Premiere ceremony

Listed in no particular order.^[13]

• Shaggy
• Lzzy Hale of Halestorm
• Kalani Pe'a
• Questlove
• Cécile McLorin Salvant
• Tokimonsta
• Jimmy Jam

General

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)" – Lady Gaga
• "Colors" – Beck
• "Havana" (Live) – Camila Cabello
• "God Is a Woman" – Ariana Grande
• "Better Now" – Post Malone

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Shallow" – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• "Fall in Line" – Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Backstreet Boys
• "'S Wonderful" – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
• "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
• "Say Something" – Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
• "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• My Way – Willie Nelson
• Love Is Here to Stay – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
• Nat King Cole & Me – Gregory Porter
• Standards (Deluxe) – Seal
• The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! – Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Sweetener – Ariana Grande
• Camila – Camila Cabello
• Meaning of Life – Kelly Clarkson
• Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
• Beautiful Trauma – P!nk
• Reputation – Taylor Swift

Dance/Electronic Music

Best Dance Recording

• "Electricity" – Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
  • Jarami, Alex Metric, Riton & Silk City, producers; Josh Gudwin, mixer
• "Northern Soul" – Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford
  • Above & Beyond & Andrew Bayer, producers; Above & Beyond, mixers
• "Ultimatum" – Disclosure featuring Fatoumata Diawara
  • Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer
• "Losing It" – Fisher
  • Paul Nicholas Fisher, producer; Kevin Grainger, mixer
• "Ghost Voices" – Virtual Self
  • Porter Robinson, producer; Porter Robinson, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Woman Worldwide – Justice
• Singularity – Jon Hopkins
• Treehouse – Sofi Tukker
• Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides – SOPHIE
• Lune Rouge – TOKiMONSTA

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Steve Gadd Band – Steve Gadd Band
• The Emancipation Procrastination – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
• Modern Lore – Julian Lage
• Laid Black – Marcus Miller
• Protocol IV – Simon Phillips

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• "When Bad Does Good" – Chris Cornell (posthumous)
• "Four Out of Five" – Arctic Monkeys
• "Made an America" – Fever 333
• "Highway Tune" – Greta Van Fleet
• "Uncomfortable" – Halestorm

Best Metal Performance

• "Electric Messiah" – High on Fire
• "Condemned to the Gallows" – Between the Buried and Me
• "Honeycomb" – Deafheaven
• "Betrayer" – Trivium
• "On My Teeth" – Underoath

Best Rock Song

• "Masseduction"
  • Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
• "Black Smoke Rising"
  • Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka, & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
• "Jumpsuit"
  • Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
• "Mantra"
  • Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls, & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me the Horizon)
• "Rats"
  • Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)

Best Rock Album

• From the Fires – Greta Van Fleet
• Rainier Fog – Alice in Chains
• Mania – Fall Out Boy
• Prequelle – Ghost
• Pacific Daydream – Weezer

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Colors – Beck
• Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino – Arctic Monkeys
• Utopia – Björk
• American Utopia – David Byrne
• Masseduction – St. Vincent

R&B

Best R&B Performance

• "Best Part" – H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
• "Long as I Live" – Toni Braxton
• "Summer" – The Carters
• "Y O Y" – Lalah Hathaway
• "First Began" – PJ Morton

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" – Leon Bridges
• "How Deep Is Your Love" – PJ Morton featuring Yebba
• "Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight" – Bettye LaVette
• "Honest" – MAJOR.
• "Made for Love" – Charlie Wilson featuring Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song

• "Boo'd Up"
  • Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
• "Come Through and Chill"
  • Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Miguel featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi)
• "Feels Like Summer"
  • Donald Glover & Ludwig Göransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
• "Focus"
  • Darhyl Camper Jr., H.E.R. & Justin Love, songwriters (H.E.R.)
• "Long as I Live"
  • Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon, songwriters (Toni Braxton)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Everything Is Love – The Carters
• The Kids Are Alright – Chloe x Halle
• Chris Dave and the Drumhedz – Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
• War & Leisure – Miguel
• Ventriloquism – Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Album

