Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Taylor Swift – 1989 — Winner!
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Record of the Year
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars — “Uptown Funk”
Ed Sheeran — “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
D’Angelo – “Really Love”
Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth — “See You Again”
Ed Sheeran — “Thinking Out Loud” — Winner!
Best Pop Solo Performance
Kelly Clarkson — “Heartbeat Song”
Ellie Goulding — “Love Me Like You Do”
Ed Sheeran — “Thinking Out Loud” — Winner!
Taylor Swift — “Blank Space”
The Weeknd — “Can’t Feel My Face”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Florence + The Machine — “Ship To Wreck”
Maroon 5 — “Sugar”
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars — “Uptown Funk” — Winner!
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar — “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth — “See You Again”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelly Clarkson — Piece
Florence + The Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Mark Ronson — Uptown Special
Taylor Swift — 1989 — Winner!
James Taylor — Before This World
Best Dance Recording
Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston — “We’re All We Need”
The Chemical Brothers — “Go”
Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar — “Never Catch Me”
Gallants — “Runaway (U & I)”
Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber — “Where Are Ü Now” — Winner!
Best R&B Album
Leon Bridges — Coming Home
D’Angelo And The Vanguard — Black Messiah — Winner!
Andra Day — Cheers to the Fall
Jazmine Sullivan — Reality Show
Charlie Wilson — Forever Charlie
Best R&B Performance
Tamar Braxton — “If I Don’t Have You”
Andra Day — “Rise Up”
Hiatus Kaiyote — “Breathing Underwater”
Jeremih Featuring J. Cole — “Planes”
The Weeknd — “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)” — Winner!
Best R&B Song
Miguel — “Coffee”
The Weeknd — “Earned It”
Jazmine Sullivan — “Let It Burn”
D’Angelo — “Really Love” — Winner!
Tyrese — “Shame”
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 — Winner!
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Lalah Hathaway – “Little Ghetto Boy” — Winner!
Best Rap Album
J. Cole — 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre — Compton
Drake — If Youre Reading This Its Too Late
Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly – Winner!
Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
Best Rap Performance
J. Cole – “Apparently”
Drake – “Back to Back”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” — Winner!
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”
Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney – “All Day”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend — “One Man Can Change The World”
Common & John Legend — “Glory”
Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur — “Classic Man”
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat – “These Walls” — Winner!
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown — “Only”
Best Rap Song
Kanye West – “All Day”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” — Winner!
Drake – “Energy”
Common & John Legend – “Glory”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
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) — Winner!
Jonathan McReynolds — Life Music: Stage Two
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Bhaskar — Winner!
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills
Best Music Film
James Brown — Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
Foo Fighters — Sonic Highways
Nina Simone — What Happened, Miss Simone?
Roger Water — The Wall
Amy Winehouse – Amy — Winner!
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