The Recording Academy has revealed the nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards.
Receiving Grammy nods in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Recording were James Blake (Playing Robots Into Heaven), The Chemical Brothers (For That Beautiful Feeling), Fred again.. (Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), Skrillex (Quest for Fire) and the Kx5 duo of deadmau5 and Kaskade (Kx5).
Up for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album are Aphex Twin’s “Blackbox Life Recorder 21F,” James Blake’s “Loading,” Disclosure’s “Higher Than Ever Before,” Fred again.. and Romy’s “Strong,” and Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan’s “Rumble.”
A dominant Fred again.. was also nominated in the category of Best New Artist, joining Gracie Abrams, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, Victoria Monét and The War and Treaty.

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Elsewhere, house music superstar Dom Dolla received his first Grammy nomination for his scintillating remix of Gorillaz’ “New Gold.” Another first-timer is deep house virtuoso Lane 8, who also snagged a nomination in the Best Remixed Recording category for Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ rework of “Reviver.”
Other electronic music producers to receive nominations include Calvin Harris and David Guetta, each of whom received nods in the category of Best Pop Dance Recording—the former for “Miracle” and the latter for “Baby Don’t Hurt Me” and “One in a Million.”
The 66th Grammy Awards will take place on February 4th, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Check out the full list of nominees below.
2024 Grammy Nominations
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]Boygenius – Not Strong EnoughJon Batiste – WorshipMiley Cyrus – FlowersOlivia Rodrigo – VampireSZA – Kill BillTaylor Swift – Anti-HeroVictoria Monét – On My Mama
Album of the Year
Boygenius – The RecordJanelle Monáe – The Age of PleasureJon Batiste – World Music RadioLana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean BlvdMiley Cyrus – Endless Summer VacationOlivia Rodrigo – GutsSZA – SOSTaylor Swift – Midnights
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)Jon Batiste – ButterflyLana Del Rey – A&WMiley Cyrus – FlowersOlivia Rodrigo – VampireSZA – Kill BillTaylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best New Artist
Coco JonesGracie AbramsFred Again..Ice SpiceJelly RollNoah KahanVictoria MonétThe War and Treaty
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Daniel NigroDernst “D’Mile” Emile IIHit-BoyJack AntonoffMetro Boomin
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Edgar BarreraJessie Jo DillonJustin TranterShane McAnallyTheron Thomas
Best Pop Solo Performance
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]Doja Cat – Paint the Town RedMiley Cyrus – FlowersOlivia Rodrigo – VampireTaylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So AloneLana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy NecklaceMiley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand MilesSZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the MachineTaylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)Kelly Clarkson – ChemistryMiley Cyrus – Endless Summer VacationOlivia Rodrigo – GutsTaylor Swift – Midnights
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21fDisclosure – Higher Than Ever BeforeJames Blake – LoadingRomy & Fred Again.. – StrongSkrillex, Fred Again.. & Flowdan – Rumble
Best Pop Dance Recording
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – One in a MillionCalvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding – MiracleDavid Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt MeKylie Minogue – Padam PadamTroye Sivan – Rush
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
James Blake – Playing Robots Into HeavenThe Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful FeelingFred Again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)Kx5 – Kx5Skrillex – Quest for Fire
Best Rock Performance
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything GoesBlack Pumas – More Than a Love SongBoygenius – Not Strong EnoughFoo Fighters – RescuedMetallica – Lux Æterna
Best Metal Performance
Disturbed – Bad ManGhost – Phantom of the OperaMetallica – 72 SeasonsSlipknot – Hive MindSpiritbox – Jaded
Best Rock Song
Boygenius – Not Strong EnoughFoo Fighters – RescuedOlivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled GirlQueens of the Stone Age – Emotion SicknessThe Rolling Stones – Angry
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters – But Here We AreGreta Van Fleet – StarcatcherMetallica – 72 SeasonsParamore – This Is WhyQueens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays – Belinda SaysArctic Monkeys – Body PaintBoygenius – Cool About ItLana Del Rey – A&WParamore – This Is Why
Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys – The CarBoygenius – The RecordGorillaz – Cracker IslandLana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean BlvdPJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – Summer Too HotCoco Jones – ICURobert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to LoveSZA – Kill BillVictoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Babyface Featuring Coco Jones – SimpleKenyon Dixon – LuckyPJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol – Good MorningSZA – Love LanguageVictoria Monét Featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét – Hollywood
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – ICUHalle – AngelRobert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to LoveSZA – SnoozeVictoria Monét – On My Mama
Best Progressive R&B Album
