2026 Grammy Nominations: Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead

The 2026 Grammy nominations showcase a wide-open field, with industry heavyweights and new voices vying side by side. Kendrick Lamar leads all artists with nine nominations, while Lady Gaga follows closely with seven nods — tying with prolific producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut. These top contenders dominate the general categories: Lamar’s acclaimed GNX and Gaga’s MAYHEM both earned Album of the Year nods, as did pop superstar Justin Bieber’s comeback album SWAG and breakout singer Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend. Carpenter’s hit “Manchild” also scored Record and Song of the Year nominations, underlining her leap from Disney alum to bona fide pop contender. Latin powerhouse Bad Bunny made history, with his Spanish-language album DeBí Tirar Más Fotos crashing the Album of the Year lineup – a sign of the Grammys’ growing global scope.

This year’s nominations blend surprises and returning icons. The Best New Artist category delivered some eyebrow-raising inclusions: TikTok star-turned-singer Addison Rae snagged a nomination alongside indie darlings The Marías and British soul singer Olivia Dean. Social media sensations like Rae and YouTuber Alex Warren join rising talents (K-pop alum ROSÉ appears in Record of the Year) to signal a new generation of nominees. Meanwhile, veteran acts aren’t left behind – legendary names like Willie Nelson (nominated for Best Traditional Country Album at age 92), Barbra Streisand and Elton John (both up for Traditional Pop honors) all appear in the mix. Even rap duo Clipse (brothers Pusha T and Malice) reunited for a nod in Best Rap Album, and soul/pop icon Sade earned a surprise Music Video nomination after a decade away, proving that music legends still hold sway.

Overall, the nominations highlight the Recording Academy’s widening embrace of genres and creators. Two new categories make their debut – Best Traditional Country Album (splitting off from contemporary country) and Best Album Cover – reflecting a commitment to honoring both roots heritage and visual artistry in music. Notably, global sounds are front and center: a new Best African Music Performance category joins the existing Global field, and even a song from a K-pop animated film (“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters) earned a Song of the Year nod. From K-pop to regional Mexican music, from TikTok breakout hits to veteran blues and jazz recordings, this year’s slate is one of the most diverse ever. With megastars returning, fresh faces breaking through, and genres expanding, the stage is set for an unpredictable and exciting Grammy Awards night in 2026.

Complete List of 2026 Grammy Nominees

General Field

Record of the Year (Award to the Artist and main production team):

• “DtMF” — Bad Bunny

• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter

• “Anxiety” — Doechii

• “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga

• “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA

• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan

• “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

Album of the Year (Award to Artist(s), featured artists, key producers/songwriters/engineers):

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny

• SWAG — Justin Bieber

• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter

• Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse (Pusha T & Malice)

• MAYHEM — Lady Gaga

• GNX — Kendrick Lamar

• MUTT — Leon Thomas

• CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator

Song of the Year (Songwriters’ award; songwriters listed, artist in parentheses):

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt (Lady Gaga)

• “Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon (Doechii)

• “APT.” — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter (ROSÉ & Bruno Mars)

• “DtMF” — Marco Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito A. Martínez Ocasio (Bad Bunny)

• “Golden [from KPop Demon Hunters]” — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)

• “luther” — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita L. Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Spears & Kamasi Washington (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)

• “Manchild” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter (Sabrina Carpenter)

• “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist:

• Olivia Dean

• KATSEYE

• The Marías

• Addison Rae

• sombr (stylized)

• Leon Thomas

• Alex Warren

• Lola Young

Major Non-Genre Categories

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: (Producer’s award for a body of work)

• Dan Auerbach – (Notable works: Elegantly Wasted by Hermanos Gutiérrez ft. Leon Bridges; Holy Ghost Party by Robert Finley; No Rain, No Flowers by The Black Keys, etc.)

• Cirkut – (Abracadabra by Lady Gaga; Mayhem by Lady Gaga; APT. by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars; Disease by Lady Gaga; etc.)

• Dijon – (Baby! by Dijon; multiple tracks on Justin Bieber’s SWAG, etc.)

• Blake Mills – (For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast; Glory by Perfume Genius; etc.)

