Sambil memegang perangkat keras barunya yang berkilau di atas mimbar Grammy pada bulan Februari lalu, raksasa hip-hop Kendrick Lamar menyampaikan beberapa kata dengan suara serius: “Pada akhirnya, [there’s] tidak ada yang lebih kuat dari musik rap.”
Apakah dia mengatakan kebenaran atau ramalan? Selama beberapa dekade, hubungan Recording Academy dengan musik hip-hop sangat mengecewakan, namun pada saat itu, segalanya tiba-tiba tampak berbalik. Lamar – suara generasi yang berulang kali dihina – baru saja memenangkan dua penghargaan, lagu dan rekaman terbaik tahun ini di akademi, untuk “Not Like Us,” sebuah penolakan spontan terhadap Drake yang bermutasi menjadi teriakan nasional. Untuk kali ini, Recording Academy merasa telah mengakui tempat yang tepat bagi rap di puncak budaya populer. Lagu yang bagus juga.
Sekarang, lebih banyak kejutan. Ketika Lamar kembali pada bulan Februari mendatang untuk acara besar – akademi baru saja menominasikan karya tahun 2024-nya “GNX” untuk album terbaik tahun ini – beberapa kompetisi terkuatnya akan datang dari tiga album rap lainnya: “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” oleh Bad Bunny, “Let God Sort Em Out” oleh Clipse, dan “Chromakopia” oleh Tyler, Sang Pencipta. Empat lagu lainnya adalah “Man's Best Friend” oleh Sabrina Carpenter, “Mayhem” oleh Lady Gaga, “Swag” oleh Justin Bieber dan “Mutt” oleh fenomena R&B Leon Thomas. Apakah semua orang memperhatikan ini? Ambil sempoamu. Klik, klak, klik, klak. Setengah dari nominasi album terbaik tahun ini adalah musik rap.
Selain itu, Lamar memimpin nominasi Grammy ke-68, yang diumumkan Jumat pagi, dengan sembilan nominasi. Kelinci Buruk punya enam. Clipse, Tyler dan rapper Doechii masing-masing mendapat lima. Tentu butuh waktu cukup lama untuk sampai ke sini. Recording Academy bahkan tidak membuat kategori untuk album rap terbaik hingga tahun 1995. Dan sejak itu, hanya itu satu album rap telah memenangkan hadiah besar tanpa genre untuk album terbaik tahun ini – “Speakerboxx/The Love Below” dari OutKast pada tahun 2004. (Oke, dua jika Anda menghitung “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” karya Lauryn Hill yang dihibridisasi pada tahun 1999.) Para rapper telah terus menerus memboikot penghargaan tersebut sejak tahun 1989, ketika DJ Jazzy Jeff dan Fresh Prince (sekarang Will Smith) menolak untuk menerima penghargaan mereka. hadiah perdana untuk penampilan rap terbaik setelah produser siaran Grammy memutuskan untuk menghentikan presentasi penghargaan dari acara tersebut. Namun sepanjang kariernya yang haus penghargaan, Lamar tetap setia. Sepuluh tahun yang lalu, penduduk asli Los Angeles ini dinominasikan untuk 11 Grammy, termasuk album terbaik tahun ini untuk “To Pimp a Butterfly.” Begini cara dia menjelaskannya kepada majalah Billboard saat itu: “Saya ingin memenangkan semuanya.”
Pertanyaannya tetap: Mengapa? Hip-hop telah lama membuktikan bahwa Grammy tidak membutuhkan Grammy untuk mewujudkan kehebatannya. Musik rap memiliki caranya sendiri dalam menguduskan diri, mengkanonisasi diri sendiri. Kita tidak memerlukan 2Pac, Wu-Tang Clan atau DMX untuk mengadakan Grammy untuk mengetahui bahwa mereka penting bagi kisah musik Amerika (mereka tidak; mereka memang penting). Grammy tetap menjadi acara penghargaan industri yang hanya dapat memberi tahu kita apa yang dipikirkan oleh bisnis musik itu sendiri. Ketika kita memasukkan kemenangan Grammy ke dalam buku sejarah kita, kita berpartisipasi dalam sejarah perusahaan, bukan sejarah masyarakat. Itu tidak berubah di sini. Tapi setidaknya dengan daftar nominasi baru ini, akademi tersebut tampaknya lebih tertarik untuk menyelaraskan ceritanya dengan kenyataan.
Di daerah lain dalam daftar calon, kenyataannya aneh. Di bidang musik country, hadiah utama telah dibagi antara album country tradisional terbaik dan album country kontemporer terbaik — sebuah reaksi cengeng dari semua jenis industri kotor di Nashville yang tidak dapat menerima Beyoncé yang memenangkan album country terbaik awal tahun ini. Sementara itu, di kategori teratas, “Golden,” sebuah lagu dari film animasi anak-anak “KPop Demon Hunters,” dinominasikan untuk lagu terbaik tahun ini, mengadu musik dari band fiktif dari film tersebut, Huntr/x, melawan lagu-lagu dari Billie Eilish, Carpenter, Lamar dan lain-lain.
Jadi, ya, ketika malam Grammy akhirnya tiba pada 1 Februari, itu bisa menjadi malam perubahan besar bagi musik rap. Tapi Kendrick Lamar mungkin juga kalah dengan musik dari kartun.
