20th annual cadet music awards 2016

album of the year

This is Acting
Sia
Nominees
Christine and the Queens Christine and the Queens
Stranger Things: Season 1 Volume 1 Kyle Dixon
La La Land Justin Hurwitz and Various Artists
Skin Flume
Tkay Tkay Maidza

song of the year

“This is What You Came For”
Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna
Nominees
“Sorry” Justin Bieber
“Closer” Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
“Tilted” Christine and the Queens
“Papercuts” Illy feat. Vera Blue
“Stranger” Peking Duk feat. Elliphant
“The Greatest” Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Cheap Thrills” Sia feat. Sean Paul
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake

breakthrough artist of the year

Chainsmokers
Nominees
Anne-Marie
Jonas Blue
Dua Lipa
Troye Sivan

pop/rock song

“Sorry”
Justin Bieber
Nominees
“Alarm” Anne-Marie
“Sound of Silence” Dami Im
“Million Reasons” Lady Gaga
“Just Like Fire” Pink
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake

pop/rock album

This is Acting
Sia
Nominees
“Wild World” Bastille
“Joanne” Lady Gaga
“Hamilton” Original Broadway Cast
“Blue Neighbourhood” Troye Sivan
“Trolls” Original Soundtrack

dance/electronic song

“Under Pressure”
DENM
Nominees
“Perfect Strangers” Jonas Blue
“Be Here” Duke Dumont
“Love on Me” Galantis
“The Beach” L’Tric
“Faded” Alan Walker

dance/electronic album

Skin
Flume
Nominees
“Wildflower” The Avalanches
“Bouquet” Chainsmokers
“Encore” DJ Snake
“Junk” M83

alternative/indie song

“Tilted”
Christine and the Queens
Nominees
“The Sound” The 1975
“Only One” Sarah Blasko
“Drive It Like You Stole It” Sing Street
“High and Low” Empire of the Sun
“Fall Together” The Temper Trap

alternative/indie album

Christine and the Queens
Christine and the Queens
Nominees
“I like it when you sleep, for you are beautiful” The 1975
“22 A Million” Bon Iver
“A Moon Shaped Pool” Radiohead
“Thick as Thieves” The Temper Trap

urban/r&b song

“Papercuts”
Illy feat. Vera Blue
Nominees
“Simulation” Tkay Maidza
“Yoga” Janelle Monae
“Don’t You Wait” Solange
“I Feel it Coming” The Weeknd
“Starboy” The Weeknd

urban/r&b album

Tkay
Tkay Maidza
Nominees
“Lemonade” Beyoncé
“AIM” M.I.A.
“Anti” Rihanna
“A Seat at the Table” Solange

video of the year

“Formation”
Beyoncé
Nominees
“Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” Adele
“Don’t Let Me Down” Chainsmokers feat. Daya
“Light it Up” Major Lazer feat. Nyla and Fuse OG
“The Greatest” Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake

collaboration of the year

“Closer”
Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
Nominees
“This is What You Came For” Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna
“Rockabye” Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
“Let Me Love You” DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber
“Talk” DJ Snake feat. George Maple
“In the Name of Love” Martin Garrix feat. Bebe Rexha
“Light it Up” Major Lazer feat. Nyla and Fuse OG
“Stranger” Peking Duk feat. Elliphant
“The Greatest” Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Cheap Thrills” Sia feat. Sean Paul

soundtrack/score track of the year

“The Light of the Seven”
Ramin Djawadi
(from “Game of Thrones”)
Nominees
“Heptapod B” Johann Johannssen (from “Arrival”)
“My Tamako, My Sookee” Jo Yeong-wook (from “The Handmaiden”)
“Comancheria” Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (from “Hell or High Water”)
“Epilogue” Justin Hurwitz (from “La La Land”)
“Lion Theme” Dustin O’Halloran (from “Lion”)
“The Starship Avalon” Thomas Newman (from “Passengers”)
“Kids” Kyle Dixon (from “Stranger Things: Season 1 Volume 1”)

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.