62nd Annual Grammy Awards

Background and controversy

Category changes

• As of the 62nd Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy would accept links to streaming services as opposed to physical copies as submissions. The Academy stated: "For most categories, we would prefer streaming distribution links for online entry submissions, though CD submissions remain optional". As justification for this development, the Academy highlighted the changing music industry and added that submitting links was more convenient and cost effective, especially for smaller and independent labels.
• Additionally, there were separate screening committees for Pop and Rock, whereas previously these categories were screened by a Core Committee. This leaves the Core Committee to focus on the more difficult decisions such as determining who is eligible for the Best New Artist category and trying to find the best home for borderline genre entries.
• The definition of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album had been expanded to accept "contemporary pop songs performed in traditional pop style – the term "traditional" being a reference to the style of the composition, vocal styling and the instrumental arrangement without regard to the age of the material". The Academy stated that broadening the category was done in an attempt to allow it to "remain robust and inclusive" and enable it to be more competitive as, for example, Tony Bennett has won the award 13 times.
• Spoken word recordings targeted at children had been moved from the Best Children's Album category to the Best Spoken Word Album.
• As of the 62nd Grammy Awards, Spanish-language Latin Gospel and Christian music would be officially welcomed in the Best Gospel Album, Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, Best Roots Gospel Album, Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories.

  Performers

Premiere ceremony

Main ceremony

Presenters

• Imogen Heap – hosted the Grammy Premiere Ceremony, presented Visual Media, World Music, American Roots, Pop and Producer categories
• Kimie Miner – presented Packaging, Notes, Historical, Engineering, Remixer, Surround Sound and Music Video/Film categories
• Esperanza Spalding – presented New Age, American Roots, Reggae, Children's, Spoken Word, Dance and Contemporary Instrumental categories
• Luis Fonsi – presented Composing, Arranging, Jazz and Country categories
• PJ Morton – presented Gospel, Latin and Rap categories
• Natalia Joachim – presented Classical categories
• Jimmy Jam – presented Musical Theatre, Rock, Alternative and R&B categories

• Billy Porter – introduced the Jonas Brothers
• Keith Urban & Cynthia Erivo – presented Best Pop Solo Performance
• Trevor Noah – introduced Tyler, the Creator
• Shania Twain & Bebe Rexha – presented Best Country Duo/Group Performance
• Jim Gaffigan – introduced Camila Cabello
• Brandi Carlile & Tanya Tucker – presented Best Comedy Album
• Ben Platt – introduced Ariana Grande
• Common – introduced Aerosmith & Run-DMC
• Issa Rae – presented Best Rap Album
• Ellen DeGeneres – introduced Lil Nas X
• Greta Gerwig – introduced Demi Lovato
• Ava DuVernay – introduced the Tribute to Nipsey Hussle
• Smokey Robinson & Little Big Town – presented Song of the Year
• Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne – presented Best Rap/Sung Performance & introduced H.E.R.
• Alicia Keys & Dua Lipa – presented Best New Artist
• John Legend – introduced the Tribute to Kenneth Ehrlich
• LL Cool J – presented Album of the Year
• Alicia Keys – presented Record of the Year

• Stevie Wonder was announced as a presenter, but did not appear at the ceremony.

