Major Award
Record of the Year
"Stay with Me
(Darkchild Version)" – Sam Smith
Contender: "Chandelier"
– Sia
Album of the Year
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Contender: In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Song of the year
"Stay
with Me (Darkchild Version)" James Napier, William Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
Contenders: All about that
Bass (Meghan Trainor) or Take Me to Church (Hozier)
Best New Artist
Sam Smith
Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Chandelier" – Sia
Contenders: "All of
Me (Live)" – John Legend or "Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" –
Sam Smith
Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance
"Fancy" – Iggy
Azalea feat. Charli XCX
Best Pop Vocal Album
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Contenders: x – Ed Sheeran, My Everything
– Ariana Grande or Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
R&B
Best R&B Performance
"Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé
featuring Jay Z
Best R&B Song
"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)
Contenders:
"Drunk in Love" (Beyoncé
Featuring Jay Z)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Contender: X – Chris Brown or G I R L – Pharrell Williams
Rap
Best Rap Performance
"Rap God" – Eminem or "i"
– Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem
Contender: The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
Music for Visual Media
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Frozen – Christophe Beck, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Let It Go" (from Frozen)
– Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Production
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Max Martin
Contender:
Paul Epsworth
