67th Grammy® Award Nominations Coverage

The nominations for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on November 8th, 2024.

And the nominees are:

Record Of The Year

  • "Now and Then" — The Beatles
    Giles Martin & Paul McCartney, producers; Geoff Emerick, Steve Genewick, Jon Jacobs, Greg McAllister, Steve Orchard, Keith Smith, Mark 'Spike' Stent & Bruce Sugar, engineers/mixers; Miles Showell, mastering engineer
  • "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" — Beyoncé
    Beyoncé, Nate Ferraro, Killah B & Raphael Saadiq, producers; Hotae Alexander Jang, Alex Nibley & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
  • "Espresso" — Sabrina Carpenter
    Julian Bunetta, producer; Julian Bunetta & Jeff Gunnell, engineers/mixers; Nathan Dantzler, mastering engineer
  • "360" — Charli xcx
    Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; Cirkut & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Idania Valencia, mastering engineer
  • "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" — Billie Eilish
    FINNEAS & Billie Eilish, producers; Thom Beemer, Jon Castelli, Billie Eilish, Aron Forbes, Brad Lauchert, FINNEAS & Chaz Sexton, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer
  • "Not Like Us" — Kendrick Lamar
    Sean Momberger, Mustard & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer
  • "Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan
    Dan Nigro, producer; Mitch McCarthy & Dan Nigro, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
  • "Fortnight" — Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
    Jack Antonoff, Louis Bell & Taylor Swift, producers; Louis Bell, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Michael Riddleberger & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Album Of The Year

  • New Blue Sun – André 3000
    André 3000 & Carlos Niño, producers; André 3000, Carlos Niño & Ken Oriole, engineers/mixers; André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, songwriters; Andy Kravitz, mastering engineer
  • COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
    Beyoncé, Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
  • Short n' Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
    Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Ian Kirkpatrick & John Ryan, producers; Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Sabrina Carpenter, Ian Kirkpatrick, Julia Michaels & John Ryan, songwriters; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineers
  • BRAT — Charli xcx
    Charli xcx, Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; A. G. Cook, Tom Norris & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Charlotte Aitchison, Henry Walter, Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane & Jonathan Christopher Shave, songwriters; Idania Valencia, mastering engineer
  • Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
    Jacob Collier, producer; Ben Bloomberg, Jacob Collier & Paul Pouwer, engineers/mixers; Jacob Collier, songwriter; Chris Allgood & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers
  • HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
    FINNEAS, producer; Thom Beemer, Jon Castelli, Billie Eilish, Aron Forbes, Brad Lauchert, FINNEAS & Chaz Sexton, engineers/mixers; Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters; Dale Becker, mastering engineer
  • Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess — Chappell Roan
    Daniel Nigro, producer; Mitch McCarthy & Daniel Nigro, engineers/mixers; Daniel Nigro & Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
  • THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — Taylor Swift
    Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Zem Audu, Bella Blasko, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Jonathan Low, Michael Riddleberger, Christopher Rowe, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

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 O'Connell, 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, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best New Artist

  • Benson Boone
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Doechii
  • Khruangbin
  • Raye
  • Chappell Roan
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical


A Producer's Award. (Artists' names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track, and (A) stands for Album.
  • Alissia
    • "Bugs" (Jamila Woods) (T)
    • "DON'T MATTER" (Rae Khalil) (T)
    • "Honey" (BJ The Chicago Kid Featuring Chlöe) (T)
    • "IRREPLACEABLE (INTERLUDE)" (Rae Khalil) (T)
    • "IS IT WORTH IT" (Rae Khalil) (S)
    • "Love Takeover" (LION BABE) (S)
    • "Spend The Night" (BJ The Chicago Kid, Coco Jones) (T)
  • Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
    • "Algorithm" (Lucky Daye) (A)
    • "Bar Song" (Koe Wetzel) (T)
    • >"Die With A Smile" (Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars) (S)
    • "HERicane" (Lucky Daye) (T)
    • "I Love U" (Usher) (T)
    • "One Of Them Ones" (Usher) (T)
    • "Power of Two (From "Star Wars: The Acolyte")" (Victoria Monét) (T)
    • "That's You" (Lucky Daye) (T)
  • Ian Fitchuk
    • "AMEN" (Beyoncé) (T)
    • "Angel Face" (Stephen Sanchez) (A)
    • "Deeper Well"(Kacey Musgraves) (A)
    • "Don't Forget Me" (Maggie Rogers) (A)
    • "Lemon" (Still Woozy) (S)
    • "Oh, Gemini" (ROLE MODEL) (S)
    • "Peaceful Place" (Leon Bridges) (S)
    • "Redemption Song (Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film)" (Leon Bridges) (S)
    • "Three Little Birds (Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film)" (Kacey Musgraves) (S)
  • Mustard
    • "Faith Of A Mustard Seed" (Mustard) (A)
    • "Not Like Us" (Kendrick Lamar) (S)
    • "Parking Lot" (Mustard & Travis Scott) (S)
  • Daniel Nigro
    • "Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)" (Olivia Rodrigo) (S)
    • "Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall Of A Midwest Princess" (Chappell Roan) (A)
    • "girl i’ve always been" (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
    • "Good Luck, Babe!" (Chappell Roan) (S)
    • "so american" (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
    • "stranger" (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical


A Songwriter's Award. (Artists' names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track, and (A) stands for Album.
    • Jessi Alexander
      • "Ain't No Love In Oklahoma" (Luke Combs) (S)
      • "All I Ever Do Is Leave" (Luke Combs) (S)
      • "Chevrolet" (Dustin Lynch Featuring Jelly Roll) (S)
      • "Make Me A Mop" (Cody Johnson) (S)
      • "Never Left Me" (Megan Moroney) (S)
      • "No Caller ID" (Megan Moroney) (S)
      • "Noah" (Megan Moroney) (S)
      • "Remember Him That Way" (Luke Combs) (S)
      • "Roulette On The Heart" (Conner Smith & Hailey Whitters) (S)
    • Amy Allen
      • "Chrome Cowgirl" (Leon Bridges) (S)
      • "Espresso" (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
      • "High Road" (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) (S)
      • "Please Please Please" (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
      • "run for the hills" (Tate McRae) (S)
      • "scared of my guitar" (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
      • "Selfish" (Justin Timberlake) (S)
      • "Sweet Dreams" (Koe Wetzel) (S)
      • "Taste" (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
    • Edgar Barrera
      • "Atención" (Ivan Cornejo) (T)
      • "(Entre Paréntesis)" (Shakira & Grupo Frontera) (T)
      • "It Was Always You (Siempre Fuiste Tú)" (Carin León & Leon Bridges) (S)
      • "No Se Vale" (Camilo) (T)
      • "The One (Pero No Como Yo)" (Carin León & Kane Brown) (S)
      • "POR EL CONTRARIO" (Becky G With Ángela Aguilar, Leonardo Aguilar) (T)
      • "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" (Karol G) (S)
      • "Sincere" (Khalid) (T)
      • "TOMMY & PAMELA" (Peso Pluma & Kenia Os) (T)
    • Jessie Jo Dillon
      • "Am I Okay?" (Megan Moroney) (T)
      • "Go To Hell" (Post Malone) (T)
      • "Heaven By Noon" (Megan Moroney) (T)
      • "Lies Lies Lies" (Morgan Wallen) (S)
      • "MESSED UP AS ME" (Keith Urban) (S)
      • "Never Left Me" (Megan Moroney) (T)
      • "No Caller ID" (Megan Moroney) (T)
      • "Sorry Mom" (Kelsea Ballerini) (S)
      • "Two Hearts" (Post Malone) (T)
    • RAYE
      • "Ask & You Shall Receive" (Rita Ora) (S)
      • "Because I Love You" (Halle) (S)
      • "Dear Ben, Pt II" (Jennifer Lopez) (T)
      • "Genesis." (RAYE) (S)
      • "Mother Nature" (RAYE & Hans Zimmer) (S)
      • "Paralyzed" (Lucky Daye Featuring RAYE) (T)
      • "RIIVERDANCE" (Beyoncé) (T)
      • "You're Hired" (NEIKED Featuring Ayra Starr) (S)

