Today, the GRAMMYs announced the nominations for the 67th award show that will take place on Feb 2nd on CBS at 8pm ET. Music’s biggest night will not disappoint! As we do throughout Awards Season, we share our predictions in bold, the ones we correctly identified as winners are in bold italics and winners that we didn’t predict are in italics. On the night of the event, we will share who we predicted correctly as well as those we didn’t that won.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Now and Then” The Beatles
“Texas Hold ‘Em” Beyoncé
“Espresso” Sabrina Carpenter
“360” Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather” Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“New Blue Sun” André 3000
“Cowboy Carter” Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet” Sabrina Carpenter
“Brat” Charli XCX
“Djesse Vol. 4” Jacob Collier
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” Billie Eilish
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department” Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“Birds of a Feather” Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With a Smile” Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight” Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!” Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please” Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Texas Hold ‘Em” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Bodyguard” Beyoncé
“Espresso” Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple” Charli xcx
“Birds of a Feather” Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Us” Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
“Levii’s Jeans” Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
“Guess” Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
“The Boy Is Mine” Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With a Smile” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Short n’ Sweet” Sabrina Carpenter
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” Billie Eilish
“Eternal Sunshine” Ariana Grande
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department” Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING
“She’s Gone, Dance On” Disclosure
“Loved” Four Tet
“Leavemealone” Fred Again & Baby Keem
“Neverender” Justice & Tame Impala
“Witchy” Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino
BEST DANCE POP RECORDING
“Make You Mine” Madison Beer
“Von Dutch” Charli XCX
“L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]” Billie Eilish
“Yes, And?” Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started” Troye Sivan
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
“Brat” Charli XCX
“Three” Four Tet
“Hyperdrama” Justice
“Timeless” Kaytranada
“Telos” Zedd
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
“Alter Ego – Kaytranada Remix” Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix” Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
“Von Dutch” A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
À Fleur De Peau Cyrille Aimée
Visions Norah Jones
Good Together Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish Gregory Porter
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“Now and Then” The Beatles
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” Green Day
“Gift Horse” Idles
“Dark Matter” Pearl Jam
“Broken Man” St. Vincent
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
“Crown of Horns” Judas Priest
“Suffocate” Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
“Screaming Suicide” Metallica
“Cellar Door” Spiritbox
BEST ROCK ALBUM
“Happiness Bastards” The Black Crowes
“Romance” Fontaines D.C.
“Saviors” Green Day
“TANGK” Idles
“Dark Matter” Pearl Jam
“Hackney Diamonds” The Rolling Stones
“No Name” Jack White
BEST ROCK SONG
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man” Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter” Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma” Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse” Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (Idles)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE
“Neon Pill” Cage the Elephant
“Song of the Lake” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Starburster” Fontaines D.C.
“Bye Bye” Kim Gordon
“Flea” St. Vincent
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
“Wild God” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Charm” Clairo
“The Collective” Kim Gordon
“What Now” Brittany Howard
“All Born Screaming” St. Vincent
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“Guidance” Jhené Aiko
“Residuals” Chris Brown
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” Coco Jones
“Made For Me (Live On BET)” Muni Long
“Saturn” SZA
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“Wet” Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove” Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie” Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget” Muni Long
“That’s You” Lucky Daye
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
“So Glad to Know You” Avery*Sunshine
“En Route” Durand Bernarr
“Bando Stone and the New World” Childish Gambino
“Crash” Kehlani
“Why Lawd?” NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
BEST R&B SONG
“After Hours” Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
BEST R&B ALBUM
“11:11 (Deluxe)” Chris Brown
“Vantablack” Lalah Hathaway
“Revenge” Muni Long
“Algorithm” Lucky Daye
“Coming Home” Usher
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“Enough (Miami)” Cardi B
“When the Sun Shines Again” Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
“Nissan Altima” Doechii
“Houdini” Eminem
“Like That” Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!” GloRilla
“Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
“Kehlani” Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
“Spaghettii” Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You” Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
“Big Mama” Latto
“3:AM” Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
BEST RAP ALBUM
“Might Delete Later” J. Cole
“The Auditorium, Vol. 1” Common & Pete Rock
“Alligator Bites Never Heal” Doechii
“The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)” Eminem
