2016 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

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 (Dan Romer & Teddy Geiger)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett, "Hotline Bling" - Drake, "Lake by the Ocean" - Maxwell, "One Call Away" - Charlie Puth, "Pillowtalk" - Zayn Malik)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Alive" - Sia (Jesse Shatkin)
• "Formation" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé & Mike Will Made It)
• "Hello" - Adele (Greg Kurstin)
• "Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson (Greg Kurstin)
• "Scars to Your Beautiful" - Alessia Cara (Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole & DJ Frank E)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Into You" - Ariana Grande, "Just Like Fire" - P!nk, "Lost Boy" - Ruth B, "Stand by You" - Rachel Platten, "When We Were Young" - Adele)

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)
• "One Dance" - Drake, ft. Wizkid & Kyla (Nineteen85, Wizkid & Noah Shebib)
• "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots (Mike Elizondo)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Cake by the Ocean" - DNCE, "Perfect" - One Direction, "Starboy" - The Weeknd, ft. Daft Punk, "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Charlie Puth, ft. Selena Gomez, "Work" - Rihanna, ft. Drake)

Best Album

• 25 - Adele (Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin, Paul Epworth & Ariel Rechtshaid)
• ★ - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
• Lemonade - Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Mike Will Made It, Diplo & Kevin Garrett)
• A Sailor's Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson (Sturgill Simpson)
• Stranger to Stranger - Paul Simon (Paul Simon & Roy Halee)
• Views - Drake (Kanye West, Nineteen85, Boi-1da & Noah Shebib)
  (Honourable Mentions: BlackSUMMERS'night - Maxwell, The Life of Pablo - Kanye West, A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead, Purpose - Justin Bieber, This is Acting - Sia)

Best Music Video

• "Formation" - Beyoncé (Melina Matsoukas, director; Nathan Scherrer, producer)
• "Hello" - Adele (Xavier Dolan, director/producer; Nancy Grant, producer)
• "Just Like Fire" - P!nk (Dave Meyers, director; Jennifer Heath & Knoko Chapple, producers)
• "Up&Up" - Coldplay (Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, directors; Candice Dragonas, Juliette Larthe, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, producers)
• "Upside Down and Inside Out" - OK Go (Damian Kulash, Jr. & Trish Sie, directors; John O'Grady & Melissa Murphy, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake, "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Daya, "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber, "Make Me Like You" - Gwen Stefani, "River" - Leon Bridges) 

Best Country Song

• "Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett (Dann Huff & Jesse Frasure)
• "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" - Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani (Scott Hendricks)
• "Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore & Tim McGraw)
• "My Church" - Maren Morris (busbee & Maren Morris)
• "Vice" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Eric Masse & Glenn Worf)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Church Bells" - Carrie Underwood, "Drink You Away" - Justin Timberlake, "Jolene" - Pentatonix, ft. Dolly Parton, "Record Year" - Eric Church, "Think of You" - Chris Young, ft. Cassadee Pope)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Daya (The Chainsmokers)
• "Faded" - Alan Walker (Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen & Mood Melodies)
• "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)" - Mike Posner & SeeB (Mike Posner, SeeB & Martin Terefe)
• "Let Me Love You" - DJ Snake, ft. Justin Bieber (DJ Snake, Andrew Watt & Louis Bell)
• "This is What You Came For" - Calvin Harris, ft. Rihanna (Kuk Harrell & Calvin Harris)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Cold Water" - Major Lazer & DJ Snake, ft. MØ, "Drinkee" - Sofi Tukker, "Love on You" - Galantis, "Rinse & Repeat" - Riton, ft. Kah-Lo, "Sorry" - Justin Bieber)

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 Bieber (Benny Blanco)
• "Perfect" - One Direction (Julian Brunetta & Jesse Shatkin)
  (Honourable Mentions: "7 Years" - Lukas Graham, "Cheap Thrills" - Sia, ft. Sean Paul, "Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson, "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots, "Work" - Rihanna, ft. Drake)

Best Rap Song

• "Famous" - Kanye West (Kanye West, Mike Dean & Havoc)
• "Freedom" - Beyoncé, ft. Kendrick Lamar (Beyoncé, Jonny Coffer & Just Blaze)
• "Hotline Bling" - Drake (Nineteen85)
• "Me, Myself & I" - G-Eazy, ft. Bebe Rexha (Bleta Rexha & Michael Keenan)
• "No Problem" - Chance the Rapper, ft. Lil' Wayne & 2 Chainz (Brasstracks)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All the Way Up" - Fat Joe & Remy Ma, ft. French Montana & Infrared, "Might Not" - Belly, ft. The Weeknd, "Panda" - Desiigner, "Sucker for Pain" - Lil' Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons, ft. X Ambassadors, "Ultrabeam Light" - Kanye West, ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)

Best Rock Song

• "Burn the Witch" - Radiohead (Nigel Godrich & Radiohead)
• "Lazarus" - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
• "Let it Go" - James Bay (Jacquire King)
• "Ophelia" - The Lumineers (Simone Felice)
• "The Sound of Silence" - Disturbed (Kevin Churko)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Dark Necessities" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Don't Hurt Yourself" - Beyoncé, ft. Jack White, "Handclap" - Fitz and the Tantrums, "My Name is Human" - Highly Suspect, "Unsteady" - X Ambassadors)

Best Songwriting

• "7 Years" - Lukas Graham (Lukas Forchammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp)
• "Hello" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin)
• "Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw (Lori McKenna)
• "Let it Go" - James Bay (James Bay & Paul Barry)
• "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber (Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran & Benjamin Levin)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Cheap Thrills" - Sia, ft. Sean Paul, "Perfect" - One Direction, "Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson, "Rise" - Katy Perry, "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots)

Best Original Score

• Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman)
• Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
• The Hateful Eight (Ennio Merricone)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
• Stranger Things (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)
  (Honourable Mentions: Carol - Carter Burwell, The Leftovers - Max Richter, The Revenant - Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson, Zootopia - Michael Giacchino)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

• Amy: The Original Soundtrack (Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi)
• Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper)
• Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture (O'Shea Jackson & Andre Young)
• Suicide Squad: The Album (Mike Caren, Darren Higman & Kevin Weaver)
• Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1 (Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls (Justin Timberlake, Max Martin & Shellback)
• "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street (Gary Clark)
• "Just Like Fire" - Alice Through the Looking Glass (P!nk, Max Martin, Oscar Holter & Shellback)
• "Rise" - 2016 Summer Olympic Games (Katy Perry, Max Martin, Ali Payami & Savan Kotecha)
• "Try Everything" - Zootopia (Sia Furler, Mikkel Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansen)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Better When I'm Dancin'" - The Peanuts Movie, "Heathens" - Suicide Squad, "Purple Lamborghini" - Suicide Squad, Sucker for Pain" - Suicide Squad, "The Veil" - Snowden)

Best New Artist

• Alessia Cara
• The Chainsmokers
• Chance the Rapper
• Lukas Graham
• Maren Morris
• Twenty One Pilots
  (Honourable Mentions: Anderson.Paak, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, X Ambassadors)