• Sounwave – (GNX by Kendrick Lamar)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical: (Songwriter’s award for a body of work)

• Amy Allen – (Songs: “APT.” by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars; “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter; “Tears” by Sabrina Carpenter; etc.)

• Edgar Barrera – (Songs: “Milagros” by KAROL G; “Soltera” by Shakira; “Me Jalo” by Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera; etc.)

• Jessie Jo Dillon – (Songs: “Bless Your Heart” by Megan Moroney; “Dreams Don’t Die” by Jelly Roll; “If You Were Mine” by Morgan Wallen; etc.)

• Tobias Jesso Jr. – (Songs: “Daisies” by Justin Bieber; “From” by Bon Iver; “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean; etc.)

• Laura Veltz – (Songs: “Parallel Universe” by Lauren Spencer Smith; “Touch Me Like A Gangster” by Jessie Murph; “You’ll Be OK, Kid” by Demi Lovato; etc.)

Pop & Dance/Electronic

Best Pop Solo Performance (For new vocal/instrumental solo pop recordings):

• “DAISIES” — Justin Bieber

• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter

• “Disease” — Lady Gaga

• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan

• “Messy” — Lola Young

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (For new duo/group pop recordings):

• “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

• “Golden” [from KPop Demon Hunters] — HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI

• “Gabriela” — KATSEYE (duo)

• “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

• “30 For 30” — SZA ft. Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album (Albums >75% new pop vocal recordings):

• SWAG — Justin Bieber

• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter

• Something Beautiful — Miley Cyrus

• MAYHEM — Lady Gaga

• I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) — Teddy Swims

Best Dance/Electronic Recording (Singles or tracks):

• “No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak

• “Victory Lap” — Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax

• “SPACE INVADER” — KAYTRANADA

• “VOLTAGE” — Skrillex

• “End Of Summer” — Tame Impala

Best Dance Pop Recording (Singles or tracks in Dance Pop style):

• “Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez & benny blanco

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga

• “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson

• “Just Keep Watching” [from F1: The Movie] — Tate McRae

• “Illegal” — PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

• EUSEXUA — FKA twigs

• Ten Days — Fred again..

• Fancy That — PinkPantheress

• Inhale / Exhale — RÜFÜS DU SOL

• F— U SKRILLEX… (stylized) — Skrillex

Best Remixed Recording (Remixer’s award; original artist in parentheses):

• “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein)

• “Don’t Forget About Us” — KAYTRANADA, remixer (Mariah Carey & KAYTRANADA)

• “A Dream’s A Dream (Ron Trent Remix)” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)

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

• “Golden (David Guetta REM/X)” — David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)

Rock, Metal & Alternative

Best Rock Performance (Solo or group rock recordings):

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

• “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park

• “NEVER ENOUGH” — Turnstile

• “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams

• “Changes (Live)…Back To The Beginning” — YUNGBLUD ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello & others

Best Metal Performance (Metal recordings):

• “Night Terror” — Dream Theater

• “Lachryma” — Ghost

• “Emergence” — Sleep Token

• “Soft Spine” — Spiritbox

• “BIRDS” — Turnstile

Best Rock Song (Songwriters’ award – songs in rock/metal, performer in parentheses):

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails)

• “Caramel” — Vessel1 & Vessel2 (Sleep Token)

• “Glum” — Hayley Williams & Daniel James (Hayley Williams)

• “NEVER ENOUGH” — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates (Turnstile)

• “Zombie” — Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz (YUNGBLUD)

Best Rock Album (Albums >75% new rock/hard rock/metal):

• private music — Deftones

• I quit — Haim

• From Zero — Linkin Park

• NEVER ENOUGH — Turnstile

• Idols — YUNGBLUD

Best Alternative Music Performance (Alternative genre recordings):

• “Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver

• “Alone” — The Cure

• “SEEIN’ STARS” — Turnstile

• “mangetout” — Wet Leg

• “Parachute” — Hayley Williams

Best Alternative Music Album:

• SABLE fABLE — Bon Iver

• Songs Of A Lost World — The Cure

• DON’T TAP THE GLASS — Tyler, The Creator

• moisturizer — Wet Leg

• Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party — Hayley Williams

R&B, Rap & Spoken Word

Best R&B Performance (New R&B vocal or instrumental performances):

• “YUKON” — Justin Bieber

• “It Depends” — Chris Brown ft. Bryson Tiller

• “Folded” — Kehlani

• “MUTT (Live from NPR Tiny Desk)” — Leon Thomas

• “Heart Of A Woman” — Summer Walker

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

• “Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr

• “UPTOWN” — Lalah Hathaway

• “LOVE YOU TOO” — Ledisi

• “Crybaby” — SZA

• “VIBES DON’T LIE” — Leon Thomas

Best R&B Song (Songwriters’ award – R&B songs):

• “Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Wilson (Kehlani)

• “Heart Of A Woman” — David Bishop & Summer Walker (Summer Walker)

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

• “Overqualified” — James Abrahart Jr. & Durand Bernarr (Durand Bernarr)

• “YES IT IS” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro A. Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas (Leon Thomas)

Best Progressive R&B Album (Albums of progressive R&B):

• BLOOM — Durand Bernarr

• Adjust Brightness — Bilal

• LOVE ON DIGITAL — Destin Conrad

• Access All Areas — FLO

• Come As You Are — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon

Best R&B Album:

• BELOVED — GIVĒON

• Why Not More? — Coco Jones

• The Crown — Ledisi

• Escape Room — Teyana Taylor

• MUTT — Leon Thomas

Best Rap Performance (Rap performances – singles or tracks):

• “Outside” — Cardi B

• “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice ft. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams

• “Anxiety” — Doechii

• “tv off” — Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay

• “Darling, I” — Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown

Best Melodic Rap Performance (Rap/Sung collaborations):

• “Proud Of Me” — Fridayy ft. Meek Mill

• “Wholeheartedly” — JID ft. Ty Dolla $ign & 6LACK

• “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA

• “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon ft. Rapsody

• “SOMEBODY LOVES ME” — PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake

Best Rap Song (Songwriters’ award – rap songs):

• “Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon (Doechii)

• “The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder (Clipse ft. John Legend & Voices of Fire)

• “Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dwayne Carter Jr., Dudley Duverne, Tyler Okonma, Janae Wherry, Gloria Woods & Rex Zamor (Tyler, The Creator ft. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)

• “TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge Taveras & Gloria Woods (GloRilla)

• “tv off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Spears & Kamasi Washington (Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay)

Best Rap Album:

• Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice

• GLORIOUS — GloRilla

• God Does Like Ugly — JID

• GNX — Kendrick Lamar

• CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album (Spoken word poetry recordings):

• A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (live) — Queen Sheba

• Black Shaman — Marc Marcel

• Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton

• Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends

• Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz

Jazz & Vocal/Instrumental Music

Best Jazz Performance (Jazz recordings – solo, group or collaborative):

• “Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin ft. Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield

• “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

• “Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy

• “Four” — Michael Mayo

• “All Stars Lead To You – Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

• Elemental — Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap

• We Insist 2025! — Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell

• Portrait — Samara Joy

• Fly — Michael Mayo

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

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

• Trilogy 3 (Live) — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

• Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner (ft. Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore)

• Belonging — Branford Marsalis Quartet

• Spirit Fall — John Patitucci (ft. Chris Potter & Brian Blade)

• Fasten Up — Yellowjackets

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

• Orchestrator Emulator — The 8-Bit Big Band

• Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 — Christian McBride Big Band

• Lumen — Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band

• Basie Rocks! — Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra

• Lights on a Satellite — Sun Ra Arkestra

• Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores — Kenny Wheeler Legacy (ft. Royal Academy of Music & Frost Jazz Orchestras)

Best Latin Jazz Album:

• La Fleur de Cayenne — Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band

• The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ft. Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa)

• Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

• A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro

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

Best Alternative Jazz Album:

