Sema Fonkem 02 Feb 2026

The name/s and song title of the winner/s of each category has been written in bold.

Album of the Year

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

Best African Music Performance

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

Song of the Year

• “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
• “Anxiety,” Doechii
• “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• “DtMF,” Bad Bunny
• “Golden” (From KPop Demon Hunters), EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
• “luther,” Kendrick Lamar with SZA
• “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
• “WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish

Best New Artist

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

Record of the Year

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

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

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

Best Pop Solo Performance

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

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Defying Gravity,” Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
• “Golden” (From KPop Demon Hunters), HUNTR/X
• “Gabriela,” KATSEYE
• “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• “30 For 30,” SZA with Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

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

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

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

Best Dance Pop Recording

• “Bluest Flame,” Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
• “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
• “Midnight Sun,” Zara Larsson
• “Just Keep Watching” (From F1 The Movie), Tate McRae
• “Illegal,” PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Album

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

Best Remixed Recording

• “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix),” Gesaffelstein
• “Don’t Forget About Us,” KAYTRANADA
• “A Dream’s A Dream – Ron Trent Remix,” Ron Trent
• “Galvanize,” Chris Lake
• “Golden – David Guetta REM/X,” David Guetta

Best Rock Performance

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

Best Metal Performance

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

Best Rock Song

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

Best Rock Album

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

Best Alternative Music Performance

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

Best Alternative Music Album

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

Best R&B Performance

• “YUKON,” Justin Bieber
• “It Depends,” Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• “Folded,” Kehlani
• “MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
• “Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker

Best Traditional R&B Performance

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

Best R&B Song

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

Best Progressive R&B Album

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

Best R&B Album

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

Best Rap Performance

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

Best Melodic Rap Performance

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

Best Rap Song

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

Best Rap Album

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

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places), Queen Sheba
• Black Shaman, Marc Marcel
• Pages, Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
• Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople, Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends
• Words For Days Vol. 1, Mad Skillz

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Nose on the Grindstone,” Tyler Childers
• “Good News,” Shaboozey
• “Bad As I Used to Be” (From F1 The Movie), Chris Stapleton
• “I Never Lie,” Zach Top
• “Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

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

Best Country Song

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

Best Contemporary Country Album

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

Best Traditional Country Album

• Dollar a Day, Charley Crockett
• American Romance, Lukas Nelson
• Oh What a Beautiful World, Willie Nelson
• Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price
• Ain’t in It for My Health, Zach Top

Best American Roots Performance

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

Best Americana Performance

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

Best American Roots Song

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

Best Americana Album

• BIG MONEY, Jon Batiste
• Bloom, Larkin Poe
• Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson
• So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle
• Middle, Jesse Welles

Best Bluegrass Album

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

Best Traditional Blues Album

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

Best Contemporary Blues Album

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

Best Folk Album

• What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
• Crown of Roses, Patty Griffin
• Wild and Clear and Blue, I’m With Her
• Foxes in the Snow, Jason Isbell
• Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24), Jesse Welles

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Live at Vaughan’s, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet
• For Fat Man, Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• Church of New Orleans, Kyle Roussel
• Second Line Sunday, Trombone Shorty & New Breed Brass Band
• A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, Various Artists

Best Latin Pop Album

• Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
• BOGOTÁ (DELUXE), Andrés Cepeda
• Tropicoqueta, KAROL G
• Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
• ¿Y ahora qué?, Alejandro Sanz

Best Música Urbana Album

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

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

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

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• MALA MÍA, Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera
• Y Lo Que Viene, Grupo Frontera
• Sin Rodeos, Paola Jara
• Palabra De To’s (Seca), Carín León
• Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo), Bobby Pulido

Best Tropical Latin Album

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

Best Global Music Performance

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

Best Global Music Album

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

Best Reggae Album

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

Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

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

Best Album Cover

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

Best Recording Package

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

Best Album Notes

• Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964–1974, Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
• After The Last Sky, Anouar Brahem et al.
• Árabe, Amanda Ekery
• The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967, Sly & The Family Stone
• A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Wilco
• Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings, Miles Davis

Best Historical Album

• Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
  Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
• The Making of Five Leaves Left
  Joe Black, Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering engineers; Richard Whittaker & John Wood, restoration engineer (Nick Drake)
• Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound Of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)
  Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves & Jordan McLeod, restoration engineers (Various Artists)
• Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)
  Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Jordan McLeod, restoration engineer (Various Artists)
• You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos
  Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves & Jordan McLeod, restoration engineers (Doc Pomus)

Best Jazz Performance

• “Noble Rise,” Lakecia Benjamin feat. Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield
• “Windows – Live,” Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• “Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True,” Samara Joy
• “Four,” Michael Mayo
• “All Stars Lead To You – Live,” Nicole Zuraitis et al.

