The Grammy nominations are finally here and WOW, what a list!
Now we know who is competing for the 68th Grammy Awards.
The Recording Academy enlisted alumni Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii and more to announce this year’s slate of nominees on Friday morning.
Kendrick Lamar earned nine nominations for “GNX,” a kinetic LP that combines the confidence of his victory lap over Drake with sounds and lyrics matured by his love for the city of Los Angeles.
Lady Gaga earned seven nominations for “Mayhem,” her synth-centric but gender-fluid ode to the shadows of the dance floor. Although this is his fifth nomination for Album of the Year, it could be the first time he finally snags the title.
Selected in six categories, the buzz around Bad Bunny’s vibrant “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” may be reinforced by his upcoming Super Bowl halftime concert. It is only the second time that an album entirely in Spanish has been chosen Album of the Year; the first was his 2022 release, “Un Verano Sin Ti.”
Sabrina Carpenter captured six nominations for “Man’s Best Friend,” proving once again that the silly and the sensual make great bedfellows when in the right hands.
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This year there are two new categories, bringing the total number of awards to 95.
The designers will compete for the honor of Best Album Cover for the first time.
Best Country Album was split into two categories, adding the new Best Traditional Country Album and coincidentally decided it was time to rename the original Best Contemporary Country Album just a year after Beyoncé became the first black artist to win the category.
Music had to be released between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025 to be eligible for consideration.
Members of the Recording Academy will have from December 12, 2025 to January 5, 2026 to reflect on their decisions.
Once everything is accounted for, the ceremony will take place on February 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The extensive list of nominations across 95 categories can be found here:
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Recording of the year
“DtMF” – Bad Bunny
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Anxiety” – Doechii
“Wildflower” – Billie Eilish
“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga
“Luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA
“The Metro” – Chappell Roan
“SUITABLE.” – Rosado, Bruno Mars
album of the year
I should have taken more photos – Bad Bunny
Swag -Justin Bieber
Man’s best friend – Sabrina Carpenter
Let God fix them – Clipse, Pusha T and Malicia
Violence -Lady Gaga
GNX – Kendrick Lamar
Mutt – Leon Tomas
chromacopy – Tyler, the Creator
song of the year
“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter and Andrew Watt, composers (Lady Gaga)
“Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“SUITABLE.” – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas and Henry Walter, composers (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 and Mark Sonnenblick, composers (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 and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
“Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, composers (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Wildflower” – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
the marias
Addison Rae
Shadow
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
young lola
Producer of the year, non-classical
and auerbach
Circus
Dijon
Blake Mills
Subwave
Composer 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
“Illness” – Lady Gaga
“The Subway” – Chappell Roan
“Messy” – Lola Young
Best Pop Duo or Group Performance
“Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
“Golden” (From “KPop Demon Hunters”) – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
“Gabriela” – Katseye
“SUITABLE.” – Rosado, 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
Violence -Lady Gaga
I’ve tried everything except therapy (Part 2) – Teddy swimming
Best dance/electronic recording
“No limit” – 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 Gómez and Benny Blanco
“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga
“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
“Keep Watching” (from “F1 The Movie”) – Tate McRae
“Illegal” – PinkPantheress
Best dance/electronic album
Eusex – FKA twigs
ten days —Fred again…
Do you fancy that? — Pink Panther
Inhale/Exhale – Rüfüs Du Sol
Damn, Skrillex. You think you’re Andy Warhol, but you’re not! 3 —Skrillex
Best Remixed Recording
“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” – Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, 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, Rei Ami)
Best rock performance
“You shouldn’t be doing that” – Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Vacuum Machine” – Linkin Park
“It is never enough” – Tourniquet
“Mirtazapine” – Hayley Williams
“Changes (Live from Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” – Yungblud with Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best brass performance
“Night Terror” – Dream Theater
“Lacrima” – Ghost
“Emergency” – Dream sheet