• honey from a winter stone — Ambrose Akinmusire

• Keys To The City, Volume One — Robert Glasper

• Ride into the Sun — Brad Mehldau

• LIVE-ACTION — Nate Smith

• Blues Blood — Immanuel Wilkins

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Wintersongs — Laila Biali

• The Gift Of Love — Jennifer Hudson

• Who Believes In Angels? — Elton John & Brandi Carlile

• Harlequin — Lady Gaga

• A Matter Of Time — Laufey

• The Secret Of Life: Partners, Vol. 2 — Barbra Streisand

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

• Brightside — ARKAI

• Ones & Twos — Gerald Clayton

• BEATrio — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez

• Just Us — Bob James & Dave Koz

• Shayan — Charu Suri

Best Musical Theater Album: (Award to principal vocalists and producers of the cast album)

• Buena Vista Social Club — Original Broadway Cast; Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers

• Death Becomes Her — Original Broadway Cast; Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard & Michelle Williams (principal vocalists); Noel Carey, Sean P. Flahaven, Julia Mattison & Scott M. Riesett, producers

• Gypsy — 2024 Broadway Cast; Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson & Joy Woods (principal vocalists); David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai & George C. Wolfe, producers

• Just In Time — Original Broadway Cast; Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence & Michele Pawk (principal vocalists); Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick & Bill Sherman, producers

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

Country & American Roots

Best Country Solo Performance:

• “Nose On The Grindstone” — Tyler Childers

• “Good News” — Shaboozey

• “Bad As I Used To Be” [from F1: The Movie] — Chris Stapleton

• “I Never Lie” — Zach Top

• “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

• “A Song To Sing” — Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton

• “Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson

• “Love Me Like You Used To Do” — Margo Price & Tyler Childers

• “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll

• “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame” — George Strait & Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song (Songwriters’ award):

• “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers (Tyler Childers)

• “Good News” — Michael Pollack, Sam Roman & Jacob Torrey (Shaboozey)

• “I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top (Zach Top)

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

• “A Song To Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton (Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton)

Best Traditional Country Album (NEW category):

• Dollar A Day — Charley Crockett

• American Romance — Lukas Nelson

• Oh What A Beautiful World — Willie Nelson

• Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price

• Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top

Best Contemporary Country Album (formerly “Best Country Album”):

• Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini

• Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers

• Evangeline vs. The Machine — Eric Church

• Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll

• Postcards From Texas — Miranda Lambert

Best American Roots Performance (American Roots includes Americana, folk, etc.):

• “LONELY AVENUE” — Jon Batiste ft. Randy Newman

• “Ancient Light” — I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O’Donovan)

• “Crimson And Clay” — Jason Isbell

• “Richmond On The James” — Alison Krauss & Union Station

• “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples

Best Americana Performance (Americana genre performances):

• “Boom” — Sierra Hull

• “Poison In My Well” — Maggie Rose & Grace Potter

• “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples

• “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark” — Molly Tuttle

• “Horses” — Jesse Welles

Best American Roots Song (Songwriters’ award – Americana/roots songs):

• “Ancient Light” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins (I’m With Her)

• “BIG MONEY” — Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan (Jon Batiste)

• “Foxes In The Snow” — Jason Isbell (Jason Isbell)

• “Middle” — Jesse Welles (Jesse Welles)

• “Spitfire” — Sierra Hull (Sierra Hull)

Best Americana Album:

• BIG MONEY — Jon Batiste

• Bloom — Larkin Poe

• Last Leaf On The Tree — Willie Nelson

• So Long Little Miss Sunshine — Molly Tuttle

• Middle — Jesse Welles

Best Bluegrass Album:

• Carter & Cleveland — Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter

• A Tip Toe High Wire — Sierra Hull

• Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station

• Outrun — The Steeldrivers

• Highway Prayers — Billy Strings

Best Traditional Blues Album:

• Ain’t Done With The Blues — Buddy Guy

• Room On The Porch — Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’

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

• Look Out Highway — Charlie Musselwhite

• Young Fashioned Ways — Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album:

• Breakthrough — Joe Bonamassa

• Paper Doll — Samantha Fish

• A Tribute To LJK — Eric Gales

• Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph

• Family — Southern Avenue

Best Folk Album:

• What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow — Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson

• Crown Of Roses — Patty Griffin

• Wild And Clear And Blue — I’m With Her

• Foxes In The Snow — Jason Isbell

• Under The Powerlines April 24 – September 24 — Jesse Welles

Best Regional Roots Music Album:

• Live at Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet (New Orleans brass)

• For Fat Man — Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band

• Church Of New Orleans — Kyle Roussel

• Second Line Sunday — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band

• A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco — Various Artists

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song (Gospel category – awarded to performer & songwriter):

• “Do It Again” — Elevation Worship ft. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake (songwriter: Kirk Franklin)

• “Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend (songwriters: Anthony Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard Jr., Tasha C. Leonard & Jonas Myrin)

• “Still Live” — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts (songwriters: Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Outing III, Orlando Palmer & Terrell Wilson)

• “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr. (songwriters: Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Outing II & Terrell Pettus)

• “Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans ft. Shirley Caesar (traditional gospel duet)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:

• “I Know A Name” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown & Brandon Lake (songwriters: Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Jacob Sooter)

• “YOUR WAY’S BETTER” — Forrest Frank (songwriters: Forrest Frank & Pera)

• “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll (songwriters: Chris Brown, Jason Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin Hastings & Brandon Lake)

• “Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I. (songwriters: Bongo ByTheWay, Clifford Harris, William Miller, Lecrae Moore, Michael Render & Tyshane Thompson)

• “Amazing” — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton (songwriters: PJ Morton & Darrel Walls)

Best Gospel Album:

• Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams

• Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard

• Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann

• Only On The Road Live — Tye Tribbett

• Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

• Child of God II — Forrest Frank

• Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed

• King Of Hearts — Brandon Lake

• Reconstruction — Lecrae

• Let The Church Sing — Tauren Wells

Best Roots Gospel Album:

• I Will Not Be Moved (Live) — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

• Then Came The Morning — Gaither Vocal Band

• Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah — The Isaacs

• Good Answers — Karen Peck & New River

• Back To My Roots — Candi Staton

Latin, Global, Reggae & New Age

Best Latin Pop Album:

• Cosa Nuestra — Rauw Alejandro

• BOGOTÁ DELUXE — Andrés Cepeda

• Trópicoqueta — KAROL G

• Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade

• ¿Y ahora qué? — Alejandro Sanz

Best Música Urbana Album:

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny

• Mixteip — J Balvin

• FERXXO Vol. X: Sagrado — Feid

• NAIKI — Nicki Nicole

• EUB DELUXE — Trueno

• SINFÓNICO (En Vivo) — Yandel

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:

• Genes Rebeldes — Aterciopelados

• ASTROPICAL — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & ASTROPICAL

• PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso

• ALGORHYTHM — Los Wizzards

• Novela — Fito Páez

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano):

• MALA MÍA — Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera

• Y Lo Que Viene — Grupo Frontera

• Sin Rodeos — Paola Jara

• Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León

• Bobby Pulido & Friends: Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo) — Bobby Pulido

Best Tropical Latin Album:

• Fotografías — Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

• Raíces — Gloria Estefan

• Clásicos 1.0 — Grupo Niche

• Bingo — Alain Pérez

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

Best Global Music Performance (Global music recordings):

• “EoO” — Bad Bunny

• “Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado

• “JERUSALEMA” — Angélique Kidjo

• “Inmigrante Y Qué?” — Yeisy Rojas

• “Shrini’s Dream (Live)” — Shakti

• “Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Best African Music Performance:

• “Love” — Burna Boy

• “With You” — Davido ft. Omah Lay

• “Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin

• “Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid

• “PUSH 2 START” — Tyla

Best Global Music Album:

• Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia

• No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy

• Éclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour

• Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti

• Chapter III: We Return To Light — Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

• Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia

Best Reggae Album:

• Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké

• Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel

• BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi

• From Within — Mortimer

• No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album:

• Kuruvinda — Kirsten Agresta-Copely

• According To The Moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM & Dallas String Quartet

• Into The Forest — Jahnavi Harrison

• NOMADICA — Carla Patullo ft. The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality

• The Colors In My Mind — Chris Redding

Children’s, Comedy, Audio Books, Visual Media & Music Film

Best Children’s Music Album:

