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The 2026 Grammys are just days away on Sunday, February 1st, and from the performers, presenters, and nominees, it’s shaping up to be an epic year. Just like last year, Kendrick Lamar leads the pack as the most-nominated artist with nine, reminding everyone that he’s a talented and unstoppable force. Right behind him are Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut, each pulling in seven nods. 

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Then there’s the six-nomination club: Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas, Sabrina Carpenter, and Serban Ghenea, representing a mix of genres like Latin, R&B, and pop. SZA, Doechii, Clipse, and Tyler, the Creator follow closely with five nominations each.

Record of the year

• “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “Anxiety” — Doechii
• “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish
• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
• “luther” — Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA
• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
• “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

Album of the year

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
• SWAG — Justin Bieber
• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
• Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
• GNX — Kendrick Lamar
• MUTT — Leon Thomas
• CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator

Song of the year

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
• “Anxiety” — Doechii
• “APT” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
• “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters) — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
• “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish

Best new artist

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• Olivia Dean
• KATSEYE
• The Marías
• Addison Rae
• sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Producer of the year (non-classical)

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

Songwriter of the year (non-classical)

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

Latin, global, reggae & new age/ambient/chant

Best Latin pop album

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• Cosa Nuestra — Rauw Alejandro
• BOGOTÁ DELUXE — Andrés Cepeda
• Tropicoqueta — KAROL G
• Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
• Y ahora qué — Alejandro Sanz

Best música urbana album

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
• Mixteip — J Balvin
• FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado — Feid
• NAIKI — Nicki Nicole
• EUB DELUXE — Trueno
• SINFÓNICO — En Vivo — Yandel

Best Latin rock or alternative album

• Genes Rebeldes — Aterciopelados
• ASTROPICAL — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
• PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
• ALGORHYTHM — Los Wizzards
• Novela — Fito Paez

Best música mexicana album (including 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 & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande – En Vivo — Bobby Pulido

Best tropical Latin album

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

Best global music performance

• “EoO” — Bad Bunny
• “Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado
• “JERUSALEMA” — Angélique Kidjo
• “Inmigrante Y Que” — Yeisy Rojas
• “Shrini’s Dream — Live” — Shakti
• “Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Best African music performance

• “Love” — Burna Boy
• “With You” — Davido feat. Omah Lay
• “Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
• “Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr feat. Wizkid
• “PUSH 2 START” — Tyla

Best global music album

• Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia
• No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
• Eclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour
• Mind Explosion – 50th Anniversary Tour Live — Shakti
• Chapter III: We Return To Light — Anoushka Shankar
• Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia

Best reggae album

• Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké
• Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel
• BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
• From Within — Mortimer
• No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal

Best new age, ambient, or chant album

• Kuruvinda — Kirsten Agresta-Copely
• According To The Moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet
• Into The Forest — Jahnavi Harrison
• NOMADICA — Carla Patullo feat. The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
• The Colors In My Mind — Chris Redding

Pop & dance/electronic

Best pop solo performance

• “DAISIES” — Justin Bieber
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “Disease” — Lady Gaga
• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
• “Messy” — Lola Young

Best pop duo/group performance

• “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
• “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters) — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
• “Gabriela” — KATSEYE
• “APT” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• “30 For 30” — SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar

Best pop vocal album

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• SWAG — Justin Bieber
• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
• Something Beautiful — Miley Cyrus
• MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
• I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy — Part 2 — Teddy Swims

Best dance/electronic recording

• “No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
• “Victory Lap” — Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax
• “SPACE INVADER” — KAYTRANADA
• “VOLTAGE” — Skrillex
• “End Of Summer” — Tame Impala

Best dance pop recording

• “Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez & benny blanco
• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
• “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson
• “Just Keep Watching” (from F1® The Movie) — Tate McRae
• “Illegal” — PinkPantheress

Best dance/electronic album

• EUSEXUA — FKA twigs
• Ten Days — Fred again..
• Fancy That — PinkPantheress
• Inhale / Exhale — RÜFÜS DU SOL
• F— U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 — Skrillex

