The 2025 Grammy nominations are here. See the full list
Nov 08, 2024
The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are here.
Beyoncé made history as the most-nominated artist in Grammy history, with “Cowboy Carter” leading the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations.
Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX, who earned her first nominations as a solo artist, all have seven nominations each. Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have six nominations each.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Check out the full list of nominees here:
Record of the YearThe Beatles – “Now and Then”Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”Charli XCX – “360”Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Album of the YearAndré 3000 – “New Blue Sun”Beyoncé – “Cowboy Carter”Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”Charli XCX – “Brat”Jacob Collier – “Djesse Vol. 4”Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”
Song of the YearBeyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best New ArtistBenson BooneDoechiiChappell RoanKhruangbinRayeSabrina CarpenterShaboozeyTeddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-ClassicalAlissiaDaniel NigroDernst “D’Mile” Emile IIIan FitchukMustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-ClassicalAmy AllenEdgar BarreraJessi AlexanderJessie Jo DillonRaye
Best Pop Solo PerformanceBeyoncé – “Bodyguard”Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”Charli XCX – “Apple”Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceAriana Grande, Brandy & Monica – “The Boy Is Mine” – RemixBeyoncé Featuring Post Malone – “Levii’s Jeans”Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” Featuring Billie EilishGracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – “Us.”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Best Pop Vocal AlbumAriana Grande – “Eternal Sunshine”Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”
Best Dance/Electronic RecordingDisclosure – “She’s Gone, Dance On”Four Tet – “Loved”Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – “Leavemealone”Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender”Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – “Witchy”
Best Dance Pop RecordingAriana Grande – “Yes, And?”Billie Eilish – “L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”Madison Beer – “Make You Mine”Troye Sivan – “Got Me Started”
Best Dance/Electronic Music AlbumCharli XCX – “Brat”Four Tet – “Three”Justice – “Hyperdrama”Kaytranada – “Timeless”Zedd – “Telos”
Best Remixed RecordingCharli XCX – “Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae”Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT – “Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)”Julian Marley & Antaeus – “Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)”Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”Shaboozey & David Guetta – “A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)”
Best Rock PerformanceThe Beatles – “Now and Then”The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”Idles – “Gift Horse”Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Metal PerformanceGojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”Judas Priest – “Crown of Horns”Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – “Suffocate”Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”
Best Rock SongThe Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”Green Day – “Dilemma”Idles – “Gift Horse”Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Rock AlbumThe Black Crowes – “Happiness Bastards”Fontaines D.C. – “Romance”Green Day – “Saviors”Idles – “Tangk”Jack White – “No Name”Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”The Rolling Stones – “Hackney Diamonds”
Best Alternative Music PerformanceCage the Elephant – “Neon Pill”Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Song of the Lake”St. Vincent – “Flea”
Best Alternative Music AlbumBrittany Howard – “What Now”Clairo – “Charm”Kim Gordon – “The Collective”Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Wild God”St. Vincent – “All Born Screaming”
Best R&B PerformanceChris Brown – “Residuals”Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”Jhené Aiko – “Guidance”Muni Long – “Made for Me (Live on BET)”SZA – “Saturn”
Best Traditional R&B PerformanceKenyon Dixon – “Can I Have This Groove”Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – “No Lie”Lucky Daye – “That’s You”Marsha Ambrosius – “Wet”Muni Long – “Make Me Forget”
Best R&B SongCoco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”Kehlani – “After Hours”Muni Long – “Ruined Me”SZA – “Saturn”Tems – “Burning”
Best Progressive R&B AlbumAvery*Sunshine – “So Glad to Know You”Childish Gambino – “Bando Stone and the New World”Durand Bernarr – “En Route”Kehlani – “Crash”NxWorries – “Why Lawd?”
