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Record of the Year

Black Parade — Beyoncé
Colors — Black Pumas
Rockstar — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Say So — Doja Cat
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish
Don’t Start Now — Dua Lipa
Circles — Post Malone
Savage — Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé

Album of the Year

Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas
Everyday Life — Coldplay
Djesse Vol. 3 — Jacob Collier
Women in Music Pt. III — Haim
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
Folklore — Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

Black Parade — Beyoncé
The Box — Roddy Ricch
Cardigan — Taylor Swift
Circles — Post Malone
Don’t Start Now — Dua Lipa
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish
I Can’t Breathe — H.E.R.
If the World Was Ending — JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels

Best New Artist

Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Noah Cyrus
Chika
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Megan Thee Stallion

Best Pop Solo Performance

Yummy — Justin Bieber
Say So — Doja Cat
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish
Don’t Start Now — Dua Lipa
Watermelon Sugar — Harry Styles
Cardigan — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Rain on Me — Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande — Winner
Un Dia (One Day) — J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
Intentions — Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
Dynamite — BTS
Exile — Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

American Standard — James Taylor — Winner
Blue Umbrella — Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian
True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter — Harry Connick Jr.
Unfollow the Rules — Rufus Wainwright
Judy — Renée Zellweger

Best Pop Vocal Album

Changes — Justin Bieber
Chromatica — Lady Gaga
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
Fine Line — Harry Styles
Folklore — Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording

10% — Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis — Winner
On My Mind — Diplo & Sidepiece
My High — Disclosure, Aminé and Slowthai
The Difference — Flume featuring Toro y Moi
Both of Us — Jayda G

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Bubba — Kaytranada — Winner
Kick I — Arca
Energy — Disclosure
Planet’s Mad — Baauer
Good Faith — Madeon

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Snarky Puppy — Winner
Axiom — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard — Jon Batiste
Take the Stairs — Black Violin
Americana — Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell

Best Rock Performance

Shameika — Fiona Apple — Winner
The Steps — HAIM
Stay High — Brittany Howard
Not — Big Thief
Kyoto — Phoebe Bridgers
Daylight — Grace Potter

Best Metal Performance

Bum-Rush — Body Count — Winner
Underneath — Code Orange
The In-Between — In This Moment
Bloodmoney — Poppy
Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe) — Power Trip

Best Rock Song

Stay High”— Brittany Howard — Winner
Kyoto — Phoebe Bridgers
Lost in Yesterday — Tame Impala
Not — Big Thief
Shameika — Fiona Apple

Best Rock Album

The New Abnormal — The Strokes — Winner
A Hero’s Death — Fontaines D.C.
Kiwanuka — Michael Kiwanuka
Daylight — Grace Potter
Sound & Fury — Sturgill Simpson

Best Alternative Music Album

Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple — Winner
Hyperspace — Beck
Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers
Jaime — Brittany Howard
The Slow Rush — Tame Impala

Best R&B Performance

Lightning & Thunder — Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend
Black Parade — Beyoncé
All I Need — Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
Goat Head — Brittany Howard
See Me — Emily King

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Anything for You — Ledisi — Winner
Sit On Down — The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
Wonder What She Thinks of Me — Chloe x Halle
Let Me Go — Mykal Kilgore
Distance — Yebba

Best R&B Song

Better Than I Imagined — Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello — Winner
Black Parade — Beyoncé
Collide — Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG
Do It — Chloe x Halle
Slow Down — Skip Marley & H.E.R.

Best Progressive R&B Album

It Is What It Is — Thundercat — Winner
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko
Ungodly Hour — Chloe x Halle
Free Nationals — Free Nationals
F*** Yo Feelings — Robert Glasper

Best R&B Album

Bigger Love — John Legend — Winner
Happy 2 Be Here — Ant Clemons
Take Time — Giveon
To Feel Love/D — Luke James
All Rise — Gregory Porter

Best Rap Performance

Savage — Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé — Winner
Deep Reverence — Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle
Bop — DaBaby
Whats Poppin — Jack Harlow
The Bigger Picture — Lil Baby
Dior — Pop Smoke

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Rockstar — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Laugh Now Cry Later — Drake featuring Lil Durk
Lockdown — Anderson .Paak
The Box — Roddy Ricch
Highest in the Room — Travis Scott

Best Rap Song

The Bigger Picture — Lil Baby
The Box — Roddy Ricch
Laugh Now Cry Later — Drake featuring Lil Durk
Rockstar — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Savage — Megan thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé

Best Rap Album

King’s Disease — Nas — Winner
Black Habits — D Smoke
Alfredo — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
A Written Testimony — Jay Electronica
The Allegory — Royce da 5’9″

Best Country Solo Performance

When My Amy Prays — Vince Gill — Winner
Stick That in Your Country Song — Eric Church
Who You Thought I Was — Brandy Clark
Bluebird — Miranda Lambert
Black Like Me — Mickey Guyton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

10,000 Hours — Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber — Winner
All Night — Brothers Osborne
Ocean — Lady A
Sugar Coat — Little Big Town
Some People Do — Old Dominion

Best Country Song

Crowded Table — The Highwomen — Winner
Bluebird — Miranda Lambert
The Bones — Maren Morris
More Hearts Than Mine — Ingrid Andress
Some People Do — Old Dominion

Best Country Album

Nightfall — Little Big Town
Wildcard — Miranda Lambert
Never Will — Ashley McBryde
Lady Like — Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record — Brandy Clark

Best New Age Album

More Guitar Stories — Jim ‘Kimo’ West — Winner
Songs from the Bardo — Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Periphery — Priya Darshini
Form//Less — Superposition
Meditations — Cory Wong & Jon Batiste

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

All Blues — Chick Corea, soloist — Winner
Guinnevere — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
Pachamama — Regina Carter, soloist
Tomorrow is the Question — Julian Lage, soloist
Celia — Gerald Clayton, soloist
Moe Honk — Joshua Redman, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Secrets are the Best Stories — Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez — Winner
ONA — Thana Alexa
Modern Ancestors — Carmen Lundy
Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper — Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band
What’s the Hurry — Kenny Washington

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Trilogy 2 — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade — Winner
on the tender spot of every calloused moment — Ambrose Akinmusire
Waiting Game — Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard — Gerald Clayton
RoundAgain — Redman Mehldau McBride Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Data Lords — Maria Schneider Orchestra — Winner
Dialogues on Race — Gregg August
Monk’estra Plays John Beasley — John Beasley
The Intangible Between — Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band
Songs You Like a Lot — John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace and The Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Four Questions — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra — Winner
Tradiciones — Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
City of Dreams — Chico Pinheiro
Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo — Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola
Trane’s Delight — Poncho Sanchez

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Movin’ On — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music — Winner
Wonderful is Your Name — Melvin Crispell III
Release (Live) — Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy
Come Together — Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News
Won’t Let Go — Travis Greene

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

There Was Jesus — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton — Winner
The Blessing (Live) — Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship
Sunday Morning — Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin
Holy Water — We the Kingdom
Famous For (I Believe) — Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson

Best Gospel Album

Gospel According to PJ — PJ Morton — Winner
2econd Wind: ReadY — Anthony Brown & group therAPy
My Tribute — Myron Butler
Choirmaster — Ricky Dillard
Kierra — Kierra Sheard

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Jesus is King — Kanye West — Winner
Run to The Father — Cody Carnes
All of My Best Friends — Hillsong Young & Free
Holy Water — We the Kingdom
Citizen of Heaven — Tauren Wells

Best Roots Gospel Album

Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) — Fisk Jubilee Singers — Winner
Beautiful Day — Mark Bishop
20/20 — The Crabb Family
What Christmas Really Means — The Erwins
Something Beautiful — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

Best Latin Pop Album or Urban Album

YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny
Por Primera Vez — Camilo
Mesa Para Dos — Kany García
Pausa — Ricky Martin
3:33 — Debi Nova

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

La Conquista del Espacio — Fito Paez — Winner
Aura — Bajofondo
MONSTRUO — Cami
Sobrevolando — Cultura Profética
Miss Colombia — Lido Pimienta

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 — Natalia Lafourcade — Winner
Hecho en México — Alejandro Fernández
La Serenata — Lupita Infante
Bailando Sones y Huampangos con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
Ayayay! — Christian Nodal

