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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