The countdown to mainstream music’s biggest night has begun. Yesterday (November 7), the 2026 Grammy Awards nomination list was released. After combing through the categories, you’d quickly learn that independent artists have snagged several major nods.
On February 1, 2026, hundreds of music professionals will duke it out for a coveted grampohone trophy. Of the nominees Bad Bunny (6), Hayley Williams (4), Clipse (5), Shaboozey (3), Durand Bernarr (3), Jelly Roll (3), Wet Leg (3), Miles Caton (2), Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon (2), and Margo Price (2) lead the pack of the most nominated independent artists.
Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos received nominations for Album of the Year, Best Música Urbana Album, and Best Album Cover. While the musician’s song “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” will compete in the Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Bad Bunny’s “EoO” also snatched a nomination for Best Global Music Performance.
Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out will face off in the Album of the Year and Best Rap Album categories. The album’s breakout single “Chains & Whips” (which features Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams) is nominated in the Best Rap Performance. “The Birds Don’t Sing,” featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire, is nominated for Best Rap Song. The duo is also nominated in the Best Music Video category for their record “So Be It.”
Shaboozey’s massive single “Good News” secured nominations for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song. His collaborative single “Amen” with Jelly Roll is nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Jelly has nominations of his own, including a Best Contemporary Country Album nod for Beautifully Broken. Jelly Roll‘s final nomination is by way of his collaboration with Brandon Lake (“Hard Fought Hallelujah”), which is up in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category.
Fellow indie country stars Margo Price and Kelsea Ballerini secured impressive nods, Price’s Hard Headed Woman is nominated for Best Traditional Country Album. The singer is also nominated in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category for her collaboration (“Love Me Like You Used To Do”) with Tyler Childers. Ballerini’s Patterns will have a tough fight in the Best Contemporary Country Album category. Both Best Traditional Country Album and Best Contemporary Country Album represent two new categories at the event.
On the R&B front, several indie acts will battle it out for a gramophone. Durand Bernarr dominates the respective categories, picking nominations for Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Here We Are”), where he will compete against Ledisi’s “Love You Too” and Lalah Hathaway’s “Uptown.” Bernarr is also nominated for Best R&B Song (“Overqualified”) and Best Progressive R&B Album (BLOOM).
Other notable R&B nominations include Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon’s Come As You Are is nominated for Best Progressive R&B Album. The project’s track “WeMaj” featuring Rapsody is up for Best Melodic Rap Performance. Destin Conrad’s debut studio album, Love On Digital, snagged a Best Progressive R&B Album nomination. Similarly, musician and actor Miles Canton’s acting debut in the box office smash Sinners earned him a Best Song Written for Visual Media (“I Lied to You”) and Best Instrumental Composition (“Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down”) nomination.
As for rock, Hayley Williams is the indie artist to beat. Williams is nominated for Best Rock Performance (“Mirtazapine”), Best Rock Song (“Glum”), Best Alternative Music Performance (“Parachute”), and Best Alternative Music Album (Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party). Wet Leg snagged nominations for Best Alternative Music Performance (“mangetout”), Best Alternative Music Album (moisturizer), Best Album Cover (moisturizer)
Other notable independent artists nominated for an award includes Laufey, Bon Iver, Perfume Genius, Bilal, Raye, Japanese Breakfast, Lecrae, Lila Iké, Jesse Royal, Larkin Poe, Molly Tuttle, Jason Isbell, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, Michael Mayo, Ambrose Akinmusire, Robert Glasper, Brad Mehldau, Nate Smith, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band, Tye Tribbett, Tamela Mann, Forrest Frank, and Darrel Walls.
View the full nomination list below. The 2026 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026. Find more information here.
Album of the Year
Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas Entertainment)
Justin Bieber — Swag (ILH Production Co. LLC/Def Jam Recordings)
Sabrina Carpenter — Man’s Best Friend (Island Records)
Clipse — Let God Sort Em Out (ROC Nation Distribution)
Lady Gaga — Mayhem (Streamline/Interscope Records)
Kendrick Lamar — GNX (pgLang/Interscope Records)
Leon Thomas — Mutt (EZMNY Records/Motown)
Tyler, the Creator — Chromakopia (Columbia Records)
Record of the Year
Record of the Year recognizes the production and technical achievement of a recording.
Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Doechii – “Anxiety”
Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”
Lady Gaga – “Abracabara”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “Luther”
Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Song of the Year
Song of the Year recognizes the credited songwriters for a composition and its lyrics.
Lady Gaga – “Abracabara”
Doechii – “Anxiety”
ROSÉ & Bruno Maros – “Apt.”
Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”
KPop Demon Hunters – “Golden”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “Luther”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Songwriter of the Year, Non-classical
Amy Allen
Jessie Jo Dillon
Edgar Barrera
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Producer of the year, non-classical
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Best Country Solo Performance
Tyler Childers – “Nose On The Grindstone”
Shaboozey – “Good News”
Chris Stapleton – “Bad As I Used To Be” (From F1: The Movie)
Zach Top – “I Never Lie”
Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton – “A Song To Sing”
Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson – “Trailblazer”
Margo Price & Tyler Childers – “Love Me Like You Used To Do”
Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – “Amen”
George Strait featuring Chris Stapleton – “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame”
Best Country Song
Tyler Childers – “Bitin’ List” (songwriter Tyler Childers)
Shaboozey – “Good News” (songwriters Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey)
Zach Top – “I Never Lie” (songwriters Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top)
Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo” (songwriters Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson)
Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton – “A Song To Sing” – (songwriters Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton)
Best Contemporary Country Album
*New category reflects “the broad spectrum of contemporary country styles through lyrical content, song structure, and musical presentation, including vocal and instrumental recordings.”
Kelsea Ballerini — Patterns (Black River Entertainment)
Tyler Childers — Snipe Hunter (Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records)
Eric Church — Evangeline vs the Machine (EMI Music Nashville/Universal Music Group)
Jelly Roll — Beautifully Broken (Stoney Creek Records/BMG)
Miranda Lambert — Postcards from Texas (Vanner Records/Republic Records/Big Loud)
Best Traditional Country Album
*New category that is defined as “a more classic country sound, including subgenres like Western and Outlaw country, and a focus on instrumentation such as acoustic and steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and live drums.”
Charley Crockett — Dollar A Day (Lone Star Rider/Island Records)
Lukas Nelson — American Romance (Sony Music Entertainment)
Willie Nelson — Oh What A Beautiful World (Legacy Recordings/Sony Music)
Margo Price — Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista Recordings)
Zach Top — Ain’t In it For My Health (Leo33)
Best Folk Album
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson — What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow (Nonesuch Records Inc.)
Patty Griffin — Crown Of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)
I’m With Her — Wild And Clear And Blue (I’m With Her, LLC/Rounder Records.)
Jason Isbell — Foxes In The Snow (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers)
Jesse Welles — Under The Powerlines April 24 – September 24 (Jesse Welles)
Best Americana Performance
Sierra Hull – “Boom”
Maggie Rose & Grace Potter – “Poison In My Well”
Mavis Staples – “Godspeed”
Molly Tuttle – “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark”
Jesse Welles – “Horses”
Best American Roots Song
I’m With Her – “Ancient Light” (songwriters Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins)
Jon Batiste – “Big Money” (songwriter Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan)
Jason Isbell – “Foxes In The Snow” (songwriter Jason Isbell)
Jesse Welles – “Middle” (songwriter Jesse Welles)
Sierra Hull – “Spitfire” (songwriter Sierra Hull)
Best Americana Album
Jon Batiste — BIG MONEY (Verve Records/Interscope Records)
Larkin Poe — Bloom (Trick-Woo)
Willie Nelson — Last Leaf On The Tree (Legacy Recordings/Sony Music)
