The 60th Grammy Awards have begun! Kendrick Lamar’s work has already been honored with “Humble” winning the music video award. The category was one of the 75 announced during the pretelecat premiere ceremony hosted by Paul Shaffer. The first award for the day went to LCD Soundsystem’s “Tonite” for dance recording. Presenters for this first segment includes Zac Brown, Natalie Grant and Bernie Herms, Ledisi, Lisa Loeb and Neil deGrasse Tyson. The premiere ceremony will also feature performances by Body Count, India.Arie, Jazzmeia Horn, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' and Stile Antico.
Going into the day’s festivities the top nominees are Jay-Z with eight nominations, Kendrick Lamar with seven followed by Bruno Mars with six. Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover), Khalid and No I.D. with each have five nominations. Winners of the marquee categories including record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and new artist will be announced during the performance-heavy main event that starts at 4:30 p.m. The live telecast hosted by James Corden will air on CBS.
Grammys 2018 Winners: The Complete List (Live Updating)
The 60th annual Grammy Awards have arrived! There's no telling who will leave the night a big winner, though JAY-Z (eight nominations), Kendrick Lamar (seven) and Bruno Mars (six) enter Sunday night's ceremony as the most-nominated artists. (And remember all the winners from 2017 here.)
Follow along with Billboard all night as we update all the big winners below:
GENERAL FIELD
Record of the Year:
"Redbone" — Childish Gambino
"Despacito" — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
"The Story Of O.J." — Jay-Z
"HUMBLE." — Kendrick Lamar
"24K Magic" — Bruno Mars
Album of the Year:
"Awaken, My Love!" — Childish Gambino
4:44 — Jay-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama — Lorde
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Song of the Year:
"Despacito" — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
"4:44" — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
"Issues" — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
"1-800-273-8255" — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
"That’s What I Like" — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Best New Artist:
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
POP FIELD
Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Love So Soft" — Kelly Clarkson
"Praying" — Kesha
"Million Reasons" — Lady Gaga
"What About Us" — P!nk
"Shape Of You" — Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Something Just Like This" — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
"Despacito" — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
"Thunder" — Imagine Dragons
"Feel It Still" — Portugal. The Man -- WINNER
"Stay" — Zedd & Alessia Cara
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) — Michael Bublé
Triplicate — Bob Dylan
In Full Swing — Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland — Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — (Various Artists) Dae Bennett, Producer -- WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Kaleidoscope EP — Coldplay
Lust for Life — Lana Del Rey
Evolve — Imagine Dragons
Rainbow — Kesha
Joanne — Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) — Ed Sheeran -- WINNER
DANCE/ELECTRONIC FIELD
Best Dance Recording:
"Bambro Koyo Ganda" — Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa
"Cola" — Camelphat & Elderbrook
"Andromeda" — Gorillaz Featuring DRAM
"Tonite" — LCD Soundsystem -- WINNER
"Line Of Sight" — Odesza Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Migration — Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk -- WINNER
Mura Masa — Mura Masa
A Moment Apart — Odesza
What Now — Sylvan Esso
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL FIELD
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
What If — The Jerry Douglas Band
Spirit — Alex Han
Mount Royal — Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
Prototype — Jeff Lorber Fusion -- WINNER
Bad Hombre — Antonio Sanchez
ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Performance:
"You Want It Darker" — Leonard Cohen -- WINNER
"The Promise" — Chris Cornell
"Run" — Foo Fighters
"No Good" — Kaleo
"Go To War" — Nothing More
Best Metal Performance:
"Invisible Enemy" — August Burns Red
"Black Hoodie" — Body Count
"Forever" — Code Orange
"Sultan’s Curse" — Mastodon -- WINNER
"Clockworks" — Meshuggah
Best Rock Song:
"Atlas, Rise!" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
"Blood In The Cut" — JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty, songwriters (K.Flay)
"Go To War" — Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters (Nothing More)
"Run" — Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) -- WINNER
"The Stage" — Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)
Best Rock Album:
Emperor Of Sand — Mastodon
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct — Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves — Nothing More
Villains — Queens Of the Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding — The War On Drugs -- WINNER
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album:
Everything Now — Arcade Fire
Humanz — Gorillaz
American Dream — LCD Soundsystem
Pure Comedy — Father John Misty
Sleep Well Beast — The National -- WINNER
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance:
"Get You" — Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis
"Distraction" — Kehlani
"High" — Ledisi
"That’s What I Like" — Bruno Mars -- WINNER
"The Weekend" — SZA
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
"Laugh And Move On" — The Baylor Project
"Redbone" — Childish Gambino -- WINNER
"What I’m Feelin'" — Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones|
"All The Way" — Ledisi
"Still" — Mali Music
Best R&B Song:
"First Began" — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
"Location" — Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)
"Redbone" — Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
"Supermodel" — Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)
"That’s What I Like" — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) -- WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Free 6LACK — 6LACK
"Awaken, My Love!" — Childish Gambino
American Teen — Khalid
Ctrl — SZA
Starboy — The Weeknd -- WINNER
Best R&B Album:
Freudian — Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule — Ledisi
24K Magic — Bruno Mars -- WINNER
Gumbo — PJ Morton
Feel the Real –Musiq Soulchild
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance:
"Bounce Back" — Big Sean
"Bodak Yellow" — Cardi B
"4:44" — Jay-Z
