Grammy Awards 2026, 5 statuette per Kendrick Lamar, ma l’Album Of The Year è di Bad Bunny

di Claudio Lancia

02-02-2026

Si è svolta domenica 1° febbraio presso la Crypto.com Arena di Los Angeles la cerimonia di premiazione dei Grammy Awards 2026. A trionfare, come lo scorso anno, è Kendrick Lamar, che vince in cinque categorie (su nove nomination complessive): “Record Of The Year” e “Best Melodic Rap Performance”, in entrambi i casi in coppia con SZA, oltre a “Best Rap Album”, “Best Rap Song” e “Best Rap Performance”.
Ma il premio più atteso, quello per “Album Of The Year” va a “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” di Bad Bunny: è la prima volta che accade per un artista latino. Bad Bunny vince anche nelle categorie “Best Musica Urbàna Album” e “Best Global Music Performance”.
“Song Of The Year” è “Wildflower” di Billie Eilish, mentre “Best New Artist” è Olivia Dean, che supera la concorrenza di Sombr e Addison Rae.
Nella categoria “Best Pop Solo Performance” Lola Young beffa Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter (rimasta all’asciutto nonostante sei nomination), Chappel Roan e Justin Bieber.
Nelle categorie rock è un trionfo per Turnstile (“Never Enough” è “Best Rock Album”) e Cure, un Grammy anche per Yungblud e Nine Inch Nails.
Grande sconfitta Lady Gaga: porta a casa soltanto due statuette (una terza è in realtà di Gesaffelstein per il remix della sua “Abracadabra”), entrambe nella sezione pop/electronic, e resta all’asciutto nelle categorie più importanti. Nella sezione dedicata alla musica elettronica fra gli altri premiati spiccano anche i nomi di Tame Impala e FKA Twigs.

La serata di Los Angeles è stata contrassegnata anche da numerose prese di posizione politiche. Ritirando il premio per il miglior album di musica urbana, il cantante portoricano — che domenica prossima sarà protagonista dell’half time del Super Bowl, l’evento sportivo più seguito della televisione statunitense — ha scelto di parlare prima di qualsiasi ringraziamento: “Prima di ringraziare Dio, voglio dire una cosa: Ice fuori”. Poi Bad Bunny ha aggiunto: “Non siamo selvaggi, non siamo animali, non siamo alieni. Siamo esseri umani e siamo americani”.
Anche altri artisti hanno sfruttato il palco della Crypto.com Arena e la diretta televisiva, trasmessa per l’ultima volta dalla Cbs, per criticare le politiche anti-migranti di Donald Trump. Billie Eilish, premiata come canzone dell’anno per “Wildflower” insieme al fratello e autore Finneas O’Connell, ha dichiarato: “Nessuno è illegale in una terra rubata. Dobbiamo continuare a dire la nostra e a protestare. Le nostre voci contano”.
Eilish, O’Connell e altre star della musica, tra cui Justin Bieber, si sono presentati alla cerimonia indossando spille con le scritte “Ice Out” e “Be Good”, in memoria di Alex Pretti e Renée Good, uccisi da agenti federali a Minneapolis durante recenti operazioni che hanno riacceso il dibattito pubblico sull’uso della forza e sulle politiche migratorie negli Stati Uniti.

Di seguito tutte le nomination dell’edizione 2026 e, in neretto, tutti i vincitori.

GENERAL FIELD

Record of the Year
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
Bad Bunny – DTMF
Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Chappell Roan – The Subway
Doechii – Anxiety
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Album of the Year
Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
Justin Bieber – Swag
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Lady Gaga – Mayhem
Leon Thomas – Mutt
Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Bad Bunny – DTMF
Doechii – Anxiety
Huntr/x – Golden
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Addison Rae
Alex Warren
Katseye
Leon Thomas
Lola Young
The Marías
Sombr

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Cirkut
Blake Mills
Dan Auerbach
Dijon
Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Laura Veltz
Tobias Jesso Jr.

POP & DANCE / ELECTRONIC

Best Pop Solo Performance
Lola Young – Messy
Chappell Roan – The Subway
Justin Bieber – Daisies
Lady Gaga – Disease
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Best Pop/Duo Group Performance
Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity
Huntr/x – Golden
Katseye – Gabriela
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
SZA With Kendrick Lamar – 30 for 30

Best Pop Vocal Album
Lady Gaga – Mayhem
Justin Bieber – Swag
Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Tame Impala – End of Summer

Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – No Cap
Fred Again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax – Victory Lap
Kaytranada – Space Invader
Skrillex – Voltage

Best Dance Pop Recording
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
PinkPantheress – Illegal
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Bluest Flame
Tate McRae – Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

Best Dance/Electronic Album
FKA twigs – Eusexua
Fred Again.. – Ten Days
PinkPantheress – Fancy That
Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
Skrillex – F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3

Best Remixed Recording
Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein – Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)
The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake – Galvanize (Chris Lake Remix)
Huntr/x & David Guetta – Golden (David Guetta Rem/x)
Mariah Carey & Kaytranada – Don’t Forget About Us (Kaytranada Remix)
Soul II Soul – A Dreams a Dream (Ron Trent Refix)

ROCK, METAL & ALTERNATIVE

Best Rock Performance
Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt & Frank Bello Featuring Adam Wakeman & II – Changes (Live From Villa Park / Back to the Beginning)
Amyl and the Sniffers – U Should Not Be Doing That
Hayley Williams – Mirtazapine
Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine
Turnstile – Never Enough

Best Metal Performance
Turnstile – Birds
Dream Theater – Night Terror
Ghost – Lachryma
Sleep Token – Emergence
Spiritbox – Soft Spine

Best Rock Song
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive as You Need Me to Be
Hayley Williams – Glum
Sleep Token – Caramel
Turnstile – Never Enough
Yungblud – Zombie

Best Rock Album
Turnstile – Never Enough
Deftones – Private Music
Haim – I Quit
Linkin Park – From Zero
Yungblud – Idols

Best Alternative Music Performance
The Cure – Alone
Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love
Hayley Williams – Parachute
Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
Wet Leg – Mangetout

Best Alternative Music Album
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Tyler, the Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
Wet Leg – Moisturizer

R&B, RAP & SPOKEN WORD POETRY

Best R&B Performance
Kehlani – Folded
Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – It Depends
Justin Bieber – Yukon
Leon Thomas – Mutt (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk)
Summer Walker – Heart of a Woman

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Leon Thomas – Vibes Don’t Lie
Durand Bernarr – Here We Are
Lalah Hathaway – Uptown
Ledisi – Love You Too
SZA – Crybaby

Best R&B Song
Kehlani – Folded
Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – It Depends
Durand Bernarr – Overqualified
Leon Thomas – Yes It Is
Summer Walker – Heart of a Woman

Best Progressive R&B Album
Durand Bernarr – Bloom
Bilal – Adjust Brightness
Destin Conrad – Love on Digital
Flo – Access All Areas
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon – Come as You Are

Best R&B Album
Leon Thomas – Mutt
Coco Jones – Why Not More?
Giveon – Beloved
Ledisi – The Crown
Teyana Taylor – Escape Room

Best Rap Performance
Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice – Chains & Whips
Cardi B – Outside
Doechii – Anxiety
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
Fridayy & Meek Mill – Proud of Me
JID, Ty Dolla $ign & 6lack – Wholeheartedly
PartyNextDoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody – WeMaj

Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire, Pusha T & Malice – The Birds Don’t Sing
Doechii – Anxiety
Glorilla – TGIF
Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – Sticky

Best Rap Album
Kendick Lamar – GNX
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
Glorilla – Glorious
JID – God Does Like Ugly
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Mad Skillz – Words for Days, Vol. 1
Marc Marcel – Black Shaman
Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton – Pages
Queen Sheba – A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places)
Saul Williams & Carlos Niño & Friends – Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople (Live)