Molly Tuttle — So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Nonesuch Records Inc)
Jesse Welles — Middle (Jesse Welles)
Best Bluegrass Album
Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter — Carter & Cleveland (Fiddleman Records)
Sierra Hull — A Tip Toe High Wire (Sierra Hull)
Alison Krauss & Union Station — Arcadia (Down The Road Records)
The Steeldrivers — Outrun (Sun Label Group, LLC)
Billy Strings — Highway Prayers (Reprise Records/Warner)
Best Rock Performance
Amyl and The Sniffers – “U Should Not Be Doing That”
Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
Turnstile – “Never Enough”
Hayley Williams – “Mirtazapine”
YUNGBLUD featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning”
Best Rock Song
Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (songwriters Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
Sleep Token – “Caramel” (songwriters Vessel1 & Vessel2)
Hayley Williams – “Glum” (songwriters Daniel James & Hayley Williams)
Turnstile – “Never Enough” (songwriters Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates)
YUNGBLUD – “Zombie” (songwriters Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz)
Best Metal Performance
Dream Theater – “Night Terror”
Ghost – “Lachryma”
Sleep Token – “Emergence”
Spiritbox – “Soft Spine”
Turnstile – “BIRDS”
Best Alternative Music Performance
Bon Iver – “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
The Cure – “Alone”
Turnstile – “Seein’ Stars”
Wet Leg – “mangetout”
Hayley Williams – “Parachute”
Best Rock Album
Deftones — Private Music (Reprise Records)
HAIM — I Quit (Polydor/Columbia Records)
Linkin Park — From Zero (Machine Shop Records)
Turnstile — Never Enough (Roadrunner Records/Warner Music Group)
YUNGBLUD — Idols (Locomotion Recordings/Capitol Records)
Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver — SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
The Cure — Songs Of A Lost World (Lost Music Limited/Polydor)
Tyler, The Creator — DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
Wet Leg — moisturizer (Domino)
Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic)
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – “Outside”
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams – “Chains & Whips”
Doechii – “Anxiety”
Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay – “tv off”
Tyler, The Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown – “Darling, I”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill – “Proud Of Me”
JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6lack – “Wholeheartedly”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “Luther”
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody – “WeMaj”
PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake – “Somebody Loves Me”
Best Rap Song
Doechii – “Anxiety” (songwriter Jaylah Hickmon)
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire – “The Birds Don’t Sing” (songwriters Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder)
Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – “Sticky” (songwriters Aaron Bolton, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Dudley Alexander Duverne, Tyler Okonma, Janae Wherry, Gloria Woods & Rex Zamor)
GloRilla – “TGIF” (songwriters Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras & Gloria Woods)
Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay – “tv off” (songwriters Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington)
Best Rap Album
Clipse — Let God Sort Em Out (ROC Nation Distribution)
GloRilla — Glorious (CMG/Interscope Records)
JID — God Does Like Ugly (Dreamville/Interscope)
Kendrick Lamar — GNX (pgLang/Interscope Records)
Tyler, The Creator — Chromakopia (Columbia Records)
Best R&B Performance
Justin Bieber – “YUKON”
Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
Kehlani – “Folded”
Leon Thomas – “MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)”
Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Durand Bernarr – “Here We Are”
Lalah Hathaway – “Uptown”
Ledisi – “Love You Too”
SZA – “Crybaby”
Leon Thomas – “Vibes Don’t Lie”
Best R&B Song
Kehlani – “Folded” (songwriters Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson)
Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman” (songwriters David Bishop & Summer Walker)
Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller – “It Depends” (songwriters Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr.)
Durand Bernarr – “Overqualified” (songwriters James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr)
Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is” (songwriters Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas)
Best Progressive R&B Album
FLO — Access All Areas (Island Records)
Durand Bernarr — BLOOM (Dsing Records/Create Music Group)
Bilal — Adjust Brightness (Bilal Music/ONErpm)
Destin Conrad — LOVE ON DIGITAL (Above Ground Ent/EMPIRE)
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon — Come As You Are (Sounds Of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)
Best R&B Album
Giveon — Beloved (Epic)
Coco Jones — Why Not More (Def Jam)
Ledisi — The Crown (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)
Teyana Taylor — Escape Room (Taylormade Enterprises/Def Jam)
Leon Thomas — Mutt (EZMNY Records/Motown)
Best Pop Solo Performance
Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Lady Gaga – “Disease”
Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
Lola Young – “Messy”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – “Defying Gravity”
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami – “Golden”
Katseye – “Gabriela”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
SZA & Kendrick Lamar – “30 for 30”
Best Dance Pop Recording
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Bluest Flame”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Zara Larsson – “Midnight Sun”
Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (from F1: The Movie)”
PinkPantheress – “Illegal”
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – “No Cap”
Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax – “Victory Lap”
KAYTRANADA – “Space Invader”
Skrillex – “Voltage”
Tame Impala – “End Of Summer”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justin Bieber — Swag (ILH Production Co. LLC/Def Jam Recordings)
Sabrina Carpenter — Man’s Best Friend (Island Records)
Miley Cyrus — Something Beautiful (Columbia)
Lady Gaga — Mayhem (Streamline/Interscope Records)
Teddy Swims — I Tried Everything But Therapy [Part 2] (Warner)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Laila Biali — Wintersongs (Ben Wittman & Laila Biali)
Jennifer Hudson — The Gift Of Love (JHUD Productions Inc./Interscope Records)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile — Who Believes In Angels? (WAB Recording Limited/Mercury Records Limited)
Lady Gaga — Harlequin (Interscope Records)
Laufey — A Matter Of Time (Vingolf Recordings/AWAL)
Barbra Streisand — The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 (Columbia)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
FKA Twigs — EUSEXUA (Young Recordings/Atlantic)
Fred again.. — ten days (Warner)
PinkPantheress — Fancy That (Warner)
RÜFÜS DU SOL — Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records/Reprise Records)
Skrillex — F— U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 (OWSLA/Atlantic)
Best Latin Pop Album
Rauw Alejandro — Cosa Nuestra (Duars Entertainment Corp/Sony)
Andrés Cepeda — BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) [Warner]
Karol G — Tropicoqueta (Bichota Records LLC/Interscope Records)
Natalia Lafourcade — Cancionera (Sony)
Alejandro Sanz — ¿Y ahora qué? (Sony)
Best Latin Rock, Urban of Alternative Album
Aterciopelados — Genes Rebeldes (Entre Casa)
Bomba Estéreo & Rawayana — ASTROPICAL (Sony)
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso — PAPOTA (5020 Records)
Los Wizzards — ALGORHYTHM (WIZZMOR INC)
Fito Paez — Novela (Sony)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Fotografías (Ruben Blades Productions)
Gloria Estefan — Raíces (Crescent Moon Records/Sony)
Grupo Niche — Clásicos 1.0 (Grupo Niche Oficial)
Alain Pérez — Bingo (Puntilla)
Gilberto Santa Rosa — Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 (B2B Music)
Best Global Music Performance
Bad Bunny – “EoO”
Ciro Hurtado – “Cantando en el Camino”
Angélique Kidjo – “JERUSALEMA”
Yeisy Rojas – “Inmigrante Y Que?”
Shakti – “Shrini’s Dream [Live]”
Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – “Daybreak”
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny — Debi Tirar Mas Photos (Rimas Entertainment)
J Balvin — Mixteip (Sueños Globales, LLC/UMG)
Feid — Ferxxo Vol x (UMG)
Nicki Nicole — Kaiki (DALE PLAY Records/Sony)
Trueno — EUB Delux (Sur Capital Records/Sony)
Yandel — Sinfonico En Vivo (Y Entertainment/Warner)
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera — MALA MÍA (Sony)
Grupo Frontera — Y Lo Que Viene (Grupo Frontera)
Paola Jara — Sin Rodeos (Paola Jara)
Carín León — Palabra De To’s [Seca] (Socios Music LLC/Virgin Music Group/Island Records)
