Best World Music Album

Savor Flamenco – Gipsy Kings

No Place For My Dream – Femi Kuti

Live: Singing For Peace Around The World – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

The Living Room Sessions Part 2 – Ravi Shankar

Best Children’s Album

Blue Clouds – Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower

The Mighty Sky – Beth Nielsen Chapman

Recess – Justin Roberts

Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World’s Bravest Kids – Alastair Moock & Friends

Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well – Jennifer Gasoi

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

America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t – Stephen Colbert

Carrie And Me – Carol Burnett

Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls – David Sedaris

Still Foolin’ ‘Em – Billy Crystal

The Storm King – Pete Seeger

Best Comedy Album

Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin

I’m Here To Help – Craig Ferguson

A Little Unprofessional – Ron White

Live – Tig Notaro

That’s What I’m Talkin’ About – Bob Saget

Best Musical Theater Album

Kinky Boots – Billy Porter & Stark Sands, principal soloists; Sammy James Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers; Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Stark Sands, Billy Porter & Others)

Matilda: The Musical – Bertie Carvel, Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Miley Shapiro & Lauren Ward, principal soloists; Michael Croiter, Van Dean & Chris Nightingale, producers; Tim Minchin, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Motown The Musical – Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia Lakae, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti & Ethan Popp, producers (Robert Bateman, Al Cleveland, Georgia Dobbins, Lamont Dozier, Wiliam Garrett, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Cornelius Grant, Brian Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter, Michael Lovesmith, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield & Stevie Wonder, composers; Nickolas Ashford, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Edward Holland Jr., Michael Lovesmith, Deke Richards, William Robinson, Barrett Strong, Ronald White, Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae, Charl Brown, Bryan Terrell Clark, & Others)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Django Unchained – (Various Artists)

The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition) – (Various Artists)

Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition) – (Various Artists)

Muscle Shoals – (Various Artists)

Sound City: Real To Reel – Dave Grohl & Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Argo – Alexandre Desplat, composer

The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong, composer

Life Of Pi – Mychael Danna, composer

Lincoln – John Williams, composer

Skyfall – Thomas Newman, composer

Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Atlas – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Silver Lining – Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)

Skyfall – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

We Both Know – Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)

Young And Beautiful – Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)

You’ve Got Time – Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)

Best Instrumental Composition

Bound Away – Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

California Pictures For String Quartet – Gordon Goodwin, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

Koko On The Boulevard – Scott Healy, composer (Scott Healy Ensemble)

Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra – Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)

String Quartet No. 1: Funky Diversion In Three Parts – Vince Mendoza, composer (Quartet San Francisco)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Invitation – Kim Richmond, arranger (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)

On Green Dolphin Street – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Side Hikes – A Ridge Away – Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)

Skylark – Nan Schwartz, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Wild Beauty – Gil Goldstein, arranger (Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

La Vida Nos Espera – Nan Schwartz, arranger (Gian Marco)

Let’s Fall In Love – Chris Walden, arranger (Calabria Foti Featuring Seth MacFarlane)

The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress – John Hollenbeck, arranger (John Hollenbeck)

Swing Low – Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)

What A Wonderful World – Shelly Berg, arranger (Gloria Estefan)

Best Recording Package

Automatic Music Can Be Fun – Mike Brown, Zac Decamp, Brian Grunert & Annie Stoll, art directors (Geneseo)

Long Night Moon – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)

Magna Carta…Holy Grail – Brian Roettinger, art director (Jay Z)

Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture) – Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner, art directors (Metallica)

The Next Day – Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

The Brussels Affair – Charles Dooher & Scott Sandler, art directors (The Rolling Stones)

How Do You Do (Limited Edition Box Set) – Mayer Hawthorne, art director (Mayer Hawthorne)

The Road To Red Rocks (Special Edition) – Ross Stirling, art director (Mumford & Sons)

The Smith Tapes – Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) – Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)

Best Album Notes

Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) – Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)

Call It Art 1964-1965 – Ben Young, album notes writer (New York Art Quartet)

Electric Music For The Mind & Body – Alec Palao, album notes writer (Country Joe & The Fish)

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps – Jonathan Cott, album notes writer (Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic)

360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story – Sean Wilentz, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music, 1923-1936 – Nathan Salsburg, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

Call It Art 1964-1965 – Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, compilation producers; Steve Fallone, Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, mastering engineers (New York Art Quartet)

Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 – Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)

The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums – Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)

Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio: 980–1980 – Patrick Feaster & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Deluxe Edition) – Philip Siney, compilation producer; Ben Turner, mastering engineer (Sir Georg Solti)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Annie Up – Chuck Ainlay, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Pistol Annies)

The Blue Room – Helik Hadar & Leslie Ann Jones, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Madeleine Peyroux)

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here – Paul Figueroa & Randy Staub, engineers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (Alice In Chains)

…Like Clockwork – Joe Barresi & Mark Rankin, engineers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Queens Of The Stone Age)

The Moorings – Trina Shoemaker, engineer; Eric Conn, mastering engineer (Andrew Duhon)

Random Access Memories – Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Rob Cavallo

