Waliotajwa Kuwania Tuzo za Grammy (2025)

Waandaaji wa tuzo za Grammy wametangaza majina ya wasanii (artist) wanaowania kwenye tuzo za 67 za Grammy ambazo zitafanyika kwenye ukumbi wa the Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles nchini Marekani siku ya Jumamosi ya tarehe 2 mwaka 2025.

Ifuatayo ni list kamili ya majina ya walio Tangazwa kuwania tuzo hizi bora duniani za Grammy kwa mwaka 2025. Grammy nominations full list

Best African Music Performance

• Tomorrow – Yemi Alade
• MMS – Asake & Wizkid
• Sensational – Chris Brown ft Davido & Lojay
• Higher – Burna Boy
• Love Me Jeje – Tems

Best Global Music Album

• Alkebulan II – Matt B feat. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Paisajes – Ciro Hurtado
• HEIS – Rema
• Historias De Un Flamenco – Antonio Rey
• Born In The Wild – Tems

Best Global Music Performance

• Raat Ki Rani – Arooj Aftab
• A Rock Somewhere – Jacob Collier feat. Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
• Rise – Rocky Dawuni
• Bemba Colorá – Sheila E. feat. Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
• Sunlight To My Soul – Angélique Kidjo feat. Soweto Gospel Choir
• Kashira – Masa Takumi feat. Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

Song of The year

• A bar song (Tipsy)
• Birds of a feather
• Die With A Smile
• Fortnight
• Good Luck Bane
• Not like Us
• Please Please Please
• Texas Hold’em

Record of The Year

• Now and Then – The Beatles
• TEXAS HOLD’EM – Beyonce
• Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
• 360 – Charli XCX
• BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish
• Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
• Good Luck, Babe – Chappell Roan
• Fortnight – Taylor Swift ft Post Malone

Album of The Year

• New Blue Sun – Andre 3000
• COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé
• Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
• BRAT – Charli xcx
• Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
• The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
• THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

Songwriter of the year non-classical

• Jessi Alexander
• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Raye

Producer of the year non classical

• Alissia
• Dernst “D Mile” Emile II
• Ian Fitchuk
• Mustard
• Daniel Nigro

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Beyoncé – Bodyguard
• Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
• Charli XCX – Apple
• Billie Eilish – Birds of a feather
• Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish
• eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande
• The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
• THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift

Pop Duo/ Group Performance

• Gracie Abrams ft Taylor Swift – Us.
• Beyoncé ft Post Malone – Levii’s Jeans
• Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess
• Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica – The Boy is Mine
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile

Best Dance pop recording

• Make you mine – Madison Beer
• Von Dutch – Charli xcx
• L’Amour De Ma Vie (Over now extended edit) – Billie Eilish
• yes, and – Ariana Grande
• Got me started – Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• She’s Gone, Dance On – Disclosure
• Loved – Four Tet
• leavemealone – Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
• Neverender – Justice & Tame Impala
• Witchy – KAYTRANADA

Best Remixed Recording

• Alter Ego (KAYTRANADA remix) – KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii)
• A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix) – David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey)
• Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix) – FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
• Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix – Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
• Von Dutch – A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook feat. Addison Rae)

Best Music Video

• Tailor Swif – A$AP Rocky; Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors
• 360 – Charli xcx; Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers
• Houdini – Eminem; Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers
• Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar; Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• Fortnight – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone; Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Erica Brenner
• Christoph Franke
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Dirk Sobotka

Best Rock Album

• Happiness Bastards – The Black Crowes
• Romance – Fontaines D.C
• Saviours- Green Day
• Tangk – Idles
• Dark Matter – Pearl Jam
• Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones
• No Name – Jack White

Best Rock Song

• Beautiful People (Stay High) – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• Broken Man – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
• Dark Matter – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
• Dilemma – Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
• Gift Horse – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)

Best Rock Performance

• Now And Then – The Beatles
• Beautiful People (Stay High) – The Black Keys
• The American Dream Is Killing Me – Green Day
• Gift Horse – IDLES
• Dark Matter – Pearl Jam
• Broken Man – St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance

• Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) – Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
• Crown of Horns – Judas Priest
• Suffocate – Knocked Loose feat. Poppy
• Screaming Suicide – Metallica
• Cellar Door – Spiritbox

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Neon Pill – Cage the Elephant
• Song of the Lake – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Starburster – Fontaines D.C
• Bye Bye – Kin Gordon
• Flee – St Vincent

Best Alternative Music Album

• Wild God – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Charm – Clairo
• The Collective – Kim Gordon
• What Now – Brittany Howard
• All Born Screaming – St. Vincent

Best New Artist

• Benson Boone
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Doechi
• Khruangbin
• Raye
• Chappelle Roan
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

Best R&B Performance

• Guidance – Jhene Aiko
• Risiduals – Chris Brown
• Made For Me – Muni Long
• Saturn – Sza

Best R&B Song

• After Hours
• Burning
• Here We Go (Uh Oh)
• Ruined Me
• Saturn

Best R&B Album

• 11:11 (Deluxe) – Chris Brown
• Vantablack – Lalah Hathaway
• Revenge – Muni Long
• Algorithm – Lucky Daye
• Coming Home – Usher

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Wet – Marsha Ambrosius
• Can I Have This Groove – Kenyon Dixon
• No Lie – Lalah Hathaway feat. Michael McDonald
• Make Me Forget – Muni Long
• That’s You – Lucky Daye

Best Progressive R&B Album

• So Glad To Know You – Avery*Sunshine
• En Route – Durand Bernarr
• Bando Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
• Crash by Kehlani
• Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)

Best Rap Performance

• Enough (Miami) – Cardi B
• When The Sun Shines Again – Common & Pete Rock feat. Posdnuos
• NISSAN ALTIMA – Doechii
• Houdini – Eminem
• Like That – Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
• Yeah Glo! – GloRilla
• Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song

• Asteroids – Rapsody feat. Hit-Boy
• Carnival – Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign ft. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
• Like That – Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
• Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
• Yeah Glo! – GloRilla

Best Rap Album

• Might Delete Later – J. Cole
• The Auditorium, Vol. 1 – Common & Pete Rock
• Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii
• The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) – Eminem
• We Don’t Trust You – Future & Metro Boomin

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• Kehlani – Jordan Adetunji ft Kehlani
• Spaghetti – Beyonce ft Linda Martell & Shaboozey
• We Still Don’t Trust You – Future & Metro Boomin ft The Weeknd
• Big Mama – Latto
• 3:AM – Rapsody ft Erykah Badu

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• À Fleur De Peau – Cyrille Aimée
• Visions – Norah Jones
• Good Together – Lake Street Dive
• Impossible Dream – Aaron Lazar
• Christmas Wish – Gregory Porter

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Plot Armor – Taylor Eigsti
• Rhapsody In Blue – Béla Fleck
• Orchestras (Live) – Bill Frisell feat. Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
• Mark – Mark Guiliana
• Speak To Me – Julian Lage

Best Musical Theatre Album

• Hell’s Kitchen
• Merrily we go round
• The Notebook
• The Outsiders
• Suffs
• The Wiz

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• CIVIL WRITES: The South Got Something To Say – Queen Sheba
• cOncrete & wHiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series – Omari Hardwick
• Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 In The Beginning Was The Word – Malik Yusef
• The Heart, The Mind, The Soul by Tank And The Bangas
• The Seven Number Ones – Mad Skillz

Best Country Solo Performance

• 16 Carriages – Beyonce
• I am not okay – Jelly Roll
• The Archtect – Kacey Musgraves
• A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
• It takes a woman – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Cowboys Cry Too – Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
• II MOST WANTED – Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus
• Break Mine – Brothers Osborne
• Bigger Houses – Dan + Shay
• I Had Some Help – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

Best Country Song

• The Architect – Kacey Musgraves
• A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
• I Am Not Okay – Jelly Roll
• I Had Some Help – Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen
• TEXAS HOLD ‘EM – Beyoncé

Best Country Album

• Cowboy Carter – Beyonce
• F 1 Trillion – Post Malone
• Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
• Higher – Chris Stapleton
• Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

Best Gospel Performance / Song

• Church Doors
• Yesterday
• Hold On (Live)
• Holy Hands
• One Hallelujah

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Holy Forever (Live) – Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson feat. CeCe Winans
• Praise – Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore
• Firm Foundation (He Won’t) – Honor & Glory feat. Disciple
• In The Name Of Jesus – JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music feat. Chandler Moore
• In The Room – Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• That’s My King – CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Album

• Covered Vol. 1 – Melvin Crispell III
• Choirmaster II (Live) – Ricky Dillard
• Father’s Day – Kirk Franklin
• Still Karen – Karen Clark Sheard
• More Than This – CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Heart Of A Human – DOE
• When Wind Meets Fire – Elevation Worship
• Child Of God – Forrest Frank
• Coat Of Many Colors – Brandon Lake
• The Maverick Way Complete – Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore

Best Roots Gospel Album

• The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 – Authentic Unlimited
• The Gospel According To Mark – Mark D. Conklin
• Rhapsody – The Harlem Gospel Travelers
• Church – Cory Henry
• Loving You – The Nelons

Best American Roots Performance

• Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland
• Nothing In Rambling – The Fabulous Thunderbirds ft. Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
• Lighthouse – Sierra Ferrell
• The Ballad Of Sally Anne – Rhiannon Giddens

Best Americana Performance

• YA YA – Beyoncé
• Subtitles – Madison Cunningham
• Don’t Do Me Good – Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves
• American Dreaming – Sierra Ferrell
• Runaway Train – Sarah Jarosz
• Empty Trainload Of Sky – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best American Roots Song

• Ahead Of The Game – Mark Knopfler
• All In Good Time – Iron & Wine feat. Fiona Apple
• All My Friends – Aoife O’Donovan
• American Dreaming – Sierra Ferrell
• Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland

Best Americana Album

• The Other Side – T Bone Burnett
• $10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett
• Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell
• Polaroid Lovers – Sarah Jarosz
• No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose
• Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee

Best Bluegrass Album

• I Built A World – Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
• Songs Of Love And Life – The Del McCoury Band
• No Fear – Sister Sadie
• Live Vol. 1 – Billy Strings
• Earl Jam – Tony Trischka
• Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman – Dan Tyminski

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside
• Struck Down – The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• One Guitar Woman – Sue Foley
• Sam’s Place – Little Feat
• Swingin’ Live At The Church In Tulsa – The Taj Mahal Sextet

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 – Joe Bonamassa
• Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland
• Friendlytown – Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
• Mileage – Ruthie Foster
• The Fury – Antonio Vergara

Best Folk Album

• American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
• Weird Faith – Madi Diaz
• Bright Future – Adrianne Lenker
• All My Friends – Aoife O’Donovan
• Woodland – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• 25 Back To My Roots – Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
• Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles feat. J’Wan Boudreaux
• Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Breed Brass Band feat. Trombone Shorty
• Kuini – Kalani Pe’a
• Stories From The Battlefield – The Rumble feat. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Best Jazz Performance

• Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT) – The Baylor Project
• Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Lakecia Benjamin feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
• Juno – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Me – Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner
• Little Fears – Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Journey In Black – Christie Dashiell
• Wildflowers Vol. 1 – Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
• A Joyful Holiday – Samara Joy
• Milton + esperanza – Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
• My Ideal – Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Owl Song – Ambrose Akinmusire feat. Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
• Beyond This Place – Kenny Barron feat. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson
• Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Lakecia Benjamin
• Remembrance – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
• Solo Game – Sullivan Fortner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Returning To Forever – John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
• And So It Goes – The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Walk A Mile In My Shoe – Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
• Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence – Dan Pugach Big Band
• Golden City – Miguel Zenón

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Spain Forever Again – Michel Camilo & Tomatito
• Cubop Lives! – Zaccai Curtis
• COLLAB – Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
• Time And Again – Eliane Elias
• El Trio: Live in Italy – Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
• Cuba And Beyond – Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
• As I Travel – Donald Vega feat. Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Night Reign – Arooj Aftab
• New Blue Sun – André 3000
• Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
• Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
• No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Latin Pop Album

• Funk Generation – Anitta
• El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
• Garcia – Kany Garcia
• Las Mujeres ya no Lloran – Shakira
• Orquideas – Kali Uchis

Best Música Urbana Album

• nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana – Bad Bunny
• Rayo – J Balvin
• FERXXOCALIPSIS – Feid
• LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN – Residente
• att. – Young Miko

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Compita del Destino – El David Aguilar
• Pa’ Tu Cuerpa – Cimafunk
• Autopoiética – Mon Laferte
• GRASA – NATHY PELUSO
• ¿Quién trae las cornetas? – Rawayana

Best Música Urbana Album

• nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana – Bad Bunny
• Rayo – J Balvin
• FERXXOCALIPSIS – Feid
• LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN – Residente
• att. – Young Miko

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Compita del Destino – El David Aguilar
• Pa’ Tu Cuerpa – Cimafunk
• Autopoiética – Mon Laferte
• GRASA – NATHY PELUSO
• ¿Quién trae las cornetas? – Rawayana

Best Musica Mexicana Album (wey include Tejano)

• Diamantes – Chiquis
• Boca Chueca, Vol 1 – Carin Leon
• Exodo – Peso Pluma
• De Lejitos – Jessi Uribe

Best Reggae Album

• Take It Easy – Collie Buddz
• Party With Me – Vybz Kartel
• Never Gets Late Here – Shenseea
• Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) (Various Artists)
• Evolution – The Wailers

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

• Break Of Dawn – Ricky Kej
• Triveni – Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
• Visions Of Sounds De Luxe – Chris Redding
• Opus – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn – Anoushka Shankar
• Warriors Of Light – Radhika Vekaria

Best Children’s Music Album

• Brillo, Brillo! – Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
• Creciendo – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
• My Favorite Dream – John Legend
• Solid Rock Revival – Rock For Children
• World Wide Playdate – Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

Best Comedy Album

• Armageddon – Ricky Gervais
• The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle
• The Prisoner – Jim Gaffigan
• Someday You’ll Die – Nikki Glaser
• Where Was I – Trevor Noah

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

• All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words – Guy Oldfield, producer
• …And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton
• Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones – Dolly Parton
• Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter
• My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Color Purple (Various Artists)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (Various Artists)
• Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein –London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
• Saltburn (Various Artists)
• Twisters: The Album (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

• American Fiction – Laura Karpman, composer
• Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
• The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer
• Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer
• Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprak, composer
• God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla – Bear McCreary, composer
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – John Paesano, composer
• Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget, II, composer
• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Winifred Phillips, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” [from Twisters: The Album] – Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
• “Better Place” [from TROLLS Band Together] – Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
• “Can’t Catch Me Now” [from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
• “It Never Went Away” [from American Symphony] – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
• “Love Will Survive” [from The Tattooist of Auschwitz] – Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

Best Music Film

• American Symphony (Jon Batiste) – Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
• June (June Carter Cash) – Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers
• Kings From Queens (Run DMC) – Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer
• Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Steven Van Zandt) – Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers
• The Greatest Night In Pop (Various Artists) – Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers

Best Recording Package

• The Avett Brothers – Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
• Baker Hotel – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
• BRAT – Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)
• F-1 Trillion – Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
• Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition – Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
• Jug Band Millionaire – Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
• Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease – Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• Half Living Things – Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
• Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea – Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
• In Utero – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
• Mind Games – Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
• Unsuk Chin – Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
• We Blame Chicago – Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)

Best Album Notes

• After Midnight – Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)
• The Carnegie Hall Concert – Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
• Centennial – Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
• John Culshaw – The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55 – Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
• SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno” – Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

• Centennial – Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
• Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition – Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
• Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings – Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
• Pepito Y Paquito – Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
• The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording – Super Deluxe Edition) – Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Algorithm – Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)
• Cyan Blue – Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
• Deeper Well – Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
• empathogen – Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti & Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)i/o – Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
• Short n’ Sweet – Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Andres: The Blind Banister – Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit – Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Clear Voices In The Dark – Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Avalon – Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies & Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
• Genius Loves Company – Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
• Henning Sommerro: Borders – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• i/o (In-Side Mix) – Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
• Pax – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)

Best Instrumental Composition

• At Last – Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
• Communion – Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
• “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” – André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
• “Remembrance” – Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
• Strands – Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• “Baby Elephant Walk – Encore” – Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
• “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly)
• “Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)” – Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck feat. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
• “Rose Without The Thorns” – Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying feat. säje & Tonality)
• “Silent Night” – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• “Alma” – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje feat. Regina Carter)
• “Always Come Back” – Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
• “b i g f e e l i n g s” – Willow, arranger (WILLOW)
• “Last Surprise” (from Persona 5) – Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band feat. Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
• “The Sound Of Silence” – Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry feat. Sleeping At Last)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance – Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
• Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major – JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen – Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: The Firebird – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

• Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Moravec: The Shining – Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
• Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best Choral Performance

• Clear Voices In The Dark – Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
• A Dream So Bright – Choral Music Of Jake Runestad – Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
• Handel: Israel In Egypt – Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
• Ochre – Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
• Sheehan: Akathist – Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles – JACK Quartet
• Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97, ‘Archduke’ – Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
• Cerrone: Beaufort Scales – Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
• Home – Miró Quartet
• Rectangles And Circumstance – Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Akiho: Longing – Andy Akiho
• Bach: Goldberg Variations – Víkingur Ólafsson
• Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc – Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
• Entourer – Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
• Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra – Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price – Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
• A Change Is Gonna Come – Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
• Newman: Bespoke Songs – Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
• Show Me The Way – Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
• Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder – Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)

Best Classical Compendium

• Akiho: BeLonging – Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
• American Counterpoints – Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
• Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
• Mythologies II – Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello – Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
• Coleman: Revelry – Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
• Lang: Composition As Explanation – David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)