    Best Pop Solo Performance

    • "BODYGUARD" — Beyoncé
    • "Espresso" — Sabrina Carpenter
    • "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

    Best Pop Vocal Album

    • Short n' Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter
    • HIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie Eilish
    • eternal sunshine — Ariana Grande
    • Chappell Roan 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
      Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer
    • "Loved" — Four Tet
      Kieran Hebden, producer; Kieran Hebden, mixer
    • "leavemealone" — Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
      Boo, Fred Again.., Alex Gibson, Kieran Hebden, LOOSE, Skrillex & Sid Stone, producers; Fred Again.. & Jay Reynolds, mixers
    • "Neverender" — Justice & Tame Impala
      Gaspard Augé & Xavier De Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Augé, Xavier De Rosnay, Damien Quintard & Vincent Taurelle, mixers
    • "Witchy" — KAYTRANADA Featuring Childish Gambino
      Lauren D'Elia & KAYTRANADA, producers; Neal H Pogue, mixer

    Best Dance Pop Recording

    • "Make You Mine" — Madison Beer
      Madison Beer & Leroy Clampitt, producers; Mitch McCarthy, mixer
    • "Von dutch" — Charli xcx
      Finn Keane, producer; Tom Norris, mixer
    • "L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]" — Billie Eilish
      Billie Eilish & FINNEAS, producers; Jon Castelli & Aron Forbes, mixers
    • "yes, and?" — Ariana Grande
      Ariana Grande, ILYA & Max Martin, producers; Serban Ghenea, mixer
    • "Got Me Started" — Troye Sivan
      Styalz Fuego & Ian Kirkpatrick, producers; Alex Ghenea, mixer

    Best Dance/Electronic Album

    • BRAT — Charli xcx
    • 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)
    • "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 Rock Performance

    • "Now and Then" — The Beatles
    • "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
    • "Crown of Horns" — Judas Priest
    • "Suffocate" — Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
    • "Screaming Suicide" — Metallica
    • "Cellar Door" — Spiritbox

    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)
    • "Dark Matter" — Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
    • "Dilemma" — Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
    • "Gift Horse" — Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)

    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
    • No Name — Jack White

    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

    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

    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
    • "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

    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, Kareen Lomax, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
    • "Saturn" — Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)

    Best Progressive R&B Album

    • So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine
    • En Route — Durand Bernarr
    • Bando Stone & the New World — Childish Gambino
    • Crash — Kehlani
    • Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)

    Best R&B Album

    • 11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
    • 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

    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" — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu

    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)
    • "Yeah Glo!" — Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)

    Best Rap Album

    • Might Delete Later — J. Cole
    • The Auditorium, Vol. 1 — Common & Pete Rock
    • Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
    • The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) — Eminem
    • We Don't Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin

    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
    • The Seven Number Ones — Mad Skillz

    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
    • "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
    • 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
    • Solo Game — Sullivan Fortner

    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album


      For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new large ensemble jazz recordings.
    • 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
    • Golden City — Miguel Zenón

    Best Latin Jazz Album

    • Spain Forever Again — Michel Camilo & Tomatito
    • Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus
    • 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

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

    • À Fleur De Peau — Cyrille Aimée
    • Visions — Norah Jones
    • Good Together — Lake Street Dive
    • Impossible Dream — Aaron Lazar
    • Christmas Wish — Gregory Porter

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

    • Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti
    • 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 Musical Theater Album

    • Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Maleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
    • 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 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

    Best Country Duo/Group Performance

    • "Cowboys Cry Too" — Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
    • "II MOST WANTED" — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
    • "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)
    • "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, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

