List Compiled by Sam Long | Assistant Lifestyles Editor
Are y’all ready for the Grammy’s this year? With the music industry revived, this year’s Grammy Awards are chock full of competitive nominations and performances from record-breaking artists. The 64th-year ceremony includes several MTSU alumni, including Maria Elise Ayerbe for Best Latin Pop Album and Ceylon Wise and Ashley Brooks Wise for Best Children’s Album.
The award ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, will broadcast at 8 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. CST. You can watch live, stream or catch up on the post-show details tonight on most major platforms (CBS, Paramount +, Grammy’s YouTube page). This will be the awards first show with new Recording Academy President and CEO Harvey Mason, Jr. He is the predecessor for former Grammy chief Deborah Dugan, who was placed on administrative leave shortly before the 2020 Grammy Awards following a legal dispute.
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Record of the Year
ABBA – I Still Have Faith in YouJon Batiste – FreedomTony Bennett & Lady Gaga – I Get a Kick Out of YouJustin Bieber Featuring Daniel Cesar & Giveon – PeachesBrandi Carlile – Right on TimeDoja Cat Featuring SZA – Kiss Me MoreBillie Eilish – Happier Than EverLil Nas X – Montero (Call Me by Your Name)Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers LicenseSilk Sonic – Leave the Door Open
Album of the Year
Jon Batiste – We AreTony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Love for SaleJustin Bieber – Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)Doja Cat – Planet Her (Deluxe)Billie Eilish – Happier Than EverH.E.R. – Back of My MindLil Nas X – MonteroOlivia Rodrigo – SourTaylor Swift – EvermoreKanye West – Donda
Song of the Year
Ed Sheeran – Bad HabitsAlicia Keys & Brandi Carlile – A Beautiful NoiseOlivia Rodrigo – Drivers LicenseH.E.R. – Fight for YouBillie Eilish – Happier Than EverDoja Cat Featuring SZA – Kiss Me MoreSilk Sonic – Leave the Door OpenLil Nas X – Montero (Call Me by Your Name)Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Cesar & Giveon – PeachesBrandi Carlile – Right on Time
Best New Artist
Arooj AftabJimmie AllenBaby KeemFinneasGlass AnimalsJapanese BreakfastThe Kid LaroiArlo ParksOlivia RodrigoSaweetie
Best Pop Solo Performance
Justin Bieber – AnyoneBrandi Carlile – Right on TimeBillie Eilish – Happier Than EverAriana Grande – PositionsOlivia Rodrigo – Drivers License
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – I Get a Kick Out of YouJustin Bieber & Benny Blanco – LonelyBTS – ButterColdplay – Higher PowerDoja Cat Featuring SZA – Kiss Me More
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Love for SaleNorah Jones – ’Til We Meet Again (Live)Tori Kelly – A Tori Kelly ChristmasLedisi – Ledisi Sings NinaWillie Nelson – That’s LifeDolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justin Bieber – Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)Doja Cat – Planet Her (Deluxe)Billie Eilish – Happier Than EverAriana Grande – PositionsOlivia Rodrigo – Sour
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Afrojack & David Guetta – HeroÓlafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo – LoomJames Blake – BeforeBonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – HeartbreakCaribou – You Can Do ItRüfüs Du Sol – AliveTiësto – The Business
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Black Coffee – SubconsciouslyIllenium – Fallen EmbersMajor Lazer – Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded)Marshmello – ShockwaveSylvan Esso – Free LoveTen City – Judgement
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal – Double Dealin’Rachel Eckroth – The GardenTaylor Eigsti – Tree FallsSteve Gadd Band – At Blue Note TokyoMark Lettieri – Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2
Best Rock Performance
AC/DC – Shot in the DarkBlack Pumas – Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)Chris Cornell – Nothing Compares 2 UDeftones – OhmsFoo Fighters – Making a Fire
Best Metal Performance
Deftones – GenesisDream Theater – The AlienGojira – AmazoniaMastodon – Pushing the TidesRob Zombie – The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)
Best Rock Song
Weezer – All My Favorite SongsKings of Leon – The BanditMammoth WVH – DistancePaul McCartney – Find My WayFoo Fighters – Waiting on a War
Best Rock Album
AC/DC – Power UpBlack Pumas – Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio AChris Cornell – No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1Foo Fighters – Medicine at MidnightPaul McCartney – McCartney III
Best Alternative Music Album
Fleet Foxes – ShoreHalsey – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want PowerJapanese Breakfast – JubileeArlo Parks – Collapsed in SunbeamsSt. Vincent – Daddy’s Home
Best R&B Performance
Snoh Aalegra – Lost YouJustin Bieber Featuring Daniel Cesar & Giveon – PeachesH.E.R. – DamageSilk Sonic – Leave the Door OpenJazmine Sullivan – Pick Up Your Feelings
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Jon Batiste – I Need YouBJ the Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal – Bring It on Home to MeLeon Bridges, Robert Glasper – Born AgainH.E.R. – Fight for YouLucky Daye Featuring Yebba – How Much Can a Heart Take
Best R&B Song
H.E.R. – DamageSZA – Good DaysGiveon – Heartbreak AnniversarySilk Sonic – Leave the Door OpenJazmine Sullivan – Pick Up Your Feelings
Best Progressive R&B Album
Eric Bellinger – New LightCory Henry – Something to SayHiatus Kaiyote – Mood ValiantLucky Daye – Table for TwoTerrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington – Dinner Party: DesertMasego – Studying Abroad: Extended Stay
Best R&B Album
Snoh Aalegra – Temporary Highs in the Violet SkiesJon Batiste – We AreLeon Bridges – Gold-Diggers SoundH.E.R. – Back of My MindJazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar – Family TiesCardi B – UpJ. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray – My LifeMegan Thee Stallion – Thot Shit
Best Melodic Rap Performance
J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby – Pride Is the DevilDoja Cat – Need to KnowLil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow – Industry BabyTyler, the Creator Featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign – WusYaNameKanye West Featuring the Weeknd & Lil Baby – Hurricane
Best Rap Song
DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas – Bath SaltsSaweetie Featuring Doja Cat – Best FriendBaby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar – Family TiesKanye West Featuring Jay-Z – JailJ. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray – My Life
Best Rap Album
J. Cole – The Off-SeasonNas – King’s Disease IITyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get LostKanye West – Donda
Best Country Solo Performance
Luke Combs – Forever After AllMickey Guyton – Remember Her NameJason Isbell – All I Do Is DriveKacey Musgraves – Camera RollChris Stapleton – You Should Probably Leave
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – If I Didn’t Love YouBrothers Osborne – Younger MeDan + Shay – Glad You ExistRyan Hurd & Maren Morris – Chasing After YouElle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)
Best Country Song
Maren Morris – Better Than We Found ItKacey Musgraves – Camera RollChris Stapleton – ColdThomas Rhett – Country AgainWalker Hayes – Fancy LikeMickey Guyton – Remember Her Name
Best Country Album
Brothers Osborne – SkeletonsMickey Guyton – Remember Her NameMiranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram – The Marfa TapesSturgill Simpson – The Ballad of Dood & JuanitaChris Stapleton – Starting Over
Best New Age Album
Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton – BrothersStewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Divine TidesWouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone – PangaeaOpium Moon – Night + DayLaura Sullivan – Pieces of Forever
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Christian Scott Atunde – SackodougouKenny Barron – Kick Those FeetJon Batiste – Bigger Than UsTerence Blanchard – AbsenceChick Corea – Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Baylor Project – GenerationsKurt Elling & Charlie Hunter – SuperBlueNnenna Freelon – Time TravelerGretchen Parlato – FlorEsperanza Spalding – Songwrights Apothecary Lab
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Jon Batiste – Jazz Selections: Music From and Inspired by SoulTerence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet – AbsenceRon Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – SkylineChick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl – Akoustic Band LivePat Metheny – Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart – Live at Birdland!Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force – Dear LoveChristian McBride Big Band – For Jimmy, Wes and OliverSun Ra Arkestra – SwirlingYellowjackets + WDR Big Band – Jackets XL
Best Latin Jazz Album
Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés – Mirror MirrorCarlos Henriquez – The South Bronx StoryArturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – Virtual BirdlandDafnis Prieto Sextet – TransparencyMiguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte del Bolero
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore – Voice of GodDante Bowe – JoyfulAnthony Brown, Group Therapy – HelpCeCe Winans – Never LostElevation Worship & Maverick City Music – Wait on You
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby – We WinH.E.R. & Tauren Wells – Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven – Man of Your WordCeCe Winans – Believe for ItElevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – Jireh
Best Gospel Album
Jekalyn Carr – Changing Your StoryTasha Cobbs Leonard – Royalty: Live at the RymanMaverick City Music – Jubilee: Juneteenth EditionJonathan McReynolds & Mali Music – Jonny X Mali: Live in LACeCe Winans – Believe for It
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Natalie Grant – No StrangerIsrael & New Breed – Feels Like Home Vol. 2Kari Jobe – The Blessing (Live)Tauren Wells – Citizen of Heaven (Live)Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music – Old Church Basement
Best Roots Gospel Album
Harry Connick, Jr. – Alone With My FaithGaither Vocal Band – That’s Gospel, BrotherErnie Haase & Signature Sound – Keeping OnThe Isaacs – Songs for the TimesCarrie Underwood – My Savior
Best Latin Pop Album
Pablo Alborán – VértigoPaula Arenas – Mis AmoresRicardo Arjona – Hecho a la AntiguaCamilo – Mis ManosAlex Cuba – MendóSelena Gomez – Revelación
Best Música Urbana Album
Rauw Alejandro – AfrodisíacoBad Bunny – El Último Tour del MundoJ Balvin – JoseKarol G – KG0516Kali Uchis – Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Bomba Estéreo – DejaDiamante Eléctrico – Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition)Juanes – OrigenNathy Peluso – CalambreC. Tangana – El MadrileñoZoé – Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Aida Cuevas – Antología de la Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2Vicente Fernández – A Mis 80’sMon Laferte – SeisNatalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México, Vol. IIChristian Nodal – Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Salswing!El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico – En CuarantenaAymée Nuviola – Sin Salsa No Hay ParaísoGilberto Santa Rosa – ColegasTony Succar – Live in Peru
Best American Roots Performance
Jon Batiste – CryBilly Strings – Love and RegretThe Blind Boys of Alabama & Béla Fleck – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be FreeBrandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Same DevilAllison Russell – Nightflyer
Best American Roots Song
Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi – AvalonValerie June Featuring Carla Thomas – Call Me a FoolJon Batiste – CryYola – Diamond Studded ShoesAllison Russell – NightflyerLinda Charney Featuring Becca Byram, EJ Ouellette, and Trevor Sewell – Bored
Best Americana Album
Jackson Browne – Downhill From EverywhereJohn Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band – Leftover FeelingsLos Lobos – Native SonsAllison Russell – Outside ChildYola – Stand for Myself
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – RenewalBéla Fleck – My Bluegrass HeartThe Infamous Stringdusters – A Tribute to Bill MonroeSturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)Rhonda Vincent – Music Is What I See
Best Traditional Blues Album
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – 100 Years of BluesBlues Traveler – Traveler’s BluesCedric Burnside – I Be TryingGuy Davis – Be Ready When I Call YouKim Wilson – Take Me Back
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown – Delta KreamJoe Bonamassa – Royal TeaShemekia Copeland – Uncivil WarSteve Cropper – Fire It UpChristone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662
Best Folk Album
Mary Chapin Carpenter – One Night Lonely (Live)Tyler Childers – Long Violent HistoryMadison Cunningham – Wednesday (Extended Edition)Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – They’re Calling Me HomeSarah Jarosz – Blue Heron Suite
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul – Live in New Orleans!Big Chief Monk Boudreaux – Bloodstains and TeardropsChia Wa – My PeopleCorey Ledet Zydaco – Corey Ledet ZydacoKalani Pe’a – Kau Ka Pe’a
Best Reggae Album
Etana – PamojaGramps Morgan – Positive VibrationSean Paul – Live N LivinJesse Royal – Royal Soja – Beauty in the SilenceSpice – 10
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab – MohabbatAngélique Kidjo & Burna Boy – Do YourselfFemi Kuti – Pà Pá PàYo-Yo Ma & Angélique Kidjo – BlewuWizkid Featuring Tems – Essence
Best Global Music Album
Rocky Dawuni – Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1.Daniel Ho & Friends – East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in ConcertAngélique Kidjo – Mother NatureFemi Kuti, Made Kuti – Legacy +Wizkid – Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition
Best Children’s Music Album
123 Andrés – Actívate1 Tribe Collective – All One TribePierce Freelon – Black to the FutureFalu – A Colorful WorldLucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – Crayon Kids
Best Spoken Word Album
LeVar Burton – AftermathDon Cheadle – Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation From John LewisJ. Ivy – Catching Dreams: Live at Fort Knox ChicagoDave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman – 8:46Barack Obama – A Promised Land
Best Comedy Album
Lavell Crawford – The Comedy VaccineChelsea Handler – EvolutionLouis C.K. – Sincerely Louis CKLewis Black – Thanks for Risking Your LifeNate Bargatze – The Greatest Average AmericanKevin Hart – Zero F***s Given
Best Musical Theater Album
Original Album Cast – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CinderellaWorld Premiere Cast – Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some LoversOriginal Broadway Cast – Girl From the North CountryThe 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company – Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording)World Premiere Cast – Stephen Schwartz’s SnapshotsBarlow & Bear – The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – CruellaVarious Artists – Dear Evan HansenVarious Artists – In the HeightsVarious Artists – One Night in Miami…Jennifer Hudson – RespectVarious Artists – Schmigadoon! Episode 1Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Kris Bowers – BridgertonHans Zimmer – DuneLudwig Göransson – The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16)Carlos Rafael Rivera – The Queen’s GambitJon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Soul
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez Featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White – Agatha All AlongBo Burnham – All Eyes on MeP!nk – All I Know So FarH.E.R. – Fight for YouJennifer Hudson – Here I AmLeslie Odom, Jr. – Speak Now
Best Instrumental Composition
Brandee Younger – Beautiful Is BlackTom Nazziola – Cat and MouseVince Mendoza – Concerto for Orchestra: FinaleArturo O’Farrill – Dreaming in LionsLyle Mays – Elberhard
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Bill O’Connell – ChopsticksRobin Smith – For the Love of a PrincessEmile Mosseri – Infinite LoveCharlie Rosen & Jake Silverman – Meta Knight’s RevengeGabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez – The Struggle Within
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Ólafur Arnalds – The Bottom LinTehillah Alphonso – A Change Is Gonna ComeJacob Collier – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)Cody Fry – Eleanor RigbyVince Mendoza – To the Edge of Longing (Edit Version)
Best Recording Package
Reckless Kelly – American Jackpot / American GirlsNick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band – PakelangMatt Berninger – Serpentine PrisonSoul of Ears – Zeta
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary EditionSoccer Mommy – Color TheorySteven Wilson – The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set)Gang of Four – 77-81Mac Miller – Swimming in Circles
Best Album Notes
Sunwook Kim – Beethoven: The Last Three SonatasLouis Armstrong – The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966Willie Dunn – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn AnthologyVarious Artists – Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895Various Artists – The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music Oof Reverend James Cleveland
Best Historical Album
Marian Anderson – Beyond the Music: Her Complete RCA Victor RecordingsVarious Artists – Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895Various Artists – Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s MusicJoni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)Prince – Sign o’ the Times (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
The Marías – CinemaYebba – DawnLow – Hey WhatTony Bennet & Lady Gaga – Love for SalePino Palladino & Blake Mills – Notes With Attachments
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack AntonoffRogét ChahayedMike ElizondoHit-BoyRicky Reed
Best Remixed Recording
Soul II Soul – Back to Life (Booka T Kings of Soul Satta Dub)Papa Roach – Born for Greatness (Cymek Remix)K. D. Lang – Constant Craving (Fashionably Late Remix)Zedd & Griff – Inside Out (3scape Drm Remix)Demi Lovato & Ariana Grande – Met Him Last Night (Dave Audé Remix)Deftones – Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)PVA – Talks (Mura Masa Remix)
Best Immersive Audio Album (63rd Grammy)
Stemmeklang – Bolstad: Tomba SonoraBooka Shade – Dear Future Self (Dolby Atmos Mixes)Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus – FrydAlain Mallet – Mutt Slang II: A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in RageJim R. Keene & The United States Army Field Band – Soundtrack of the American Soldier
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys – AliciaPatricia Barber – CliqueHarry Styles – Fine LineSteven Wilson – The Future BitesAnne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor – Stille Grender
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion – ArchetypesYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax – Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid TearsManfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9Chanticleer – Chanticleer Sings ChristmasGustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton AlspaughSteven EpsteinDavid FrostElaine MartoneJudith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
Nashville Symphony Orchestra – Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; HarmonielehreMendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9San Francisco Symphony – Muhly: ThroughlinePhiladelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
Best Opera Recording
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Bluebeard’s CastleThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Glass: AkhnatenLondon Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices – Janáček: Cunning Little VixenThe Opera Philadelphia Orchestra – Little: Soldier SongsThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites
Best Choral Performance
Matthew Guard – It’s a Long WayGustavo Dudamel – Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’Donald Nally – Rising w/The CrossingKaspars Putniņš – Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-AntiphonsBenedict Sheehan – Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John ChrysostomCraig Hella Johnson – The Singing Guitar
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Jack Quartet – Adams, John Luther: Lines Made by WalkingSandbox Percussion – Akiho: Seven PillarsSérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion – ArchetypesYo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid TearsImani Winds – Bruits
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Jennifer Koh – Alone TogetherSimone Dinnerstein – An American MosaicAugustin Hadelich – Bach: Sonatas & PartitasGil Shaham Beethoven & Brahms: Violin ConcertosMark Grgić – Mak BachCurtis Stewart – Of Power
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Laura Strickling – ConfessionsWill Liverman – Dreams of a New Day – Songs by Black ComposersSangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitman – MythologiesJoyce DiDonato – Schubert: WinterreiseJamie Barton – Unexpected Shadows
Best Classical Compendium
Agave & Reginald L. Mobley – American Originals – A New World, A New CanonMichael Tilson Thomas – Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for OrchestraTimo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum – Cerrone: The Arching PathChick Corea – PlaysAmy Andersson – Women Warriors – The Voices of Change
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Seven PillarsLouis Andriessen – Andriessen: The Only OneClarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore – Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: ArchetypesJon Batiste – Batiste: Movement 11’Caroline Shaw – Shaw: Narrow Sea
Best Music Video
AC/DC – Shot in the DarkJon Batiste – FreedomTony Bennet & Lady Gaga – I Get a Kick Out of YouJustin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon – PeachesBillie Eilish – Happier Than EverLil Nas X – Montero (Call Me by Your Name)
Best Music Film
Bo Burnham – InsideDavid Byrne – David Byrne’s American UtopiaBillie Eilish – Happier Than Ever (A Love Letter to Los Angeles)Jimi Hendrix – Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in MauiVarious Artists – Summer of Soul