“Soft spine” —Spiritbox
“Birds” – Tourniquet
best rock song
“As alive as you need it to be” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
“Caramel” – Vessel1 and Vessel2, composers (Sleep Token)
“Glum” – Daniel James and Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
“Never Enough” – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills and Brendan Yates, composers (Turnstile)
“Zombie” – Dominic Harrison and Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Best rock album
private music — Deftones
I leave it -Haim
From scratch —Linkin Park
It’s never enough — Tourniquet
idols -Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
“It’s all peaceful love” – Bon Iver
“Alone” – The cure
“Seeing stars” – Tourniquet
“Accomplished” – Leave the leg
“Parachute” – Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
Sand, Fable -Bon Iver
Songs of a lost world – The cure
Don’t hit the glass – Tyler, the Creator
Moisturizing – Wet Leg
Ego death at a bachelorette party -Hayley Williams
Best R&B Performance
“Yukon” – Justin Bieber
“It Depends” – Chris Brown with Bryson Tiller
“Dubbed” – 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 Bernard
“Upper City” – Lalah Hathaway
“I love you too” – Ledisi
“Crybaby” – SZA
“Vibrations 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, composers (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 with Bryson Tiller)
“Overqualified”: James John Abrahart Jr and Durand Bernarr, composers (Durand Bernarr)
“Yes, it is”: Jariuce Banks, Lázaro Andrés Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl and Leon Thomas, composers (Leon Thomas)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Bloom – Durand Bernard
Adjust brightness -Bilal
Love in digital —Destin Conrad
Access all areas —Flo
Come as you are – Martin and Kenyon Dixon Terrace
Best R&B Album
Beloved— Giveon
Why not more? —Coco Jones
the crown —This dish
escape room -Teyana Taylor
Wall —Leon Tomas
Best rap performance
“Outside” – Cardi B
“Chains & Whips”: Clipse, Pusha T and Malice with Kendrick Lamar and
Pharrell Williams
“Anxiety” – Doechii
“TV Off” – Kendrick Lamar with Lefty Gunplay
“Darling, I” – Tyler, the Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance “Proud of Me” – Fridayy with Meek Mill
“With all my heart” – JID ft. Ty Dolla $ign and 6Lack
“Luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA
“WeMaj” – Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody
“Someone Loves Me” – Partynextdoor and Drake
best rap song
“Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doech i)
“Birds don’t sing” – Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell
Williams and Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T and Malice with 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 with GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne)
“Tgif” – Lucas Algria, Dillon Brophy, Crime Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnine Jackson, Mario Mims and Jorge M. Taveras, composers (Glorilla)
“TV Off”: Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with Lefty Gunplay)
best rap album
Let God fix them – Clipse, Pusha T and Malicia
Glorious – GloRilla
God likes ugly – SHAPE
GNX – Kendrick Lamar
chromacopy – Tyler, the Creator
Best Spoken Poetry Album
A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (partially recorded live at @City Winery and elsewhere) —Queen Sheba
black shaman —Marc Marcel
pages —Omari Hardwick and Anthony Hamilton
Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño and his friends at Treepeople —Saúl Williams, Carlos Niño and friends
Words for days vol. 1 – Crazy skill
Best Jazz Performance
“Noble Rise” – Lakecia Benjamin with Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield
“Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
“Tranquility / Dreams come true” – Samara Joy
“Four” – Michael Mayo
“All the Stars Take You – Live” – Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim,
Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Elementary – Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap
We insist 2025! – Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell
Portrait — Samara Alegría
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 with Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore
Belonging – Branford Marsalis Quartet
fall of spirit —John Patitucci with Chris Potter and Brian Blade
Fasten —Yellow jackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Orchestrator emulator — The big 8-bit band
Without further ado, volume 1 – Christian McBride Big Band
Lumens — Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band
Basic rocks! —Deborah Silver and the Count Basie Orchestra
lights on a satellite —Sun Ra Arkestra
Some Days Are Better – Missing Scores — Kenny Wheeler Legacy with the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and Frost Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
La Flor de Cayena — Paquito D’Rivera & Banda Conexión Madrid-New York
The original influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico — Arturo O’farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestraing Pedaturaning Pedrito Martinez, Jon Fddis, Donald Harrison 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 & Joey Calveiro
