Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold) - 'The Stage'
Best Rock Album
Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
Metallica - Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Gorillaz - Humanz
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Best R&B Performance
Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis - 'Get You'
Kehlani - 'Distraction'
Ledisi - 'High'
Bruno Mars - 'That’s What I Like'
SZA - 'The Weekend'
Best Traditional R&B Performance
The Baylor Project - 'Laugh And Move On'
Childish Gambino - 'Redbone'
Anthony Hamilton feat. The Hamiltones - 'What I’m Feelin''
Ledisi - 'All the Way'
Mali Music - 'Still'
Best R&B Song
PJ Morton (PJ Morton) - 'First Began'
Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs (Khalid) - 'Location'
Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino) - 'Redbone'
Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams (SZA) - 'Supermodel'
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (Bruno Mars) - 'That’s What I Like'
Best Urban Contemporary Album
6LACK - 'Free 6LACK'
Childish Gambino - 'Awaken, My Love!'
Khalid - 'American Teen'
SZA - 'Ctrl'
The Weeknd - 'Starboy'
Best R&B Album
Daniel Caesar - Freudian
Ledisi - Let Love Rul