Diddy – The Love Album: Off the GridTerrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – NovaJanelle Monáe – The Age of PleasureSZA – SOS6lack – Since I Have a Lover
Best R&B Album
Babyface – Girls Night OutCoco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)Emily King – Special OccasionSummer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EPVictoria Monét – Jaguar II
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar – The HillbilliesBlack Thought – Love LetterCoi Leray – PlayersDrake & 21 Savage – Rich FlexKiller Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the WorldDoja Cat – AttentionDrake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout ULil Durk Featuring J. Cole – All My LifeSZA – Low
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat – AttentionDrake & 21 Savage – Rich FlexKiller Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & EngineersLil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna RockNicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage – Her LossKiller Mike – MichaelMetro Boomin – Heroes & VillainsNas – King’s Disease IIITravis Scott – Utopia
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Aja Monet – When the Poems Do What They DoJ. Ivy – The Light InsideKevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My MotherPrentice Powell and Shawn William – For Your Consideration ’24Queen Sheba – A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited
Best Jazz Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live)Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not for MeJon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes)Lakecia Benjamin – BasquiatSamara Joy – Tight
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Cécile McLorin Salvant – MélusineFred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village VanguardGretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean InNicole Zuraitis – How Love BeginsPatti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental JawnBilly Childs – The Winds of ChangeKenny Barron – The SourceLakecia Benjamin – PhoenixPat Metheny – Dream Box
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – RitmoThe Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings the BluesDarcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum TensionMingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial SessionsVince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians
Best Latin Jazz Album
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox HumanaEliane Elias – QuietudeIvan Lins With the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra – My Heart SpeaksLuciana Souza & Trio Corrente – CometaMiguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily – Love in ExileCory Henry – Live at the PianoKurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue – SuperBlue: The Iridescent SpreeLouis Cole – Quality Over OpinionMeshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong SurviveLaufey – BewitchedLiz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates SondheimPentatonix – Holidays Around the WorldRickie Lee Jones – Pieces of TreasureVarious – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – As We SpeakBen Wendel – All OneBob James – Jazz HandsHouse of Waters – On BecomingJulian Lage – The Layers
Best Musical Theater Album
Kimberly AkimboParadeShuckedSome Like It HotSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Country Solo Performance
Brandy Clark – BuriedChris Stapleton – White HorseDolly Parton – The Last Thing on My MindLuke Combs – Fast CarTyler Childers – In Your Love
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s NobodyCarly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight AnymoreDierks Bentley Furingeat Billy Strings – High NoteJelly Roll With Lainey Wilson – Save MeVince Gill & Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best Country Song
Brandy Clark – BuriedChris Stapleton – White HorseMorgan Wallen – Last NightTyler Childers – In Your LoveZach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best Country Album
Brothers Osborne – Brothers OsborneKelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome MatLainey Wilson – Bell Bottom CountryTyler Childers – Rustin’ in the RainZach Bryan – Zach Bryan
Best American Roots Performance
Allison Russell – Eve Was BlackBlind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us AllJon Batiste – ButterflyMadison Cunningham – Inventing the WheelRhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man
Best Americana Performance
Allison Russell – The ReturnerBlind Boys of Alabama – FriendshipBrandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear InsecurityJason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of OklahomaTyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
Best American Roots Song
Allison Russell – The ReturnerBilly Strings Featuring Willie Nelson – California SoberBrandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear InsecurityJason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron SkilletThe War and Treaty – Blank Page
Best Americana Album
Allison Russell – The ReturnerBrandy Clark – Brandy ClarkJason Isbell and the 400 Unit – WeathervanesRodney Crowell – The Chicago SessionsRhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Me/And/DadMichael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the GameMighty Poplar – Mighty PoplarMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of GoldSam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John HartfordWillie Nelson – Bluegrass
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush – All My Love for YouEric Bibb – Ridin’John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa’s LoungeMr. Sipp – The Soul Side of SippTracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in LondonLarkin Poe – Blood HarmonyRuthie Foster – Healing TimeSamantha Fish and Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
Best Folk Album
Dom Flemons – Traveling WildfireJoni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the MoonNickel Creek – CelebrantsOld Crow Medicine Show – JubileePaul Simon – PsalmsRufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New BeginningsDwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalLost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater NolaNew Breed Bass Band – Made in New OrleansNew Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too Much to HoldThe Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Erica Campbell – Feel Alright (Blessed)Melvin Crispell III – God IsKirk Franklin – All ThingsStanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard – God Is GoodZacardi Cortez – Lord Do It for Me (Live)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Blessing Offor – Believe Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]For King & Country Featuring Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I AmLauren Daigle – Thank God I Do Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Your PowerMaverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – God Problems
Best Gospel Album
Erica Campbell – I Love YouMaverick City Music – The Maverick WayJonathan McReynolds – My TruthTasha Cobbs Leonard – Hymns (Live)Tye Tribbett – All Things New: Live in Orlando
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Blessing Offor – My TribeDa’ T.R.U.T.H. – EmanuelLauren Daigle – Lauren DaigleLecrae – Church Clothes 4Phil Wickham – I Believe
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet – Tribute to the KingBlind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the SouthBecky Isaacs Bowman – Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough TimesBrian Free & Assurance – Meet Me at the CrossGaither Vocal Band – Shine: The Darker the Night the Brighter the Light
Best Latin Pop Album
AleMor – Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1Gaby Moreno – X Mi (Vol. 1)Maluma – Don JuanPablo Alborán – La Cuarta HojaPaula Arenas – A CiegasPedro Capó – La Neta
Best Música Urbana Album
Karol G – Mañana Será BonitoRauw Alejandro – SaturnoTainy – Data
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Cabra – Martínez Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de TigreFito Paez – EADDA9223Juanes – Vida CotidianaNatalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Ana Bárbara – Bordado a ManoFlor de Toloache – MotherflowerLila Downs – La SánchezLupita Infante – Amor Como en las Películas de AntesPeso Pluma – Génesis
Best Tropical Latin Album
Carlos Vives – Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado AsíGrupo Niche y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – Niche SinfónicoLuis Figueroa – Voy a TiOmara Portuondo – VidaRubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Siembra: 45° Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Mimy & Tony
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow ForcesBéla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – PashtoBurna Boy – AloneDavido – FeelFalu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance in MilletsIbrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo ColoresSilvana Estrada – Milagro y Disastre
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Olamide – AmapianoAyra Starr – RushBurna Boy – City BoysDavido Featuring Musa Keys – UnavailableTyla – Water
Best Global Music Album
Bokanté – HistoryBurna Boy – I Told Them…Davido – TimelessShakti – This MomentSusana Baca- Epifanías
Best Reggae Album
Buju Banton – Born for GreatnessBeenie Man – SimmaBurning Spear – No DestroyerCollie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023Julian Marley & Antaeus – Colors of Royal
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality and The Scorchio Quartet – So She HowlsDavid Darling & Hans Christian – Ocean Dreaming OceanKirsten Agresta-Copely – AquamarineOmar Akram – Moments of BeautyÓlafur Arnalds – Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks)
Best Children’s Music Album
Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids!Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – AncestarsUncle Jumbo – Taste the Sky123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs
Best Comedy Album
Chris Rock – Selective OutrageDave Chappelle – What’s in a Name?Sarah Silverman – Someone You LoveTrevor Noah – I Wish You WouldWanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Meryl Streep – Big TreeMichelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain TimesRick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of BeingSenator Bernie Sanders – It’s OK to Be Angry About CapitalismWilliam Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Daisy Jones & the Six – AuroraVarious Artists – Barbie The AlbumVarious Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired ByVarious Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3“Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
John Williams – The FabelmansJohn Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyLudwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverLudwig Göransson – OppenheimerMark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – Barbie
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary – God of War RagnarökJess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory – Stray Gods: The Roleplaying MusicalPeter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea” – Hogwarts LegacySarah Schachner – Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare IIStephen Barton & Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Best Song Written for for Visual Media
