The Recording Academy has named the first wave of performers who will perform at the 64th GRAMMY Awards this year. Current nominees BTS, Brothers Osborne, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo will perform on Music’s Biggest Night. The 2022 GRAMMY Awards will be televised live on CBS Television Network on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 8 p.m./5 p.m. PT and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

This event will be hosted by Trevor Noah and will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

This year, Brothers Osborne were nominated for two GRAMMY Awards: Best Country Duo/Group Performance (Younger Me), and Best Country Album (Skeletons)

BTS is one of the current candidates for Best Pop/Duo/Group Performance for the song “Butter.”

Brandi Carlile is up for six GRAMMY awards, including Record Of The Year (“Right On Time”), Song Of The Year (“Right On Time”), Song Of The Year (“A Beautiful Noise” with Alicia Keys), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Right On Time”), and Best American Roots Performance (“A Beautiful Noise” with Alicia Keys) (“Same Devil”).

Billie Eilish, a seven-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee, was nominated for seven awards this year, including Record Of The Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Album Of The Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Song Of The Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Pop Vocal Album (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Music Video (“Happier Than Ever”), and Best Music Film (“Happier Than Ever (Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles).

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Lil Nas X attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)

Lil Nas X is up for Record Of The Year (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”), Album Of The Year (“Montero)”, Song Of The Year (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”), Best Melodic Rap Performance (“Industry Baby”), and Best Music Video (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”). Jack Harlow, a previous GRAMMY nominee, is up for two awards this year for his work on Montero: Best Melodic Rap Performance and Album Of The Year.

Olivia Rodrigo is a first-time GRAMMY nominee with nominations for Record Of The Year (“drivers license”), Album Of The Year (SOUR), Song Of The Year (“drivers license”), Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance (“drivers license”), Best Pop Vocal Album (SOUR), and Best Music Video (SOUR) (“good 4 u”).

2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List

General Field

Record of The Year

  • I Still Have Faith In You (ABBA)
  • Freedom (Jon Batiste)
  • I Get A Kick Out Of You (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
  • Peaches (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)
  • Right On Time (Brandi Carlile)
  • Kiss Me More (Doja Cat Featuring SZA
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish)
  • Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (Lil Nas X)
  • drivers license (Olivia Rodrigo)
  • Leave The Door Open (Silk Sonic)

Album of The Year

  • We Are (Jon Batiste)
  • Love For Sale (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
  • Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) (Justin Bieber)
  • Planet Her (Deluxe) (Doja Cat)
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish)
  • Back Of My Mind (H.E.R.)
  • Montero (Lil Nas X)
  • Sour (Olivia Rodrigo)
  • Evermore (Taylor Swift)
  • Donda (Kanye West)

Song of The Year

  • Bad Habits (Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid & Ed Sheeran)
  • A Beautiful Noise (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile)
  • drivers license (Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo)
  • Fight For You (Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas)
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell)
  • Kiss Me More (Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solána Rowe & David Sprecher)
  • Leave The Door Open (Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars)
  • Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill & Roy Lenzo)
  • Peaches (Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha “Fury” King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manuel Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman & Keavan Yazdani)
  • Right On Time (Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth)

Best New Artist

  • Arooj Aftab
  • Jimmie Allen
  • Baby Keem
  • FINNEAS
  • Glass Animals
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • The Kid LAROI
  • Arlo Parks
  • Olivia Rodrigo
  • Saweetie

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

  • Anyone (Justin Bieber)
  • Right On Time (Brandi Carlile)
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish)
  • Positions (Ariana Grande)
  • drivers license (Olivia Rodrigo)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  • I Get A Kick Out Of You (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
  • Lonely (Justin Bieber & benny blanco)
  • Butter (BTS)
  • Higher Power (Coldplay)
  • Kiss Me More (Doja Cat Featuring SZA)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • Love For Sale (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
  • Til We Meet Again (Live) (Norah Jones)
  • A Tori Kelly Christmas (Tori Kelly)
  • Ledisi Sings Nina (Ledisi)
  • That’s Life (Willie Nelson)
  • A Holly Dolly Christmas (Dolly Parton)

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) (Justin Bieber)
  • Planet Her (Deluxe) (Doja Cat)
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish)
  • Positions (Ariana Grande)
  • Sour (Olivia Rodrigo)

