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BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 6

ARENA 01: Kamio Misuzu Last Order [C.C.] [Konjiki no Yami] Maria
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 02: Sakura [Saber] Sanzen'in Nagi [Sakagami Tomoyo] Shiina Mafuyu
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 03: [Hiiragi Kagami] Kotobuki Tsumugi [Louise Vallière] Tsukimiya Ayu Kinomoto Sakura
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 04: Ryōgi Shiki [Haruna] [Tōsaka Rin] Sunohara Mei Nymph
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 05: [Izumi Konata] Hinamori Amu Ichinose Kotomi Chii [Victorique de Blois]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 06: [Iwasawa Masami] Index L. Prohibitorum Shinku Kyon no Imōto [Kuroi Mato]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 07: Mizutani Shizuku Yūki Mikan Kurugaya Yuiko [Mikazuki Yozora] [Roromiya Karuta]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 08: [Takanashi Tōka] [Yui] Tomoe Mami Tainaka Ritsu Shimada Minami
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 09: Ayukawa Tenri [Araragi Tsukihi] [Makise Kurisu] Toshinō Kyōko Tōwa Erio
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 10: Inaba Himeko Shiomiya Shiori Kirishima Shōko [Aoyama Nanami] [Kuroyukihime]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 11: [Takanashi Rikka] Elucia de Lute Ima Saigusa Haruka [Akemi Homura] Neko
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 12: Sakura Kyōko Yūki Asuna Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) [Yuzuriha Inori] [Shirakiin Ririchiyo]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 13: Kusaribe Hakaze Morgiana Onjōji Toki [Kurokami Medaka] Okita Sawa [Nagase Iori]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 14: Natsume Asako [Kanoe Yūko] Erica Blandelli [Watashi] Mōri Ran Nishizumi Miho
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 15: Shana Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) [Misaka Mikoto] [Akiyama Mio] Nakamura Yuri Suzumiya Haruhi

Over/Under: 17000
Over

ISML 2013: The next six up...

ISML 2013: Another six punch their ticket

ISML 2013: Another six punch their ticket

By JR Salazar
February 13, 2013

Another six candidates have punched their ticket to the 2013 International Saimoe League through the Preliminaries and the Stella Division. Also, Nova resumed, with the top six flexing their muscles once again.

Kobato Hasegawa won Nova Group 1 with 5830 votes. Karen Araragi was second with 3792 votes, Kumin Tsuyuri was third with 2826 votes and Rea Sanka was fourth with 2738 votes. Nobuna Oda was last with 2234 votes and will be relegated to the second phase.

Sena Kashiwazaki won Nova Group 2 with 4993 votes. Aria Holmes Kanzaki was second with 3544 votes, Nyarlathotep was third with 3158 votes and Subaru Konoe was fourth with 2798 votes. Tsubasa Hanekawa was last with 2612 votes and will be relegated to the second phase.

Suguha Kirigaya took home Nova Group 3 with 4669 votes. Noumi Kudryavka was second with 3763 votes, Sanae Dekomori was third with 3313 votes and Anna Kushina was fourth with 2992 votes. Lala Satalin Deviluke was last with 2611 votes and will be relegated to the second phase.

Shinka Nibutani led the way in Nova Group 4 with 4692 votes. Rin Natsume was second with 4003 votes, Momo Beila Deviluke was third with 3341 votes and Madoka Kaname was fourth with 2905 vores. Hanbee Takanaka was last with 2366 votes and will be relegated to the second phase of preliminaries.

Eru Chitanda is expected to qualify through the first round of preliminaries, and with 4652 votes to lead Nova Group 5, she is well on her way. Keiko Ayano was second with 4211 votes, Shinobu Oshino was third with 3245 votes and Tsumiki Miniwa was fourth with 2679 votes. Irisviel vin Einzbern was last with 2570 votes and will be relegated to the second phase.

Mashiro Shiina won Nova Group 6 with 5380 vote3s. Mei Misaki was second with 3366 votes, Meiko Honma was third with 3355 votes and Koneko Toujou was fourth with 2851 votes. Yuno Gasai got 2310 votes and will be relegated to the second phase of preliminary action in the Nova Division.

Kirino Kousaka clinched her ticket to the tournament with 5765 votes in Stella Group 7. Kyou Fujibayashi was second with 4078 votes, Ami Kawashima was third with 3096 votes and Nanoha Takamachi was fourth with 2144 votes. Kallen Kouzuki was 1625 votes and is eliminated.

Nadeko Sengoku is back in the ISML after winning 4886 votes to take Stella Group 8. Holo was second with 4020 votes, Kuroko Shirai was third with 3574 votes and Fate Testarossa was fourth with 2417 votes. Suiseiseki was last with 1754 votes and is eliminated from the ISML.

Illyasviel von Einzbern prevailed over Hitagi Senjougahara, 4420-4389, to win Stella Group 9 and take her place in the ISML. Sora Kasugano was third with 3936 votes and Rena Ryuuguu was fourth with 2086 votes, Suigintou was last with 1496 votes and is elimiated from the tournament.