• H.E.R. – H.E.R.
• Sex & Cigarettes – Toni Braxton
• Good Thing – Leon Bridges
• Honestly – Lalah Hathaway
• Gumbo Unplugged – PJ Morton

Rap

Best Rap Performance

• "King's Dead" – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
• "Bubblin" – Anderson .Paak
• "Be Careful" – Cardi B
• "Nice for What" – Drake
• "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott, Drake & Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
• "Like I Do" – Christina Aguilera featuring Goldlink
• "Pretty Little Fears" – 6lack featuring J. Cole
• "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• "Rockstar" – Post Malone featuring 21 Savage

Best Rap Song

• "God's Plan"
  • Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
• "King's Dead"
  • Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Axel Morgan, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake)
• "Lucky You"
  • R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J. Sweet, songwriters (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)
• "Sicko Mode"
  • Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake & Swae Lee)
• "Win"
  • K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)

Best Rap Album

• Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
• Swimming – Mac Miller
• Victory Lap – Nipsey Hussle
• Daytona – Pusha T
• Astroworld – Travis Scott

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

• "Butterflies" – Kacey Musgraves
• "Wouldn't It Be Great?" – Loretta Lynn
• "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" – Maren Morris
• "Millionaire" – Chris Stapleton
• "Parallel Line" – Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Tequila" – Dan + Shay
• "Shoot Me Straight" – Brothers Osborne
• "When Someone Stops Loving You" – Little Big Town
• "Dear Hate" – Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
• "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

Best Country Song

• "Space Cowboy"
  • Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
• "Break Up in the End"
  • Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite, songwriters (Cole Swindell)
• "Dear Hate"
  • Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill)
• "I Lived It"
  • Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
• "Tequila"
  • Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds & Dan Smyers, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
• "When Someone Stops Loving You"
  • Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Little Big Town)

Best Country Album

• Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
• Unapologetically – Kelsea Ballerini
• Port Saint Joe – Brothers Osborne
• Girl Going Nowhere – Ashley McBryde
• From a Room: Volume 2 – Chris Stapleton

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Opium Moon – Opium Moon
• Hiraeth – Lisa Gerrard & David Kuckhermann
• Beloved – Snatam Kaur
• Molecules of Motion – Steve Roach
• Moku Maluhia: Peaceful Island – Jim Kimo West

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• "Don't Fence Me In" – John Daversa, soloist
• "Some of That Sunshine" – Regina Carter, soloist
• "We See" – Fred Hersch, soloists
• "De-Dah" – Brad Mehldau, soloist
• "Cadenas" – Miguel Zenón, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• The Window – Cécile McLorin Salvant
• My Mood Is You – Freddy Cole
• The Questions – Kurt Elling
• The Subject Tonight Is Love – Kate McGarry with Keith Ganz & Gary Versace
• If You Really Want – Raul Midón with Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Emanon – The Wayne Shorter Quartet
• Diamond Cut – Tia Fuller
• Live in Europe – Fred Hersch Trio
• Seymour Reads the Constitution! – Brad Mehldau Trio
• Still Dreaming – Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom – John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists
• All About That Basie – Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart
• Presence – Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
• All Can Work – John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
• Barefoot Dances and Other Visions – Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Back to the Sunset – Dafnis Prieto Big Band
• Heart of Brazil – Eddie Daniels
• West Side Story Reimagined – Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
• Cinque – Elio Villafranca
• Yo Soy La Tradición – Miguel Zenón featuring Spektral Quartet

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "Never Alone" – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
  • Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters
• "You Will Win" – Jekalyn Carr
  • Allen Carr & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters
• "Won't He Do It" – Koryn Hawthorne
  • Koryn Hawthorne
• "Cycles" – Jonathan McReynolds featuring DOE
  • Jonathan McReynolds & Will Reagan, songwriters
• "A Great Work" – Brian Courtney Wilson
  • Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "You Say" – Lauren Daigle
  • Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters
• "Reckless Love" – Cory Asbury
  • Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson, songwriters
• "Joy." – For King & Country
  • Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
• "Grace Got You" – MercyMe featuring John Reuben
  • David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds & John Reuben, songwriters
• "Known" – Tauren Wells
  • Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
• One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr
• Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds
• The Other Side – The Walls Group
• A Great Work – Brian Courtney Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
• Hallelujah Here Below – Elevation Worship
• Living With a Fire – Jesus Culture
• Surrounded – Michael W. Smith
• Survivor: Live from Harding Prison – Zach Williams

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Unexpected – Jason Crabb
• Clear Skies – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
• Favorites: Revisited by Request – The Isaacs
• Still Standing – The Martins
• Love Love Love – Gordon Mote

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• Sincera – Claudia Brant
• Prometo – Pablo Alborán
• Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos), Vol 2 – Natalia Lafourcade
• 2:00 AM – Raquel Sofía
• Vives – Carlos Vives

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• Aztlán – Zoé
• Claroscura – Aterciopelados
• COASTCITY – COASTCITY
• Encanto Tropical – Monsieur Periné
• Gourmet – Orishas

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• ¡México Por Siempre! – Luis Miguel
• Primero Soy Mexicana – Ángela Aguilar
• Mitad y Mitad – Calibre 50
• Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II – Aida Cuevas
• Cruzando Borders – Los Texmaniacs
• Leyendas de Mi Pueblo – Mariachi Sol de Mexico de José Hernández

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Anniversary – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
• Pa' Mi Gente – Charlie Aponte
• Legado – Formell y Los Van Van
• Orquesta Akokán – Orquesta Akokán
• Ponle Actitud – Felipe Peláez

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance

• "The Joke" – Brandi Carlile
• "Kick Rocks" – Sean Ardoin
• "St. James Infirmary Blues" – Jon Batiste
• "All on My Mind" – Anderson East
• "Last Man Standing" – Willie Nelson

Best American Roots Song

• "The Joke"
  • Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
• "All the Trouble"
  • Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack)
• "Build a Bridge"
  • Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples)
• "Knockin' on Your Screen Door"
  • Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
• "Summer's End"
  • Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album

• By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile
• Things Have Changed – Bettye LaVette
• The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine
• The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone – Lee Ann Womack
• One Drop of Truth – The Wood Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Travelin' McCourys – The Travelin' McCourys
• Portraits in Fiddles – Mike Barnett
• Sister Sadie II – Sister Sadie
• Rivers and Roads – The Special Consensus
• North of Despair – Wood & Wire

Best Traditional Blues Album

• The Blues Is Alive and Well – Buddy Guy
• Something Smells Funky 'Round Here – Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
• Benton County Relic – Cedric Burnside
• No Mercy in This Land – Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
• Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) – Maria Muldaur

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Please Don't Be Dead – Fantastic Negrito
• Here in Babylon – Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps
• Cry No More – Danielle Nicole
• Out of the Blues – Boz Scaggs
• Victor Wainwright and the Train – Victor Wainwright and the Train

Best Folk Album

• All Ashore – Punch Brothers
• Whistle Down the Wind – Joan Baez
• Black Cowboys – Dom Flemons
• Rifles & Rosary Beads – Mary Gauthier
• Weed Garden – Iron & Wine

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• No 'Ane'i – Kalani Pe'a
• Kreole Rock and Soul – Sean Ardoin
• Spyboy – Cha Wa
• Aloha from Na Hoa – Na Hoa
• Mewasinsational: Cree Round Dance Songs – Young Spirit

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• 44/876 – Sting & Shaggy
• As the World Turns – Black Uhuru
• Reggae Forever – Etana
• Rebellion Rises – Ziggy Marley
• A Matter of Time – Protoje

World Music

Best World Music Album

• Freedom – Soweto Gospel Choir
• Deran – Bombino
• Fenfo – Fatoumata Diawara
• Black Times – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
• The Lost Songs of World War II – Yiddish Glory

Children's

Best Children's Album

• All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
• Building Blocks – Tim Kubart
• Falu's Bazaar – Falu
• Giants of Science – The Pop Ups
• The Nation of Imagine – FRANK & DEANE

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• Faith: A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter
• Accessory to War – Courtney B. Vance
• Calypso – David Sedaris
• Creative Quest – Questlove
• The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle
• Annihilation – Patton Oswalt
• Noble Ape – Jim Gaffigan
• Standup for Drummers – Fred Armisen
• Tamborine – Chris Rock

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

• The Band's Visit – Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari'el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
• Carousel – Renée Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)
• Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Andrew Lloyd Webber & Harvey Mason Jr., producers (Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast)
• My Fair Lady – Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Van Dean, David Lai, & Ted Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)
• Once on This Island – Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• The Greatest Showman – Hugh Jackman (& various artists)
  • Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Greg Wells, compilation producers
• Call Me by Your Name – (Various artists)
  • Luca Guadagnino, compilation producer; Robin Urdang, music supervisor
• Deadpool 2 – (Various artists)
  • David Leitch & Ryan Reynolds, compilation producers; John Houlihan, music supervisor
• Lady Bird – (Various artists)
  • Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Michael Hill & Brian Ross, music supervisors
• Stranger Things – (Various artists)
  • Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Nora Felder, music supervisor

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson, composer
• Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers
• Coco – Michael Giacchino, composer
• The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat, composer
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Shallow" (from A Star Is Born)
  • Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
• "All the Stars" (from Black Panther)
  • Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
• "Mystery of Love" (from Call Me by Your Name)
  • Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)
• "Remember Me" (from Coco)
  • Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel featuring Natalia Lafourcade)
• "This Is Me" (from The Greatest Showman)
  • Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble)

Composing

Best Instrumental Composition

• "Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil)"
  • Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard)
• "Chrysalis"
  • Jeremy Kittel, composer (Kittel & Co.)
• "Infinity War"
  • Alan Silvestri, composer (Alan Silvestri)
• "Mine Mission"
  • John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)
• "The Shape of Water"
  • Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)

Arranging

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• "Stars and Stripes Forever"
  • John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists)
• "Batman Theme (TV)"
  • Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis)
• "Change the World"
  • Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)
• "Madrid Finale"
  • John Powell, arranger (John Powell)
• "The Shape of Water"
  • Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• "Spiderman Theme"
  • Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)
• "It Was a Very Good Year"
  • Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arrangers (Willie Nelson)
• "Jolene"
  • Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)
• "Mona Lisa"
  • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)
• "Niña"
  • Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)

Packaging

Best Recording Package

• Masseduction
  • Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent)
• Be the Cowboy
  • Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)
• Love Yourself: Tear
  • Doohee Lee, art director (BTS)
• The Offering
  • Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (The Chairman)
• Well Kept Thing
  • Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
• Appetite for Destruction (Locked n' Loaded Box)
  • Arian Buhler, Charles Dooher, Jeff Fura, Scott Sandler & Matt Taylor, art directors (Guns N' Roses)
• I'll Be Your Girl
  • Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)
• Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
  • Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Roy Henry Vickers, art directors (Grateful Dead)
• Too Many Bad Habits
  • Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Johnny Nicholas)

Notes

Best Album Notes

• Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
  • David Evans, album notes writer (Various artists)
• Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924
  • James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various artists)
• 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument
  • Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writer (Charles A. Asbury)
• The 1960 Time Sessions
  • Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)
• The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra
  • David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various artists)
• Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)
  • Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)