Dance/Electronic Music

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

  • Hero (Afrojack & David Guetta)
  • Loom (Ólafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo)
  • Before (James Blake)
  • Heartbreak (Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)
  • You Can Do It (Caribou)
  • Alive (Rüfüs Du Sol)
  • The Business (Tiësto)

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

  • Subconsciously (Black Coffee)
  • Fallen Embers (ILLENIUM)
  • Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) (Major Lazer)
  • Shockwave (Marshmello)
  • Free Love (Sylvan Esso)
  • Judgement (Ten City)

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

  • Double Dealin’ (Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal)
  • The Garden (Rachel Eckroth)
  • Tree Falls (Taylor Eigsti)
  • At Blue Note Tokyo (Steve Gadd Band)
  • Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 (Mark Lettieri)

Rock

Best Rock Performance

  • Shot In The Dark (AC/DC)
  • Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A) (Black Pumas)
  • Nothing Compares 2 U (Chris Cornell)
  • Ohms (Deftones)
  • Making A Fire (Foo Fighters)

Best Metal Performance

  • Genesis (Deftones)
  • The Alien (Dream Theater)
  • Amazonia (Gojira)
  • Pushing The Tides (Mastodon)
  • The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition) (Rob Zombie)

Best Rock Song

  • All My Favorite Songs (Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber)
  • The Bandit (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill)
  • Distance (Wolfgang Van Halen)
  • Find My Way (Paul McCartney)
  • Waiting On A War (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear)

Best Rock Album

  • Power Up (AC/DC)
  • Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A (Black Pumas)
  • No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 (Chris Cornell)
  • Medicine At Midnight (Foo Fighters)
  • McCartney III (Paul McCartney)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

  • Shore (Fleet Foxes)
  • If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (Halsey)
  • Jubilee (Japanese Breakfast)
  • Collapsed In Sunbeams (Arlo Parks)
  • Daddy’s Home (St. Vincent)

R&B

Best R&B Performance

  • Lost You (Snoh Aalegra)
  • Peaches (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)
  • Damage (H.E.R.)
  • Leave The Door Open (Silk Sonic)
  • Pick Up Your Feelings (Jazmine Sullivan)

Best Traditional R&B Performance

  • I Need You (Jon Batiste)
  • Bring It On Home To Me (BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal)
  • Born Again (Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper)
  • Fight For You (H.E.R.)
  • How Much Can A Heart Take (Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba)

Best R&B Song

  • Damage (Anthony Clemons Jr., Jeff Gitelman, H.E.R., Carl McCormick & Tiara Thomas)
  • Good Days (Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas)
  • Heartbreak Anniversary (Giveon Evans, Maneesh, Sevn Thomas & Varren Wade)
  • Leave The Door Open (Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars)
  • Pick Up Your Feelings (Denisia “Blue June” Andrews, Audra Mae Butts, Kyle Coleman, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Michael Holmes & Jazmine Sullivan)

Best Progressive R&B Album

  • New Light (Eric Bellinger)
  • Something To Say (Cory Henry)
  • Mood Valiant (Hiatus Kaiyote)
  • Table For Two (Lucky Daye)
  • Dinner Party: Dessert (Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington)
  • Studying Abroad: Extended Stay (Masego)

Best R&B Album

  • Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies (Snoh Aalegra)
  • We Are (Jon Batiste)
  • Gold-Diggers Sound (Leon Bridges)
  • Back Of My Mind (H.E.R.)
  • Heaux Tales (Jazmine Sullivan)

Rap

Best Rap Performance

  • Family Ties (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
  • Up (Cardi B)
  • M Y . L I F E (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
  • Thot S*** (Megan Thee Stallion)

Best Melodic Rap Performance

  • P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L (J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby)
  • Need To Know (Doja Cat)
  • Industry Baby (Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow)
  • Wusyaname (Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign)
  • Hurricane (Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby)

Best Rap Song

  • Bath Salts (Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons)
  • Best Friend (Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes)
  • Family Ties (Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek)
  • Jail (Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams)
  • M Y . L I F E (Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, Jermaine Cole & Jacob Dutton)

Best Rap Album

  • The Off-Season (J. Cole)
  • King’s Disease II (Nas)
  • Call Me If You Get Lost (Tyler, The Creator)
  • Donda (Kanye West)

