RECORD OF THE YEAR
- “Now and Then”
The Beatles - “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Beyoncé - “Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter - “360”
Charli XCX - “Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish - “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar - “Good Luck, Babe!”
Chappell Roan - “Fortnight”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- “New Blue Sun”
André 3000 - “Cowboy Carter”
Beyoncé - “Short n’ Sweet”
Sabrina Carpenter - “Brat”
Charli XCX - “Djesse Vol. 4”
Jacob Collier - “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Billie Eilish - “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Chappell Roan - “The Tortured Poets Department”
Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters
(Shaboozey) - “Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish) - “Die With a Smile”
Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars) - “Fortnight”
Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters
(Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone) - “Good Luck, Babe!”
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan) - “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) - “Please Please Please”
Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter) - “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST NEW ARTIST
- Benson Boone
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Doechii
- Khruangbin
- Raye
- Chappell Roan (WINNER)
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
- Alissia
- Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
- Ian Fitchuk
- Mustard
- Daniel Nigro (WINNER)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
- Jessi Alexander
- Amy Allen (WINNER)
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Raye
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
- “Bodyguard”
Beyoncé - “Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER) - “Apple”
Charli xcx - “Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish - “Good Luck, Babe!”
Chappell Roan
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
- “Us”
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift - “Levii’s Jeans”
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone - “Guess”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - “The Boy Is Mine”
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica - “Die With a Smile”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (WINNER)
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
- “Short n’ Sweet”
Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER) - “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Billie Eilish - “Eternal Sunshine”
Ariana Grande - “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Chappell Roan - “The Tortured Poets Department”
Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING
- “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Disclosure - “Loved”
Four Tet - “Leavemealone”
Fred Again & Baby Keem - “Neverender”
Justice & Tame Impala (WINNER) - “Witchy”
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino
BEST DANCE POP RECORDING
- “Make You Mine”
Madison Beer - “Von Dutch”
Charli XCX (WINNER) - “L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
Billie Eilish - “Yes, And?”
Ariana Grande - “Got Me Started”
Troye Sivan
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
- “Brat”
Charli XCX (WINNER) - “Three”
Four Tet - “Hyperdrama”
Justice - “Timeless”
Kaytranada - “Telos”
Zedd
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
- “Alter Ego – Kaytranada Remix”
Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT) - “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]”
David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta) - “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) (WINNER) - “Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix”
Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus) - “Von Dutch”
A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
- À Fleur De Peau
Cyrille Aimée - Visions
Norah Jones (WINNER) - Good Together
Lake Street Dive - Impossible Dream
Aaron Lazar - Christmas Wish
Gregory Porter
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
- “Now and Then”
The Beatles (WINNER) - “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
The Black Keys - “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
Green Day - “Gift Horse”
Idles - “Dark Matter”
Pearl Jam - “Broken Man”
St. Vincent
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
- “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne (WINNER) - “Crown of Horns”
Judas Priest - “Suffocate”
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy - “Screaming Suicide”
Metallica - “Cellar Door”
Spiritbox
BEST ROCK ALBUM
- “Happiness Bastards”
The Black Crowes - “Romance”
Fontaines D.C. - “Saviors”
Green Day - “TANGK”
Idles - “Dark Matter”
Pearl Jam - “Hackney Diamonds”
The Rolling Stones (WINNER) - “No Name”
Jack White
BEST ROCK SONG
- “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys) - “Broken Man”
Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) (WINNER) - “Dark Matter”
Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam) - “Dilemma”
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day) - “Gift Horse”
Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (Idles)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE
- “Neon Pill”
Cage the Elephant - “Song of the Lake”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - “Starburster”
Fontaines D.C. - “Bye Bye”
Kim Gordon - “Flea”
St. Vincent (WINNER)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
- “Wild God”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - “Charm”
Clairo - “The Collective”
Kim Gordon - “What Now”
Brittany Howard - “All Born Screaming”
St. Vincent (WINNER)
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
- “Guidance”
Jhené Aiko - “Residuals”
Chris Brown - “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Coco Jones - “Made For Me (Live On BET)”
Muni Long (WINNER) - “Saturn”
SZA
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
- “Wet”
Marsha Ambrosius - “Can I Have This Groove”
Kenyon Dixon - “No Lie”
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald - “Make Me Forget”
Muni Long - “That’s You”
Lucky Daye (WINNER)
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
- “So Glad to Know You”
Avery*Sunshine (WINNER – TIE) - “En Route”
Durand Bernarr - “Bando Stone and the New World”
Childish Gambino - “Crash”
Kehlani - “Why Lawd?”