“We Don’t Trust You” Future & Metro Boomin
BEST RAP SONG
“Asteroids” Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
“Carnival” Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign)
Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
“Like That” Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
“Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Yeah Glo!” Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY ALBUM
“Civil Writes: The South Got Something To Say” Queen Sheba
“Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series” Omari Hardwick
“Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 In the Beginning Was the Word” Malik Yusef
“The Heart, the Mind, the Soul” Tank and the Bangas
“The Seven Number Ones” Mad Skillz
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
16 Carriages Beyoncé
I Am Not Okay Jelly Roll
The Architect Kacey Musgraves
A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey
It Takes A Woman Chris Stapleton
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Cowboys Cry Too Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
II Most Wanted Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
Break Mine Brothers Osborne
Bigger Houses Dan + Shay
I Had Some Help Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
BEST COUNTRY SONG
The Architect Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
A Bar Song (Tipsy) Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
I Am Not Okay Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
I Had Some Help Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen)
Texas Hold ‘Em Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion Post Malone
Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves
Higher Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind Lainey Wilson
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
Blame It On Eve Shemekia Copeland
Nothing In Rambling The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
Lighthouse Sierra Ferrell
The Ballad Of Sally Anne Rhiannon Giddens
BEST AMERICANA PERFORMANCE
Ya Ya Beyoncé
Subtitles Madison Cunningham
Don’t Do Me Good Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
American Dreaming Sierra Ferrell
Runaway Train Sarah Jarosz
Empty Trainload of Sky Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
Ahead of the Game Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
All In Good Time Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple)
All My Friends Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
American Dreaming Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Blame It on Eve John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The Other Side T Bone Burnett
$10 Cowboy Charley Crockett
Trail Of Flowers Sierra Ferrell
Polaroid Lovers Sarah Jarosz
No One Gets Out Alive Maggie Rose
Tigers Blood Waxahatchee
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
I Built A World Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Songs of Love and Life The Del McCoury Band
No Fear Sister Sadie
Live Vol. 1 Billy Strings
Earl Jam Tony Trischka
Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman Dan Tyminski
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
Hill Country Love Cedric Burnside
Struck Down The Fabulous Thunderbirds
One Guitar Woman Sue Foley
Sam’s Place Little Feat
Swingin’ Live at the Church In Tulsa The Taj Mahal Sextet
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 Joe Bonamassa
Blame It On Eve Shemekia Copeland
Friendlytown Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
Mileage Ruthie Foster
The Fury Antonio Vergara
BEST FOLK ALBUM
American Patchwork Quartet American Patchwork Quartet
Weird Faith Madi Diaz
Bright Future Adrianne Lenker
All My Friends Aoife O’Donovan
Woodland Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
25 Back To My Roots Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles Featuring J’Wan Boudreaux
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty
Kuini Kalani Pe’a
Stories From The Battlefield The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
Church Doors Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters
Yesterday Melvin Crispell III
Hold On (Live) Ricky Dillard
Holy Hands DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters
One Hallelujah Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
Holy Forever (Live) Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans
Praise Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
Firm Foundation (He Won’t) Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
In The Name Of Jesus JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
In The Room Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
That’s My King CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Covered Vol. 1 Melvin Crispell III
Choirmaster II (Live) Ricky Dillard
Father’s Day Kirk Franklin
Still Karen Karen Clark Sheard
More Than This CeCe Winans
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Heart Of A Human DOE
When Wind Meets Fire Elevation Worship
Child Of God Forrest Frank
Coat Of Many Colors Brandon Lake
The Maverick Way Complete Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 Authentic Unlimited
The Gospel According To Mark Mark D. Conklin
Rhapsody The Harlem Gospel Travelers
Church Cory Henry
Loving You The Nelons
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Funk Generation Anitta
El Viaje Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS Kali Uchis
BEST MUSICA URBANA ALBUM
nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana Bad Bunny
Rayo J Balvin
FERXXOCALIPSIS Feid
LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN Residente
att. Young Miko
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Compita del Destino El David Aguilar
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa Cimafunk
Autopoiética Mon Laferte
GRASA NATHY PELUSO
¿Quién trae las cornetas? Rawayana
BEST MUSICA MEXICANA ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Diamantes Chiquis
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 Carín León
ÉXODO Peso Pluma
De Lejitos Jessi Uribe
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
MUEVENSE Marc Anthony
Bailar Sheila E.
