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Record of the Year

• Bad Bunny - DTMF
• Billie Eilish - Wildflower
• Chappell Roan - The Subway
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA - Luther
• Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - Apt.
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild

Album of the Year

• Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice - Let God Sort Em Out
• Justin Bieber - Swag
• Kendrick Lamar - GNX
• Lady Gaga - Mayhem
• Leon Thomas - Mutt
• Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend
• Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia

Song of the Year

• Bad Bunny - DTMF
• Billie Eilish - Wildflower
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Huntr/x - Golden
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA - Luther
• Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - Apt.
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild

Best New Artist

• Addison Rae
• Alex Warren
• Katseye
• Leon Thomas
• Lola Young
• The Marías
• Olivia Dean
• Sombr

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Blake Mills
• Cirkut
• Dan Auerbach
• Dijon
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Laura Veltz
• Tobias Jesso Jr.

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Chappell Roan - The Subway
• Justin Bieber - Daisies
• Lady Gaga - Disease
• Lola Young - Messy
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild

Best Pop/Duo Group Performance

• Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity
• Huntr/x - Golden
• Katseye - Gabriela
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - Apt.
• SZA With Kendrick Lamar - 30 for 30

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Justin Bieber - Swag
• Lady Gaga - Mayhem
• Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful
• Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend
• Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• Disclosure & Anderson .Paak - No Cap
• Fred Again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap
• Kaytranada - Space Invader
• Skrillex - Voltage
• Tame Impala - End of Summer

Best Dance Pop Recording

• Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
• PinkPantheress - Illegal
• Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame
• Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
• Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• FKA twigs - Eusexua
• Fred Again.. - Ten Days
• PinkPantheress - Fancy That
• Rüfüs Du Sol - Inhale / Exhale
• Skrillex - F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3

Best Remixed Recording

• The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake - Galvanize (Chris Lake Remix)
• Huntr/x & David Guetta - Golden (David Guetta Rem/x)
• Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein - Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)
• Mariah Carey & Kaytranada - Don’t Forget About Us (Kaytranada Remix)
• Soul II Soul - A Dreams a Dream (Ron Trent Refix)

Best Rock Performance

• Amyl and the Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That
• Hayley Williams - Mirtazapine
• Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt & Frank Bello Featuring Adam Wakeman & II - Changes (Live From Villa Park / Back to the Beginning)

Best Metal Performance

• Dream Theater - Night Terror
• Ghost - Lachryma
• Sleep Token - Emergence
• Spiritbox - Soft Spine
• Turnstile - Birds

Best Rock Song

• Hayley Williams - Glum
• Nine Inch Nails - As Alive as You Need Me to Be
• Sleep Token - Caramel
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Yungblud - Zombie

Best Rock Album

• Deftones - Private Music
• Haim - I Quit
• Linkin Park - From Zero
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Yungblud - Idols

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Bon Iver - Everything Is Peaceful Love
• The Cure - Alone
• Hayley Williams - Parachute
• Turnstile - Seein’ Stars
• Wet Leg - Mangetout

Best Alternative Music Album

• Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE
• The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
• Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
• Tyler, the Creator - Don’t Tap the Glass
• Wet Leg - Moisturizer

Best R&B Performance

• Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Justin Bieber - Yukon
• Kehlani - Folded
• Leon Thomas - Mutt (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk)
• Summer Walker - Heart of a Woman

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Durand Bernarr - Here We Are
• Lalah Hathaway - Uptown
• Ledisi - Love You Too
• Leon Thomas - Vibes Don’t Lie
• SZA - Crybaby

Best R&B Song

• Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Durand Bernarr - Overqualified
• Kehlani - Folded
• Leon Thomas - Yes It Is
• Summer Walker - Heart of a Woman

Best Progressive R&B Album

• Bilal - Adjust Brightness
• Destin Conrad - Love on Digital
• Durand Bernarr - Bloom
• Flo - Access All Areas
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon - Come as You Are