Charlotte Dunois will return to the ISML after winning 4531 votes to take Stella Group 10. Ui Hirasawa was second with 4168 votes, Minori Kushiefa was third with 3217 votes and Ryou Fujibayashi was fourth with 3065 votes. Ayumu Nishizawa was last with 1683 votes and is eliminated from the ISML.

Hinagiku Katsura is also back in the ISML after winning 4396 votes to take Stella Group 11. Nagisa Furukawa was second with 4019 votes, Mikuru Asahina was third with 3742 votes and Tsukasa Hiiragi was fourth with 2874 votes. Anya Alstreim managed just 1725 votes and is eliminated from the competition.

Also punching her ticket to the tournament is Yui Hirasawa, who easrned 4736 votes to win Stella Group 12. Ayase Aragaki was second with 3722 votes, Ikaros was third with 3489 votes and Fuuki Ibuki was third with 2883 votes. Rika Furude was last with 2114 votes and is eliminated from the ISML.

In the first of three seeding pools, Yui Kotegawa was first with 3132 votes, Haqua du Lot Herminium had 3021 votes, Akari Akaza has 2800 votes, Mio Nishizono had 2604 votes, Akiko Himenokouji won 2497 votes, and coming up last was Wakana Sakai with 2392 votes.

In the second seeding pool, Riko Mine had 3300 votes to lead the way. Komari Kamikita was second with 3239 votes, Rias Gremory had 2788 votes, Mayaka Ibara had 2637 votes, Mayuri Shiina has 261 votes and Kuro Matsumi had 1797 votes to finish last.

In the third seeding pool, defending ISML champion Kanade Tachibana led the was with 4769 votes. Eucliwood Hellscythe, the runner-up, had 3364 votes. Azusa Nakano has 2966 votes, Taiga Aisaka has 2953 votes, Yui of Angel Beats! had 2326 votes and Yuki Nagato was last with 2303 votes.

Match Day 6 of the 2013 International Saimoe League is scheduled for February 14, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries Match Day 5

ARENA 01: [Araragi Karen] [Hasegawa Kobato] Sanka Rea Tsuyuri Kumin Oda Nobuna
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 02: Nyarlathotep Kanzaki H. Aria [Konoe Subaru] [Kashiwazaki Sena] Hanekawa Tsubasa
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 03: [Dekomori Sanae] [Kirigaya Suguha] Lala Satalin Deviluke Kushina Anna Nōmi Kudryavka
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 04: Natsume Rin Takenaka Hanbee Momo Belia Deviluke [Nibutani Shinka] [Kaname Madoka]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 05: Oshino Shinobu Irisviel von Einzbern Miniwa Tsumiki [Ayano Keiko (Silica)] [Chitanda Eru]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 06: Gasai Yuno Misaki Mei [Shiina Mashiro] Tōjō Koneko [Honma Meiko]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 07: Kōzuki Kallen [Fujibayashi Kyō] Takamachi Nanoha Kawashima Ami [Kōsaka Kirino]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 08: [Sengoku Nadeko] Suiseiseki [Holo] Fate Testarossa Shirai Kuroko
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 09: Ryūgū Rena Kasugano Sora Suigintō [Illyasviel von Einzbern] [Senjōgahara Hitagi]
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 10: [Charlotte Dunois] Nishizawa Ayumu [Hirasawa Ui] Kushieda Minori Fujibayashi Ryō
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 11: Hiiragi Tsukasa Anya Alstreim [Furukawa Nagisa] [Katsura Hinagiku] Asahina Mikuru
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 12: [Hirasawa Yui] Ibuki Fūko Ikaros [Aragaki Ayase] Furude Rika
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 13: Sakai Wakana [Akaza Akari] [Nishizono Mio] Haqua du Lot Herminium Himenokōji Akiko Kotegawa Yui
Over/Under: 17000
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ARENA 14: Rias Gremory [Matsumi Kuro] Ibara Mayaka Shiina Mayuri Mine Riko [Kamikita Komari]
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 15: Eucliwood Hellscythe Nagato Yuki [Tachibana Kanade] [Nakano Azusa] Yui-nyan Aisaka Taiga
Over/Under: 17000
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ISML 2013: The next six in...

ISML 2013: Six more punch their tickets

ISML 2013: Six more punch their tickets

By JR Salazar
February 11, 2013

Six more candidates in the Stella Division have punched their ticket in the 2013 International Saimoe League through the prelimiaries, while another six exit the competition.

In Stella Group 1, defending champion Kaname Tachibana is back for another run after winning 6024 votes. Konjiki no Yami was second with 3657 votes, Saber was third with 3521 votes, Tsumugi Kotobuki was fourth with 2365 votes and Shiki Ryogi was fifth with 1371 votes. Amu Hinamori exits the competition with 1128 votes.

Eucliwood Hellscythe was the runner-up at last year's competition and will look to be the next winner of the Tiara after winning 5464 votes to win Stella Group 2. Tomoyo Sakagami was secvond with 3517 votes, Kagami Hiiragi was third with 3323 votes, Kuroko Shirai  was fourth with 2800 votes and Chii was fifth with 1349 votes. Misuzu Kamio is out of the competition after winning just 1113 votes.

