Grammy Awards 2015 – Die wichtigsten Nominierungen

Alle 83 Kategorien für die Grammys zu zeigen würde den Rahmen sprengen. ROLLING STONE präsentiert dafür die wichtigsten Kategorien. Beyoncé, Sam Smith und Pharell Williams gelten mit jeweils sechs Nominierungen als Favoriten. Aber auch Jack White, Ryan Adams, Arcade Fire und Beck könnten mehrere der begehrten Trophäen ergattern.

Record of the Year

• „Fancy“ – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
• „Chandelier“ – Sia
• „Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)“ – Sam Smith
• „Shake It Off“ – Taylor Swift
• „All About That Bass“ – Meghan Trainor

Album of the Year

• Morning Phase – Beck
• Beyoncé – Beyoncé
• x – Ed Sheeran
• In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
• G I R L – Pharrell Williams

Song of the Year

• „All About That Bass“ – Meghan Trainor
• „Chandelier“ – Sia
• „Shake It Off“ – Taylor Swift
• „Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)“ – Sam Smith
• „Take Me to Church“ – Hozier

Best New Artist

• Iggy Azalea
• Bastille
• Brandy Clark
• HAIM
• Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance

• „All of Me (Live)“ – John Legend
• „Chandelier“ – Sia
• „Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)“ – Sam Smith
• „Shake It Off“ – Taylor Swift
• „Happy (Live)“ – Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• „Fancy“ – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
• „A Sky Full of Stars“ – Coldplay
• „Say Something“ – A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
• „Bang Bang“ – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj
• „Dark Horse“ – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Ghost Stories – Coldplay
• Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
• My Everything – Ariana Grande
• Prism – Katy Perry
• x – Ed Sheeran
• In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
• Nostalgia – Annie Lennox
• Night Songs – Barry Manilow
• Sending You a Little Christmas – Johnny Mathis
• Partners – Barbra Streisand

Best Dance Recording

• „Never Say Never“ – Basement Jaxx
• „Rather Be“ – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
• „F For You“ – Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
• „I Got U“ – Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
• „Faded“ – Zhu

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Syro – Aphex Twin
• while(1<2) – deadmau5
• Nabuma Rubberband – Little Dragon
• Do It Again – Röyksopp & Robyn
• Damage Control – Mat Zo

Best Rock Performance

• „Gimme Something Good“ – Ryan Adams
• „Do I Wanna Know?“ – Arctic Monkeys
• „Blue Moon“ – Beck
• „Fever“ – The Black Keys
• „Lazaretto“ – Jack White

Best Metal Performance

• „Neon Knights“ – Anthrax
• „High Road“ – Mastodon
• „Heartbreaker“ – Motörhead
• „The Negative One“ – Slipknot
• „The Last In Line“ – Tenacious D

Best Rock Song

• „Ain’t It Fun“ – Paramore
• „Blue Moon“ – Beck
• „Fever“ – The Black Keys
• „Gimme Something Good“ – Ryan Adams
• „Lazaretto“ – Jack White

Best Rock Album

• Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
• Morning Phase – Beck
• Turn Blue – The Black Keys
• Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Songs of Innocence – U2

Best Alternative Music Album

• This Is All Yours – alt-J
• Reflektor – Arcade Fire
• Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
• St. Vincent – St. Vincent
• Lazaretto – Jack White

Best Rap Album

• The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
• Because the Internet – Childish Gambino
• Nobody’s Smiling – Common
• The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem
• Oxymoron – ScHoolboy Q
•  Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Album

• Riser – Dierks Bentley
• The Outsiders – Eric Church
• 12 Stories – Brandy Clark
• Platinum – Miranda Lambert
• The Way I’m Livin‘ – Lee Ann Womack

Best Americana Album

• The River & the Thread – Rosanne Cash
• Terms of My Surrender – John Hiatt
• BluesAmericana – Keb‘ Mo‘
• A Dotted Line – Nickel Creek
• Metamodern Sounds in Country Music – Sturgill Simpson

Best Comedy Album

• Mandatory Fun – „Weird Al“ Yankovic
• Obsessed – Jim Gaffigan
• Oh My God – Louis C.K.
• Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time – Patton Oswalt
• We Are Miracles – Sarah Silverman

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• American Hustle – various artists
• Frozen – various artists
• Get on Up: The James Brown Story – James Brown
• Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 – various artists
• The Wolf of Wall Street – various artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Frozen – Christophe Beck, composer
• Gone Girl: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
• The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack – Alexandre Desplat, composer
• Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Steven Price, composer
• Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman, composer

Best Music Video

• „Chandelier“ – Sia
• „We Exist“ – Arcade Fire
• „Turn Down for What“ – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
• „Happy“ – Pharrell Williams
• „The Golden Age“ – Woodkid feat. Max Richter