Meskipun malam musik terbesar baru akan berlangsung pada 1 Februari, Grammy Awards tahunan ke-68 menjanjikan akan menjadi malam yang tak terlupakan. Kendrick Lamar, yang membuat sejarah di Grammy 2025 karena memenangkan kelima penghargaan yang ia nominasikan dengan lagu diss-nya “Not Like Us,” memimpin dengan sembilan nominasi.
Lady Gaga memperoleh tujuh nominasi tahun ini, melampaui rekor sebelumnya yaitu enam nominasi pada tahun 2010. Mother Monster mendapatkan nominasi dalam tiga dari empat kategori utama: Album Terbaik Tahun Ini, Rekaman Terbaik Tahun Ini, dan Lagu Terbaik Tahun Ini. Gaga setara dengan produser Jack Antonoff dan Cirkut, yang masing-masing meraih tujuh nominasi.
Bad Bunny, yang baru-baru ini diumumkan sebagai penampil pertunjukan paruh waktu Super Bowl 2026, menerima enam. Itu Saya seharusnya mengambil lebih banyak foto Pelantun ini antara lain mencalonkan diri untuk Album Terbaik Tahun Ini, Album Música Urbana Terbaik, dan kategori Sampul Album Terbaik yang baru diumumkan.
Chappell Roan dan Sabrina Carpenter, yang juga meraih penghargaan besar pada acara penghargaan tahun lalu, kembali menjadi nominasi. Roan mendapatkan dua nominasi Grammy — Record of the Year dan Best Pop Solo Performance — untuk lagunya, “The Subway.” Carpenter menerima enam nominasi, sama seperti tahun lalu, dalam kategori termasuk Penampilan Pop Solo Terbaik dan Album Vokal Pop Terbaik. Jika Carpenter memenangkan Album Vokal Pop Terbaik di acara penghargaan tahun ini, dia akan menjadi artis pertama yang membawa pulang penghargaan tersebut dalam beberapa tahun berturut-turut.
Dan kategori Artis Pendatang Baru Terbaik penuh dengan bakat-bakat pendatang baru, dengan nominasi termasuk Addison Rae, Olivia Dean, Katseye, dan Lola Young.
Daftar lengkap nominasi ada di sini. Lihatlah beberapa nominasi Grammy 2026 yang paling terkenal di bawah ini.
Abracadabra! The nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards are in.
After sweeping last year’s Grammys with his explosive diss track, Kendrick Lamar led the 2026 pack with nine nominations. Trailing just behind the “Not Like Us” hitmaker was Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, with seven nominations, the same number earned by producers Cirkut and Jack Antonoff.
Projected frontrunners Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter held their own with six nominations each, tying best new artist nominee Leon Thomas and Grammy-winning producer Serban Ghenea, who had his hands on several entries in the record and album of the year categories.
The Grammy Awards will return to L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, and will broadcast live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ starting at 5 p.m. PT.
Last year’s ceremony saw Beyoncé finally collect her album of the year trophy with “Cowboy Carter.” Lamar was the top earner, with five wins including song and record of the year for “Not Like Us.” Plus, Chappell Roan received a physical token of what her fans already knew: She was the hottest new act on the block. Now, she’s back for more with the Cranberries-esque “The Subway,” but as usual, the competition is fierce.
Record of the Year
“DtMF” — Bad Bunny “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter “Anxiety” — Doechii “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA “The Subway” — Chappell Roan “Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny “Swag” — Justin Bieber “Man’s Best Friend” — Sabrina Carpenter “Let God Sort Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice “Mayhem” — Lady Gaga “GNX” — Kendrick Lamar “Mutt” — Leon Thomas “Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator
Song of the Year
“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga) “Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) “Apt.” — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas and Henry Walter, songwriters (Rosé, Bruno Mars) “DtMF” — Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry and Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny) “Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) “Luther” — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA) “Manchild” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter) “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean Katseye The Marías Addison Rae Sombr Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Nonclassical
Dan Auerbach Cirkut Dijon Blake Mills Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Nonclassical
Amy Allen Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Tobias Jesso Jr. Laura Veltz
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Daisies” — Justin Bieber “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter “Disease” — Lady Gaga “The Subway” — Chappell Roan “Messy” — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande “Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami “Gabriela” — KATSEYE “Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars “30 For 30” — SZA With Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Swag” — Justin Bieber “Man’s Best Friend” — Sabrina Carpenter “Something Beautiful” — Miley Cyrus “Mayhem” — Lady Gaga “I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)” — Teddy Swims
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“No Cap” — Disclosure and Anderson .Paak “Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta and Plaqueboymax “Space Invader” — Kaytranada “Voltage” — Skrillex “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson “Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)” — Tate McRae “Illegal” — PinkPantheress
Best Dance/Electronic Album
“Eusexua” — FKA twigs “Ten Days” — Fred Again.. “Fancy That” — PinkPantheress “Inhale / Exhale” — Rüfüs Du Sol “F—- U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3” — Skrillex
Best Remixed Recording
“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga and Gesaffelstein) “Don’t Forget About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey and Kaytranada) “A Dreams a Dream – Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul) “Galvanize” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers and Chris Lake) “Golden – David Guetta Rem/x” — David Guetta, remixer (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
Best Rock Performance
“U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and The Sniffers “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park “Never Enough” — Turnstile “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams “Changes (Live from Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) “Caramel” — Vessel1 and Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token) “Glum” — Daniel James and Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams) “Never Enough” — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills and Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) “Zombie” — Dominic Harrison and Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Best Rock Album
“Private music” — Deftones “I Quit” — Haim “From Zero” — Linkin Park “Never Enough” — Turnstile “Idols” — Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver “Alone” — The Cure “Seein’ Stars” — Turnstile “Mangetout” — Wet Leg “Parachute” — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
“Sable, Fable” — Bon Iver “Songs of a Lost World” — The Cure “Don’t Tap the Glass” — Tyler, the Creator “Moisturizer” — Wet Leg “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” — Hayley Williams
Best R&B Performance
“Yukon” — Justin Bieber “It Depends” — Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller “Folded” — Kehlani “Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” — Leon Thomas “Heart Of A Woman” — Summer Walker
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr “Uptown” — Lalah Hathaway “Love You Too” — Ledisi “Crybaby” — SZA “Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song
“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani) “Heart of a Woman” — David Bishop and Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker) “It Depends” — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent and Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller) “Overqualified” — James John Abrahart Jr. and Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr) “Yes It Is” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl and Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
Best Progressive R&B Album
“Bloom” — Durand Bernarr “Adjust Brightness” — Bilal “Love on Digital” — Destin Conrad “Access All Areas” — Flo “Come As You Are” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon
Best R&B Album
“Beloved” — Giveon “Why Not More?” — Coco Jones “The Crown” — Ledisi “Escape Room” — Teyana Taylor “Mutt” — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Performance
“Outside” — Cardi B “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams “Anxiety” — Doechii “TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay “Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Proud of Me” — Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill “Wholeheartedly” — JID Featuring Ty Dolla Sign and 6Lack “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody “Somebody Loves Me” — PartyNextDoor and Drake
Best Rap Song
“Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) “The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring John Legend and Voices Of Fire) “Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma and Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne) “TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims and Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (Glorilla) “TV Off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album
“Let God Sort Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice “Glorious” — Glorilla “God Does Like Ugly” — JID “GNX” — Kendrick Lamar “Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
“A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places)” — Queen Sheba “Black Shaman” — Marc Marcel “Pages” — Omari Hardwick and Anthony Hamilton “Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople” — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño and Friends “Words For Days Vol. 1” — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Performance
“Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade “Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy “Four” — Michael Mayo “All Stars Lead to You – Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Elemental” — Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap “We Insist 2025!” — Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell “Portrait” — Samara Joy “Fly” — Michael Mayo “Live at Vic’s Las Vegas” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Trilogy 3 (Live)” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade “Southern Nights” — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore “Belonging” — Branford Marsalis Quartet “Spirit Fall” — John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter and Brian Blade “Fasten Up” — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“Orchestrator Emulator” — The 8-Bit Big Band “Without Further Ado, Vol 1” — Christian McBride Big Band “Lumen” — Danilo Pérez and Bohuslän Big Band “Basie Rocks!” — Deborah Silver and The Count Basie Orchestra “Lights on a Satellite” — Sun Ra Arkestra “Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores” — Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and Frost Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
“La Fleur de Cayenne” — Paquito D’Rivera and Madrid-New York Connection Band “The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico” — Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison and Melvis Santa “Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley” — Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra “A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole” — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta and Joey Calveiro “Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard” — Miguel Zenón Quartet
Best Alternative Jazz Album
“Honey from a Winter Stone” — Ambrose Akinmusire “Keys to the City Volume One” — Robert Glasper “Ride into the Sun” — Brad Mehldau “Live-Action” — Nate Smith “Blues Blood” — Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Wintersongs” — Laila Biali “The Gift of Love” — Jennifer Hudson “Who Believes in Angels?” — Elton John and Brandi Carlile “Harlequin” — Lady Gaga “A Matter of Time” — Laufey “The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2” — Barbra Streisand
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
“Brightside” — Arkai “Ones & Twos” — Gerald Clayton “Beatrio” — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez “Just Us” — Bob James and Dave Koz “Shayan” — Charu Suri
musical-theater-album” class=”subhead”>Best Musical Theater Album
“Buena Vista Social Club” — Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast) “Death Becomes Her” — Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard and Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison and Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey and Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) “Gypsy” — Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson and Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai and George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast) “Just in Time” — Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence and Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick and Bill Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer and lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) “Maybe Happy Ending” — Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron and Helen J. Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey and Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Country Solo Performance
“Nose on the Grindstone” — Tyler Childers “Good News” — Shaboozey “Bad As I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]” — Chris Stapleton “I Never Lie” — Zach Top “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“A Song to Sing” — Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton “Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson “Love Me Like You Used to Do” — Margo Price and Tyler Childers “Amen” — Shaboozey and Jelly Roll “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” — George Strait and Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers) “Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman and Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey) “I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols and Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top) “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson) “A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
“Dollar a Day” — Charley Crockett “American Romance” — Lukas Nelson “Oh What a Beautiful World” — Willie Nelson “Hard Headed Woman” — Margo Price “Ain’t in It for My Health” — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album
“Patterns” — Kelsea Ballerini “Snipe Hunter” — Tyler Childers “Evangeline Vs. the Machine” — Eric Church “Beautifully Broken” — Jelly Roll “Postcards From Texas” — Miranda Lambert
Best American Roots Performance
“Lonely Avenue” — Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman “Ancient Light” — I’m With Her “Crimson and Clay” — Jason Isbell “Richmond on the James” — Alison Krauss & Union Station “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance
“Boom” — Sierra Hull “Poison in My Well” — Maggie Rose and Grace Potter “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark” — Molly Tuttle “Horses” — Jesse Welles
Best American Roots Song
“Ancient Light” —Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her) “Big Money” —Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste) “Foxes in the Snow” — Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) “Middle” — Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles) “Spitfire” — Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
Best Americana Album
“Big Money” — Jon Batiste “Bloom” — Larkin Poe “Last Leaf on the Tree” — Willie Nelson “So Long Little Miss Sunshine” — Molly Tuttle “Middle” — Jesse Welles
Best Bluegrass Album
“Carter & Cleveland” — Michael Cleveland and Jason Carter “A Tip Toe High Wire” — Sierra Hull “Arcadia” — Alison Krauss & Union Station “Outrun” — The Steeldrivers “Highway Prayers” — Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
“Ain’t Done With the Blues” — Buddy Guy “Room on the Porch” — Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ “One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey” — Maria Muldaur “Look Out Highway” — Charlie Musselwhite “Young Fashioned Ways” — Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“Breakthrough” — Joe Bonamassa “Paper Doll” — Samantha Fish “A Tribute to LJK” — Eric Gales “Preacher Kids” — Robert Randolph “Family” — Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album