"HUMBLE." — Kendrick Lamar -- WINNER
"Bad And Boujee" — Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
"PRBLMS" — 6LACK
"Crew" — Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
"Family Feud" — Jay-Z Featuring Beyoncé
"LOYALTY." — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna
"Love Galore" — SZA Featuring Travis Scott
Best Rap Song:
"Bodak Yellow" — Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White, songwriters (Cardi B)
"Chase Me" — Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer,
songwriters (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)
"HUMBLE." — Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) -- WINNER
"Sassy" — Gabouer & M. Evans, songwriters (Rapsody)
"The Story Of O.J." — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
Best Rap Album:
4:44 — Jay-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Culture — Migos
Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody
Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Body Like A Back Road" — Sam Hunt
"Losing You: –Alison Krauss
"Tin Man" — Miranda Lambert
"I Could Use A Love Song" — Maren Morris
"Either Way" — Chris Stapleton -- WINNER
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
"It Ain’t My Fault" — Brothers Osborne
"My Old Man" — Zac Brown Band
"You Look Good" — Lady Antebellum
"Better Man" — Little Big Town -- WINNER
"Drinkin’ Problem" — Midland
Best Country Song:
"Better Man" — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
"Body Like A Back Road" — Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
"Broken Halos" — Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton) -- WINNER
"Drinkin’ Problem" — Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
"Tin Man" — Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album:
Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney
Heart Break — Lady Antebellum
The Breaker — Little Big Town
Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
From a Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton
NEW AGE FIELD
Best New Age Album:
Reflection — Brian Eno
SongVersation: Medicine — India.Arie
Dancing On Water — Peter Kater -- WINNER
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5 — Kitaro
Spiral Revelation — Steve Roach
JAZZ FIELD
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
"Can’t Remember Why" — Sara Caswell, soloist
"Dance Of Shiva" — Billy Childs, soloist
"Whisper Not" — Fred Hersch, soloist
"Miles Beyond" — John McLaughlin, soloist -- WINNER
"Ilimba" — Chris Potter, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
The Journey — The Baylor Project
A Social Call — Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass and Blind — Raul Midón
Porter Plays Porter — Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King
Dreams and Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant -- WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Uptown, Downtown — Bill Charlap Trio
Rebirth — Billy Childs -- WINNER
Project Freedom –Joey DeFrancesco & The People
Open Book — Fred Hersch
The Dreamer Is the Dream — Chris Potter
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
MONK’estra Vol. 2 — John Beasley
Jigsaw — Alan Ferber Big Band
Bringin’ It — Christian McBride Big Band -- WINNER
Homecoming — Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne
Whispers on the Wind — Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge
Best Latin Jazz Album:
Hybrido – From Rio To Wayne Shorter — Antonio Adolfo
Oddara — Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Outra Coisa – The Music Of Moacir Santos — Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
Típico — Miguel Zenón
Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio -- WINNER
GOSPEL/ CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD
Best Gospel Performance/Song:
"Too Hard Not To" — Tina Campbell
"You Deserve It" — JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise Featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn
"Better Days" — Le’Andria
"My Life" — The Walls Group
"Never Have To Be Alone" — CeCe Winans -- WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
"Oh My Soul" — Casting Crowns
"Clean" — Natalie Grant
"What A Beautiful Name" — Hillsong Worship -- WINNER
"Even If" — MercyMe
"Hills And Valleys" — Tauren Wells
Best Gospel Album:
Crossover: Live From Music City — Travis Greene
Bigger Than Me — Le’Andria
Close — Marvin Sapp
Sunday Song — Anita Wilson
Let Them Fall in Love — CeCe Winans -- WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Rise — Danny Gokey
Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — Matt Maher
Lifer — MercyMe
Hills and Valleys — Tauren Wells
Chain Breaker — Zach Williams -- WINNER
Best Roots Gospel Album:
The Best Of the Collingsworth Family – Volume 1 — The Collingsworth Family
Give Me Jesus — Larry Cordle
Resurrection — Joseph Habedank
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope — Reba McEntire -- WINNER
Hope for All Nations — Karen Peck & New River
LATIN FIELD
Best Latin Pop Album:
Lo Único Constante — Alex Cuba
Mis Planes Son Amarte — Juanes
Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Ciudad De México, 2017 — La Santa Cecilia
Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos) — Natalia Lafourcade
El Dorado — Shakira -- WINNER
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Ayo — Bomba Estéreo
Pa’ Fuera — C4 Trío & Desorden Público
Salvavidas De Hielo — Jorge Drexler
El Paradise — Los Amigos Invisibles
Residente — Residente -- WINNER
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Ni Diablo Ni Santo — Julión Álvarez Y Su Norteño Banda
Ayer Y Hoy — Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
Momentos — Alex Campos
Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas — Aida Cuevas -- WINNER
Zapateando En El Norte — Humberto Novoa, producer (Various Artists)
Best Tropical Latin Album:
Albita — Albita
Art of the Arrangement — Doug Beavers
Salsa Big Band — Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta -- WINNER
Gente Valiente — Silvestre Dangond
Indestructible — Diego El Cigala
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FIELD
Best American Roots Performance:
Killer Diller Blues — Alabama Shakes -- WINNER
Let My Mother Live — Blind Boys Of Alabama
Arkansas Farmboy — Glen Campbell
Steer Your Way — Leonard Cohen
I Never Cared For You — Alison Krauss
Best American Roots Song:
"Cumberland Gap" — David Rawlings
"I Wish You Well" — The Mavericks
"If We Were Vampires" — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit -- WINNER
"It Ain’t Over Yet" — Rodney Crowell Featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White
"My Only True Friend" –Gregg Allman
Best Americana Album:
Southern Blood — Gregg Allman
Shine On Rainy Day — Brent Cobb
Beast Epic — Iron & Wine
The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit -- WINNER
Brand New Day — The Mavericks
Best Bluegrass Album:
Fiddler’s Dream — Michael Cleveland
Laws Of Gravity — The Infamous Stringdusters -- WINNER (TIE)
Original — Bobby Osborne
Universal Favorite — Noam Pikelny
All The Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live] — Rhonda Vincent And The Rage -- WINNER (TIE
Best Traditional Blues Album:
Migration Blues — Eric Bibb
Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio — Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
Roll And Tumble — R.L. Boyce
Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train — Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi
Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones -- WINNER
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm — Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
Recorded Live In Lafayette — Sonny Landreth
TajMo — Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' -- WINNER
Got Soul — Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Live From The Fox Oakland — Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Folk Album:
Mental Illness — Aimee Mann -- WINNER
Semper Femina — Laura Marling
The Queen Of Hearts — Offa Rex
You Don’t Own Me Anymore — The Secret Sisters
The Laughing Apple — Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Top Of the Mountain — Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers
Ho’okena 3.0 — Ho’okena
Kalenda — Lost Bayou Ramblers -- WINNER
Miyo Kekisepa, Make A Stand [Live] — Northern Cree
Pua Kiele — Josh Tatofi
REGGAE FIELD
Best Reggae Album:
Chronology — Chronixx
Lost In Paradise — Common Kings
Wash House Ting — J Boog
Stony Hill — Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley -- WINNER
Avrakedabra — Morgan Heritage
WORLD MUSIC FIELD
Best World Music Album:
Memoria De Los Sentidos — Vicente Amigo
Para Mi — Buika
Rosa Dos Ventos — Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- WINNER
Elwan — Tinariwen
CHILDREN’S FIELD
Best Children’s Album:
Brighter Side — Gustafer Yellowgold
Feel What U Feel — Lisa Loeb -- WINNER
Lemonade — Justin Roberts
Rise Shine #Woke — Alphabet Rockers
Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World — Ladysmith Black Mambazo
SPOKEN WORD FIELD
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Astrophysics For People In A Hurry — Neil Degrasse Tyson
Born To Run — Bruce Springsteen
Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter — Shelly Peiken
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders) — Bernie Sanders And Mark Ruffalo
The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher -- WINNER
COMEDY FIELD
Best Comedy Album:
The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas — Dave Chappelle
Cinco — Jim Gaffigan
Jerry Before Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
A Speck Of Dust — Sarah Silverman
What Now? — Kevin Hart
MUSICAL THEATER FIELD
Best Musical Theater Album:
Come From Away — Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, David Hein, David Lai & Irene Sankoff, producers; David Hein & Irene Sankoff, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording) -- WINNER
Hello, Dolly! — Bette Midler, principal soloist; Steven Epstein, producer (Jerry Herman, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Baby Driver — (Various Artists)
Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 — (Various Artists)
Hidden Figures: The Album — (Various Artists)
La La Land — (Various Artists) -- WINNER
Moana: The Songs — (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Arrival — Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
Dunkirk — Hans Zimmer, composer
Game Of Thrones: Season 7 — Ramin Djawadi, composer
Hidden Figures — Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers
La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, composer -- WINNER
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
"City Of Stars" — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
"How Far I’ll Go" — Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho) -- WINNER
"I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (‘Fifty Shades Darker’)" — Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Zayn & Taylor Swift)
"Never Give Up" — Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)
"Stand Up For Something" — Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day Featuring Common)
COMPOSING/ ARRANGING FIELD
Best Instrumental Composition:
"Alkaline" — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)
"Choros #3" — Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)
"Home Free (For Peter Joe)" — Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith)
"Three Revolutions" — Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés) -- WINNER
"Warped Cowboy" — Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
"All Hat, No Saddle" — Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
"Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can" — John Williams, arranger (John Williams) -- WINNER
"Home Free (For Peter Joe)" — Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith)
"Ugly Beauty/Pannonica" — John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
"White Christmas" — Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
"Another Day Of Sun" — Justin Hurwitz, arranger (La La Land Cast)
"Every Time We Say Goodbye" — Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Clint Holmes Featuring Jane Monheit)
"I Like Myself" — Joel McNeely, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
"I Loves You Porgy/There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon For New York" — Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes, arrangers (Clint Holmes Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater And The Count Basie Orchestra)
"Putin" — Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman) -- WINNER
PACKAGE FIELD
Best Recording Package:
El Orisha De La Rosa — Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art directors (Magín Díaz) -- WINNER (TIE)
Mura Masa — Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong, art directors (Mura Masa)
Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) — Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) -- WINNER (TIE)
Sleep Well Beast — Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos, art directors (The National)
Solid State — Gail Marowitz, art director (Jonathan Coulton)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta — Tim Breen, art director (Various Artists)
Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) — Tom Hingston, art director (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
May 1977: Get Shown The Light — Masaki Koike, art director (Grateful Dead)
The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition — Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists) -- WINNER
Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares — Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)
NOTES FIELD
Best Album Notes:
Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With The Truth — Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves, album notes writers (Various Artists)
Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition — Ted Olson, album notes writer (Various Artists)
The Complete Piano Works Of Scott Joplin — Bryan S. Wright, album notes writer (Richard Dowling)
Edouard-Léon Scott De Martinville, Inventor Of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute — David Giovannoni, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings — Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding) -- WINNER
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams — Michael Corcoran, album notes writer (Washington Phillips)
HISTORICAL FIELD
Best Historical Album:
Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta — Jon Kirby, Florent Mazzoleni, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Matthias Erb, Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Glenn Gould)
Leonard Bernstein – The Composer — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein)
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa — Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams — Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Washington Phillips)
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Every Where Is Some Where — Brent Arrowood, Miles Comaskey, JT Daly, Tommy English, Kristine Flaherty, Adam Hawkins, Chad Howat & Tony Maserati, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (K.Flay)
Is This The Life We Really Want? — Nigel Godrich, Sam Petts-Davies & Darrell Thorp, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Roger Waters)
Natural Conclusion — Ryan Freeland, engineer; Joao Carvalho, mastering engineer (Rose Cousins)
No Shape — Shawn Everett & Joseph Lorge, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Perfume Genius)
24K Magic — Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer (Bruno Mars) -- WINNER
Producer Of the Year, Non-Classical:
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin -- WINNER
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes
Best Remixed Recording:
"Can’t Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix)" — Louie Vega, remixer (Loleatta Holloway)
"Funk O’ De Funk (SMLE Remix)" — SMLE, remixers (Bobby Rush)
"Undercover (Adventure Club Remix)" — Leighton James & Christian Srigley, remixers (Kehlani)
"A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix)" — Four Tet, remixer (The xx)
"You Move (Latroit Remix)" — Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode) -- WINNER
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Surround Sound Album:
Early Americans — Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom) -- WINNER
Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra And Choir)
So Is My Love — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
3-D The Catalogue — Fritz Hilpert, surround mix engineer; Tom Ammermann, surround mastering engineer; Fritz Hilpert, surround producer (Kraftwerk)
Tyberg: Masses — Jesse Brayman, surround mix engineer; Jesse Brayman, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude & War Songs — Gary Call, engineer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man — Morten Lindberg, engineer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies — Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) -- WINNER
Tyberg: Masses — John Newton, engineer; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
Producer Of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
David Frost -- WINNER
Morten Lindberg
Judith Sherman
CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Orchestral Performance:
Concertos For Orchestra — Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches — Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 — Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) -- WINNER
Best Opera Recording:
Berg: Lulu — Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Daniel Brenna, Marlis Petersen & Johan Reuter; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Berg: Wozzeck — Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children’s Chorus) -- WINNER
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles — Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecień, Matthew Polenzani & Nicolas Testé; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Handel: Ottone — George Petrou, conductor; Max Emanuel Cencic & Lauren Snouffer; Jacob Händel, producer (Il Pomo D’Oro)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel — Valery Gergiev, conductor; Vladimir Feliauer, Aida Garifullina & Kira Loginova; Ilya Petrov, producer (Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus)
Best Choral Performance:
Bryars: The Fifth Century — Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing) -- WINNER
Handel: Messiah — Andrew Davis, conductor; Noel Edison, chorus master (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples & Erin Wall; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)
Mansurian: Requiem — Alexander Liebreich, conductor; Florian Helgath, chorus master (Anja Petersen & Andrew Redmond; Münchener Kammerorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)
Music Of the Spheres — Nigel Short, conductor (Tenebrae)
Tyberg: Masses — Brian A. Schmidt, conductor (Christopher Jacobson; South Dakota Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 — Arcangelo
Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra -- WINNER
Divine Theatre – Sacred Motets By Giaches De Wert — Stile Antico
Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann — Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich
Martha Argerich & Friends – Live From Lugano 2016 — Martha Argerich & Various Artists
Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Bach: The French Suites — Murray Perahia
Haydn: Cello Concertos — Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
Levina: The Piano Concertos — Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 — Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)
Transcendental — Daniil Trifonov -- WINNER
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas — Philippe Jaroussky; Petra Müllejans, conductor (Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia; Freiburger Barockorchester)
Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio — Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig) -- WINNER
Gods & Monsters — Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
In War & Peace – Harmony Through Music — Joyce DiDonato; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)
Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift — Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra & Style Of Five Ensemble)
Best Classical Compendium:
Barbara — Alexandre Tharaud; Cécile Lenoir, producer
Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer -- WINNER
Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble & Choir — Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer
Les Routes De L’Esclavage — Jordi Savall, conductor; Benjamin Bleton, producer
Mademoiselle: Première Audience – Unknown Music Of Nadia Boulanger — Lucy Mauro; Lucy Mauro, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude — Richard Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Higdon: Viola Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) -- WINNER
Mansurian: Requiem — Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)
Schoenberg, Adam: Picture Studies — Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Zhou Tian: Concerto For Orchestra — Zhou Tian, composer (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video:
"Up All Night" — Beck
"Makeba" — Jain
"The Story Of O.J." — Jay-Z
"Humble." — Kendrick Lamar -- WINNER
"1-800-273-8255" — Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
Best Music Film:
One More Time With Feeling — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Long Strange Trip — (The Grateful Dead)
The Defiant Ones — (Various Artists) -- WINNER
Soundbreaking — (Various Artists)
Two Trains Runnin' — (Various Artists)
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The Grammys, like most awards shows, have been wrestling for years with issues of diversity: ethnic, gender and, in the Grammys’ case, musical. Not so long ago, the show drew eye rolls for over-rewarding elder heroes at the expense of pop’s younger, more vital mainstream. (Think Ray Charles beating Green Day and Kanye West in 2005, or Herbie Hancock defeating Amy Winehouse and, ahem, Mr. West in 2008.)
The Grammys have generally gotten much better at recognizing the pulse of contemporary music. A diverse crop of nominees this year means it is very likely that the winners of the four most prestigious categories — album, record and song of the year, and best new artist — will not be white men.
At the same time, gender is very much still an issue. Lorde is the only woman up for album of the year, facing Jay-Z, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino. Julia Michaels and Alessia Cara have credits in the song of the year category (which recognizes songwriters). Ms. Michaels, Ms. Cara and the R&B singer SZA are nominated for best new artist. Otherwise, the top nominees are predominantly male. As a new report indicated, gender diversity at the Grammys — and in the music industry at large — has been abysmal.
Here are some other story lines to pay attention to at this year’s Grammys.
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The marquee categories have big stars.
The top categories are stacked with popular and critically respected releases. Jay-Z, who has won 21 Grammys in his career — but never in the major fields — has a chance to sweep with his album “4:44,” a reflective and confessional work that may finally give him an edge with more traditional voters. But for album, record and song of the year, Jay-Z also faces Mr. Mars (“24K Magic”), whom the industry admires as an all-around, lovable entertainer.
For both record and song of the year, Jay-Z and Mr. Mars also face competition from “Despacito,” the flirty ballad from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (in a remix featuring Justin Bieber) that set streaming records; a win would be perceived as a triumph for the once-again-burgeoning world of Spanish-language pop.
Don’t forget Kendrick Lamar, the most respected rapper of his generation. Still, the dark horse may be Lorde, who emerged as a Grammy winner four years ago (“Royals”) and still has broad support in the Recording Academy, the organization that bestows the awards.
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A #MeToo moment?
The #MeToo movement holding men accountable for sexual harassment and assault has come to Hollywood, politics and the news media, but its impact on the music world has been minimal. As the Grammys approached, it became clear that aside from a performance by Kesha — whose acrimonious battle with her longtime producer Dr. Luke has drawn considerable attention inside and outside of the business — the industry had no organized response planned along the lines of the Time’s Up campaign that was front and center at the recent Golden Globes.
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That changed just days ago, when a small group of midlevel female music executives called for artists to wear a white rose to the show, as a sign of “hope, peace, sympathy and resistance.” By Thursday, a handful of stars including Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson had pledged their support. On Sunday, the group circulated a list of music-industry professionals and artists who had signed on to the effort, adding Pink, Dua Lipa and Lil Uzi Vert, among others.
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A preshow controversy.
Hours before the show began, it already had a Trump controversy. On Saturday night, CNN aired an interview with Jay-Z as part of the inaugural episode of “The Van Jones Show,” in which Jay-Z commented on the president’s reported denigration of Haiti and African countries.
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“It is disappointing and it’s hurtful,” Jay-Z said. “Because it’s looking down at a whole population of people and it’s so misinformed because these places have beautiful people and beautiful everything. This is the leader of the free world speaking like this.”
By 8:18 a.m. Sunday, the president fired off his response on Twitter.
A little more than an hour later, Mr. Jones — who is managed by Jay-Z’s company, Roc Nation — wrote on Twitter in response, noting that he did ask Jay-Z about the president’s record on reducing black unemployment, and Jay-Z responded that the issue was about treating people with respect and not, as he put it: “Treat me really bad and pay me well.”
If Jay-Z — the most-nominated artist this year, with eight nods — gets an acceptance speech, eyes will be on him for a response.
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Performances are the focus.