Dr. Luke

Ariel Rechtshaid

Jeff Tweedy

Pharrell Williams

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Days Turn Into Nights (Andy Caldwell Remix) – Andy Caldwell, remixer (Delerium Featuring Michael Logen)

If I Lose Myself (Alesso Vs. OneRepublic) – Alesso, remixer (OneRepublic)

Locked Out Of Heaven (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix) – Ned Shepard & Sultan, remixers (Bruno Mars)

One Love/People Get Ready (Photek Remix) – Rupert Parkes, remixer (Bob Marley And The Wailers)

Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) – Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)

Best Surround Sound Album

Live Kisses – Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)

Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (Deluxe Edition) – Les Claypool & Jason Mills, surround mix engineers; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool & Jeff Fura, surround producers (Primus)

Signature Sound Opus One – Leslie Ann Jones, surround mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, surround mastering engineer; Herbert Waltl, surround producer (Various Artists)

Sixteen Sunsets – Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)

Sprung Rhythm – Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Richard Scerbo & Inscape)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Hymn To The Virgin – Morten Lindberg, engineer (Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl & Schola Cantorum)

La Voie Triomphale – Morten Lindberg, engineer (Ole Kristian Ruud & Staff Band Of The Norwegian Armed Forces)

Roomful Of Teeth – Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers (Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth)

Vinci: Artaserse – Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius & Ulrich Ruscher, engineers (Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko & Concerto Köln)

Winter Morning Walks – David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Manfred Eicher

David Frost

Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

James Mallinson

Jay David Saks

Best Orchestral Performance

Atterberg: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 – Neeme Järvi, conductor (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Overtures Manfred & Genoveva – Claudio Abbado, conductor (Orchestra Mozart)

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 – Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps – Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)

Best Opera Recording

Adès: The Tempest – Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Luisa Bricetti & Victoria Warivonchick, producers (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia – Oliver Knussen, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton & Angelika Kirchschlager; John Fraser, producer (Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)

Kleiberg: David & Bathsheba – Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Anna Einarsson & Johannes Weisser; Morten Lindberg, producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Vocal Ensemble)

Vinci: Artaserse – Diego Fasolis, conductor; Valer Barna-Sabadus, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli & Philippe Jaroussky; Ulrich Ruscher, producer (Concerto Köln; Coro Della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano)

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – Christian Thielemann, conductor; Katarina Dalayman, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson & Linda Watson; Othmar Eichinger, producer (Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper; Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper)

Best Choral Performance

Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts – Colin Davis, conductor (Barry Banks; London Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Chorus)

Palestrina: Volume 3 – Harry Christophers, conductor (The Sixteen)

Parry: Works For Chorus & Orchestra – Neeme Järvi, conductor; Adrian Partington, chorus master (Amanda Roocroft; BBC National Orchestra Of Wales; BBC National Chorus Of Wales)

Pärt: Adam’s Lament – Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)

Whitbourn: Annelies – James Jordan, conductor (Ariana Zukerman; The Lincoln Trio; Westminster Williamson Voices)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas – Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

Cage: The 10,000 Things – Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters

Duo – Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta

Roomful Of Teeth – Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth

Times Go By Turns – New York Polyphony

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti – Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Peter Eötvös, conductor (Ensemble Modern & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra – Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

The Edge Of Light – Gloria Cheng (Calder Quartet)

Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yefim Bronfman; Alan Gilbert, conductor (New York Philharmonic)

Salonen: Violin Concerto; Nyx – Leila Josefowicz; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D. 960 – Maria João Pires

Best Classical Vocal Solo

Drama Queens – Joyce DiDonato (Alan Curtis; Il Complesso Barocco)

Mission – Cecilia Bartoli (Diego Fasolis; Philippe Jaroussky; I Barocchisti)

Schubert: Winterreise – Christoph Prégardien (Michael Gees)

Wagner – Jonas Kaufmann (Donald Runnicles; Markus Brück; Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin)

Winter Morning Walks – Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik – Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Holmboe: Concertos – Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor; Preben Iwan, producer

Tabakova: String Paths – Maxim Rysanov; Manfred Eicher, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Lindberg, Magnus: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Magnus Lindberg, composer (Yefim Bronfman, Alan Gilbert & New York Philharmonic)

Pärt, Arvo: Adam’s Lament – Arvo Pärt, composer (Tõnu Kaljuste, Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis & Sinfonietta Riga)

Salonen, Esa-Pekka: Violin Concerto – Esa-Pekka Salonen, composer (Leila Josefowicz, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks – Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Shaw, Caroline: Partita For 8 Voices – Caroline Shaw, composer (Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth)

Best Music Video

Safe And Sound – Capital Cities | Grady Hall, video director; Buddy Enright, video producer

Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film – Jay Z | Mark Romanek, video director; Shawn Carter & Aristides McGarry, video producers

Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton | Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, video directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, video producers

Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z | David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer

I’m Shakin’ – Jack White | Dori Oskowitz, video director; Raquel Costello, video producer

Best Music Film

Live 2012 – Coldplay | Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer

¡Cuatro! – Green Day | Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer

I’m In I’m Out And I’m Gone: The Making Of Get Up! – Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite | Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer

Live Kisses – Paul McCartney | Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers

The Road To Red Rocks – Mumford & Sons | Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer