Abracadabra! The nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards are in.
After sweeping final 12 months’s Grammys together with his explosive diss monitor, Kendrick Lamar led the 2026 pack with 9 nominations. Trailing simply behind the “Not Like Us” hitmaker was Mom Monster herself, Girl Gaga, with seven nominations, the identical quantity earned by producers Cirkut and Jack Antonoff.
Projected frontrunners Dangerous Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter held their very own with six nominations every, tying greatest new artist nominee Leon Thomas and Grammy-winning producer Serban Ghenea, who had his fingers on a number of entries within the report and album of the 12 months classes.
The Grammy Awards will return to L.A.’s Crypto.com Enviornment on Feb. 1, and can broadcast stay on CBS and stream on Paramount+ beginning at 5 p.m. PT.
Final 12 months’s ceremony noticed Beyoncé lastly accumulate her album of the 12 months trophy with “Cowboy Carter.” Lamar was the highest earner, with 5 wins together with tune and report of the 12 months for “Not Like Us.” Plus, Chappell Roan obtained a bodily token of what her followers already knew: She was the most popular new act on the block. Now, she’s again for extra with the Cranberries-esque “The Subway,” however as typical, the competitors is fierce.
Report of the 12 months
“DtMF” — Dangerous Bunny
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
“Nervousness” — Doechii
“Wildflower” — Billie Eilish
“Abracadabra” — Girl Gaga
“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
“The Subway” — Chappell Roan
“Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the 12 months
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Dangerous Bunny
“Swag” — Justin Bieber
“Man’s Finest Buddy” — Sabrina Carpenter
“Let God Kind Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
“Mayhem” — Girl Gaga
“GNX” — Kendrick Lamar
“Mutt” — Leon Thomas
“Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator
Tune of the 12 months
“Abracadabra” — Girl Gaga, Henry Walter and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Girl Gaga)
“Nervousness” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“Apt.” — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Younger Park, Theron Thomas and Henry Walter, songwriters (Rosé, Bruno Mars)
“DtMF” — Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry and Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Dangerous Bunny)
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
“Luther” — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)
“Manchild” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Wildflower” — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Finest new artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marías
Addison Rae
Sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Younger
Producer of the 12 months, nonclassical
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Songwriter of the 12 months, nonclassical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz
Finest pop solo efficiency
“Daisies” — Justin Bieber
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
“Illness” — Girl Gaga
“The Subway” — Chappell Roan
“Messy” — Lola Younger
Finest pop duo/group efficiency
“Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami
“Gabriela” — Katseye
“Apt.” — Rosé, Bruno Mars
“30 for 30” — SZA With Kendrick Lamar
Finest pop vocal album
“Swag” — Justin Bieber
“Man’s Finest Buddy” — Sabrina Carpenter
“One thing Lovely” — Miley Cyrus
“Mayhem” — Girl Gaga
“I’ve Tried Every thing however Remedy (Half 2)” — Teddy Swims
Finest dance/digital recording
“No Cap” — Disclosure and Anderson .Paak
“Victory Lap” — Fred Once more.., Skepta and Plaqueboymax
“Area Invader” — Kaytranada
“Voltage” — Skrillex
“Finish of Summer time” — Tame Impala
Finest dance pop recording
“Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco
“Abracadabra” — Girl Gaga
“Midnight Solar” — Zara Larsson
“Simply Maintain Watching (From “F1 The Film”)” — Tate McRae
“Unlawful” — PinkPantheress
Finest dance/digital album
“Eusexua” — FKA twigs
“Ten Days” — Fred Once more..