All but nine of the 84 awards this year will be given out in a nontelevised ceremony before the show. That will keep the show focused on perhaps its true purpose: being a big-tent TV variety program chock-full of performances.
This year’s show will feature Elton John playing with Miley Cyrus; Kendrick Lamar with U2; Lady Gaga; Bruno Mars with Cardi B; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee performing “Despacito”; the rapper Logic performing his suicide-prevention hit “1-800-273-8255,” which is up for song of the year; the country singers Maren Morris, Eric Church and the Brothers Osborne in a tribute to victims of gun violence; and the best new artist nominees Khalid, Alessia Cara, SZA and Julia Michaels in various permutations.
For a year that saw the losses of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Tom Petty, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Malcolm Young of AC/DC and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, expect some notable “in memoriam” tributes.
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Absent from the stage.
While many stars will pack the stage, the Grammys will also be notable for who isn’t there. Ed Sheeran, who was shut out of the top awards despite having one of the year’s biggest hits, is not expected to appear. Neither are Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.
Jay-Z and Lorde should be in the audience but are not expected to perform.
Scheduling, limitations of time and space, and the whims of performers and producers may well account for many of these absences. But in recent years, the Grammys have also faced boycotts from some artists who feel that not enough of the top prizes go to black artists. Frank Ocean stated that in regards to last year’s show.
And while Drake has said that the reason he is not performing is that the Grammys asked him to cancel one of his own shows to appear, he also did not submit his latest “playlist” album, “More Life,” for award consideration.
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New York, New York.
The Grammys have not been in New York since 2003, when the city was still struggling to attract business and tourism after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Since then, the awards’ home has been the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where its deep connections are visible from the bronze plaques on sidewalks around the complex commemorating past winners.
The New York mayor’s office lobbied hard to bring back the Grammys, which, according to some estimates, can yield as much as $200 million in economic benefits for their host city. But tensions have flared in recent weeks, with the Recording Academy accusing the city of not making good on millions of dollars in promised fund-raising.
The show — which for a second time is being hosted by James Corden — is likely to make some use of New York as a backdrop, but the awards have already committed to the Staples Center for the next four years.
The 60th Grammy Awards celebrate the best in the prior year of music, with members of the Recording Academy voting across genres for their favorites in its categories. For the first time since 2003, the ceremony is being held in New York City, returning to Madison Square Garden after 13 consecutive years at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Returning once again after his inaugural hosting gig last year, James Corden will hold court over the evening's proceedings. Musical performers for the event include Cardi B, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Patti LuPone, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris, Pink, Rihanna, Chris Stapleton, SZA, and U2, among others.
The award winners (in bold) and nominees are listed below, and will be updated throughout. Several awards were given out in a premiere ceremony during the afternoon prior to the night's broadcast.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Greg Kurstin
Calvin Harris
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (Divide)
Coldplay - Kaleidoscope EP
Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life
Imagine Dragons - Evolve
Kesha - Rainbow
Lady Gaga - Joanne
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Various Artists - Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Bob Dylan - Triplicate
Seth MacFarlane - In Full Swing
Sarah McLachlan - Wonderland
Michael Bublé - Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version)
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
Chris Stapleton - Either Way
Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
Alison Krauss - Losing You
Miranda Lambert - Tin Man
Maren Morris - I Could Use A Love Song
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Little Big Town - Better Man
Brothers Osborne - It Ain't My Fault
Zac Brown Band - My Old Man
Lady Antebellum - You Look Good
Midland - Drinkin' Problem
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Chris Stapleton - Broken Halos
Little Big Town - Better Man
Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
Miranda Lambert - Tin Man
Midland - Drinkin’ Problem
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Big Sean - Bounce Back
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow
Jay-Z - 4:44
Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert - Bad And Boujee
BEST RAP SONG
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow
Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi - Chase Me
Rapsody - Sassy
Jay-Z - The Story Of O.J.
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
The Weeknd - Starboy
6LACK - Free 6LACK
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"
Khalid - American Teen
SZA - Ctrl
BEST R&B ALBUM
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Daniel Caesar - Freudian
Ledisi - Let Love Rule
PJ Morton - Gumbo
Musiq Soulchild - Feel The Real
BEST R&B SONG
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
PJ Morton - First Began
Khalid - Location
Childish Gambino - Redbone
SZA - Supermodel
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis - Get You
Kehlani - Distraction
Ledisi - High
SZA - The Weekend
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Childish Gambino - Redbone
The Baylor Project - Laugh And Move On
Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones - What I'm Feelin'
Ledisi - All The Way
Mali Music - Still
BEST ROCK ALBUM
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Gorillaz - Humanz
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
BEST ROCK SONG
Foo Fighters - Run
Metallica - Atlas, Rise!