Ruri Gokou, the Kuroneko, is back in the show after winning 5337 votes to take Stella Group 3. Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere was second with 3453 votes, Haruna was third with 2875 votes, Kotomi Ichinose was fourth with 2654 votes and Kyon no Inouto was fifth with 1661 votes. Suiseiseki was last with 1553 votes and is out of the competition.

Taiga Aisaka also punched her ticket to this year's ISML after winning 5340 votes to take Stella Group 4. Rin Tosaka was second with 3405 votes, Konata Izumi was third with 3371 votes, Last Order was fourth with 3272 votes and Rena Ryuuguu was fifth with 1182 votes. With just 1135 votes to her credit, Kallen Kouzuki is out of the competition.

Mio Akiyama has won this tournament before and is back in the ISML after winning 5423 votes to take Stella Group 5. Victorique de Blois was second with 3569 votes, Masami Iwasawa was third with 3440 votes, Ami Kawashima was fourth with 2108 votes and Fate Testarossa was fifth with 1910 votes. Suigintou only got 1090 votes and is out of the competition.

Another prior champion, Mikoto Misaka, is back for another season after securing 5022 votes to take Stella group 6. Mato Kuroi was second with 3748 votes, Kyou Fujibayashi was third with 3009 votes, Nymph was fourth with 2627 votes and Mafuyu Shiina was fifth with 2087 votes. Ayumu Nishizawa is eliminated from the ISML after winning just 1016 votes.

Yozora Mikazuki won Nova Group 7 after winning 4405 votes. Touka Taskanashi was second with 3633 votes, Erio Touwa was third with 3549 votes, Yuno Gasai was fourth with 2317 votes, Haruka Saigusa was fifth with 2152 votes, and Watashi was last with 1159 votes, meaning that she is relegated to the second phase of the Nova prelims.

Yui of Sword Art Online took home Nova Group 8 after winning 5100 votes. Tsukihi Araragi was second with 2616 votes, Himeno Inaba was third with 2616 votes, Elucia de Lute Ima was fourth with 2397 votes, Fuuko Kurasaki was fifth with 2392 votes and Yui Kotegawa was last with 2253 votes, meaning that she is relegated to the second phase of Nova prelims.

Kurisu Makise bounced back from falling short against Meiko Honma, winning Nova Group 9, 3558-3355. Neko was third with 2804 votes, Kyouko Sakura was fourth with 2628 votes, Oda Nobuna was fifth with 2584 votes and Riko Mine was last with 2347 votes and is sent to the second phase of Nova prelims.

Kuroyukihime topped Nova Group 10 with 5131 votes. Homura Akemi was second with 3235 votes, Ririchiyo Shirakiin was third with 3103 votes, Kumin Tsuyuri was fourth with 2400 votes, Lala Satalin Deviluke was fifth with 2228 and Asako Natsume was last with 1583 votes, meaning that she is relegated to the second phase of the Nova prelims.

Rikka Takanashi continued her win streak, taking Nova Group 11 with 5131 votes. Keiko Ayano was second with 3931 votes, Rea Sanka was third with 2468 votes, Anna Kushina was fourth with 2463 votes and Shizuku Mizutani was fifth with 1803 votes. Rias Gremory only won 1733 votes and is relegated to the second phase of Nova preliminaries.

In Nova Group 12, Asuna Yuuki topped the competition with 5879 votes. Karen Araragi was second with 2645 votes, Subaru Konoe was third with 2628 votes, Madoka Kaname was fourth with 2418 votes and Shiori Shiomiya was fifth with 2224 votes. Iori Nagase is relegated to the second phase of Nova Prelims after winning just 1580 votes.

Match Day 5 of the 2013 International Saimoe League preliminaries is scheduled for February 12, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

We're getting a new Pope...

Dear Brothers,

I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonisations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.

I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.

For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.

Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

From the Vatican, 10 February 2013

– POPE BENEDICT XVI
POPE BENEDICT XVI

April 19, 2005-February 28, 2013

Grammy 2013: The List

General

Record of the Year

"Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra

Wally de Backer, producer; Wally de Backer & François Tétaz, engineers/mixers; William Bowden, mastering engineer

• "Lonely Boy" – The Black Keys
  • The Black Keys & Danger Mouse producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson
  • Greg Kurstin, producer; Șerban Ghenea, John Hanes, Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• "We Are Young" – Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
  • Jeff Bhasker, producer Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dawson & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• "Thinkin Bout You" – Frank Ocean
  • Frank Ocean, producer; Jeff Ellis, Pat Thrall & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift
  • Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, producers; Șerban Ghenea, engineer/mixer; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

Babel – Mumford & Sons

Markus Dravs, producer; Robin Baynton & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

• El Camino – The Black Keys
• The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tchad Blake, Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer
• Some Nights – Fun
  • Janelle Monáe, featured artist; Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Jake One & TommyD, producers; Jeff Bhasker, Pete Bischoff, Jeff Chestek, Andrew Dawson, Emile Haynie, Manny Marroquin, Sonny Pinnar & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
  • André 3000, John Mayer, Earl Sweatshirt & Tyler, The Creator, featured artists; Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean & Pharell, producers; Calvin Bailif, Andrew Coleman, Jeff Ellis, Doug Fenske, Om'Mas Keith, Malay, Frank Ocean, Philip Scott, Mark "Spike" Stent, Pat Thrall, Marcos Tovar & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
• Blunderbuss – Jack White
  • Jack White, producer; Vance Powell & Jack White, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