“Fancy That” — PinkPantheress
“Inhale / Exhale” — Rüfüs Du Sol
“F— U Skrillex You Assume Ur Andy Warhol however Ur Not!! <3” — Skrillex
Finest remixed recording
“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Girl Gaga and Gesaffelstein)
“Don’t Neglect About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey and Kaytranada)
“A Goals a Dream – Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)
“Impress” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers and Chris Lake)
“Golden – David Guetta Rem/x” — David Guetta, remixer (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
Finest rock efficiency
“U Ought to Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Vacancy Machine” — Linkin Park
“By no means Sufficient” — Turnstile
“Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
“Adjustments (Reside From Villa Park) Again to the Starting” — Yungblud That includes Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II
“Night time Terror” — Dream Theater
“Lachryma” — Ghost
“Emergence” — Sleep Token
“Mushy Backbone” — Spiritbox
“Birds” — Turnstile
Finest rock tune
“As Alive as You Want Me to Be” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (9 Inch Nails)
“Caramel” — Vessel1 and Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
“Glum” — Daniel James and Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
“By no means Sufficient” — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills and Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
“Zombie” — Dominic Harrison and Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Finest rock album
“Personal Music” — Deftones
“I Stop” — Haim
“From Zero” — Linkin Park
“By no means Sufficient” — Turnstile
“Idols” — Yungblud
Finest different music efficiency
“Every thing Is Peaceable Love” — Bon Iver
“Alone” — The Remedy
“Seein’ Stars” — Turnstile
“Mangetout” — Moist Leg
“Parachute” — Hayley Williams
Finest different music album
“Sable, Fable” — Bon Iver
“Songs of a Misplaced World” — The Remedy
“Don’t Faucet the Glass” — Tyler, the Creator
“Moisturizer” — Moist Leg
“Ego Loss of life at a Bachelorette Celebration” — Hayley Williams
Finest R&B efficiency
“Yukon” — Justin Bieber
“It Relies upon” — Chris Brown That includes Bryson Tiller
“Folded” — Kehlani
“Mutt (Reside From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” — Leon Thomas
“Coronary heart of a Girl” — Summer time Walker
Finest conventional R&B efficiency
“Right here We Are” — Durand Bernarr
“Uptown” — Lalah Hathaway
“Love You Too” — Ledisi
“Crybaby” — SZA
“Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Finest R&B tune
“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Coronary heart of a Girl” — David Bishop and Summer time Walker, songwriters (Summer time Walker)
“It Relies upon” — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent and Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown That includes Bryson Tiller)
“Overqualified” — James John Abrahart Jr. and Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)
“Sure It Is” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl and Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
Finest progressive R&B album
“Bloom” — Durand Bernarr
“Regulate Brightness” — Bilal
“Love on Digital” — Destin Conrad
“Entry All Areas” — Flo
“Come as You Are” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon
Finest R&B album
“Beloved” — Giveon
“Why Not Extra?” — Coco Jones
“The Crown” — Ledisi
“Escape Room” — Teyana Taylor
“Mutt” — Leon Thomas
Finest rap efficiency
“Exterior” — Cardi B
“Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice That includes Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams
“Nervousness” — Doechii
“TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar That includes Lefty Gunplay
“Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator That includes Teezo Landing
Finest melodic rap efficiency
“Pleased with Me” — Fridayy That includes Meek Mill
“Wholeheartedly” — JID That includes Ty Dolla Signal and 6Lack
“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
“WeMaj” — Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon That includes Rapsody
“Someone Loves Me” — PartyNextDoor and Drake
Finest rap tune
“Nervousness” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Marvel, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T and Malice That includes John Legend and Voices of Fireplace)
“Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma and Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator That includes Glorilla, Sexyy Pink and Lil Wayne)
“TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims and Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (Glorilla)
“TV Off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar That includes Lefty Gunplay)
Finest rap album
“Let God Kind Em Out” — Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
“Wonderful” — Glorilla
“God Does Like Ugly” — JID
“GNX” — Kendrick Lamar
“Chromakopia” — Tyler, the Creator
Finest spoken phrase poetry album
“A Hurricane in Heels: Healed Folks Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Reside @Metropolis Vineyard & Different Locations)” — Queen Sheba
“Black Shaman” — Marc Marcel
“Pages” — Omari Hardwick and Anthony Hamilton
“Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Mates at Treepeople” — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño and Mates
“Phrases For Days Vol. 1” — Mad Skillz
Finest jazz efficiency
“Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin That includes Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield
“Home windows – Reside” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
“Peace of Thoughts / Goals Come True” — Samara Pleasure
“4” — Michael Mayo
“All Stars Result in You – Reside” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth
Finest jazz vocal album
“Elemental” — Dee Dee Bridgewater and Invoice Charlap
“We Insist 2025!” — Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell
“Portrait” — Samara Pleasure
“Fly” — Michael Mayo
“Reside at Vic’s Las Vegas” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold and Rachel Eckroth
Finest jazz instrumental album
“Trilogy 3 (Reside)” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
“Southern Nights” — Sullivan Fortner That includes Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore
“Belonging” — Branford Marsalis Quartet
“Spirit Fall” — John Patitucci That includes Chris Potter and Brian Blade
“Fasten Up” — Yellowjackets
Finest massive jazz ensemble album
“Orchestrator Emulator” — The 8-Bit Large Band
“With out Additional Ado, Vol 1” — Christian McBride Large Band
“Lumen” — Danilo Pérez and Bohuslän Large Band
“Basie Rocks!” — Deborah Silver and the Depend Basie Orchestra
“Lights on a Satellite tv for pc” — Solar Ra Arkestra
“Some Days Are Higher: The Misplaced Scores” — Kenny Wheeler Legacy That includes the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and Frost Jazz Orchestra
Finest Latin jazz album
“La Fleur de Cayenne” — Paquito D’Rivera and Madrid-New York Connection Band
“The Unique Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico” — Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra That includes Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison and Melvis Santa
“Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley” — Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
“A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole” — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta and Joey Calveiro
“Vanguardia Subterránea: Reside on the Village Vanguard” — Miguel Zenón Quartet
Finest different jazz album
“Honey From a Winter Stone” — Ambrose Akinmusire
“Keys to the Metropolis Quantity One” — Robert Glasper
“Journey Into the Solar” — Brad Mehldau
“Reside-Motion” — Nate Smith
“Blues Blood” — Immanuel Wilkins
Finest conventional pop vocal album
“Wintersongs” — Laila Biali
“The Reward of Love” — Jennifer Hudson
“Who Believes in Angels?” — Elton John and Brandi Carlile
“Harlequin” — Girl Gaga
“A Matter of Time” — Laufey
“The Secret of Life: Companions, Quantity 2” — Barbra Streisand
Finest modern instrumental album
“Brightside” — Arkai
“Ones & Twos” — Gerald Clayton
“Beatrio” — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
“Simply Us” — Bob James and Dave Koz
“Shayan” — Charu Suri
Finest musical theater album
“Buena Vista Social Membership” — Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers (Unique Broadway Solid)
“Loss of life Turns into Her” — Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard and Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison and Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey and Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Unique Broadway Solid)
“Gypsy” — Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson and Pleasure Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai and George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Solid)
“Simply in Time” — Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence and Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick and Invoice Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer and lyricist) (Unique Broadway Solid)
“Perhaps Completely happy Ending” — Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron and Helen J. Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey and Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer and lyricist (Unique Broadway Solid)
Finest nation solo efficiency
“Nostril on the Grindstone” — Tyler Childers
“Good Information” — Shaboozey
“Dangerous as I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]” — Chris Stapleton
“I By no means Lie” — Zach Prime
“Someplace Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson
Finest nation duo/group efficiency
“A Tune to Sing” — Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson
“Love Me Like You Used to Do” — Margo Worth and Tyler Childers
“Amen” — Shaboozey and Jelly Roll
“Honky Tonk Corridor of Fame” — George Strait and Chris Stapleton
Finest nation tune
“Bitin’ Checklist” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
“Good Information” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman and Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)
“I By no means Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols and Zach Prime, songwriters (Zach Prime)
“Someplace Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)
“A Tune to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Finest conventional nation album
“Greenback a Day” — Charley Crockett
“American Romance” — Lukas Nelson
“Oh What a Lovely World” — Willie Nelson
“Onerous Headed Girl” — Margo Worth
“Ain’t in It for My Well being” — Zach Prime
Finest modern nation album
“Patterns” — Kelsea Ballerini
“Snipe Hunter” — Tyler Childers
“Evangeline vs. the Machine” — Eric Church
“Superbly Damaged” — Jelly Roll
“Postcards From Texas” — Miranda Lambert