Best R&B Album

• Coco Jones - Why Not More?
• Giveon - Beloved
• Ledisi - The Crown
• Leon Thomas - Mutt
• Teyana Taylor - Escape Room

Best Rap Performance

• Cardi B - Outside
• Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice - Chains & Whips
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay - TV Off
• Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown - Darling, I

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• Fridayy & Meek Mill - Proud of Me
• JID, Ty Dolla $ign & 6lack - Wholeheartedly
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA - Luther
• PartyNextDoor & Drake - Somebody Loves Me
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody - WeMaj

Best Rap Song

• Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire, Pusha T & Malice - The Birds Don’t Sing
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Glorilla - TGIF
• Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay - TV Off
• Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne - Sticky

Best Rap Album

• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice - Let God Sort Em Out
• Glorilla - Glorious
• JID - God Does Like Ugly
• Kendick Lamar - GNX
• Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• Marc Marcel - Black Shaman
• Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton - Pages
• Queen Sheba - A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places)
• Saul Williams & Carlos Niño & Friends - Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople (Live)
• Skillz - Words for Days, Vol. 1

Best Jazz Performance

• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Windows (Live)
• Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield - Noble Rise
• Michael Mayo - Four
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach & Tom Scott Featuring Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber - All Stars Lead to You (Live)
• Samara Joy - Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap - Elemental
• Michael Mayo - Fly
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach & Tom Scott Featuring Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber - Live at Vic’s Las Vegas
• Samara Joy - Portrait
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell - We Insist 2025!

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Branford Marsalis Quartet - Belonging
• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Trilogy 3 (Live)
• John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade - Spirit Fall
• Sullivan Fortner - Southern Nights
• Yellowjackets - Fasten Up

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Christian McBride - Without Further Ado, Vol 1
• Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band - Lumen
• Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra - Basie Rocks!
• Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra - Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
• Sun Ra Arkestra - Lights on a Satellite
• The 8-Bit Big Band - Orchestrator Emulator

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Arturo O’Farrill - The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico (Live at Town Hall)
• Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro - A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole
• Miguel Zenón Quartet - Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard
• Paquito D’Rivera - Madrid-New York Connection Band - La Fleur de Cayenne

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Ambrose Akinmusire - Honey From a Winter Stone
• Brad Mehldau - Ride into the Sun
• Immanuel Wilkins - Blues Blood
• Nate Smith - Live-Action
• Robert Glasper - Keys to the City Volume One

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Barbra Streisand - The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2
• Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes in Angels?
• Jennifer Hudson - The Gift of Love
• Lady Gaga - Harlequin
• Laila Biali - Wintersongs
• Laufey - A Matter of Time

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Arkai - Brightside
• Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez - BEATrio
• Bob James & Dave Koz - Just Us
• Charu Suri - Shayan
• Gerald Clayton - Ones & Twos

Best Musical Theater Album

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just in Time
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best Country Solo Performance

• Chris Stapleton - Bad as I Used to Be (From F1® the Movie)
• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Tyler Childers - Nose on the Grindstone
• Zach Top - I Never Lie

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• George Strait Featuring Chris Stapleton - Honky Tonk Hall of Fame
• Margo Price Featuring Tyler Childers - Love Me Like You Used to Do
• Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton - A Song to Sing
• Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson - Trailblazer
• Shaboozey & Jelly Roll - Amen

Best Country Song

• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo
• Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton - A Song to Sing
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Tyler Childers - Bitin’ List
• Zach Top - I Never Lie

Best Traditional Country Album

• Charley Crockett - Dollar a Day
• Lukas Nelson - American Romance
• Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman
• Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World
• Zach Top - Ain’t in It for My Health

Best Contemporary Country Album

• Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine
• Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken
• Kelsea Ballerini - Patterns
• Miranda Lambert - Postcards From Texas
• Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter

Best American Roots Performance

• Alison Krauss & Union Station - Richmond on the James
• I’m With Her - Ancient Light
• Jason Isbell - Crimson and Clay
• Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman - Lonely Avenue
• Mavis Staples - Beautiful Strangers

Best Americana Performance

• Jesse Welles - Horses
• Maggie Rose & Grace Potter - Poison in My Well
• Mavis Staples - Godspeed
• Molly Tuttle - That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
• Sierra Hull - Boom

Best American Roots Song

• I’m With Her - Ancient Light
• Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
• Jesse Welles - Middle
• Jon Batiste - Big Money
• Sierra Hull - Spitfire

Best Americana Album

• Jesse Welles - Middle
• Jon Batiste - Big Money
• Larkin Poe - Bloom
• Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine
• Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree

Best Bluegrass Album

• Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia
• Billy Strings - Highway Prayers
• Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter - Carter & Cleveland
• Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe High Wire
• The Steeldrivers - Outrun

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Buddy Guy - Ain’t Done With the Blues
• Charlie Musselwhite - Look Out Highway
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush - Young Fashioned Ways
• Maria Muldaur - One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey
• Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ - Room on the Porch

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Eric Gales - A Tribute to LJK
• Joe Bonamassa - Breakthrough
• Robert Randolph - Preacher Kids
• Samantha Fish - Paper Doll
• Southern Avenue - Family

Best Folk Album

• I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue
• Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
• Jesse Welles - Under the Powerlines (Live April 2024 - September 2024)
• Patty Griffin - Crown of Roses
• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson - What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet - Live at Vaughan’s
• Kyle Roussel - Church of New Orleans
• Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band - For Fat Man
• Trombone Shorty & New Breed Brass Band - Second Line Sunday
• Various Artists - A Tribute to the King of Zydeco

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Cece Winans & Shirley Caesar - Come Jesus Come
• Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts - Still (Live)
• Kirk Franklin - Do It Again
• Pastor Mike Jr. - Amen
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend - Church

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll - Hard Fought Hallelujah
• Darrel Walls & PJ Morton - Amazing
• Elevation Worship, Chris Brown & Brandon Lake - I Know a Name
• Forrest Frank - Your Way’s Better
• Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I. - Headphones

Best Gospel Album

• Darrel Walls & PJ Morton - Heart of Mine
• Tamela Mann - Live Breathe Fight
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Tasha
• Tye Tribbett - Only on the Road (Live)
• Yolanda Adams - Sunny Days

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Brandon Lake - King of Hearts
• Forrest Frank - Child of God II
• Israel & New Breed - Coritos, Vol. 1
• Lecrae - Reconstruction
• Tauren Wells - Let the Church Sing

Best Roots Gospel Album

• The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - I Will Not Be Moved (Live)
• Candi Staton - Back to My Roots
• Gaither Vocal Band - Then Came the Morning
• The Isaacs - Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah
• Karen Peck & New River - Good Answers

Best Latin Pop Album

• Alejandro Sanz - ¿Y Ahora Qué?
• Andrés Cepeda - Bogotá (Deluxe)
• Karol G - Tropicoqueta
• Natalia Lafourcade - Cancionera
• Rauw Alejandro - Cosa Nuestra

Best Música Urbana Album

• Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
• Feid - Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
• J Balvin - Mixteip
• Nicki Nicole - Naiki
• Trueno - EUB Deluxe
• Yandel - Sinfónico (En Vivo)

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Aterciopelados - Genes Rebeldes
• Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & Astropical - Astropical
• Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso - Papota
• Fito Páez - Novela
• Los Wizzards - Algorhythm

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• Bobby Pulido - Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y una Mía - Por la Puerta Grande (En Vivo)
• Carín León - Palabra de To’s (Seca)
• Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera - Mala Mía
• Grupo Frontera - Y Lo Que Viene
• Paola Jara - Sin Rodeos

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Alain Pérez - Bingo
• Gilberto Santa Rosa - Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2
• Gloria Estefan - Raíces
• Grupo Niche - Clásicos 1.0
• Rubén Blades Featuring Roberto Delgado & Orquesta - Fotografías

Best Global Music Performance

• Angélique Kidjo - Jerusalema
• Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar - Daybreak
• Bad Bunny - Eoo
• Ciro Hurtado - Cantando en el Camino
• Shakti - Shrini’s Dream (Live)
• Yeisy Rojas - Inmigrante y Que?

