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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

• Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Linda Ronstadt — Winner
• Beastie Boys Story — Beastie Boys
• Black Is King — Beyoncé
• We Are Freestyle Love Supreme — Freestyle Love Supreme
• That Little Ol’ Band From Texas — ZZ Top