"We Are Young"

Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun featuring Janelle Monáe)

• "The A Team"
  • Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
• "Adorn"
  • Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
• "Call Me Maybe"
  • Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
  • Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)

Best New Artist

Fun

• Alabama Shakes
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

"Set Fire to the Rain" (Live) – Adele

• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson
• "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Wide Awake" – Katy Perry
• "Where Have You Been" – Rihanna

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

"Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra

• "Shake It Out" – Florence and the Machine
• "We Are Young" – Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
• "Sexy and I Know It" – LMFAO
• "Payphone" – Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Impressions – Chris Botti

• 24/7 – Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
• Four Hands & a Heart Volume One – Larry Carlton
• Live at Blue Note Tokyo – Dave Koz
• Rumbadoodle – Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Vocal Album

Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

• Ceremonials – Florence and the Machine
• Some Nights – Fun
• Overexposed – Maroon 5
• The Truth About Love – Pink

Dance/Electronica

Best Dance Recording

"Bangarang" – Skrillex & Sirah

• Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
  • "Levels" – Avicii
    • Tim Bergling & Ash Pournouri, producers; Tim Bergling, mixer
  • "Let's Go" – Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo
    • Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer
  • "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
    • Steve Angello, Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso, producers; Steve Angello, Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso, mixers
  • "I Can't Live Without You" – Al Walser
    • Al Walser, producer; Al Walser, mixer

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Bangarang – Skrillex

• Wonderland – Steve Aoki
• Don't Think – The Chemical Brothers
• > Album Title Goes Here < – Deadmau5
• Fire & Ice – Kaskade

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney

• Christmas – Michael Bublé
• A Holiday Carole – Carole King

Rock

Best Rock Performance

"Lonely Boy" – The Black Keys

• "Hold On" – Alabama Shakes
• "Charlie Brown" – Coldplay
• "I Will Wait" – Mumford & Sons
• "We Take Care of Our Own" – Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

"Love Bites (So Do I)" – Halestorm

• "I'm Alive" – Anthrax
• "Blood Brothers" (live) – Iron Maiden
• "Ghost Walking" – Lamb of God
• "No Reflection" – Marilyn Manson
• "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" – Megadeth

Best Rock Song

"Lonely Boy"

• Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
  • "Freedom at 21"
    • Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
  • "I Will Wait"
    • Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
  • "Madness"
    • Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
  • "We Take Care of Our Own"
    • Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

El Camino – The Black Keys

• Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
• The 2nd Law – Muse
• Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
• Blunderbuss – Jack White

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Making Mirrors – Gotye

• The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do – Fiona Apple
• Biophilia – Björk
• Hurry Up, We're Dreaming – M83
• Bad as Me – Tom Waits

R&B

Best R&B Performance

"Climax" – Usher

• "Thank You" – Estelle
• "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Ledisi
• "I Want You" – Luke James
• "Adorn" – Miguel

Best Traditional R&B Performance

"Love on Top" – Beyoncé

• "Lately" – Anita Baker
• "Wrong Side of a Love Song" – Melanie Fiona
• "Real Good Hands" – Gregory Porter
• "If Only You Knew" – SWV

Best R&B Song

"Adorn"

• Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
  • "Beautiful Surprise"
    • Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
  • "Heart Attack"
    • Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
  • "Pray for Me"
    • Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick "jQue" Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
  • "Refill"
    • Darhyl "DJ" Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Channel Orange – Frank Ocean

• Fortune – Chris Brown
• Kaleidoscope Dream – Miguel

Best R&B Album

Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment

• Back to Love – Anthony Hamilton
• Write Me Back – R. Kelly
• Beautiful Surprise – Tamia
• Open Invitation – Tyrese

Rap

Best Rap Performance

"Ni**as in Paris" – Jay-Z & Kanye West

• "HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)" – Drake featuring Lil Wayne
• "Daughters" – Nas
• "Mercy" – Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
• "I Do" – Young Jeezy featuring Jay-Z & André 3000

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"No Church in the Wild" – Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream

• "Wild Ones" – Flo Rida featuring Sia
• "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" – John Legend featuring Ludacris
• "Cherry Wine" – Nas featuring Amy Winehouse
• "Talk That Talk" – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Best Rap Song

"Ni**as In Paris"

• Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
  • "Daughters"
    • Nas & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)
  • "Lotus Flower Bomb"
    • Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
  • "Mercy"
    • Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (Kanye West featuringBig Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
  • "The Motto"
    • Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne)
  • "Young, Wild & Free"
    • Calvin 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) (Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg featuring Bruno Mars)

Best Rap Album

Take Care – Drake

• Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. Pt. 1 – Lupe Fiasco
• Life Is Good – Nas
• Undun – The Roots
• God Forgives, I Don't – Rick Ross
• Based on a T.R.U. Story – 2 Chainz

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

"Blown Away" – Carrie Underwood

• "Home" – Dierks Bentley
• "Springsteen" – Eric Church
• "Cost of Livin'" – Ronnie Dunn
• "Wanted" – Hunter Hayes
• "Over" – Blake Shelton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

"Pontoon" – Little Big Town

• "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" – Eli Young Band
• "Safe & Sound" – Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars
• "On The Outskirts Of Town" – The Time Jumpers
• "I Just Come Here For The Music" – Don Williams featuring Alison Krauss

Best Country Song

"Blown Away"

• Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  • "Cost of Livin'"
    • Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
  • "Even If It Breaks Your Heart"
    • Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
  • "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"
    • Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
  • "Springsteen"
    • Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)

Best Country Album

Uncaged – Zac Brown Band

• Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes
• Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran – Jamey Johnson
• Four the Record – Miranda Lambert
• The Time Jumpers – The Time Jumpers

New Age

Best New Age Album

Echoes of Love – Omar Akram

• Live Ananda – Krishna Das
• Bindu – Michael Brant DeMaria
• Deep Alpha – Steven Halpern
• Light Body – Peter Kater
• Troubadours on the Rhine – Loreena McKennitt

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

"Hot House" – Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

• "Cross Roads" – Ravi Coltrane, soloist
• "Alice in Wonderland" – Chick Corea, soloist
• "J. Mac" – Kenny Garrett, soloist
• "Ode" – Brad Mehldau, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding

• Soul Shadows – Denise Donatelli
• 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project – Kurt Elling
• Live – Al Jarreau & The Metropole Orkest
• The Book of Chet – Luciana Souza

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band

• Further Explorations – Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
• Hot House – Chick Corea & Gary Burton
• Seeds from the Underground – Kenny Garrett
• Blue Moon – Ahmad Jamal

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) – Arturo Sandoval

• Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans – Gil Evans Project
• For the Moment – Bob Mintzer Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

¡Ritmo! – The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

• Flamenco Sketches – Chano Domínguez
• Multiverse – Bobby Sanabria Big Band
• Duos III – Luciana Souza
• New Cuban Express – Manuel Valera New Cuban Express

Gospel/Contemporary Christian

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" – Matt Redman

• "Jesus, Friend of Sinners" – Casting Crowns
• "Take Me to the King" – Tamela Mann
• "Go Get It" – Mary Mary
• "My Testimony" – Marvin Sapp

Best Gospel Song

"Go Get It"

• Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
  • "Hold On"
    • Cheryl Fortune, James Fortune & Terence Vaughn, songwriters (James Fortune & FIYA, Monica & Fred Hammond)
  • "I Feel Good"
    • Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Miller & Calvin Rodgers, songwriters (Fred Hammond)
  • "My Testimony"
    • Aaron Lindsey & Marvin Sapp, songwriters (Marvin Sapp)
  • "Released"
    • Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Bill Winston & Living Word Featuring Donald Lawrence)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)"¹

• Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)

"Your Presence Is Heaven"¹

• Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
  • "Jesus, Friend of Sinners"
    • Mark Hall & Matthew West, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
  • "When Mercy Found Me"
    • Jeff Pardo & Rhett Walker, songwriters (Rhett Walker Band)
  • "White Flag"
    • Jason Ingram, Matt Maher, Matt Redman & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Passion & Chris Tomlin)

Best Gospel Album

Gravity – Lecrae

• Identity – James Fortune
• Jesus at the Center: Live – Israel & New Breed
• I Win – Marvin Sapp
• Worship Soul – Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Eye on It – TobyMac
• Come to the Well – Casting Crowns
• Where I Find You – Kari Jobe
• Gold – Britt Nicole
• Into the Light – Matthew West

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

MTV Unplugged: Deluxe Edition – Juanes

• Independiente – Ricardo Arjona
• Ilusión – Fonseca
• Kany Garcia – Kany Garcia
• ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? – Jesse & Joy

Best Latin Rock Urban or Alternative Album

Imaginaries – Quetzal

• Campo – Campo
• Déjenme Llorar – Carla Morrison
• Electro-Jarocho – Sistema Bomb
• La Bala – Ana Tijoux

Best Regional Mexican Album (Including Tejano)

Pecados y Milagros – Lila Downs

• Sembrando Flores – Los Cojolites
• 365 Días – Los Tucanes de Tijuana
• Oye – Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
• El Primer Ministro - Gerardo Ortiz

Best Tropical Latin Album

Retro – Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

• Cubano Soy – Raúl Lara y Sus Soneros
• Desde Nueva York a Puerto Rico – Eddie Montalvo
• Formula, Vol. 1 – Romeo Santos

American Roots Music

Best Americana Album

Slipstream – Bonnie Raitt

• The Carpenter – The Avett Brothers
• From the Ground Up – John Fullbright
• The Lumineers – The Lumineers
• Babel – Mumford & Sons

Best Bluegrass Album

Nobody Knows You – Steep Canyon Rangers

• The Gospel Side Of – Dailey & Vincent
• Life Finds a Way – The Grascals
• Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail – Noam Pikelny
• Scratch Gravel Road – The Special Consensus

Best Blues Album

Locked Down – Dr. John

• 33 1/3 – Shemekia Copeland
• Let It Burn – Ruthie Foster
• And Still I Rise – Heritage Blues Orchestra
• Bring It on Home – Joan Osborne