Finest American roots efficiency
“Lonely Avenue” — Jon Batiste That includes Randy Newman
“Historical Mild” — I’m With Her
“Crimson and Clay” — Jason Isbell
“Richmond on the James” — Alison Krauss & Union Station
“Lovely Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Finest Americana efficiency
“Growth” — Sierra Hull
“Poison in My Effectively” — Maggie Rose and Grace Potter
“Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
“That’s Gonna Depart a Mark” — Molly Tuttle
“Horses” — Jesse Welles
Finest American roots tune
“Historical Mild” —Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
“Large Cash” —Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Foxes within the Snow” — Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
“Center” — Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles)
“Spitfire” — Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
Finest Americana album
“Large Cash” — Jon Batiste
“Bloom” — Larkin Poe
“Final Leaf on the Tree” — Willie Nelson
“So Lengthy Little Miss Sunshine” — Molly Tuttle
“Center” — Jesse Welles
Finest bluegrass album
“Carter & Cleveland” — Michael Cleveland and Jason Carter
“A Tip Toe Excessive Wire” — Sierra Hull
“Arcadia” — Alison Krauss & Union Station
“Outrun” — The Steeldrivers
“Freeway Prayers” — Billy Strings
Finest conventional blues album
“Ain’t Finished With the Blues” — Buddy Man
“Room on the Porch” — Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’
“One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey” — Maria Muldaur
“Look Out Freeway” — Charlie Musselwhite
“Younger Normal Methods” — Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush
Finest modern blues album
“Breakthrough” — Joe Bonamassa
“Paper Doll” — Samantha Fish
“A Tribute to LJK” — Eric Gales
“Preacher Youngsters” — Robert Randolph
“Household” — Southern Avenue
Finest people album
“What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow” — Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson
“Crown of Roses” — Patty Griffin
“Wild and Clear and Blue” — I’m With Her
“Foxes within the Snow” — Jason Isbell
“Underneath the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)” — Jesse Welles
Finest regional roots music album
“Reside at Vaughan’s” — Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet
“For Fats Man” — Preservation Brass and Preservation Corridor Jazz Band
“Church of New Orleans” — Kyle Roussel
“Second Line Sunday” — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band
“A Tribute to the King of Zydeco” — (Varied Artists)
Finest gospel efficiency/tune
“Do It Once more” — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
“Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Jonas Myrin, songwriters
“Nonetheless (Reside)” — Jonathan McReynolds and Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
“Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II and Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters
“Come Jesus Come” — Cece Winans That includes Shirley Caesar
Finest modern Christian music efficiency/tune
“I Know a Identify” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake and Jacob Sooter, songwriters
“Your Method’s Higher” — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank and Pera, songwriters
“Onerous Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford and Brandon Lake, songwriters
“Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller and Clifford Harris, songwriters
“Wonderful” — Darrel Partitions, PJ Morton; PJ Morton and Darrel Partitions, songwriters
Finest gospel album
“Sunny Days” — Yolanda Adams
“Tasha” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
“Reside Breathe Combat” — Tamela Mann
“Solely on the Highway (Reside)” — Tye Tribbett
“Coronary heart of Mine” — Darrel Partitions, PJ Morton
Finest modern Christian music album
“Baby of God II” — Forrest Frank
“Coritos Vol. 1” — Israel & New Breed
“King Of Hearts” — Brandon Lake
“Reconstruction” — Lecrae
“Let the Church Sing” — Tauren Wells
Finest roots gospel album
“I Will Not Be Moved (Reside)” — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
“Then Got here the Morning” — Gaither Vocal Band
“Reward & Worship: Extra Than a Hole Hallelujah” — The Isaacs
“Good Solutions” — Karen Peck & New River
“Again to My Roots” — Candi Staton
Finest Latin pop album
“Cosa Nuestra” — Rauw Alejandro
“Bogotá (Deluxe)” — Andrés Cepeda
“Tropicoqueta” — Karol G
“Cancionera” — Natalia Lafourcade
“¿Y ahora qué?” — Alejandro Sanz
Finest música urbana album
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Dangerous Bunny
“Mixteip” — J Balvin
“Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado” — Feid
“Naiki” — Nicki Nicole
“EUB Deluxe” — Trueno
“Sinfónico (En Vivo)” — Yandel
Finest Latin rock or different album
“Genes Rebeldes” — Aterciopelados
“Astropical” — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana and Astropical
“Papota” — Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso
“Algorhythm” — Los Wizzards
“Novela” — Fito Paez
Finest música Mexicana album (together with Tejano)
“Mala Mía” — Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera
“Y Lo Que Viene” — Grupo Frontera
“Sin Rodeos” — Paola Jara
“Palabra De To’s (Seca)” — Carín León
“Bobby Pulido & Mates Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)” — Bobby Pulido
Finest tropical Latin album
“Fotografías” — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado and Orquesta
“Raíces” — Gloria Estefan
“Clásicos 1.0” — Grupo Area of interest
“Bingo” — Alain Pérez
“Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2” — Gilberto Santa Rosa
Finest world music efficiency
“EoO” — Dangerous Bunny
“Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado
“Jerusalema” — Angélique Kidjo
“Inmigrante Y Que?” — Yeisy Rojas
“Shrini’s Dream (Reside)” — Shakti
“Dawn” — Anoushka Shankar That includes Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar
Finest African music efficiency
“Love” — Burna Boy
“With You” — Davido That includes Omah Lay
“Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo and Mehran Matin
“Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr That includes Wizkid
“Push 2 Begin” — Tyla
Finest world music album
“Sounds of Kumbha” — Siddhant Bhatia
“No Signal of Weak point” — Burna Boy
“Eclairer le monde – Mild the World” — Youssou N’Dour
“Thoughts Explosion (fiftieth Anniversary Tour Reside)” — Shakti
“Chapter III: We Return to Mild” — Anoushka Shankar That includes Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar
“Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo” — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Finest reggae album
“Treasure Self Love” — Lila Iké
“Coronary heart & Soul” — Vybz Kartel
“Blxxd & Fyah” — Keznamdi
“From Inside” — Mortimer
“No Place Like Dwelling” — Jesse Royal
Finest new age, ambient or chant album
“Kuruvinda” — Kirsten Agresta-Copely
“In keeping with the Moon” — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM and Dallas String Quartet
“Into the Forest” — Jahnavi Harrison
“Nomadica” — Carla Patullo That includes the Scorchio Quartet and Tonality
“The Colours in My Thoughts” — Chris Redding
Finest youngsters’s music album
“Ageless: 100 Years Younger” — Joanie Leeds and Joya
“Buddy’s Magic Tree Home” — Mega Ran
“Concord” — Fyütch and Aura V
“Herstory” — Flor Bromley
“The Music of Tori and the Muses” — Tori Amos
Finest comedy album
“Drop Useless Years” — Invoice Burr
“Postmortem” — Sarah Silverman
“Single Girl” — Ali Wong
“What Had Occurred Was…” — Jamie Foxx
“Your Buddy, Nate Bargatze” — Nate Bargatze
Finest audio e-book, narration and storytelling recording
“Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story” — Kathy Garver
“Into the Uncut Grass” — Trevor Noah
“Beautiful One: A Memoir” — Ketanji Brown Jackson
“Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” — Dalai Lama
“You Know It’s True: The Actual Story of Milli Vanilli” — Fab Morvan
“A Full Unknown” — Timothée Chalamet
“F1 The Album” — (Varied Artists)
“KPop Demon Hunters” — (Varied Artists)
“Sinners” — (Varied Artists)
“Depraved” — (Varied Artists)
“Methods to Prepare Your Dragon” — John Powell, composer
“Severance: Season 2” — Theodore Shapiro, composer
“Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson, composer
“Depraved” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers
“The Wild Robotic” — Kris Bowers, composer
“Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets and techniques of the Spires” — Pinar Toprak, composer
“Helldivers 2” — Wilbert Roget, II, composer
“Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle” — Gordy Haab, composer
“Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune” — Cody Matthew Johnson and Wilbert Roget, II, composers
“Sword of the Sea” — Austin Wintory, composer
“As Alive as You Want Me to Be [From “Tron: Ares”]” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (9 Inch Nails)
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” — Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
“I Lied to You [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
“By no means Too Late [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”]” — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
“Pale, Pale Moon [From “Sinners”]” — Ludwig Göransson and Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
“Sinners [From “Sinners”]” — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Inexperienced, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo and Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Finest music video
“Younger Lion” — Sade; Sophie Muller, video director; Sade and Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter; Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, video administrators; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer and Natan Schottenfels, video producers
“So Be It” — Clipse; Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer
“Nervousness” — Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes and Sophia Sabella, video producers
“Love” — OK Go; Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada and Damian Kulash Jr., video administrators; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Finest music movie
“Devo” — Devo; Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes and Chris Smith, video producers
“Reside on the Royal Albert Corridor” — Raye; Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou and Amy James, video producers
“Relentless” — Diane Warren; Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola and Kat Nguyen, video producers
“Music by John Williams” — John Williams; Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg and Justin Wilkes, video producers
“Piece by Piece” — Pharrell Williams; Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes and Pharrell Williams, video producers
Finest recording package deal
“And the Adjoining Doable” — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose and Yuri Suzuki, artwork administrators (OK Go)
“Balloonerism” — Bráulio Amado and Alim Smith, artwork administrators (Mac Miller)
“Danse Macabre: De Luxe” — Rory McCartney, artwork director (Duran Duran)
“Loud Is As” — Farbod Kokabi and Emily Sneddon, artwork administrators (Tsunami)
“Sequoia” — Tim Breen and Ken Shipley, artwork administrators (Varied Artists)
“The Spins (Image Disc Vinyl)” — Miller McCormick, artwork director (Mac Miller)
“Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums” — Meghan Foley and Michelle Holme, artwork administrators (Bruce Springsteen)
Finest album cowl
“Chromakopia” — Shaun Llewellyn and Luis “Panch” Perez, artwork administrators (Tyler, the Creator)
“The Crux” — William Wesley II, artwork director (Djo)
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, artwork director (Dangerous Bunny)
“Glory” — Cody Critcheloe and Andrew J.S., artwork administrators (Fragrance Genius)
“Moisturizer” — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki and Rhian Teasdale, artwork administrators (Moist Leg)
Finest album notes
“Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Lengthy: On Stage 1964-1974” — Scott B. Bomar, album notes author (Buck Owens and His Buckaroos)
“After the Final Sky” — Adam Shatz, album notes author (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates and Dave Holland)
“Árabe” — Amanda Ekery, album notes author (Amanda Ekery)
“The First Household: Reside at Winchester Cathedral 1967” — Alec Palao, album notes author (Sly & the Household Stone)
“A Ghost Is Born (twentieth Anniversary Deluxe Version)” — Bob Mehr, album notes author (Wilco)
“Miles ‘55: The Status Recordings” — Ashley Kahn, album notes author (Miles Davis)
Finest historic album
“Joni Mitchell Archives – Quantity 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)” — Patrick Milligan and Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
“The Making of 5 Leaves Left” — Cally Callomon and Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth and John Wooden, mastering engineers (Nick Drake)
“Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Trendy Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Varied Artists)
“Tremendous Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)” — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Varied Artists)
“You Can’t Hip a Sq.: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos” — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)
Finest engineered album, nonclassical
“All Issues Mild” — Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman and Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)
“Arcadia” — Neal Cappellino and Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
“For Melancholy Brunettes (& Unhappy Ladies)” — Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills and Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
“That Wasn’t a Dream” — Joseph Lorge and Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Finest engineered album, classical
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
“Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2” — Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra)
“Shostakovich: Girl Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell and Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Commonplace Stoppages” — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Invoice Maylone, Judith Sherman and David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
“Xmas” — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediaeval)
Producer of the 12 months, classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Sergei Kvitko
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Finest immersive audio album
“All American F—boy” — Andrew Regulation, immersive combine engineer (Duckwrth)
“Immersed” — Justin Grey, immersive combine engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Grey, Drew Jurecka and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Grey)
“An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Reside)” — Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive combine engineers; Andrés Mayo and Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Varied Artists)
“Tearjerkers” — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive combine engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
“Xmas” — Morten Lindberg, immersive combine engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen and Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediaeval)
Finest instrumental composition
“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Large Band, Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz)
“Reside Life This Day: Motion I” — Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Large Band and Danish Nationwide Symphony Orchestra)
“Lord, That’s a Lengthy Method” — Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
“Opening” — Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)
“Prepare to Emerald Metropolis” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
“Why You Right here / Earlier than the Solar Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson That includes Miles Caton)
Finest association, instrumental or a cappella
“Be Okay” — Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)
“A Baby Is Born” — Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Large Band and Remy Le Boeuf)
“Combat On” — Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)
