The
2016 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016, at the
Staples Center in
Los Angeles,
California. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which will run from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015. It will be broadcast live by the
CBS network. The "pre-telecast" ceremony, officially known as the Premiere Ceremony, in which the majority of awards will be presented, will be held at the
Microsoft Theater which is next door to the Staples Center. This ceremony will be streamed live on the internet. For the first time, the ceremony will air live nationwide.