Best Tropical Latin Album

40 — Grupo Niche — Winner
Mi Tumbao — José Alberto “El Ruiseñor”
Infinito — Edwin Bonilla
Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe) — Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis
Memorias de Navidad — Víctor Manuelle

Best American Roots Performance

I Remember Everything — John Prine — Winner
Colors — Black Pumas
Deep In Love — Bonny Light Horseman
Short and Sweet — Brittany Howard
I’ll Be Gone — Norah Jones & Mavis Staples

Best American Roots Song

I Remember Everything — John Prine — Winner
Cabin — The Secret Sisters
Ceiling to the Floor — Sierra Hull
Hometown — Sarah Jarosz
Man Without a Soul — Lucinda Williams

Best Americana Album

World on the Ground — Sarah Jarosz — Winner
Old Flowers — Courtney Marie Andrews
Terms of Surrender — Hiss Golden Messenger
El Dorado — Marcus King
Good Souls Better Angels — Lucinda Williams

Best Bluegrass Album

Home — Billy Strings — Winner
Man on Fire — Danny Barnes
To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 — Thomm Jutz
North Carolina Songbook — Steep Canyon Rangers
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 — Various Artists

Best Traditional Blues Album

Rawer than Raw — Bobby Rush — Winner
All My Dues are Paid — Frank Bey
You Make Me Feel — Don Bryant
That’s What I Heard — Robert Cray Band
Cypress Grove — Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? — Fantastic Negrito — Winner
Live at the Paramount — Ruthie Foster Big Band
The Juice — G. Love
Blackbirds — Bettye LaVette
Up and Rolling — North Mississippi Allstars

Best Folk Album

All the Good Times — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings — Winner
Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman
Thanks for the Dance — Leonard Cohen
Song for Our Daughter — Laura Marling
Saturn Return — The Secret Sisters

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Atmosphere — New Orleans Nightcrawlers — Winner
My Relatives – ‘Nikso’ Kowaiks — Black Lodge Singers
Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours — Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours
Lovely Sunrise — Nā Wai ʽEhā
A Tribute to Al Berard — Sweet Cecilia

Best Reggae Album

Got to Be Tough — Toots & The Maytals — Winner
Upside Down 2020 — Buju Banton
Higher Place — Skip Marley
It All Comes Black to Love — Maxi Priest
One World — The Wailers

Best Global Music Album

Twice as Tall — Burna Boy — Winner
Fu Chronicles — Antibalas
Agora — Bebel Gilberto
Love Letters — Anoushka Shankar
Amadjar — Tinariwen

Best Children’s Album

All the Ladies — Joanie Leeds — Winner
Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders — Alastair Moock And Friends
I’m an Optimist — Dog On Fleas
Songs for Singin’ — The Okee Dokee Brothers
Wild Life — Justin Roberts

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth — Rachel Maddow — Winner
Acid for the Children – A Memoir — Flea
Alex Trebek – The Answer Is… — Ken Jennings
Catch and Kill — Ronan Farrow
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) — Meryl Streep and Full Cast

Best Comedy Album

Black Mitzvah — Tiffany Haddish — Winner
I Love Everything — Patton Oswalt
The Pale Tourist — Jim Gaffigan
Paper Tiger — Bill Burr
23 Hours to Kill — Jerry Seinfeld

Best Musical Theater Album

Jagged Little Pill — Winner
Amélie
American Utopia on Broadway
Little Shop of Horrors
The Prince of Egypt
Soft Power

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Jojo Rabbit — Various artists — Winner
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Various artists
Bill & Ted Face the Music — Various artists
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — Various artists
Frozen II — Various artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Joker — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer — Winner
Ad Astra — Max Richter, composer
Becoming — Kamasi Washington, composer
1917 — Thomas Newman, composer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

No Time to Die (from No Time to Die) — Billie Eilish — Winner
Beautiful Ghosts (from Cats) — Taylor Swift
Carried Me with You (from Onward) — Brandi Carlile
Into the Unknown (from Frozen II) — Idina Menzel featuring AURORA
Stand Up (from Harriet) — Cynthia Erivo

Best Instrumental Composition

Sputnik — Maria Schneider — Winner
Baby Jack — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Be Water II — Christian Sands
Plumfield — Alexandre Desplat
Strata — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Donna Lee — John Beasley — Winner
Bathroom Dance — Hildur Guðnadóttir
Honeymooners — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows
Lift Every Voice and Sing — Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea
Uranus: The Magician — Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

He Won’t Hold You — Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody — Winner
Asas Fechadas — Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole
Desert Song — Säje
From This Place — Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
Slow Burn — Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth

Best Recording Package

Vols. 11 & 12 — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions) — Winner
Everyday Life — Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)
Funeral — Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)
Healer — Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)
On Circles — Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Ode to Joy — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco) — Winner
Flaming Pie (Collector’s Edition) — Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 — Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)
Mode — Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)
The Story of Ghostly International — Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes

Dead Man’s Pop — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements) — Winner
At The Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From The Studio, 1894-1926 — Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various Artists)
The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West, 1940-1974 — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various Artists)
The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin To Jazz And Shaped The Music Business — Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Out Of A Clear Blue Sky — David Sager, album notes writer (Nat Brusiloff)

Best Historical Album

It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers — Mister Rogers — Winner
Celebrated, 1895-1896 — Unique Quartette
Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years (1936 – 1943) — Nat King Cole
1999 Super Deluxe Edition — Prince
Souvenir — Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions — Béla Fleck

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Hyperspace — Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua, Beck Hansen & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck) — Winner
Black Hole Rainbow — Shawn Everett & Ivan Wayman, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Devon Gilfillian)
Expectations — Gary Paczosa & Mike Robinson, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Katie Pruitt)
Jaime — Shawn Everett, engineer; Shawn Everett, mastering engineer (Brittany Howard)
25 Trips — Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Adam Grover, mastering engineer (Sierra Hull)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Andrew Watt — Winner
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Flying Lotus

Best Remixed Recording

Roses (Imanbek Remix) — Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN) — Winner
Do You Ever (RAC Mix) — RAC, remixer (Phil Good)
Imaginary Friends (Morgan Page Remix) — Morgan Page, remixer (Deadmau5)
Praying for You (Louie Vega Main Remix) — Louie Vega, remixer (Jasper Street Co.)
Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix) — Haywyre, remixer (Bazzi)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ — David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) — Winner
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua — Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess — David Frost & John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
Hynes: Fields — Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)
Ives: Complete Symphonies — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Producer of the Year, Classical

David Frost — Winner
Blanton Alspaugh
Jesse Lewis
Dmitry Lipay
Elaine Martone

Best Orchestral Performance

Ives: Complete Symphonies — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) — Winner
Aspects of America – Pulitzer Edition — Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
Concurrence — Daníel Bjarnason, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Symphony No. 3 — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Lutosławski: Symphonies No. 2 & 3 — Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess”— David Robertson, conductor; Angel Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) — Winner
Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen — Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck & Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
Floyd, C: Prince of Players — William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)
Handel: Agrippina — Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D’Oro)
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg — Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Best Choral Performance

Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers) — Winner
Carthage — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Kastalski: Requiem — Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)
Moravec: Sanctuary Road — Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)
Once Upon a Time — Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Contemporary Voices — Pacifica Quartet — Winner
Healing Modes — Brooklyn Rider
Hearne, T,: Place — Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra
Hynes: Fields — Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion
The Schumann Quartets — Dover Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra — Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) — Winner
Adés: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra — Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas — Igor Levit
Bohemian Tales — Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival — Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Smyth: The Prison — Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra) — Winner
American Composers at Play – William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto — Stephen Powell (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich & Jason Vieaux)
Clairières – Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger — Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
Farinelli — Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)
A Lad’s Love — Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)

Best Classical Compendium

Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke — Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer — Winner
Adès Conducts Adès — Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer
Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map, Neiges, Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin — Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto — José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer
Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Blood — Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Rouse: Symphony No. 5 — Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) — Winner
Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra — Thomas Adès, composer (Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua — Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
Floyd, C.: Prince of Players — Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
Hearne, T.: Place — Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)

Best Music Video

Brown Skin Girl — Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid Featuring Blue Ivy Carter — Winner
Life Is Good — Future Featuring Drake
Lockdown — Anderson .Paak
Adore You — Harry Styles
Goliath — Woodkid

Best Music Film