• Ageless: 100 Years Young — Joanie Leeds & Joya

• Buddy’s Magic Tree House — Mega Ran

• Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V

• Herstory — Flor Bromley

• The Music Of Tori and The Muses — Tori Amos

Best Comedy Album:

• Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr

• PostMortem — Sarah Silverman

• Single Lady — Ali Wong

• What Had Happened Was… — Jamie Foxx

• Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze

Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording:

• Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story — Kathy Garver (narration)

• Into The Uncut Grass — Trevor Noah

• Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson

• Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness The Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama (narrated by various)

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

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:

• A Complete Unknown — Various Artists (principal artist: Timothée Chalamet)

• F1: The Album — Various Artists

• KPop Demon Hunters — Various Artists

• Sinners — Various Artists

• Wicked — Various Artists (film soundtrack)

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Film/TV):

• How To Train Your Dragon — John Powell (composer)

• Severance: Season 2 — Theodore Shapiro (composer)

• Sinners — Ludwig Göransson (composer)

• Wicked — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz (composers)

• The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers (composer)

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires — Pinar Toprak (composer)

• Helldivers 2 — Wilbert Roget II (composer)

• Indiana Jones and The Great Circle — Gordy Haab (composer)

• Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune — Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II (composers)

• Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory (composer)

Best Song Written for Visual Media (Songwriters’ award for songs written for film/TV/video games):

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” [from TRON: Ares] — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails)

• “Golden” [from KPop Demon Hunters] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)

• “I Lied to You” [from Sinners] — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq (Miles Caton)

• “Never Too Late” [from Elton John: Never Too Late] — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)

• “Pale, Pale Moon” [from Sinners] — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard (Jayme Lawson)

• “Sinners” [from Sinners] — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilunis (Rod Wave)

Best Music Video (Award to artist, video director & producer):

• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter (Video Directors: Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia)

• “So Be It” — Clipse (Video Director: Hannan Hussain)

• “Anxiety” — Doechii (Video Director: James Mackel)

• “Love” — OK Go (Video Directors: Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr.)

• “Young Lion” — Sade (Video Director: Sophie Muller)

Best Music Film (Concert films or music documentaries):

• Devo — Devo (Video Director: Chris Smith)

• Live at The Royal Albert Hall — Raye (Video Director: Paul Dugdale)

• Relentless — Diane Warren (Video Director: Bess Kargman)

• Music by John Williams — John Williams (Video Director: Laurent Bouzereau)

• Piece By Piece — Pharrell Williams (Video Director: Morgan Neville)

Production, Packaging & Notes

Best Recording Package (Art Directors award):

• And The Adjacent Possible — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors (for OK Go)

• Balloonerism — Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith, art directors (for Mac Miller)

• Danse Macabre: De Luxe — Rory McCartney, art director (for Duran Duran)

• Loud Is As… — Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon, art directors (for Tsunami)

• Sequoia — Tim Breen & Ken Shipley, art directors (for Various Artists)

• The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl) — Miller McCormick, art director (for Mac Miller)

• Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (for Bruce Springsteen)

Best Album Cover (NEW category – celebrates cover art only):

• CHROMAKOPIA — Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (for Tyler, The Creator)

• The Crux — William Wesley II, art director (for Djo)

• Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, art director (for Bad Bunny)

• Glory — Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (for Perfume Genius)

• moisturizer — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (for Wet Leg)

Best Album Notes (Notes writers for album/booklet notes):

• Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964–1974 — Scott B. Bomar (notes writer for Buck Owens and His Buckaroos)

• After The Last Sky — Adam Shatz (notes writer for album by Anouar Brahem/Anja Lechner/Django Bates/Dave Holland)

• Árabe — Amanda Ekery (notes writer for her own album)

• The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 — Alec Palao (notes writer for Sly & The Family Stone archival release)

• A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr (notes writer for Wilco)

• Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings — Ashley Kahn (notes writer for Miles Davis)

Best Historical Album (Award to compilation producers & mastering engineers for archival/reissues):

• Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976–1980) — Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)

• The Making Of Five Leaves Left — Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, comp. producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering (Nick Drake)

• Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975–1980 — Samy Ben Redjeb, comp. producer; Michael Graves, mastering (Various Artists)

• Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965–1980 — Samy Ben Redjeb, comp. producer; Michael Graves, mastering (Various Artists)

