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Grammys 2026: The complete list of winners and nominees

Jevon Phillips and Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times on

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LOS ANGELES — The Grammy Awards returned to L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena on Sunday with Trevor Noah hosting for the sixth and final time, and after more than half a century, CBS broadcast the awards show for the last time. It will move to Disney outlets in 2027.

The majority of the 95 awards were handed out at the non-televised premiere ceremony, hosted by Darren Criss.

Record of the year

“DtMF” — Bad Bunny

“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter

“Anxiety” — Doechii

“Wildflower” — Billie Eilish

“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga

“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA

“The Subway” — Chappell Roan

“Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars

Album of the year

“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny

“Swag” — Justin Bieber

“Man’s Best Friend” — Sabrina Carpenter

“Let God Sort Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice

“Mayhem” — Lady Gaga

“GNX” — Kendrick Lamar

“Mutt” — Leon Thomas

“Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator

Song of the year

“Wildflower” — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) | WINNER

“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

“Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

“Apt.” — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas and Henry Walter, songwriters (Rosé, Bruno Mars)

“DtMF” — Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry and Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)

“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)

“Luther” — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)

“Manchild” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

Best new artist

Olivia Dean | WINNER

Katseye

The Marías

Addison Rae

Sombr

Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

Producer of the year, nonclassical

Cirkut | WINNER

Dan Auerbach

Dijon

Blake Mills

Sounwave

Songwriter of the year, nonclassical

Amy Allen | WINNER

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Laura Veltz

Pop solo performance

“Messy” — Lola Young | WINNER

“Daisies” — Justin Bieber

“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter

“Disease” — Lady Gaga

“The Subway” — Chappell Roan

Pop duo/group performance

“Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande | WINNER

“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami

“Gabriela” — Katseye

“Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars

“30 for 30” — SZA With Kendrick Lamar

Pop vocal album

“Mayhem” — Lady Gaga | WINNER

“Swag” — Justin Bieber

“Man’s Best Friend” — Sabrina Carpenter

“Something Beautiful” — Miley Cyrus

“I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)” — Teddy Swims

Dance/electronic recording

“End of Summer” — Tame Impala | WINNER

“No Cap” — Disclosure and Anderson .Paak

“Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta and Plaqueboymax

“Space Invader” — Kaytranada

“Voltage” — Skrillex

Dance pop recording

“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga | WINNER

“Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco

“Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson

“Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)” — Tate McRae

“Illegal” — PinkPantheress

Dance/electronic album

“Eusexua” — FKA twigs | WINNER

“Ten Days” — Fred Again..

“Fancy That” — PinkPantheress

“Inhale / Exhale” — Rüfüs Du Sol

“F— U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!

Remixed recording

“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga and Gesaffelstein) | WINNER

“Don’t Forget About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey and Kaytranada)

“A Dreams a Dream - Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)

“Galvanize” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers and Chris Lake)

“Golden - David Guetta Rem/x” — David Guetta, remixer (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)

Rock performance

“Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II | WINNER

“U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers

“The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park

“Never Enough” — Turnstile

“Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams

Metal performance

“Birds” — Turnstile | WINNER

“Night Terror” — Dream Theater

“Lachryma” — Ghost

“Emergence” — Sleep Token

“Soft Spine” — Spiritbox

Rock song

“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) | WINNER

“Caramel” — Vessel1 and Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)

“Glum” — Daniel James and Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)

“Never Enough” — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills and Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)

“Zombie” — Dominic Harrison and Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)

Rock album

“Never Enough” — Turnstile | WINNER

“Private Music” — Deftones

“I Quit” — Haim

“From Zero” — Linkin Park

“Idols” — Yungblud

Alternative music performance

“Alone” — The Cure | WINNER

“Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver

“Seein’ Stars” — Turnstile

“Mangetout” — Wet Leg

“Parachute” — Hayley Williams

Alternative music album

“Songs of a Lost World” — The Cure | WINNER

“Sable, Fable” — Bon Iver

“Don’t Tap the Glass” — Tyler, the Creator

“Moisturizer” — Wet Leg

“Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” — Hayley Williams

R&B performance

“Folded” — Kehlani | WINNER

“Yukon” — Justin Bieber

“It Depends” — Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller

“Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” — Leon Thomas

“Heart of a Woman” — Summer Walker

Traditional R&B performance

“Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas | WINNER

“Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr

“Uptown” — Lalah Hathaway

“Love You Too” — Ledisi

“Crybaby” — SZA

R&B song

“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani) | WINNER

“Heart of a Woman” — David Bishop and Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)