  Winners and nominees

General field

• "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish
• *Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer
• "Hey, Ma" - Bon Iver
• * Brad Cook, Chris Messina & Justin Vernon, producers; Zach Hansen & Chris Messina, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
• "7 Rings" – Ariana Grande
• *Charles Anderson, Tommy Brown, Michael Foster & Victoria Monét, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Billy Hickey & Brendan Morawski, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
• "Hard Place" – H.E.R.
• *Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, producer; Joseph Hurtado, Jaycen Joshua, Derek Keota & Miki Tsutsumi, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
• "Talk" – Khalid
• *Disclosure & Denis Kosiak, producers; Ingmar Carlson, Jon Castelli, Josh Deguzman, John Kercy, Denis Kosiak, Guy Lawrence & Michael Romero, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer
• "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
• *Andrew "VoxGod" Bolooki, Jocelyn "Jozzy" Donald & YoungKio, producers; Andrew "VoxGod" Bolooki & Cinco, engineers/mixers; Eric Lagg, mastering engineer
• "Truth Hurts" – Lizzo
• *Ricky Reed & Tele, producers; Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin & Ethan Shumaker, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• "Sunflower" – Post Malone & Swae Lee
• *Louis Bell & Carter Lang, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
• *Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers; Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters; John Greenham, mastering engineer
• I, I – Bon Iver
• * Brad Cook, Chris Messina & Justin Vernon, producers; Zach Hansen & Chris Messina, engineers/mixers; BJ Burton, Brad Cook & Justin Vernon, songwriters; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
• Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey
• *Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, producers; Jack Antonoff & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
• *Tommy Brown, Ilya, Max Martin & Victoria Monét, producers; Serban Ghenea & Brendan Morawski, engineers/mixers; Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Victoria Monét, Tayla Parx & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
• I Used to Know Her – H.E.R.
• * David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, H.E.R., Walter Jones & Jeff Robinson, producers; Miki Tsutsumi, engineer/mixer; Sam Ashworth, Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman, David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris & H.E.R., songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
• 7 – Lil Nas X
• *Montero Lamar Hill, songwriter; Eric Lagg, mastering engineer
• Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
• *Ricky Reed, producer; Manny Marroquin & Ethan Shumaker, engineers/mixers; Eric Frederic & Melissa Jefferson, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
• Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
• *Ezra Koenig & Ariel Rechtshaid, producers; John DeBold, Chris Kasych, Takemasa Kosaka, Ariel Rechtshaid & Hiroya Takayama, engineers/mixers; Ezra Koenig, songwriter; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer

• "Bad Guy"
• * Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters
• "Always Remember Us This Way"
• *Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters
• "Bring My Flowers Now"
• *Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters
• "Hard Place"
• *Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters
• "Lover"
• * Taylor Swift, songwriter
• "Norman Fucking Rockwell"
• *Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters
• "Someone You Loved"
• * Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters
• "Truth Hurts"
• * Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters

• Billie Eilish
• Black Pumas
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• Maggie Rogers
• Rosalía
• Tank and the Bangas
• Yola

  Pop

• "Truth Hurts" – Lizzo
• "Spirit" – Beyoncé
• "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish
• "7 Rings" – Ariana Grande
• "You Need to Calm Down" – Taylor Swift

• "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Boyfriend" – Ariana Grande and Social House
• "Sucker" – Jonas Brothers
• "Sunflower" – Post Malone & Swae Lee
• "Señorita" – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

• Look Now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• Sì – Andrea Bocelli
• Love – Michael Bublé
• A Legendary Christmas – John Legend
• Walls – Barbra Streisand

• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
• - Beyoncé
• Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
• No.6 Collaborations Project – Ed Sheeran
• Lover – Taylor Swift

  Dance/electronic music

• "Got to Keep On" – The Chemical Brothers
• *The Chemical Brothers, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers
• "Linked" – Bonobo
• *Simon Green, producer; Bonobo, mixer
• "Piece of Your Heart" – Meduza featuring Goodboys
• * Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, producers; Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, mixers
• "Underwater" – Rüfüs Du Sol
• *Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer
• "Midnight Hour" – Skrillex & Boys Noize featuring Ty Dolla $ign
• *Boys Noize & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer

• No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
• LP5 – Apparat
• Hi This Is Flume – Flume
• Solace – Rüfüs Du Sol
• Weather – Tycho

  Contemporary instrumental music

• Mettavolution – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• Ancestral Recall – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
• Star People Nation – Theo Croker
• Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! – Mark Guiliana
• Elevate – Lettuce

  Rock

• "This Land" – Gary Clark Jr.
• "Pretty Waste" – Bones UK
• "History Repeats" – Brittany Howard
• "Woman" – Karen O & Danger Mouse
• "Too Bad" – Rival Sons