Best remixed recording

• “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein
• “Don’t Forget About Us” — Mariah Carey & KAYTRANADA (remix: KAYTRANADA)
• “A Dreams A Dream (Ron Trent Remix)” — Soul II Soul (remix: Ron Trent)
• “Galvanize” — The Chemical Brothers (remix: Chris Lake)
• “Golden (David Guetta REM/X)” — HUNTR/X (remix: David Guetta)

Rock, metal & alternative

Best rock performance

• “U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and The Sniffers
• “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
• “NEVER ENOUGH” — Turnstile
• “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
• “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning” — YUNGBLUD feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

Best metal performance

• “Night Terror” — Dream Theater
• “Lachryma” — Ghost
• “Emergence” — Sleep Token
• “Soft Spine” — Spiritbox
• “BIRDS” — Turnstile

Best rock song

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Nine Inch Nails
• “Caramel” — Sleep Token
• “Glum” — Hayley Williams
• “NEVER ENOUGH” — Turnstile
• “Zombie” — YUNGBLUD

Best rock album

• private music — Deftones
• I quit — HAIM
• From Zero — Linkin Park
• NEVER ENOUGH — Turnstile
• Idols — YUNGBLUD

Best alternative music performance

• “Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver
• “Alone” — The Cure
• “SEEIN’ STARS” — Turnstile
• “mangetout” — Wet Leg
• “Parachute” — Hayley Williams

Best alternative music album

• SABLE, fABLE — Bon Iver
• Songs Of A Lost World — The Cure
• DON’T TAP THE GLASS — Tyler, The Creator
• moisturizer — Wet Leg
• Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party — Hayley Williams

Best R&B performance

• “YUKON” — Justin Bieber
• “It Depends” — Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• “Folded” — Kehlani
• “MUTT — Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk” — Leon Thomas
• “Heart Of A Woman” — Summer Walker

Best traditional R&B performance

• “Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr
• “UPTOWN” — Lalah Hathaway
• “LOVE YOU TOO” — Ledisi
• “Crybaby” — SZA
• “VIBES DON’T LIE” — Leon Thomas

Best R&B song

• “Folded” — Kehlani
• “Heart Of A Woman” — Summer Walker
• “It Depends” — Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• “Overqualified” — Durand Bernarr
• “YES IT IS” — Leon Thomas

Best progressive R&B album

• BLOOM — Durand Bernarr
• Adjust Brightness — Bilal
• LOVE ON DIGITAL — Destin Conrad
• Access All Areas — FLO
• Come As You Are — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon

Best R&B album

• BELOVED — GIVĒON
• Why Not More — Coco Jones
• The Crown — Ledisi
• Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
• MUTT — Leon Thomas

Best rap performance

• “Outside” — Cardi B
• “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
• “Anxiety” — Doechii
• “tv off” — Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
• “Darling, I” — Tyler, The Creator feat. Teezo Touchdown

Best melodic rap performance

• “Proud Of Me” — Fridayy feat. Meek Mill
• “Wholeheartedly” — JID feat. Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
• “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
• “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat. Rapsody
• “SOMEBODY LOVES ME” — PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake

Best rap song

• “Anxiety” — Doechii
• “The Birds Don’t Sing” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. John Legend & Voices Of Fire
• “Sticky” — Tyler, The Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
• “TGIF” — GloRilla
• “tv off” — Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay

Best rap album

• Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• GLORIOUS — GloRilla
• God Does Like Ugly — JID
• GNX — Kendrick Lamar
• CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator

Best spoken word poetry album

• A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that — partially recorded live… — Queen Sheba
• Black Shaman — Marc Marcel
• Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
• Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends
• Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz

Best jazz performance

• “Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin feat. Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield
• “Windows — Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• “Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy
• “Four” — Michael Mayo
• “All Stars Lead To You — Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber

Best jazz vocal album

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

Best jazz instrumental album

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

Best large jazz ensemble album

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

Best Latin Jazz Album

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

Best alternative jazz album

• honey from a winter stone — Ambrose Akinmusire
• Keys To The City Volume One — Robert Glasper
• Ride into the Sun — Brad Mehldau
• LIVE-ACTION — Nate Smith
• Blues Blood — Immanuel Wilkins