Subordinate of Vanguardia: 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
blue blood – Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
winter songs – there
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
bright side —Arkai
ones and twos -Gerald Clayton
BEATrio — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
Just us —Bob James and Dave Koz
shayan —Charu Suri
Best Musical Theater Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Death becomes her
Gypsy
Just in time
Maybe happy ending
Best Country Solo Performance
“Nose on the whetstone” – Tyler Childers
“Good news” – Shaboozey
“Bad as it used to be” (from “F1 The Movie”) – Chris Stapleton
“I never lie” – Zach Top
“Somewhere over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo or Group Performance
“A song to sing” – Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Pioneer”: Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
“Love me like you used to” – Margo Price and 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 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”: Jene Fleen, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
dollar a day -Charley Crockett
american romance – Lucas Nelson
Oh what a beautiful world —Willie Nelson
stubborn woman – Margo Price
I’m not in this for my health. -Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album
Patterns —Kelsea Ballerini
snipe hunter —Tyler Childers
Evangeline against the machine – Eric Church
beautifully broken — Jelly roll
Texas Postcards —Miranda Lambert
Best American Roots Performance
“Lonely Avenue” – Jon Batiste with Randy Newman
“Ancient light” – I am with her
“Crimson and Clay” – Jason Isbell
“Richmond on the James” – Alison Krauss and Union Station
“Beautiful Strangers” – Mavis Staples
Best American Performance
“Boom” – Sierra Hull
“Poison in my well” – Maggie Rose and Grace Potter
“Good luck” – Mavis Staples
“That’s going to leave a mark” – Molly Tuttle
“Horses” – Jesse Welles
Best American Roots Song
“Ancient Light”: Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, composers (I’m With Her)
“Big Money” – Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Newses in the Snow” – Jason Isbell, composer (Jason Isbell)
“Middle” – Jesse Welles, composer (Jesse Welles)
“Spitfire” – Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
Best American Album
Big money – Jon Batista
Bloom –Larkin Poe
The last leaf of the tree –Willie Nelson
See you later, little miss Sunshine –Molly Tuttle
Half -Jesse Welles
Best Bluegrass Album
carter and cleveland —Michael Cleveland and Jason Carter
A tall pointed wire —Sierra Hull
Arcadia — Alison Krauss and Union Station
Outrun —Steel conductors
Prayers on the road – Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
I’m not done with sadness – Friend
Porch room —Taj Mahal and Key K”
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey — Maria Muldaur
Be careful on the highway —Charlie Musselwhite
Young fashion ways —Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Discovery -Joe Bonamassa
paper doll —Samantha Fish
A tribute to LJK —Eric Wales
preaching children —Robert Randolph
Family — South Avenue
Best folk album
What did the blackbird say to the crow? —Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson
rose crown —Patty Griffin
Wild and clear and blue – I’m with her
Newses in the snow —Jason Isbell
Under the power lines (April 24 – September 24) —Jesse Welles
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Lives at Vaughan’s house – Corey Henry and the Treme Funket
For the fat man —Preservation Brass and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
New Orleans Church —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, composer
“Church” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and Jonas Myrin, composers
“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 with 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, composers
“Your way is better” — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank and Pera, composers
“Hard Fighting Hallelujah” – Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford and Brandon Lake, composers
“Headphones”: Lecrae, Killer Mike, TI; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller and Clifford Harris, composers
“Amazing” – Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; pajamas Morton and Darrel Walls, composers
Best Gospel Album
sunny days —Yolanda Adams
tasha —Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live and breathe fight – Tamela Mann
Just On The Road (Live) —Tye Tribbett
my heart — Darrel Walls, P.J. Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Son of God II -Forrest Frank
Coritos vol. 1 — Israel and the new generation
king of hearts – Lake Brandon
Reconstruction —Lecrae
Let the church sing —Tauren wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
I Will Not Be Moved (Live) —The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Then morning came — Gaither Vocal Band
Praise and Worship: More than a hollow hallelujah —The Isaacs
Good answers – Karen Peck and Rio Nuevo
Back to my roots – Candi Staton
Best Latin Pop Album
Our Thing – Alexander Raw
Bogotá (Deluxe) –Andres Cepeda
Tropicochaete – Karol G.