Best R&B AlbumChris Brown – “11:11 (Deluxe)”Lalah Hathaway – “Vantablack”Lucky Daye – “Algorithm”Muni Long – “Revenge”Usher – “Coming Home”
Best Rap PerformanceCardi B – “Enough (Miami)”Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – “When the Sun Shines Again”Doechii – “Nissan Altima”Eminem – “Houdini”Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Melodic Rap PerformanceBeyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – “Spaghettii”Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – “We Still Don’t Trust You”Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – “Kehlani (Remix)”Latto – “Big Mama”Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – “3:AM”
Best Rap SongFuture, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”Rapsody & Hit-Boy – “Asteroids”¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – “Carnival”
Best Rap AlbumCommon & Pete Rock – “The Auditorium Vol. 1”Doechii – “Alligator Bites Never Heal”Eminem – “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)”Future & Metro Boomin – “We Don’t Trust You”J. Cole – “Might Delete Later”
Best Spoken Word Poetry AlbumMalik Yusef – “Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word”Omari Hardwick – “Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series”Queen Sheba – “Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say”Skillz – “The Seven Number Ones”Tank and the Bangas – “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul”
Best Jazz PerformanceThe Baylor Project – “Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)”Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – “Juno”Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – “Little Fears”Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Best Jazz Vocal AlbumCatherine Russell & Sean Mason – “My Ideal”Christie Dashiell – “Journey in Black”Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1″Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – “Milton + Esperanza”Samara Joy – “A Joyful Holiday”
Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumAmbrose Akinmusire – “Owl Song”Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – “Remembrance”Kenny Barron – “Beyond This Place”Lakecia Benjamin – “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”Sullivan Fortner – “Solo Game”
Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumThe Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – “And So It Goes”Dan Pugach – “Bianca Reimagined”John Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – “Returning to Forever”Miguel Zenón – “Golden City”Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – “Walk a Mile in My Shoe”
Best Latin Jazz AlbumDonald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- “As I Travel”Eliane Elias – “Time and Again”Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Collab”Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in Italy”Michel Camilo & Tomatito – “Spain Forever Again”Zaccai Curtis – “Cubop Lives!”
Best Alternative Jazz AlbumArooj Aftab – “Night Reign”André 3000 – “New Blue Sun”Keyon Harrold – “Foreverland”Meshell Ndegeocello – “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin”Robert Glasper – “Code Derivation”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumAaron Lazar – “Impossible Dream”Cyrille Aimée – “À Fleur de Peau”Gregory Porter – “Christmas Wish”Lake Street Dive – “Good Together”Norah Jones – “Visions”
Best Contemporary Instrumental AlbumBéla Fleck – “Rhapsody in Blue”Bill Frisell – “Orchestras (Live)”Julian Lage – “Speak to Me”Mark Guiliana – “Mark”Taylor Eigsti – “Plot Armor”
Best Musical Theater Album“Hell’s Kitchen”“Merrily We Roll Along”“The Notebook”“The Outsiders”“Suffs”“The Wiz”
Best Country Solo PerformanceBeyoncé – “16 Carriages”Chris Stapleton – ‘It Takes a Woman”Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country Duo/Group PerformanceBeyoncé & Miley Cyrus – “II Most Wanted”Brothers Osborne – “Break Mine”Dan + Shay – “Bigger Houses”Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – “Cowboys Cry Too”Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
Best Country SongBeyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country AlbumBeyoncé – “Cowboy Carter”Chris Stapleton – “Higher”Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”Lainey Wilson – “Whirlwind”Post Malone – “F-1 Trillion”