Best traditional pop vocal album

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

Best contemporary instrumental album

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

Best musical theater album

• Buena Vista Social Club — Original Broadway Cast
• Death Becomes Her — Original Broadway Cast
• Gypsy — 2024 Broadway Cast
• Just In Time — Original Broadway Cast

Country & American roots

Best country solo performance

• “Nose On The Grindstone” — Tyler Childers
• “Good News” — Shaboozey
• “Bad As I Used To Be” (from F1® The Movie) — Chris Stapleton
• “I Never Lie” — Zach Top
• “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson

Best country duo/group performance

• “A Song To Sing” — Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton
• “Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
• “Love Me Like You Used To Do” — Margo Price & Tyler Childers
• “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
• “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame” — George Strait & Chris Stapleton

Best country song

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

Best traditional country album

• Dollar A Day — Charley Crockett
• American Romance — Lukas Nelson
• Oh What A Beautiful World — Willie Nelson
• Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price
• Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top

Best contemporary country album

• Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini
• Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers
• Evangeline Vs. The Machine — Eric Church
• Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
• Postcards From Texas — Miranda Lambert

Best American roots performance

• “LONELY AVENUE” — Jon Batiste feat. Randy Newman
• “Ancient Light” — I’m With Her
• “Crimson And Clay” — Jason Isbell
• “Richmond On The James” — Alison Krauss & Union Station
• “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples

Best Americana performance

• “Boom” — Sierra Hull
• “Poison In My Well” — Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
• “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
• “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark” — Molly Tuttle
• “Horses” — Jesse Welles

Best American roots song

• “Ancient Light” — I’m With Her
• “BIG MONEY” — Jon Batiste
• “Foxes In The Snow” — Jason Isbell
• “Middle” — Jesse Welles
• “Spitfire” — Sierra Hull

Best Americana album

• BIG MONEY — Jon Batiste
• Bloom — Larkin Poe
• Last Leaf On The Tree — Willie Nelson
• So Long Little Miss Sunshine — Molly Tuttle
• Middle — Jesse Welles

Best bluegrass album

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

Best traditional blues album

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

Best contemporary blues album

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

Best folk album

• What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow — Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
• Crown Of Roses — Patty Griffin
• Wild And Clear And Blue — I’m With Her
• Foxes In The Snow — Jason Isbell
• Under The Powerlines April 24 – September 24 — Jesse Welles

Best regional roots music album

• Live At Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet
• For Fat Man — Preservation Brass
• Church Of New Orleans — Kyle Roussel
• Second Line Sunday — Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band
• A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco — (Various Artists)

Gospel & contemporary Christian

Best gospel performance/song

• “Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin
• “Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend
• “Still — Live” — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts
• “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.
• “Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans feat. Shirley Caesar

Best contemporary Christian music performance/song

• “I Know A Name” — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake
• “YOUR WAY’S BETTER” — Forrest Frank
• “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
• “Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.
• “Amazing” — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton

Best gospel album

• Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
• Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
• Only On The Road Live — Tye Tribbett
• Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton

Best contemporary Christian music album

• CHILD OF GOD II — Forrest Frank
• Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
• King Of Hearts — Brandon Lake
• Reconstruction — Lecrae
• Let The Church Sing — Tauren Wells

Best roots gospel album

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

Children’s, comedy, audio books, visual media & music video/film

Best children’s music album

• Ageless: 100 Years Young — Joanie Leeds & Joya
• Buddy’s Magic Tree House — Mega Ran
• Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V
• Herstory — Flor Bromley
• The Music Of Tori And The Muses — Tori Amos

Best comedy album

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

Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording

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

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

• A Complete Unknown — Timothée Chalamet
• F1® The Album — (Various Artists)
• KPop Demon Hunters — (Various Artists)
• Sinners — (Various Artists)
• Wicked — Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande (& Wicked Movie Cast)

Best score soundtrack for visual media (film/TV)

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

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

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

Best song written for visual media

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (from TRON: Ares) — Nine Inch Nails
• “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters) — HUNTR/X
• “I Lied to You” (from Sinners) — Miles Caton
• “Never Too Late” (from Elton John: Never Too Late) — Elton John & Brandi Carlile
• “Pale, Pale Moon” (from Sinners) — Jayme Lawson
• “Sinners” (from Sinners) — Rod Wave