Bobby Pulido — Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande [En Vivo] (Universal Music Group)
Best African Music Performance
Burna Boy – “Love”
Davido featuring Omah Lay – “With You”
Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – “Hope & Love”
Ayra Starr Featuring Wizkid – “Gimme Dat”
Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
Best Global Music Album
Siddhant Bhatia — Sounds Of Kumbha (Universal Music)
Burna Boy — No Sign of Weakness (Spaceship/ Bad Habit/ Atlantic Records)
Youssou N’Dour — Eclairer le monde – Light the World (Youssou Ndour & TBI Publishing S.A)
Shakti — Mind Explosion [50th Anniversary Tour Live] (Abstract Logix)
Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar — Chapter III: We Return To Light (LEITER)
Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia — Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo (Sony)
Best Reggae Album
Lila Iké — Treasure Self Love (Wurl Ike Records/In.Digg.Nation Collective/Ineffable Records)
Vybz Kartel — Heart & Soul (Greedy Lion/Vybz Kartel Muzik)
Keznamdi — BLXXD & FYAH (Keznamdi Music Group)
Mortimer — From Within (Overstand Entertainment/Easy Star Records)
Jesse Royal — No Place Like Home (Easy Star Records)
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Kirsten Agresta-Copely — Kuruvinda (Kirsten Agresta Copely)
Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet — According To The Moon (Cheryl B. Engelhardt & GEM)
Jahnavi Harrison — Into The Forest (Jahnavi Harrison)
Carla Patullo featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality — NOMADICA (The Soundry)
Chris Redding — The Colors In My Mind (Chris Redding)
Best Jazz Performance
Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – “Noble Rise”
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – “Windows – Live”
Samara Joy – “Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True”
Michael Mayo – “Four”
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – “All Stars Lead To You – Live”
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap — Elemental (Mack Avenue Records)
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell — We Insist 2025! (Candid Records LLC)
Samara Joy — Portrait (Dear Beverly Music, LLC/Verve)
Michael Mayo — Fly (Mack Avenue Records)
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth — Live at Vic’s Las Vegas (La Reserve Records, LLC)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade — Trilogy 3 (Live) [Candid Records]
Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore — Southern Nights (Artwork Records)
Branford Marsalis Quartet — Belonging (Marsalis Music, LLC/Blue Note Records)
John Patitucci featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade — Spirit Fall (Edition Records)
Yellowjackets — Fasten Up (Mack Avenue Records)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The 8-Bit Big Band — Orchestrator Emulator (Team Chuck Records)
Christian McBride Big Band — Without Further Ado, Vol 1 (Mack Avenue Records)
Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band — Lumen (Prophone Records)
Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra — Basie Rocks! (Green Hill Productions)
Sun Ra Arkestra — Lights on a Satellite (IN+OUT Records)
Kenny Wheeler Legacy featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra — Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores (Greenleaf Music)
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Ambrose Akinmusire — honey from a winter stone (Origami Harvest/Nonesuch Records Inc)
Robert Glasper — Keys To The City Volume One (Loma Vista Recordings)
Brad Mehldau — Ride into the Sun (Nonesuch Records Inc.)
Nate Smith — LIVE-ACTION (naïve/Waterbaby Music Inc)
Immanuel Wilkins — Blues Blood (Blue Note Records/UMG)
Best Latin Jazz Album
Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band — La Fleur de Cayenne
(Sunnyside Communications)
Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa — The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (Belongó)
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra — Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley (ZOHO Music)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro — A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole (Calveiro Entertainment LLC)
Miguel Zenón Quartet — Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard (Miguel Zenon)
Best Traditional Blues Album
Buddy Guy — Ain’t Done With The Blues (RCA)
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ — Room On The Porch (Concord Records)
Maria Muldaur — One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue, Inc.)