    Best Country Album

    • COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé
    • 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
    • "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
    • "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)
    • "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
    • 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
    • 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

    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
    • 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

    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
    • Stories From The Battlefield — The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

    Best Gospel Performance/Song

    • "Church Doors" — Yolanda Adams; Sir William James Baptist & Donald Lawrence, 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

    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, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters

    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

    Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

    • Heart Of A Human — DOE
    • 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
    • Loving You — The Nelons

    Best Latin Pop Album

    • Funk Generation — Anitta
    • El Viaje — Luis Fonsi
    • GARCÍA — Kany García
    • Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira
    • ORQUÍDEAS — Kali Uchis

    Best Música Urbana Album

    • nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana — Bad Bunny
    • Rayo — J Balvin
    • FERXXOCALIPSIS — Feid
    • LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN — Residente
    • 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

    Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

    • Diamantes — Chiquis
    • Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León
    • 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
    • Vacilón Santiaguero — Kiki Valera

    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
    • **"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

    Best Global Music Album

    • ALKEBULAN II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    • 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)
    • Evolution — The Wailers

    Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    • Break of Dawn — Ricky Kej
    • Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
    • Opus — Ryuichi Sakamoto
    • Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn — Anoushka Shankar
    • Warriors Of Light — Radhika Vekaria

    Best Children's Music Album

    • Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
    • 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
    • The Prisoner — Jim Gaffigan
    • Someday You'll Die — Nikki Glaser
    • Where Was I — Trevor Noah

    Best Audio Book, 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
    • My Name Is Barbra — Barbra Streisand

    Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    • The Color Purple — (Various Artists) Nick Baxter, Blitz Bazawule & Stephen Bray, compilation producers; Jordan Carroll & Morgan Rhodes, music supervisors
    • Deadpool & Wolverine — (Various Artists) Dave Jordan, Shawn Levy & Ryan Reynolds, compilation producers; Dave Jordan, music supervisor
    • Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, artists; Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor
    • Saltburn — (Various Artists) Emerald Fennell, compilation producer; Kirsten Lane, music supervisor
    • Twisters: The Album — (Various Artists) Ian Cripps, Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; Mike Knobloch & Rachel Levy, music supervisors

    Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

    • American Fiction — Laura Karpman, composer
    • Challengers — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
    • The Color Purple — Kris Bowers, composer
    • Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer
    • 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

    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)
    • 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, Natan Schottenfels, video producer
    • "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, Cornell Brown, Sam Canter, Jared Heinke, Jamie Rabineau & Anthony Saleh, video producers
    • "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
    • "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; Dan Goodman, Brian Hunt & William H. Masterson III, video producers
    • "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 Recording Package

    • The Avett Brothers — Scott Avett, 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)

    Best Historical Album

    • Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
    • Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition — Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
    • Paul Robeson — Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings — Tom Laskey, Shana L. Redmond, Susan Robeson & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
    • Pepito y Paquito — Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
    • The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording - Super Deluxe Edition) — Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)

    Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

    • Algorithm — Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)
    • Cyan Blue — Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
    • Deeper Well — Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
    • empathogen — Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti, Mitch McCarthy, Adam Schoeller & Willow Smith, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)
    • i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
    • Short n' Sweet — Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)

