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Album of the Year

• Boygenius – The Record
• Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
• Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
• Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
• Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
• Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
• SZA – SOS
• Taylor Swift – Midnights

Record of the Year

• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
• Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
• Jon Batiste – Worship
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
• Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Song of the Year

• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
• Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
• Jon Batiste – Butterfly
• Lana Del Rey – A&W
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best New Artist

• Coco Jones
• Gracie Abrams
• Fred Again..
• Ice Spice
• Jelly Roll
• Noah Kahan
• Victoria Monét
• The War and Treaty

Best Music Video

• The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
• Tyler Childers – In Your Love
• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
• Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
• Troye Sivan – Rush

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Justin Tranter
• Shane McAnally
• Theron Thomas

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Daniel Nigro
• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
• Hit-Boy
• Jack Antonoff
• Metro Boomin

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
• Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So Alone
• Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
• Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand Miles
• SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
• Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Kelly Clarkson – Chemisty
• Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
• Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
• Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)
• Taylor Swift – Midnights

Best Pop Dance Recording

• Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – One in a Million
• Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding – Miracle
• David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me
• Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
• Troye Sivan – Rush

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
• James Blake – Loading
• Disclosure – Higher Than Ever BEfore
• Romy & Fred again.. – Strong
• Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan – Rumble

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

• James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
• The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
• Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
• Kx5 – Kx5
• Skrillex – Quest for Fire

Best Rap Performance

• Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
• Black Thought – Love Letter
• Coi Leray – Players
• Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
• Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the World
• Doja Cat – Attention
• Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
• Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole – All My Life
• SZA – Low

Best Rap Song

• Doja Cat – Attention
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua – Barbie World
• Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
• Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
• Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers

Best Rap Album

• Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
• Killer Mike – Michael
• Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
• Nas – King’s Disease III
• Travis Scott – Utopia

Best R&B Performance

• Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
• Coco Jones – ICU
• Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to Love
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Babyface ft. Coco Jones – Simple
• Kenyon Dixon – Lucky
• Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – Hollywood
• PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – Good Morning
• SZA – Love Language

Best R&B Song

• Coco Jones – ICU
• Halle – Angel
• Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
• SZA – Snooze
• Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Best Progressive R&B Album

• 6lack – Since I Have a Lover
• Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid
• Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – Nova
• Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
• SZA – SOS

Best R&B Album

• Babyface – Girls Night Out
• Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You
• Emily King – Special Occasion
• Summer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EP
• Victoria Monét – Jaguar II

Best African Music Performance

• Asake & Olamide – Amapiano
• Ayra Starr – Rush
• Burna Boy – City Boys
• Davido Featuring Musa Keys – Unavailable
• Tyla – Water

Best Latin Pop Album

• AleMor – Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1
• Gaby Moreno – X Mi (Vol. 1)
• Maluma – Don Juan
• Pablo Alborán – La Cuarta Hoja
• Paula Arenas – A Ciegas
• Pedro Capó – La Neta

Best Música Urbana Album

• Rauw Alejandro – Saturno
• Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito
• Tainy – Data

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Cabra – Martínez
• Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de Tigre
• Juanes – Vida Cotidiana
• Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores
• Fito Paez – EADDA9223

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• Ana Bárbara – Bordado a Mano
• Flor de Toloache – Motherflower
• Lila Downs – La Sánchez
• Lupita Infante – Amor Como en las Películas de Antes
• Peso Pluma – Génesis

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Alvvays – Belinda Says
• Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
• Boygenius – Cool About It
• Lana Del Rey – A&W
• Paramore – This Is Why

Best Alternative Music Album

• Arctic Monkeys – The Car
• Boygenius – The Record
• Gorillaz – Cracker Island
• Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
• PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying

Best Reggae Album

• Buju Banton – Born For Greatness
• Beenie Man – Simma
• Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023
• Burning Spear – No Destroyer
• Julian Marley & Antacus – Colors of Royal

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Siembra: 45(degree) Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)
• Luis Figueroa – Voy A Ti
• Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – Niche Sinfónico
• Omara Portuondo – Vida
• Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Mimy & Tony
• Carlos Vives – Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así

Best Global Music Performance

• Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
• Burna Boy – Alone
• Davido – Feel
• Silvana Estrada – Milagro Y Disastre
• Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance In Millets
• Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
• Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best Global Music Album

• Susana Baca- Epifanías
• Bokanté – History
• Burna Boy – I Told Them…
• Davido – Timeless
• Shakti – This Moment

Best Country Solo Performance

• Brandy Clark – Buried
• Chris Stapleton – White Horse
• Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
• Luke Combs – Fast Car
• Tyler Childers – In Your Love

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• Dierks Bentley ft. Billy Strings – High Note
• Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s Nobody
• Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
• Vince Gill & Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
• Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson – Save Me
• Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight Anymore

Best Country Song

• Brandy Clark – Buried
• Chris Stapleton – White Horse
• Morgan Wallen – Last Night
• Tyler Childers – In Your Love
• Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything

Best Country Album

• Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
• Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
• Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
• Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
• Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan

Best Rock Performance

• Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
• Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
• Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
• Foo Fighters – Rescued
• Metallica – Lux Æterna

Best Rock Song

• Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
• Foo Fighters – Rescued
• Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
• Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
• The Rolling Stones – Angry

Best Rock Album

• Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
• Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
• Metallica – 72 Seasons
• Paramore – This Is Why
• Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…

Best Metal Performance

• Disturbed – Bad Man
• Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
• Metallica – 72 Seasons
• Slipknot – Hive Mind
• Spiritbox – Jaded

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
• Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World
• Rihanna – Lift Me Up
• Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Daisy Jones & The Six – Aurora
• Various Artists – Barbie The Album
• Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By
• Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3
• Weird Al Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

• John Williams – The Fabelmans
• John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
• Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök
• Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory – Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
• Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea” – Hogwarts Legacy
• Sarah Schachner – Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare II
• Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Best Comedy Album

• Trevor Noah – I Wish You Would
• Wanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer
• Chris Rock – Selective Outrage
• Sarah Silverman – Someone You Love
• Dave Chappelle – What’s In A Name?

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

• Kirsten Agresta-Copely – Aquamarine
• Omar Akram – Moments of Beauty
• Ólafur Arnalds – Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks)
• David Darling & Hans Christian – Ocean Dreaming Ocean
• Carla Patullo ft. Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet – So She Howls

Best Children’s Music Album

• Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!
• Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars
• DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids!
• Uncle Jumbo – Taste The Sky
• 123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs

Best Music Film

• Moonage Daydream
• How I’m Feeling Now
• Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour
• I Am Everything
• Dear Mama

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

• Meryl Streep – Big Tree
• William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
• Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being
• Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism
• Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• Aja Monet – When the Poems Do What They Do
• J. Ivy – The Light Inside
• Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother
• Prentice Powell and Shawn William – For Your Consideration ’24 – The Album
• Queen Sheba – A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile
• Cory Henry – Live at the Piano
• Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue – SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
• Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
• Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book

Best Jazz Performance

• Jon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes)
• Lakecia Benjamin – Basquiat
• Adam Blackstone ft. the Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live)
• Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not For Me
• Samara Joy – Tight

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2
• Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard
• Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In
• Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
• Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Kenny Barron – The Source
• Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
• Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
• Billy Childs – The Winds of Change
• Pat Metheny – Dream Box

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo
• Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension
• The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings The Blues
• Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians
• Mingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Eliane Elias – Quietude
• Ivan Lins with the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra – My Heart Speaks
• Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox Humana
• Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente – Cometa
• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile
• Cory Henry – Live at the Piano
• Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue – SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
• Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
• Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Liz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
• Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
• Laufey – Bewitched
• Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World
• Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive
• Various – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – As We Speak
• House of Waters – On Becoming
• Bob James – Jazz Hands
• Julian Lage – The Layers
• Ben Wendel – All One

Best Musical Theater Album

• Kimberly Akimbo
• Parade
• Shucked
• Some Like It Hot
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best American Roots Performance

• Jon Batiste – Butterfly
• Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us All
• Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel
• Rhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man
• Allison Russell – Eve Was Black

Best Americana Performance

• Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
• Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
• Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
• Allison Russell – The Returner

Best American Roots Song

• The War and Treaty – Blank Page
• Billy Strings ft. Willie Nelson – California Sober
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet
• Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
• Allison Russell – The Returner

Best Americana Album

• Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
• Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
• Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
• Allison Russell – The Returner

Best Bluegrass Album

• Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
• Michael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the Game
• Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar
• Willie Nelson – Bluegrass
• Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad
• Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Eric Bibb – Ridin’
• Mr. Sipp – The Soul Side of Sipp
• Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody
• John Primer – Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge
• Bobby Rush – All My Love for You

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
• Ruthie Foster – Healing Time
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
• Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony
• Bettye LaVette – LaVette!

Best Folk Album

• Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
• The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon
• Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live]
• Nickel Creek – Celebrants
• Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
• Paul Simon – Psalms
• Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New Beginnings
• Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
• Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola
• New Breed Bass Band – Made in New Orleans
• New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too Much to Hold
• The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Stanley Brown ft. Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard – God Is Good
• Erica Campbell – Feel Alright (Blessed)
• Zacardi Cortez – Lord Do It For Me (Live)
• Melvin Crispell III – God Is
• Kirk Franklin – All Things

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Blessing Offor – Believe
• Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]
• Lauren Daigle – Thank God I Do
• for KING & COUNTRY ft. Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I Am
• Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Your Power
• Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – God Problems

Best Gospel Album

• Erica Campbell – I Love You
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Hymns (Live)
• Maverick City Music – The Maverick Way
• Jonathan McReynolds – My Truth
• Tye Tribbett – All Things New: Live In Orlando

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Blessing Offor – My Tribe
• Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Emanuel
• Lauren Daigle – Lauren Daigle
• Lecrae – Church Clothes 4
• Phil Wickham – I Believe

Best Roots Gospel Album

• The Blackwood Brothers Quartet – Tribute to the King
• Blind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the South
• Becky Isaacs Bowman – Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times
• Brian Free & Assurance – Meet Me at the Cross
• Gaither Vocal Band – Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light

Best Recording Package

• Caroline Rose – The Art of Forgetting
• Hsing-Hui Cheng – Cadenza 21’
• Perry Shall – Eletrophonic Chronic
• Iam8bit – Gravity Falls
• Yu Wei – Migration
• Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck – Stumpwork

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
• For The Birds: The Birdsong Project
• Gieo
• Inside: Deluxe Box Set
• Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition

Best Album Notes

• John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy – Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) (album notes by Ashley Kahn)
• Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (album notes by Scott B. Bomar)
• Iftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (album notes by Vik Sohonie)
• Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (album notes by Jeff Place & John Troutman
• Various Artists – Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker

Best Historical Album

• Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
• Various Artists – The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
• Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971
• Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition
• Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Bokanté – History
• Boygenius – The Record
• Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
• Feist – Multitudes
• Victoria Monét – Jaguar II

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Fandango
• Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces
• Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman Of Istanbul – Symphony For Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor
• Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers
• Shara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour

Producer of the Year, Classical

• David Frost
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Brian Pidgeon

Best Remixed Recording

• Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)
• Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)
• Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
• Mariah Carey – Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
• Turnstile and Badbadnotgood ft. Blood Orange – Alien Love Call

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys
• Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarok
• George Strait – Blue Clear Sky
• Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs
• Ryan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)

Best Instrumental Composition

• Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Motion
• John Williams – Helena’s Theme
• Lakecia Benjamin ft. Angela Davis – Amerikkan Skin
• Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music
• Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey And The Dragon

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera – I Remember Mingus
• Just 6 – Angels We Have Heard On High
• Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music
• The String Revolution ft. Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues
• Wednesday Addams – Paint It Black

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Cécile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra
• Maria Mendes ft. John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)
• Patti Austin ft. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in Paris
• säje ft. Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
• Samara Joy – Lush Life

Best Orchestral Performance

• Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem Of Ecstasy
• Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante
• Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Pieces
• The Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
• San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Best Opera Recording

• The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Champion
• Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord Of Cries
• The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge

Best Choral Performance

• The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
• The Crossing – Carols After a Plague
• Miró Quartet; Conspirare – The House Of Belonging
• San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
• Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American Stories
• Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker
• Roomful Of Teeth – Rough Magic
• Third Coast Percussion – Between Breaths
• Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ And Op. 1, No. 3

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Robert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness And Scattered Light
• Andy Akiho – Akiho: Cylinders
• Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra) – The American Project
• Seth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace
• Curtis Stewart – Of Love

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – Because
• Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist – Broken Branches
• Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist – 40@40
• Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising
• Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking In The Dark

Best Classical Compendium

• Anne Akiko Meyers – Fandango
• Christopher Rountree, conductor – Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
• Peter Herresthal – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
• Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman – Passion For Bach And Coltrane
• Chick Corea – Sardinia
• Andy Akiho – Sculptures
• Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights – Zodiac Suite

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Thomas Adès, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) – Adès: Dante
• Andy Akiho, composer (Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony) – Akiho: In That Space, At That Time
• William Brittelle, composer (Roomful Of Teeth) – Brittelle: Psychedelics
• Missy Mazzoli, composer (Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic) – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
• Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth) – Montgomery: Rounds