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

  • Forever After All (Luke Combs)
  • Remember Her Name (Mickey Guyton)
  • All I Do Is Drive (Jason Isbell
  • camera roll (Kacey Musgraves)
  • You Should Probably Leave (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

  • If I Didn’t Love You (Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood)
  • Younger Me (Brothers Osborne)
  • Glad You Exist (Dan + Shay)
  • Chasing After You (Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris)
  • Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (Elle King & Miranda Lambert)

Best Country Song

  • Better Than We Found It (Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz)
  • camera roll (Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian)
  • Cold (Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton)
  • Country Again (Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett)
  • Fancy Like (Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens)
  • Remember Her Name (Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling)

Best Country Album

  • Skeletons (Brothers Osborne)
  • Remember Her Name (Mickey Guyton)
  • The Marfa Tapes (Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram)
  • The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita (Sturgill Simpson)
  • Starting Over (Chris Stapleton)

New Age

Best New Age Album

  • Brothers (Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton)
  • Divine Tides (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)
  • Pangaea (Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone)
  • Night + Day (Opium Moon)
  • Pieces Of Forever (Laura Sullivan)

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

  • Sackodougou (Track from: The Hands Of Time (Weedie Braimah))
  • Kick Those Feet
  • Kenny Barron, soloist (Track from: Songs From My Father (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios))
  • Bigger Than Us (Track from: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (
  • Absence (Track from: Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
  • Humpty Dumpty (Set 2) (Track from: Akoustic Band Live (Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl))

Best Jazz Vocal Album

  • Generations (The Baylor Project)
  • SuperBlue (Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter)
  • Time Traveler (Nnenna Freelon)
  • Flor (Gretchen Parlato)
  • Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Esperanza Spalding)

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

  • Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul (Jon Batiste)
  • Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
  • Skyline (Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba)
  • Akoustic Band LIVE (Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl)
  • Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Pat Metheny)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

  • Live At Birdland! (The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart)
  • Dear Love (Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force)
  • For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver (Christian McBride Big Band)
  • Swirling (Sun Ra Arkestra)
  • Jackets XL (Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band)

Best Latin Jazz Album

  • Mirror Mirror (Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés)
  • The South Bronx Story (Carlos Henriquez)
  • Virtual Birdland (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
  • Transparency (Dafnis Prieto Sextet)
  • El Arte Del Bolero (Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo)

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

  • Voice Of God (Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong)
  • Joyful (Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield)
  • Help (Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson)
  • Never Lost (CeCe Winans)
  • Wait On You (Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

  • We Win (Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby; Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith)
  • Hold Us Together (Hope Mix) (H.E.R. & Tauren Wells; Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R.)
  • Man Of Your Word (Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven; Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore)
  • Believe For It (CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong)
  • Jireh (Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine)

Best Gospel Album

  • Changing Your Story (Jekalyn Carr)
  • Royalty: Live At The Ryman (Tasha Cobbs Leonard)
  • Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition (Maverick City Music)
  • Jonny X Mali: Live In LA (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)
  • Believe For It (CeCe Winans)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

  • No Stranger (Natalie Grant)
  • Feels Like Home Vol. 2 (Israel & New Breed)
  • The Blessing (Live) (Kari Jobe)
  • Citizen Of Heaven (Live) (Tauren Wells)
  • Old Church Basement (Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music)

Best Roots Gospel Album

  • Alone With My Faith (Harry Connick, Jr.)
  • That’s Gospel, Brother (Gaither Vocal Band)
  • Keeping On (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
  • Songs For The Times (The Isaacs)
  • My Savior (Carrie Underwood)

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

  • Vértigo (Pablo Alborán)
  • Mis Amores (Paula Arenas)
  • Hecho A La Antigua (Ricardo Arjona)
  • Mis Manos (Camilo)
  • Mendó (Alex Cuba)
  • Revelación (Selena Gomez)

Best Música Urbana Album

  • Afrodisíaco (Rauw Alejandro)
  • El Último Tour Del Mundo (Bad Bunny)
  • Jose (J Balvin)
  • KG0516 (KAROL G)
  • Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios) 8 (Kali Uchis)

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

  • Deja (Bomba Estéreo)
  • Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) (Diamante Eléctrico)
  • Origen (Juanes)
  • Calambre (Nathy Peluso)
  • El Madrileño (C. Tangana)
  • Sonidos De Karmática Resonancia (Zoé)

