Thursday 29 December 2016

2016 Tyler's Choice Music Awards [OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS]

Best Song by a Male Vocalist
  • "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore & Tim McGraw)
  • "Let it Go" - James Bay (Jacquire King)
  • "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber (Benny Blanco)
  • "Treat You Better" - Shawn Mendes (Teddy Geiger & Dan Romer)
(Just missed: "Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett, "Pillowtalk" - Zayn Malik, "Sorry" - Justin Bieber)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist
  • "Alive" - Sia (Jesse Shatkin)
  • "Confident" - Demi Lovato (Max Martin & Ilya)
  • "Formation" - Beyonce (Mike Will Made It & Beyonce)
  • "Hello" - Adele (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson (Greg Kurstin)
(Just missed: "Just Like Fire" - P!nk, "Same Old Love" - Selena Gomez, "Try Everything" - Shakira)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band
  • "7 Years" - Lukas Graham (Future Animals & Pilo)
  • "Cheap Thrills" - Sia, ft. Sean Paul (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Closer" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Halsey (The Chainsmokers)
  • "Ride" - Twenty One Pilots (Ricky Reed)
  • "Work" - Rihanna, ft. Drake (Boi-1da, Noah Shebib & Kuk Harrell)
(Just missed: "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Daya, "Kids" - OneRepublic, "Let Me Love You" - DJ Snake, ft. Justin Bieber, "One Dance" - Drake, ft. Wizkid & Kyla, "The Sound of Silence" - Disturbed)

Best Album
  • 25 - Adele (Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Greg Kurstin & Mark Ronson)
  • Blackstar - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
  • Lemonade - Beyonce (Beyonce, Kevin Garrett, Diplo & Jack White)
  • A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead (Nigel Godrich & Radiohead)
  • Stranger to Stranger - Paul Simon (Paul Simon & Roy Halee)
(Just missed: 22, A Million - Bon Iver, Mind of Mine - Zayn Malik, Pentatonix - Pentatonix, A Sailor's Guide to the Earth - Sturgill Simpson, Views - Drake)
Best Music Video
  • "Formation" - Beyonce (Directed by: Melina Matsoukas) [link]
  • "Hello" - Adele (Directed by: Xavier Dolan) [link]
  • "Just Like Fire" - P!nk (Directed by: Dave Meyers) [link]
  • "Up&Up" - Coldplay (Directed by: Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia) [link]
  • "Upside Down and Inside Out" - OK Go (Directed by: Damian Kulash, Jr. & Trish Sie) [link]
Best Country Song
  • "Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett (Dann Huff & Jesse Frasure)
  • "Drink You Away" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" - Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani (Scott Hendricks)
  • "Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore & Tim McGraw)
  • "My Church" - Marren Morris (busbee & Marren Morris)
(Just missed: "Different For Girls" - Dierks Bentley, ft. Elle King, "Vice" - Miranda Lambert, "Without a Fight" - Brad Paisley, ft. Demi Lovato)

Best Pop Song
  • "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Closer" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Halsey (The Chainsmokers)
  • "Hello" - Adele (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Love Yourself" - Justin Timberlake (Benny Blanco)
  • "Perfect" - One Direction (Julian Brunetta & Jesse Shatkin)
(Just missed: "Cake by the Ocean" - DNCE, "Cheap Thrills" - Sia, ft. Sean Paul, "Hymn for the Weekend" - Coldplay, "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Charlie Puth, ft. Selena Gomez, "Work from Home" - Fifth Harmony, ft. Ty Dolla $ign)

Best Rap Song
  • "Famous" - Kanye West (Kanye West & Havoc)
  • "Me, Myself & I" - G-Eazy, ft. Bebe Rexha (Bebe Rexha & Michael Keenan)
  • "No Problem" - Chance the Rapper, ft. Lil' Wayne & 2 Chainz (Brasstracks)
  • "One Dance" - Drake, ft. Wizkid & Kyla (Nineteen85 & Wizkid)
  • "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots (Mike Elizondo)
(Just missed: "Freedom" - Beyonce, ft. Kendrick Lamar, "Hotline Bling" - Drake, "Too Good" - Drake, ft. Rihanna)
 
Best Rock Song
  • "Blackstar" - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
  • "Burn the Witch" - Radiohead (Nigel Godrich & Radiohead)
  • "Let it Go" - James Bay (Jacquire King)
  • "Ride" - Twenty One Pilots (Ricky Reed)
  • "The Sound of Silence" - Disturbed (Kevin Churko)
(Just missed: "Don't Hurt Yourself" - Beyonce, ft. Jack White, "Ophelia" - The Lumineers, "Unsteady" - X Ambassadors)

Best Songwriting
  • "7 Years" - Lukas Graham (Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp)
  • "Hello" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin)
  • "Let it Go" - James Bay (Paul Barry & James Bay)
  • "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber (Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran & Benjamin Levin)
  • "Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson (Kelly Clarkson & Greg Kurstin)
(Just missed: "Cheap Thrills" - Sia, ft. Sean Paul, "Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw, "Scars to Your Beautiful" - Alessia Cara)
 
Best Original Score
  • Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman)
  • The Hateful Eight (Ennio Merricone)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
  • Stranger Things (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
  • Zootopia (Michael Giacchino)
Best Song Written for Visual Media
  • "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls (Justin Timberlake, Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Heathens" - Suicide Squad (Tyler Joseph)
  • "Just Like Fire" - Alice Through the Looking Glass (Alecia Moore, Max Martin, Shellback & Oscar Holter)
  • "Rise" - 2016 Rio Olympic Games (Katy Perry, Max Martin & Ali Payami)
  • "Try Everything" - Zootopia (Sia Furler, Tor Hermansen & Mikkel Eriksen)
Best New Artist
  • Alessia Cara
  • The Chainsmokers
  • Lukas Graham
  • Marren Morris
  • Twenty One Pilots
(Just missed: Chance the Rapper, Jack Garratt, Shawn Mendes, Troye Sivan, Zayn Malik)