Songbook – Natalia Lafourcade
And now what? – Alejandro Sanz
Best Urban Music Album
I SHOULD TAKE MORE PHOTOS – Bad Bunny
Mixteip —J Balvin
FERXXO VOL X: Sacred — sweep
GET UP -Nicki Nicole
LUXURY EUB – Thunder
SYMPHONIC (Live) —Yandel
Best Latin or Alternative Rock Album
Rebel Genes — Velvety
ASTROPIC — Stereo Bomb, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
PATTERN — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
ALGORITHM — The Wizards
Novel — Fito Paez
Best Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
MY BAD — Regulated Force, Border Group
And What’s Coming — Frontera Group
Without detours —Paola Jara
To’s Word (Dry) — Carin Leon
Bobby Pulido & Friends One Yours and One Mine – Por La Puerta Grande (Live) —Bobby Pulido
Best Latin Tropical Album
Photographs — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
Roots —Gloria Estefan
Classics 1.0 — Niche Group
Bingo —Alain Perez
Debut and Second Round, Vol. 2 —Gilberto Santa Rosa
Best World Musical Performance
“EoO” – Bad Bunny
”Singing on the Road” — Ciro Hurtado
“JERUSALEM” – Angélique Kidjo
“Immigrant So What?” — Yeisy Rojas
“Shrini’s Dream (Live)” – Shakti
“Daybreak” – Anoushka Shankar with Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar
Best African Music Performance
“Love” – Burna Boy
“With You” – Davido ft. Omah Lay
“Hope and love” – Eddy Kenzo and Mehran Matin
“Gimme Dat” – Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid
“Press 2 Home” – Tyla
Best Global Music Album
Kumbha Sounds —Siddhant Bhatia
No signs of weakness – Burna Boy
Light up the world – Light up the world -Youssou N’Dour
Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Live Tour) —Sakti
Chapter III: We return to the Light — Anoushka Shankar with Alam Khan and Sarathy
Expulsion
Caetano and Bethânia live —Caetano Veloso and María Bethânia
Best Reggae Album
Treasure self-love —Lila Ike
Heart and soul —Vybz Kartel
BLXXD & FYAH -Keznamdi
From within —Mortimer
No place like home —Jesse Real
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
kuruvinda —Kirsten Agresta-Copely
according to the moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet
in the forest -Jahnavi Harrison
Nomadic — Carla Patullo with 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 Magical Treehouse —Mega Ran
Harmony — FYÜTCH and Aura V
History —Bromley Flower
Tori’s music and the muses —Tori Amos
Best comedy album
dead years —Bill Burr
Autopsy —Sarah Silverman
single lady —Ali Wong
What had happened was… —Jamie Newsx
Your friend, Nate Bargatze – Nate Bargatze
Best Audiobook Recording, Narration and Storytelling
Elvis, Rocky and Me: The Carol Connors Story —Kathy Garver
In 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 True Story of Milli Vanilli – Fabulous Morvan
Best soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)
How to train your dragon –John Powell, composer
Indemnity: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer
sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer
Wicked –John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers
The wild robot – Kris Bowers, composer
Best soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
Avatar: Pandora’s Frontiers – Secrets of the Needles — 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
Best written song for visual media
“As Alive As You Need It 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, Rei Ami)
“I Lied to You” (from “Sinners”) – Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq, composers (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, composers (Jayme Lawson)
“Sinners” (From “Sinners”) – Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis
Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo and Darius Povilinus, composers (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
Producer Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Orden, video
“Anxiety” – Doechii
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
“Love” – OK, go
Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada and Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Best musical 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 Valdés and Pharrell Williams, video producers
Best recording package
And as adjacent as possible — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose and Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go)
Air navigation — Bráulio Amado and Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller)
Danse Macabre: De Luxe – Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran)
Strong is like — Farbod Kokabi and Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami)
Redwood — 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 Holmes, art directors (Bruce
Springsteen)
Best album cover
chromacopy — Shaun Llewellyn and Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator)
The crux —William Wesley II, Art Director (Djo)
I should have taken more photos — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
Glory — Cody Critcheloe and Andrew JS, art directors (Perfume Genius)
Moisturizing — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki and Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
Best album notes
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, good luck, see you later: on stage 1964-1974 — Scott B. Bomar, album liner writer (Buck Owens And His Buckaroos)
After the last sky — Adam Shatz, album liner writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland)