• "7empest" – Tool
• "Astorolus – The Great Octopus" – Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi
• "Humanicide" – Death Angel
• "Bow Down" – I Prevail
• "Unleashed" – Killswitch Engage

• "This Land"
• *Gary Clark Jr., songwriter
• "Fear Inoculum"
• *Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, songwriters
• "Give Yourself a Try"
• *George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald, songwriters
• "Harmony Hall"
• *Ezra Koenig, songwriter
• "History Repeats"
• *Brittany Howard, songwriter

• Social Cues – Cage the Elephant
• Amo – Bring Me the Horizon
• In the End – The Cranberries
• Trauma – I Prevail
• Feral Roots – Rival Sons

  Alternative

• Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
• U.F.O.F. – Big Thief
• Assume Form – James Blake
• I, I – Bon Iver
• Anima – Thom Yorke

  R&B

• "Come Home" – Anderson Paak featuring André 3000
• "Love Again" – Daniel Caesar & Brandy
• "Could've Been" – H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
• "Exactly How I Feel" – Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane
• "Roll Some Mo" – Lucky Daye

• " Jerome" – Lizzo
• "Time Today" – BJ the Chicago Kid
• "Steady Love" – India.Arie
• "Real Games" – Lucky Daye
• "Built for Love" – PJ Morton featuring Jazmine Sullivan

• "Say So"
• *PJ Morton, songwriter
• "Could've Been"
• *Dernst Emile II, David "Swagg R’Celious" Harris, H.E.R. & Hue "Soundzfire" Strother, songwriters
• "Look at Me Now"
• *Emily King & Jeremy Most, songwriters
• "No Guidance"
• *Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, songwriters
• "Roll Some Mo"
• *David Brown, Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters

• Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
• Apollo XXI – Steve Lacy
• Overload – Georgia Anne Muldrow
• Saturn – NAO
• Being Human in Public – Jessie Reyez

• Ventura – Anderson Paak
• 1123 – BJ the Chicago Kid
• Painted – Lucky Daye
• Ella Mai – Ella Mai
• Paul – PJ Morton

  Rap

• "Racks in the Middle" – Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
• "Middle Child" – J. Cole
• "Suge" – DaBaby
• "Down Bad" – Dreamville featuring JID, Bas, J. Cole, EarthGang & Young Nudy
• "Clout" – Offset featuring Cardi B

• "Higher" – DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
• "Drip Too Hard" – Lil Baby & Gunna
• "Panini" – Lil Nas X
• "Ballin" – Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch
• "The London" – Young Thug featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott

• "A Lot"
• * Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters
• "Bad Idea"
• *Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters
• "Gold Roses"
• * Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters
• "Racks in the Middle"
• * Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters
• "Suge"
• * DaBaby, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters

• Igor – Tyler, the Creator
• Revenge of the Dreamers III – Dreamville
• Championships – Meek Mill
• I Am > I Was – 21 Savage
• The Lost Boy – YBN Cordae

  Country

• "Ride Me Back Home" – Willie Nelson
• "All Your'n" – Tyler Childers
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" – Ashley McBryde
• "God's Country" – Blake Shelton
• "Bring My Flowers Now" – Tanya Tucker

• "Speechless" - Dan + Shay
• "Brand New Man" – Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs
• "I Don't Remember Me " – Brothers Osborne
• "The Daughters" – Little Big Town
• "Common" – Maren Morris featuring Brandi Carlile

• "Bring My Flowers Now"
• * Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere"
• * Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters
• "It All Comes Out in the Wash"
• * Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters
• "Some of It"
• * Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters
• "Speechless"
• * Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters

• While I'm Livin – Tanya Tucker'
• Desperate Man – Eric Church
• Stronger Than the Truth – Reba McEntire
• Interstate Gospel – Pistol Annies
• Center Point Road – Thomas Rhett

  New age

• Wings – Peter Kater
• Fairy Dreams – David Arkenstone
• Homage to Kindness – David Darling
• Verve – Sebastian Plano
• Deva – Deva Premal