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]Rihanna – Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By)Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken [From “Barbie the Album”]
Best Music Video
The Beatles – I’m Only SleepingBillie Eilish – What Was I Made For [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]Kendrick Lamar – Count Me OutTroye Sivan – RushTyler Childers – In Your Love
Best Music Film
David Bowie – Moonage DaydreamKendrick Lamar – Live From Paris, the Big Steppers TourLewis Capaldi – How I’m Feeling NowLittle Richard – I Am EverythingTupac Shakur – Dear Mama
Best Recording Package
The Arcs – Eletrophonic ChronicBrad Breeck – Gravity FallsCaroline Rose – The Art of ForgettingDry Cleaning – StumpworkEnsemble Cadenza 21’ – Cadenza 21’Leaf Yeh – Migration
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Bo Burnham – Inside: Deluxe Box SetLou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe EditionNeutral Milk Hotel – The Collected Works of Neutral Milk HotelNgọt – GieoVarious Artists – For the Birds: The Birdsong Project
Best Album Notes
Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See HoustonIftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba SessionsJohn Coltrane – Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Best Historical Album
Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe EditionVarious Artists – The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Bokanté – HistoryBoygenius – The RecordCaroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into YouFeist – MultitudesVictoria Monét – Jaguar II
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – FandangoManfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five PiecesMehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul – Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & TenorRiccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American ComposersShara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour
Producer of the Year, Classical
Brian PidgeonDavid FrostDmitriy LipayElaine MartoneMorten Lindberg
Best Remixed Recording
Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)Mariah Carey – Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)Turnstile & BadBadNotGood Featuring Blood Orange – Alien Love Call
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia KeysBear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)George Strait – Blue Clear SkyMadison Beer – Silence Between SongsRyan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)
Best Instrumental Composition
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – MotionJohn Williams – Helena’s ThemeLakecia Benjamin Feuringat Angela Davis – Amerikkan SkinLudwig Göransson – Can You Hear the MusicQuartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey and the Dragon
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera – I Remember MingusJust 6 – Angels We Have Heard on HighLudwig Göransson – Can You Hear the MusicThe String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison BluesWednesday Addams – Paint It Black
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Cécile McLorin Salvant – FenestraMaria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in ParisSäje Featuring Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the MorningSamara Joy – Lush Life
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of EcstasyLos Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: DanteNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four PiecesThe Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk SymphonySan Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: ChampionBoston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord of CriesThe Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge
Best Choral Performance
The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: All-Night VigilThe Crossing – Carols After a PlagueMiró Quartet; Conspirare – The House of BelongingSan Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux AeternaUusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American StoriesCatalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George WalkerRoomful of Teeth – Rough MagicThird Coast Percussion – Between BreathsYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ and Op. 1, No. 3
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: CylindersCurtis Stewart – Of LoveLouisville Orchestra – The American ProjectRobert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness and Scattered LightSeth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – BecauseJulia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking in the DarkKarim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist – Broken BranchesLaura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist – 40@40Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising
Best Classical Compendium
Aaron Diehl & The Knights – Zodiac SuiteAndy Akiho, Omaha Symphony & Ankush Kumar Bahl – SculpturesChick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna – SardiniaLos Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo – FandangoPeter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic & Tim Weiss – Missy Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive BrightVarious Artists – Passion for Bach and ColtraneWild Up & Christopher Rountree – Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re so Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony – Akiho: In That Space, at That TimeAwadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth – Montgomery: RoundsGustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: DantePeter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive BrightRoomful of Teeth – Brittelle: Psychedelics