Best American Roots PerformanceThe Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – “Nothing in Rambling”Rhiannon Giddens – “The Ballad of Sally Anne”Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”Sierra Ferrell – “Lighthouse”
Best Americana PerformanceBeyoncé – “Ya Ya”Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “Empty Trainload of Sky”Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – “Don’t Do Me Good”Madison Cunningham – “Subtitles”Sarah Jarosz – “Runaway Train”Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Best American Roots SongAoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends”Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – “All in Good Time”Mark Knopfler – “Ahead of the Game”Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Best Americana AlbumCharley Crockett – $10 Cowboy”Maggie Rose – “No One Gets Out Alive”Sarah Jarosz – “Polaroid Lovers”Sierra Ferrell – “Trail of Flowers”T Bone Burnett – “The Other Side”Waxahatchee – “Tigers Blood”
Best Bluegrass AlbumBilly Strings – “Live Vol. 1”Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – “I Built a World”Dan Tyminski – “Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman”The Del McCoury Band – “S”ongs of Love and Life”Sister Sadie – “No Fear”Tony Trischka – “Earl Jam’
Best Traditional Blues AlbumCedric Burnside – “Hill Country Love”The Fabulous Thunderbirds – “Struck Down”Little Feat – “Sam’s Place”Sue Foley – “One Guitar Woman”Taj Mahal – “Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa”
Best Contemporary Blues AlbumAntonio Vergara – “The Fury”Joe Bonamassa – “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2”Ruthie Foster – “Mileage”Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – “Friendlytown”
Best Folk AlbumAdrianne Lenker – “Bright Future”American Patchwork Quartet – “American Patchwork Quartet”Aoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends”Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “Woodland”Madi Diaz – “Weird Faith”
Best Regional Roots Music AlbumBig Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”Kalani Pe’a – “Kuini”New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”The Rumble – “Stories From the Battlefield”Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – “25 Back to My Roots”
Best Gospel Performance/SongDoe – “Holy Hands”Melvin Crispell III – “Yesterday”Ricky Dillard – “Hold On (Live)”Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – “One Hallelujah”Yolanda Adams – “Church Doors”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/SongBethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans – “Holy Forever (Live)”CeCe Winans – “That’s My King”Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore – “Praise”Honor & Glory & Disciple – “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)”Jwlkrs Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore – “In the Name of Jesus”Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard – “In the Room”
Best Gospel AlbumCeCe Winans – “More Than This”Karen Clark Sheard – “Still Karen”Kirk Franklin – “Father’s Day”Melvin Crispell III – “Covered Vol. 1”Ricky Dillard – “Choirmaster II (Live)”
Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumBrandon Lake – “Coat of Many Colors”Doe – “Heart of a Human”Elevation Worship – “When Wind Meets Fire”Forrest Frank – “Child of God”Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – “The Maverick Way Complete”
Best Roots Gospel AlbumAuthentic Unlimited – “The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2”Cory Henry – “Church”The Harlem Gospel Travelers – “Rhapsody”Mark D. Conklin – “The Gospel According to Mark”The Nelons – “Loving You”
Best Latin Pop AlbumAnitta – “Funk Generation”Kali Uchis – “Orquídeas”Kany García – “García”Luis Fonsi – “El Viaje”Shakira – “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”
Best Música Urbana AlbumBad Bunny – “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana”Feid – “Ferxxocalipsis”J Balvin – “Rayo”Residente – “Las Letras Ya No Importan”Young Miko – “Att.”
Best Latin Rock or Alternative AlbumCimafunk – “Pa’ Tu Cuerpa”El David Aguilar – “Compita del Destino”Mon Laferte – “Autopoiética”Nathy Peluso – “Grasa”Rawayana – “¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?”
