Pre-Telecast Grammy Winners Offer Up Huge Rewards for Alabama Shakes - Kendrick Lamar - TheWeeknd - Taylor Swift - Little Big Town

Here is a list of the pre-telecast winners for The 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

NOTE: Categories with correlating photo indicates that I either picked and or predicted the winner - GO ME! LOL.  None of the photos are of mine. Credit to the photogs and designers.  Merely used for reporting purposes.

Congratulations to the Winners and Nominees.

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Thinking Out Loud
      Ed Sheeran
      Track from: X
      [Atlantic]


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Uptown Funk
      Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
      Track from: Uptown Special
      [RCA Records]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern
      Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
      [RPM Records/Columbia Records]

Best Pop Vocal Album

• 1989
      Taylor Swift
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Dance Recording

• Where Are Ü Now
      Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber
      Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, producers; Sonny Moore & Thomas Pentz, mixers
      Track from: Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
      [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic]

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü
      Skrillex And Diplo
      [Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic]

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Sylva
      Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
      Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
      [Impulse!]

Best Metal Performance

• Cirice
      Ghost
      [Loma Vista Recordings]

Best Rock Song

• Don't Wanna Fight
      Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
      [ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music]

Best Rock Album

• Drones
      Muse
      [Warner Bros. Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Sound & Color
      Alabama Shakes
      [ATO Records]

 Best R&B Performance

• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
      The Weeknd
      Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
      [Universal Studios/Republic Records]

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Little Ghetto Boy
      Lalah Hathaway
      [Entertainment One/8Th Floor]


Best R&B Song

• Really Love
      D'Angelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (D'Angelo And The Vanguard)
      Track from: Black Messiah
      [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Ear Kandy Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.]


Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Beauty Behind The Madness
      The Weeknd
      [Republic]

Best R&B Album

• Black Messiah
      D'Angelo And The Vanguard
      [RCA Records]


Best Rap Performance

• Alright
      Kendrick Lamar
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records]


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• These Walls
      Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records]

Best Rap Song

• Alright
      Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
      Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly
      [TDE/Aftermath/Interscope; Publisher(s): WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, EMI Music Inc., More Water From Nazareth, Sounwave TDE Productions, SonyATV]

Best Country Solo Performance

• Traveller
      Chris Stapleton
      Track from: Traveller
      [Mercury Nashville]


Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Girl Crush
      Little Big Town
      Track from: Pain Killer
      [Capitol Records Nashville]


Best Country Song

• Girl Crush
      Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
      Track from: Pain Killer
      [Capitol Records Nashville; Publisher(s): Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Hoodie Songs, HillarodyRathbone Music admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]

Best New Age Album

• Grace
      Paul Avgerinos
      [Round Sky Music]

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• Cherokee
      Christian McBride, soloist
      Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard (Christian McBride Trio)
      [Mack Avenue Records]

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• For One To Love
      Cécile McLorin Salvant
      [Mack Avenue Records]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Past Present
      John Scofield
      [Impulse!]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Thompson Fields
      Maria Schneider Orchestra
      [ArtistShare]


Best Latin Jazz Album

• Made In Brazil
      Eliane Elias
      [Concord Jazz]

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Wanna Be Happy?
      Kirk Franklin
      Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
      [RCA Records/Fo Yo Soul Recordings; Publisher(s): Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing admin. by Universal Music-Brentwood Benson Songs and Irving Music, Inc. admin. by Universal Music Publishing]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Holy Spirit
      Francesca Battistelli
      Francesca Battistelli
      Track from: If We're Honest (Deluxe Edition)
      [Fervent/Curb/Word]

Best Gospel Album

• Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
      Israel & Newbreed
      [RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration]

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• This Is Not A Test
      Tobymac
      [ForeFront Records]

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Still Rockin' My Soul
      The Fairfield Four
      The Fairfield Four
      [Fairfield Four Records]

Best Latin Pop Album

• A Quien Quiera Escuchar  (Deluxe Edition)
      Ricky Martin
      [Sony Music Latin]

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album (TIE)

    • Hasta La Raíz
           Natalia Lafourcade
           [Sony Music Latin]

·         Dale

             Pitbull

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Realidades - Deluxe Edition
      Los Tigres Del Norte
      [Fonovisa]


Best Tropical Latin Album

• Son De Panamá
      Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
      [Ruben Blades Productions]

Best American Roots Performance

• See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
      Mavis Staples
      Mavis Staples
      Track from: Your Good Fortune
      [Anti]

Best American Roots Song

• 24 Frames
      Jason Isbell
      Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
      Track from: Something More Than Free
      [Southeastern Records; Publisher(s): Songs Of Emchant]

Best Americana Album

• Something More Than Free
      Jason Isbell
      [Southeastern Records]


Best Bluegrass Album

• The Muscle Shoals Recordings
      The Steeldrivers
      [Rounder]

Best Blues Album

• Born To Play Guitar
      Buddy Guy
      [RCA Records/Silvertone Records]

Best Folk Album

• Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
      Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
      [Rounder]

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Go Go Juice
      Jon Cleary
      [FHQ Records]

Best Reggae Album

• Strictly Roots
      Morgan Heritage
      [CTBC Music Group]

Best World Music Album

• Sings
      Angelique Kidjo
      [429 Records]

Best Children's Album

• Home
      Tim Kubart
      [Tim And The Space Cadets]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
      Jimmy Carter
      [Simon & Schuster Audio]

Best Comedy Album

• Live At Madison Square Garden
      Louis C.K.
      [Comedy Dynamics]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
      (Various Artists)
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Birdman
      Antonio Sanchez, composer
      [Milan Records]

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Glory
      Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)
      Track from: Selma
      [Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited]


Best Instrumental Composition

• The Afro Latin Jazz Suite
      Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)
      Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
      [Motema Music]

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
      Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
      Track from: That's Christmas To Me
      [RCA Records]

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
      Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)
      Track from: Nothing Has Changed
      [Legacy/Columbia]

Best Recording Package

• Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
      Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
      [Bismeaux Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
      Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
      [Third Man Records / Revenant Records]

Best Album Notes

• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
      Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
      [Rhino]

Best Historical Album

• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
      Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Sound & Color
      Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)
      [ATO Records]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jeff Bhasker
     
      • Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
      • Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
      • Burning House (Cam) (T)
      • Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)
      • Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
      • Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)
      • Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
      • Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
      Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
      [RCA Records]

Best Surround Sound Album

• Amused To Death
      James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Ask Your Mama
      Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
      [Avie Records]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman
     
      • Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
      • Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)
      • Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare)
      • Montage - Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng)
      • Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)
      • Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon)
      • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens)
      • Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin & Piano (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)
      • Turina: Chamber Music For Strings & Piano (Lincoln Trio)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10
      Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
      [Deutsche Grammophon]

Best Opera Recording

• Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
      Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
      [Decca]

Best Choral Performance

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
      Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
      [Chandos]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
      Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
      Track from: Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
      [Seattle Symphony Media]

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
      Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
      [Erato]

Best Classical Compendium

• Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto
      Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
      [Naxos]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
      Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
      Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens
      [Reference Recordings]

Best Music Video

• Bad Blood
      Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
      Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer
      [Big Machine Records]

Best Music Film

• Amy
     Amy Winehouse
      Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer
      [Universal Music Enterprises]

 

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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