Album of the Year:
**WINNER** 25, Adele
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Views, Drake
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Record of the Year:
**WINNER** “Hello,” Adele
“Formation,” Beyoncé
“7 Years,” Lukas Graham
“Work,” Rihanna, featuring Drake
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
Song of the Year:
**WINNER** “Hello,” Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
“Formation,” Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza,” Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself,” Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years,” Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
**WINNER** Chance the Rapper
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Album:
**WINNER**Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
And The Anonymous Nobody, De La Soul
Major Key, DJ Khaled
Views, Drake
Blank Face LP, ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo, Kanye West
Best Rap Song:
**WINNER** “Hotline Bling,” Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
“All The Way Up,” Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
“Famous,” Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna)
“No Problem,” Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
“Ultralight Beam,” Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Best Rap Performance:
**WINNER** “No Problem,” Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
“Panda,” Desiigner
“Pop Style,” Drake featuring The Throne (Jay Z, Kanye West)
“All The Way Up,” Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared
**WINNER** “Hotline Bling,” Drake“THat Part,” ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
**WINNER** “Hotline Bling,” Drake
“Freedom,” Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Broccoli,” D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
“Ultralight Beam,” Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
“Famous,” Kanye West featuring Rihanna
Best Pop Solo Performance:
**WINNER** “Hello,” Adele
“Hold Up,” Beyoncé
“Love Yourself,” Justin Bieber
“Piece by Piece (Idol Version),” Kelly Clarkson
“Dangerous Woman,” Ariana Grande
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
**WINNER** “Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
“Closer,” The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
“7 Years,” Lukas Graham
“Work,” Rihanna featuring Drake
“Cheap Thrills,” Sia featuring Sean Paul
Best Pop Vocal Album:
**WINNER** 25, Adele
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande
Confident, Demi Lovato
This Is Acting, Sia
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
**WINNER** Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson
Cinema, Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels, Bob Dylan
Stages Live, Josh Groban
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, Barbra Streisand
Best Country Solo Performance:
**WINNER** “My Church,” Maren Morris
“Love Can Go To Hell,” Brandy Clark
“Vice,” Miranda Lambert
“Church Bells,” Carrie Underwood
“Blue Ain’t Your Color,” Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
**WINNER** “Jolene,” Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
“Different for Girls,” Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
“21 Summer,” Brothers Osborne
“Setting the World on Fire,” Kenny Chesney & P!nk
“Think of You,” Chris Young with Cassadee Pope
Best Country Song:
**WINNER** “Humble and Kind,” Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
“Blue Ain’t Your Color,” Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
“Die a Happy Man,” Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
“My Church,” busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
“Vice,” Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album:
**WINNER**A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Big Day In A Small Town, Brandy Clark
Full Circle, Loretta Lynn
Hero, Maren Morris
Ripcord, Keith Urban
Best Rock Performance:
**WINNER** “Blackstar,” David Bowie
“Joe” (Live from Austin City Limits), Alabama Shakes
“Don’t Hurt Yourself,” Beyoncé featuring Jack White
“The Sound Of Silence” (Live on Conan), Disturbed
“Heathens,” Twenty One Pilots
Best Rock Song:
**WINNER** “Blackstar,” David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
“Burn the Witch,” Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
“Hardwired,” James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
“Heathens,” Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
“My Name Is Human,” Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Best Rock Album:
**WINNER**Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
California, Blink-182
Magma, Gojira
Death of a Bachelor, Panic! at the Disco
Weezer, Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album:
**WINNER** Blackstar, David Bowie
22, A Million, Bon Iver
The Hope Six Demolition Project, PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression, Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
**WINNER** Lemonade, Beyoncé
Ology, Gallant
We Are King, KING
Malibu, Anderson .Paak
Anti, Rihanna
Best R&B Performance:
**WINNER** “Cranes in the Sky,” Solange
“Turnin’ Me Up,” BJ the Chicago Kid
“Permission,” Ro James
“I Do,” Musiq Soulchild
“Needed Me,” Rihanna
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
**WINNER** “Angel,” Lalah Hathaway
“The Three of Me,” William Bell
“Woman’s World,” BJ the Chicago Kid
“Sleeping With the One I Love,” Fantasia
“Can’t Wait,” Jill Scott
Best R&B Song:
**WINNER** “Lake by the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
“Come See Me,” J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor featuring Drake)
“Exchange,” Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
“Kiss It Better,” Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Teddy Sinclair, songwriters (Rihanna)
“Luv,” Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)
Best R&B Album:
**WINNER** Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
In My Mind, BJ the Chicago Kid
Velvet Portraits, Terrace Martin
Healing Season, Mint Condition
Smoove Jones, Mya
Best Dance Recording:
**WINNER** “Don’t Let Me Down,” the Chainsmokers featuring Daya
“Tearing Me Up,” Bob Moses
“Never Be Like You,” Flume featuring Kai
“Rinse & Repeat,” Riton featuring Kah-Lo
“Drinkee,” Sofi Tukker
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
**WINNER** Skin, Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine, Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch, Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future, Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII, Louie Vega
Best Gospel Album
**WINNER** Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin
Listen, Tim Bowman Jr.
Fill This House, Shirley Caesar
A Worshipper’s Heart [Live] , Todd Dulaney
Demonstrate [Live], William Murphy
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
**WINNER** In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
M Train, Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, John Doe with Tom Desavia (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Elvis Costello
Best Comedy Album:
**WINNER**Talking For Clapping, Patton Oswalt
…America…Great…, David Cross
American Myth, Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted, Tig Notaro
Live at the Apollo, Amy Schumer
Best Musical Theater Album:
**WINNER** The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell &Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)
Bright Star, Carmen Cusack, principal soloist; Jay Alix, Peter Asher & Una Jackman, producers; Steve Martin, composer; Edie Brickell, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Fiddler on the Roof, Danny Burstein, principal soloist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Jerry Bock, composer; Sheldon Harnick, lyricist) (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots, Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers (Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist) (Original West End Cast)
Waitress, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
**WINNER** Miles Ahead, (Various Artists)
Amy, (Various Artists)
Straight Outta Compton, (Various Artists)
Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition), (Various Artists)
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1, (Various Artists)
Best Music Video
"River" by Leon Bridges
"Up&Up" by Coldplay
"Gosh" by Jamie xx
"Upside Down & Inside Out" by OK Go
Best Music Film
**WINNER**The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years, The Beatles
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Steve Aoki
Lemonade, Beyoncé
The Music Of Strangers, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry, (Various Artists)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
**WINNER** Greg Kurstin
Benny Blanco
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed