"7 Years" – Lukas Graham Future Animals & Pilo, yapımcılar; Delbert Bowers, Sebastian Fogh, Stefan Forrest & David LaBrel, mühendisler/mixerler; Tom Coyne, mastering mühendisi
Danger Mouse, Samuel Dixon, Paul Epworth, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Ariel Rechtshaid, Shellback, The Smeezingtons & Ryan Tedder, yapımcılar; Julian Burg, Austen Jux Chandler, Cameron Craig, Samuel Dixon, Tom Elmhirst, Declan Gaffney, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jan Holzner, Michael Ilbert, Chris Kasych, Greg Kurstin, Charles Moniz, Liam Nolan, Alex Pasco, Mike Piersante, Ariel Rechtshaid, Rich Rich, Dave Schiffman & Matt Wiggins, mühendisler/mixerler; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering mühendisi
James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd & Jack White, eşlik eden sanatçılar; Vincent Berry II, Ben Billions, James Blake, BOOTS, Jonny Coffer, Dannyboystyles, Michael Dean, Alex Delicata, Diplo, Derek Dixie, Kevin Garrett, Diana Gordon, HazeBanga, Hit-Boy, Just Blaze, King Henry, Beyoncé Knowles, Ezra Koenig, Jeremy McDonald, MeLo-X, Mike Will Made-It, Pluss & Jack White, yapımcılar; Mike Dean, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Koller, Tony Maserati, Lester Mendoza, Vance Powell, Joshua V. Smith & Stuart White, mühendisler/mixerler; Dave Kutch, mastering mühendisi
Big Sean, Diplo, Halsey, Travis Scott & Skrillex, eşlik eden sanatçılar; The Audibles, Axident, Justin Bieber, Big Taste, Benny Blanco, Blood, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Mike Dean, Diplo, Gladius, Nico Hartikainen, Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Steve James, Ian Kirkpatrick, Maejor, MdL, Skrillex, Jeremy Snyder & @ S O U N D Z, yapımcılar; Simon Cohen, Diplo, Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Josh Gudwin, Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Johannes Rassina, Gregg Rominiecki, Chris Sclafani, Skrillex, Dylan William & Andrew Wuepper, mühendisler/mixerler; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering mühendisi
Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, James Norris Francies, Jonathan Hoard, Cam Obi, Ivan Rosenberg, Conor Szymanski, Lakeithsha Williams & Jaime Woods, söz yazarı (Chance the Rapper ile Lil Wayne ve 2 Chainz)
"Ultralight Beam"
Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, söz yazarı (Kanye West ile Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Bright Star – Carmen Cusack, solist; Jay Alix, Peter Asher & Una Jackman, yapımcılar; Steve Martin, beste; Edie Brickell, beste (Original Broadway Cast)
The Color Purple – Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, solist; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, yapımcılar; Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, beste (New Broadway Cast)
Fiddler on the Roof — Danny Burstein, solist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, yapımcılar; Jerry Bock, beste; Sheldon Harnick, söz (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots — Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, solist; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, yapımcılar; Cyndi Lauper, beste (Original West End Cast)
Waitress — Jessie Mueller, solist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, yapımcılar; Sara Bareilles, beste (Original Broadway Cast)
The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Collector's Edition)
Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, çeşitli yapımcılar; Mark Wilder, mastering mühendisi (Bob Dylan)
Music Of Morocco From The Library Of Congress: Recorded By Paul Bowles, 1959
April G. Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Bill Nowlin & Philip D. Schuyler, çeşitli yapımcılar; Rick Fisher & Michael Graves, mastering mühendisi (Çeşitli Sanatçılar)
Ork Records: New York, New York
Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, çeşitli yapımcılar; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering mühendisi (Çeşitli Sanatçılar)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966–1983
Bernard Horowitz, Andreas K. Meyer & Robert Russ, çeşitli yapımcılar; Andreas K. Meyer & Jeanne Montalvo, mastering mühendisi (Vladimir Horowitz)
Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890–1990
Michael Devecka, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, çeşitli yapımcılar; Michael Devecka, David Giovannoni, Michael Khanchalian & Richard Martin, mastering mühendisi (Çeşitli Sanatçılar)
Ryan Freeland, mühendis; Kim Rosen, mastering mühendisi (Bonnie Raitt)
Hit N Run Phase Two
Booker T., Dylan Dresdow, Chris James, Prince & Justin Stanley, mühendis; Dylan Dresdow, mastering mühendisi (Prince)
Undercurrent
Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, mühendis; Paul Blakemore, mastering mühendisi (Sarah Jarosz)
En İyi Albüm (Mühendislik), Klasik
The Ghosts Of Versailles
Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, mühendisler (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Dutilleux: Sur La Mêe Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement
The Aeolian Organ At Duke University Chapel (Christopher Jacobson)
Bolcom: Canciones De Lorca & Prometheus (René Barbera, Jeffrey Biegel, Carl St. Clair, Pacific Chorale & Pacific Symphony)
Brahms: The Four Symphonies (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Appalachian Spring Complete Ballet; Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Schoenberg: Kol Nidre; Shostakovich: Suite On Verses Of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, Alberto Mizrahi, Riccardo Muti, Duain Wolfe, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Shadow Of Sirius (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble)
Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
Friedman: Original Piano Compositions (Joseph Banowetz)
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
Judith Sherman
American First Sonatas (Cecile Licad)
Berlin: This Is The Life! (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
Centennial Commissions, Vol. II (Charles Neidich & Pro Arte Quartet)
Gernsheim & Brahms: Piano Quintets (Reiko Uchida & Formosa Quartet)
Latin American & Spanish Masterpieces For Flute & Piano (Stephanie Jutt)
Similar Motion (Momenta Quartet)
Tchaikovsky: Complete Works For Violin & Orchestra (Jennifer Koh, Alexander Vedernikov & Odense Symphony Orchestra)
Andris Nelsons, kondüktör (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
En İyi Opera Kaydı
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
James Conlon, kondüktör; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, yapımcı (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Handel: Giulio Cesare
Giovanni Antonini, kondüktör; Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl & Anne-Sofie von Otter; Samuel Theis, yapımcı (Il Giardino Armonico)
Higdon: Cold Mountain
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, kondüktör; Emily Fons, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris; Elizabeth Ostrow, yapımcı (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers)
Mozart: Le Nozze De Figaro
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, kondüktör; Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva; Daniel Zalay, yapımcı (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)
Szymanowski: Król Roger
Antonio Pappano, kondüktör; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecień & Saimir Pirgu; Jonathan Allen, yapımcı (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
Edward Gardner, kondüktör; Håkon Matti Skrede, chorus master (Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor)
Lloyd: Bonhoeffer
Donald Nally, kondüktör(Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing)
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1
Krzystof Penderecki, kondüktör; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, vokalist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Verismo
Anna Netrebko; Antonio Pappano, kondüktör (Yusif Eyvazov; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)
En İyi Klasik Kompozisyon
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle
Giancarlo Guerrero, kondüktör; Tim Handley, yapımcı
Gesualdo
Tõnu Kaljuste, kondüktör; Manfred Eicher, yapımcı
Vaughan Williams: Discoveries
Martyn Brabbins, kondüktör; Ann McKay, yapımcı
Wolfgang: Passing Through
Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang, yapımcılar
Zappa: 200 Motels
The Suites — Esa-Pekka Salonen, kondüktör; Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa, yapımcılar
En İyi Çağdaş Klasik Kompozisyon
Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology
Mason Bates, besteci (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway
Michael Daugherty, besteci (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Higdon: Cold Mountain
Jennifer Higdon, besteci; Gene Scheer, librettist
Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto
Christopher Theofanidis, besteci (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)
Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky
C. F. Kip Winger, besteci (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)