  Jazz

• "Sozinho" – Randy Brecker, soloist
• "Elsewhere" – Melissa Aldana, soloist
• "Tomorrow Is the Question" – Julian Lage, soloist
• "The Windup" – Branford Marsalis, soloist
• "Sightseeing" – Christian McBride, soloist

• 12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding
• Thirsty Ghost – Sara Gazarek
• Love & Liberation – Jazzmeia Horn
• Alone Together – Catherine Russell
• ScreenPlay – The Tierney Sutton Band

• Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau
• In the Key of the Universe – Joey DeFrancesco
• The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul – Branford Marsalis Quartet
• Christian McBride's New Jawn – Christian McBride
• Come What May – Joshua Redman Quartet

• The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
• Triple Helix – Anat Cohen Tentet
• Dancer in Nowhere – Miho Hazama and m_unit
• Hiding Out – Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
• One Day Wonder – Terraza Big Band

• Antidote – Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
• Sorte!: Music By John Finbury – Thalma de Freitas with Vítor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca
• Una Noche con Rubén Blades – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades
• Carib – David Sánchez
• – Miguel Zenón

  Gospel/contemporary christian music

• "Love Theory"
• *Kirk Franklin, songwriter
• "Talkin' 'Bout Jesus"
• * Bryan Fowler, Gloria Gaynor & Chris Stevens, songwriters
• "See the Light"
• *Travis Greene & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters
• "Speak the Name"
• *Koryn Hawthorne & Natalie Grant, songwriters
• "This Is a Move "
• *Tony Brown, Brandon Lake, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Nate Moore, songwriters

• "God Only Knows"
• * Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
• "Only Jesus"
• *Mark Hall, Bernie Herms & Matthew West, songwriters
• "Haven't Seen It Yet"
• *Danny Gokey, Ethan Hulse & Colby Wedgeworth, songwriters
• "God's Not Done with You "
• *Tauren Wells, songwriter
• "Rescue Story"
• * Ethan Hulse, Andrew Ripp, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

• Long Live Love – Kirk Franklin
• Goshen Donald Lawrence Presents the Tri – City Singers
• Tunnel Vision – Gene Moore
• Settle Here – William Murphy
• Something's Happening! A Christmas Album – CeCe Winans

• Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
• I Know a Ghost – Crowder
• Haven't Seen It Yet – Danny Gokey
• The Elements – TobyMac
• Holy Roar – Chris Tomlin

• Testimony – Gloria Gaynor
• – Steven Curtis Chapman
• Deeper Oceans – Joseph Habedank
• His Name Is Jesus – Tim Menzies
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Various artists; Jerry Salley, producer

  Latin

• El Disco – Alejandro Sanz
• Vida – Luis Fonsi
• ' – Maluma
• Montaner – Ricardo Montaner
• Fantasía – Sebastian Yatra

• El Mal Querer – Rosalía
• X 100pre – Bad Bunny
• Oasis – J Balvin & Bad Bunny
• Indestructible – Flor de Toloache
• Almadura – iLe

• De Ayer Para siempre – Mariachi los Camperos
• Caminado – Joss Favela
• Percepcion – Intocable
• Poco a Poco – La Energía Norteña
• 20 aniversario – Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea

• Opus – Marc Anthony
• A Journey Through Cuban Music – Aymée Nuviola '
• Tiempo al Tiempo – Luis Enrique + C4 Trio
• Candela – Vicente García
• Literal'' – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

  American roots

• "Saint Honesty" – Sara Bareilles
• "Father Mountain" – Calexico and Iron & Wine
• "I'm on My Way" – Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
• "Call My Name" – I'm with Her
• "Faraway Look" – Yola

• "Call My Name"
• *Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters
• "Black Myself"
• * Amythyst Kiah, songwriter
• "Crossing to Jerusalem"
• * Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters
• "Faraway Look"
• * Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat McLaughlin, songwriters
• "I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails No More"
• * Vince Gill, songwriter

• Oklahoma – Keb' Mo'
• Years to Burn – Calexico and Iron & Wine
• Who Are You Now – Madison Cunningham
• Tales of America – J.S. Ondara
• Walk Through Fire – Yola

• Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland
• Live in Prague, Czech Republic – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Toil, Tears & Trouble – The Po' Ramblin' Boys
• Royal Traveller – Missy Raines
• If You Can't Stand the Heat – Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

• Tall, Dark, and Handsome – Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana
• Kingfish – Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Sitting on Top of the Blues – Bobby Rush
• Baby, Please Come Home – Jimmie Vaughan
• Spectacular Class – Jontavious Willis

• This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
• Venom & Faith – Larkin Poe
• Brighter Days – Robert Randolph and the Family Band
• Somebody Save Me – Sugaray Rayford
• Keep On – Southern Avenue

• Patty Griffin – Patty Griffin
• My Finest Work Yet – Andrew Bird
• Rearrange My Heart – Che Apalache
• Evening Machines – Gregory Alan Isakov
• Front Porch – Joy Williams

• Good Time – Ranky Tanky
• Kalawai‘anui – Amy Hānaialiʻi
• When It's Cold – Cree Round Dance Songs – Northern Cree
• Recorded Live at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Rebirth Brass Band
• Hawaiian Lullaby – Various artists; Imua Garza & Kimié Miner, producers

  Reggae

• Rapture – Koffee
• As I Am – Julian Marley
• – Sly and Robbie & Roots Radics
• Mass Manipulation – Steel Pulse
• More Work to Be Done – Third World

  World music

• Celia – Angélique Kidjo
• Gece – Altın Gün
• What Heat – Bokanté & Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley
• African Giant – Burna Boy
• Fanm d'Ayiti – Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet

  Children's

• Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson
• Flying High! – Caspar Babypants
• I Love Rainy Days – Daniel Tashian
• The Love – Alphabet Rockers
• Winterland – The Okee Dokee Brothers

  Spoken word

• Becoming – Michelle Obama
• Beastie Boys Book – Various artists; Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
• I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years as a Two-Time Cancer Survivor – Eric Alexandrakis
• Mr. Know-It-All – John Waters
• Sekou Andrews & The String Theory – Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

  Comedy

• Sticks & Stones – Dave Chappelle
• Quality Time – Jim Gaffigan
• ' – Ellen DeGeneres
• ' – Aziz Ansari
• Son of Patricia – Trevor Noah

  Musical theater

• Hadestown – Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers
• Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations – Saint Aubyn, Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope & Ephraim Sykes, principal soloists; Scott M. Riesett, producer
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Danny Burstein, Tam Mutu, Sahr Ngaujah, Karen Olivo & Aaron Tveit, principal soloists; Justin Levine, Baz Luhrmann, Matt Stine & Alex Timbers, producers
• The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – In Four Contemporary Suites – Imogen Heap, producer; Imogen Heap, composer
• Oklahoma! – Damon Daunno, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Ali Stroker, Mary Testa & Patrick Vaill, principal soloists; Daniel Kluger & Dean Sharenow, producers

  Music for visual media

• A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• * Paul "DJWS" Blair, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson, Mark Nilan Jr. & Benjamin Rice, compilation producers; Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels, music supervisors
• The Lion King: The Songs – Various Artists
• * Jon Favreau & Hans Zimmer, compilation producers
• Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Various Artists
• * Quentin Tarantino, compilation producer; Mary Ramos, music supervisor
• ' – Taron Egerton
• * Giles Martin, compilation producer
• ' – Various Artists
• * Spring Aspers & Dana Sano, compilation producers; Kier Lehman, music supervisor

• Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
• ' – Alan Silvestri, composer
• ' – Ramin Djawadi, composer
• The Lion King – Hans Zimmer, composer
• Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman, composer

• "I'll Never Love Again " ''
• * Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters
• "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"
• * Randy Newman, songwriter
• "Girl in the Movies"
• * Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters
• ""
• * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriter
• "Suspirium"
• * Thom Yorke, songwriter

  Composing

• *John Williams, composer
• "Begin Again"
• *Fred Hersch, composer
• "Crucible for Crisis"
• *Brian Lynch, composer
• "Love, a Beautiful Force"
• *Vince Mendoza, composer
• "Walkin' Funny"
• *Christian McBride, composer