Radio Güira Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero Kiki Valera
BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
Brillo, Brillo! Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
Creciendo Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
My Favorite Dream John Legend
Solid Rock Revival Rock For Children
World Wide Playdate Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Armageddon Ricky Gervais
The Dreamer Dave Chappelle
The Prisoner Jim Gaffigan
Someday You’ll Die Nikki Glaser
Where Was I Trevor Noah
BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words (Various Artists) Guy Oldfield, producer
…And Your Ass Will Follow George Clinton
Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones Dolly Parton
Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration Jimmy Carter
My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Hell’s Kitchen Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Merrily We Roll Along Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)
The Notebook John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
The Outsiders Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine & Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
Suffs Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
The Wiz Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
The Color Purple (Various Artists)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Various Artists)
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
Saltburn (Various Artists)
Twisters: The Album (Various Artists)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
American Fiction Laura Karpman, composer
Challengers Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Color Purple Kris Bowers, composer
Dune: Part Two Hans Zimmer, composer
Shōgun Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Pinar Toprak, composer
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla Bear McCreary, composer
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 John Paesano, composer
Star Wars Outlaws Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Winifred Phillips, composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma [From “Twisters: The Album”] Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
Better Place [From “TROLLS Band Together”] Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”] Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Love Will Survive [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”] Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Tailor Swif A$AP Rocky Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors
360 Charli XCX Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers
Houdini Eminem Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers
Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
Fortnight Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer
BEST MUSIC FILM
American Symphony Jon Batiste Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
June (June Carter Cash) Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers
Kings From Queens Run DMC Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple Steven Van Zandt Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers
The Greatest Night In Pop (Various Artists) Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Plot Armor Taylor Eigsti
Rhapsody In Blue Béla Fleck
Orchestras (Live) Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
Mark Mark Guiliana
Speak To Me Julian Lage
BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE
“Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)” The Baylor Project
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)” Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
“Juno” Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
“Little Fears” Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Journey In Black Christie Dashiell
Wildflowers Vol. 1 Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
A Joyful Holiday Samara Joy
Milton + Esperanza Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
My Ideal Catherine Russell & Sean Mason
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Owl Song Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
Beyond This Place Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson
Phoenix Reimagined (Live) Lakecia Benjamin
Remembrance Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Solo Game Sullivan Fortner
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Returning To Forever John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
And So It Goes The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Walk A Mile In My Shoe Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence Dan Pugach Big Band
Golden City Miguel Zenón
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Spain Forever Again Michel Camilo & Tomatito
Cubop Lives! Zaccai Curtis
COLLAB Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Time And Again Eliane Elias
El Trio: Live in Italy Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Cuba And Beyond Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
As I Travel Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
BEST ALTERNATIVE JAZZ ALBUM
Night Reign Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun André 3000
Code Derivation Robert Glasper
Foreverland Keyon Harrold
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin Meshell Ndegeocello
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Raat Ki Rani Arooj Aftab
A Rock Somewhere Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
Rise Rocky Dawuni
Bemba Colorá Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
Sunlight To My Soul Angélique Kidjo Featuring Soweto Gospel Choir
Kashira Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Tomorrow Yemi Alade
MMS Asake & Wizkid
Sensational Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
Higher Burna Boy
Love Me JeJe Tems
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Alkebulan II Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paisajes Ciro Hurtado
Heis Rema
Historias De Un Flamenco Antonio Rey
Born In The Wild Tems
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Take It Easy Collie Buddz
Party With Me Vybz Kartel
Never Gets Late Here Shenseea
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) (Various Artists)
Evolution The Wailers
BEST NEW AGE, AMBIENT OR CHANT ALBUM
Break Of Daw Ricky Kej
Triveni Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
Visions Of Sounds De Luxe Chris Redding
Opus Ryuichi Sakamoto
Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn Anoushka Shankar
Warriors Of Light Radhika Vekaria
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
The Avett Brothers Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
Baker Hotel Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
BRAT Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX)
F-1 Trillion Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
Jug Band Millionaire Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Half Living Things Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
In Utero Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
Mind Games Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
Unsuk Chin Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
We Blame Chicago Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)
BEST ALBUM NOTES
After Midnight Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)
The Carnegie Hall Concert Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
Centennial Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
John Culshaw – The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55 Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno” Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
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Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman,
mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
Pepito Y Paquito Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording – Super Deluxe Edition) Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Algorithm Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)
Cyan Blue Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
Deeper Well Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
empathogen Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti & Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)
i/o Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
Short n’ Sweet Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Adams: Girls Of The Golden West Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Andres: The Blind Banister Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Clear Voices In The Dark Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Erica Brenner
Christoph Franke
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Dirk Sobotka
BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO ALBUM
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Genius Loves Company Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski,
immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
Henning Sommerro: Borders Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten
Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
i/o (In-Side Mix) Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
Pax Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten
Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
At Last Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
Communion Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
Remembrance Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
Strands Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
Baby Elephant Walk – Encore Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
Bridge Over Troubled Water Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Rhapsody In Blue(Grass) Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin
Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
Rose Without The Thorns Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)
Silent Night Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Alma Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
Always Come Back Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
b i g f e e l i n g s Willow, arranger (WILLOW)
Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”) Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
The Sound Of Silence Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Stravinsky: The Firebird Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
BEST OPERA RECORDING
Adams: Girls Of The Golden West John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola
Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Moravec: The Shining Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Clear Voices In The Dark Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
A Dream So Bright – Choral Music Of Jake Runestad Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
Handel: Israel In Egypt Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry &
Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
Ochre Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Sheehan: Akathist Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles JACK Quartet
Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97, ‘Archduke’ Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
Cerrone: Beaufort Scales Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
Home Miró Quartet
Rectangles And Circumstance Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Akiho: Longing Andy Akiho
Bach: Goldberg Variations Víkingur Ólafsson
Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
Entourer Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO ALBUM
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
A Change Is Gonna Come Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
Newman: Bespoke Songs Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
Show Me The Way Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Akiho: BeLonging Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
American Counterpoints Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
Mythologies II Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro,
conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, Producers
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
Coleman: Revelry Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
Lang: Composition As Explanation David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
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