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

  • Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2 (Aida Cuevas)
  • A Mis 80’s (Vicente Fernández)
  • Seis (Mon Laferte)
  • Un Canto Por México, Vol. II (Natalia Lafourcade)
  • Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe) (Christian Nodal)

Best Tropical Latin Album

  • Salswing! (Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta)
  • En Cuarentena (El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico)
  • Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso (Aymée Nuviola)
  • Colegas (Gilberto Santa Rosa)
  • Live In Peru (Tony Succar)

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance

  • Cry (Jon Batiste)
  • Love And Regret (Billy Strings)
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck)
  • Same Devil (Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile)
  • Nightflyer (Allison Russe)

Best American Roots Song

  • Avalon (Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi)
  • Bored (Linda Chorney, songwriter (Linda Chorney Featuring Becca Byram, EJ Ouellette & Trevor Sewellzz)
  • Call Me A Fool (Valerie June)
  • Cry (Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan)
  • Diamond Studded Shoes (Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola)
  • Nightflyer (Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell)

Best Americana Album

  • Downhill From Everywhere (Jackson Browne)
  • Leftover Feelings (John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band)
  • Native Sons (Los Lobos)
  • Outside Child (Allison Russell)
  • Stand For Myself (Yola)

Best Bluegrass Album

  • Renewal (Billy Strings)
  • My Bluegrass Heart (Béla Fleck)
  • A Tribute To Bill Monroe (The Infamous Stringdusters)
  • Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) (Sturgill Simpson)
  • Music Is What I See (Rhonda Vincent)

Best Traditional Blues Album

  • 100 Years Of Blues (Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite)
  • Traveler’s Blues (Blues Traveler)
  • I Be Trying (Cedric Burnside)
  • Be Ready When I Call You (Guy Davis)
  • Take Me Back (Kim Wilson)

Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Delta Kream (The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown)
  • Royal Tea (Joe Bonamassa)
  • Uncivil War (Shemekia Copeland)
  • Fire It Up (Steve Cropper)
  • 662 (Christone “Kingfish” Ingram)

Best Folk Album

  • One Night Lonely [Live] (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
  • Long Violent History (Tyler Childers)
  • Wednesday (Extended Edition) (Madison Cunningham)
  • They’re Calling Me Home (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi0
  • Blue Heron Suite (Sarah Jarosz)

Best Regional Roots Music Album

  • Live In New Orleans! (Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul)
  • Bloodstains & Teardrops (Big Chief Monk Boudreaux)
  • My People (Cha Wa)
  • Corey Ledet Zydeco (Corey Ledet Zydeco)
  • Kau Ka Pe’a (Kalani Pe’a)

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

  • Pamoja (Etana)
  • Positive Vibration (Gramps Morgan)
  • Live N Livin (Sean Paul)
  • Royal (Jesse Royal)
  • Beauty In The Silence (Soja)
  • 10 (Spice)

Global Music

Best Global Music Performance

  • Mohabbat (Arooj Aftab)
  • Do Yourself (Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy)
  • Pà Pá Pà (Femi Kuti)
  • Blewu (Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo)
  • Essence (WizKid Featuring Tems)

Best Global Music Album

  • Voice Of Bunbon, Vol. 1 (Rocky Dawuni)
  • East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert (Daniel Ho & Friends)
  • Mother Nature (Angelique Kidjo)
  • Legacy + (Femi Kuti And Made Kuti)
  • Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition (WizKid)

Children’s

Best Children’s Music Album

  • Actívate (123 Andrés)
  • All One Tribe (1 Tribe Collective)
  • Black To The Future (Pierce Freelon)
  • A Colorful World (Falu)
  • Crayon Kids (Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band)

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album

  • Aftermath (LeVar Burton)
  • Carry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis (Don Cheadle)
  • Catching Dreams: Live At Fort Knox Chicago (J. Ivy)
  • 8:46 (Dave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman)
  • A Promised Land (Barack Obama)

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

  • The Comedy Vaccine (Lavell Crawford)
  • Evolution (Chelsea Handler)
  • Sincerely Louis CK (Louis C.K.)
  • Thanks For Risking Your Life (Lewis Black)
  • The Greatest Average American (Nate Bargatze)
  • Zero F***s Given (Kevin Hart)

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells)
  • Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers (Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman, Cody Lassen & Steven Sater)
  • Girl From The North Country (Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow)
  • Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) (Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe)
  • Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots (Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz)
  • The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (Emily Bear)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

  • Cruella (Various Artists) (Craig Gillespie)
  • Dear Evan Hansen (Ben Platt)
  • In The Heights ((Various Artists) Alex Lacamoire)
  • One Night In Miami… (Leslie Odom, Jr)
  • Respect (Jennifer Hudson, Stephen Bray & Jason Michael Webb, compilation producers)
  • Schmigadoon! Episode 1 ((Various Artists) Doug Besterman, Cinco Paul & Scott M. Riesett)
  • The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (Andra Day Salaam Remi, compilation producer; Lynn Fainchtein)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

  • Bridgerton (Kris Bowers, composer)
  • Dune (Hans Zimmer, composer)
  • The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16) (Ludwig Göransson, composer)
  • The Queen’s Gambit (Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer)
  • Soul (Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers)

Best Song Written For Visual Media

  • Agatha All Along [From WandaVision: Episode 7] (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Kristen Anderson-opez & Robert Lopez Featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White)
  • All Eyes On Me [From Inside] (Bo Burnham, songwriter (Bo Burnham)
  • All I Know So Far [From P!NK: All I Know So Far] (Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (P!nk)
  • Fight For You [From Judas And The Black Messiah] (Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
  • Here I Am (Singing My Way Home) [From Respect] (Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
  • Speak Now [From One Night In Miami…] (Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom, Jr., songwriters (Leslie Odom, Jr.)

Composing/Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Beautiful Is Black (Brandee Younger, composer (Brandee Younger))
  • Cat And Mouse (Tom Nazziola, composer (Tom Nazziola))
  • Concerto For Orchestra: Finale (Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra Featuring Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge)
  • Dreaming In Lions: Dreaming In Lions (Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble) Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

  • Chopsticks (Bill O’Connell, arranger (Richard Baratta)
  • For The Love Of A Princess (From “Braveheart”) (Robin Smith, arranger (HAUSER, London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith)
  • Infinite Love (Emile Mosseri, arranger (Emile Mosseri))
  • Meta Knight’s Revenge (From “Kirby Superstar”) (Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Button Masher)
  • The Struggle Within (Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez, arrangers (Rodrigo y Gabriela)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

  • The Bottom Line (Ólafur Arnalds, arranger (Ólafur Arnalds & Josin))
  • A Change Is Gonna Come (Tehillah Alphonso, arranger (Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake))
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier))
  • Eleanor Rigby (Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry))
  • To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version) (Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock)

Package, Notes, and Historical

Best Recording Package

  • American Jackpot / American Girls (Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly))
  • Carnage (Nick Cave & Tom Hingston, art directors (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis))
  • Pakelang (Li Jheng Han & Yu, Wei, art directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band)
  • Serpentine Prison (Dayle Doyle, art director (Matt Berninger)
  • Zeta (Xiao Qing Yang, art director (Soul Of Ears)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

  • All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition (Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison, art directors (George Harrison))
  • Color Theory (Lordess Foudre & Christopher Leckie, art directors (Soccer Mommy)
  • The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set) (Simon Moore & Steven Wilson, art directors (Steven Wilson)
  • 77-81 (Dan Calderwood, Jon King & Bjarke Vind Normann, art directors (Gang Of Four)
  • Swimming In Circles (Ramón Coronado & Marshall Rake, art directors (Mac Miller)

Best Album Notes

  • Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas (Ann-Katrin Zimmermann, album notes writer (Sunwook Kim)
  • The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 (Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong))
  • Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Kevin Howes, album notes writer (Willie Dunn))
  • Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 (David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, album notes writers (Various Artists))
  • The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland (obert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

  • Marian Anderson – Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Robert Russ, compilation producer; Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Marian Anderson))
  • Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 (Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer; David Giovannoni & Richard )Martin, restoration engineers; (Various Artists)
  • Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History Of The World’s Music (April Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists))
  • Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell))
  • Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe Edition) (Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince))

Production

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

  • Cinema (Josh Conway, Marvin Figueroa, Josh Gudwin, Neal H Pogue & Ethan Shumaker, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (The Marías))
  • Dawn (Thomas Brenneck, Zach Brown, Elton “L10MixedIt” Chueng, Riccardo Damian, Tom Elmhirst, Jens Jungkurth, Todd Monfalcone, John Rooney & Smino, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Yebba))
  • Hey What (BJ Burton, engineer; Huntley Miller, mastering engineer (Low))
  • Love For Sale (Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman & Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga))
  • Notes With Attachments (Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Greg Koller, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino & Blake Mills))

