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

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

MusiCares Person of the Year is a charity award celebrating an artist’s creative achievements and their dedication to philanthropy.

• Mariah Carey

 

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

• Pharrell Williams

 

Black Music Icon Award

• Brandy
• Kirk Franklin

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Carlos Santana
• Chaka Khan
• Cher
• Fela Kuti
• Paul Simon
• Whitney Houston

 

Trustees Award

• Bernie Taupin
• Eddie Palmieri
• Sylvia Rhone

 

Technical Grammy Award

• John Chowning

 

Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award

“Ice Cream Man”, written by Rachel Keen, Michael Tucker and Mike Sabath, performed by Raye