JAZZ, TRADITIONAL POP, CONTEMPORARY ISTRUMENTAL & MUSICAL THEATRE

Best Jazz Performance
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live)
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
Michael Mayo – Four
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach & Tom Scott Featuring Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber – All Stars Lead to You (Live)
Samara Joy – Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Samara Joy – Portrait
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
Michael Mayo – Fly
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach & Tom Scott Featuring Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber – Live at Vic’s Las Vegas
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Sullivan Fortner – Southern Nights
Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
Yellowjackets – Fasten Up

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Christian McBride – Without Further Ado, Vol 1
Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band – Lumen
Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra – Basie Rocks!
Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra – Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
Sun Ra Arkestra – Lights on a Satellite
The 8-Bit Big Band – Orchestrator Emulator

Best Latin Jazz Album
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro – A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole
Arturo O’Farrill – The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico (Live at Town Hall)
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley
Miguel Zenón Quartet – Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard
Paquito D’Rivera – Madrid-New York Connection Band – La Fleur de Cayenne

Best Alternative Jazz Album
Nate Smith – Live-Action
Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey From a Winter Stone
Brad Mehldau – Ride into the Sun
Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood
Robert Glasper – Keys to the City Volume One

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

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Arkai – Brightside
Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez – BEATrio
Bob James & Dave Koz – Just Us
Charu Suri – Shayan
Gerald Clayton – Ones & Twos

Best Musical Theater Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending

COUNTRY & AMERICAN ROOTS

Best Country Solo Performance
Chris Stapleton – Bad as I Used to Be (From F1® the Movie)
Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
Shaboozey – Good News
Tyler Childers – Nose on the Grindstone
Zach Top – I Never Lie

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – Amen
George Strait Featuring Chris Stapleton – Honky Tonk Hall of Fame
Margo Price Featuring Tyler Childers – Love Me Like You Used to Do
Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton – A Song to Sing
Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson – Trailblazer

Best Country Song
Tyler Childers – Bitin’ List
Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton – A Song to Sing
Shaboozey – Good News
Zach Top – I Never Lie

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

Best Contemporary Country Album
Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
Eric Church – Evangeline vs. the Machine
Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
Miranda Lambert – Postcards From Texas
Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter

Best American Roots Performance
Mavis Staples – Beautiful Strangers
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Richmond on the James
I’m With Her – Ancient Light
Jason Isbell – Crimson and Clay
Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman – Lonely Avenue

Best Americana Performance
Mavis Staples – Godspeed
Jesse Welles – Horses
Maggie Rose & Grace Potter – Poison in My Well
Molly Tuttle – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
Sierra Hull – Boom

Best American Roots Song
I’m With Her – Ancient Light
Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow
Jesse Welles – Middle
Jon Batiste – Big Money
Sierra Hull – Spitfire

Best Americana Album
Jon Batiste – Big Money
Jesse Welles – Middle
Larkin Poe – Bloom
Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Willie Nelson – Last Leaf on the Tree

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

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

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Robert Randolph – Preacher Kids
Eric Gales – A Tribute to LJK
Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough
Samantha Fish – Paper Doll
Southern Avenue – Family

Best Folk Album
I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue
Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow
Jesse Welles – Under the Powerlines (Live April 2024 – September 2024)
Patty Griffin – Crown of Roses
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Various Artists – A Tribute To the King of Zydeco
Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet – Live at Vaughan’s
Kyle Roussel – Church of New Orleans
Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band – For Fat Man
Trombone Shorty & New Breed Brass Band – Second Line Sunday

GOSPEL & CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Cece Winans & Shirley Caesar – Come Jesus Come
Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts – Still (Live)
Kirk Franklin – Do It Again
Pastor Mike Jr. – Amen
Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend – Church

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll – Hard Fought Hallelujah
Darrel Walls & PJ Morton – Amazing
Elevation Worship, Chris Brown & Brandon Lake – I Know a Name
Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I. – Headphones

