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Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Featuring Kimbra Wally De Backer, producer; Wally De Backer & Francois Tetaz, engineers/mixers; William Bowden, mastering engineer Track from: Making Mirrors [Universal Republic] |
We Are YoungFun. Featuring Janelle Monae
Jeff Bhasker, producer; Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dawson, Ken Lewis, Pawel Sek & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Track from: Some Nights
[Fueled By Ramen]
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Thinkin Bout YouFrank Ocean
Frank Ocean, producer; Jeff Ellis, Om'Mas Keith, Pat Thrall & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
Track from: Channel Orange
[Def Jam]
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| Album Of The Year | |
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Babel Mumford & Sons Markus Dravs, producer; Robin Baynton & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer [Glassnote] |
Some NightsFun.
Janelle Monae, featured artist; Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Jake One & TommyD, producers; Jeff Bhasker, Pete Bischoff, Jeff Chestek, Rich Costey, Andrew Dawson, Emile Haynie, Ken Lewis, Manny Marroquin, Sonny Pinnar, Pawel Sek & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
[Fueled By Ramen]
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Channel OrangeFrank Ocean
Andre 3000, John Mayer, Earl Sweatshirt & Tyler, The Creator, featured artists; Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean & Pharrell, producers; Calvin Bailif, Andrew Coleman, Jeff Ellis, Doug Fenske, Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean, Ken Oriole, Philip Scott, Mark "Spike" Stent, Pat Thrall, Marcos Tovar & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
[Def Jam]
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| Song Of The Year | |
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We Are Young Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae) Track from: Some Nights Label: Fueled By Ramen; Publishers: WB Music, FBR Music, Bearvon Music/Rough Art/Shira Lee Lawrence Rick Music/Way Above Music/Sony ATV Songs |
AdornMiguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Track from: Kaleisoscope Dream [RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic]
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| Best New Artist | |
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| Frank Ocean | |
| Best Pop Solo Performance | |
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Set Fire To The Rain [Live]Adele
Track from: Live At The Royal Albert Hall
[XL/Columbia]
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Where Have You BeenRihanna
Track from: Talk That Talk
[Def Jam]
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| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | |
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Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Featuring Kimbra Track from: Making Mirrors [ Universal Republic] |
We Are YoungFun. Featuring Janelle Monae
Track from: Some Nights
[Fueled By Ramen]
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Sexy And I Know ItLMFAO
Track from: Sorry For Party Rocking
[will.i.am/Interscope/Cherrytree Records]
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| Best Dance Recording | |
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Bangarang Skrillex Featuring Sirah Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer Track from: Bangarang [OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic] |
LevelsAvicii
Tim Bergling & Ash Pournouri, producers; Tim Bergling, mixer
[Levels/Atom Empire/Interscope]
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Let's GoCalvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo
Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer
[Ultra Music]
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| Best R&B Performance | |
Thank YouEstelle
Track from: All Of Me
[Home School/Atlantic]
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Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
Track from: Black Radio
[Blue Note]
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I Want YouLuke James
[Mercury]
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AdornMiguel
Track from: Kasleidoscope Dream [RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment]
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ClimaxUsher
Track from: Looking 4 Myself
[RCA Records]
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| Best Traditonal R&B Performance | |
LatelyAnita Baker
[Blue Note]
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Love On TopBeyonce
Track from: 4
[Columbia Records]
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Wrong Side Of A Love SongMelanie Fiona
Track from: The MF Life
[SRC]
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Real Good HandsGregory Porter
Track from: Be Good
[Motema Music]
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If Only You KnewSWV
Track from: I Missed Us
[Mass Appeal Entertainment/E1 Music]
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| Best R&B Song | |
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AdornMiguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Track from: Kasleidoscope Dream [RCA/Bystorm Entertainment; Publisher: Art Dealer Chic]
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Beautiful SurpriseTamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
[Plus 1 Music Group; Publishers: Plus 1 Publishing, Studiobeast Music/Warner Tamerlane Music/Linden Springfield/EMI Blackwood Music]
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Heart AttackBenjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
Track from: Chapter V
[Songbook/Atlantic; Publishers: Matza Ball Music/Where Da Kasz At, EMI Foray Music, April's Boy Muzik/Warner Chappell Music]
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Pray For MeAntonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick “jQue” Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Track from: Back To Love
[RCA; Publishers: Tappy Whyte's Music/Songs of Universal, Faze 2 Music/Songs of Universal, Antonio Dixon's Muzik/EMI April Music, Christopher Matthew Music Publishing/Songs of Windswept Pacific]
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RefillDarhyl "DJ" Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)
Track from: Perfectly Imperfect
[RCA Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Ellevision Music/Sony ATV Songs, Private Stock Entertainment/Songs of Universal, CampStar Music/EMI April]
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| Best Urban Contemporary Album | |
FortuneChris Brown
[RCA Records]
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Kaleidoscope DreamMiguel
[RCA Records / Bystorm Entertainment]
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Channel OrangeFrank Ocean
[Def Jam]
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| Best R&B Album | |
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Black RadioRobert Glasper Experiment
[Blue Note]
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Back To LoveAnthony Hamilton
[RCA Records]
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Write Me BackR. Kelly
[RCA Records]
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Beautiful SurpriseTamia
[Plus 1 Music Group]
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Open InvitationTyrese
[Voltron Recordz]
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| Best Rap Performance | |
HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne
Track from: Take Care
[Cash Money Records]
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N****s In ParisJay-Z & Kanye West
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC]
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DaughtersNas
Track from: Life Is Good
[Def Jam]
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MercyKanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
Track from: G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer [G.O.O.D. Music / Island Def Jam]
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I DoYoung Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000
Track from: TM: 103 Hustlerz Ambition
[Def Jam]
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| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | |
Wild OnesFlo Rida Featuring Sia
Track from: Wild Ones
[Poe Boy/Atlantic]
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No Church In The WildJay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC]
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Tonight (Best You Ever Had)John Legend Featuring Ludacris
[Epic Records]
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Cherry WineNas Featuring Amy Winehouse
Track from: Life Is Good
[Def Jam]
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Talk That TalkRihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Talk That Talk
[Def Jam]
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| Best Rap Song | |
DaughtersNasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)
Track from: Life Is Good
[Def Jam; Publishers: Rich Daily Since '71, Universal Music Publishing, Unichappell Music]
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Lotus Flower BombOlubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
[MMG/Warner Bros.; Publishers: WB Music/Deadstock Music/Verrin Howard/Miguel Jontel Pimentel Publishing/Fusician Publishing]
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MercySean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
Track from: G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer
[G.O.O.D. Music; Publishers: Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/RLFG Music/FF to Def Pub./Neighborhood Pusha/Sony ATV Songs/Ty Epps Music/Copyright Control/Roynet Music/Dub Plate Music]
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The MottoDwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne)
Track from: Take Care
[Cash Money Records]
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N****s In ParisShawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Def Jam; Publishers: Hit-Boy Music/Very Good Beats, Hip Hop Since 1978, Dean's List Productions, Unichappell Music]
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Young, Wild & FreeCalvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars)
Track from: Mac And Devin Go To High School: Music From And Inspired By The Movie
[Atlantic; Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood, PGH Sound, Mars Force Music/Roc Nation Music, Toy Plane Music-Universal Music, Westside Independent, WB Music, Late 80's Music, Beechwood Music, BMG Platinum, Rebellion Corps.]
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| Best Rap Album | |
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Take CareDrake
[Cash Money Records]
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Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1Lupe Fiasco
[Atlantic]
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UndunThe Roots
[Island Def Jam]
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God Forgives, I Don'tRick Ross
[Def Jam]
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| Based On A T.R.U. Story 2 Chainz [Island Def Jam] |
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| Best Jazz Vocal Album | |
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Radio Music SocietyEsperanza Spalding
[Heads Up International]
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| Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance | |
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10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) Matt Redman Track from: 10,000 Reasons [Label] sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records |
Go Get ItMary Mary
[Columbia Records]
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| Best Gospel Song | |
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Go Get ItErica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
[Columbia; Publishers: EMI April Music, It's Tea Tyme, That's Plum Song, Wet Ink Red Music]
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| Sitting With Me Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Gerald Haddon & Tammi Haddon, songwriters (Mary Mary) Track from: Something Big [Columbia Records; Publishers: Precious Baby Music/T Bella Music/EMI April Music, It's Tea Tyme, That's Plum Song] |
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| Best Blues Album | |
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Locked DownDr. John
[Nonesuch]
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| Best Reggae Album | |
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RebirthJimmy Cliff
[UMe/Sunpower]
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MiracleThe Original Wailers
[MRG Recordings]
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Tomahawk TechniqueSean Paul
[VP/Atlantic]
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New Legend - Jamaica 50th EditionSly & Robbie & The Jam Masters
[Mondo Tunes]
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Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry HillToots And The Maytals
[Metropolis Recordings]
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| Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | |
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Midnight In Paris (Various Artists) [Label] Madison Gate Records, Inc. |
Marley(Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Chris Blackwell & Barry Cole, producers
[UMe/Island/Tuff Gong]
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| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | |
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City Of RosesThara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Track from: Radio Music Society
[Heads Up International]
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| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | |
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The Goat Rodeo Sessions Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile) [Label] Sony Classical |
The AbsenceMoogie Canazio & Al Schmitt, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot)
[Verve/Decca]
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| Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical | |
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Dan Auerbach
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Jeff Bhasker
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Diplo
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Salaam Remi
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| Best Short Form Music Video | |
No Church In The WildJay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
Romain Gavras, video director; Mourad Belkeddan, video producer
[Def Jam]
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Bad GirlsM.I.A
Romain Gavras, video director; Romain Gavras, video producer
[N.E.E.T./Interscope]
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We Found LoveRihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, video producers
[Def Jam]
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| Best Long Form Music Video | |
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Big Easy Express Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers [Label] S2BN Films |
Radio Music SocietyEsperanza Spalding
Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer
[Heads Up International/Montuno Producciones/Esperanza Spalding Productions]
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