67th Grammy Awards, Tems, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce win big: See FULL LIST:

Tems, the Nigerian singer, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar were among the top winners at the 67th Academy Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, United States.

The prestigious award event was held in the early hours of Monday morning at the Crypto.com Arena.

Tems won the ‘Best African Music Performance’ award for her song ‘Love Me JeJe’.

The 29-year-old edged out fellow Nigerians in a strong field of nominees — including Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Lojay, and Burna Boy — to secure the coveted award.

Lamar won all five categories he was nominated for, including the ‘Record of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best Rap Performance’, ‘Best Rap Song’, and ‘Best Music Video’ awards for her hit song ‘Not Like Us’.

Beyoncé bagged her first ‘Album of the Year’ for her project ‘Cowboy Carter’. With her win, she becomes the first black woman to get the award in the 21st century.

Here is the list of this year’s Grammy winners:

Record Of The Year

“Now and Then” – The Beatles
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyoncé
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“360” – Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

Album Of The Year

New Blue Sun – André 3000
COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé – WINNER
Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
BRAT – Charli xcx
Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

Song Of The Year

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell
“Die With A Smile” — Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt
“Fortnight” — Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift
“Good Luck, Babe!” — Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
“Please Please Please” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” — Brian Bates, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq

Best New Artiste

Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan – WINNER
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro – WINNER

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen – WINNER
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
RAYE

Best Pop Solo Performance

“BODYGUARD” — Beyoncé
“Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
“Apple” — Charli xcx
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” — Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“us.” — Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
“LEVII’S JEANS” — Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
“Guess” — Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
“the boy is mine” — Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – WINNER

Best Pop Vocal Album

Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT — Billie Eilish
eternal sunshine — Ariana Grande
Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess — Chappell Roan
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — Taylor Swift

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

“She’s Gone, Dance On” — Disclosure
“Loved” — Four Tet
“leavemealone” — Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala – WINNER
“Witchy” — KAYTRANADA Featuring Childish Gambino

Best Dance Pop Recording

“Make You Mine” — Madison Beer
“Von dutch” — Charli xcx – WINNER
“L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]” — Billie Eilish
“yes, and?” — Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started” — Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Album

BRAT — Charli xcx – WINNER
Three — Four Tet
Hyperdrama — Justice
TIMELESS — KAYTRANADA
Telos — Zedd

Best Remixed Recording

“Alter Ego – KAYTRANADA Remix” — KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” — David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) – WINNER
“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix” — Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
“Von dutch” — A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)

Best Rock Performance

“Now and Then” — The Beatles – WINNER
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” — The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” — Green Day
“Gift Horse” — IDLES
“Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
“Broken Man” — St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance

“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – WINNER
“Crown of Horns” — Judas Priest
“Suffocate” — Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
“Screaming Suicide” — Metallica
“Cellar Door” — Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

“Beautiful People (Stay High)” — Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura
“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) – WINNER
“Dark Matter” — Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt
“Dilemma” — Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt
“Gift Horse” — Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot

Best Rock Album

Happiness Bastards — The Black Crowes
Romance — Fontaines D.C.
Saviors — Green Day
TANGK — IDLES
Dark Matter — Pearl Jam
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones – WINNER
No Name — Jack White

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Neon Pill” — Cage The Elephant
“Song Of The Lake” — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“Starburster” — Fontaines D.C.
“BYE BYE” — Kim Gordon
“Flea” — St. Vincent – WINNER

Best Alternative Music Album

Wild God — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Charm — Clairo
The Collective — Kim Gordon
What Now — Brittany Howard
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent – WINNER

Best R&B Performance

“Guidance” — Jhené Aiko
“Residuals” — Chris Brown
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Coco Jones
“Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long – WINNER
“Saturn” — SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Wet” — Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove” — Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie” — Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget” — Muni Long
“That’s You” — Lucky Daye – WINNER

Best R&B Song

“After Hours” — Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning” — Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me” — Jeff Gitelman, Kareen Lomax, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) – WINNER

Best Progressive R&B Album

So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine – WINNER – TIE
En Route — Durand Bernarr
Bando Stone & the New World — Childish Gambino
Crash — Kehlani
Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – WINNER – TIE

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown – WINNER
VANTABLACK — Lalah Hathaway
Revenge — Muni Long
Algorithm — Lucky Daye
COMING HOME — Usher

Best Rap Performance

“Enough (Miami)” — Cardi B
“When The Sun Shines Again” — Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
“NISSAN ALTIMA” — Doechii
“Houdini” — Eminem
“Like That” — Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!” — GloRilla
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“KEHLANI” — Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
“SPAGHETTII” — Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
“Big Mama” — Latto
“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – WINNER

Best Rap Song

“Asteroids” — Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
“Carnival” — Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams
“Like That” — Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
“Yeah Glo!” — Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods

Best Rap Album

Might Delete Later — J. Cole
The Auditorium, Vol. 1 — Common & Pete Rock
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii – WINNER
The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) — Eminem
We Don’t Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

CIVIL WRITES: The South Got Something To Say — Queen Sheba
cOncrete & wHiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series — Omari Hardwick
Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In The Beginning Was The Word — Malik Yusef
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas – WINNER
The Seven Number Ones — Mad Skillz

Best Jazz Performance

“Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)” — The Baylor Project
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
“Juno” — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – WINNER
“Little Fears” — Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Journey In Black — Christie Dashiell
Wildflowers Vol. 1 — Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy – WINNER
Milton + esperanza — Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
My Ideal — Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Owl Song — Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
Beyond This Place — Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson
Phoenix Reimagined (Live) — Lakecia Benjamin
Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – WINNER
Solo Game — Sullivan Fortner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Returning To Forever — John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
And So It Goes — The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Walk A Mile In My Shoe — Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band – WINNER
Golden City — Miguel Zenón

Best Latin Jazz Album

Spain Forever Again — Michel Camilo & Tomatito
Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus – WINNER
COLLAB — Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Time And Again — Eliane Elias
El Trio: Live in Italy — Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Cuba And Beyond — Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
As I Travel — Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Night Reign — Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun — André 3000
Code Derivation — Robert Glasper
Foreverland — Keyon Harrold
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello – WINNER

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

À Fleur De Peau — Cyrille Aimée
Visions — Norah Jones – WINNER
Good Together — Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream — Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish — Gregory Porter

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti – WINNER
Rhapsody In Blue — Béla Fleck
Orchestras (Live) — Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
Mark — Mark Guiliana
Speak To Me — Julian Lage

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Maleah Joi Moon – WINNER
Merrily We Roll Along — Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe
The Notebook — John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson
The Outsiders — Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch
Suffs — Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub
The Wiz — Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson

Best Country Solo Performance

“16 CARRIAGES” — Beyoncé
“I Am Not Okay” — Jelly Roll
“The Architect” — Kacey Musgraves
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey
“It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton – WINNER

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
“II MOST WANTED” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus – WINNER
“Break Mine” — Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses” — Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help” — Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen

Best Country Song

“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne – WINNER
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams
“I Am Not Okay” — Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips
“I Had Some Help” — Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” — Brian Bates, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq

Best Country Album

COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé – WINNER
F-1 Trillion — Post Malone
Deeper Well — Kacey Musgraves
Higher — Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind — Lainey Wilson

Best American Roots Performance

“Blame It On Eve” — Shemekia Copeland
“Nothing In Rambling” — The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
“The Ballad Of Sally Anne” — Rhiannon Giddens

Best Americana Performance

“YA YA” — Beyoncé
“Subtitles” — Madison Cunningham
“Don’t Do Me Good” — Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
“Runaway Train” — Sarah Jarosz
“Empty Trainload Of Sky” — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best American Roots Song

“Ahead Of The Game” — Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
“All In Good Time” — Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple)
“All My Friends” — Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) – WINNER
“Blame It On Eve” — John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)

Best Americana Album

The Other Side — T Bone Burnett
$10 Cowboy — Charley Crockett
Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
Polaroid Lovers — Sarah Jarosz
No One Gets Out Alive — Maggie Rose
Tigers Blood — Waxahatchee

Best Bluegrass Album

I Built A World — Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Songs of Love and Life — The Del McCoury Band
No Fear — Sister Sadie
Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings – WINNER
Earl Jam — Tony Trischka
Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman — Dan Tyminski

Best Traditional Blues Album

Hill Country Love — Cedric Burnside
Struck Down — The Fabulous Thunderbirds
One Guitar Woman — Sue Foley
Sam’s Place — Little Feat
Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet – WINNER

