Pichon Herrera & Christine Miller, video producers

Artists with multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations:

• Five: Beyoncé, Sam Smith
• Four: Iggy Azalea, Sia, Usher
• Three: The Black Keys, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Eminem, Jack White, Drake, Jhené Aiko
• Two: Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, Hozier, Bastille, Charlie XCX, Ed Sheeran, Brandy Clark, Kendrick Lamar

Changes

As usual, there will be a number of small changes in the voting and awarding process:

• New categories

The Best American Roots Performance is a new category in the American Roots genre field. It will be presented to the creators of the best performance in this genre field, which includes traditional Northern American (or regional roots) musical styles such as cajun, zydeco, polka and others. Another new category is the Best Roots Gospel Album in the Gospel genre field, for gospel albums in the aforementioned musical styles, including traditional southern Gospel music.

• Changes in the Gospel categories

The Gospel genre field will be redefined to make a clearer distinction between the traditional gospel music and the style known as Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). As mentioned above, the Best Roots Gospel Album category is new. The categories in the Gospel field will now be known as Best Gospel Performance/Song, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, Best Gospel Album, Best Contemporary Christian Music Album and Best Roots Gospel Album.

• Samples allowed

For the first time, the use of samples and/or interpolations of other works in a new track will be permitted in the various songwriters categories. Until now, samples were only allowed in the Best Rap Song category, but these are now also eligible in the Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best R&B Song, Best Country Song, Best Gospel Performance/Song, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, Best American Roots Song and Best Song Written For Visual Media categories.

• A few minor name changes.

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