Charlie Musselwhite — Look Out Highway (Forty Below Records)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush — Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush Records/RAM Records/Thirty Tigers)
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Joe Bonamassa — Breakthrough (J&R Adventures)
Samantha Fish — Paper Doll (Rounder Records)
Eric Gales — A Tribute To LJK (Artone Label Group/Provogue)
Robert Randolph — Preacher Kids (Dare Records, Inc./Sun Label Group)
Southern Avenue — Family (Alligator Records, LLC)
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet — Live At Vaughan’s (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band — For Fat Man (The Preservation Hall Foundation, Inc./Sub Pop Records)
Kyle Roussel — Church Of New Orleans (Kyle Roussel)
Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band — Second Line Sunday (Treme Records)
Various Artists — A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco (Valcour Records)
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kirk Franklin – “Do It Again” (songwriter Kirk Franklin)
Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend – “Church” (songwriters Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin)
Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts – “Still Live” (songwriters Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson)
Pastor Mike Jr. – “Amen” (songwriters Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus)
Cece Winans featuring Shirley Caesar – “Come Jesus Come”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Elevation Worship, Chris Brown & Brandon Lake – “I Know A Name” (songwriters Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Jacob Sooter)
Forrest Frank – “Your Way’s Better” (songwriters Forrest Frank & Pera)
Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll – “Hard Fought Hallelujah” (songwriters Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake)
Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I. – “Headphones” (songwriters Bongo ByTheWay, Clifford Harris, William Roderick Miller, Lecrae Moore, Michael Render & Tyshane Thompson)
Darrel Walls & PJ Morton – “Amazing” (songwriters PJ Morton & Darrel Walls)
Best Gospel Album
Yolanda Adams — Sunny Days (Epic Records)
Tasha Cobbs Leonard — Tasha (TeeLee Record/Capitol CMG/Motown)
Tamela Mann — Live Breathe Fight (TillyMann Music Group)
Tye Tribbett — Only On The Road Live (Freligious Music)
Darrel Walls & PJ Morton — Heart Of Mine (Gumbo Studios/Tyscot Records)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Forrest Frank — CHILD OF GOD II (River House Records)
Israel & New Breed — Coritos Vol. 1 (District 11 Entertainment/Integrity Music)
Brandon Lake — King Of Hearts (Provident Label Group/Sony Music Entertainment)
Lecrae — Reconstruction (Reach Records)
Tauren Wells — Let The Church Sing (Capitol CMG)
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir — I Will Not Be Moved (Live) [StowTown Records]
Gaither Vocal Band — Then Came The Morning (Gaither Music Group)
The Isaacs — Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah (House Of Isaacs/Gaither Music Group)
Karen Peck & New River — Good Answers (Daywind Records)
Candi Staton — Back To My Roots (Beracah Records)
Best Album Cover
Tyler, The Creator — Chromakopia (art directors Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez)
Djo — The Crux (art director William Wesley II)
Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos (art director Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio)
Perfume Genius — Glory (art directors Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S.)
Wet Leg — moisturizer (art directors Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale)
Best Children’s Music Album
Joanie Leeds & Joya — Ageless: 100 Years Young
Mega Ran — Buddy’s Magic Tree House
FYÜTCH & Aura V — Harmony
Flor Bromley — Herstory
Tori Amos — The Music Of Tori And The Muses
Best Comedy Album
Bill Burr — Drop Dead Years
Sarah Silverman — PostMortem
Ali Wong — Single Lady
Jamie Foxx — What Had Happened Was…
Nate Bargatze — Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
Best Musical Theater Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
Death Becomes Her
Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard & Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison & Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey & Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
Gypsy
Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson & Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai & George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast)
Just In Time
Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence & Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick & Bill Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Maybe Happy Ending
Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron & Helen J Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey & Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from TRON: Ares (songwriters Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI – “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (songwriters EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick)
Miles Caton – “I Lied to You” from Sinners (songwriters Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (songwriters Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt)
Jayme Lawson – “Pale, Pale Moon” from Sinners (songwriters Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard)
Rod Wave – “Sinners” from Sinners (songwriters Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Kathy Garver — Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
Trevor Noah — Into The Uncut Grass
Ketanji Brown Jackson — Lovely One: A Memoir
Dalai Lama — Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan — You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
Various Artists — F1: The Album
Various Artists — KPop Demon Hunters
Various Artists — Sinners
Various Artists — Wicked
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
How To Train Your Dragon
John Powell, composer
Severance: Season 2
Theodore Shapiro, composer
Sinners
Ludwig Göransson, composer
Wicked
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
The Wild Robot
Kris Bowers, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires
Pinar Toprak, composer
Helldivers 2
Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
Gordy Haab, composer
Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune
Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget, II, composers
Sword of the Sea
Austin Wintory, composer
Best Music Video
Sabrina Carpenter- “Manchild”
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers
Clipse – “So Be It”
Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer
Doechii – “Anxiety”
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
OK Go – “Love”
Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Sade – “Young Lion”
Sophie Muller, video director; Aaron Taylor Dean & Sade, video producers
Best Music Film
Devo — Devo
Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video producers
Raye — Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers
Diane Warren — Relentless
Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers
John Williams — Music By John Williams
Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Pharrell Williams — Piece By Piece
Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers
Best Recording Package
OK Go — And The Adjacent Possible
Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors
Mac Miller — Balloonerism
Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith, art directors
Duran Duran — Danse Macabre: De Luxe
Rory McCartney, art director
Tsunami — Loud Is As
Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon, art directors
Various Artists — Sequoia
Tim Breen & Ken Shipley, art directors
Mac Miller — The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl)
Miller McCormick, art director
Bruce Springsteen — Tracks II: The Lost Albums
Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors
Best Album Notes
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos — Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974
Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer
Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland — After The Last Sky
Adam Shatz, album notes writer
Amanda Ekery — Árabe
Amanda Ekery, album notes writer
Sly & The Family Stone — The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967
Alec Palao, album notes writer
Wilco — A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Bob Mehr, album notes writer
Miles Davis — Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings
Ashley Kahn, album notes writer
Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
Nick Drake — The Making Of Five Leaves Left
Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering engineers
Various Artists — Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound Of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41)
Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Various Artists — Super Disco Pirata – De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)
Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Doc Pomus — You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos
Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Cam — All Things Light
Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer
Alison Krauss & Union Station — Arcadia
Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer
Japanese Breakfast — For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills — That Wasn’t A Dream
Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Sandbox Percussion — Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer
Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra — Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer
Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra — Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District
Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer
Third Coast Percussion — Standard Stoppages
Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer
Trio Mediæval — Yule
Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer
Best Immersive Audio Album
Duckwrth — All American F***boy
Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer
Justin Gray — Immersed
Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers
Various Artists — An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla (Live)
Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers
Tearjerkers — Tearjerkers
Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer
Trio Mediæval — Yule
Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers
Best Instrumental Composition
Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz — “First Snow”
Remy Le Boeuf, composer
Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra — “Live Life This Day: Movement I”
Miho Hazama, composer
Sierra Hull — “Lord, That’s A Long Way”
Sierra Hull, composer
Zain Effendi — “Opening”
Zain Effendi, composer
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz — “Train To Emerald City”
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
Ludwig Göransson featuring Miles Caton — “Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down”
Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Cynthia Erivo – “Be Okay”
Cynthia Erivo, arranger
Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf – “A Child Is Born”
Remy Le Boeuf, arranger
The Westerlies – “Fight On”
Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers
The 8-Bit Big Band – “Super Mario Praise Break”
Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Nate Smith Featuring säje – “Big Fish”
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers
Seth MacFarlane – “How Did She Look?”
Nelson Riddle, arranger
Jacob Collier – “Keep An Eye On Summer”
Jacob Collier, arranger
Lawrence – “Something In The Water (Acoustic-Ish)”
Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers
Cody Fry – “What A Wonderful World”
Cody Fry, arranger
Best Orchestral Performance
National Philharmonic – “Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies'”
Michael Repper, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra – “Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie”
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela – “Ravel: Boléro, M. 81”
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra – “Still & Bonds”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
San Francisco Symphony – “Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements”
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Best Opera Recording
Jack Heggie: Intelligence
Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Huang Ruo: An American Soldier
Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
Kouyoumdjian: Adoration
Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead
Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
Tesori: Grounded
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best Choral Performance
Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare)
Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved
Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmielinski, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Lang: Poor Hymnal
Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing)
Ortiz: Yanga
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Requiem Of Light
Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dennehy: Land Of Winter
Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
La Mer – French Piano Trios
Neave Trio
Lullabies For The Brokenhearted
Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon
Slavic Sessions
Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Standard Stoppages
Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies’
Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
Hope Orchestrated
Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
Inheritances
Adam Tendler
Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor
Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Alike – My Mother’s Dream
Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra)
Black Pierrot
Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
In This Short Life
Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, artist
Kurtág: Kafka – Fragments
Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, artist
Schubert Beatles
Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber)
Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano
Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers
The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II
Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Seven Seasons
Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Tombeaux
Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion)
Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter
Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound)
Tania León: Raíces (Origins)
Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs In Flight
Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists)
Gabriela Ortiz: Dzonot
Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)