    Best Engineered Album, Classical

    • Adams: Girls Of The Golden West — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
    • Andres: The Blind Banister — Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
    • Clear Voices In The Dark — Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
    • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    • Erica Brenner
      • Biber: Mystery Sonatas (Alan Choo, Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo's Fire) (A)
      • Handel: Israel In Egypt (Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Singers & Apollo's Fire) (A)
      • Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vols. 5 & 6 (Orli Shaham) (A)
      • Songs For A Friend - A Tribute To Trumpeter Ryan Anthony (Various Artists) (A)
      • Sonic Alchemy (YuEun Kim, Mina Gajić & Coleman Itzkoff) (A)
    • Christoph Franke
      • Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (Antonello Manacorda & Kammerakademie Potsdam) (A)
      • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 6 & 10 (Dénes Várjon & Antje Weithaas) (A)
      • Brahms, Viotti & Dvořák: Orchestral Works (Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff, Paavo Järvi & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) (A)
      • Mozart: Sinigaglia (Noah Bendix-Balgley) (A)
      • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Kirill Petrenko & Berliner Philharmoniker) (A)
      • The Vienna Recital (Yuja Wang) (A)
    • Morten Lindberg
      • Mor (Karen Haugom Olsen & Nidaros Domkor) (A)
      • Pax (Nina T. Karlsen, Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet) (A)
      • Sommerro: Borders (Nick Davies & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra) (A)
    • Dmitriy Lipay
      • Adams: Girls Of The Golden West (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles
      • Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) (A)
      • Messiaen: Des Canyons Aux Étoiles... (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) (A)
      • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Ortiz, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale) (A)
    • Elaine Martone
      • Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From 'The Miraculous Mandarin' (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
      • The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
      • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
      • Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
      • Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
      • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
      • Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
      • Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
      • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
    • Dirk Sobotka
      • American Dreams (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony) (A)
      • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) (A)
      • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 'From The New World'; American Suite (Nathalie Stutzmann & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (A)
      • Radiance Untethered - The Choral Music Of John Wykoff (Cameron F. Labarr & Missouri State University Chorale) (A)

    Best Immersive Audio Album

    • Avalon — Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; John Webber, immersive mastering engineer; Rhett Davies & Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
    • Genius Loves Company — Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
    • Henning Sommerro: Borders — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
    • i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Peter Gabriel, immersive producer (Peter Gabriel)
    • Pax — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)

    Best Instrumental Composition

    • "At Last" — Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
    • "Communion" — Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
    • "I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time" — André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
    • "Remembrance" — Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
    • "Strands" — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)CATEGORY 85

    Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    • "Baby Elephant Walk - Encore" — Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
    • "Bridge Over Troubled Water" — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
    • "Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)" — Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
    • "Rose Without The Thorns" — Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)
    • "Silent Night" — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

    Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

    • "Alma" — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
    • "Always Come Back" — Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
    • "b i g f e e l i n g s" — Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio & Willow, arrangers (WILLOW)
    • "Last Surprise (From "Persona 5")" — Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
    • "The Sound Of Silence" — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)

    Best Orchestral Performance

    • "Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance" — Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
    • "Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major" — JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • "Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina" — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
    • "Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen" — Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
    • "Stravinsky: The Firebird" — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

    Best Opera Recording

    • "Adams: Girls Of The Golden West" — John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
    • "Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas" — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
    • "Moravec: The Shining" — Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
    • "Puts: The Hours" — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
    • "Saariaho: Adriana Mater" — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

    Best Choral Performance

    • "Clear Voices In The Dark" — Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
    • "A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad" — Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
    • "Handel: Israel in Egypt" — Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo's Fire; Apollo's Singers)
    • "Ochre" — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
    • "Sheehan: Akathist" — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D'Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

    Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    • "Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles" — JACK Quartet
    • "Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, 'Archduke'" — Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
    • "Cerrone: Beaufort Scales" — Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
    • "Home" — Miró Quartet
    • "Rectangles and Circumstance" — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

    Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    • "Akiho: Longing" — Andy Akiho
    • "Bach: Goldberg Variations" — Víkingur Ólafsson
    • "Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D'Arc" — Seth Parker Woods (Wild Up)
    • "Entourer" — Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
    • "Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra" — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

    Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    • Bespoke Songs — Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist; Julian Schwarz, artist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
    • Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
    • A Change Is Gonna Come — Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
    • Show Me The Way — Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
    • Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder — Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d'Oro)

    Best Classical Compendium

    • Akiho: BeLonging — Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
    • American Counterpoints — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
    • Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
    • Mythologies II — Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
    • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

    Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    • Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello — Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
    • Coleman: Revelry — Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
    • Lang: Composition As Explanation — David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
    • Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
    • Saariaho: Adriana Mater — Kaija Saariaho, composer; Amin Maalouf librettist (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)