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) (WINNER – TIE)
BEST R&B SONG
- “After Hours”
Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani) - “Burning”
Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems) - “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones) - “Ruined Me”
Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long) - “Saturn”
Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) (WINNER)
BEST R&B ALBUM
- “11:11 (Deluxe)”
Chris Brown (WINNER) - “Vantablack”
Lalah Hathaway - “Revenge”
Muni Long - “Algorithm”
Lucky Daye - “Coming Home”
Usher
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
- “Enough (Miami)”
Cardi B - “When the Sun Shines Again”
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos - “Nissan Altima”
Doechii - “Houdini”
Eminem - “Like That”
Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar - “Yeah Glo!”
GloRilla - “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
- “Kehlani”
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani - “Spaghettii”
Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey - “We Still Don’t Trust You”
Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd - “Big Mama”
Latto - “3:AM”
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu (WINNER)
BEST RAP ALBUM
- “Might Delete Later”
J. Cole - “The Auditorium, Vol. 1”
Common & Pete Rock - “Alligator Bites Never Heal”
Doechii (WINNER) - “The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)”
Eminem - “We Don’t Trust You”
Future & Metro Boomin
BEST RAP SONG
- “Asteroids”
Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy) - “Carnival”
Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign)
Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti) - “Like That”
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar) - “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) (WINNER) - “Yeah Glo!”
Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY ALBUM
- “Civil Writes: The South Got Something To Say”
Queen Sheba - “Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series”
Omari Hardwick - “Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 In the Beginning Was the Word”
Malik Yusef - “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul”
Tank and the Bangas (WINNER) - “The Seven Number Ones”
Mad Skillz
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
- 16 Carriages
Beyoncé - I Am Not Okay
Jelly Roll - The Architect
Kacey Musgraves - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey - It Takes A Woman
Chris Stapleton (WINNER)
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
- Cowboys Cry Too
Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan - II Most Wanted
Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus (WINNER) - Break Mine
Brothers Osborne - Bigger Houses
Dan + Shay - I Had Some Help
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
BEST COUNTRY SONG
- The Architect
Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) (WINNER) - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey) - I Am Not Okay
Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll) - I Had Some Help
Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen) - Texas Hold ‘Em
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
- Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé (WINNER) - F-1 Trillion
Post Malone - Deeper Well
Kacey Musgraves - Higher
Chris Stapleton - Whirlwind
Lainey Wilson
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
- Blame It On Eve
Shemekia Copeland - Nothing In Rambling
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood - Lighthouse
Sierra Ferrell (WINNER) - The Ballad Of Sally Anne
Rhiannon Giddens
BEST AMERICANA PERFORMANCE
- Ya Ya
Beyoncé - Subtitles
Madison Cunningham - Don’t Do Me Good
Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves - American Dreaming
Sierra Ferrell (WINNER) - Runaway Train
Sarah Jarosz - Empty Trainload of Sky
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
- Ahead of the Game
Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler) - All In Good Time
Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple) - All My Friends
Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan) - American Dreaming
Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) (WINNER) - Blame It on Eve
John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
- The Other Side
T Bone Burnett - $10 Cowboy
Charley Crockett - Trail Of Flowers
Sierra Ferrell (WINNER) - Polaroid Lovers
Sarah Jarosz - No One Gets Out Alive
Maggie Rose - Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
- I Built A World
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - Songs of Love and Life
The Del McCoury Band - No Fear
Sister Sadie - Live Vol. 1
Billy Strings (WINNER) - Earl Jam
Tony Trischka - Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
Dan Tyminski
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
- Hill Country Love
Cedric Burnside - Struck Down
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - One Guitar Woman
Sue Foley - Sam’s Place
Little Feat - Swingin’ Live at the Church In Tulsa
The Taj Mahal Sextet (WINNER)
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
- Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Joe Bonamassa - Blame It On Eve
Shemekia Copeland - Friendlytown
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Mileage
Ruthie Foster (WINNER) - The Fury
Antonio Vergara
BEST FOLK ALBUM
- American Patchwork Quartet
American Patchwork Quartet - Weird Faith
Madi Diaz - Bright Future
Adrianne Lenker - All My Friends
Aoife O’Donovan - Woodland
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (WINNER)
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
- 25 Back To My Roots
Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul - Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles
Featuring J’Wan Boudreaux - Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty - Kuini
Kalani Pe’a (WINNER) - Stories From The Battlefield
The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
- Church Doors
Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters - Yesterday
Melvin Crispell III - Hold On (Live)
