68th Annual Grammy Awards

68th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 1, 2026
Location	Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Trevor Noah
Most nominations	Kendrick Lamar (9)
Website	grammy.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS Paramount+
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The 68th Annual Grammy Awards is an upcoming music awards show set to honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 1, 2026. In its 23rd year at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and for the very last time, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. ^{[1] [2]} South African comedian Trevor Noah will host the ceremony for the sixth consecutive time. ^[3]

Background

On June 12, 2025, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules for the 2026 ceremony. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Category changes

• Two new categories – Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover. There are now 95 categories total.
• Best Country Album has been renamed Best Contemporary Country Album.
• Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package will be merged back into the Best Recording Package category.

Criteria amendments

• Artists who were previously featured on a record nominated for Album of the Year are now eligible to be nominated for Best New Artist if their contributions to the album were 20 percent or less.
• Composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for Grammy recognition in selected categories in the Classical Field (Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, Best Classical Instrumental Solo, and Best Classical Solo Vocal Album). Previously, only the album's artist/s, producers, and engineers would receive recognition.
• The maximum number of principal vocalist(s) who may be awarded in the Best Musical Theater Album category is increased from four to six.
• The physical product eligibility requirement for Best Recording Package, Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album has been expanded to be more representative of today's marketplace to ensure that physical album packages sold directly to fans through an artist's or label's website are now eligible for Grammy consideration.
• The Craft Committee serving the Package, Notes & Historical field is switching from a regional to a national model.
• Minor description updates to the Best Regional Roots Music Album, Best Progressive R&B Album, Best Dance Pop Recording, Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song categories.

Membership amendments

• 3,800 new music creators and professionals were invited to join the Recording Academy. Of these, 50% were age 39 or younger, 58% were people of color, and 35% identified as women.
• On November 4, 2025 it was announced that, for the first time in Grammy history, members who vote for the Latin Grammy Awards were invited to join the Recording Academy. As a result, 28% of all new members in 2025 identified as Hispanic or Latino. ^[7]

Process amendments

• The 2026 Grammy ballots will be presented in a randomized order for the first time, rather than in alphabetical order. Of the change, chief awards and global industry officer for the Recording Academy Ruby Marchand stated, "this ballot update brings our process in line with standard voting best practices ... and further ensures the process is fair and equitable for all entries." It was speculated that the change was implemented to encourage voters to familiarize themselves with the entire ballot rather than defaulting to favorite artists/work, and to prevent artists who are listed first alphabetically from having an unfair advantage. ^[8]

Performers

Premiere ceremony

Premiere ceremony performers were announced on January 28, 2026. ^[9]

List of performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Israel Houghton Lila Iké Grace Potter Maggie Rose Trombone Shorty	TBA
Darren Criss Helen J. Shen	TBA
Spiritbox	TBA
Tasha Cobbs Leonard	TBA
Zara Larsson	TBA

Main ceremony

Sabrina Carpenter was announced as the first performer on January 20, 2026. ^[10] On January 21, all eight nominees for Best New Artist were announced as performers. ^[11] Clipse and Pharrell Williams were announced on January 22. ^[12] Justin Bieber and the in memoriam performers were announced on January 28. ^{[13] [14]} Lady Gaga, Rosé and Tyler, the Creator were announced the following day. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

List of performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Addison Rae Alex Warren Katseye Leon Thomas Lola Young Olivia Dean Sombr The Marías	Best New Artist medley [18]
Sabrina Carpenter	TBA
Clipse Pharrell Williams	TBA
Justin Bieber	TBA
Reba McEntire Brandy Clark Lukas Nelson	In Memoriam
Post Malone Duff McKagan Slash Chad Smith Andrew Watt	Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Lauryn Hill	Tribute to D'Angelo and Roberta Flack
Lady Gaga	TBA
Rosé	TBA
Tyler, the Creator	TBA

Presenters

Darren Criss was announced as the host of the Premiere Ceremony at the Peacock Theater on February 1, 2026, alongside the list of other presenters and performers. ^[9] Doechii and Harry Styles were announced as the first set of presenters for the main ceremony. ^[19] The rest of the presenters were anounced on January 29, 2026. ^[20]

Premiere ceremony Darren Criss - host Édgar Barrera Dee Dee Bridgewater Sierra Hull Jimmy Jam Dave Koz Trombone Shorty Jesse Welles

Main ceremony Doechii Harry Styles Jeff Goldblum Chappell Roan Lainey Wilson Marcello Hernández Nikki Glaser Karol G Q-Tip Teyana Taylor Charli XCX Carole King Queen Latifah

Nominees

First round voting took place from October 3 to 15, 2025. The nominees were announced by Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, Chappell Roan, David Foster, Doechii, Dr. Chelsey Green, Gayle King, Jon Batiste, Karol G, Little Big Town, Lizzo, Masaki Koike, Mumford & Sons, Nicole Scherzinger, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sam Smith on November 7 in a livestream on the official Grammy YouTube channel. ^{[21] [22]} Final round voting took place from December 12, 2025, to January 5, 2026, ahead of winners being revealed during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony and telecast on February 1. ^[23]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. ^{[24] [25]}

General Field

General Field

Record of the Year "DTMF" – Bad Bunny Scotty Dittrich, Julia Lewis, Hydra Hitz, La Paciencia, Mag & Tyler Spry, producers; Antonio Caraballo, Josh Gudwin, Roberto Rosado & Tyler Spry, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, producers; Jack Antonoff, Bryce Bordone, Jozef Caldwell, Serban Ghenea, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Michael Riddleberger & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineer "Anxiety" – Doechii Doechii, producer; Jayda Love, engineer/mixer; Nicolas De Porcel, mastering engineer "Wildflower" – Billie Eilish Finneas, producer; Jon Castelli, Aron Forbes & Finneas, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga Cirkut, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, producers; Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea & Paul LaMalfa, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA Jack Antonoff, Bridgeway, M-Tech, Roselilah, Sounwave & Kamasi Washington, producers; Jack Antonoff, Ray Charles Brown Jr., Hector Castro, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Sean Matsukawa, Dani Perez, Tony Shepperd, Laura Sisk & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineer "The Subway" – Chappell Roan Daniel Nigro, producer; Chris Kaysch, Mitch McCarthy & Daniel Nigro, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer "APT." – Rosé & Bruno Mars Rogét Chahayed, Cirkut, Omer Fedi & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea, Charles Moniz & Julian Vasquez, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Album of the Year Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny Big Jay, La Paciencia, Mag & Tainy, producers; Antonio Caraballo, Josh Gudwin, Luis Amed Irizarry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, engineers/mixers; Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Jay Anthony Nuñez & Marco Efrain Masis, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer Swag – Justin Bieber Eddie Benjamin, Justin Bieber, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon, Carter Lang & Dylan Wiggins, producers; Felix Byrne & Josh Gudwin, engineers/mixers; Eddie Benjamin, Justin Bieber, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon Duenas, Tobias Jesso Jr., Carter Lang, Jackson Lee Morgan & Dylan Wiggins, songwriters; Dale Becker, mastering engineer Man's Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter Jack Antonoff, Sabrina Carpenter & John Ryan, producers; Zem Adu, Jack Antonoff, Bryce Bordone, Jozef Caldwell, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Joey Miller, Michael Riddleberger, John Ryan, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Sabrina Carpenter & John Ryan, songwriters; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineers Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse Pharrell Williams, producer; Mike Larson, Manny Marroquin, Rob Ulsh & Pharrell Williams, engineers/mixers; Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton & Pharrell Williams, songwriters; Zach Pereyra, mastering engineer Mayhem – Lady Gaga Cirkut, Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein & Andrew Watt, producers; Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea & Paul LaMalfa, engineers/mixers; Henry Walter, Lady Gaga, Mike Lévy, Michael Polansky & Andrew Watt, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer GNX – Kendrick