Sunday, February 12, 2017

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees 2017



The 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on February 12, 2017. The CBS network will broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2016.

James Corden will host the ceremony for the first time. The "pre-telecast" ceremony (officially named The Premiere Ceremony) will be held on the same day prior to the main ceremony.



Taken from the Grammys website, below The 59th Annual Grammy Awards nominee & the winner:


Album Of The Year: 
1. 25 — Adele (THE WINNER)
2. Lemonade — Beyoncé
3. Purpose — Justin Bieber
4. Views — Drake
5. A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

Record Of The Year: 
1. "Hello" — Adele (THE WINNER)
2. "Formation" — Beyoncé
3. "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
4. "Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
5. "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

Song Of The Year: 
1. "Formation" — Beyoncé
2. "Hello" — Adele (THE WINNER)
3. "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner
4. "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
5. "7 Years" — Lukas Graham


Best New Artist: 
1.  Kelsea Ballerini
2. The Chainsmokers
3. Chance The Rapper (THE WINNER)
4. Maren Morris
5. Anderson .Paak

Best Pop Vocal Album: 
1. 25 — Adele (THE WINNER)
2. Purpose — Justin Bieber
3. Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
4. Confident — Demi Lovato
5. This Is Acting — Sia

Best Pop Solo Performance: 
1.  "Hello" — Adele (THE WINNER)
2. "Hold Up" — Beyonce
3. "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
4. "Piece By Piece (Idol Version)" — Kelly Clarkson
5. "Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: 
1. "Closer" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
2. "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
3. "Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
4. "Cheap Thrills" — Sia Featuring Sean Paul
5. "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots (THE WINNER)


Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: 
1.  Cinema — Andrea Bocelli
2. Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan
3. Stages Live — Josh Groban
4. Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson (THE WINNER)
5. Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway — Barbra Streisand



Best Dance Recording: 
1. "Tearing Me Up" — Bob Moses
2. "Don't Let Me Down" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya (THE WINNER)
3. "Never Be Like You" — Flume Featuring Kai
4. "Rinse & Repeat" — Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
5. "Drinkee" — Sofi Tukker


Best Dance/Electronic Album: 
1. Skin — Flume (THE WINNER)
2. Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
3. Epoch — Tycho
4. Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
5. Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega


Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: 
1. Human Nature — Herb Alpert
2. When You Wish Upon a Star — Bill Frisell
3. Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY — Steve Gadd Band
4. Unpsoken — Chuck Loeb
5. Culcha Vulcha — Snarky Puppy (THE WINNER)


Best Rock Performance: 
1. "Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes
2. "Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
3. "Blackstar" — David Bowie (THE WINNER)
4. "The Sound Of Silence" — Disturbed
5. "Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots


Best Metal Performance: 
1. "Shock Me" — Baroness
2. "Slivera" — Gojira
3. "Rotting in Vain" — Korn
4. "Dystopia" — Megadeth (THE WINNER)
5. "The Price Is Wrong" — Periphery

Best Rock Song: 
1. "Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie) (THE WINNER)
2. "Burn the Witch" —Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
3. "Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
4. "Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
5. "My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)


Best Rock Album: 
1. California — Blink-182
2. Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant (THE WINNER)
3. Magma — Gojira
4. Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
5. Weezer — Weezer


Best Alternative Music Album: 
1. 22, A Million — Bon Iver
2. Blackstar — David Bowie (THE WINNER)
3. The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
4. Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
5. A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead


Best R&B Performance: 
1. "Turnin' Me Up" — BJ The Chicago Kid
2. "Permission" — Ro James
3. "I Do" — Musiq Soulchild
4. "Needed Me" — Rihanna
5. "Cranes in the Sky" — Solange (THE WINNER)

Best Traditional R&B Performance: 
1. "The Three Of Me" — William Bell
2. "Woman's World" — BJ The Chicago Kid
3. "Sleeping With The One I Love" — Fantasia
4. "Angel" — Lalah Hathaway (THE WINNER)
5. "Can't Wait" — Jill Scott

Best R&B Song: 
1. "Come and See Me" — PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake
2. "Exchange" — Bryson Tiller
3. "Kiss It Better" — Rihanna
4. "Lake By the Ocean" — Maxwell (THE WINNER)
5. "Luv" — Tory Lanez

Best Urban Contemporary Album: 
1. Lemonade — Beyoncé (THE WINNER)
2. Ology — Gallant
3. We Are King — KING
4. Malibu — Anderson .Paak
5. Anti — Rihanna

Best R&B Album: 
1. In My Mind — BJ The Chicago Kid
2. Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway (THE WINNER)
3. Velvet Portraits — Terrace Martin
4. Healing Season — Mint Condition
5. Smoove Jones — Mya

Best Rap Performance: 
1. "No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz (THE WINNER)
2. "Panda" —Desiigner
3. "Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne
4. "All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
5. "That Part" — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West


Best Rap/Sung Performance: 
1. "Freedom" — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
2. "Hotline Bling" — Drake (THE WINNER)
3. "Broccoli" — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
4. "Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
5. "Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song: 
1. "All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
2. "Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
3. "Hotline Bling" — Drake (THE WINNER)
4. "No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
5. "Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

Best Rap Album: 
1. Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper (THE WINNER)
2. And the Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul
3. Major Key — DJ Khaled
4. Views — Drake
5. Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q
6. The Life of Pablo — Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance: 
1. "Love Can Go To Hell" — Brandy Clark
2. "Vice" — Miranda Lambert
3. "My Church" — Maren Morris (THE WINNER)
4. "Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
5. "Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: 
1. "Different for Girls" — Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
2. "21 Summer" — Brothers Osborne
3. "Setting The World On Fire" — Kenny Chesney & P!nk
4. "Jolene" — Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton (THE WINNER)
5. "Think Of You" — Chris Young With Cassadee Pope

Best Country Song: 
1. "Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban
2. "Die A Happy Man" — Thomas Rhett
3. "Humble and Kind" — Tim McGraw (THE WINNER)
4. "My Church" — Maren Morris
5. "Vice" — Miranda Lambert

Best Country Album: 
1.  Big Day In A Small Town — Brandy Clark
2. Full Circle — Loretta Lynn
3. Hero — Maren Morris
4. A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson (THE WINNER)
5. Ripcord — Keith Urban

Best New Age Album: 
1.  Orogen — John Burke
2. Dark Sky Island — Enya
3. Inner Passion — Peter Kater & Tina Guo
4. Rosetta — Vangelis
5. White Sun II — White Sun (THE WINNER)

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: 
1. "Countdown" — Joey Alexander, soloist
2. "In Movement" — Ravi Coltrane, soloist
3. "We See" — Fred Hersch, soloist
4. "I Concentrate On You" — Brad Mehldau, soloist
5. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" — John Scofield, soloist (THE WINNER)

Best Jazz Vocal Album: 
1. Sound Of Red — René Marie
2. Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
3. Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter (THE WINNER)
4. Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell
5. The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: 
1. Book of Intuition — Kenny Barron Trio
2. Dr. Um — Peter Erskine
3. Sunday Night At The Vanguard — The Fred Hersch Trio
4. Nearness — Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
5. Country For Old Men — John Scofield (THE WINNER)


Best Music Video: 
1. "Formation" — Beyoncé (THE WINNER)
2. "River" — Leon Bridges
3. "Up & Up" — Coldplay
4. "Gosh" — Jamie XX
5. "Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go

Best Music Film: 
1. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead — Steve Aoki
2. The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years — (The Beatles) (THE WINNER)
3. Lemonade — Beyoncé
4. The Music Of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
5. American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry — (Various Artists)

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