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

  • Jack Antonoff
    • Chemtrails Over The Country Club (Lana Del Rey) (A)
    • Daddy’s Home (St. Vincent) (A)
    • Gold Rush (Taylor Swift) (T)
    • Sling (Clairo) (A)
    • Solar Power (Lorde) (A)
    • Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night (Bleachers) (A)
  • Rogét Chahayed
    • //aguardiente Y Limón %ᵕ‿‿ᵕ% (Kali Uchis) (T)
    • Ain’t S*** (Doja Cat) (T)
    • Beautiful (Shelley FKA DRAM) (T)
    • Blueberry Eyes (MAX Featuring SUGA of BTS) (S)
    • Fire In The Sky (Anderson .Paak) (T)
    • Kiss Me More (Doja Cat Featuring SZA) (S)
    • Lazy Susan (21 Savage With Rich Brian Featuring Warren Hue & Masimwei) (S)
    • NITROUS (Joji) (T)
    • Vibez (ZAYN) (S)
  • Mike Elizondo
    • Glow On (Turnstile) (A)
    • Good Day (Twenty One Pilots) (T)
    • Life By Misadventure (Rag’n’Bone Man) (A)
    • Mercy (Jonas Brothers) (T)
    • Mulberry Street (Twenty One Pilots) (T)
    • Obviously (Lake Street Dive) (A)
    • Repeat (Grace Vanderwaal) (S)
    • Taking The Heat (Joy Oladokun) (T)
  • Hit-Boy
    • Judas And The Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (Various Artists) (A)
    • King’s Disease II (Nas) (A)
  • Ricky Reed
    • //aguardiente y limón%ᵕ‿‿ᵕ% (Kali Uchis) (T)Can’t Let You Go (Terrace Martin Featuring Nick Grant) (S)
    • Damn Bean (John-Robert) (T)
    • Don’t Go Yet (Camila Cabello) (S)
    • Gold-Diggers Sound (Leon Bridges) (A)
    • Piece Of You (Shawn Mendes) (T)
    • Pushing Away (Junior Mesa) (T)
    • Rumors (Lizzo Featuring Cardi B) (S)
    • Sing (Jon Batiste) (T)

Best Remixed Recording

  • Back To Life (Booker T Kings Of Soul Satta Dub) (Booker T, remixer (Soul II Soul))
  • Born For Greatness (Cymek Remix) (Spencer Bastian, remixer (Papa Roach))
  • Constant Craving (Fashionably Late Remix) (Tracy Young, remixer (K.D. Lang))
  • Inside Out (3SCAPE DRM Remix) (3SCAPE DRM, remixer (Zedd & Griff))
  • Met Him Last Night (Dave Audé Remix) (Dave Audé, remixer (Demi Lovato & Ariana Grande))
  • Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix) (Mike Shinoda, remixer (Deftones))
  • Talks (Mura Masa Remix)\ (Alexander Crossan, remixer (PVA)

Best Immersive Audio Album

  • Alicia (George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys))
  • Clique (Jim Anderson & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mix engineers; Bob Ludwig, immersive mastering engineer; Jim Anderson, immersive producer (Patricia Barber))
  • Fine Line (Greg Penny, immersive mix engineer; Greg Penny, immersive mastering engineer; Greg Penny, immersive producer (Harry Styles))
  • The Future Bites (Jake Fields & Steven Wilson, immersive mix engineers; Dave Kosten & Steven Wilson, immersive producers (Steven Wilson))
  • Stille Grender (orten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)

Best Immersive Audio Album (63RD GRAMMY)

  • Bolstad: Tomba Sonora (Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Stemmeklang))
  • Dear Future Self (Dolby Atmos Mixes) (Fritz Hilpert, immersive mix engineer; Jason Banks, Fritz Hilpert & David Ziegler, immersive mastering engineers; Tom Ammerman, Arno Kammermeier & Walter Merziger, immersive producers (Booka Shade))
  • Fryd (Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus))
  • Mutt Slang II – A Wake Of Sorrows Engulfed In Rage (Elliot Scheiner, immersive mix engineer; Darcy Proper, immersive mastering engineer; Alain Mallet & Elliot Scheiner, immersive producers (Alain Mallet)
  • Soundtrack Of The American Soldier (Leslie Ann Jones, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, immersive producer (Jim R. Keene & The United States Army Field Band))

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Archetypes (Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion))
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears (Richard King, engineer (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax))
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra))
  • Chanticleer Sings Christmas (Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Chanticleer))
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony Of A Thousand’ (Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

  • Blanton Alspaugh
    • Appear And Inspire (James Franklin & The East Carolina University Chamber Singers) (A)
    • Howells: Requiem (Brian Schmidt & Baylor University A Cappella Choir) (A)
    • Hymns Of Kassianí (Alexander Lingas & Cappella Romana) (A)
    • Kyr: In Praise Of Music (Joshua Copeland & Antioch Chamber Ensemble) (A)
    • More Honourable Than The Cherubim (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir) (A)
    • O’Regan: The Phoenix (Patrick Summers, Thomas Hampson, Chad Shelton, Rihab Chaieb, Lauren Snouffer, Houston Grand Opera & Houston Grand Opera Orchestra) (A)
    • Sheehan: Liturgy Of Saint John Chrysostom (Benedict Sheehan & The Saint Tikhon Choir) (A)
  • Steven Epstein
    • Bach And Brahms Re-Imagined (Jens Lindemann, James Ehnes & Jon Kimura Parker) (A)
    • Bartók: Quartet No. 3; Beethoven: Op. 59, No. 2; Dvořák: American Quartet (Juilliard String Quartet) (A)
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax) (A)
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17, Arr. For Piano, String Quartet And Double Bass (Alon Goldstein, Alexander Bickard & Fine Arts Quartet) (A)
    • Songs Of Comfort And Hope (Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott) (A)
  • David Frost
    • Chamber Works By Dmitri Klebanov (ARC Ensemble) (A)
    • Glass: Akhnaten (Karen Kamensek, J’Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir, Zachary James, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra) (A)
    • Mon Ami, Mon Amour (Matt Haimovitz & Mari Kodama) (A)
    • One Movement Symphonies – Barber, Sibelius, Scriabin (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony) (A)
    • Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Isabel Leonard, Erin Morley, Adrianne Pieczonka, Karita Mattila, Karen Cargill, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra) (A)
    • Primavera I – The Wind (Matt Haimovitz) (A)
    • Roots (Randall Goosby & Zhu Wang) (A)
  • Elaine Martone
    • Archetypes (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion) (A)
    • Beneath The Sky (Zoe Allen & Levi Hernandez) (A)
    • Davis: Family Secrets – Kith & Kin (Timothy Myers, Andrea Edith Moore & Jane Holding) (A)
    • Quest (Elisabeth Remy Johnson) (A)
    • Schubert: Symphony In C Major, ‘The Great’; Krenek: Static & Ecstatic (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
  • Judith Sherman
    • Alone Together (Jennifer Koh) (A)
    • Bach & Beyond Part 3 (Jennifer Koh) (A)
    • Bruits (Imani Winds) (A)
    • Eryilmaz: Dances Of The Yogurt Maker (Erberk Eryilmaz & Carpe Diem String Quartet) (A)
    • Fantasy – Oppens Plays Kaminsky (Ursula Oppens) (A)
    • Home (Blythe Gaissert) (A)
    • Mendelssohn, Visconti & Golijov (Jasper String Quartet & Jupiter String Quartet) (A)
    • A Schubert Journey (Llŷr Williams) (A)
    • Vers Le Silence – William Bolcom & Frédéric Chopin (Ran Dank) (A)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre (Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra))
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Manfred Honeck, conductor (Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra))
  • Muhly: Throughline (Nico Muhly, conductor (San Francisco Symphony))
  • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra))
  • Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem Of Ecstasy (Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony Orchestra))

Best Opera Recording

  • Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle (Susanna Mälkki, conductor; Mika Kares & Szilvia Vörös; Robert Suff, producer (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra))
  • Glass: Akhnaten (Karen Kamensek, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James & Dísella Lárusdóttir; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus))
  • Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen (Simon Rattle, conductor; Sophia Burgos, Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley, Peter Hoare, Anna Lapkovskaja, Paulina Malefane, Jan Martinik & Hanno Müller-Brachmann; Andrew Cornall, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices)
  • Little: Soldier Songs (Corrado Rovaris, conductor; Johnathan McCullough; James Darrah, David T. Little, Lewis Pesacov & John Toia, producers (The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra))
  • Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Karen Cargill, Isabel Leonard, Karita Mattila, Erin Morley & Adrianne Pieczonka; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance

  • It’s A Long Way (Matthew Guard, conductor (Jonas Budris, Carrie Cheron, Fiona Gillespie, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Megan Roth, Alissa Ruth Suver & Dana Whiteside; Skylark Vocal Ensemble))
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony Of A Thousand’ (Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus & Pacific Chorale)
  • Rising w/The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor (International Contemporary Ensemble & Quicksilver; The Crossing))
  • Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons (Kaspars Putniņš, conductor; Heli Jürgenson, chorus master (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir))
  • Sheehan: Liturgy Of Saint John Chrysostom (Benedict Sheehan, conductor (Michael Hawes, Timothy Parsons & Jason Thoms; The Saint Tikhon Choir))
  • The Singing Guitar (Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Estelí Gomez; Austin Guitar Quartet, Douglas Harvey, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet & Texas Guitar Quartet; Conspirare))

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

  • Adams, John Luther: Lines Made By Walking (JACK Quartet)
  • Akiho: Seven Pillars (Sandbox Percussion)
  • Archetypes (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion)
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax)
  • Bruits (Imani Winds)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

  • Alone Together (Jennifer Koh)
  • An American Mosaic (Simone Dinnerstein)
  • Bach: Sonatas & Partitas (Augustin Hadelich)
  • Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos (Gil Shaham; Eric Jacobsen, conductor (The Knights))
  • Mak Bach (Mak Grgić)
  • Of Power (Curtis Stewart)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

  • Confessions (Laura Strickling; Joy Schreier, pianist)
  • Dreams Of A New Day – Songs By Black Composers (Will Liverman; Paul Sánchez, pianist)
  • Mythologies (Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann; Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, pianist (Virginie D’Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto & Emilio D. Miler))
  • Schubert: Winterreise (Joyce DiDonato; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist)
  • Unexpected Shadows (Jamie Barton; Jake Heggie, pianist (Matt Haimovitz))

Best Classical Compendium

  • American Originals – A New World, A New Canon (AGAVE & Reginald L. Mobley; Geoffrey Silver, producer)
  • Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces For Orchestra (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer)
  • Cerrone: The Arching Path (Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum; Mike Tierney, producer)
  • Plays (Chick Corea; Chick Corea & Bernie Kirsh, producers)
  • Women Warriors – The Voices Of Change (Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis, producers)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

  • Akiho: Seven Pillars (Andy Akiho, composer (Sandbox Percussion))
  • Andriessen: The Only One (Louis Andriessen, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nora Fischer & Los Angeles Philharmonic))
  • Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes (Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore, composers (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third )Coast Percussion)
  • Batiste: Movement 11′ (Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste))
  • Shaw: Narrow Sea (Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion)

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

  • Shot In The Dark (AC/DC / David Mallet, video director; Dione Orrom, video producer)
  • Freedom (Jon Batiste / Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer)
  • I Get A Kick Out Of You (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga / Jennifer Lebeau, video director; Danny Bennett, Bobby Campbell & Jennifer Lebeau, video producers)
  • Peaches (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon / Colin Tilley, video director; Jamee Ranta & Jack Winter, video producers)
  • Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish / Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers)
  • Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (Lil Nas X / Lil Nas X & Tanu Muino, video directors; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Marco De Molina & Saul Levitz, video producers)
  • Good 4 U (Olivia Rodrigo / Petra Collins, video director; Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez & Tiffany Suh, video producers)

Best Music Film

  • Inside (Bo Burnham / Bo Burnham, video director; Josh Senior, video producer)
  • David Byrne’s American Utopia (David Byrne / Spike Lee, video director; David Byrne & Spike Lee, video producers)
  • Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles (Billie Eilish / Patrick Osborne & Robert Rodriguez, video directors; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson, Justin Lubliner & Juliet Tierney, video producers)
  • Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix In Maui (Jimi Hendrix / John McDermott, video director; Janie Hendrix, John McDermott & George Scott, video producers)
  • Summer Of Soul ((Various Artists) / Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers)

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