Best Folk Album

The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

• Leaving Eden – Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Election Special – Ry Cooder
• Hambone's Meditations – Luther Dickinson
• This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark – Various Artists

Best Regional Roots Music Album

The Band Courtbouillon – Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy

• Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love) – Keola Beamer
• Shi Kéyah - Songs for the People – Radmilla Cody
• Pilialoha – Weldon Kekauoha
• Nothin' But The Best – Corey Ledet with Anthony Dopsie, Dwayne Dopsie & André Thierry

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff

• Miracle – The Original Wailers
• Tomahawk Technique – Sean Paul
• New Legend - Jamaica 50th Edition – Sly & Robbie & The Jam Masters
• Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill – Toots And The Maytals

World Music

Best World Music Album

The Living Room Sessions Part 1 – Ravi Shankar

• Folila – Amadou & Mariam
• On A Gentle Island Breeze – Daniel Ho
• Jabulani – Hugh Masekela
• Traveller – Anoushka Shankar

Children's

Best Children's Album

Can You Canoe? – The Okee Dokee Brothers

• High Dive And Other Things That Could Have Happened... – Bill Harley
• JumpinJazz Kids - A Swinging Jungle Tale - Featuring Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws And Dee Dee Bridgewater – James Murray & Various Artists
• Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie – Elizabeth Mitchell
• Radio Jungle – The Pop Ups

Spoken Word

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

Society's Child: My Autobiography – Janis Ian

• American Grown (Michelle Obama) – (Various Artists) Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers
• Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy – Bill Clinton
• Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power – Rachel Maddow
• Seriously... I'm Kidding – Ellen DeGeneres

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Blow Your Pants Off – Jimmy Fallon

• Cho Dependent – Margaret Cho
• In God We Rust – Lewis Black
• Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class – Kathy Griffin
• Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe – Jim Gaffigan
• Rize of the Fenix – Tenacious D

Musical Show

Best Musical Theater Album

Once: A New Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording

• Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists)
  • Follies – New Broadway Cast Recording
    • Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters & Ron Raines, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist)
  • The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess – New Broadway Cast Recording
    • David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald, principal soloists; Tommy Krasker, producer (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward & DuBose Heyward, lyricists)
  • Newsies – Original Broadway Cast Recording
    • Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Jack Feldman, lyricist)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It – Original Broadway Cast Recording
    • Matthew Broderick & Kelli O'Hara, principal soloists; David Chase, Bill Elliott & Robert Sher, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Midnight In Paris – Various Artists

• The Descendants – Various Artists
• Marley – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• The Muppets – Various Artists
• Rock Of Ages – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

• The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn – John Williams, composer
• The Artist – Ludovic Bource, composer
• The Dark Knight Rises – Hans Zimmer, composer
• Hugo – Howard Shore, composer
• Journey – Austin Wintory, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Safe & Sound" (from The Hunger Games)

• T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
  • "Abraham's Daughter" (from The Hunger Games)
    • T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
  • "Learn Me Right" (from Brave)
    • Mumford & Sons, songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
  • "Let Me Be Your Star" (from Smash)
    • Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
  • "Man or Muppet" (from The Muppets)
    • Bret McKenzie, songwriter (Jason Segel & Walter)

Composing/Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

"Mozart Goes Dancing"

• Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
  • "December Dream"
    • Chuck Loeb, composer (Fourplay)
  • "Music Of Ansel Adams: America"
    • Chris Brubeck & Dave Brubeck, composers (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
  • "Overture, Waltz and Rondo"
    • Bill Cunliffe, composer (Temple University Symphony Orchestra)
  • "Without a Paddle"
    • Bill Holman, composer (Tall & Small)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

"How About You"

• Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
  • "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington"
    • Michael Philip Mossman, arranger (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
  • "Irrequieto"
    • Bob Mintzer, arranger (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
  • "A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend!)"
    • Wally Minko, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)
  • "Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)"
    • Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Arturo Sandoval)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s

"City Of Roses"

• Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
  • "Look To The Rainbow"
    • Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project & Luciana Souza)
  • "Out There"
    • Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)
  • "Spain (I Can Recall)"
    • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Al Jarreau and The Metropole Orkest)
  • "Wild Is The Wind"
    • Nan Schwartz, arranger (Whitney Claire Kaufman And Andrew Playfoot)

Package

Best Recording Package

Biophilia

• Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
  • Boys & Girls
    • Brett Kilroe, art director (Alabama Shakes)
  • Charmer
    • Gail Marowitz, art director (Aimee Mann)
  • Love This Giant
    • Noah Wall, art director (David Byrne & St. Vincent)
  • Swing Lo Magellan
    • David Longstreth, art director (Dirty Projectors)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

• Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
    • Rob Sheridan, art director (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • Go Fly a Kite
    • Liz Kweller, art director (Ben Kweller)
  • Ram (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)
    • Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney)
  • Some Girls (Super Deluxe Edition)
    • Stephen Kennedy, art director (The Rolling Stones)