“Tremendous Mario Reward Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen and Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Large Band)
Finest association, devices and vocals
“Large Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith That includes Säje)
“How Did She Look?” — Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
“Maintain an Eye on Summer time” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
“One thing within the Water (Acoustic-Ish)” — Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence and Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)
“What a Great World” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
Finest orchestral efficiency
“Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Michael Repper, conductor (Nationwide Philharmonic)
“Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Ravel: Boléro, M. 81” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
“Nonetheless & Bonds” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
“Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Actions” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Finest opera recording
“Heggie: Intelligence” — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges and Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
“Huang Ruo: An American Soldier” — Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen and Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown and Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
“Kouyoumdjian: Adoration” — Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell and Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir of Trinity Wall Road)
“O’Halloran: Commerce & Mary Motorhead” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh and John Molloy; Alex Dowling and Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish Nationwide Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
“Tesori: Grounded” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley and Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Refrain; George Brant)
Finest choral efficiency
“Advena – Liturgies for a Damaged World” — Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black and Michael Hawes; Conspirare)
“Childs: Within the Arms of the Beloved” — Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins and Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Grasp Chorale)
“Lang: Poor Hymnal” — Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler and Elisa Sutherland; the Crossing)
“Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, refrain grasp (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Grasp Chorale)
“Requiem of Mild” — Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan and Patti Drennan, refrain masters (Brian Giebler and Sangeeta Kaur; the Clarion Choir)
Finest chamber music/small ensemble efficiency
“Dennehy: Land Of Winter” — Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound
“La Mer – French Piano Trios” — Neave Trio
“Lullabies for the Brokenhearted” Lili Haydn and Paul Cantelon
“Slavic Periods” — Mak Grgić and Mateusz Kowalski
“Commonplace Stoppages” — Third Coast Percussion
Finest classical instrumental solo
“Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Picks From ’24 Negro Melodies’” — Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (Nationwide Philharmonic)
“Hope Orchestrated” — Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina and Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
“Inheritances” — Adam Tendler
“Worth: Piano Concerto in One Motion in D Minor” — Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
“Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos” — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works” — Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Finest classical solo vocal album
“Alike – My Mom’s Dream” — Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (Nationwide Symphonia Orchestra)
“Black Pierrot” — Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
“In This Brief Life” — Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist
“Kurtág: Kafka Fragments” — Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist
“Schubert Beatles” — Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel and Sam Weber)
“Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano” — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Competition Orchestra)
Finest classical compendium
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney and Mike Tierney, producers
“The Dunbar/Moore Periods, Vol. II” — Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
“Ortiz: Yanga” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
“Seven Seasons” — Janai Brugger, Isolde Honest, MB Gordy and Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Honest, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers
“Tombeaux” — Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew and Christina Sandsengen, producers
Finest modern classical composition
“Cerrone: Don’t Look Down” — Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick and Sandbox Percussion)
“Dennehy: Land of Winter” — Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound)
“León: Raíces (Origins)” — Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner and London Philharmonic Orchestra)
“Okpebholo: Songs in Flight” — Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez and Varied Artists)
“Ortiz: Dzonot” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)
