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Saturday, 6 December 2014

2015 Grammy Awards: Check Out the Complete List of Nominees

Some artists made the Recording Academy so "Happy" this year!
The 2015 Grammys air Feb. 8 on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. Here is the complete list of nominees:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
 Morning Phase, Beck
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
 X, Ed Sheeran
• Girl, Pharrell
 In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smit
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
SONG OF THE YEAR
• "All About That Bass," Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
• "Chandelier," Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
• "Shake It Off," Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
• "Take Me To Church," Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Fancy," Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
• "A Sky Full Of Stars," Coldplay
• "Say Something," A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
• "Bang Bang," Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
• "Dark Horse," Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
BEST TRADITONAL 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 With Various Artists
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 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 Deadmaus
 Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon
 Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn
 Damage Control, Mat Zo
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
 Wild Heart, Mindi Abair
 Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright
 Nathan East, Nathan East
 Jazz Funk Soul, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp
 Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams
• "Do I Wanna Know?," Arctic Monkeys
• "Blue Moon," Bec
• "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," Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
• "Blue Moon," Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
• "Fever," D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
• "Lazaretto," Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
 Morning Phase, Beck
[Capitol Records]
 Turn Blue, The Black Keys
 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & 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 R&B PERFORMANCE
• "Drunk In Love," Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
• "New Flame," Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
• "It's Your World," Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
• "Like This," Ledisi
• "Good Kisser," Usher
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
• "As," Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
• "I.R.S.," Angie Fisher
• "Jesus Children," Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
• "Nobody," Kem
• "Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)," Antonique Smith
BEST R&B SONG
• "Drunk In Love," Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
• "Good Kisser," Ronald "Flip" Colson, Warren "Oak" Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry "Tru" Sneed & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Usher)
• "New Flame," Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)
• "Options (Wolfjames Version)," Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica "Kahn-Cept" Smith, songwriters (Luke James)
• "The Worst," Jhené Aiko Chilombo, songwriter (Jhené Aiko)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
 Sail Out, Jhené Aiko]
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
• X, Chris Brown
 Mali Is…,Mali Music
 Girl, Pharrell Williams
BEST R&B ALBUM
 Islander, Bernhoft
[Big Picnic Records]
 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
 Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
 Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
• "3005," Childish Gambino
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," Drake
• "Rap God," Eminem
• "I," Kendrick Lamar
• "All I Need Is You," Lecrae
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
• "Blak Majik," Common featuring Jhené Aiko
• "The Monster," Eminem featuring Rihanna
• "Tuesday," I Love Makonnen featuring Drake
• "Studio," Schoolboy Q featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
• "Bound 2," Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
BEST RAP SONG
• "Anaconda," Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
• "Bound 2," Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West & Charlie Wilson)
• "I," K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• "We Dem Boyz," N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
BEST RAP ALBUM
 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
 Nobody's Smiling, Common
 The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
 Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
• Riser, Dierks Bentley
• The Outsiders, Eric Churc
• 12 Stories, Brandy Clark
• Platinum, Miranda Lambert
• "The Way I'm Livin'," Lee Ann Womack
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
• "Give Me Back My Hometown," Eric Church
• "Invisible," Hunter Hayes
• "Automatic," Miranda Lambert
• "Something In The Water," Carrie Underwood
• "Cop Car," Keith Urban
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Gentle On My Mind," The Band Perry
• "Somethin' Bad," Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
• "Day Drinking," Little Big Town
• "Meanwhile Back At Mama's," Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
• "Raise ‘Em Up," Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
• Bhakti, Paul Avgerinos
• Ritual, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
• Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
• Symphony Live In Istanbul, Kitaro
• In Love And Longing, Silvia Nakkach & David Darling
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
• "The Eye Of The Hurricane," Kenny Barron, soloist
• "Fingerprints," Chick Corea, soloist
• "You & The Night & The Music," Fred Hersch, soloist
• "Recorda Me," Joe Lovano, soloist
• "Sleeping Giant," Brad Mehldau, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
• Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, (Billy Childs &) Various Artists
• I Wanna Be Evil, René Marie
• Live In NYC, Gretchen Parlato
• Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
• Paris Sessions, Tierney Sutton
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
• Landmarks, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
• Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
• Floating, Fred Hersch Trio
• Enjoy The View, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
• All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller, Jason Moran
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
• The L.A. Treasures Project, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
• Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project, Rufus Reid
• Live: I Hear The Sound, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
• OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
• The Latin Side of Joe Henderson
• The Pedrito Martinez Group
• The Offense of the Drum
• Second Half
• New Throned
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

• "Help," Erica Campbell featuring LeCrae
• "Sunday A.M. (Live)," Karen Clark Sheard
• "I Believe," Mali Music
• "No Greater Love," Smokie Norful
• "Love on the Radio," The Wall Group
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
• "If We're Honest," Francesca Battistelli
• "Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.," For King & Country
• "Hurricane," Natalie Grant
• "Welcome to the New," MercyMe
• "Royal Tailor," Royal Tailor
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Forever Changed, T. Graham Brown
Shine for All the People, Mike Farris
Hymns, Gaither Vocal Band
A Cappella, The Martins
His Way of Loving Me, Tim Menzies
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Tangos, Rubén Blades
Elypse, Camila
Raíz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori and Soledad
Loco De Amor, Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí, Marco Antonio Solís
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral, Calle 13
Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina), Chocquibtown
Bailar En La Cueva, Jorge Drexler
Agua Maldita, Molotov
Vengo, Ana Tijoux
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Lastima Que Sean Ajenas, Pepe Aguilar
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández, Vicente Fernández
Voz Y Guitarra, Ixya Herrera
15 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Alegría Del Mariachi, Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
50 Aniversario, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
First Class to Havana, Aymee Nuviola
Live, Palo!
El Asunto, Totó La Momposina
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
"Statesboro Blues," Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"And When I Die," Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
"The Old Me Better," Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
"Destination," Nickel Creek
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"Just So Much," Jesse Winchester
"The New York Trains," The Del McCoury Band
"Pretty Little One," Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell
"Terms of My Surrender," John Hiatt
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & the Thread, Roseanne Cash
Terms of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Common Ground – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise of a Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin'
Step Back, Johnny Winter
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes

Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard

The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson

• Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show

• A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Light The Stars, Bonsoir, Catin

• Hanu ‘A'ala, Kamaka Kukona

• Love's Lies, Magnolia Sisters

• The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
• Ceremony, Joe Tohonnie Jr.
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
• Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
• Full Frequency, Sean Paul
• Back On The Controls, Lee ‘Scratch' Perry
• Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
• The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
• Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
• Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
• Eve, Angelique Kidjo
• Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
• Magic, Sérgio Mendes
• Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
• Appetite For Construction, The Pop Ups

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai), Neela Vaswani

• Just Say Hi!, Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could

• The Perfect Quirk, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

• Through The Woods, The Okee Dokee Brothers
BEST SPOKEN WORLD ALBUM
• Actors Anonymous, James Franco
• A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
• Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
• Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
• A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
• We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
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 MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
West Side Story
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
American Hustle
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA


• "Everything Is Awesome!!!," The Lego Movie

• "I See Fire," The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell, I'll Be Me

• "Let It Go," Frozen
• "The Moon Song," Her
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Book Thief
Last Train to Sanity
Life in the Bubble
Recognition
Tarnation
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
"Beautiful Dreamer," Strength In Numbers
• "Daft Punk," PTX, Vol. 2
• "Get Smart," Gordon Goodwin, Life In The Bubble
• "Guantanamera," The Invasion Parade
• "Moon River," A Summer Place
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
"All My Tomorrows," With Love: Arrangements For Some Of My Favorite Singers
• "Goodnight America," Songs From The Movie
• "New York Tendaberrym," Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

• "Party Rockers," Life In The Bubble
• "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?," Strength In Numbers
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
• Formosa Medicine Show, The Muddy Basin Ramblers
• Indie Cindy, The Pixies
• Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam
• LP1, FKA Twigs
• Whispers, Passenger
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
• Cities Of Darkscorch, Various Artists
• A Letter Home, Neil Young
• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27), Various Artists
• Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set), Imogen Heap
• Spring 1990 (The Other One), Grateful Dead
BEST ALBUM NOTES
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides, Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra)

• I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70, Various Artists

• Offering: Live At Temple University, John Coltrane

• The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From ‘Nashville West', Various Artists

• Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound, Various Artists
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

• Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
• The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
• Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
• There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 – 1971 (Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
• Bass & Mandolin
• Bluesamericana
• Morning Phase
 The Way I'm Livin'
• What's Left Is Forever
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Paul Epworth
John Hill
Jay Joyce
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
• "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)," John Legend
• "Falling Out (Ming Remix)," Crossfingers Featuring Danny Losito)
• "Pompeii (Audien Remix)," Bastille"
• "The Rising (Eddie Amador Remix)," Five Knives
• "Smile (Kaskade Edit)," Galantis
• "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)," Mr. Probz
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
• Beppe: Remote Galaxy

• Beyoncé

 Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes


• Epics Of Love
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
• Adams, John: City Noir
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
• Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
• Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Judith Sherman
• David Starobin
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
•Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
[Nonesuch]

• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time

• Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa

 Schumann: Symphonien 1-4

• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
BEST OPERA RECORDING
• Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
• Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
• Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
• Schönberg: Moses Und Aron
• Strauss: Elektra
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
• Bach: Matthäus-Passion
• Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
• Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
• Mozart: Requiem
• The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
• Dreams & Prayers
 In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
• Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
• Partch: Castor & Pollux
• Sing Thee Nowell
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT SOLO
• "All The Things You Are," Leon Fleisher

• "The Carnegie Recital," Daniil Trifonov

• "Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain," Xavier Phillips; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

• "Play," Jason Vieaux
• "Toccatas," Jory Vinikour
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
• Douce France

• Porpora: Arias

• Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin

• Stella Di Napoli

• Virtuoso Rossini Arias
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
• Britten To America
• Mieczysław Weinberg
• Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
• Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
• The Solent – Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
• Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
• Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
• Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
,"We Exist," Arcade Fire
• "Turn Down For What," DJ Snake & Lil Jon
• "Chandelier," Sia
• "Happy," Pharrell Williams
• "The Golden Age," Woodkid Featuring Max Richte
BEST MUSIC FILM
 Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z
Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Svana Gisla, video producer
[Columbia Records]
 Ghost Stories, Coldplay
 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hil
 Metallica Through The Never, Metallica
 The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink

 Some artists made the Recording Academy so "Happy" this year!
The 2015 Grammys air Feb. 8 on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. Here is the complete list of nominees:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
 Morning Phase, Beck
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
 X, Ed Sheeran
• Girl, Pharrell
 In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smit
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
SONG OF THE YEAR
• "All About That Bass," Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
• "Chandelier," Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
• "Shake It Off," Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
• "Take Me To Church," Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Fancy," Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
• "A Sky Full Of Stars," Coldplay
• "Say Something," A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
• "Bang Bang," Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
• "Dark Horse," Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
BEST TRADITONAL 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 With Various Artists
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 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 Deadmaus
 Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon
 Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn
 Damage Control, Mat Zo
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
 Wild Heart, Mindi Abair
 Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright
 Nathan East, Nathan East
 Jazz Funk Soul, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp
 Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams
• "Do I Wanna Know?," Arctic Monkeys
• "Blue Moon," Bec
• "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," Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
• "Blue Moon," Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
• "Fever," D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
• "Lazaretto," Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
 Morning Phase, Beck
[Capitol Records]
 Turn Blue, The Black Keys
 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & 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 R&B PERFORMANCE
• "Drunk In Love," Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
• "New Flame," Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
• "It's Your World," Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
• "Like This," Ledisi
• "Good Kisser," Usher
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
• "As," Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
• "I.R.S.," Angie Fisher
• "Jesus Children," Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
• "Nobody," Kem
• "Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)," Antonique Smith
BEST R&B SONG
• "Drunk In Love," Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
• "Good Kisser," Ronald "Flip" Colson, Warren "Oak" Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry "Tru" Sneed & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Usher)
• "New Flame," Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)
• "Options (Wolfjames Version)," Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica "Kahn-Cept" Smith, songwriters (Luke James)
• "The Worst," Jhené Aiko Chilombo, songwriter (Jhené Aiko)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
 Sail Out, Jhené Aiko]
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
• X, Chris Brown
 Mali Is…,Mali Music
 Girl, Pharrell Williams
BEST R&B ALBUM
 Islander, Bernhoft
[Big Picnic Records]
 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
 Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
 Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
• "3005," Childish Gambino
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," Drake
• "Rap God," Eminem
• "I," Kendrick Lamar
• "All I Need Is You," Lecrae
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
• "Blak Majik," Common featuring Jhené Aiko
• "The Monster," Eminem featuring Rihanna
• "Tuesday," I Love Makonnen featuring Drake
• "Studio," Schoolboy Q featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
• "Bound 2," Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
BEST RAP SONG
• "Anaconda," Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
• "Bound 2," Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West & Charlie Wilson)
• "I," K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• "We Dem Boyz," N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
BEST RAP ALBUM
 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
 Nobody's Smiling, Common
 The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
 Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
• Riser, Dierks Bentley
• The Outsiders, Eric Churc
• 12 Stories, Brandy Clark
• Platinum, Miranda Lambert
• "The Way I'm Livin'," Lee Ann Womack
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
• "Give Me Back My Hometown," Eric Church
• "Invisible," Hunter Hayes
• "Automatic," Miranda Lambert
• "Something In The Water," Carrie Underwood
• "Cop Car," Keith Urban
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Gentle On My Mind," The Band Perry
• "Somethin' Bad," Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
• "Day Drinking," Little Big Town
• "Meanwhile Back At Mama's," Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
• "Raise ‘Em Up," Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
• Bhakti, Paul Avgerinos
• Ritual, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
• Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
• Symphony Live In Istanbul, Kitaro
• In Love And Longing, Silvia Nakkach & David Darling
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
• "The Eye Of The Hurricane," Kenny Barron, soloist
• "Fingerprints," Chick Corea, soloist
• "You & The Night & The Music," Fred Hersch, soloist
• "Recorda Me," Joe Lovano, soloist
• "Sleeping Giant," Brad Mehldau, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
• Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, (Billy Childs &) Various Artists
• I Wanna Be Evil, René Marie
• Live In NYC, Gretchen Parlato
• Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
• Paris Sessions, Tierney Sutton
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
• Landmarks, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
• Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
• Floating, Fred Hersch Trio
• Enjoy The View, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
• All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller, Jason Moran
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
• The L.A. Treasures Project, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
• Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project, Rufus Reid
• Live: I Hear The Sound, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
• OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
• The Latin Side of Joe Henderson
• The Pedrito Martinez Group
• The Offense of the Drum
• Second Half
• New Throned
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

• "Help," Erica Campbell featuring LeCrae
• "Sunday A.M. (Live)," Karen Clark Sheard
• "I Believe," Mali Music
• "No Greater Love," Smokie Norful
• "Love on the Radio," The Wall Group
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
• "If We're Honest," Francesca Battistelli
• "Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.," For King & Country
• "Hurricane," Natalie Grant
• "Welcome to the New," MercyMe
• "Royal Tailor," Royal Tailor
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Forever Changed, T. Graham Brown
Shine for All the People, Mike Farris
Hymns, Gaither Vocal Band
A Cappella, The Martins
His Way of Loving Me, Tim Menzies
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Tangos, Rubén Blades
Elypse, Camila
Raíz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori and Soledad
Loco De Amor, Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí, Marco Antonio Solís
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral, Calle 13
Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina), Chocquibtown
Bailar En La Cueva, Jorge Drexler
Agua Maldita, Molotov
Vengo, Ana Tijoux
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Lastima Que Sean Ajenas, Pepe Aguilar
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández, Vicente Fernández
Voz Y Guitarra, Ixya Herrera
15 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Alegría Del Mariachi, Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
50 Aniversario, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
First Class to Havana, Aymee Nuviola
Live, Palo!
El Asunto, Totó La Momposina
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
"Statesboro Blues," Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"And When I Die," Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
"The Old Me Better," Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
"Destination," Nickel Creek
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"Just So Much," Jesse Winchester
"The New York Trains," The Del McCoury Band
"Pretty Little One," Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell
"Terms of My Surrender," John Hiatt
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & the Thread, Roseanne Cash
Terms of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Common Ground – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise of a Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin'
Step Back, Johnny Winter
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes

Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard

The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson

• Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show

• A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Light The Stars, Bonsoir, Catin

• Hanu ‘A'ala, Kamaka Kukona

• Love's Lies, Magnolia Sisters

• The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
• Ceremony, Joe Tohonnie Jr.
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
• Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
• Full Frequency, Sean Paul
• Back On The Controls, Lee ‘Scratch' Perry
• Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
• The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
• Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
• Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
• Eve, Angelique Kidjo
• Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
• Magic, Sérgio Mendes
• Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
• Appetite For Construction, The Pop Ups

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai), Neela Vaswani

• Just Say Hi!, Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could

• The Perfect Quirk, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

• Through The Woods, The Okee Dokee Brothers
BEST SPOKEN WORLD ALBUM
• Actors Anonymous, James Franco
• A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
• Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
• Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
• A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
• We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
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 MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
West Side Story
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
American Hustle
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA


• "Everything Is Awesome!!!," The Lego Movie

• "I See Fire," The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell, I'll Be Me

• "Let It Go," Frozen
• "The Moon Song," Her
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Book Thief
Last Train to Sanity
Life in the Bubble
Recognition
Tarnation
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
"Beautiful Dreamer," Strength In Numbers
• "Daft Punk," PTX, Vol. 2
• "Get Smart," Gordon Goodwin, Life In The Bubble
• "Guantanamera," The Invasion Parade
• "Moon River," A Summer Place
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
"All My Tomorrows," With Love: Arrangements For Some Of My Favorite Singers
• "Goodnight America," Songs From The Movie
• "New York Tendaberrym," Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

• "Party Rockers," Life In The Bubble
• "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?," Strength In Numbers
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
• Formosa Medicine Show, The Muddy Basin Ramblers
• Indie Cindy, The Pixies
• Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam
• LP1, FKA Twigs
• Whispers, Passenger
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
• Cities Of Darkscorch, Various Artists
• A Letter Home, Neil Young
• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27), Various Artists
• Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set), Imogen Heap
• Spring 1990 (The Other One), Grateful Dead
BEST ALBUM NOTES
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides, Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra)

• I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70, Various Artists

• Offering: Live At Temple University, John Coltrane

• The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From ‘Nashville West', Various Artists

• Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound, Various Artists
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

• Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
• The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
• Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
• There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 – 1971 (Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
• Bass & Mandolin
• Bluesamericana
• Morning Phase
 The Way I'm Livin'
• What's Left Is Forever
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Paul Epworth
John Hill
Jay Joyce
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
• "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)," John Legend
• "Falling Out (Ming Remix)," Crossfingers Featuring Danny Losito)
• "Pompeii (Audien Remix)," Bastille"
• "The Rising (Eddie Amador Remix)," Five Knives
• "Smile (Kaskade Edit)," Galantis
• "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)," Mr. Probz
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
• Beppe: Remote Galaxy

• Beyoncé

 Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes


• Epics Of Love
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
• Adams, John: City Noir
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
• Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
• Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Judith Sherman
• David Starobin
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
•Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
[Nonesuch]

• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time

• Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa

 Schumann: Symphonien 1-4

• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
BEST OPERA RECORDING
• Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
• Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
• Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
• Schönberg: Moses Und Aron
• Strauss: Elektra
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
• Bach: Matthäus-Passion
• Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
• Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
• Mozart: Requiem
• The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
• Dreams & Prayers
 In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
• Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
• Partch: Castor & Pollux
• Sing Thee Nowell
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT SOLO
• "All The Things You Are," Leon Fleisher

• "The Carnegie Recital," Daniil Trifonov

• "Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain," Xavier Phillips; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

• "Play," Jason Vieaux
• "Toccatas," Jory Vinikour
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
• Douce France

• Porpora: Arias

• Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin

• Stella Di Napoli

• Virtuoso Rossini Arias
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
• Britten To America
• Mieczysław Weinberg
• Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
• Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
• The Solent – Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
• Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
• Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
• Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
,"We Exist," Arcade Fire
• "Turn Down For What," DJ Snake & Lil Jon
• "Chandelier," Sia
• "Happy," Pharrell Williams
• "The Golden Age," Woodkid Featuring Max Richte
BEST MUSIC FILM
 Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z
Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Svana Gisla, video producer
[Columbia Records]
 Ghost Stories, Coldplay
 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hil
 Metallica Through The Never, Metallica
 The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink
 Some artists made the Recording Academy so "Happy" this year!
The 2015 Grammys air Feb. 8 on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. Here is the complete list of nominees:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
 Morning Phase, Beck
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
 X, Ed Sheeran
• Girl, Pharrell
 In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smit
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
SONG OF THE YEAR
• "All About That Bass," Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
• "Chandelier," Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
• "Shake It Off," Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
• "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
• "Take Me To Church," Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Fancy," Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
• "A Sky Full Of Stars," Coldplay
• "Say Something," A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
• "Bang Bang," Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
• "Dark Horse," Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
BEST TRADITONAL 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 With Various Artists
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 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 Deadmaus
 Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon
 Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn
 Damage Control, Mat Zo
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
 Wild Heart, Mindi Abair
 Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright
 Nathan East, Nathan East
 Jazz Funk Soul, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp
 Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams
• "Do I Wanna Know?," Arctic Monkeys
• "Blue Moon," Bec
• "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," Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
• "Blue Moon," Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
• "Fever," D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• "Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
• "Lazaretto," Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
 Morning Phase, Beck
[Capitol Records]
 Turn Blue, The Black Keys
 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & 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 R&B PERFORMANCE
• "Drunk In Love," Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
• "New Flame," Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
• "It's Your World," Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
• "Like This," Ledisi
• "Good Kisser," Usher
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
• "As," Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
• "I.R.S.," Angie Fisher
• "Jesus Children," Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
• "Nobody," Kem
• "Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)," Antonique Smith
BEST R&B SONG
• "Drunk In Love," Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
• "Good Kisser," Ronald "Flip" Colson, Warren "Oak" Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry "Tru" Sneed & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, songwriters (Usher)
• "New Flame," Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)
• "Options (Wolfjames Version)," Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica "Kahn-Cept" Smith, songwriters (Luke James)
• "The Worst," Jhené Aiko Chilombo, songwriter (Jhené Aiko)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
 Sail Out, Jhené Aiko]
 Beyoncé, Beyoncé
• X, Chris Brown
 Mali Is…,Mali Music
 Girl, Pharrell Williams
BEST R&B ALBUM
 Islander, Bernhoft
[Big Picnic Records]
 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
 Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
 Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
• "3005," Childish Gambino
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," Drake
• "Rap God," Eminem
• "I," Kendrick Lamar
• "All I Need Is You," Lecrae
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
• "Blak Majik," Common featuring Jhené Aiko
• "The Monster," Eminem featuring Rihanna
• "Tuesday," I Love Makonnen featuring Drake
• "Studio," Schoolboy Q featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
• "Bound 2," Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
BEST RAP SONG
• "Anaconda," Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
• "Bound 2," Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West & Charlie Wilson)
• "I," K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• "We Dem Boyz," N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
• "0 To 100 / The Catch Up," A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
BEST RAP ALBUM
 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
 Nobody's Smiling, Common
 The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
 Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
• Riser, Dierks Bentley
• The Outsiders, Eric Churc
• 12 Stories, Brandy Clark
• Platinum, Miranda Lambert
• "The Way I'm Livin'," Lee Ann Womack
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
• "Give Me Back My Hometown," Eric Church
• "Invisible," Hunter Hayes
• "Automatic," Miranda Lambert
• "Something In The Water," Carrie Underwood
• "Cop Car," Keith Urban
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
• "Gentle On My Mind," The Band Perry
• "Somethin' Bad," Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
• "Day Drinking," Little Big Town
• "Meanwhile Back At Mama's," Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
• "Raise ‘Em Up," Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
• Bhakti, Paul Avgerinos
• Ritual, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
• Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
• Symphony Live In Istanbul, Kitaro
• In Love And Longing, Silvia Nakkach & David Darling
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
• "The Eye Of The Hurricane," Kenny Barron, soloist
• "Fingerprints," Chick Corea, soloist
• "You & The Night & The Music," Fred Hersch, soloist
• "Recorda Me," Joe Lovano, soloist
• "Sleeping Giant," Brad Mehldau, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
• Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, (Billy Childs &) Various Artists
• I Wanna Be Evil, René Marie
• Live In NYC, Gretchen Parlato
• Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
• Paris Sessions, Tierney Sutton
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
• Landmarks, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
• Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
• Floating, Fred Hersch Trio
• Enjoy The View, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
• All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller, Jason Moran
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
• The L.A. Treasures Project, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
• Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project, Rufus Reid
• Live: I Hear The Sound, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
• OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
• The Latin Side of Joe Henderson
• The Pedrito Martinez Group
• The Offense of the Drum
• Second Half
• New Throned
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

• "Help," Erica Campbell featuring LeCrae
• "Sunday A.M. (Live)," Karen Clark Sheard
• "I Believe," Mali Music
• "No Greater Love," Smokie Norful
• "Love on the Radio," The Wall Group
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
• "If We're Honest," Francesca Battistelli
• "Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.," For King & Country
• "Hurricane," Natalie Grant
• "Welcome to the New," MercyMe
• "Royal Tailor," Royal Tailor
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Forever Changed, T. Graham Brown
Shine for All the People, Mike Farris
Hymns, Gaither Vocal Band
A Cappella, The Martins
His Way of Loving Me, Tim Menzies
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Tangos, Rubén Blades
Elypse, Camila
Raíz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori and Soledad
Loco De Amor, Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí, Marco Antonio Solís
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral, Calle 13
Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina), Chocquibtown
Bailar En La Cueva, Jorge Drexler
Agua Maldita, Molotov
Vengo, Ana Tijoux
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Lastima Que Sean Ajenas, Pepe Aguilar
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández, Vicente Fernández
Voz Y Guitarra, Ixya Herrera
15 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Alegría Del Mariachi, Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
50 Aniversario, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
First Class to Havana, Aymee Nuviola
Live, Palo!
El Asunto, Totó La Momposina
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
"Statesboro Blues," Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"And When I Die," Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
"The Old Me Better," Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
"Destination," Nickel Creek
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
"A Feather's Not a Bird," Roseanne Cash
"Just So Much," Jesse Winchester
"The New York Trains," The Del McCoury Band
"Pretty Little One," Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell
"Terms of My Surrender," John Hiatt
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & the Thread, Roseanne Cash
Terms of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Common Ground – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise of a Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin'
Step Back, Johnny Winter
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes

Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard

The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson

• Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show

• A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Light The Stars, Bonsoir, Catin

• Hanu ‘A'ala, Kamaka Kukona

• Love's Lies, Magnolia Sisters

• The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
• Ceremony, Joe Tohonnie Jr.
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
• Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
• Full Frequency, Sean Paul
• Back On The Controls, Lee ‘Scratch' Perry
• Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
• The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
• Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
• Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
• Eve, Angelique Kidjo
• Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
• Magic, Sérgio Mendes
• Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
• Appetite For Construction, The Pop Ups

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai), Neela Vaswani

• Just Say Hi!, Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could

• The Perfect Quirk, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

• Through The Woods, The Okee Dokee Brothers
BEST SPOKEN WORLD ALBUM
• Actors Anonymous, James Franco
• A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
• Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
• Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
• A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
• We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song, Gloria Gaynor
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 MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
West Side Story
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
American Hustle
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
• "Everything Is Awesome!!!," The Lego Movie

• "I See Fire," The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell, I'll Be Me

• "Let It Go," Frozen
• "The Moon Song," Her
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Book Thief
Last Train to Sanity
Life in the Bubble
Recognition
Tarnation
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
"Beautiful Dreamer," Strength In Numbers
• "Daft Punk," PTX, Vol. 2
• "Get Smart," Gordon Goodwin, Life In The Bubble
• "Guantanamera," The Invasion Parade
• "Moon River," A Summer Place
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
"All My Tomorrows," With Love: Arrangements For Some Of My Favorite Singers
• "Goodnight America," Songs From The Movie
• "New York Tendaberrym," Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

• "Party Rockers," Life In The Bubble
• "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?," Strength In Numbers
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
• Formosa Medicine Show, The Muddy Basin Ramblers
• Indie Cindy, The Pixies
• Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam
• LP1, FKA Twigs
• Whispers, Passenger
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
• Cities Of Darkscorch, Various Artists
• A Letter Home, Neil Young
• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27), Various Artists
• Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set), Imogen Heap
• Spring 1990 (The Other One), Grateful Dead
BEST ALBUM NOTES
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides, Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra)

• I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70, Various Artists

• Offering: Live At Temple University, John Coltrane

• The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From ‘Nashville West', Various Artists

• Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound, Various Artists
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM

• Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
• The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
• Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
• Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
• There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 – 1971 (Deluxe Edition)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
• Bass & Mandolin
• Bluesamericana
• Morning Phase
 The Way I'm Livin'
• What's Left Is Forever
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Paul Epworth
John Hill
Jay Joyce
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
• "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)," John Legend
• "Falling Out (Ming Remix)," Crossfingers Featuring Danny Losito)
• "Pompeii (Audien Remix)," Bastille"
• "The Rising (Eddie Amador Remix)," Five Knives
• "Smile (Kaskade Edit)," Galantis
• "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)," Mr. Probz
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
• Beppe: Remote Galaxy

• Beyoncé

 Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes


• Epics Of Love
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
• Adams, John: City Noir
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
• Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
• Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Judith Sherman
• David Starobin
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
•Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
[Nonesuch]

• Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time

• Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa

 Schumann: Symphonien 1-4

• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
BEST OPERA RECORDING
• Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
• Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
• Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
• Schönberg: Moses Und Aron
• Strauss: Elektra
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
• Bach: Matthäus-Passion
• Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
• Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
• Mozart: Requiem
• The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
• Dreams & Prayers
 In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
• Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
• Partch: Castor & Pollux
• Sing Thee Nowell
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT SOLO
• "All The Things You Are," Leon Fleisher

• "The Carnegie Recital," Daniil Trifonov

• "Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain," Xavier Phillips; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

• "Play," Jason Vieaux
• "Toccatas," Jory Vinikour
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
• Douce France

• Porpora: Arias

• Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin

• Stella Di Napoli

• Virtuoso Rossini Arias
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
• Britten To America
• Mieczysław Weinberg
• Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
• Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
• The Solent – Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
• Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
• Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
• Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
• Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
• Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
,"We Exist," Arcade Fire
• "Turn Down For What," DJ Snake & Lil Jon
• "Chandelier," Sia
• "Happy," Pharrell Williams
• "The Golden Age," Woodkid Featuring Max Richte
BEST MUSIC FILM
 Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z
Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Svana Gisla, video producer
[Columbia Records]
 Ghost Stories, Coldplay
 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hil
 Metallica Through The Never, Metallica
 The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink

Woman found sleeping on BRT Lane

 

Most likely this women is mentally unstable was found sleeping on BRT lane just before CMS bus-stop.

Wiz Khalifa tricked into filming a celebrity sex tape

Yesterday model and Playboy bunny Carla Howe shared some raunchy photos of herself and rapper Wiz Khalifa on Instagram...and we thought they were behind the scenes photos from a music video but TMZ is reporting something totally different. They are saying he was tricked into filming a sex tape with her and he ain't even know it...

From TMZ

Wiz Khalifa banged a Playboy chick last night ... which sounds awesome -- except for the part where it was recorded without Wiz knowing ... and might be shopped around as a celeb sex tape. Wiz posted a few photos Thursday morning showing him partying with Playboy model Carla Howe ...that appeared with Wiz in the 2012 movie "Mac & Devin Go to High School."
Wiz and Carla definitely did the deed -- no one's denying that -- but a source close to the situation says a camera was rolling during their fling. The source says the footage is now being offered around Hollywood ... with the hopes of releasing the next big sex tape.

One problem -- we're told Wiz had NO IDEA he was being recorded at the time. Sources close to Wiz tell us if anyone does try to release the video ... he's ready to lawyer up to block it. He's already deleted his pictures with Carla.

We've reached out to Wiz's rep -- so far, no word back.


Karrueche caught Chris Brown in bed with singer Sevyn Streeter


That's what MediaTakeOut is reporting and it's juicy. Chris and Sevyn collaborated on her hit song 'It Won't Stop. Find below...

Chris Brown and Karrueche's relationship is officially over! According to an extremely reliable insider - Karrueche caught Chris Brown in the bed with fellow recording artist Sevyn Streeter this weekend - and she's had it.
The insider, who is very close friends with Karrueche told MediaTakeOut.com, "It's one thing for Karrueche to put up with some random thots, but not another artist . . . after all she's been through with [Chris] and Rihanna, it's too much to ask for [Kae to stay]".
But we're told that Chris Brown is acting like its NO BIG DEAL. The insider told MediaTakeOut.com, 'Chris thinks it's funny . . . everything is a joke to him. But I think Karrueche's had enough."
Oh sh*t . . . don't let us find out that Karrueche's got a backbone now .


Friday, 5 December 2014

Students of FGGC Bajoga being evacuated during Boko Horom Sect attack

 This, unfortunately, is our truth. Pics show students of the Federal Government Girls College Bajoga in Gombe state being evacuated during yesterday morning's attack by Boko haram on the town.

News Credit: LIB

When the Ooni of Ife's son went on one knee to propose to his lady

This is the moment one of the sons of the Ooni of Ife, Prince Adegbite Sijuwade went down on one knee to propose to the love of his life, TV personality, Dolapo Oni, last night at a restaurant in Lagos.

Oxford Dictionaries Add "Man Crush," "Duck Face" and "Queso"

If you're looking for a more concrete way to search for terms other than trusty (yet sometimes creepy) Urban Dictionary, look no further. Oxford Dictionaries Online has updated their arsenal of hip words in one of their biggest overhauls yet.
Oxford added about 1,000 new entries this month in three major categories: slang and abbreviations, food, and games and technology. If those three categories don't accurately describe America's cultural landscape, we're not quite sure what does. 
It's important to note that Oxford Dictionaries Online is far more willing to add words to their collection, as long as they can prove the words are being widely and commonly used. Oxford English Dictionaries, on the other hand, is far more selective and it takes words with far more staying power to make the cut.
Here are a few select words we're excited about being added. We are promptly adding them to our daily vernacular right now.
Al desko (adv. & adj.): while working at one's desk in an office (with reference to the consumption of food or meals).
Arancini (pl. n.): An Italian dish consisting of small balls of rice stuffed with a savoury filling, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried.
Canadian tuxedo (n.): a denim jacket worn with a pair of jeans.
Catnip (n): someone or something that is very attractive or appealing to a particular person or group.
Digital footprint (n.): the information about a particular person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity.
Duck face (n.): an exaggerated pouting expression in which the lips are thrust outwards, typically made by a person posing for a photograph.
Five-second rule (n.): a notional rule stating that food which has been dropped on the ground will still be uncontaminated with bacteria and therefore safe to eat if it is retrieved within five seconds.
Hawt (adj.): informal spelling of "hot."
IDC (abbrev.): I don't care. 
Jel (adj.): jealous.
LOLcat (n.): a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English.
Mahoosive (adj.): exceptionally big; huge.
Man crush (n.): an intense and typically non-sexual liking or admiration felt by one man for another; a man who is the object of another's intense liking or admiration.
Obamacare (n.): an informal term for a federal law intended to improve access to health insurance for U.S. citizens. The official name of the law is the Affordable Care Act or (in full) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Parm (adj.): of a dish cooked or served with Parmesan cheese.
Permadeath (n.): (in video games) a situation in which a character cannot reappear after having been killed.
Queso (n.): Short for "chile con queso."
Secret Santa (n.): an arrangement by which a group of friends or colleagues exchange Christmas presents anonymously, with each member of the group being assigned another member for whom to provide a small gift, typically costing no more than a set amount.
Shabby chic (n.): a style of interior decoration that uses furniture and soft furnishings that are or appear to be pleasingly old and slightly worn.
WTAF (abbrev.): what the actual f-ck.


Photos from Stephanie Kalu Uche's birthday party





Photo Credit: LIB

Tyler Perry welcomes baby boy with long time girlfriend

We can confirm that the entertainment mogul's longtime girlfriend, Gelila Bekele, gave birth to their first child, a son named Aman, last Sunday.

Dolapo Oni TV Personality is engaged to Ooni of Ife Son




TV personality Dolapo Oni engaged



Speaker Tambuwal Wins Sokoto APC Gubernatorial Primary

The Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has emerged as the Sokoto APC Gubernatorial candidate in a keenly contested primaries that lasted several hours with about 4,000 delegates from 23 Local Government Areas in the state.

Who did it their nude picture better - Kim K Vs Kourtney K

 


Ambode, Tambuwal, Elrufai, Omerhor win APC Governorship ticket


The All Progressives Congress, APC held primaries election yesterday around the country.
Lagos State - Akinwunmi Ambode
Oyo State - Incumbent Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi
Sokoto state - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal
Delta State - Otega Omerhor 
Nasarawa State - Incumbent Nasarawa Governor Tanko Al-makura
Kaduna State - Nasir El-Rufai
Kwara State, - Incumbent Kwara Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed
Taraba State - Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan
Ogun state - Incumbent Ogun governor - Ibikunle Amosun
Yobe State - Incumbent Yobe governor Ibrahim Giadem
Kwara state - Incumbent governor Abdulfatah Ahmed.  
Rivers state - Dagogo Peterside
The primaries in Cross River State has reportedly been postponed.

Kim Kadarshian displaces Beyonce as the most searched person in the world



Kim K has been named the “Most Searched Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner, Beyonce.
This is the list of the top most person of 2014
1. Kim Kardashian
2. Beyonce Knowles
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Katy Perry
5. Justin Bieber
6. Joan Rivers
7. Jennifer Lopez
8. Kendall Jenner
9. Kaley Cuoco
10. Robin Williams

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Kelly Rowland's mother Doris dies a month after welcoming grandson

Singer Kelly Rowland has experienced both the beginning and the end of life in a span of less than one month.
Her mother, Doris Rowland Garrison, died on Tuesday at the age of 66 only a few weeks after the birth of Kelly's first son, Titan Jewell Weatherspoon.
The 33-year-old singer said in a statement released to the Associated Press on Wednesday that her mother was 'an incredible soul who made countless sacrifices.'


Additionally sad is the fact that Doris died only a few days before her 67th birthday on December 6.

News Credit: Mail Online

Naughty Wiz Khalifa

See Wiz Khalifa with Lingerie Model





GEJ to Senators: Focus on National issues not impeachment

President Jonathan has asked the Nigerian Senators who are allegedly plotting to impeach him to focus on National issues rather than the planned impeachment process against him.

In a letter signed by his Special Assistant on Publicity, Dr. Doyin Okupe, President Jonathan said their attention should be more focused on things like the war against terror and stabilizing the economy. Find the full text of President Jonathan's letter to the senate after the cut...



RE-PURPOTED GATHERING OF IMPEACHEABLE OFFENCES BY SOME SENATORS
The Senate in the last four years has conducted its legislative functions and responded to issues that are of great national importance with commendable political sagacity.

In this same period, the senate has functioned as a stabilizing force within the polity employing much political maturity that is required to guide and protect our nascent democracy. However, confrontation and strong disagreements are not uncommon phenomenon in Executive-Legislative relationship world-wide.

The recent purported attempt by some Senators to prepare impeachable offences against the President, as reported in some section of the Media, is seen by us in this light. We strongly trust and believe in the leadership of the present Senate and the unwavering patriotism and commitment that have been shown by the distinguished members and we trust that ultimately it is this tendency towards true Nationalism that will prevail in the Senate.

It is our view that there are at present, serious fundamental issues of National importance such as winning the war against terrorism and stabilizing the economy in the face of dwindling oil revenue which requires the full attention, commitment and swift action of distinguished members of the Senate. We are of the opinion that all matters political can and will be resolved politically in the overall interest of our democracy and the wellbeing of our people.