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)Carín León – “Boca Chueca, Vol. 1”Chiquis – “Diamantes”Jessi Uribe – “De Lejitos”Peso Pluma – “Éxodo”
Best Tropical Latin AlbumJuan Luis Guerra 4.40 – “Radio Güira”Kiki Valera – “Vacilón Santiaguero”Marc Anthony – “Muevense”Sheila E. – “Bailar”Tony Succar & Mimy Succar – “Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)”
Best Global Music PerformanceAngélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – “Sunlight to My Soul”Arooj Aftab – “Raat Ki Rani”Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – “A Rock Somewhere”Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – “Kashira”Rocky Dawuni – “Rise”Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – “Bemba Colorá”
Best African Music PerformanceAsake & Wizkid – “MMS”Burna Boy – “Higher”Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – “Sensational”Tems – “Love Me JeJe”Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow”
Best Global Music AlbumAntonio Rey – “Historias de un Flamenco”Ciro Hurtado – “Paisajes”Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – “Alkebulan II”Rema – “Heis”Tems – “Born in the Wild”
Best Reggae AlbumCollie Buddz – Take It EasyShenseea – Never Gets Late HereVarious Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)Vybz Kartel – Party With MeThe Wailers – Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant AlbumAnoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before DawnChris Redding – Visions of Sounds De LuxeRadhika Vekaria – Warriors of LightRicky Kej – Break of DawnRyuichi Sakamoto – OpusWouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni
Best Children’s Music AlbumDivinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide PlaydateJohn Legend – My Favorite DreamLucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – CreciendoRock for Children – Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy AlbumDave Chappelle – The DreamerJim Gaffigan – The PrisonerNikki Glaser – Someday You’ll DieRicky Gervais – ArmageddonTrevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling RecordingBarbra Streisand – My Name Is BarbraDolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in RhinestonesGeorge Clinton – …And Your Ass Will FollowJimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial CelebrationVarious Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaLondon Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard BernsteinVarious Artists – The Color PurpleVarious Artists – Deadpool & WolverineVarious Artists – SaltburnVarious Artists – Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)Kris Bowers – The Color PurpleHans Zimmer – Dune: Part TwoLaura Karpman – American FictionNick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – ShōgunTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive MediaBear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: ValhallaJohn Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraWilbert Roget II – Star Wars OutlawsWinifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual MediaBarbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)*NSync & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Best Music VideoA$AP Rocky – Tailor SwifCharli XCX – 360Eminem – HoudiniKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsTaylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music FilmJon Batiste – American SymphonyJune Carter Cash – JuneRun-DMC – Kings From QueensSteven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: DiscipleVarious Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop
Best Recording PackageThe Avett Brothers – The Avett BrothersCharli XCX – BratiWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and DiseaseKate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band MillionairePost Malone – F-1 TrillionWilliam Clark Green – Baker Hotel
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition PackageAlpha Wolf – Half Living ThingsJohn Lennon – Mind GamesKate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)Nirvana – In UteroUnsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago
Best Album NotesAlice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After MidnightJohn Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – CentennialVarious Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical AlbumKing Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – CentennialPaul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor RecordingsPepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y PaquitoPrince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalCharlotte Day Wilson – Cyan BlueKacey Musgraves – Deeper WellLucky Daye – AlgorithmPeter Gabriel – I/OSabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetWillow – Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, ClassicalLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución DiamantinaLos Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden WestPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the DarkTimo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Producer of the Year, ClassicalChristoph FrankeDirk SobotkaDmitriy LipayElaine MartoneErica BrennerMorten Lindberg
Best Immersive Audio AlbumEnsemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – PaxPeter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves CompanyRoxy Music – AvalonTrondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental CompositionAkropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – StrandsAndré 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This TimeChick Corea & Béla Fleck – RemembranceChristopher Zuar Orchestra – CommunionShelly Berg – At Last
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A CappellaBéla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled WaterSäje – Silent NightScott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns
Best Arrangement, Instruments and VocalsCody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of SilenceJohn Legend – Always Come BackSäje Featuring Regina Carter – AlmaWillow – Big FeelingsThe 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Best Orchestral PerformanceBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C MajorEsa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The FirebirdLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución DiamantinaORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider DanceSusanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Best Opera RecordingLos Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden WestLyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The ShiningThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el AmazonasThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The HoursSan Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral PerformanceApollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: AkathistThe Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – OchreSkylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the DarkTrue Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble PerformanceCaroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and CircumstanceJACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & ParticlesLorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort ScalesMiró Quartet – HomeYo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental SoloAndy Akiho – Akiho: LongingCurtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and OrchestraMak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – EntourerSeth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’ArcVíkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Best Classical Solo Vocal AlbumFotina Naumenko – Bespoke SongsJoyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck LiederKaren Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the YearsNicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna ComeWill Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way
Best Classical CompendiumAmy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance ConcertoAndy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLongingDanaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies IIExperiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American CounterpointsLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical CompositionAndrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo CelloDecoda – Coleman: RevelryEsa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana MaterEighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as ExplanationLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina