In fiecare an, Academia Națională a Artelor și Științelor de Înregistrări a Statelor Unite ale Americii, în cadrul unei ceremonii anuale decerneaza cele mai înalte distincții din industria muzicală, Premiile Grammy.
In acest an ceremonia, cu numarul 56, s-a desfasurat la Los Angeles, iar mai jos redam un extras din aceasta lunga lista, după cum urmează:
Categoria - Rock
Best rock performance
CASTIGATOR: Radioactive — Imagine Dragons
"Always Alright" — Alabama Shakes
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" — David Bowie
"Kashmir" — Led Zeppelin
"My God Is the Sun" — Queens of the Stone Age
"I"m Shakin"" — Jack White
Best metal performance
CASTIGATOR: "God Is Dead?" — Black Sabbath
"T.N.T." — Anthrax
"The Enemy Inside" — Dream Theater
"In Due Time" — Killswitch Engage
"Room 24" — Volbeat, featuring King Diamond
Best rock song
CASTIGATOR: "Cut Me Some Slack" — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
"Ain"t Messin "Round" — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
"Doom and Gloom" — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (the Rolling Stones)
"God Is Dead?" — Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)
"Panic Station" — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
Best rock album
CASTIGATOR: "Celebration Day" — Led Zeppelin
"13" — Black Sabbath
"The Next Day" — David Bowie
"Mechanical Bull" — Kings of Leon
"...Like Clockwork" — Queens of the Stone Age
"Psychedelic Pill" — Neil Young With Crazy Horse
CATEGORIA - Alternativ
Best alternative music album
CASTIGATOR: "Modern Vampires of the City" — Vampire Weekend
"The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You" — Neko Case
"Trouble Will Find Me" — The National
"Hesitation Marks" — Nine Inch Nails
"Lonerism" — Tame Impala
CATEGORIA - American roots music
Best American roots song
CASTIGATOR: "Love Has Come for You" — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
"Build Me Up From Bones" — Sarah Jarosz
"Invisible" — Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)
"Keep Your Dirty Lights On" — Tim O"Brien and Darrell Scott
"Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed" — Allen Toussaint
Best Americana album
CASTIGATOR: "Old Yellow Moon" — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
"Love Has Come for You" — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
"Buddy and Jim" — Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale
"One True Vine" — Mavis Staples
"Songbook" — Allen Toussaint
Best bluegrass album
CASTIGATOR: "The Streets of Baltimore" — Del McCoury Band
"It"s Just a Road" — The Boxcars
"Brothers of the Highway" — Dailey & Vincent
"This World Oft Can Be" — Della Mae
"Three Chords and the Truth" — James King
Best blues album
CASTIGATOR: "Get Up!" — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
"Remembering Little Walter" — Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman
"Cotton Mouth Man" — James Cotton
"Seesaw" — Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
"Down in Louisiana" — Bobby Rush