“It Depends” — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent and Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller)

“Overqualified” — James John Abrahart Jr. and Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)

“Yes It Is” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl and Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)

Progressive R&B album

“Bloom” — Durand Bernarr | WINNER

“Adjust Brightness” — Bilal

“Love on Digital” — Destin Conrad

“Access All Areas” — Flo

“Come as You Are” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon

R&B album

“Mutt” — Leon Thomas | WINNER

“Beloved” — Giveon

“Why Not More?” — Coco Jones

“The Crown” — Ledisi

“Escape Room” — Teyana Taylor

Rap performance

“Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams | WINNER

“Anxiety” — Doechii

“Outside” — Cardi B

“TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay

“Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown

Melodic rap performance

“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA | WINNER

“Proud of Me” — Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill

“Wholeheartedly” — JID Featuring Ty Dolla Sign and 6Lack

“WeMaj” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody

“Somebody Loves Me” — PartyNextDoor and Drake

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) | WINNER

“Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

“The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T and Malice Featuring John Legend and Voices of Fire)

“Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma and Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne)

“TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims and Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (Glorilla)

Rap album

“GNX” — Kendrick Lamar | WINNER

“Let God Sort Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice

“Glorious” — GloRilla

“God Does Like Ugly” — JID

“Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator

Spoken word poetry album

“Words For Days Vol. 1” — Mad Skillz | WINNER

“A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places)” — Queen Sheba

“Black Shaman” — Marc Marcel

“Pages” — Omari Hardwick and Anthony Hamilton

“Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople” — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño and Friends

Jazz performance

“Windows - Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade | WINNER

“Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield

“Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy

“Four” — Michael Mayo

“All Stars Lead to You - Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth

Jazz vocal album

“Portrait” — Samara Joy | WINNER

“Elemental” — Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap

“We Insist 2025!” — Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell

“Fly” — Michael Mayo

“Live at Vic’s Las Vegas” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth

Jazz instrumental album

“Southern Nights” — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore | WINNER

“Trilogy 3 (Live)” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade

“Belonging” — Branford Marsalis Quartet

“Spirit Fall” — John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter and Brian Blade

“Fasten Up” — Yellowjackets

Large jazz ensemble album

“Without Further Ado, Vol 1” — Christian McBride Big Band | WINNER

“Orchestrator Emulator” — The 8-Bit Big Band

“Lumen” — Danilo Pérez and Bohuslän Big Band

“Basie Rocks!” — Deborah Silver and the Count Basie Orchestra

“Lights on a Satellite” — Sun Ra Arkestra

“Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores” — Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and Frost Jazz Orchestra

Latin jazz album

“A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole” — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta and Joey Calveiro | WINNER

“La Fleur de Cayenne” — Paquito D’Rivera and Madrid-New York Connection Band

“The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico” — Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison and Melvis Santa

“Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley” — Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

“Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard” — Miguel Zenón Quartet

Alternative jazz album

“Live-Action” — Nate Smith | WINNER

“Honey From a Winter Stone” — Ambrose Akinmusire

“Keys to the City Volume One” — Robert Glasper

“Ride Into the Sun” — Brad Mehldau

“Blues Blood” — Immanuel Wilkins

Traditional pop vocal album

“A Matter of Time” — Laufey | WINNER

“Wintersongs” — Laila Biali

“The Gift of Love” — Jennifer Hudson

“Who Believes in Angels?” — Elton John and Brandi Carlile

“Harlequin” — Lady Gaga

“The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2” — Barbra Streisand

Contemporary instrumental album

“Brightside” — Arkai | WINNER

“Ones & Twos” — Gerald Clayton

“Beatrio” — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez

“Just Us” — Bob James and Dave Koz

“Shayan” — Charu Suri

Musical theater album

“Buena Vista Social Club” — Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast) | WINNER

“Death Becomes Her” — Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard and Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison and Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey and Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

“Gypsy” — Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson and Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai and George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast)

“Just in Time” — Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence and Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick and Bill Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer and lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

“Maybe Happy Ending” — Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron and Helen J. Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey and Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Country solo performance

“Bad as I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]” — Chris Stapleton | WINNER

“Nose on the Grindstone” — Tyler Childers

“Good News” — Shaboozey

“I Never Lie” — Zach Top

“Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson

Country duo/group performance

“Amen” — Shaboozey and Jelly Roll | WINNER

“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

“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” — George Strait and Chris Stapleton