“What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow” — Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson “Crown of Roses” — Patty Griffin “Wild and Clear and Blue” — I’m With Her “Foxes in the Snow” — Jason Isbell “Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)” — Jesse Welles
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Live at Vaughan’s” — Corey Henry and The Treme Funktet “For Fat Man” — Preservation Brass and Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Church of New Orleans” — Kyle Roussel “Second Line Sunday” — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco” — (Various Artists)
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter “Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Jonas Myrin, songwriters “Still (Live)” — Jonathan McReynolds and Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II and Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters “Come Jesus Come” — Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“I Know a Name” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake and Jacob Sooter, songwriters “Your Way’s Better” — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank and Pera, songwriters “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford and Brandon Lake, songwriters “Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller and Clifford Harris, songwriters “Amazing” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton and Darrel Walls, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
“Sunny Days” — Yolanda Adams “Tasha” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard “Live Breathe Fight” — Tamela Mann “Only on the Road (Live)” — Tye Tribbett “Heart of Mine” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Child of God II” — Forrest Frank “Coritos Vol. 1” — Israel & New Breed “King Of Hearts” — Brandon Lake “Reconstruction” — Lecrae “Let the Church Sing” — Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
“I Will Not Be Moved (Live)” — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir “Then Came the Morning” — Gaither Vocal Band “Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah” — The Isaacs “Good Answers” — Karen Peck & New River “Back to My Roots” — Candi Staton
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny “Mixteip” — J Balvin “Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado” — Feid “Naiki” — Nicki Nicole “EUB Deluxe” — Trueno “Sinfónico (En Vivo)” — Yandel
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
“Genes Rebeldes” — Aterciopelados “Astropical” — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana and Astropical “Papota” — Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso “Algorhythm” — Los Wizzards “Novela” — Fito Paez
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
“Mala Mía” — Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera “Y Lo Que Viene” — Grupo Frontera “Sin Rodeos” — Paola Jara “Palabra De To’s (Seca)” — Carín León “Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)” — Bobby Pulido
Best Tropical Latin Album
“Fotografías” — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado and Orquesta “Raíces” — Gloria Estefan “Clásicos 1.0” — Grupo Niche “Bingo” — Alain Pérez “Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2” — Gilberto Santa Rosa
Best Global Music Performance
“EoO” — Bad Bunny “Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado “Jerusalema” — Angélique Kidjo “Inmigrante Y Que?” — Yeisy Rojas “Shrini’s Dream (Live)” — Shakti “Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar
“Sounds of Kumbha” — Siddhant Bhatia “No Sign of Weakness” — Burna Boy “Eclairer le monde – Light the World” — Youssou N’Dour “Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)” — Shakti “Chapter III: We Return to Light” — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar “Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo” — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album
“Treasure Self Love” — Lila Iké “Heart & Soul” — Vybz Kartel “Blxxd & Fyah” — Keznamdi “From Within” — Mortimer “No Place Like Home” — Jesse Royal
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
“Kuruvinda” — Kirsten Agresta-Copely “According to the Moon” — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM and Dallas String Quartet “Into the Forest” — Jahnavi Harrison “Nomadica” — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet and Tonality “The Colors in My Mind” — Chris Redding
Best Children’s Music Album
“Ageless: 100 Years Young” — Joanie Leeds and Joya “Buddy’s Magic Tree House” — Mega Ran “Harmony” — Fyütch and Aura V “Herstory” — Flor Bromley “The Music of Tori and the Muses” — Tori Amos
Best Comedy Album
“Drop Dead Years” — Bill Burr “Postmortem” — Sarah Silverman “Single Lady” — Ali Wong “What Had Happened Was…” — Jamie Foxx “Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording
“Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story” — Kathy Garver “Into the Uncut Grass” — Trevor Noah “Lovely One: A Memoir” — Ketanji Brown Jackson “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” — Dalai Lama “You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli” — Fab Morvan
“How to Train Your Dragon” — John Powell, composer “Severance: Season 2” — Theodore Shapiro, composer “Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson, composer “Wicked” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers “The Wild Robot” — Kris Bowers, composer
“Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires” — Pinar Toprak, composer “Helldivers 2” — Wilbert Roget, II, composer “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” — Gordy Haab, composer “Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune” — Cody Matthew Johnson and Wilbert Roget, II, composers “Sword of the Sea” — Austin Wintory, composer
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be [From “TRON: Ares”]” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) “Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) “I Lied to You [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton) “Never Too Late [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”]” — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile) “Pale, Pale Moon [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson) “Sinners [From “Sinners”]” — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo and Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Best Music Video
“Young Lion” — Sade; Sophie Muller, video director; Sade and Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter; Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer and Natan Schottenfels, video producers “So Be It” — Clipse; Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer “Anxiety” — Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes and Sophia Sabella, video producers “Love” — OK Go; Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada and Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Best Music Film
“Devo” — Devo; Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes and Chris Smith, video producers “Live at the Royal Albert Hall” — Raye; Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou and Amy James, video producers “Relentless” — Diane Warren; Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola and Kat Nguyen, video producers “Music by John Williams” — John Williams; Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg and Justin Wilkes, video producers “Piece by Piece” — Pharrell Williams; Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes and Pharrell Williams, video producers
Best Recording Package
“And the Adjacent Possible” — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose and Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go) “Balloonerism” — Bráulio Amado and Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller) “Danse Macabre: De Luxe” — Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran) “Loud Is As” — Farbod Kokabi and Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami) “Sequoia” — Tim Breen and Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists) “The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl)” — Miller McCormick, art director (Mac Miller) “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” — Meghan Foley and Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover
“Chromakopia” — Shaun Llewellyn and Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator) “The Crux” — William Wesley II, art director (Djo) “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny) “Glory” — Cody Critcheloe and Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius) “Moisturizer” — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki and Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
Best Album Notes
“Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974” — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens and His Buckaroos) “After the Last Sky” — Adam Shatz, album notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates and Dave Holland) “Árabe” — Amanda Ekery, album notes writer (Amanda Ekery) “The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967” — Alec Palao, album notes writer (Sly & The Family Stone) “A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco) “Miles ‘55: The Prestige Recordings” — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album
“Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)” — Patrick Milligan and Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell) “The Making of Five Leaves Left” — Cally Callomon and Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth and John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake) “Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) “Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) “You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos” — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)
Best Engineered Album, Nonclassical
“All Things Light” — Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman and Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam) “Arcadia” — Neal Cappellino and Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station) “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)” — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills and Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast) “That Wasn’t a Dream” — Joseph Lorge and Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion) “Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2” — Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra) “Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell and Boston Symphony Orchestra) “Standard Stoppages” — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman and David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion) “Yule” — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediaeval)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh Sergei Kvitko Morten Lindberg Dmitriy Lipay Elaine Martone
Best Immersive Audio Album
“All American F***boy” — Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth) “Immersed” — Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray) “An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live)” — Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists) “Tearjerkers” — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers) “Yule” — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediaeval)
Best Instrumental Composition
“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz) “Live Life This Day: Movement I” — Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band and Danish National Symphony Orchestra) “Lord, That’s a Long Way” — Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull) “Opening” — Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi) “Train to Emerald City” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz) “Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Be Okay” — Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo) “A Child Is Born” — Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band and Remy Le Boeuf) “Fight On” — Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies) “Super Mario Praise Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen and Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring Säje) “How Did She Look?” — Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane) “Keep an Eye on Summer” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) “Something in the Water (Acoustic-Ish)” — Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence and Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence) “What a Wonderful World” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
Best Orchestral Performance
“Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic) “Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) “Ravel: Boléro, M. 81” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela) “Still & Bonds” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra) “Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
“Heggie: Intelligence” — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges and Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer) “Huang Ruo: An American Soldier” — Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen and Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown and Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang) “Kouyoumdjian: Adoration” — Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell and Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street) “O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh and John Molloy; Alex Dowling and Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran) “Tesori: Grounded” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley and Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best Choral Performance
“Advena – Liturgies for a Broken World” — Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black and Michael Hawes; Conspirare) “Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved” — Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins and Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale) “Lang: Poor Hymnal” — Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler and Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing) “Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale) “Requiem of Light” — Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan and Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler and Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Dennehy: Land Of Winter” — Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound “La Mer – French Piano Trios” — Neave Trio “Lullabies for the Brokenhearted” Lili Haydn and Paul Cantelon “Slavic Sessions” — Mak Grgić and Mateusz Kowalski “Standard Stoppages” — Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic) “Hope Orchestrated” — Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina and Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble) “Inheritances” — Adam Tendler “Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement in D Minor” — Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra) “Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos” — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) “Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works” — Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Alike – My Mother’s Dream” — Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra) “Black Pierrot” — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist “In This Short Life” — Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist “Kurtág: Kafka Fragments” — Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist “Schubert Beatles” — Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel and Sam Weber) “Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano” — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney and Mike Tierney, producers “The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II” — Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer “Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer “Seven Seasons” — Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy and Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers “Tombeaux” — Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew and Christina Sandsengen, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick and Sandbox Percussion) “Dennehy: Land of Winter” — Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound) “León: Raíces (Origins)” — Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner and London Philharmonic Orchestra) “Okpebholo: Songs in Flight” — Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez and Various Artists) “Ortiz: Dzonot” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Kendrick Lamar, the man who put the phrase “they not like us” into the lexicon, will now have to admit: They like him, they really like him. Grammy voters, that is. The hip-hop star leads the nominees for the 2026 awards with nine. He already fared well at this past year’s ceremony, but he’s poised to possibly do even better this time, looking at the nominations the Recording Academy rolled out Friday morning.
It was also a big morning for little monsters, with Lady Gaga’s fan base eager to cheer on her seven nominations, topping her previous record of six, which she scored back in 2010. Gaga ties for the second-most nominations with producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut, who also found seven to be their lucky number.
Every year there’s at least one rising artist who gets a substantially bigger bonanza of nominations than anyone had prognosticated, and this year that artist is Leon Thomas. He scored a surprising six nods, which puts him in a tie with Sabrina Carpenter, Serban Ghenea and Bad Bunny.
The six nominations for the impending Super Bowl halftime showman is good news for anyone who was worried that Latin music might be shut out of the big categories, as it often has been, and relegated to the sister ceremony, the Latin Grammys. Bad Bunny was shut out of the top three categories in the past couple of years, but voters went the extra mile to ensure that didn’t happen this time. The global superstar is up for all three of the top categories, in fact — album, record and song of the year.
Bad Bunny is not alone in having the possibility for a sweep at the top. He’s one of four artists to be nominated in the top three categories, the others being Lamar, Gaga and Carpenter.
There’s no possibility of anyone making a run through all four all-genre categories, though, because the best new artist category is filled with performers who didn’t get much of a look anywhere else. Leon Thomas is pretty much alone among the eight BNA contenders in getting multiple nominations. Most of the other freshmen put up for new artist have that as their sole nomination, including Alex Warren, who had one of the year’s most ubiquitous hits with “Ordinary” but didn’t have the song itself turn up anywhere in the noms.
Fans of the “Kpop Demon Hunters” franchise were eager to see whether Grammy voters would celebrate the inescapable “Golden” with multiple nominations, despite a perception that Academy members might turn up their noses at voting for avatars. The news was mostly positive on that front: “Golden” landed four nominations — nearly all that were possible — including a coveted nod for song of the year, though “Golden” didn’t make it into the record of the year sweepstakes.
Some of 2025’s biggest hits are missing from the Grammys, either through the timing of the calendar or by self-deportation. The year’s second-biggest album is Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem,” but his camp announced earlier in the season that he would not be submitting for the Grammys going forward. The biggest blockbuster of the year, Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl,” came out past the end of the eligibility period, leaving her with nothing to contend with this cycle.
But even without Swift making a return run at Grammy glory this time around, there is some instant déjà vu to be found in the top categories. Carpenter made a quick turnaround with her second album in just over a year, “Man’s Best Friend,” and once again she is nominated for record, song and album of the year. Roan and Eilish didn’t deliver new albums, but are back with singles in contention. Lamar is the one who stands the greatest chance of having an instant replay, with both his “GNX” album and “Luther” single among the front-runners in their respective categories, after he won five awards last year for “Not Like Us” — including record and song of the year — without having an album in play.
Commercially, it’s been a down year for hip-hop, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of Grammy voters, who gave the genre greater representation than some had predicted going in. Beyond Lamar’s major showing, Doechii, Clipse and Tyler, the Creator all landed a solid five nominations each. They were tied at that level with the rock band Turnstile, producers Andrew Watt and Sounwave, and Lamar’s “Luther” duet partner, SZA.
If hip-hop was surprisingly well-represented, country was very much underrepresented, with nary a nomination in any of the four all-genre categories. Wallen bowing out of contention might have made that a partial fait accompli, yet Megan Moroney, Ella Langley and Zach Top — all of whom have a major look going into this month’s CMA Awards — were all considered major contenders for the best new artist category. Nashville’s lockout from the major categories year after year (aside from an outlier like Beyonce’s one-time genre dip) is bound to stir discussion going forward.
The Grammys will return to CBS and Paramount+ on Feb. 1 with a live broadcast and stream starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT.
Here is how it shook out in all of the Grammys’ 95 categories:
Record of the Year
“DtMF” – Bad Bunny “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter “Anxiety” – Doechii “Wildflower” – Billie Eilish “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga “Luther” – Kendrick Lamar With SZA “The Subway” – Chappell Roan “APT.” – Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny Swag – Justin Bieber Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Mayhem – Lady Gaga GNX – Kendrick Lamar Mutt – Leon Thomas Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Song of the Year
“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga) “Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) “APT.” – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (Rosé, Bruno Mars) “DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny) “Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) “Luther” – Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA) “Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter) “Wildflower” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean Katseye The Marias Addison Rae Sombr Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach Cirkut Dijon Blake Mills Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Tobias Jesso Jr. Laura Veltz
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Daisies” — Justin Bieber “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter “Disease” — Lady Gaga “The Subway” — Chappell Roan “Messy” — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande “Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami “Gabriela” – Katseye “APT.” – Rosé, Bruno Mars “30 for 30” – SZA With Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album
Swag – Justin Bieber Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus Mayhem – Lady Gaga I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) – Teddy Swims
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak “Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax “Space Invader” — Kaytranada “Voltage” — Skrillex “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga “Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson “Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)” “Illegal” – PinkPantheress
Best Dance/Electronic Album ‘ Eusexua — FKA Twigs Ten Days — Fred Again.. Fancy That — PinkPantheress Inhale / Exhale — Rüfüs Du Sol F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3 — Skrillex
Best Remixed Recording
“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein) “Don’t Forget About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey & Kaytranada) “A Dreams A Dream – Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul) “Galvanize” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake) “Golden – David Guetta REM/X” — David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
Best Rock Performance
“U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park “Never Enough” — Turnstile “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) “Caramel” – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token) “Glum” – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams) “Never Enough” – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) “Zombie” – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Best Rock Album
Private Music — Deftones I Quit — Haim From Zero — Linkin Park Never Enough — Turnstile Idols — Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver “Alone” — The Cure “Seein’ Stars” —Turnstile “Mangetout” — Wet Leg “Parachute” — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
Sable, Fable – Bon Iver Songs of a Lost World – The Cure Don’t Tap the Glass – Tyler, the Creator Moisturizer – Wet Leg Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams
Best R&B Performance
“Yukon” – Justin Bieber “It Depends” – Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller “Folded” – Kehlani “Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” – Leon Thomas “Heart of a Woman” – Summer Walker
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr “Uptown” — Lalah Hathaway “Love You Too” — Ledisi “Crybaby” — SZA “Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song
“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani) “Heart of a Woman” — David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker) “It Depends” — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller) “Overqualified” — James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr) “Yes It Is” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Bloom — Durand Bernarr Adjust Brightness — Bilal Love on Digital — Destin Conrad Access All Areas — Flo Come as You Are — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Best R&B Album
Beloved— Giveon Why Not More? — Coco Jones The Crown — Ledisi Escape Room — Teyana Taylor Mur — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Performance
“Outside” — Cardi B “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams “Anxiety” — Doechii “TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay “Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Proud of Me” — Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill “Wholeheartedly” — JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody “Somebody Loves Me” — Partynextdoor & Drake
Best Rap Song
“Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) “The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire) “Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne) “TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla) “TV Off” —Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Glorious – GloRilla God Does Like Ugly – JID GNX – Kendrick Lamar Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places) — Queen Sheba Black Shaman — Marc Marcel Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends Words for Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Performance
“Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade “Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy “Four” — Michael Mayo “All Stars Lead to You – Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Elemental — Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap We Insist 2025! — Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell Portrait — Samara Joy Fly — Michael Mayo Live at Vic’s Las Vegas — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 3 (Live) — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore Belonging — Branford Marsalis Quartet Spirit Fall — John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade Fasten Up — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Orchestrator Emulator — The 8-Bit Big Band Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride Big Band Lumen — Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band Basie Rocks! — Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Lights on a Satellite — Sun Ra Arkestra Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores — Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
La Fleur de Cayenne — Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard — Miguel Zenón Quartet
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Honey From a Winter Stone — Ambrose Akinmusire Keys to the City Volume One — Robert Glasper Ride into the Sun — Brad Mehldau Live-Action — Nate Smith Blues Blood — Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Wintersongs — Laila Biali The Gift of Love — Jennifer Hudson Who Believes in Angels? — Elton John & Brandi Carlile Harlequin — Lady Gaga A Matter of Time — Laufey The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 — Barbra Streisand
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Brightside — ARKAI Ones & Twos — Gerald Clayton BEATrio — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Just Us — Bob James & Dave Koz Shayan —Charu Suri
Buena Vista Social Club Death Becomes Her Gypsy Just In Time Maybe Happy Ending
Best Country Solo Performance
“Nose on the Grindstone” – Tyler Childers “Good News” – Shaboozey “Bad as I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]” “I Never Lie” – Zach Top “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“A Song to Sing” — Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton “Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson “Love Me Like You Used to Do” — Margo Price & Tyler Childers “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” — George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers) “Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey) “I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top) “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson) “A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
Dollar a Day — Charley Crockett American Romance — Lukas Nelson Oh What a Beautiful World — Willie Nelson Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price Ain’t in It for My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album
Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers Evangeline vs. the Machine — Eric Church Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll Postcards From Texas — Miranda Lambert
Best American Roots Performance
“Lonely Avenue” — Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman “Ancient Light” — I’m With Her “Crimson and Clay” — Jason Isbell “Richmond on the James” — Alison Krauss & Union Station “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance
“Boom” — Sierra Hull “Poison in My Well” — Maggie Rose & Grace Potter “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark” — Molly Tuttle “Horses” — Jesse Welles
Best American Roots Song
“Ancient Light” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her) “Big Money” — Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste) “Foxes in the Snow” — Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) “Middle” — Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles) “Spitfire” — Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
Best Americana Album
Big Money – Jon Batiste Bloom – Larkin Poe Last Leaf on the Tree – Willie Nelson So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Molly Tuttle Middle – Jesse Welles
Best Bluegrass Album
Carter & Cleveland — Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter A Tip Toe High Wire — Sierra Hull Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station Outrun —The Steeldrivers Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
Ain’t Done With the Blues — Buddy Guy Room on the Porch — Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey — Maria Muldaur Look Out Highway — Charlie Musselwhite Young Fashioned Ways — Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Breakthrough — Joe Bonamassa Paper Doll — Samantha Fish A Tribute to LJK — Eric Gales Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph Family — Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow — Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson Crown of Roses — Patty Griffin Wild and Clear and Blue — I’m With Her Foxes in the Snow — Jason Isbell Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24) — Jesse Welles
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live at Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet For Fat Man — Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band Church of New Orleans — Kyle Roussel Second Line Sunday — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band A Tribute to the King of Zydeco (Various Artists)
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter “Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin, songwriters “Still (Live)” — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters “Come Jesus Come” — Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“I Know a Name” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Jacob Sooter, songwriters “Your Way’s Better” — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank & Pera, songwriters “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford & Brandon Lake, songwriters “Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller & Clifford Harris, songwriters “Amazing” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton & Darrel Walls, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann Only On The Road (Live) — Tye Tribbett Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Child of God II — Forrest Frank Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed King Of Hearts — Brandon Lake Reconstruction — Lecrae Let The Church Sing — Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
I Will Not Be Moved (Live) — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Then Came The Morning — Gaither Vocal Band Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah — The Isaacs Good Answers — Karen Peck & New River Back To My Roots — Candi Staton
Best Latin Pop Album
Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro Bogotá (Deluxe) – Andrés Cepeda Tropicoqueta – Karol G Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade ¿Y ahora qué? – Alejandro Sanz
Best Música Urbana Album
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny Mixteip — J Balvin FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado — Feid NAIKI — Nicki Nicole EUB DELUXE — Trueno SINFÓNICO (En Vivo) —Yandel
MALA MÍA — Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera Y Lo Que Viene — Grupo Frontera Sin Rodeos — Paola Jara Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo) — Bobby Pulido
Best Tropical Latin Album
Fotografías — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta Raíces — Gloria Estefan Clásicos 1.0 — Grupo Niche Bingo — Alain Pérez Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 — Gilberto Santa Rosa
