New Grammy Nominees Revealed

The results are in for the 58th annual Grammy award winners. The following is a small sample of categories and nominees; there appear to be quite a lot of surprises and snubs this year. Check back soon for our detailed analysis of the most shocking upsets.

Record of the Year

• D’Angelo and the Vanguard, “Really Love”
• Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
• Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
• Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
• The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel my Face”

Best New Artist

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

Best Pop Vocal Album

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

Best Dance Recording

• Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston, :We’re All We Need”
• The Chemical Brothers, “Go:
• Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”
• Galantis, “Runaway (U & I)”
• Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• The Internet, Ego Death
• Kehlani, You Should Be Here
• Lianne La Havas, Blood
• Miguel, Wildheart
• The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Best Rap Album

• J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
• Dr. Dre, Compton
• Drake, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late
• Kendrick Lamar, To P*** a Butterfly
• Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint

Best Gospel Album

• Karen Clark Sheard, Destined to Win (Live)
• Dorinda Clark-Cole, Living It
• Tasha Cobbs, One Place Live
• Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
• Jonathan McReynolds, Life Music: Stage Two

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Jason Crabb, Whatever the Road
• Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
• Matt Maher, Saints and Sinners
• Tobymac, This Is Not a Test
• Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Caribou, Our Love
• The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes
• Disclosure, Caracal
• Jamie XX, In Colour
• Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Bill Frisell, Guitar in the Space Age!
• Wouter Kellerman, Love Language
• Marcus Miller, Afrodeezia
• Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest, Sylva
• Kirk Whalum, The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV

Best Classical Compendium

• New Budapest Orpheum Society, As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)
• George Manahan, Ask Your Mama
• Paul McCreesh, Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740
• Giancarlo Guerrero, Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
• Nadia Shpachenko, Woman at the New Piano

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Gerald Barry, Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
• Andrew Norman, Norman: Play
• Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
• Joan Tower, Tower: Stroke
• Julia Wolfe, Wolfe: Anthracite Fields

Album of the Year

• Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color
• Kendrick Lamar, To P*** a Butterfly
• Chris Stapleton, Traveller
• Taylor Swift, 1989
• The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Song of the Year

• Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
• Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
• Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
• Wiz Kahifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
• Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”