The Recording Academy has revealed the nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Receiving Grammy nods in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album are Four Tet (Three), Justice (Hyperdrama), Zedd (Telos), Charli XCX (Brat) and Kaytranada (TIMELESS).
Up for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording are Disclosure’s “She’s Gone, Dance On,” Four Tet’s “Loved,” Fred again.. and Baby Keem’s “leavemealone,” Justice and Tame Impala’s “Neverender” and Kaytranada’s “Witchy” featuring Childish Gambino.
In the wake of the inescapable “brat summer,” a dominant Charli XCX also secured a nomination in the category of Best Dance Pop Recording, one of seven overall, for her track “Von dutch.” There, she’s joined by Madison Beer (“Make You Mine”), Ariana Grande (“Yes, And”), Troye Sivan (“Got Me Started”) and Billie Eilish (“L’Amour De Ma Vie (Over Now Extended Edit)”).
Elsewhere in the dance categories, nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording went to Charli XCX (“Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae”) Doechii and Kaytranada (“Alter Ego – Kaytranada Remix”), Julian Marley and Antaeus (“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix”), Sabrina Carpenter (“Espresso – Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix”) and Shaboozey and David Guetta (“A Bar Song [Tipsy] Remix).”
The 67th Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025. Check out the full list of nominations below.
Record of the YearThe Beatles – Now and ThenBeyoncé – Texas Hold ’EmBillie Eilish – Birds of a FeatherChappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!Charli XCX – 360Kendrick Lamar – Not Like UsSabrina Carpenter – EspressoTaylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Album of the YearAndré 3000 – New Blue SunBeyoncé – Cowboy CarterBillie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and SoftChappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessCharli XCX – BratJacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetTaylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Song of the YearBeyoncé – Texas Hold ’EmBillie Eilish – Birds of a FeatherChappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!Kendrick Lamar – Not Like UsLady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a SmileSabrina Carpenter – Please Please PleaseShaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best New ArtistBenson BooneDoechiiChappell RoanKhruangbinRayeSabrina CarpenterShaboozeyTeddy Swims
Producer of the Year, Non-ClassicalAlissiaDaniel NigroDernst “D’Mile” Emile IIIan FitchukMustard
Songwriter of the Year, Non-ClassicalAmy AllenEdgar BarreraJessi AlexanderJessie Jo DillonRaye
Best Pop Solo PerformanceBeyoncé – BodyguardBillie Eilish – Birds of a FeatherChappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!Charli XCX – AppleSabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceAriana Grande, Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine – RemixBeyoncé Featuring Post Malone – Levii’s JeansCharli XCX & Billie Eilish – Guess Featuring Billie EilishGracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift – Us.Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Best Pop Vocal AlbumAriana Grande – Eternal SunshineBillie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and SoftChappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessSabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetTaylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic RecordingDisclosure – She’s Gone, Dance OnFour Tet – LovedFred Again.. & Baby Keem – LeavemealoneJustice & Tame Impala – NeverenderKaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino – Witchy
Best Dance Pop RecordingAriana Grande – Yes, And?Billie Eilish – L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]Charli XCX – Von DutchMadison Beer – Make You MineTroye Sivan – Got Me Started
Best Dance/Electronic Music AlbumCharli XCX – BratFour Tet – ThreeJustice – HyperdramaKaytranada – TimelessZedd – Telos
Best Remixed RecordingCharli XCX – Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison RaeDoechii & 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 PerformanceThe Beatles – Now and ThenThe Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing MeIdles – Gift HorsePearl Jam – Dark MatterSt. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Metal PerformanceGojira, Marina Viotti & Victor le Masne – Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)Judas Priest – Crown of HornsKnocked Loose Featuring Poppy – SuffocateMetallica – Screaming SuicideSpiritbox – Cellar Door
Best Rock SongThe Black Keys – Beautiful People (Stay High)Green Day – DilemmaIdles – Gift HorsePearl Jam – Dark MatterSt. Vincent – Broken Man
Best Rock AlbumThe Black Crowes – Happiness BastardsFontaines D.C. – RomanceGreen Day – SaviorsIdles – TangkJack White – No NamePearl Jam – Dark MatterThe Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Best Alternative Music PerformanceCage the Elephant – Neon PillFontaines D.C. – StarbursterKim Gordon – Bye ByeNick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Song of the LakeSt. Vincent – Flea
Best Alternative Music AlbumBrittany Howard – What NowClairo – CharmKim Gordon – The CollectiveNick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild GodSt. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Best R&B PerformanceChris Brown – ResidualsCoco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)Jhené Aiko – GuidanceMuni Long – Made for Me (Live on BET)SZA – Saturn
Best Traditional R&B PerformanceKenyon Dixon – Can I Have This GrooveLalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald – No LieLucky Daye – That’s YouMarsha Ambrosius – WetMuni Long – Make Me Forget
Best R&B SongCoco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)Kehlani – After HoursMuni Long – Ruined MeSZA – SaturnTems – Burning
Best Progressive R&B AlbumAvery*Sunshine – So Glad to Know YouChildish Gambino – Bando Stone and the New WorldDurand Bernarr – En RouteKehlani – CrashNxWorries – Why Lawd?
Best R&B AlbumChris Brown – 11:11 (Deluxe)Lalah Hathaway – VantablackLucky Daye – AlgorithmMuni Long – RevengeUsher – Coming Home
Best Rap PerformanceCardi B – Enough (Miami)Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – When the Sun Shines AgainDoechii – Nissan AltimaEminem – HoudiniFuture, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like ThatGlorilla – Yeah Glo!Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Best Melodic Rap PerformanceBeyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey – SpaghettiiFuture, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd – We Still Don’t Trust YouJordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani – Kehlani (Remix)Latto – Big MamaRapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – 3:AM
Best Rap SongFuture, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like ThatGlorilla – Yeah Glo!Kendrick Lamar – Not Like UsRapsody & Hit-Boy – Asteroids¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – Carnival
Best Rap AlbumCommon & Pete Rock – The Auditorium Vol. 1Doechii – Alligator Bites Never HealEminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust YouJ. Cole – Might Delete Later
Best Spoken Word Poetry AlbumMalik Yusef – Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the WordOmari Hardwick – Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 SeriesQueen Sheba – Civil Writes: The South Got Something to SaySkillz – The Seven Number OnesTank and the Bangas – The Heart, the Mind, the Soul
Best Jazz PerformanceThe Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – JunoDan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – Little FearsLakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
Best Jazz Vocal AlbumCatherine Russell & Sean Mason – My IdealChristie Dashiell – Journey in BlackKurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + EsperanzaSamara Joy – A Joyful Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumAmbrose Akinmusire – Owl SongChick Corea & Béla Fleck – RemembranceKenny Barron – Beyond This PlaceLakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game
Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumThe Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – And So It GoesDan Pugach – Bianca ReimaginedJohn Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning to ForeverMiguel Zenón – Golden CityOrrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile in My Shoe
Best Latin Jazz AlbumDonald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- As I TravelEliane Elias – Time and AgainHamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – CollabHoracio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in ItalyMichel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever AgainZaccai Curtis – Cubop Lives!