Country song

“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers) | WINNER

“Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman and Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)

“I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols and Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top)

“Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)

“A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)

Traditional country album

“Ain’t in It for My Health” — Zach Top | WINNER

“Dollar a Day” — Charley Crockett

“American Romance” — Lukas Nelson

“Oh What a Beautiful World” — Willie Nelson

“Hard Headed Woman” — Margo Price

Contemporary country album

“Beautifully Broken” — Jelly Roll | WINNER

“Patterns” — Kelsea Ballerini

“Snipe Hunter” — Tyler Childers

“Evangeline vs. the Machine” — Eric Church

“Postcards From Texas” — Miranda Lambert

American roots performance

“Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples | WINNER

“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

Americana performance

“Godspeed” — Mavis Staples | WINNER

“Boom” — Sierra Hull

“Poison in My Well” — Maggie Rose and Grace Potter

“That’s Gonna Leave a Mark” — Molly Tuttle

“Horses” — Jesse Welles

American roots song

“Ancient Light” —Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her) | WINNER

“Big Money” —Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

“Foxes in the Snow” — Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)

“Middle” — Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles)

“Spitfire” — Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)

Americana album

“Big Money” — Jon Batiste | WINNER

“Bloom” — Larkin Poe

“Last Leaf on the Tree” — Willie Nelson

“So Long Little Miss Sunshine” — Molly Tuttle

“Middle” — Jesse Welles

 

Bluegrass album

“Highway Prayers” — Billy Strings | WINNER

“Carter & Cleveland” — Michael Cleveland and Jason Carter

“A Tip Toe High Wire” — Sierra Hull

“Arcadia” — Alison Krauss & Union Station

“Outrun” — The Steeldriver

Traditional blues album

“Ain’t Done With the Blues” — Buddy Guy | WINNER

“Room on the Porch” — Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’

“One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey” — Maria Muldaur

“Look Out Highway” — Charlie Musselwhite

“Young Fashioned Ways” — Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush

Contemporary blues album

“Preacher Kids” — Robert Randolph | WINNER

“Breakthrough” — Joe Bonamassa

“Paper Doll” — Samantha Fish

“A Tribute to LJK” — Eric Gales

“Family” — Southern Avenue

Folk album

“Wild and Clear and Blue” — I’m With Her | WINNER

“What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow” — Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson

“Crown of Roses” — Patty Griffin

“Foxes in the Snow” — Jason Isbell

“Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)” — Jesse Welles

Regional roots music album

“A Tribute to the King of Zydeco” — (Various Artists) | WINNER

“Live at Vaughan’s” — Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet

“For Fat Man” — Preservation Brass and Preservation Hall Jazz Band

“Church of New Orleans” — Kyle Roussel

“Second Line Sunday” — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band

Gospel performance/song

“Come Jesus Come” — Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar | WINNER

“Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

“Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Jonas Myrin, songwriters

“Still (Live)” — Jonathan McReynolds and Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

“Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II and Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters

Contemporary Christian music performance/song

“Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford and Brandon Lake, songwriters | WINNER

“I Know a Name” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake and Jacob Sooter, songwriters

“Your Way’s Better” — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank and Pera, songwriters

“Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller and Clifford Harris, songwriters

“Amazing” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton and Darrel Walls, songwriters

Gospel album

“Heart of Mine” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton | WINNER

“Sunny Days” — Yolanda Adams

“Tasha” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard

“Live Breathe Fight” — Tamela Mann

“Only on the Road (Live)” — Tye Tribbett

Contemporary Christian music album

“Coritos Vol. 1” — Israel & New Breed | WINNER

“Child of God II” — Forrest Frank

“King Of Hearts” — Brandon Lake

“Reconstruction” — Lecrae

“Let the Church Sing” — Tauren Wells

Roots gospel album

“I Will Not Be Moved (Live)” — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | WINNER

“Then Came the Morning” — Gaither Vocal Band

“Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah” — The Isaacs

“Good Answers” — Karen Peck & New River

“Back to My Roots” — Candi Staton

Latin pop album

“Cancionera” — Natalia Lafourcade | WINNER

“Cosa Nuestra” — Rauw Alejandro

“Bogotá (Deluxe)” — Andrés Cepeda

“Tropicoqueta” — Karol G

“¿Y ahora qué?” — Alejandro Sanz

Música urbana album

“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Bad Bunny | WINNER

“Mixteip” — J Balvin

“Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado” — Feid

“Naiki” — Nicki Nicole

“EUB Deluxe” — Trueno

“Sinfónico (En Vivo)” — Yandel

Latin rock or alternative album

“Papota” — Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso | WINNER

“Genes Rebeldes” — Aterciopelados

“Astropical” — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana and Astropical

“Algorhythm” — Los Wizzards

“Novela” — Fito Paez

Música Mexicana album (including Tejano)

“Palabra De To’s (Seca)” — Carín León | WINNER

“Mala Mía” — Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera

“Y Lo Que Viene” — Grupo Frontera

“Sin Rodeos” — Paola Jara

“Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)” — Bobby Pulido

Tropical Latin album

“Raíces” — Gloria Estefan | WINNER

“Fotografías” — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado and Orquesta

“Clásicos 1.0” — Grupo Niche

“Bingo” — Alain Pérez

“Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2” — Gilberto Santa Rosa

Global music performance

“EoO” — Bad Bunny | WINNER

“Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado

“Jerusalema” — Angélique Kidjo

“Inmigrante Y Que?” — Yeisy Rojas

“Shrini’s Dream (Live)” — Shakti

“Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar

African music performance

“Push 2 Start” — Tyla | WINNER

“Love” — Burna Boy

“With You” — Davido Featuring Omah Lay

“Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo and Mehran Matin

“Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr Featuring Wizkid

Global music album

“Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo” — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia | WINNER

“Sounds of Kumbha” — Siddhant Bhatia

“No Sign of Weakness” — Burna Boy

“Eclairer le monde - Light the World” — Youssou N’Dour

“Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)” — Shakti

“Chapter III: We Return to Light” — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar

Reggae album

“Blxxd & Fyah” — Keznamdi | WINNER

“Treasure Self Love” — Lila Iké

“Heart & Soul” — Vybz Kartel

“From Within” — Mortimer

“No Place Like Home” — Jesse Royal

New age, ambient or chant album

“Nomadica” — Carla Patullo Featuring the Scorchio Quartet and Tonality | WINNER

“Kuruvinda” — Kirsten Agresta-Copely

“According to the Moon” — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM and Dallas String Quartet

“Into the Forest” — Jahnavi Harrison

“The Colors in My Mind” — Chris Redding

Children’s music album

“Harmony” — Fyütch and Aura V | WINNER

“Ageless: 100 Years Young” — Joanie Leeds and Joya

“Buddy’s Magic Tree House” — Mega Ran

“Herstory” — Flor Bromley

“The Music of Tori and the Muses” — Tori Amos

Comedy album

“Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” — Nate Bargatze | WINNER

“Drop Dead Years” — Bill Burr

“Postmortem” — Sarah Silverman

“Single Lady” — Ali Wong

“What Had Happened Was...” — Jamie Foxx

Audio book, narration and storytelling recording

“Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” — Dalai Lama | WINNER

“Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story” — Kathy Garver

“Into the Uncut Grass” — Trevor Noah

“Lovely One: A Memoir” — Ketanji Brown Jackson

“You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli” — Fab Morvan

Compilation soundtrack for visual media

“Sinners” — (Various Artists) | WINNER

“A Complete Unknown” — Timothée Chalamet

“F1 The Album” — (Various Artists)

“KPop Demon Hunters” — (Various Artists)

“Wicked” — (Various Artists)

Score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)

“Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson, composer| WINNER

“How to Train Your Dragon” — John Powell, composer

“Severance: Season 2” — Theodore Shapiro, composer

“Wicked” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers

“The Wild Robot” — Kris Bowers, composer

Score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

“Sword of the Sea” — Austin Wintory, composer | WINNER

“Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires” — Pinar Toprak, composer

“Helldivers 2” — Wilbert Roget, II, composer

“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” — Gordy Haab, composer

“Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune” — Cody Matthew Johnson and Wilbert Roget, II, composers

Song written for visual media

“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) | WINNER

“As Alive as You Need Me to Be [From “Tron: Ares”]” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)

“I Lied to You [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)

“Never Too Late [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”]” — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)

“Pale, Pale Moon [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)

“Sinners [From “Sinners”]” — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo and Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)

Music video

“Anxiety” — Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes and Sophia Sabella, video producers | WINNER

“Young Lion” — Sade; Sophie Muller, video director; Sade and Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers

“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter; Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer and Natan Schottenfels, video producers

“So Be It” — Clipse; Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer

“Love” — OK Go; Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada and Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer

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 | WINNER

“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

“Piece by Piece” — Pharrell Williams; Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes and Pharrell Williams, video producers

Recording package

“Tracks II: The Lost Albums” — Meghan Foley and Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen) | WINNER

“And the Adjacent Possible” — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose and Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go)

“Balloonerism” — Bráulio Amado and Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller)

“Danse Macabre: De Luxe” — Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran)

“Loud Is As” — Farbod Kokabi and Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami)

“Sequoia” — Tim Breen and Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)

“The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl)” — Miller McCormick, art director (Mac Miller)

Album cover

“Chromakopia” — Shaun Llewellyn and Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator) | WINNER

“The Crux” — William Wesley II, art director (Djo)

“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)

“Glory” — Cody Critcheloe and Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)

“Moisturizer” — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki and Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)

Album notes

“Miles ‘55: The Prestige Recordings” — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis) | WINNER

“Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974” — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens and His Buckaroos)

“After the Last Sky” — Adam Shatz, album notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates and Dave Holland)

“Árabe” — Amanda Ekery, album notes writer (Amanda Ekery)

“The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967” — Alec Palao, album notes writer (Sly & the Family Stone)

“A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)

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) | WINNER

“The Making of Five Leaves Left” — Cally Callomon and Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth and John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake)

“Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

“Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

“You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos” — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)

Best engineered album, nonclassical

“That Wasn’t a Dream” — Joseph Lorge and Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills) | WINNER

“All Things Light” — Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman and Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)

“Arcadia” — Neal Cappellino and Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

“For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)” — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills and Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)

Best engineered album, classical

“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion) | WINNER

“Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2” — Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra)

“Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell and Boston Symphony Orchestra)

“Standard Stoppages” — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman and David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)

“Yule” — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediaeval)

Producer of the year, classical

Elaine Martone | WINNER

Blanton Alspaugh

Sergei Kvitko

Morten Lindberg

Dmitriy Lipay

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) | WINNER

“All American F—boy” — Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth)

“An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live)” — Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)

“Tearjerkers” — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)

“Yule” — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediaeval)

Instrumental composition

“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz) | WINNER

“Live Life This Day: Movement I” — Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band and Danish National Symphony Orchestra)

“Lord, That’s a Long Way” — Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)

“Opening” — Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)

“Train to Emerald City” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)

“Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton)

Arrangement, instrumental or a cappella

“Super Mario Praise Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen and Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band) | WINNER

“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)

Arrangement, instruments and vocals

“Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring Säje) | WINNER

“How Did She Look?” — Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)

“Keep an Eye on Summer” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

“Something in the Water (Acoustic-Ish)” — Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence and Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)

“What a Wonderful World” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)

Orchestral performance

“Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) | WINNER

“Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)

“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)

Opera recording

“Heggie: Intelligence” — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges and Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer) | WINNER

“Huang Ruo: An American Soldier” — Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen and Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown and Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)

“Kouyoumdjian: Adoration” — Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell and Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street)

“O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh and John Molloy; Alex Dowling and Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)

“Tesori: Grounded” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley and Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)

Choral performance

“Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale) | WINNER

“Advena - Liturgies for a Broken World” — Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black and Michael Hawes; Conspirare)

“Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved” — Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins and Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale)

“Lang: Poor Hymnal” — Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler and Elisa Sutherland; the Crossing)

“Requiem of Light” — Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan and Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler and Sangeeta Kaur; the Clarion Choir)

Chamber music/small ensemble performance

“Dennehy: Land Of Winter” — Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound | WINNER

“La Mer - French Piano Trios” — Neave Trio

“Lullabies for the Brokenhearted” Lili Haydn and Paul Cantelon

“Slavic Sessions” — Mak Grgić and Mateusz Kowalski

“Standard Stoppages” — Third Coast Percussion

Classical instrumental solo

“Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos” — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) | WINNER

“Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)

“Hope Orchestrated” — Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina and Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)

“Inheritances” — Adam Tendler

“Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement in D Minor” — Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)

“Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works” — Yuja Wang; 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) | WINNER

“Alike - My Mother’s Dream” — Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra)

“Black Pierrot” — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist

“In This Short Life” — Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist

“Kurtág: Kafka Fragments” — Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist

“Schubert Beatles” — Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel and Sam Weber)

Classical compendium

“Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer | WINNER

“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

“Seven Seasons” — Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy and Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers

“Tombeaux” — Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew and Christina Sandsengen, producers

Contemporary classical composition

“Ortiz: Dzonot” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic) | WINNER

“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick and Sandbox Percussion)

“Dennehy: Land of Winter” — Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound)

“León: Raíces (Origins)” — Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner and London Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Okpebholo: Songs in Flight” — Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez and Various Artists)


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