Lamar Jack Antonoff & Sounwave, producers; Jack Antonoff, Ray Charles Brown Jr., Jozef Caldwell, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Dani Perez, Laura Sisk & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Matthew Bernard & Mark Anthony Spears, songwriters; Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineer Mutt – Leon Thomas Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, producers; Jean-Marie Horvat, engineer/mixer; Lazaro Andres Camejo, Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator Tyler, the Creator, producer; Neal H Pogue, Tyler Okonma & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Tyler Okonma, songwriter; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Song of the Year "Abracadabra" Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga) "Anxiety" Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) "APT." Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas, songwriters (Rosé & Bruno Mars) "DTMF" Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria & Tyler Thomas Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny) "Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters ) Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami) "Luther" Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar and 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 Marías Addison Rae Sombr Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Dan Auerbach "Elegantly Wasted" (Hermanos Gutiérrez featuring Leon Bridges) (S) Harsh & Exciting (Moonrisers) (A) "Holy Ghost Party" (Robert Finley) (S) "Love Is Cruel" (Miles Kane) (S) Medium Raw (Early James) (A) A Million Knives (The Velveteers) (A) No Rain, No Flowers (The Black Keys) (A) Our Time in the Sun (Jeremie Albino) (A) Cirkut "Abracadabra" (Lady Gaga) (S) "AEOMG" (Coco Jones) (T) "APT." (Rosé and Bruno Mars) (S) "Big Sleep" (The Weeknd featuring Giorgio Moroder) (T) "Disease" (Lady Gaga) (S) "It Girl" (Jade) (S) "A Little More" (Ed Sheeran) (S) Mayhem (Lady Gaga) (A) "Red Terror" (The Weeknd) (T) Dijon Baby (Dijon) (A) "Daisies" (Justin Bieber) (T) "Devotion" (Justin Bieber & Dijon) (T) "Things You Do" (Justin Bieber) (T) "Yukon" (Justin Bieber) (T) Blake Mills For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) (Japanese Breakfast) (A) Forever Is a Feeling (Lucy Dacus) (A) Glory (Perfume Genius) (A) That Wasn't a Dream (Pino Palladino and Blake Mills) (A) Sounwave GNX (Kendrick Lamar) (A)	Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Amy Allen "APT." (Rosé and Bruno Mars) (S) "Bad as the Rest" (Jessie Murph) (S) "Hail Mary" (Shaboozey and Sierra Ferrell) (T) "Handlebars" (Jennie featuring Dua Lipa) (S) "Just Keep Watching" (Tate McRae) (S) "Lost In Translation" (Carín León & Kacey Musgraves) (S) "Manchild" (Sabrina Carpenter) (S) "Tears" (Sabrina Carpenter) (S) "Why" (Jon Bellion featuring Luke Combs) (S) Edgar Barrera "Birthday Behavior" (Bia and Young Miko) (S) "Coleccionando Heridas" (Karol G and Marco Antonio Solís) (T) "Ese Vato No Te Queda" (Carín León and Gabito Ballesteros) (S) "Me Jalo" (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera) (T) "Me Retiro" (Santana and Grupo Frontera) (S) "Milagros" (Karol G) (S) "Sigueme Besando Así" (Manuel Turizo) (T) "Soltera" (Shakira) (S) "Una Noche Contigo" (Juanes) (S) Jessie Jo Dillon "Bless Your Heart" (Megan Moroney) (T) "Bottomland" (Hardy) (S) "Dreams Don't Die" (Jelly Roll) (S) "First Rodeo" (Kelsea Ballerini) (T) "Happen to Me" (Russell Dickerson) (S) "Hello S***ty Day" (Jake Worthington and Miranda Lambert) (S) "If You Were Mine" (Morgan Wallen) (T) "Patterns" (Kelsea Ballerini) (T) "To The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak" (Kelsea Ballerini) (T) Tobias Jesso Jr. "Another Baby!" (Dijon) (T) "Baby!" (Dijon) (T) "Daisies" (Justin Bieber) (T) "From" (Bon Iver) (T) "Go Baby" (Justin Bieber) (T) "Golden Burning Sun" (Miley Cyrus) (T) "Man I Need" (Olivia Dean) (S) "Relationships" (Haim) (S) "Walking Away" (Justin Bieber) (T) Laura Veltz "About You" (BigXthaPlug featuring Tucker Wetmore) (T) "Blue Strips" (Jessie Murph) (S) "Grand Bouquet" (Maren Morris) (T) "Leave Me Too" (Josh Ross) (S) "Parallel Universe" (Lauren Spencer Smith) (T) "Someone In This Room" (Jessie Murph featuring Bailey Zimmerman) (T) "Touch Me Like a Gangster" (Jessie Murph) (S) "What Tomorrow's For" (Blessing Offor) (T) "You'll Be OK, Kid" (from the Original Documentary Child Star ) (Demi Lovato) (S)