Best Gospel Album
Darrel Walls & PJ Morton – Heart of Mine
Tamela Mann – Live Breathe Fight
Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Tasha
Tye Tribbett – Only on the Road (Live)
Yolanda Adams – Sunny Days

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Israel & New Breed – Coritos, Vol. 1
Brandon Lake – King of Hearts
Forrest Frank – Child of God II
Lecrae – Reconstruction
Tauren Wells – Let the Church Sing

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

LATIN, GLOBAL, AFRICAN, REGGAE & NEW AGE, AMBIENT OR CHANT

Best Latin Pop Album
Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y Ahora Qué?
Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
Karol G – Tropicoqueta
Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra

Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Feid – Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
J Balvin – Mixteip
Nicki Nicole – Naiki
Trueno – EUB Deluxe
Yandel – Sinfónico (En Vivo)

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso – Papota
Aterciopelados – Genes Rebeldes
Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & Astropical – Astropical
Fito Páez – Novela
Los Wizzards – Algorhythm

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Carín León – Palabra de To’s (Seca)
Bobby Pulido – Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y una Mía – Por la Puerta Grande (En Vivo)
Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera – Mala Mía
Grupo Frontera – Y Lo Que Viene
Paola Jara – Sin Rodeos

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

Best Global Music Performance
Bad Bunny – Eoo
Angélique Kidjo – Jerusalema
Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – Daybreak
Ciro Hurtado – Cantando en el Camino
Shakti – Shrini’s Dream (Live)
Yeisy Rojas – Inmigrante y Que?

Best African Music Performance
Tyla – Push 2 Start
Ayra Starr & Wizkid – Gimme Dat
Burna Boy – Love
Davido Featuring Omah Lay – With You
Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – Hope & Love

Best Global Music Album
Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia – Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – Chapter III: We Return to Light
Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness
Shakti – Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)
Siddhant Bhatia – Sounds of Kumbha
Youssou N’Dour – Éclairer le monde – Light the World

Best Reggae Album
Keznamdi – Blxxd & Fyah
Jesse Royal – No Place Like Home
Lila Iké – Treasure Self Love
Mortimer – From Within
Vybz Kartel – Heart & Soul

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Carla Patullo – Nomadica
Cheryl B. Engelhardt & Gem – According to the Moon
Chris Redding – The Colors in My Mind
Jahnavi Harrison – Into the Forest
Kirsten Agresta-Copely – Kuruvinda

CHILDREN, COMEDY, AUDIO BOOK, VISUAL MEDIA & MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Children’s Music Album
Fyütch & Aura V – Harmony
Flor Bromley – Herstory
Joanie Leeds & Joya – Ageless: 100 Years Young
Mega Ran – Buddy’s Magic Tree House
Tori Amos – The Music of Tori and the Muses

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

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

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – Sinners
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Various Artists – F1® the Album
Various Artists – KPop Demon Hunters
Various Artists – Wicked

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Theodore Shapiro – Severance: Season 2

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires
Wilbert Roget, II – Helldivers 2
Wilbert Roget, II & Cody Matthew Johnson – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune

Best Song Written for Visual Media
Huntr/x – Golden
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (From the Film “Elton John: Never Too Late”)
Jayme Lawson – Pale, Pale Moon
Miles Caton – I Lied to You
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive as You Need Me to Be
Rod Wave – Sinners

Best Music Video
Doechii – Anxiety
Clipse – So Be It
OK Go – Love
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Sade – Young Lion

Best Music Film
John Williams – Music by John Williams
Devo – Devo
Diane Warren – Relentless
Pharrell Williams – Piece by Piece
Raye – Live at the Royal Albert Hall

PACKAGE, NOTES & HISTORICAL

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

Best Album Cover
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Djo – The Crux
Perfume Genius – Glory
Wet Leg – Moisturizer