Notes

Best Album Notes

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles

• Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
  • Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition
    • Stephen Wade, album notes writer (Stephen Wade)
  • First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition
    • Hans Olof Gottfridsson, album notes writer (The Beatles with Tony Sheridan)
  • The Pearl Sessions
    • Holly George-Warren, album notes writer (Janis Joplin)
  • Piazzolla in Brooklyn
    • Fernando Gonzalez, album notes writer (Pablo Aslan Quintet)

Historical

Best Historical Album

The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)

• Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
  • He is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes
    • Josh Rosenthal, compilation producer; Bryan Hoffa & Christopher King, mastering engineers (Arizona Dranes)
  • Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads, And Instrumentals Recorded In The Great Smoky Mountains By "Song Catcher" Joseph S. Hall
    • Kent Cave, Michael Montgomery & Ted Olson, compilation producers; John Fleenor & Steve Kemp, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  • Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM
    • Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  • Ram (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)
    • Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Simon Gibson, Guy Massey & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney)
  • Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
    • Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Woody Guthrie)

Production

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

The Goat Rodeo Sessions

• Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
  • The Absence
    • Moogie Canazio & Al Schmitt, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot)
  • Ashes & Fire
    • Glyn Johns, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Ryan Adams)
  • Love is a Four Letter Word
    • Joe Chiccarelli, Steve Churchyard, Lars Fox, Graham Hope, Tony Maserati & Morgan Stratton, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Jason Mraz)
  • Slingshot
    • Helik Hadar, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Rebecca Pidgeon)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Dan Auerbach

• El Camino (The Black Keys) (A)
• Locked Down (Dr. John) (A)
• "Savage" (Hacienda) (S)
• Shakedown (Hacienda) (A)
  • Jeff Bhasker
    • Some Nights (Fun) (A)
    • Diplo
    • "Climax" (Usher) (T)
    • "Get Free" (Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman) (S)
    • "La La La" (Snoop Lion) (S)
    • "Lies" (Marina and The Diamonds) (T)
    • "Look At These Hoes" (Santigold) (T)
    • "Push And Shove" (No Doubt featuring Busy Signal & Major Lazer) (T)
    • "Slight Work" (Wale featuring Big Sean) (T)
    • "Thought of You" (Justin Bieber) (T)
    • "Too Close" (Alex Clare) (T)
  • Markus Dravs
    • Babel (Mumford & Sons) (A)
    • Mylo Xyloto (Coldplay) (A)
  • Salaam Remi
    • "Back To Love" (Anthony Hamilton) (T)
    • "Between the Cheats" (Amy Winehouse) (T)
    • "Girl On Fire" (Alicia Keys & Nicki Minaj) (S)
    • "How Many Drinks?" (Miguel) (T)
    • Life Is Good (Nas) (A)
    • "Like Smoke" (Amy Winehouse Featuring Nas) (T)
    • "Running" (Melanie Fiona Featuring Nas) (T)
    • "Sins of My Father" (Usher) (T)
    • "A Song For You" (Amy Winehouse) (T)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

"Promises" (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

• Skrillex, remixer (Nero)
  • "In My Mind" (Axwell Remix)
    • Axel Hedfors, remixer (Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Featuring Georgi Kay)
  • "Lie Down in Darkness" (Photek Remix)
    • Photek, remixer (Moby)
  • "Midnight City" (Eric Prydz Private Remix)
    • Eric Prydz, remixer (M83)
  • "The Veldt" (Tommy Trash Remix)
    • Thomas Olsen, remixer (Deadmau5 Featuring Chris James)

Production, Surround Sound

Best Surround Sound Album

Modern Cool

• Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
  • Chamberland
    • David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber)
  • Quiet Winter Night
    • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Hoff Ensemble)
  • Rupa-Khandha
    • Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin, surround producers (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
  • Storm Corrosion
    • Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Steven Wilson, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Storm Corrosion)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

• Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
  • Americana
    • Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Modern Mandolin Quartet)
  • Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131
    • Bruce Egre, engineer (Brentano String Quartet)
  • Music for a Time of War
    • Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
  • Souvenir
    • Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (TrondheimSolistene)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

• Chamber Symphonies (Gregory Wolynec & Gateway Chamber Orchestra)
• Davis: Río De Sangre (Joseph Rescigno, Vale Rideout, Ava Pine, John Duykers, Kerry Walsh, Guido LeBron, The Florentine Opera Company & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
• Gjeilo: Northern Lights (Charles Bruffy & Phoenix Chorale)
• In Paradisum (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale)
• Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
• Music for a Time of War (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)
• Musto: The Inspector (Glen Cortese & Wolf Trap Opera Company)

• Tim Handley

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Leonard Slatkin & Orchestre National De Lyon)
• Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Jun Märkl & Orchestre National De Lyon)
• Debussy: 24 Préludes (Jun Märkl & Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
• Fuchs, K.: Atlantic Riband; American Rhapsody; Divinium Mysterium (JoAnn Falletta, Paul Silverthorne, Michael Ludwig & London Symphony Orchestra)
• Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F; Rhapsody No. 2; I Got Rhythm Variations (Orion Weiss, JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Hailstork: An American Port of Call (JoAnn Falletta, Virginia Symphony Chorus & Virginia Symphony Orchestra)
• Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Overture (JoAnn Falletta & Ulster Orchestra)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
• Roussel: Le Festin De L'Araignée (Stéphane Denève & Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
• Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (John Jeter & Fort Smith Symphony)

• Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin

• Americana (Modern Mandolin Quartet)
• Brubeck & American Poets (Lynne Morrow & Pacific Mozart Ensemble)
• Delibes: Sylvia; Coppélia (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
• Mind Meld (ZOFO Duet)
• Rupa-Khandha (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)
• Weigl: Isle of the Dead; Six Fantasies; Pictures & Tales; Night Fantasies (Joseph Banowetz)

• James Mallinson

• Britten: War Requiem (Gianandrea Noseda, Joseph Cullen, Alastair Tighe, Choir Of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Bernard Haitink & London Symphony Orchestra)
• The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin (Richard Kaufman, Whitney Claire Kaufman, Andrew Playfoot, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra)
• Massenet: Don Quichotte (Valery Gergiev, Andrei Serov, Anna Kiknadze, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Soloists' Ensemble of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers & Mariinsky Orchestra)
• Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra)

• Dan Merceruio

• Arensky: Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Quintet, Op. 51 (Ying Quartet)
• Brasileiro - Works of Francisco Mignone (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)
• Change of Worlds (Ensemble Galilei)
• The Complete Harpsichord Works of Rameau (Jory Vinikour)
• Critical Models - Chamber Works of Mohammed Fairouz (Various Artists)
• The Kernis Project: Schubert (Jasper String Quartet)
• Le Bestiaire (Celine Ricci)
• Scarlatti: La Dirindina & Pur Nel Sonno (Matthew Dirst & Ars Lyrica Houston)
• Two Lutes - Lute Duets from England's Golden Age (Ronn McFarlane & William Simms)
• Weill-Ibert-Berg (Timothy Muffitt & Baton Rouge Symphony Chamber Players)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

"Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine"

• Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
  • "Mahler: Symphony No. 1"
    • Iván Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
  • Music for a Time of War
    • Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
  • "Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances"
    • Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
  • "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5"
    • Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

"Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen"

• James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  • "Berg: Lulu"
    • Michael Boder, conductor; Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon & Patricia Petibon; Johannes Müller, producer (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
  • "Handel: Agrippina"
    • René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin)
  • "Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress"
    • Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Topi Lehtipuu, Miah Persson & Matthew Rose; Johannes Müller, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
  • "Vivaldi: Teuzzone"
    • Jordi Savall, conductor; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella Milanesi & Furio Zanasi (Le Concert Des Nations)

Best Choral Performance

"Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen"

• Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
  • "Handel: Israel In Egypt"
    • Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street)
  • "Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony"
    • Peter Eötvös, conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln)
  • "The Nightingale"
    • Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
  • "Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices"
    • Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

"Meanwhile" – Eighth Blackbird

• "Americana" – Modern Mandolin Quartet
• "Mind Meld" – ZOFO Duet
• "Profanes Et Sacrées" – Boston Symphony Chamber Players
• "Rupa-Khandha" – Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

"Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola"

• Kim Kashkashian
  • "Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier"
    • András Schiff
  • "The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau"
    • Jory Vinikour
  • "Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos"
    • Claudio Cruz, conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia)
  • "Holst: The Planets"
    • Hansjörg Albrecht

Best Classical Vocal Solo

"Poèmes"

• Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
  • "Debussy: Clair De Lune"
    • Natalie Dessay (Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris)
  • "Homecoming – Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato"
    • Joyce DiDonato (Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony)
  • "Paris Days, Berlin Nights"
    • Ute Lemper (Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet)
  • "Sogno Barocco"
    • Anne Sofie von Otter (Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg; Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea)

Best Classical Compendium

Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis

• Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
  • Partch: Bitter Music
    • Partch, ensemble; John Schneider, producer
  • Une Fête Baroque
    • Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

"Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays"

• Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
  • "Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion"
    • Tania León, composer (Tania León, Son Sonora Voices, DanceBrazil Percussion & Son Sonora Ensemble)
  • "Ugis: The Nightingale"
    • Ugis Praulins, composer (Stephen Layton, Michala Petri & Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
  • "Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'"
    • Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer (Truls Mørk, John Storgårds & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • "August 4, 1964"
    • Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

"We Found Love" – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris

• Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, video producers
  • "Houdini" – Foster the People
    • Daniels, video directors; Gaetano Crupi, video producer
  • "No Church in the Wild" – Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
    • Romain Gavras, video director; Mourad Belkeddan, video producer
  • "Bad Girls" – M.I.A.
    • Romain Gavras, video director; Romain Gavras, video producer
  • "Run Boy Run" – Woodkid
    • Yoann Lemoine, video director; Roman Pichon, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

Big Easy Express - Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe, Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show

• Emmett Malloy, video director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, video producers
  • Bring Me Home: Live 2011 - Sade
    • Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers
  • Radio Music Society - Esperanza Spalding
    • Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer
  • Get Along - Tegan and Sara
    • Salazar, video director; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin & Tegan Quin, video producers
  • From the Sky Down - U2
    • Davis Guggenheim, video director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim & Ted Skillman, video producers