• You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, comp. producers; Michael Graves, mastering (Doc Pomus demos)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Engineers & mastering engineer award):

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

• Arcadia — Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

• For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering (Japanese Breakfast)

• That Wasn’t A Dream — Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering (Pino Palladino & Blake Mills)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering (performed by Sandbox Percussion)

• Eastman: Symphony No. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 — Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)

• Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering (Andris Nelsons; soloists; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

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

• Yule — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering (Trio Mediæval)

Producer of the Year, Classical:

• Blanton Alspaugh – (Projects include All Is Miracle – The Choral Music of Kyle Pederson; Heggie’s Intelligence opera; Marsalis’ Blues Symphony; etc.)

• Sergei Kvitko – (Enigma / River of Time by Michigan State Wind Symphony; Chiaroscuro by Vedrana Subotic; Excursions by Vuorovesi Trio; etc.)

• Morten Lindberg – (Fred Over Jorden (Peace To The World) by Uranienborg Vokalensemble; Stjernebru by Det Norske Jentekor; Yule by Trio Mediæval)

• Dmitriy Lipay – (Before It All Goes Dark by Music of Remembrance; Odyssey by Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony; Ortiz: Yanga by LA Phil, etc.)

• Elaine Martone – (Symphonie Fantastique – Cleveland Orchestra; Chopin & Rachmaninoff Cello Sonatas; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 & Symphony No.29 – Cleveland Orch.; etc.)

Best Immersive Audio Album (surround sound mixes):

• All American F**boy* — Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (album by Duckwrth)

• Immersed — Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)

• An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live) — Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers & producers (Various Artists)

• Tearjerkers — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer & producer (Tearjerkers)

• Yule — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix & mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)

Best Instrumental Composition:

• “First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (performed by Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)

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

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

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

• “Train To Emerald City” — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)

• “Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson ft. Miles Caton)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

• “Be Okay” — Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)

• “A Child Is Born” — Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)

• “Fight On” — Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloé Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)

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

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

• “Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith ft. säje)

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

• “Keep An Eye On Summer” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

• “Something In The Water (Acoustic-ish)” — Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)

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

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance:

• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Ballade, & 24 Negro Melodies — National Philharmonic; Michael Repper, conductor

• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor

• Ravel: Boléro — Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

• Still & Bonds — The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements — San Francisco Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Best Opera Recording:

• Heggie: Intelligence — Houston Grand Opera; Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger (soloists); Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Gene Scheer, librettist)

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

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

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

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

Best Choral Performance:

• Advena – Liturgies for a Broken World — Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes, soloists)

• Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved — Los Angeles Master Chorale; Grant Gershon, conductor (feat. Anne Akiko Meyers, Luciana Souza & others)

• Lang: Poor Hymnal — The Crossing; Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland, soloists)

• Ortiz: Yanga — Los Angeles Philharmonic & Master Chorale; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master

• Requiem Of Light — The Clarion Choir; Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur, soloists)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

• Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Alarm Will Sound; Alan Pierson, conductor

• La Mer – French Piano Trios — Neave Trio

• Lullabies For The Brokenhearted — Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon

• Slavic Sessions — Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

• Standard Stoppages — Third Coast Percussion

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

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

• Hope Orchestrated — Mary Dawood Catlin (violin); Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)

• Inheritances — Adam Tendler (piano solo)

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

• Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos — Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

• Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works — Yuja Wang (piano); Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:

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

• Black Pierrot — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, piano accompanist

• In This Short Life — Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, featured cellist

• Kurtág: Kafka Fragments — Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, violin

• Schubert Beatles — Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (with Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, et al.)

• Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium:

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Sandbox Percussion; (Producers: Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney)

• The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II — Will Liverman; (Producer: Jonathan Estabrooks)

• Ortiz: Yanga — LA Philharmonic; (Producer: Dmitriy Lipay)

• Seven Seasons — Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; (Producers: Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley)

• Tombeaux — Christina Sandsengen; (Producers: Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion)

• Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alarm Will Sound)

• León: Raíces (Origins) — Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Okpebholo: Songs In Flight — Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & others)

• Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein; Gustavo Dudamel & LA Philharmonic)