Best African Music Performance

• Ayra Starr & Wizkid - Gimme Dat
• Burna Boy - Love
• Davido Featuring Omah Lay - With You
• Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin - Hope & Love
• Tyla - Push 2 Start

Best Global Music Album

• Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar - Chapter III: We Return to Light
• Burna Boy - No Sign of Weakness
• Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia - Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
• Shakti - Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)
• Siddhant Bhatia - Sounds of Kumbha
• Youssou N’Dour - Éclairer le monde - Light the World

Best Reggae Album

• Jesse Royal - No Place Like Home
• Keznamdi - Blxxd & Fyah
• Lila Iké - Treasure Self Love
• Mortimer - From Within
• Vybz Kartel - Heart & Soul

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

• Carla Patullo - Nomadica
• Cheryl B. Engelhardt & Gem - According to the Moon
• Chris Redding - The Colors in My Mind
• Jahnavi Harrison - Into the Forest
• Kirsten Agresta-Copely - Kuruvinda

Best Children’s Music Album

• Flor Bromley - Herstory
• Fyütch & Aura V - Harmony
• Joanie Leeds & Joya - Ageless: 100 Years Young
• Mega Ran - Buddy’s Magic Tree House
• Tori Amos - The Music of Tori and the Muses

Best Comedy Album

• Ali Wong - Single Lady
• Bill Burr - Drop Dead Years
• Jamie Foxx - What Had Happened Was...
• Nate Bargatze - Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
• Sarah Silverman - PostMortem

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

• Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli
• Kathy Garver - Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
• Ketanji Brown Jackson - Lovely One: A Memoir
• Trevor Noah - Into the Uncut Grass

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
• Various Artists - F1® the Album
• Various Artists - KPop Demon Hunters
• Various Artists - Sinners
• Various Artists - Wicked

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

• John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon
• John Powell & Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
• Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot
• Ludwig Göransson - Sinners
• Theodore Shapiro - Severance: Season 2

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Austin Wintory - Sword of the Sea
• Gordy Haab - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires
• Wilbert Roget, II - Helldivers 2
• Wilbert Roget, II & Cody Matthew Johnson - Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Never Too Late (From the Film “Elton John: Never Too Late”)
• Huntr/x - Golden
• Jayme Lawson - Pale, Pale Moon
• Miles Caton - I Lied to You
• Nine Inch Nails - As Alive as You Need Me to Be
• Rod Wave - Sinners

Best Music Video

• Clipse - So Be It
• Doechii - Anxiety
• OK Go - Love
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
• Sade - Young Lion

Best Music Film

• Devo - Devo
• Diane Warren - Relentless
• John Williams - Music by John Williams
• Pharrell Williams - Piece by Piece
• Raye - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Best Recording Package

• Bruce Springsteen - Tracks II: The Lost Albums
• Duran Duran - Danse Macabre: De Luxe
• Mac Miller - Balloonerism
• Mac Miller - The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl)
• OK Go - And the Adjacent Possible
• Tsunami - Loud Is As
• Various Artists - Sequoia

Best Album Cover

• Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
• Djo - The Crux
• Perfume Genius - Glory
• Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
• Wet Leg - Moisturizer

Best Album Notes

• Amanda Ekery - Árabe
• Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974
• Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates & Dave Holland - After the Last Sky
• Miles Davis - Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings
• Sly and the Family Stone - The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967
• Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (Expanded Edition)

