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2025 Grammy Nominations: A Breakdown of the Year’s Top Artists, Record-Breaking Performances, and Rising Stars

Yakubu Binuyaminu

November 8, 2024

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The 2025 Grammy Awards nominations, revealed on November 8, 2024, have showcased a broad mix of both established artists and emerging talent, particularly highlighting the achievements of artists like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and Chappell Roan. Beyoncé leads in several categories, including Song of the Year for “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Best Country Album with Cowboy Carter. This marks a significant achievement as Beyoncé expands her influence across multiple genres, particularly with her venture into country music this year.

Kendrick Lamar also continues his Grammy streak, earning multiple nominations in the rap categories for works like Not Like Us, recognized for its innovative storytelling and critical acclaim. Meanwhile, Swift is nominated alongside Post Malone for Fortnight, and Billie Eilish makes another appearance with her popular song Birds of a Feather, adding another dimension to the intense competition for Song of the Year.

In the dance/electronic scene, artists like Charli XCX and Kaytranada are celebrated, with nominations in the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album category. Kaytranada is also up for Best Remixed Recording with his remix of “Alter Ego” alongside Doechii and JT, underlining the ongoing prominence of electronic and remix culture in mainstream music.

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Other highlights include nominations for Coco Jones and SZA in the R&B categories, where they compete in categories like Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. Coco Jones’s track Here We Go (Uh Oh) has resonated widely, leading her to receive nods in multiple R&B categories. In the global music segment, African artists like Burna Boy and Asake showcase the continued rise of Afrobeats, which is seeing substantial recognition on the Grammy stage.

The Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on February 2, 2025, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where winners across 94 categories will be celebrated. For more detailed insights on the full list of nominees, see sources like Teen Vogue and Pitchfork.

All 2025 Grammy Nominations

Record of the Year

• “Now And Then” – The Beatles
• “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
• “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 Featuring Post Malone

Album of the Year

New Blue Sun – André 3000
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
Brat – Charli XCX
Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish

SONG OF THE YEAR

• “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
• “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
• “Die With a Smile” – Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
• “Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
• “Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
• “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Benson Boone
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Doechii
• Khruangbin
• Raye
• Chappell Roan
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)

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

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

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

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

• “Bodyguard”
• Beyoncé
• “Espresso”
• Sabrina Carpenter
• “Apple”
• Charli xcx
• “Birds of a Feather”
• Billie Eilish
• “Good Luck, Babe!”
• Chappell Roan

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

• “Us” – Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
• “Levii’s Jeans” – Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
• “Guess” – Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
• “The Boy Is Mine” – Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
• “Die With a Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

• “Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish
• “Eternal Sunshine” – Ariana Grande
• “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan
• “The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING

• “She’s Gone, Dance On” – Disclosure
• “Loved” – Four Tet
• “Leavemealone” – Fred Again & Baby Keem
• “Neverender” – Justice & Tame Impala
• “Witchy” – Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino

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 ALBUM

“Brat” – Charli XCX
“Three” – Four Tet
“Hyperdrama” – Justice
“Timeless” – Kaytranada
“Telos” – Zedd

BEST REMIXED RECORDING

• “Alter Ego – Kaytranada Remix” – Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT)
• “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” – David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
• “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 Featuring Addison Rae)

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 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 Featuring Poppy
• “Screaming Suicide” – Metallica
• “Cellar Door” – Spiritbox

BEST ROCK ALBUM

• “Happiness Bastards” – The Black Crowes
• “Romance” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Saviors” – 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 ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE

• “Neon Pill” – Cage the Elephant
• “Song of the Lake” – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• “Starburster” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Bye Bye” – Kim Gordon
• “Flea” – 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 R&B PERFORMANCE

• “Guidance” – Jhené Aiko
• “Residuals” – Chris Brown
• “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Coco Jones
• “Made For Me (Live On BET)” – Muni Long
• “Saturn” – SZA

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

“Wet” – Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove” – Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie” – Lalah Hathaway Featuring 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” – Kehlani
• “Why Lawd?” – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)

BEST R&B SONG

“After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)

BEST R&B ALBUM

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

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

• “Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B
• “When the Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
• “Nissan Altima” – Doechii
• “Houdini” – Eminem
• “Like That” – Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar
• “Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
• “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar

BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE

“Kehlani”
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
“Spaghettii”
Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You”
Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
“Big Mama”
Latto
“3:AM”
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
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 RAP SONG

“Asteroids”
Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
“Carnival”
Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign)
Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
“Like That”
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
“Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Yeah Glo!”
Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
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”
Tank and the Bangas
“The Seven Number Ones”
Mad Skillz
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

16 Carriages
Beyoncé
I Am Not Okay
Jelly Roll
The Architect
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 Featuring Miley Cyrus
Break Mine
Brothers Osborne
Bigger Houses
Dan + Shay
I Had Some Help
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
BEST COUNTRY SONG

The Architect
Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
I Am Not Okay
Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
I Had Some Help
Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen)
Texas Hold ‘Em
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion
Post Malone
Deeper Well
Kacey Musgraves
Higher
Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind
Lainey Wilson
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

Blame It On Eve
Shemekia Copeland
Nothing In Rambling
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring 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 Featuring 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, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
All In Good Time
Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple)
All My Friends
Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
American Dreaming
Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Blame It on Eve
John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (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
Featuring J’Wan Boudreaux
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty
Kuini
Kalani Pe’a
Stories From The Battlefield
The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG

Church Doors
Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters
Yesterday
Melvin Crispell III
Hold On (Live)
Ricky Dillard
Holy Hands
DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters
One Hallelujah
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG

Holy Forever (Live)
Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans
Praise
Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
Firm Foundation (He Won’t)
Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
In The Name Of Jesus
JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
In The Room
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
That’s My King
CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
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 LATIN POP ALBUM

Funk Generation
Anitta
El Viaje
Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA
Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS
Kali Uchis

BEST MUSICA 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 (INCLUDING TEJANO)

• Diamantes – Chiquis
• Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 – Carín León
• ÉXODO – Peso Pluma
• De Lejitos – Jessi Uribe

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

MUEVENSE
Marc Anthony
Bailar
Sheila E.
Radio Güira
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero
Kiki Valera

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 AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words
(Various Artists)
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

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 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 Featuring Post Malone
Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

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 JAZZ PERFORMANCE

“Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)”
The Baylor Project
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
“Juno”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner
“Little Fears”
Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring 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 Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
• Beyond This Place – Kenny Barron Featuring 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 Featuring 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 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)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

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

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)