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Elemental, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap
• We Insist 2025!, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell
• Portrait, Samara Joy
• Fly, Michael Mayo
• Live at Vic’s Las Vegas, Nicole Zuraitis et al.

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Trilogy 3 (Live), Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• Southern Nights, Sullivan Fortner
• Belonging, Branford Marsalis Quartet
• Spirit Fall, John Patitucci
• Fasten Up, Yellowjackets

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

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

Best Latin Jazz Album

• La Fleur de Cayenne, Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid–New York Connection
• The Original Influencers, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
• Mundoagua, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
• A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole, Gonzalo Rubalcaba et al.
• Vanguardia Subterránea (Live), Miguel Zenón Quartet

Best Alternative Jazz Album

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

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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

Best Musical Theater Album

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just In Time
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best Gospel Album

• Sunny Days, Yolanda Adams
• Tasha, Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Live Breathe Fight, Tamela Mann
• Only on the Road (Live), Tye Tribbett
• Heart of Mine, Darrel Walls, PJ Morton

Best Gospel Performance/Song

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

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

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

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

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

Best Roots Gospel Album

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

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• A Complete Unknown
• F1 The Album
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Sinners
• Wicked

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

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

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

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

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be [From TRON: Ares],” Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
• “Golden [From KPop Demon Hunters],” EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters, (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
• “I Lied to You [From Sinners],” Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
• “Never Too Late [From Elton John: Never Too Late],” Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
• “Pale, Pale Moon [From Sinners],” Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
• “Sinners [From Sinners],” Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Poviliunas, songwriters (Rod Wave)

Best Music Video

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

Best Music Film

• Devo, Devo
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall, RAYE
• Relentless, Diane Warren
• Music by John Williams, John Williams
• Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• All Things Light, Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Matt Chamberlain, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Rob Moose, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olvera-LaPier, Ethan Schneiderman. Rahm Silverglade & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)
• Arcadia, Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
• For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
• That Wasn’t A Dream, Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
• Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)
• Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Standard Stoppages, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
• Yule, Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediæval)

Producer of the Year, Classical

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

Best Instrumental Composition

• “First Snow,” Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
• “Live Life This Day: Movement I,” Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
• “Lord, That’s A Long Way,” Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
• “Opening,” Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)
• “Train to Emerald City,” John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
• “Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down,” Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• “Be Okay,” Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)
• “A Child Is Born,” Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)
• “Fight On,” Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)
• “Super Mario Praise Break,” Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• “Big Fish,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje)
• “How Did She Look?,” Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
• “Keep an Eye on Summer,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
• “Something in the Water (Acoustic-Ish),” Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)
• “What A Wonderful World,” Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)

Best Orchestral Performance

• “Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies,’” Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• “Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie,” Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• “Ravel: Boléro, M. 81,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
• “Still & Bonds,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• “Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

• “Heggie: Intelligence,” Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
• “Huang Ruo: An American Soldier,” Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
• “Kouyoumdjian: Adoration,” Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
• “O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead,” Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh, John Molloy & Naomi Louisa O’Connell; Alex Dowling & Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
• “Tesori: Grounded,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant

Best Choral Performance

• “Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World,” Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare)
• “Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved,” Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• “Lang: Poor Hymnal,” Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing)
• “Ortiz: Yanga,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• “Requiem of Light,” Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• “Dennehy: Land Of Winter,” Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
• “La Mer – French Piano Trios,” Neave Trio
• “Lullabies for the Brokenhearted,” Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon
• “Slavic Sessions,” Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski
• “Standard Stoppages,” Third Coast Percussion

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• “Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies,’” Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• “Hope Orchestrated,” Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
• “Inheritances,” Adam Tendler
• “Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor,” Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
• “Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos,” Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• “Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works,” Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Alike – My Mother’s Dream, Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra)
• Black Pierrot, Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
• In This Short Life, Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist
• Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist
• Schubert Beatles, Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber)
• Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano, Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers
• The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II, Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
• Ortiz: Yanga, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
• Seven Seasons, Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
• Tombeaux, Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion)
• Dennehy: Land of Winter, Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound)
• León: Raíces (Origins), Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Okpebholo: Songs in Flight, Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists)
• Ortiz: Dzonot, Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Immersive Audio Album

• All American F***boy, Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth)
• Immersed, Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
• An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live), Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)
• Tearjerkers, Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
• Yule, Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)

Best Children’s Music Album

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

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

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

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

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

Best Comedy Album

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