Ricky Dillard - Holy Hands
DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters - One Hallelujah
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters (WINNER)
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
- Holy Forever (Live)
Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans - Praise
Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters - Firm Foundation (He Won’t)
Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple - In The Name Of Jesus
JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters - In The Room
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters - That’s My King
CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters (WINNER)
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
- Covered Vol. 1
Melvin Crispell III - Choirmaster II (Live)
Ricky Dillard - Father’s Day
Kirk Franklin - Still Karen
Karen Clark Sheard - More Than This
CeCe Winans (WINNER)
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
- Heart Of A Human
DOE (WINNER) - When Wind Meets Fire
Elevation Worship - Child Of God
Forrest Frank - Coat Of Many Colors
Brandon Lake - The Maverick Way Complete
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
- The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2
Authentic Unlimited - The Gospel According To Mark
Mark D. Conklin - Rhapsody
The Harlem Gospel Travelers - Church
Cory Henry (WINNER) - Loving You
The Nelons
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
- Funk Generation
Anitta - El Viaje
Luis Fonsi - GARCÍA
Kany García - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira (WINNER) - ORQUÍDEAS
Kali Uchis
BEST MUSICA URBANA ALBUM
- nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana
Bad Bunny - Rayo
J Balvin - FERXXOCALIPSIS
Feid - LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN
Residente (WINNER) - att.
Young Miko
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
- Compita del Destino
El David Aguilar - Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
Cimafunk - Autopoiética
Mon Laferte - GRASA
NATHY PELUSO - ¿Quién trae las cornetas?
Rawayana (WINNER)
BEST MUSICA MEXICANA ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
- Diamantes
Chiquis - Boca Chueca, Vol. 1
Carín León (WINNER) - ÉXODO
Peso Pluma - De Lejitos
Jessi Uribe
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
- MUEVENSE
Marc Anthony - Bailar
Sheila E. - Radio Güira
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar (WINNER) - Vacilón Santiaguero
Kiki Valera
BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
- Brillo, Brillo!
Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band (WINNER) - Creciendo
Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats - My Favorite Dream
John Legend - Solid Rock Revival
Rock For Children - World Wide Playdate
Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
- Armageddon
Ricky Gervais - The Dreamer
Dave Chappelle (WINNER) - The Prisoner
Jim Gaffigan - Someday You’ll Die
Nikki Glaser - Where Was I
Trevor Noah
BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
- All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words
(Various Artists)
Guy Oldfield, producer - …And Your Ass Will Follow
George Clinton - Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones
Dolly Parton - Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Jimmy Carter (WINNER) - My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
- Hell’s Kitchen
Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis &
Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam
Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia
Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) (WINNER) - Merrily We Roll Along
Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe,
principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria
Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim,
composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast) - The Notebook
John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee,
Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers;
Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original
Broadway Cast) - The Outsiders
Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky
Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance,
Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine &
Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance,
Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists
(Original Broadway Cast) - Suffs
Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub,
producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original
Broadway Cast) - The Wiz
Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery
Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René
Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie
Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast
Recording)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- The Color Purple
(Various Artists) - Deadpool & Wolverine
(Various Artists) - Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein
London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper (WINNER) - Saltburn
(Various Artists) - Twisters: The Album
(Various Artists)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- American Fiction
Laura Karpman, composer - Challengers
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers - The Color Purple
Kris Bowers, composer - Dune: Part Two
Hans Zimmer, composer (WINNER) - Shōgun
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Pinar Toprak, composer - God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
Bear McCreary, composer - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
John Paesano, composer - Star Wars Outlaws
Wilbert Roget, II, composer - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Winifred Phillips, composer (WINNER)
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma [From “Twisters: The Album”]
Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs) - Better Place [From “TROLLS Band Together”]
Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake) - Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”]
Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo) - It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”]
Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) (WINNER) - Love Will Survive [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”]
Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve &
Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- Tailor Swif
A$AP Rocky
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors - 360
Charli XCX
Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers - Houdini
Eminem
Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers - Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers (WINNER) - Fortnight
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer
BEST MUSIC FILM
- American Symphony
Jon Batiste
Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers (WINNER) - June
(June Carter Cash)
Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers - Kings From Queens
Run DMC
Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer - Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Steven Van Zandt
Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers - The Greatest Night In Pop
(Various Artists)
Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
- Plot Armor
Taylor Eigsti (WINNER) - Rhapsody In Blue
Béla Fleck - Orchestras (Live)
Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan - Mark
Mark Guiliana - Speak To Me
Julian Lage
BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE
- “Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)”
The Baylor Project - “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield - “Juno”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner (WINNER) - “Little Fears”
Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
- Journey In Black
Christie Dashiell - Wildflowers Vol. 1
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner - A Joyful Holiday
Samara Joy (WINNER) - Milton + Esperanza
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - My Ideal
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
- Owl Song
Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley - Beyond This Place
Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Lakecia Benjamin - Remembrance
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck (WINNER) - Solo Game
Sullivan Fortner
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
- Returning To Forever
John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band - And So It Goes
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Walk A Mile In My Shoe
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band - Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence
Dan Pugach Big Band (WINNER) - Golden City
Miguel Zenón
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
- Spain Forever Again
Michel Camilo & Tomatito - Cubop Lives!
Zaccai Curtis (WINNER) - COLLAB
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Time And Again
Eliane Elias - El Trio: Live in Italy
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola - Cuba And Beyond
Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet - As I Travel
Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
BEST ALTERNATIVE JAZZ ALBUM
- Night Reign
Arooj Aftab - New Blue Sun
André 3000 - Code Derivation
Robert Glasper - Foreverland
Keyon Harrold - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello (WINNER)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
- Raat Ki Rani
Arooj Aftab - A Rock Somewhere
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal - Rise
Rocky Dawuni - Bemba Colorá
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar (WINNER) - Sunlight To My Soul
Angélique Kidjo Featuring Soweto Gospel Choir - Kashira
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
- Tomorrow
Yemi Alade - MMS
Asake & Wizkid - Sensational
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay - Higher
Burna Boy - Love Me JeJe
Tems (WINNER)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
- Alkebulan II
Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (WINNER) - Paisajes
Ciro Hurtado - Heis
Rema - Historias De Un Flamenco
Antonio Rey - Born In The Wild
Tems
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
- Take It Easy
Collie Buddz - Party With Me
Vybz Kartel - Never Gets Late Here
Shenseea - Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film
(Deluxe)
(Various Artists) (WINNER) - Evolution
The Wailers
BEST NEW AGE, AMBIENT OR CHANT ALBUM
- Break Of Dawn
Ricky Kej - Triveni
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika
Tandon (WINNER) - Visions Of Sounds De Luxe
Chris Redding - Opus
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Anoushka Shankar - Warriors Of Light
Radhika Vekaria
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
- The Avett Brothers
Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers) - Baker Hotel
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green) - BRAT
Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX) (WINNER) - F-1 Trillion
Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone) - Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate
Bush) - Jug Band Millionaire
Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) - Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease
Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
- Half Living Things
Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf) - Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush) - In Utero
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana) - Mind Games
Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) (WINNER) - Unsuk Chin
Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker) - We Blame Chicago
Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)
BEST ALBUM NOTES
- After Midnight
Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras) - The Carnegie Hall Concert
Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane) - Centennial
Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) (WINNER) - John Culshaw – The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55
Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw) - SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno”
Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)