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 — Joe Bonamassa
Blame It On Eve — Shemekia Copeland
Friendlytown — Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
Mileage — Ruthie Foster – WINNER
The Fury — Antonio Vergara

Best Folk Album

American Patchwork Quartet — American Patchwork Quartet
Weird Faith — Madi Diaz
Bright Future — Adrianne Lenker
All My Friends — Aoife O’Donovan
Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – WINNER

Best Regional Roots Music Album

25 Back To My Roots — Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles Featuring J’Wan Boudreaux
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty
Kuini — Kalani Pe’a – WINNER
Stories From The Battlefield — The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Church Doors” — Yolanda Adams; Sir William James Baptist & Donald Lawrence, songwriters
“Yesterday” — Melvin Crispell III
“Hold On (Live)” — Ricky Dillard
“Holy Hands” — DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans
“One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Holy Forever (Live)” — Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans
“Praise” — Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore
“Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” — Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
“In The Name Of Jesus” — JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore
“In The Room” — Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard
“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters – WINNER

Best Gospel Album

Covered Vol. 1 — Melvin Crispell III
Choirmaster II (Live) — Ricky Dillard
Father’s Day — Kirk Franklin
Still Karen — Karen Clark Sheard
More Than This — CeCe Winans – WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Heart Of A Human — DOE – WINNER
When Wind Meets Fire — Elevation Worship
Child Of God — Forrest Frank
Coat Of Many Colors — Brandon Lake
The Maverick Way Complete — Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore

Best Roots Gospel Album

The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 — Authentic Unlimited
The Gospel According To Mark — Mark D. Conklin
Rhapsody — The Harlem Gospel Travelers
Church — Cory Henry – WINNER
Loving You — The Nelons

Best Latin Pop Album

Funk Generation — Anitta
El Viaje — Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA — Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira – WINNER
ORQUÍDEAS — Kali Uchis

Best Música Urbana Album

nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana — Bad Bunny
Rayo — J Balvin
FERXXOCALIPSIS — Feid
LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN — Residente – WINNER
att. — Young Miko

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Compita del Destino — El David Aguilar
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa — Cimafunk
Autopoiética — Mon Laferte
GRASA — NATHY PELUSO
¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana – WINNER

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Diamantes — Chiquis
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León – WINNER
ÉXODO — Peso Pluma
De Lejitos — Jessi Uribe

Best Tropical Latin Album

MUEVENSE — Marc Anthony
Bailar — Sheila E.
Radio Güira — Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – WINNER
Vacilón Santiaguero — Kiki Valera

Best Global Music Performance

“Raat Ki Rani” — Arooj Aftab
“A Rock Somewhere” — Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
“Rise” — Rocky Dawuni
“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – WINNER
**”Sunlight To My Soul”**— Angélique Kidjo Featuring Soweto Gospel Choir
“Kashira” — Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

Best African Music Performance

“Tomorrow” — Yemi Alade
“MMS” — Asake & Wizkid
“Sensational” — Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
“Higher” — Burna Boy
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems – WINNER

Best Global Music Album

ALKEBULAN II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – WINNER
Paisajes — Ciro Hurtado
Heis — Rema
Historias de un Flamenco — Antonio Rey
Born in the Wild — Tems

Best Reggae Album

Take It Easy — Collie Buddz
Party With Me — Vybz Kartel
Never Gets Late Here — Shenseea
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists) – WINNER
Evolution — The Wailers

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Break of Dawn — Ricky Kej
Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – WINNER
Opus — Ryuichi Sakamoto
Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn — Anoushka Shankar
Warriors Of Light — Radhika Vekaria

Best Children’s Music Album

Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band – WINNER
Creciendo — Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
My Favorite Dream — John Legend
Solid Rock Revival — Rock For Children
World Wide Playdate — Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

Best Comedy Album

Armageddon — Ricky Gervais
The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle – WINNER
The Prisoner — Jim Gaffigan
Someday You’ll Die — Nikki Glaser
Where Was I — Trevor Noah

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words (Various Artistes) — Guy Oldfield, producer
…And Your Ass Will Follow — George Clinton
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones — Dolly Parton
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter – WINNER
My Name Is Barbra — Barbra Streisand

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

The Color Purple — (Various Artistes) Nick Baxter, Blitz Bazawule & Stephen Bray
Deadpool & Wolverine — (Various Artists) Dave Jordan, Shawn Levy & Ryan Reynolds
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, artists; Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder – WINNER
Saltburn — (Various Artistes) Emerald Fennell
Twisters: The Album — (Various Artists) Ian Cripps, Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

American Fiction — Laura Karpman, composer
Challengers — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Color Purple — Kris Bowers, composer
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer – WINNER
Shōgun — Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — Pinar Toprak, composer
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla — Bear McCreary, composer
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — John Paesano, composer
Star Wars Outlaws — Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer – WINNER

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma [From “Twisters: The Album”] — Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton
Better Place [From “TROLLS Band Together”] — Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake
Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson – WINNER
Love Will Survive [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”] — Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer

Best Music Video

“Tailor Swif” — A$AP Rocky
“360” — Charli xcx
“Houdini” — Eminem
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
“Fortnight” — Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

Best Music Film

“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste – WINNER
“June” — (June Carter Cash)
“Kings From Queens” — Run DMC
“Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” — Steven Van Zandt
“The Greatest Night in Pop” — (Various Artistes)

Best Recording Package

The Avett Brothers — Scott Avett, Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
Baker Hotel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
BRAT — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx) – WINNER
F-1 Trillion — Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition — Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
Jug Band Millionaire — Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease — Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Half Living Things — Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea — Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
In Utero — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) – WINNER
Unsuk Chin — Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
We Blame Chicago — Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)

Best Album Notes

After Midnight — Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)
The Carnegie Hall Concert — Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) – WINNER
John Culshaw — The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55 — Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno” — Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artistes)

Best Historical Album

Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin – WINNER
Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition — Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl
Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings — Tom Laskey, Shana L. Redmond, Susan Robeson & Robert Russ
Pepito y Paquito — Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria
The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording – Super Deluxe Edition) — Mike Matessino & Mark Piro

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Algorithm — Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson
Cyan Blue — Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson
Deeper Well — Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian
empathogen — Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti, Mitch McCarthy, Adam Schoeller & Willow Smith
i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent – WINNER
Short n’ Sweet — Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Adams: Girls Of The Golden West — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Andres: The Blind Banister — Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) – WINNER
Clear Voices In The Dark — Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Erica Brenner
Christoph Franke
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone – WINNER
Dirk Sobotka

Best Immersive Audio Album

Avalon — Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; John Webber
Genius Loves Company — Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl
Henning Sommerro: Borders — Morten Lindber
i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff – WINNER
Pax — Morten Lindberg

Best Instrumental Composition

“At Last” — Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
“Communion” — Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
“I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” — André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
“Remembrance” — Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman) – **WINNER**

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Baby Elephant Walk – Encore” — Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) – WINNER
“Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)” — Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
“Rose Without The Thorns” — Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)
“Silent Night” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter) – WINNER
“Always Come Back” — Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
“b i g f e e l i n g s” — Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio & Willow, arrangers (WILLOW)
“Last Surprise (From “Persona 5″)” — Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
“The Sound Of Silence” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)

Best Orchestral Performance

“Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance” — Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
“Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) – WINNER
“Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen” — Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
“Stravinsky: The Firebird” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

“Adams: Girls Of The Golden West” — John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
“Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Moravec: The Shining” — Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
“Puts: The Hours” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) – WINNER

Best Choral Performance

“Clear Voices In The Dark” — Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
“A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad” — Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
“Handel: Israel in Egypt” — Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) – WINNER
“Sheehan: Akathist” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Award to the ensemble and conductor if applicable.
“Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles” — JACK Quartet
“Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke’” — Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
“Cerrone: Beaufort Scales” — Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
“Home” — Miró Quartet
“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – WINNER

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Akiho: Longing” — Andy Akiho
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson – WINNER
“Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc” — Seth Parker Woods (Wild Up)
“Entourer” — Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
“Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra” — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Bespoke Songs — Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist; Julian Schwarz, artiste (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist – WINNER
A Change Is Gonna Come — Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
Show Me The Way — Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder — Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)

Best Classical Compendium

Akiho: BeLonging — Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
American Counterpoints — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
Mythologies II — Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer – WINNER

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello — Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
Coleman: Revelry — Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
Lang: Composition As Explanation — David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) – WINNER
Saariaho: Adriana Mater — Kaija Saariaho, composer; Amin Maalouf librettist (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

By Pelumi Bolawa @TheCable