Best Rap Album
“2014 Forest Hills Drive”: J. Cole
“Compton”: Dr. Dre
“If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”: Drake
“To Pimp A Butterfly”: Kendrick Lamar *
“The Pinkprint”: Nicki Minaj
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Best Rap Performance
Apparently β J Cole
Back to Back β Drake
Trap Queen β Fetty Wap
Alright β Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Truffle Butter β Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
All Day β Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
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Song Of The Year
“Alright”: Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blank Space”: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Girl Crush”: Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town)
“See You Again”: Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
“Thinking Out Loud”: Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, songwriters (Ed Sheeran) *
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Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor *
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Album Of The Year
“Sound & Color” by Alabama Shakes
“To Pimp a Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar
“Traveller” by Chris Stapleton
“1989” by Taylor Swift*
“Beauty Behind the Madness” by The Weeknd
Best Music Video
LSD β A$AP Rocky
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) β The Dead Weather
Alright β Kendrick Lamar
Bad Blood β Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Freedom β Pharrell Williams
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Record Of The Year
“Really Love” by D’Angelo and the Vanguard
“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars*
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd
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Best Dance Recording
“We’re All We Need”: Above & Beyond featuring ZoΓ« Johnston
“Go”: The Chemical Brothers
“Never Catch Me”: Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Runaway (U & I)”: Gallants
“Where Are Γ Now”: Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber *
Best Country Album
Montevallo β Sam Hunt
Pain Killer β Little Big Town
The Blade β Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material β Kacey Musgraves
Traveller β Chris Stapleton *