Historical

Best Historical Album

• Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
  • William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various artists)
• Any Other Way
  • Rob Bowman, Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineer (Jackie Shane)
• At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight...
  • Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)
• Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War
  • Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)
• A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (Oscar Levant)

Production, Non-Classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Colors
  • Julian Burg, Şerban Ghenea, David "Elevator" Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck)
• All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do
  • Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (The Milk Carton Kids)
• Earthtones
  • Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)
• Head Over Heels
  • Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel, Şerban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Emerson Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)
• Voicenotes
  • Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Pharrell Williams
  • "Apeshit" (The Carters)
  • Man of the Woods (Justin Timberlake)
  • No One Ever Really Dies (N.E.R.D)
  • "Stir Fry" (Migos)
  • Sweetener (Ariana Grande)
• Boi-1da
  • "Be Careful" (Cardi B)
  • "Diplomatic Immunity" (Drake)
  • "Friends" (The Carters)
  • "God's Plan" (Drake)
  • "Heard About Us" (The Carters)
  • "Lucky You" (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)
  • "Mob Ties" (Drake)
  • "No Limit" (G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky & Cardi B)
• Larry Klein
  • "All These Things" (Thomas Dybdahl)
  • Anthem (Madeleine Peyroux)
  • The Book of Longing (Luciana Souza)
  • "Can I Have It All" (Thomas Dybdahl)
  • Junk (Hailey Tuck)
  • "Look at What We've Done" (Thomas Dybdahl)
  • Meaning to Tell Ya (Molly Johnson)
• Linda Perry
  • "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Willa Amai)
  • Served Like a Girl (Various artists)
  • 28 Days in the Valley (Dorothy)
• Kanye West
  • Daytona (Pusha T)
  • Kids See Ghosts (Kids See Ghosts)
  • K.T.S.E. (Teyana Taylor)
  • Nasir (Nas)
  • Ye (Kanye West)

Best Remixed Recording

• "Walking Away" (Mura Masa Remix)
  • Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)
• "Audio" (CID Remix)
  • CID, remixer (LSD)
• "How Long" (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix)
  • Maurizio Colella & Christian Hirt, remixers (Charlie Puth)
• "Only Road" (Cosmic Gate Remix)
  • Stefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden featuring Sub Teal)
• "Stargazing" (Kaskade Remix)
  • Kaskade, remixer (Kygo featuring Justin Jesso)

Production, Immersive Audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition
  • Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project)
• Folketoner
  • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
• Seven Words from the Cross
  • Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
• Sommerro: Ujamaa & the Iceberg
  • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
• Symbol
  • Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
  • Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
  • Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
  • Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• John Williams at the Movies
  • Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)
• Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson
  • Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
• Visions and Variations
  • Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
  • Arnesen: Infinity – Choral Works (Joel Rinsema & Kantorei)
  • Aspects of America (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)
  • Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
  • Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore, Elisabeth Leone, Maximillian Macias, Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Daniel Belcher, Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus & Houston Grand Opera Orchestra)
  • Haydn: The Creation (Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Betsy Cook Weber, Houston Symphony & Houston Symphony Chorus)
  • Heggie: Great Scott (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
  • Music of Fauré, Buide & Zemlinsky (Trio Séléné)
  • Paterson: Three Way – A Trio of One-Act Operas (Dean Williamson, Daniele Pastin, Courtney Ruckman, Eliza Bonet, Melisa Bonetti, Jordan Rutter, Samuel Levine, Wes Mason, Matthew Treviño & Nashville Opera Orchestra)
  • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
• David Frost
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss)
  • Mirror in Mirror (Anne Akiko Meyers, Kristjan Järvi & Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • Mozart: Idomeneo (James Levine, Alan Opie, Matthew Polenzani, Alice Coote, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
  • Presentiment (Orion Weiss)
  • Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (Sebastian Weigle, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Elizabeth Ostrow
  • Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
  • The Road Home (Joshua Habermann & Santa Fe Desert Chorale)
• Judith Sherman
  • Beethoven Unbound (Llŷr Williams)
  • Black Manhattan Volume 3 (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
  • Bolcom: Piano Music (Various artists)
  • Del Tredici: March to Tonality (Mark Peskanov & various artists)
  • Love Comes in at the Eye (Timothy Jones, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Jeffrey Sykes, Anthony Ross, Carol Cook, Beth Rapier & Stephanie Jutt)
  • Meltzer: Variations on a Summer Day & Piano Quartet (Abigail Fischer, Jayce Ogren & Sequitur)
  • Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Marcy Rosen & Lydia Artymiw)
  • New Music for Violin and Piano (Julie Rosenfeld & Peter Miyamoto)
  • Reich: Pulse/Quartet (Colin Currie Group & International Contemporary Ensemble)
• Dirk Sobotka
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
  • Lippencott: Frontier Symphony (Jeff Lippencott & Ligonier Festival Orchestra)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Thierry Fischer, Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Utah Symphony)
  • Music of the Americas (Andrés Orozco-Estrada & Houston Symphony)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

• Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
  • Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
  • Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4
  • Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works
  • David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)
• Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
  • Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

• Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
  • Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
• Adams: Doctor Atomic
  • John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (The BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)
• Lully: Alceste
  • Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Chœur de chambre de Namur)
• Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier
  • Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Verdi: Rigoletto
  • Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men of the Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance

• McLoskey: Zealot Canticles
  • Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
• Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes
  • Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
• Kastalsky: Memory Eternal
  • Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
• Rachmaninov: The Bells
  • Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• Seven Words from the Cross
  • Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Anderson, Laurie: Landfall – Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
• Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach – The Danish String Quartet
• Blueprinting – Aizuri Quartet
• Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos – Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
• Visions and Variations – A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Kernis: Violin Concerto – James Ehnes
  • Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
• Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang
  • Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Biber: The Mystery Sonatas – Christina Day Martinson
  • Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)
• Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
  • Joshua Bell (The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields)
• Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square
  • Craig Morris

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Songs of Orpheus: Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India & Landi – Karim Sulayman
  • Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles
• ARC – Anthony Roth Costanzo
  • Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons du Roy)
• The Handel Album – Philippe Jaroussky
  • Artaserse, ensemble
• Mirages – Sabine Devieilhe
  • François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & Jodie Devos; Les Siècles)
• Schubert: Winterreise – Randall Scarlata
  • Gilbert Kalish, accompanist

Best Classical Compendium

• Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush
  • JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
• Gold
  • The King's Singers; Nigel Short, producer
• The John Adams Edition
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer
• John Williams at the Movies
  • Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
• Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi
  • Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Kernis: Violin Concerto
  • Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
• Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
  • Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
• Du Yun: Air Glow
  • Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)
• Heggie: Great Scott
  • Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
• Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin
  • Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

• "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
  • Hiro Murai, video directors; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers
• "Apeshit" – The Carters
  • Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers
• "I'm Not Racist" – Joyner Lucas
  • Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer
• "Pynk" – Janelle Monáe
  • Emma Westenburg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers
• "Mumbo Jumbo" – Tierra Whack
  • Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer

Best Music Film

• Quincy – Quincy Jones
  • Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer
• Life in 12 Bars – Eric Clapton
  • Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers
• Whitney – (Whitney Houston)
  • Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers
• Itzhak – Itzhak Perlman
  • Alison Chernick, video director; Alison Chernick, video producer
• The King – (Elvis Presley)
  • Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Dolly Parton

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Black Sabbath
• George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
• Billy Eckstine
• Donny Hathaway
• Julio Iglesias
• Sam & Dave
• Dionne Warwick

Trustees Award

• Lou Adler
• Ashford & Simpson
• Johnny Mandel

Technical Grammy Award

• Saul Walker

Music Educator Award

• Jeffery Redding (of West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida)