Record Of The Year
"Everything I Wanted" by Billie Eilish
Album Of The Year
Folklore by Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
"I Can't Breathe" by Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard by James Taylor
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
Best Dance Recording
"10%" by Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba by Kaytranada
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall by Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance
- Winner: "Shameika" by Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance
- Winner: "Bum-Rush" by Body Count
Best Rock Song
"Stay High" Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal by The Strokes
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner: Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Best R&B Performance
"Black Parade" by Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Anything For You" by Ledisi
Best R&B Song
- Winner:
"Better Than I Imagined" by Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello &
Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper feat. H.E.R. & Meshell
Ndegeocello)
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is by Thundercat
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love by John Legend
Best Rap Performance
"Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"Lockdown" by Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song
"Savage" by Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick
Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier
Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring
Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album
King's Disease by Nas
Best Country Solo Performance
"When My Amy Prays" by Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"10,000 Hours" by Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Song
"Crowded Table" by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album
Wildcard by Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories by Jim "Kimo" West
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"All Blues" by Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets are the Best Stories by Kurt Elling feat. Danilo Pérez
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2 by Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Data Lords by Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions by Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song
"Movin' On" by Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L.
Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell
Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
"There Was Jesus" by Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ by PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King by Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) by Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
- Winner: YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio by Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 by Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
40 by Grupo Niche
Best American Roots Performance
"I Remember Everything" by John Prine
Best American Roots Song
"I Remember Everything" by Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album
World on the Ground by Sarah Jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album
Home by Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw by Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? by Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album
All The Good Times by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere by New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Reggae Album
Got To Be Tough by Toots & The Maytals
Best Global Music Album
Twice As Tall by Burna Boy
Best Children's Music Album
- Winner: All The Ladies by Joanie Leeds
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
Best Comedy Album
Winner: Black Mitzvah by Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit (Various Artists) Taika Waititi, compilation producer Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker by Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
"No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas Baird O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Track from: No Time to Die
Best Instrumental Composition
"Sputnik" by Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
"Donna Lee" by John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
"He Won't Hold You" by Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12 by Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy by Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Album Notes
Dead Man's Pop by Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Historical Album
It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers by Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace by Drew Brown, Julian
Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David
Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike
Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy
Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
Best Remixed Recording
"Roses (Imanbek Remix)" by Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Immersive Audio Album Craft Committee was
unable to meet. The judging of the entries in this category has been
postponed until such time that we are able to meet in a way that is
appropriate to judge the many formats and configurations of the entries
and is safe for the committee members. The nominations for the 63rd
GRAMMYs will be announced next year in addition to (and separately from)
the 64th GRAMMY nominations in the category
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, 'Babi Yar'
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David
Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves,
Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera
Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn
Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters
(James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila
Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo
Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Winner: Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O'Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse: Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Music Video
- Winner: "Brown Skin Girl"
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Beyoncé
Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Astrid Edwards, Aya
Kaida, Jean Mougin, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video
producers
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