Best Alternative Jazz AlbumArooj Aftab – Night ReignAndré 3000 – New Blue SunKeyon Harrold – ForeverlandMeshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James BaldwinRobert Glasper – Code Derivation
Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumAaron Lazar – Impossible DreamCyrille Aimée – À Fleur de PeauGregory Porter – Christmas WishLake Street Dive – Good TogetherNorah Jones – Visions
Best Contemporary Instrumental AlbumBéla Fleck – Rhapsody in BlueBill Frisell – Orchestras (Live)Julian Lage – Speak to MeMark Guiliana – MarkTaylor Eigsti – Plot Armor
Best Musical Theater AlbumHell’s KitchenMerrily We Roll AlongThe NotebookThe OutsidersSuffsThe Wiz
Best Country Solo PerformanceBeyoncé – 16 CarriagesChris Stapleton – It Takes a WomanJelly Roll – I Am Not OkayKacey Musgraves – The ArchitectShaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country Duo/Group PerformanceBeyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most WantedBrothers Osborne – Break MineDan + Shay – Bigger HousesKelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry TooPost Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
Best Country SongBeyoncé – Texas Hold ’EmJelly Roll – I Am Not OkayKacey Musgraves – The ArchitectPost Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some HelpShaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Best Country AlbumBeyoncé – Cowboy CarterChris Stapleton – HigherKacey Musgraves – Deeper WellLainey Wilson – WhirlwindPost Malone – F-1 Trillion
Best American Roots PerformanceThe Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing in RamblingRhiannon Giddens – The Ballad of Sally AnneShemekia Copeland – Blame It on EveSierra Ferrell – Lighthouse
Best Americana PerformanceBeyoncé – Ya YaGillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of SkyMadi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me GoodMadison Cunningham – SubtitlesSarah Jarosz – Runaway TrainSierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best American Roots SongAoife O’Donovan – All My FriendsIron & Wine & Fiona Apple – All in Good TimeMark Knopfler – Ahead of the GameShemekia Copeland – Blame It on EveSierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Best Americana AlbumCharley Crockett – $10 CowboyMaggie Rose – No One Gets Out AliveSarah Jarosz – Polaroid LoversSierra Ferrell – Trail of FlowersT Bone Burnett – The Other SideWaxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Best Bluegrass AlbumBilly Strings – Live Vol. 1Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a WorldDan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the RymanThe Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and LifeSister Sadie – No FearTony Trischka – Earl Jam
Best Traditional Blues AlbumCedric Burnside – Hill Country LoveThe Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck DownLittle Feat – Sam’s PlaceSue Foley – One Guitar WomanTaj Mahal – Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues AlbumAntonio Vergara – The FuryJoe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2Ruthie Foster – MileageShemekia Copeland – Blame It on EveSteve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown
Best Folk AlbumAdrianne Lenker – Bright FutureAmerican Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork QuartetAoife O’Donovan – All My FriendsGillian Welch & David Rawlings – WoodlandMadi Diaz – Weird Faith
Best Regional Roots Music AlbumBig Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalKalani Pe’a – KuiniNew Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalThe Rumble – Stories From the BattlefieldSean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Best Gospel Performance/SongDoe – Holy HandsMelvin Crispell III – YesterdayRicky Dillard – Hold On (Live)Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – One HallelujahYolanda Adams – Church Doors
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/SongBethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans – Holy Forever (Live)CeCe Winans – That’s My KingElevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore – PraiseHonor & Glory & Disciple – Firm Foundation (He Won’t)Jwlkrs Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore – In the Name of JesusMaverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard – In the Room
Best Gospel AlbumCeCe Winans – More Than ThisKaren Clark Sheard – Still KarenKirk Franklin – Father’s DayMelvin Crispell III – Covered Vol. 1Ricky Dillard – Choirmaster II (Live)
Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumBrandon Lake – Coat of Many ColorsDoe – Heart of a HumanElevation Worship – When Wind Meets FireForrest Frank – Child of GodMaverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – The Maverick Way Complete
Best Roots Gospel AlbumAuthentic Unlimited – The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2Cory Henry – ChurchThe Harlem Gospel Travelers – RhapsodyMark D. Conklin – The Gospel According to MarkThe Nelons – Loving You
Best Latin Pop AlbumAnitta – Funk GenerationKali Uchis – OrquídeasKany García – GarcíaLuis Fonsi – El ViajeShakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Best Música Urbana AlbumBad Bunny – Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar MañanaFeid – FerxxocalipsisJ Balvin – RayoResidente – Las Letras Ya No ImportanYoung Miko – Att.