  Arranging

• "Moon River"
• *Jacob Collier, arranger
• "Blue Skies"
• *Kris Bowers, arranger
• "Hedwig's Theme"
• *John Williams, arranger
• "La Novena"
• * Emilio Solla, arranger
• "Love, a Beautiful Force"
• *Vince Mendoza, arranger

• "All Night Long"
• * Jacob Collier, arranger
• "Jolene"
• * Geoff Keezer, arranger
• "Marry Me a Little"
• * Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo, arrangers
• "Over the Rainbow"
• * Vince Mendoza, arranger
• "12 Little Spells "
• * Esperanza Spalding, arranger

  Package

• Chris Cornell
• * Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors
• Anónimas & resilientes
• * Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-Orozco & Juliana Jaramillo-Buenaventura, art directors
• Hold That Tiger
• * Andrew Wong & Fongming Yang, art directors
• I, I
• * Aaron Anderson & Eric Timothy Carlson, art directors
• Intellexual
• * Irwan Awalludin, art director

• Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive
• * Masaki Koike, art director
• Anima
• * Stanley Donwood & Tchocky, art directors
• Gold in Brass Age
• * Amanda Chiu, Mark Farrow & David Gray, art directors
• 1963: New Directions
• * Josh Cheuse, art director
• The Radio Recordings 1939–1945
• * Marek Polewski, art director

  Historical

• Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
• * Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer
• The Girl from Chickasaw County – The Complete Capitol Masters
• * Andrew Batt & Kris Maher, compilation producers; Simon Gibson, mastering engineer
• The Great Comeback: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall
• * Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers
• Kanyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990
• * Spencer Doran, Yosuke Kitazawa, Douglas Mcgowan & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer
• Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive
• * Brian Kehew, Steve Woolard & Andy Zax, compilation producers; Dave Schultz, mastering engineer

  Production, non-classical

• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• * Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer
• All These Things
• * Tchad Blake, Adam Greenspan & Roderick Shearer, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
• Ella Mai
• * Chris "Shaggy" Ascher, Jaycen Joshua & David Pizzimenti, engineers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer
• Run Home Slow
• * Paul Butler & Sam Teskey, engineers; Joe Carra, mastering engineer
• Scenery
• * Tom Elmhirst, Ben Kane & Jeremy Most, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

• Finneas
• *When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• Jack Antonoff
• *Arizona Baby
• *Lover
• *Norman F***ing Rockwell!
• *Red Hearse
• Dan Auerbach
• *The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name
• *"Let's Rock"
• *Mockingbird
• *Myth of a Man
• *Southern Gentleman
• *Walk Through Fire
• John Hill
• *"Heat of the Summer"
• *"Hundred"
• *"No Drug like Me"
• *"Outta My Head"
• *Social Cues
• *"Superposition"
• *"Too Much"
• *"Vertigo"
• *"Zero"
• Ricky Reed
• *Almost Free
• *"Burning"
• *"Confidence"
• *"Juice"
• *"Kingdom of One"
• *"Power Is Power"
• *"Tempo"
• *"Truth Hurts"
• *The Wrong Man

• "I Rise"
• *Tracy Young, remixer
• "Mother's Daughter"
• *Wuki, remixer
• "The One"
• * Lincoln Barrett, remixer
• "Swim"
• * Luc Bradford, remixer
• "Work It"
• * David Gerard C Dewaele & Stephen Antoine C Dewaele, remixers

  Production, immersive audio

• Lux
• *Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer
• Chain Tripping
• *Luke Argilla, immersive audio engineer; Jurgen Scharpf, immersive audio mastering engineer; Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans & Rob Kieswetter, immersive audio producers
• Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances
• *Jim Anderson, immersive audio engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Ulrike Schwarz, immersive audio producer
• The Orchestral Organ
• *Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio engineer; Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio mastering engineer; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, immersive audio producers
• The Savior
• *Bob Clearmountain, immersive audio engineer; Bob Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Michael Marquart & Dave Way, immersive audio producers

  Production, classical

• Riley: Sun Rings
• *Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer
• Aequa – Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
• *Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
• *Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer
• Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio
• *Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer
• Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth
• *Bob Hanlon & Lawrence Rock, engineers; Ian Good & Lawrence Rock, mastering engineers

• Blanton Alspaugh
• *Artifacts – The Music of Michael McGlynn
• *Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Fantaisie sur La Tempête de Shakespeare
• *Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg
• *Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
• *Glass: Symphony No. 5
• *Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
• *Smith, K.: Canticle
• *Visions Take Flight
• James Ginsburg
• *Project W – Works by Diverse Women Composers
• *Silenced Voices
• *20th Century Harpsichord Concertos
• *Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas
• *Winged Creatures & Other Works for Flute, Clarinet, and Orchestra
• Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
• *Bates: Children of Adam; Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem
• *The Orchestral Organ
• *The Poetry of Places
• *Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio
• Morten Lindberg
• *Himmelborgen
• *Kleiberg: Do You Believe in Heather?
• *Ljos
• *LUX
• *Trachea
• *Veneliti
• Dirk Sobotka
• *Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

  Classical

• Norman: Sustain
• *Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
• *Manfred Honeck, conductor
• Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg
• *Leonard Slatkin, conductor
• Transatlantic
• *Louis Langrée, conductor
• Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
• *Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor

• Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox
• *Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer
• Benjamin: Lessons in Love & Violence
• *George Benjamin, conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare & Gyula Orendt; James Whitbourn, producer
• Berg: Wozzeck
• *Marc Albrecht, conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-Maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, producer
• Charpentier: Les Arts florissants; Les Plaisirs de Versailles
• *Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer
• Wagner: Lohengrin
• *Christian Thielemann, conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, producer

• Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
• *Robert Simpson, conductor
• Boyle: Voyages
• *Donald Nally, conductor
• The Hope of Loving
• *Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
• Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
• *Peter Jermihov, conductor
• Smith, K.: The Arc in the Sky
• *Donald Nally, conductor

• Shaw: Orange – Attacca Quartet
• Cerrone: The Pieces That Fall to Earth – Christopher Rountree & Wild Up
• Freedom & Faith – PUBLIQuartet
• Perpetulum – Third Coast Percussion
• Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio – Hermitage Piano Trio

• Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
• *Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
• The Berlin Recital
• *Yuja Wang
• Higdon: Harp Concerto
• *Yolanda Kondonassis; Ward Stare, conductor
• The Orchestral Organ
• *Jan Kraybill
• Torke: Sky, Concerto for Violin
• *Tessa Lark; David Alan Miller, conductor

• Songplay
• *Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists
• The Edge of Silence – Works for Voice by György Kurtág
• *Susan Narucki
• Himmelsmusik
• *Philippe Jaroussky & Céline Scheen; Christina Pluhar, conductor; L'Arpeggiata, ensemble
• Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Kerner-Lieder Op. 35
• *Matthias Goerne; Leif Ove Andsnes, accompanist
• A te, o cara
• *Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, conductor

• The Poetry of Places
• *Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
• American Originals 1918
• *John Morris Russell, conductor; Elaine Martone, producer
• Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 "Heichalos"; Guitar Concerto; Starburst
• *Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
• Meltzer: Songs and Structures
• *Paul Appleby & Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer, producers
• Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'hiver
• *Hannu Lintu, conductor; Laura Heikinheimo, producer

• Higdon: Harp Concerto
• *Jennifer Higdon, composer
• Bermel: Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra
• *Derek Bermel, composer
• Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major
• *Wynton Marsalis, composer
• Norman: Sustain
• *Andrew Norman, composer
• Shaw: Orange
• *Caroline Shaw, composer
• Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth
• *Julia Wolfe, composer