Pop & Dance/Electronic

Pop & Dance/Electronic Field

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 ) – Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami "Gabriela" – Katseye "APT." – Rosé & Bruno Mars "30 for 30" – SZA featuring 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 Album Eusexua – FKA Twigs Ten Days – Fred Again.. Fancy That – PinkPantheress Inhale / Exhale – Rüfüs Du Sol Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3 – Skrillex
Best Dance Pop Recording "Bluest Flame" – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Benny Blanco, Dylan Brady & Cashmere Cat, producers; Benny Blanco & Cashmere Cat, mixers "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga Cirkut, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, producers; Serban Ghenea, mixer "Midnight Sun" – Zara Larsson Margo XS & MNEK, producers; Tom Norris, mixer "Just Keep Watching" (from F1 the Movie ) – Tate McRae Tyler Spry & Ryan Tedder, producers; Manny Marroquin, mixer "Illegal" – PinkPantheress Aksel Arvid & PinkPantheress, producers; Nickie Jon Pabon, mixer	Best Dance/Electronic Recording "No Cap" – Disclosure & Anderson .Paak Disclosure, producer; Guy Lawrence, mixer "Victory Lap" – Fred Again, Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax Blake Cascoe, Berwyn Du Bois, Fred Again, Darcy Lewis, Dan Mayo & PlaqueBoyMax, producers; Tom Norris, mixer "Space Invader" – Kaytranada Kaytranada, producer; Kaytranada, mixer "Voltage" – Skrillex John Feldmann & Skrillex, producers; Luca Pretolesi, Skrillex & Virtual Riot, mixers "End of Summer" – Tame Impala Kevin Parker, producer; Kevin Parker, mixer
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical "Abracadabra" (Gesaffelstein Remix) – Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga and 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 (Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)

Rock, Metal & Alternative

Rock, Metal & Alternative Field

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 of Sleep Token	Best Metal Performance "Night Terror" – Dream Theater "Lachryma" – Ghost "Emergence" – Sleep Token "Soft Spine" – Spiritbox "Birds" – Turnstile
Best Rock Song "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) "Caramel" – Vessel & II, 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

R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry

R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry Field

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" – Kehlani Parrish, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Miloš Angelov, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Darius Scott & Dawit Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani) "Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker & David Bishop, songwriters (Summer Walker) "It Depends" – Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Kristopher Powers, Nicolas Baran, Usher Raymond IV, Jermaine Mauldin, Brian Casey, Manuel Seal, Dewain Whitmore Jr., Ant Clemons, Elliot Trent & Ryan Press, songwriters (Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller) "Overqualified" – James Abrahart Jr. & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr) "Yes It Is" – Leon Thomas, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Alexander Prawl, Rodney Jones Jr., Jariuce Banks, Peter Lee Johnson, 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 Mutt – 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 Sign & 6lack "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar & 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, Dwayne Carter Jr., Dudley Alexander Duverne, Tyler Okonma, Janae Wherry, Gloria Woods & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne) "TGIF" – Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras & Gloria Woods, 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 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

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater Field

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
Best Musical Theater Album Buena Vista Social Club – Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast) Death Becomes Her – Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard & Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison & Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey & Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) Gypsy – Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson & Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai & George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast) Just in Time – Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence & Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick & Bill Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Maybe Happy Ending – Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron & Helen J. Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey & Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Country & American Roots