Best Global Music Performance
EoO — Bad Bunny Cantando en el Camino — Ciro Hurtado JERUSALEMA — Angélique Kidjo Inmigrante Y Que? — Yeisy Rojas Shrini’s Dream (Live) — Shakti Daybreak — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy Eclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album
Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi From Within — Mortimer No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Kuruvinda — Kirsten Agresta-Copely According To The Moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet Into The Forest — Jahnavi Harrison Nomadica — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality The Colors In My Mind — Chris Redding
Best Children’s Music Album
Ageless: 100 Years Young — Joanie Leeds & Joya Buddy’s Magic Tree House — Mega Ran Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V Herstory — Flor Bromley The Music of Tori and the Muses — Tori Amos
Best Comedy Album
Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr PostMortem — Sarah Silverman Single Lady — Ali Wong What Had Happened Was… — Jamie Foxx Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story — Kathy Garver Into the Uncut Grass — Trevor Noah Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli — Fab Morvan
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell, composer Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer Sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires — Pinar Toprak, composer Helldivers 2 — Wilbert Roget, II, composer Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — Gordy Haab, composer Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune — Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget, II, composers Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” [From “Tron: Ares”] — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) “Golden” [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) “I Lied to You” [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton) “Never Too Late” [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”] — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile) “Pale, Pale Moon” [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson) “Sinners” [From “Sinners”] — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Best Music Video
“Young Lion” — Sade Sophie Muller, video director; Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers “So Be It” — Clipse Producer Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video “Anxiety” — Doechii James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers “Love” — OK Go Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Best Music Film
Devo — Devo Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video producers Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Raye Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers Relentless — Diane Warren Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers Music by John Williams — John Williams Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers Piece by Piece — Pharrell Williams Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers
Best Recording Package
And The Adjacent Possible — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go) Balloonerism — Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller) Danse Macabre: De Luxe — Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran) Loud Is As — Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami) Sequoia — Tim Breen & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists) The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl) — Miller McCormick, art director (Mac Miller) Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover
Chromakopia — Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator) The Crux — William Wesley II, art director (Djo) Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny) Glory — Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius) Moisturizer — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
Best Album Notes
Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens And His Buckaroos) After the Last Sky — Adam Shatz, album notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland) Árabe — Amanda Ekery, album notes writer (Amanda Ekery) The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 — Alec Palao, album notes writer (Sly & The Family Stone) A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco) Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) — Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell) The Making Of Five Leaves Left — Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake) Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound Of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
All Things Light — Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam) Arcadia — Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station) For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast) That Wasn’t A Dream — Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion) Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 — Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra) Standard Stoppages — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion) Yule — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediæval)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh Sergei Kvitko Morten Lindberg Dmitriy Lipay Elaine Martone
“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz) “Live Life This Day: Movement I” — Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra) “Lord, That’s A Long Way” — Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull) “Openin”g — Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi) “Train To Emerald City” — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz) “Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Be Okay” — Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo) “A Child Is Born” — Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf) “Fight On” — Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies) “Super Mario Praise Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje) “How Did She Look?” — Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane) “Keep An Eye On Summer” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) “Something In The Water (Acoustic-Ish)” — Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence) “What A Wonderful World” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
Best Orchestral Performance
Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’ — Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic) Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela) Still & Bonds — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Heggie: Intelligence — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer) Huang Ruo: An American Soldier — Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang) Kouyoumdjian: Adoration — Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street) O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran) Tesori: Grounded — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best Choral Performance
Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World — Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare) Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved — Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale) Lang: Poor Hymnal — Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing) Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale) Requiem Of Light —Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound La Mer – French Piano Trios — Neave Trio Lullabies For The Brokenhearted — Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon Slavic Sessions — Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski Standard Stoppages — Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies’ — Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic) Hope Orchestrated — Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble) Inheritances — Adam Tendler Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor — Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra) Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works — Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Alike – My Mother’s Dream — Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra) Black Pierrot — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist In This Short Life — Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist Kurtág: Kafka Fragments — Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist Schubert Beatles — Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber) Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II — Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer Seven Seasons — Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers Tombeaux — Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion) Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound) León: Raíces (Origins) — Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra) Okpebholo: Songs In Flight — Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists) Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