Best Historical Album

• Doc Pomus - You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos
• Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
• Nick Drake - The Making of Five Leaves Left
• Various Artists - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)
• Various Artists - Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para el Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No.39)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia
• Cam - All Things Light
• Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
• Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - That Wasn’t a Dream

Best Engineered Album, Classica

• Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
• The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Eastman: Symphony No. 2 – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
• Sandbox Percussion - Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
• Third Coast Percussion - Standard Stoppages
• Trio Mediæval - Yule

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Morten Lindberg
• Sergei Kvitko

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Duckwrth - All American F--- Boy
• Justin Gray - Immersed
• Tearjerkers - Tearjerkers
• Trio Mediæval - Yule
• Various Artists - An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live)

Best Instrumental Composition

• John Powell & Stephen Schwartz - Train to Emerald City
• Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton - Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down (From “Sinners” Score)
• Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Live Life This Day: Movement I
• Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz - First Snow
• Sierra Hull - Lord, That’s a Long Way
• Zain Effendi - Opening

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Cynthia Erivo - Be Okay
• Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf - A Child Is Born
• The Westerlies - Fight On
• The 8-Bit Big Band - Super Mario Praise Break

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Cody Fry - What a Wonderful World
• Jacob Collier - Keep an Eye on Summer
• Lawrence - Something in the Water (Acoustic-ish)
• Nate Smith & Säje - Big Fish
• Seth MacFarlane - How Did She Look?

Best Orchestral Performance

• Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra - Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
• Esa-Pekka Salonen - San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
• Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
• Michael Repper & National Philharmonic - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites From “24 Negro Melodies”
• Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Philadelphia Orchestra - Still & Bonds: Symphonies & Variations

Best Opera Recording

• Alan Pierson, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Silvana Quartet - Kouyoumdjian: Adoration (Live)
• American Composers Orchestra & Carolyn Kuan - Huang Ruo: An American Soldier
• Emily D’Angelo, Ellie Dehn, Ben Bliss, Kyle Miller, Greer Grimsley, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Tesori: Grounded (Live)
• Houston Grand Opera, Kwamé Ryan, Janai Brugger, Jamie Barton & J’Nai Bridges - Jake Heggie: Intelligence
• Irish National Opera & Elaine Kelly - O’Halloran: Trade / Mary Motorhead

Best Choral Performance

• Anne Akiko Meyers, Los Angeles Master Chorale & Grant Gershon - Billy Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved
• The Clarion Choir & Steven Fox - Requiem of Light
• Conspirare & Craig Hella Johnson- Advena: Liturgies for a Broken World
• The Crossing & David Nally - David Lang: Poor Hymnal
• Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Alisa Weilerstein - Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound - Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter
• Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon - Lullabies for the Brokenhearted
• Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski - Slavic Sessions - Slavic Sessions
• Neave Trio - La mer: French Piano Trios
• Third Coast Percussion - Standard Stoppages

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Adam Tendler - Inheritances
• Curtis Stewart & Michael Repper - Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From “24 Negro Melodies”
• Mary Dawood Catlin, Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm - Hope Orchestrated
• Yo-Yo Ma & Andris Nelsons - Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
• Yuja Wang & Andris Nelsons - Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Allison Charney & Benjamin Loeb - Alike - My Mother’s Dream
• Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs - Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias for Soprano
• Devony Smith, Danny Zelibor & Michael Nicolas - In This Short Life
• Sidney Outlaw & Warren Jones - Black Pierrot
• Susan Narucki & Curtis Macomber - Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
• Theo Hoffman & Steven Blier - Schubert Beatles

Best Classical Compendium

• Christina Sandsengen - Tombeaux
• Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi - Seven Seasons
• Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Alisa Weilerstein - Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga
• Sandbox Percussion - Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
• Will Liverman - The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Christopher Cerrone - Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
• Donnacha Dennehy - Dennehy: Land of Winter
• Gabriela Ortiz - Ortiz: Dzonot
• Shawn E. Okpebholo - Okpebholo: Songs in Flight
• Tania León - León: Raíces (Origins)