Best music video

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

Best music film

• Devo — Devo
• Live At The Royal Albert Hall — Raye
• Relentless — Diane Warren
• Music By John Williams — John Williams
• Piece By Piece — Pharrell Williams

Package, notes & historical

Best recording package

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

Best album cover

• CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator
• The Crux — Djo
• Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
• Glory — Perfume Genius
• moisturizer — Wet Leg

Best album notes

• Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 — Buck Owens And His Buckaroos
• After The Last Sky — Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland
• Árabe — Amanda Ekery
• The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 — Sly & The Family Stone
• A Ghost Is Born — 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition — Wilco
• Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings — Miles Davis

Best historical album

• Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years — 1976-1980 — Joni Mitchell
• The Making Of Five Leaves Left — Nick Drake
• 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 — (Various Artists)
• You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos — Doc Pomus

Production, engineering, composition & arrangement

Best engineered album, non-classical

• All Things Light — Cam
• Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station
• For Melancholy Brunettes & sad women — Japanese Breakfast
• That Wasn’t A Dream — Pino Palladino And Blake Mills

Best engineered album, classical

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Sandbox Percussion
• Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 — Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra
• Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District — Andris Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Standard Stoppages — Third Coast Percussion
• Yule — Trio Mediæval

Producer of the year, classical

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

Best immersive audio album

• All American F—boy — Duckwrth
• Immersed — Justin Gray
• An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla — Live — (Various Artists)
• Tearjerkers — Tearjerkers
• Yule — Trio Mediæval

Best instrumental composition

• “First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf
• “Live Life This Day: Movement I” — Miho Hazama
• “Lord, That’s A Long Way” — Sierra Hull
• “Opening” — Zain Effendi
• “Train To Emerald City” — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
• “Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down” — Ludwig Göransson

Best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella

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

Best arrangement, instruments and vocals

• “Big Fish” — Nate Smith feat. säje
• “How Did She Look” — Seth MacFarlane
• “Keep An Eye On Summer” — Jacob Collier
• “Something In The Water — Acoustic-Ish” — Lawrence
• “What A Wonderful World” — Cody Fry

Classical

Best orchestral performance

• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture… — National Philharmonic (Michael Repper)
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons)
• Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 — Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela (Gustavo Dudamel)
• Still & Bonds — The Philadelphia Orchestra (Yannick Nézet-Séguin)
• Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements — San Francisco Symphony (Esa-Pekka Salonen)

Best opera recording

• Heggie: Intelligence — Houston Grand Opera
• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier — American Composers Orchestra
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration — Silvana Quartet / The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street
• O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead — Irish National Opera Orchestra
• Tesori: Grounded — The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Chorus

Best choral performance

• Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World — Conspirare
• Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved — Los Angeles Master Chorale
• Lang: Poor Hymnal — The Crossing
• Ortiz: Yanga — Los Angeles Philharmonic / Los Angeles Master Chorale
• Requiem Of Light — The Clarion Choir

Best chamber music/small ensemble performance

• Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Alarm Will Sound
• La Mer – French Piano Trios — Neave Trio
• Lullabies For The Brokenhearted — Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon
• Slavic Sessions — Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski
• Standard Stoppages — Third Coast Percussion

Best classical instrumental solo

• Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From 24 Negro Melodies — Curtis Stewart
• Hope Orchestrated — Mary Dawood Catlin
• Inheritances — Adam Tendler
• Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor — Han Chen
• Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos — Yo-Yo Ma
• Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works — Yuja Wang

Best classical solo vocal album

• Alike – My Mother’s Dream — Allison Charney
• Black Pierrot — Sidney Outlaw
• In This Short Life — Devony Smith
• Kurtág: Kafka Fragments — Susan Narucki
• Schubert Beatles — Theo Hoffman
• Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano — Amanda Forsythe

Best classical compendium

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

Best contemporary classical composition

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Christopher Cerrone
• Dennehy: Land Of Winter — Donnacha Dennehy
• León: Raíces — Origins — Tania León
• Okpebholo: Songs In Flight — Shawn E. Okpebholo
• Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz