The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are here.
Beyoncé made history as the most-nominated artist in Grammy history, with “Cowboy Carter” leading the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations.
Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX, who earned her first nominations as a solo artist, all have seven nominations each. Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have six nominations each.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 2 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Check out the full list of nominees here:
Record of the Year
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX – “360”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Album of the Year
André 3000 – “New Blue Sun”
Beyoncé – “Cowboy Carter”
Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Charli XCX – “Brat”
Jacob Collier – “Djesse Vol. 4”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”
Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beyoncé – “Bodyguard”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX – “Apple”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica – “The Boy Is Mine” – Remix
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone – “Levii’s Jeans”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” Featuring Billie Eilish
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – “Us.”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande – “Eternal Sunshine”
Billie Eilish – “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Chappell Roan – “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”
Taylor Swift – “The Tortured Poets Department”
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure – “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Four Tet – “Loved”
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – “Leavemealone”
Justice & Tame Impala – Neverender”
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – “Witchy”
Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande – “Yes, And?”
Billie Eilish – “L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”
Madison Beer – “Make You Mine”
Troye Sivan – “Got Me Started”
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charli XCX – “Brat”
Four Tet – “Three”
Justice – “Hyperdrama”
Kaytranada – “Timeless”
Zedd – “Telos”
Best Remixed Recording
Charli XCX – “Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae”
Doechii & Kaytranada Featuring JT – “Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)”
Julian Marley & Antaeus – “Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
Shaboozey & David Guetta – “A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)”
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles – “Now and Then”
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Metal Performance
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Judas Priest – “Crown of Horns”
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy – “Suffocate”
Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”
Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day – “Dilemma”
Idles – “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent – “Broken Man”
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes – “Happiness Bastards”
Fontaines D.C. – “Romance”
Green Day – “Saviors”
Idles – “Tangk”
Jack White – “No Name”
Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
The Rolling Stones – “Hackney Diamonds”
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage the Elephant – “Neon Pill”
Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Song of the Lake”
St. Vincent – “Flea”
Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard – “What Now”
Clairo – “Charm”
Kim Gordon – “The Collective”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “Wild God”
St. Vincent – “All Born Screaming”
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Jhené Aiko – “Guidance”
Muni Long – “Made for Me (Live on BET)”
SZA – “Saturn”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon – “Can I Have This Groove”
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – “No Lie”
Lucky Daye – “That’s You”
Marsha Ambrosius – “Wet”
Muni Long – “Make Me Forget”
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Kehlani – “After Hours”
Muni Long – “Ruined Me”
SZA – “Saturn”
Tems – “Burning”
Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine – “So Glad to Know You”
Childish Gambino – “Bando Stone and the New World”
Durand Bernarr – “En Route”
Kehlani – “Crash”
NxWorries – “Why Lawd?”
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – “11:11 (Deluxe)”
Lalah Hathaway – “Vantablack”
Lucky Daye – “Algorithm”
Muni Long – “Revenge”
Usher – “Coming Home”
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – “Enough (Miami)”
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – “When the Sun Shines Again”
Doechii – “Nissan Altima”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – “Spaghettii”
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – “We Still Don’t Trust You”
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – “Kehlani (Remix)”
Latto – “Big Mama”
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – “3:AM”
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Glorilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – “Asteroids”
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – “Carnival”
Best Rap Album
Common & Pete Rock – “The Auditorium Vol. 1”
Doechii – “Alligator Bites Never Heal”
Eminem – “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)”
Future & Metro Boomin – “We Don’t Trust You”
J. Cole – “Might Delete Later”
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Malik Yusef – “Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word”
Omari Hardwick – “Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series”
Queen Sheba – “Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say”
Skillz – “The Seven Number Ones”
Tank and the Bangas – “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul”
Best Jazz Performance
The Baylor Project – “Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – “Juno”
Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – “Little Fears”
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – “My Ideal”
Christie Dashiell – “Journey in Black”
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1″
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – “Milton + Esperanza”
Samara Joy – “A Joyful Holiday”
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Ambrose Akinmusire – “Owl Song”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – “Remembrance”
Kenny Barron – “Beyond This Place”
Lakecia Benjamin – “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”
Sullivan Fortner – “Solo Game”
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – “And So It Goes”
Dan Pugach – “Bianca Reimagined”
John Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – “Returning to Forever”
Miguel Zenón – “Golden City”
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – “Walk a Mile in My Shoe”
Best Latin Jazz Album
Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- “As I Travel”
Eliane Elias – “Time and Again”
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Collab”
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in Italy”
Michel Camilo & Tomatito – “Spain Forever Again”
Zaccai Curtis – “Cubop Lives!”
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab – “Night Reign”
André 3000 – “New Blue Sun”
Keyon Harrold – “Foreverland”
Meshell Ndegeocello – “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin”
Robert Glasper – “Code Derivation”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Aaron Lazar – “Impossible Dream”
Cyrille Aimée – “À Fleur de Peau”
Gregory Porter – “Christmas Wish”
Lake Street Dive – “Good Together”
Norah Jones – “Visions”
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck – “Rhapsody in Blue”
Bill Frisell – “Orchestras (Live)”
Julian Lage – “Speak to Me”
Mark Guiliana – “Mark”
Taylor Eigsti – “Plot Armor”
Best Musical Theater Album
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“Merrily We Roll Along”
“The Notebook”
“The Outsiders”
“Suffs”
“The Wiz”
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé – “16 Carriages”
Chris Stapleton – ‘It Takes a Woman”
Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – “II Most Wanted”
Brothers Osborne – “Break Mine”
Dan + Shay – “Bigger Houses”
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – “Cowboys Cry Too”
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
Best Country Song
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Jelly Roll – “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country Album
Beyoncé – “Cowboy Carter”
Chris Stapleton – “Higher”
Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”
Lainey Wilson – “Whirlwind”
Post Malone – “F-1 Trillion”
Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – “Nothing in Rambling”
Rhiannon Giddens – “The Ballad of Sally Anne”
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”
Sierra Ferrell – “Lighthouse”
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé – “Ya Ya”
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “Empty Trainload of Sky”
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – “Don’t Do Me Good”
Madison Cunningham – “Subtitles”
Sarah Jarosz – “Runaway Train”
Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Best American Roots Song
Aoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends”
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – “All in Good Time”
Mark Knopfler – “Ahead of the Game”
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”
Sierra Ferrell – “American Dreaming”
Best Americana Album
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy”
Maggie Rose – “No One Gets Out Alive”
Sarah Jarosz – “Polaroid Lovers”
Sierra Ferrell – “Trail of Flowers”
T Bone Burnett – “The Other Side”
Waxahatchee – “Tigers Blood”
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – “Live Vol. 1”
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – “I Built a World”
Dan Tyminski – “Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman”
The Del McCoury Band – “S”ongs of Love and Life”
Sister Sadie – “No Fear”
Tony Trischka – “Earl Jam’
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – “Hill Country Love”
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – “Struck Down”
Little Feat – “Sam’s Place”
Sue Foley – “One Guitar Woman”
Taj Mahal – “Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa”
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Antonio Vergara – “The Fury”
Joe Bonamassa – “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2”
Ruthie Foster – “Mileage”
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – “Friendlytown”
Best Folk Album
Adrianne Lenker – “Bright Future”
American Patchwork Quartet – “American Patchwork Quartet”
Aoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends”
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “Woodland”
Madi Diaz – “Weird Faith”
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”
Kalani Pe’a – “Kuini”
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”
The Rumble – “Stories From the Battlefield”
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – “25 Back to My Roots”
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Doe – “Holy Hands”
Melvin Crispell III – “Yesterday”
Ricky Dillard – “Hold On (Live)”
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – “One Hallelujah”
Yolanda Adams – “Church Doors”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans – “Holy Forever (Live)”
CeCe Winans – “That’s My King”
Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore – “Praise”
Honor & Glory & Disciple – “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)”
Jwlkrs Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore – “In the Name of Jesus”
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard – “In the Room”
Best Gospel Album
CeCe Winans – “More Than This”
Karen Clark Sheard – “Still Karen”
Kirk Franklin – “Father’s Day”
Melvin Crispell III – “Covered Vol. 1”
Ricky Dillard – “Choirmaster II (Live)”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Brandon Lake – “Coat of Many Colors”
Doe – “Heart of a Human”
Elevation Worship – “When Wind Meets Fire”
Forrest Frank – “Child of God”
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – “The Maverick Way Complete”
Best Roots Gospel Album
Authentic Unlimited – “The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2”
Cory Henry – “Church”
The Harlem Gospel Travelers – “Rhapsody”
Mark D. Conklin – “The Gospel According to Mark”
The Nelons – “Loving You”
Best Latin Pop Album
Anitta – “Funk Generation”
Kali Uchis – “Orquídeas”
Kany García – “García”
Luis Fonsi – “El Viaje”
Shakira – “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny – “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana”
Feid – “Ferxxocalipsis”
J Balvin – “Rayo”
Residente – “Las Letras Ya No Importan”
Young Miko – “Att.”
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Cimafunk – “Pa’ Tu Cuerpa”
El David Aguilar – “Compita del Destino”
Mon Laferte – “Autopoiética”
Nathy Peluso – “Grasa”
Rawayana – “¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?”
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Carín León – “Boca Chueca, Vol. 1”
Chiquis – “Diamantes”
Jessi Uribe – “De Lejitos”
Peso Pluma – “Éxodo”
Best Tropical Latin Album
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 – “Radio Güira”
Kiki Valera – “Vacilón Santiaguero”
Marc Anthony – “Muevense”
Sheila E. – “Bailar”
Tony Succar & Mimy Succar – “Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)”
Best Global Music Performance
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – “Sunlight to My Soul”
Arooj Aftab – “Raat Ki Rani”
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – “A Rock Somewhere”
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – “Kashira”
Rocky Dawuni – “Rise”
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – “Bemba Colorá”
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – “MMS”
Burna Boy – “Higher”
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – “Sensational”
Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow”
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – “Historias de un Flamenco”
Ciro Hurtado – “Paisajes”
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – “Alkebulan II”
Rema – “Heis”
Tems – “Born in the Wild”
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz – Take It Easy
Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)
Vybz Kartel – Party With Me
The Wailers – Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Chris Redding – Visions of Sounds De Luxe
Radhika Vekaria – Warriors of Light
Ricky Kej – Break of Dawn
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni
Best Children’s Music Album
Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate
John Legend – My Favorite Dream
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – Creciendo
Rock for Children – Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais – Armageddon
Trevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra
Dolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
George Clinton – …And Your Ass Will Follow
Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Various Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein
Various Artists – The Color Purple
Various Artists – Deadpool & Wolverine
Various Artists – Saltburn
Various Artists – Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)
Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSync & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Best Music Video
A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
Charli XCX – 360
Eminem – Houdini
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music Film
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
June Carter Cash – June
Run-DMC – Kings From Queens
Steven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Various Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop
Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
Charli XCX – Brat
iWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)
The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band Millionaire
Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
William Clark Green – Baker Hotel
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
John Lennon – Mind Games
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)
Nirvana – In Utero
Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin
90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago
Best Album Notes
Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)
Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After Midnight
John Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Various Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical Album
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial
Paul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
Pepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y Paquito
Prince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)
Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Lucky Daye – Algorithm
Peter Gabriel – I/O
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Willow – Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Producer of the Year, Classical
Christoph Franke
Dirk Sobotka
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Erica Brenner
Morten Lindberg
Best Immersive Audio Album
Ensemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – Pax
Peter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)
Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves Company
Roxy Music – Avalon
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental Composition
Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – Strands
André 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance
Christopher Zuar Orchestra – Communion
Shelly Berg – At Last
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)
Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)
Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Säje – Silent Night
Scott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of Silence
John Legend – Always Come Back
Säje Featuring Regina Carter – Alma
Willow – Big Feelings
The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C Major
Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
Susanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Best Opera Recording
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Lyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The Shining
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The Hours
San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral Performance
Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: Akathist
The Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – Ochre
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance
JACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles
Lorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Miró Quartet – Home
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Longing
Curtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Mak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – Entourer
Seth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Víkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko – Bespoke Songs
Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Karen Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the Years
Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna Come
Will Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance Concerto
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLonging
Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies II
Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American Counterpoints
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello
Decoda – Coleman: Revelry
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Eighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as Explanation
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