Arab — Amanda Ekery, album liner note writer (Amanda Ekery)
The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 — Alec Palao, album liner 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 liner 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)
Making five remaining sheets — Cally Callomon and Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth and John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake)
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of the Harare Townships 1975-1980 (Analogue Africa No.41) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, Mastering Engineer (Various Artists)
Super Pirate Record – From Tepito to the World 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, Mastering Engineer (Various Artists)
You Can’t Hip a Square: Doc Pomus’ Composition Demonstrations — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, Mastering Engineer (Doc Pomus)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
All things are 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 and Union Station)
For melancholic brunettes (and sad women) — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills and Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, Mastering Engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
That was not a dream — Joseph Lorge and Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, Mastering Engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classic
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 and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, Mastering Engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell and Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Standard stops — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman and David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer (Third Coast Pe rcussion)
Christmas — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, Mastering Engineer (Trio Mediæval)
Producer of the year, classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Sergei Kvitko
Morten Lindberg
Dmitry Lipay
Elaine Martone
Best Immersive Audio Album
All American Fuck 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 mixing engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)
shakes of tears — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mixing engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
Christmas — Morten Lindberg, immersive mixing engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)
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 road” – Sierra Hull, songwriter (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 with 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 voices.
“Big Fish”: Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith with säje)
“What did she look like?” — 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; Ballad 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
Venezuelan Orchestra)
Still & Bonds – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best opera recording
Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, director; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges
and Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, director; 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: Worship – Alan Pierson, director; 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, director; 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, director (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, director (Steven Bradshaw, Michael
Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler and Elisa Sutherland; The crossing)
Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel, driver; Grant Gershon, chorus
master (Tambuco Philharmonic Percussion Ensemble and Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Choir)
Requiem of Light: Steven News, conductor; Emily Drennan and Patti Drennan, choir directors (Brian Giebler and Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dennehy: Land of Winter – Alan Pierson and the alarm will sound
La Mer – French Piano Trios — Neave Trio
Lullabies for the Broken Hearted – Lili Haydn and Paul Cantelon
Slavic sessions: Mak Grgić and Mateusz Kowalski
Standard Stops: Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Coleridge-Taylor: 3 selections from ’24 Negro Melodies’ – Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
Orchestrated Hope: Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, directors (Venezuelan String Recording Ensemble)
Inheritances – Adam Tendler
Price: Piano Concerto in a 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
Same – My mother’s dream —Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphony Orchestra)
Black Pierrot — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
In this short life —Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolás, companion
Kurtág: Fragments of Kafka —Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, companion
Beatles Schubert —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 Classic Compendium
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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, driver; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Seven stations: 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: Winterland – Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson and 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 and various artists)
Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)