Best Latin Rock or Alternative AlbumCimafunk – Pa’ Tu CuerpaEl David Aguilar – Compita del DestinoMon Laferte – AutopoiéticaNathy Peluso – GrasaRawayana – ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1Chiquis – DiamantesJessi Uribe – De LejitosPeso Pluma – Éxodo
Best Tropical Latin AlbumJuan Luis Guerra 4.40 – Radio GüiraKiki Valera – Vacilón SantiagueroMarc Anthony – MuevenseSheila E. – BailarTony Succar & Mimy Succar – Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)
Best Global Music PerformanceAngélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My SoulArooj Aftab – Raat Ki RaniJacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock SomewhereMasa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – KashiraRocky Dawuni – RiseSheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá
Best African Music PerformanceAsake & Wizkid – MMSBurna Boy – HigherChris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – SensationalTems – Love Me JeJeYemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music AlbumAntonio Rey – Historias de un FlamencoCiro Hurtado – PaisajesMatt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan IIRema – HeisTems – Born in the Wild
Best Reggae AlbumCollie Buddz – Take It EasyShenseea – Never Gets Late HereVarious Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)Vybz Kartel – Party With MeThe Wailers – Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant AlbumAnoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before DawnChris Redding – Visions of Sounds De LuxeRadhika Vekaria – Warriors of LightRicky Kej – Break of DawnRyuichi Sakamoto – OpusWouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni
Best Children’s Music AlbumDivinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide PlaydateJohn Legend – My Favorite DreamLucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – CreciendoRock for Children – Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy AlbumDave Chappelle – The DreamerJim Gaffigan – The PrisonerNikki Glaser – Someday You’ll DieRicky Gervais – ArmageddonTrevor Noah – Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling RecordingBarbra Streisand – My Name Is BarbraDolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in RhinestonesGeorge Clinton – …And Your Ass Will FollowJimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial CelebrationVarious Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaLondon Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard BernsteinVarious Artists – The Color PurpleVarious Artists – Deadpool & WolverineVarious Artists – SaltburnVarious Artists – Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)Kris Bowers – The Color PurpleHans Zimmer – Dune: Part TwoLaura Karpman – American FictionNick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – ShōgunTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive MediaBear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: ValhallaJohn Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraWilbert Roget II – Star Wars OutlawsWinifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual MediaBarbra 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 VideoA$AP Rocky – Tailor SwifCharli XCX – 360Eminem – HoudiniKendrick Lamar – Not Like UsTaylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Music FilmJon Batiste – American SymphonyJune Carter Cash – JuneRun-DMC – Kings From QueensSteven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: DiscipleVarious Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop
Best Recording PackageThe Avett Brothers – The Avett BrothersCharli XCX – BratiWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and DiseaseKate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band MillionairePost Malone – F-1 TrillionWilliam Clark Green – Baker Hotel
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition PackageAlpha Wolf – Half Living ThingsJohn Lennon – Mind GamesKate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)Nirvana – In UteroUnsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago
Best Album NotesAlice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After MidnightJohn Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – CentennialVarious Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical AlbumKing Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – CentennialPaul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor RecordingsPepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y PaquitoPrince & 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-ClassicalCharlotte Day Wilson – Cyan BlueKacey Musgraves – Deeper WellLucky Daye – AlgorithmPeter Gabriel – I/OSabrina Carpenter – Short n’ SweetWillow – Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, ClassicalLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución DiamantinaLos Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden WestPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the DarkTimo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Producer of the Year, ClassicalChristoph FrankeDirk SobotkaDmitriy LipayElaine MartoneErica BrennerMorten Lindberg
Best Immersive Audio AlbumEnsemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – PaxPeter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves CompanyRoxy Music – AvalonTrondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental CompositionAkropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – StrandsAndré 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This TimeChick Corea & Béla Fleck – RemembranceChristopher Zuar Orchestra – CommunionShelly Berg – At Last
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A CappellaBéla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled WaterSäje – Silent NightScott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns
Best Arrangement, Instruments and VocalsCody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of SilenceJohn Legend – Always Come BackSäje Featuring Regina Carter – AlmaWillow – Big FeelingsThe 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Best Orchestral PerformanceBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C MajorEsa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The FirebirdLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución DiamantinaORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider DanceSusanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Best Opera RecordingLos Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden WestLyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The ShiningThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el AmazonasThe Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The HoursSan Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral PerformanceApollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: AkathistThe Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – OchreSkylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the DarkTrue Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble PerformanceCaroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and CircumstanceJACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & ParticlesLorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort ScalesMiró Quartet – HomeYo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental SoloAndy Akiho – Akiho: LongingCurtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and OrchestraMak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – EntourerSeth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’ArcVíkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Best Classical Solo Vocal AlbumFotina Naumenko – Bespoke SongsJoyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck LiederKaren Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the YearsNicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna ComeWill Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way
Best Classical CompendiumAmy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance ConcertoAndy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLongingDanaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies IIExperiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American CounterpointsLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical CompositionAndrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo CelloDecoda – Coleman: RevelryEsa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana MaterEighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as ExplanationLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