SIGNED
Dr. Doyin Okupe,
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs

News Credit: LIB

Stylish Genevieve and her natural hair hit the streets of New York








See this throwback picture of our President Goodluck Jonathan




Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Anna Freud's 119th Birthday: This is why revolutionary child psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud has been given a Google doodle

Google has celebrated the 119th birthday of child psychologist Anna Freud, with a colourful doodle on its homepage.
The doodle is a playful interpretation of Freud’s legacy, using multi-coloured shapes to reflect the complexity of her trade and the youth of her patients.
Anna was the youngest child of the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and his wife Martha. She was the only one of his six children to take up psychology.
Aged just 13, she joined her father’s weekly discussions on psychoanalytic ideas.

Her early interest paid off, and she later revolutionized how children are treated in a wide range of fields, by pioneering the idea that children must be watched in order for adults to understand their perspective.
Longer visiting hours in hospitals for young patients, and the use of screens and video cameras to make courtrooms more accommodating for children giving evidence, are both attributed to her.
Freud started her career as a teacher in 1920s Vienna, and established her own psychoanalytical practice with children in 1923. It is during this time that she realized the early toddler years are crucial to a child’s future mental development.
In 1935 Anna became director of the Vienna Psychoanalytical Training Institute. But she and her father were forced to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938, and so she established the Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic in London, which was re-named the Anna Freud Centre after she died in 1982.
She would go on to use her observations to build a theory of what could be considered normal development, and trained her staff to consider a child’s behaviour analytically.
From the 1950s until she died, Freud regularly lectured in the US, as well as teaching and visiting friends.
During the 1970s she was concerned with the problems of working with emotionally deprived and socially disadvantaged children, and she studied deviations and delays in development.
In 1982, she died at her home in London aged 86.
"I don't think I'd be a good subject for biography," she once commented, "not enough 'action'! You would say all there is to say in a few sentences - she spent her life with children!"
News Credit: The Independent UK


'I developed really early, I prayed my boobs would stop growing': Kim Kardashian reveals her former battle with body confidence as she graces Elle magazine

She is seen as one of the most body confident stars in the world of showbiz.
But Kim Kardashian has revealed that she didn't always feel happy about her shapely figure in her new interview with Elle UK.
Speaking as part of the poster girl for their Confidence issue, Kim admitted: ‘When I was 13 my father (Robert Kardashian) wrote me a letter. I was unhappy with my body- I developed really early.’
She added: ‘Every night I would sit in the bath and cry, I prayed my boobs would stop growing. He told me I had a body not many girls have, that later it would lead to attention from men, but that the most important thing was that I was a wonderful girl and I had to understand my self-worth.’
Her father’s wise words might have helped learnt to love her figure but the process still took some time.
The mother-of-one said: ‘It’s taken me a long time to be happy with my body and for my confidence to grow to what it is today.
‘I grew up when the body to have was the tall, slim, supermodel one, like Cindy Crawford’s. No one looked like me. It’s good to break the mould and recreate one.’
She continued: ‘I am an Armenian girl, I have shape, and it turned out people liked that. That makes me feel good about myself and about other women for being so supportive.
‘I am a confident woman, but I didn't just arrive confident – it has built over the years and that is a big part of who I am now.’
Her recent nude shoot for Paper magazine proved the reality star is proud of her celebrated curves but she did admit that she had been upset about the recent naked pictures which had been stolen from her devices shared online earlier this year.
Speaking about the hacking scandal, Kim said: ‘I feel violated because these are private pictures. I didn't choose for them to be out there.
‘But I am also realistic. I am on covers of magazines practically naked, so I can’t go crazy about it. The only choice I can make is to not let it shake me up. I am not having that choice taken away from me.’





Another doctor who died in the Damaturu attack

Here's another doctor who died in Monday's attack in Damaturu, Yobe state by Boko Haram men. His name is Dr. Hassan Lawan

Prof Wole Soyinka likens GEJ to Biblical King Nebuchadnezzar, presidency reacts

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka today likened Pres. Jonathan to the biblical Babylonian autocrat, King Nebuchadnezzar.

While speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park in Lagos today, with the theme: “King Nebuchadnezzar – the reign of impunity,” Prof Wole Soyinka said Pres. Jonathan’s administration has become known for lawlessness and that Nigerians have been thrown into the furnace of fire just like Shedrack, Mishak and Abednego were thrown into the furnace by Nebuchadnezzar for not bowing down to him. Choi! Lol. Continue to read what he said...



"You should easily recall why I opted for King Nebu – the figure that currently sits on the top of our political pile himself evoked it, albeit in a context that virtuously disclaimed any similarities, even tendencies. Perhaps he meant it at the time when he claimed: ‘I am not Nebuchadnezzar.’ Perhaps not. One judges leaders on acts however, not pronouncements, which are often as reliable as electoral promises. King Nebu remains relevant – and not only for leadership. We, the citizens, are beginning to feel the heat. We wake up each morning to a sensation that we have been cast into the furnace together with those who at least committed the crime of dissent or criticism". 
Prof Soyinka also berated the Inspector General of Police for invading the National Assembly

"The recent choice of a new leader for the guard was clearly no accident, and this hitherto unknown enforcer, one Suleiman Abba, has wasted no time in inaugurating a season of brutish power. When a people’s elected emissaries are disenfranchised, cast out like vagrants and resort to scaling fences to engage in their designated functions, the people get the message”. 

He applauded the lawmakers who scaled the National Assembly fence on November 20th, saying it wasn't a show of shame but rather the finest moments of the lawmakers.

In a swift reaction, the Special Assistant to President Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, described the submission of Prof Soyinka as unfortunate. According to Dr Okupe, "it is quite saddening to note that Prof Wole had become so close to the opposition party so much that he has stopped giving appreciable and unbiased contribution to national topics. Our eminent professor also sadly plays the ostrich as he failed to reprimand Governor Amaechi, who is the ‘national champion of impunity and official recklessness’. The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan prides itself as the most liberal, keeping faith with adherence to rule of law and tolerance.”

He accused the Nobel laureate of ignoring what he termed the immoral, indefensible and unlawful attitude of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, after his defection.

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