Best Album Notes
Miles Davis – Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings
Amanda Ekery – Árabe
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974
Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates & Dave Holland – After the Last Sky
Sly and the Family Stone – The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967
Wilco – A Ghost Is Born (Expanded Edition)

Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
Doc Pomus – You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos
Nick Drake – The Making of Five Leaves Left
Various Artists – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)
Various Artists – Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para el Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No.39)

PRODUCTION, ENGINEERING, COMPOSITION & ARRANGEMENT

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills – That Wasn’t a Dream
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Arcadia
Cam – All Things Light
Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Sandbox Percussion – Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst – Eastman: Symphony No. 2 – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Third Coast Percussion – Standard Stoppages
Trio Mediæval – Yule

Producer of the Year, Classical
Elaine Martone
Blanton Alspaugh
Dmitriy Lipay
Morten Lindberg
Sergei Kvitko

Best Immersive Audio Album
Justin Gray – Immersed
Duckwrth – All American F**k Boy
Tearjerkers – Tearjerkers
Trio Mediæval – Yule
Various Artists – An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live)

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

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
The 8-Bit Big Band – Super Mario Praise Break
Cynthia Erivo – Be Okay
Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf – A Child Is Born
The Westerlies – Fight On

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Nate Smith & Säje – Big Fish
Cody Fry – What a Wonderful World
Jacob Collier – Keep an Eye on Summer
Lawrence – Something in the Water (Acoustic-ish)
Seth MacFarlane – How Did She Look?

CLASSICAL

Best Orchestral Performance
Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra – Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Esa-Pekka Salonen – San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela – Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
Michael Repper & National Philharmonic – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 – Ballade Op. 4 – Suites From “24 Negro Melodies”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin & The Philadelphia Orchestra – Still & Bonds: Symphonies & Variations

Best Opera Recording
Houston Grand Opera, Kwamé Ryan, Janai Brugger, Jamie Barton & J’Nai Bridges – Jake Heggie: Intelligence
Alan Pierson, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Silvana Quartet – Kouyoumdjian: Adoration (Live)
American Composers Orchestra & Carolyn Kuan – Huang Ruo: An American Soldier
Emily D’Angelo, Ellie Dehn, Ben Bliss, Kyle Miller, Greer Grimsley, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Tesori: Grounded (Live)
Irish National Opera & Elaine Kelly – O’Halloran: Trade / Mary Motorhead

Best Choral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Alisa Weilerstein – Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga
Anne Akiko Meyers, Los Angeles Master Chorale & Grant Gershon – Billy Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved
The Clarion Choir & Steven Fox – Requiem of Light
Conspirare & Craig Hella Johnson- Advena: Liturgies for a Broken World
The Crossing & David Nally – David Lang: Poor Hymnal

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter
Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon – Lullabies for the Brokenhearted
Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski – Slavic Sessions – Slavic Sessions
Neave Trio – La mer: French Piano Trios
Third Coast Percussion – Standard Stoppages

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Yo-Yo Ma & Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
Adam Tendler – Inheritances
Curtis Stewart & Michael Repper – Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From “24 Negro Melodies”
Mary Dawood Catlin, Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm – Hope Orchestrated
Yuja Wang & Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs – Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano
Allison Charney & Benjamin Loeb – Alike – My Mother’s Dream
Devony Smith, Danny Zelibor & Michael Nicolas – In This Short Life
Sidney Outlaw & Warren Jones – Black Pierrot
Susan Narucki & Curtis Macomber – Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
Theo Hoffman & Steven Blier – Schubert Beatles

Best Classical Compendium
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Alisa Weilerstein – Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga
Christina Sandsengen – Tombeaux
Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi – Seven Seasons
Sandbox Percussion – Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Gabriela Ortiz – Ortiz: Dzonot
Christopher Cerrone – Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Donnacha Dennehy – Dennehy: Land of Winter
Shawn E. Okpebholo – Okpebholo: Songs in Flight
Tania León – León: Raíces (Origins)

SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS

MusiCares Person of the Year

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