K.Flay - Blood In The Cut
Nothing More - Go To War
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Chris Cornell - The Promise
Foo Fighters - Run
Kaleo - No Good
Nothing More - Go To War
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
Mastodon - Sultan’s Curse
August Burns Red - Invisible Enemy
Body Count - Black Hoodie
Code Orange - Forever
Meshuggah - Clockworks
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
Lisa Loeb - Feel What U Feel
Gustafer Yellowgold - Brighter Side
Justin Roberts - Lemonade
Alphabet Rockers - Rise Shine #Woke
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Stony Hill
Chronixx - Chronology
Common Kings - Lost In Paradise
J Boog - Wash House Ting
Morgan Heritage - Avrakedabra
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Vicente Amigo - Memoria De Los Sentidos
Buika - Para Mi
Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro - Rosa Dos Ventos
Tinariwen - Elwan
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Offa Rex - The Queen Of Hearts
The Secret Sisters - You Don't Own Me Anymore
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - The Laughing Apple
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Lost Bayou Ramblers - Kalenda
Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers - Top Of The Mountain
Ho'okena - Ho'okena 3.0
Northern Cree - Miyo Kekisepa, Make A Stand [Live]
Josh Tatofi - Pua Kiele
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
Eric Bibb - Migration Blues
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
R.L. Boyce - Roll And Tumble
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi - Sonny & Brownie's Last Train
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - TajMo
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm - Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
Sonny Landreth - Recorded Live In Lafayette
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Got Soul
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live From The Fox Oakland
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Infamous Stringdusters - Laws Of Gravity
Rhonda Vincent And The Rage - All The Rage - In Concert Volume One [Live]
Michael Cleveland - Fiddler's Dream
Bobby Osborne - Original
Noam Pikelny - Universal Favorite
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
Gregg Allman - Southern Blood
Brent Cobb - Shine On Rainy Day
Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
Mavericks - Brand New Day
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
Alabama Shakes - Killer Diller Blues
Blind Boys Of Alabama - Let My Mother Live
Leonard Cohen - Steer Your Way
Alison Krauss - I Never Cared For You
Glen Campbell - Arkansas Farmboy
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires
David Rawlings & Gillian Welch - Cumberland Gap
Mavericks - I Wish You Well
Rodney Crowell Featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White - It Ain't Over Yet
Gregg Allman - My Only True Friend
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
CeCe Winans - Let Them Fall In Love
Travis Greene - Crossover: Live From Music City
Le'Andria - Bigger Than Me
Marvin Sapp - Close
Anita Wilson - Sunday Song
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Zach Williams - Chain Breaker
Danny Gokey - Rise
Matt Maher - Echoes (Deluxe Edition)
MercyMe - Lifer
Tauren Wells - Hills And Valleys
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Reba McEntire - Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope
The Collingsworth Family - The Best Of The Collingsworth Family - Volume 1
Larry Cordle - Give Me Jesus
Joseph Habedank - Resurrection
Karen Peck & New River - Hope For All Nations
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
CeCe Winans - Never Have To Be Alone
Tina Campbell - Too Hard Not To
JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise Featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn - You Deserve It
Le'Andria - Better Days
The Walls Group - My Life
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
Hillsong Worship - What A Beautiful Name
Casting Crowns - Oh My Soul
Natalie Grant - Clean
MercyMe - Even If
Tauren Wells - Hills And Valleys
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Pablo Ziegler Trio - Jazz Tango
Antonio Adolfo - Hybrido - From Rio To Wayne Shorter
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque - Oddara
Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves - Outra Coisa - The Music Of Moacir Santos
Miguel Zenón - Típico
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Christian McBride Big Band - Bringin' It
John Beasley - MONK'estra Vol. 2
Alan Ferber Big Band - Jigsaw
Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne - Homecoming
Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge - Whispers On The Wind
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams And Daggers
The Baylor Project - The Journey
Jazzmeia Horn - A Social Call
Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King - Porter Plays Porter
Raul Midón - Bad Ass And Blind
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Billy Childs - Rebirth
Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown
Joey DeFrancesco & The People - Project Freedom
Fred Hersch - Open Book
Chris Potter - The Dreamer Is The Dream
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
John McLaughlin, soloist - Miles Beyond - Track From: Live @ Ronnie Scott's (John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension)
Sara Caswell, soloist - Can't Remember Why - Track From: Whispers On The Wind (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
Billy Childs, soloist - Dance Of Shiva - Track From: Rebirth
Fred Hersch, soloist - Whisper Not - Track From: Open Book
Chris Potter, soloist - Ilimba - Track From: The Dreamer Is The Dream
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Shakira - El Dorado
Juanes - Mis Planes Son Amarte
Natalia Lafourcade - Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos)
Alex Cuba - Lo Único Constante
La Santa Cecilia - Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Ciudad De México, 2017
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Residente - Residente
Jorge Drexler - Salvavidas De Hielo
Los Amigos Invisibles - El Paradise
Bomba Estéreo - Ayo
C4 Trío & Desorden Público - Pa' Fuera
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Aida Cuevas - Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas
Alex Campos - Momentos
Various Artists - Zapateando En El Norte
Julión Álvarez Y Su Norteño Banda - Ni Diablo Ni Santo
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga - Ayer Y Hoy
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta - Salsa Big Band
Albita - Albita
Doug Beavers - Art Of The Arrangement
Silvestre Dangond - Gente Valiente
Diego El Cigala - Indestructible
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
Peter Kater - Dancing On Water
Brian Eno - Reflection
India.Arie - SongVersation: Medicine
Kitaro - Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5
Steve Roach - Spiral Revelation
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Beck - Up All Night
Jain - Makeba
Jay-Z - The Story Of O.J.
Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid - 1-800-273-8255
BEST MUSIC FILM
Various Artists - The Defiant Ones
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - One More Time With Feeling
The Grateful Dead - Long Strange Trip
Various Artists - Soundbreaking
Various Artists - Two Trains Runnin'
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Prototype
The Jerry Douglas Band - What If
Alex Han - Spirit
Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge - Mount Royal
Antonio Sanchez - Bad Hombre
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Kraftwerk - 3-D The Catalogue
Bonobo - Migration
Mura Masa - Mura Masa
ODESZA - A Moment Apart
Sylvan Esso - What Now
BEST DANCE RECORDING
LCD Soundsystem - Tonite
Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa - Bambro Koyo Ganda
CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola
Gorillaz Featuring DRAM - Andromeda
ODESZA Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair - Line Of Sight
BEST REMIXED RECORDING Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode) - You Move (Latroit Remix)
Louie Vega, remixer (Loleatta Holloway) - Can't Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix)
SMLE, remixers (Bobby Rush) - Funk O' De Funk (SMLE Remix)
Leighton James & Christian Srigley, remixers (Kehlani) - Undercover (Adventure Club Remix)
Four Tet, remixer (The xx) - A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix) BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA John Williams - Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can
Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge) - All Hat, No Saddle
Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith) - Home Free (For Peter Joe)
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) - Ugly Beauty/Pannonica
Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert) - White Christmas
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman) - Putin
Justin Hurwitz, arranger (La La Land Cast) - Another Day Of Sun
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Clint Holmes Featuring Jane Monheit) - Every Time We Say Goodbye
Joel McNeely, arranger (Seth MacFarlane) - I Like Myself
Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes, arrangers (Clint Holmes Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater & The Count Basie Orchestra) - I Loves You Porgy/There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés) - Three Revolutions
Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet) - Alkaline
Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne) - Choros #3
Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith) - Home Free (For Peter Joe)
Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge) - Warped Cowboy
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) - Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)
Carlos Dussan, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Martinez & Claudio Roncoli, art directors (Magín Díaz) - El Orisha De La Rosa
Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong, art directors (Mura Masa) - Mura Masa
Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos, art directors (The National) - Sleep Well Beast
Gail Marowitz, art director (Jonathan Coulton) - Solid State
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists) - The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition
Tim Breen, art director (Various Artists) - Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta
Tom Hingston, art director (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) - Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 - 2014)
Masaki Koike, art director (Grateful Dead) - May 1977: Get Shown The Light
Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists) - Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares
BEST ALBUM NOTES
Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding) - Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings
Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves, album notes writers (Various Artists) - Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With The Truth
Ted Olson, album notes writer (Various Artists) - Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition
Bryan S. Wright, album notes writer (Richard Dowling) - The Complete Piano Works Of Scott Joplin
Michael Corcoran, album notes writer (Washington Phillips) - Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams
David Giovannoni, album notes writer (Various Artists) - Edouard-Léon Scott De Martinville, Inventor Of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
Leonard Bernstein - The Composer
Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta
The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher
Astrophysics For People In A Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter - Shelly Peiken
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In - Bernie Sanders And Mark Ruffalo
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Dear Evan Hansen
Come From Away
Hello, Dolly!
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
La La Land
Baby Driver
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
Hidden Figures: The Album
Moana: The Songs
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
La La Land
Dunkirk
Game Of Thrones: Season 7
Hidden Figures
Arrival
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli'i Cravalho) - How Far I'll Go
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone) - City Of Stars
Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (ZAYN & Taylor Swift) - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia) - Never Give Up
Common, Andra Day & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day Featuring Common) - Stand Up For Something
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
K.Flay - Every Where Is Some Where
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
Rose Cousins - Natural Conclusion
Perfume Genius - No Shape
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude & War Songs
Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man
Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies
Tyberg: Masses
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
David Frost
Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
Morten Lindberg
Judith Sherman
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches
Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente
Concertos For Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
BEST OPERA RECORDING
Berg: Wozzeck
Berg: Lulu
Handel: Ottone
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Bryars: The Fifth Century
Handel: Messiah
Mansurian: Requiem
Music Of The Spheres
Tyberg: Masses
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Death & The Maiden
Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1
Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets By Giaches De Wert
Martha Argerich & Friends - Live From Lugano 2016
Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Transcendental
Bach: The French Suites
Haydn: Cello Concertos
Levina: The Piano Concertos
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Crazy Girl Crazy
Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas
Gods & Monsters
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music
Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto
Barbara
Les Routes De L'Esclavage
Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble & Choir
Mademoiselle: Première Audience - Unknown Music Of Nadia Boulanger
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Viola Concerto
Songs Of Solitude
Picture Studies
Requiem
Concerto For Orchestra
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
