Album of the year
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny
Record of the year
Song of the year
Best new artist
Olivia Dean
Producer of the year, nonclassical
Cirkut |
Songwriter of the year, nonclassical
Amy Allen |
“Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
Pop vocal album
Dance/electronic recording
“End of Summer” — Tame Impala
Dance pop recording
“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
Dance/electronic album
“Eusexua” — FKA twigs
Remixed recording
“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga and Gesaffelstein)
“Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II
“Birds” — Turnstile
Rock song
“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Rock album
“Never Enough” — Turnstile
“Alone” — The Cure
Alternative music album
“Songs of a Lost World” — The Cure
“Folded” — Kehlani
“Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
R & B song
“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan
Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Dawit Kamal Wilson,
songwriters (Kehlani)
Progressive R & B album
“Bloom” — Durand Bernarr
R & B album
“Mutt” — Leon Thomas
“Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams
“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Rap song
“TV Off” — Jack
Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger,
Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar
Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Rap album
Spoken word poetry album
“Words For Days Vol. 1” — Mad Skillz
“Windows - Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
Jazz vocal album
“Portrait” — Samara Joy
Jazz instrumental album
“Southern Nights” — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore
Large jazz ensemble album
“Without Further Ado, Vol 1” — Christian McBride Big Band
Latin jazz album
“A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole” — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta and Joey Calveiro
Alternative jazz album
“Live-Action” — Nate Smith
Traditional pop vocal album
“A Matter of Time” — Laufey
Contemporary instrumental album
“Brightside” — Arkai
Musical theater album
“Buena Vista Social Club” — Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
“Bad as I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]” — Chris Stapleton
“Amen” — Shaboozey and Jelly Roll
Country song
“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
Traditional country album
“Ain’t in It for My Health” — Zach Top
Contemporary country album
“Beautifully Broken” — Jelly Roll
“Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
“Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
American roots song
“Ancient Light” —Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Americana album
“Big Money” — Jon Batiste
Bluegrass album
“Highway Prayers” — Billy Strings
Traditional blues album
“Ain’t Done With the Blues” — Buddy Guy
Contemporary blues album
“Preacher Kids” — Robert Randolph
Folk album
“Wild and Clear and Blue” — I’m With Her
Regional roots music album
“A Tribute to the King of Zydeco”
“Come Jesus Come” — Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
“Hard
Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven
Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford and Brandon
Lake, songwriters
Gospel album
“Heart of Mine” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Contemporary Christian music album
“Coritos Vol. 1” — Israel & New Breed
Roots gospel album
“I Will Not Be Moved (Live)” — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Latin pop album
“Cancionera” — Natalia Lafourcade
Música urbana album
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny
Latin rock or alternative album
“Papota” — Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso
Música Mexicana album (including Tejano)
“Palabra De To’s (Seca)” — Carín León
Tropical Latin album
“Raíces” — Gloria Estefan
“EoO” — Bad Bunny
“Push 2 Start” — Tyla
Global music album
“Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo” — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Reggae album
“Blxxd & Fyah” — Keznamdi
New age, ambient or chant album
“Nomadica” — Carla Patullo Featuring the Scorchio Quartet and Tonality
Children’s music album
“Harmony” — Fyütch and Aura V
Comedy album
“Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” — Nate Bargatze
Audio book, narration and storytelling recording
“Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” — Dalai Lama
“Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson, composer
“Sword of the Sea” — Austin Wintory, composer
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
Music video
“Anxiety” — Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes and Sophia Sabella, video producers
Music film
“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
Recording package
“Tracks II: The Lost Albums” — Meghan Foley and Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Album cover
“Chromakopia” — Shaun Llewellyn and Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator)
Album notes
“Miles ‘55: The Prestige Recordings” — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
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)
Best engineered album, nonclassical
“That
Wasn’t a Dream” — Joseph Lorge and Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia
Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best engineered album, classical
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
Producer of the year, classical
Elaine Martone
Immersive audio album
“Immersed”
— Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive
mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka and Morten Lindberg,
immersive producers (Justin Gray)
Instrumental composition
“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz)
Arrangement, instrumental or a cappella
“Super Mario Praise Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen and Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Arrangement, instruments and vocals
“Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring Säje)
“Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Opera recording
“Heggie:
Intelligence” — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges and
Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene
Scheer)
“Ortiz:
Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los
Angeles Philharmonic and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master
Chorale)
“Dennehy: Land Of Winter” — Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound
Classical instrumental solo
“Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos” — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Classical solo vocal album
“Telemann:
Ino - Opera Arias for Soprano” — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert
Mealy, Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music
Festival Orchestra)
Classical compendium
“Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Contemporary classical composition
“Ortiz: Dzonot” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)