Country & American Roots Field

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Gospel & Contemporary Christian

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Field

Best Gospel Performance/Song "Do It Again" – Kirk Franklin Kirk Franklin, songwriter "Church" – Tasha Cobbs Leonard and 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, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters "Headphones" – Lecrae, Killer Mike and T.I. BongoByTheWay, Clifford Harris, William Roderick Miller, Lecrae Moore, Michael Render & Tyshane Thompson, songwriters "Amazing" – Darrel Walls and 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 and 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 and New River Back to My Roots – Candi Staton

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant Field

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
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Genes Rebeldes – Aterciopelados Astropical – Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana (Astropical) Papota – Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Algorhythm – Los Wizzards Novela – Fito Paez	Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) Mala Mía – Fuerza Regida and 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 and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta Raíces – Gloria Estefan Clásicos 1.0 – Grupo Niche Bingo – Alain Pérez Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 – Gilberto Santa Rosa	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 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	Best Global Music Album 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 African Music Performance "Love" – Burna Boy "With You" – Davido featuring Omah Lay "Hope & Love" – Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin "Gimme Dat" – Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid "Push 2 Start" – Tyla	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

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Field

Best Children's 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 & 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: Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama − Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli − Fab Morvan	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet, artist; Nick Baxter, Steven Gizicki & James Mangold, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor F1 the Album – Various Artists; Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; David Taylor & Jake Voulgarides, music supervisors KPop Demon Hunters – Various Artists; Spring Aspers & Dana Sano, compilation producers; Ian Eisendrath, music supervisor Sinners – Various Artists; Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Nikki Sherod, music supervisor Wicked – Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande & Wicked Movie Cast, artists; Stephen Oremus, Stephen Schwartz, & Greg Wells, compilation producers; Maggie Rodford, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro Sinners – Ludwig Göransson Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers	Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires – Pinar Toprak Helldivers 2 – Wilbert Roget II Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Gordy Haab Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune – Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II Sword of the Sea – Austin Wintory
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 ) Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntrix: 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 "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & 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 & Sophia Sabella, video producers "Love" – OK Go Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer "Young Lion" – Sade Sophie Muller, video director; Aaron Taylor Dean & Sade, video producers	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

Package, Notes & Historical

Package, Notes & Historical Field

Best Historical Album Joni Mitchell Archives − Vol. 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 Recording Package And the Adjacent Possible Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, 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 Karkobi & 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 Tyler Okonma, art director (Tyler, the Creator) Debí Tirar Más Fotos Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny) The Crux Jake Hirshland, Joe Keery, Neil Krug, Taylor Vandergift & William Wesley II, art directors (Djo) Glory Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius) Moisturizer Iris Luz, Lava La Rue & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)	Best Album Notes Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 Scott B. Bomar, notes writer (Buck Owens and His Buckaroos) After the Last Sky Adam Shatz, notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland) Árabe Amanda Ekery, notes writer (Amanda Ekery) The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 Alec Palao, notes writer (Sly & the Family Stone) A Ghost is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Bob Mehr, notes writer (Wilco) Miles 55: The Prestige Recordings Ashley Kahn, notes writer (Miles Davis)

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Field

Producer of the Year, Classical Blanton Alspaugh All Is Miracle - The Choral Music Of Kyle Pederson (Timothy J. Campbell & Transept) (A) Heggie: Intelligence (Kwame Ryan, Janai Brugger, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges & Houston Grand Opera) (A) Marsalis: Blues Symphony (Jader Bignamini & Detroit Symphony Orchestra) (A) Massenet: Werther (Robert Spano, Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard & Houston Grand Opera) (A) The Mirage Calls (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale) (A) Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem (Michael Zaugg, Axios, Men's Ensemble & Pro Coro Canada) (A) Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain (Christopher Gabbitas & Phoenix Chorale) (A) Sergei Kvitko Biedenbender: Enigma; River Of Time (Kevin L. Sedatole & Michigan State University Wind Symphony) (A) Chiaroscuro (Vedrana Subotic) (A) Dancing In A Still Life (Tasha Warren) (A) Excursions (Vuorovesi Trio) (A) Four Hands. Two Hearts. One Hope. Ukrainian And American Music For Piano Duo (Mykhailo Diordiiev & Anastasiia Larchikova) (A) Here And Now - Trumpet Music By Virginia Composers (Jason Crafton, Richard Masters, Annie Stevens & Paul Langosch) (A) Lansky: Touch And Go (Gwendolyn Dease) (A) Orbiting Garden (William Hobbs) (A) Would That Loving Were Enough (Haven Trio) (A) Morten Lindberg Fred Over Jorden (Peace To The World) (Elisabeth Holte, Kjetil Bjerkestrand & Uranienborg Vokalensemble) (A) Stjernebru (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor) (A) Yule (Trio Mediæval) (A) Dmitriy Lipay Heggie: Before It All Goes Dark (Joseph Mechavich, Megan Marino, Ryan McKinny & Music Of Remembrance Ensemble) (A) Odyssey (Jorge Glem, Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela) (A) Ortiz: Yanga (Gustavo Dudamel, Alisa Weilerstein & Los Angeles Philharmonic) (A) Elaine Martone Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A) Chopin & Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonatas (Brian Thornton & Spencer Myer) (A) Dear Mrs. Kennedy (Ryan Townsend Strand) (A) Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A) LeFrak: Romántico (Sharon Isbin, Lopez-Yañez & Orchestra Of St. Luke's) (A) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 & Symphony No. 29 (Garrick Ohlsson, Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestrea) (A) The Poet & The Prodigy (Debra Nagy & Mark Edwards) (A) Shapes In Collective Space (Tallā Rouge) (A) Songs Of Orpheus (Kelley O'Connor) (A)	Best Immersive Audio Album All American Fuckboy Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth) Immersed Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray) An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla (Live) Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & 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 & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)
Best Instrumental Composition "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) "Opening" 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 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)	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 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, Instrumental 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)

Classical

Classical Field

Best Orchestral Performance Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic Orchestra) 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 Chmielinski, 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; 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 Grygic and Mateusz Kowalski. Produced by Kitt Wakely, Isabela Wiejaczka, Maciej Wiejaczka, Mak Grygic, Mateusz Kowalski, and David Veslocki. 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 Vocal Solo 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, artist Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, artist 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)

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

MusiCares Person of the Year is a charity award celebrating an artist's creative achievements and their dedication to philanthropy.

• Mariah Carey

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

• Pharrell Williams

Black Music Icon Award

• Brandy
• Kirk Franklin

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Carlos Santana
• Chaka Khan
• Cher
• Fela Kuti
• Paul Simon
• Whitney Houston

Trustees Award

• Bernie Taupin
• Eddie Palmieri
• Sylvia Rhone

Technical Grammy Award

• John Chowning

Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award

• "Ice Cream Man", written by Rachel Keen, Michael Tucker and Mike Sabath, performed by Raye ^[26]

Multiple nominations

The following received multiple nominations:

9 nominations Kendrick Lamar

7 nominations Jack Antonoff Cirkut Lady Gaga

6 nominations Bad Bunny Leon Thomas III Sabrina Carpenter Serban Ghenea Tyler, the Creator

5 nominations Andrew Watt Clipse Doechii Sounwave SZA Turnstile

4 nominations Amy Allen Justin Bieber Bryce Bordone Tyler Childers Ludwig Göransson Oli Jacobs Sierra Hull Miranda Lambert Morten Lindberg Andris Nelsons Ruairi O'Flaherty Laura Sisk Chris Stapleton Jesse Welles Hayley Williams Pharrell Williams

3 nominations Jon Batiste Dale Becker Durand Bernarr Scott Bridgeway Jozef Caldwell Gustavo Dudamel Ejae Cynthia Erivo GloRilla I'm With Her Jason Isbell Jelly Roll Brandon Lake Jack Manning Christian McBride Bruno Mars Blake Mills Randy Merrill John Powell Rosé Shaboozey Zach Top Vessel2 Kamasi Washington Wet Leg Lainey Wilson Yungblud

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