  Music video/film

• "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
• *Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers
• "We've Got to Try" – The Chemical Brothers
• *Ninian Doff, video director; Ellie Fry, video producer
• "This Land" – Gary Clark Jr.
• *Savanah Leaf, video director; Jason Cole, Danielle Hinde, Alicia Martinez & Devin Sarno, video producers, video producers
• "Cellophane" – FKA Twigs
• *Andrew Thomas Huang, video director; Alex Chamberlain, video producer
• "Glad He's Gone" – Tove Lo
• *Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia: video directors; Natan Schottenfels: video producer

• Homecoming – Beyoncé
• * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, video directors; Steve Pamon & Erinn Williams, video producers
• – David Crosby
• * A.J. Eaton, video director; Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola & Greg Mariotti, video producers
• Birth of the Cool –
• * Stanley Nelson, video director; Nicole London, video producer
• Shangri-La – Various artists
• * Morgan Neville, video director; Emma Baiada, video producer
• Anima – Thom Yorke
• * Paul Thomas Anderson, video director; Paul Thomas Anderson, Erica Frauman & Sara Murphy, video producers

  Multiple nominations and awards

• Lizzo

• Billie Eilish
• Lil Nas X

• Finneas
• Ariana Grande
• H.E.R.

• Beyoncé
• Gary Clark Jr.
• J. Cole
• Lucky Daye
• Bob Ludwig
• Ricky Reed
• Tanya Tucker
• Yola
• Thom Yorke

• Jack Antonoff
• Brandi Carlile
• The Chemical Brothers
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Lady Gaga
• Chris Gehringer
• John Greenham
• David "Swagg R'celious" Harris
• Nipsey Hussle
• Bon Iver
• Rob Kinelski
• Ezra Koenig
• Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
• Hillary Lindsey
• Manny Marroquin
• Christian McBride
• Vince Mendoza
• PJ Morton
• Roddy Ricch
• Taylor Swift

• Sam Ashworth
• Dan Auerbach
• Bad Bunny
• BJ the Chicago Kid
• Tommy Brown
• BJ Burton
• Greg Calbi
• Calexico
• Eric Church
• Jacob Collier
• Brad Cook
• YBN Cordae
• DaBaby
• Dan + Shay
• Lana Del Rey
• D'Mile
• Drake
• Dreamville
• For King & Country
• Kirk Franklin
• Gloria Gaynor
• Serban Ghenea
• Danny Gokey
• Joe Grasso
• Phil Hanseroth
• Tim Hanseroth
• Zach Hansen
• Natalie Hemby
• Hit-Boy
• Brittany Howard
• Ethan Hulse
• I Prevail
• Ilya
• I'm With Her
• Iron & Wine
• Rodney Jerkins
• Keith O. Johnson
• Jaycen Joshua
• Eric Lagg
• Miranda Lambert
• Swae Lee
• John Legend
• Morten Lindberg
• Brian Lynch
• Post Malone
• Branford Marsalis
• Wynton Marsalis
• Ashley McBryde
• Lori McKenna
• Randy Merrill
• Chris Messina
• Victoria Monet
• Brendan Morawski
• Jeremy Most
• Donald Nally
• Anderson Paak
• Dolly Parton
• Jordan Reynolds
• Rival Sons
• Rosalía
• Rüfüs Du Sol
• Ethan Shumaker
• Social House
• Esperanza Spalding
• Tool
• Miki Tsutsumi
• 21 Savage
• Vampire Weekend
• Vinylz
• John Williams
• Hans Zimmer

• Billie Eilish
• Finneas

• Gary Clark Jr.
• John Greenham
• Rob Kinelski
• Lizzo

• The Chemical Brothers
• Jacob Collier
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• For King & Country
• Kirk Franklin
• Lady Gaga
• Nipsey Hussle
• Lil Nas X
• Anderson Paak
• Tanya Tucker

  In Memoriam

• Nipsey Hussle
• Juice WRLD
• LaShawn Daniels
• Diahann Carroll
• Doris Day
• Neil Peart
• Ric Ocasek
• Eddie Money
• Ginger Baker
• Hal Blaine
• Emil Richards
• Marie Fredriksson
• Kim Shattuck
• Clydie King
• Katreese Barnes
• Leon Redbone
• Earl Thomas Conley
• Fred Foster
• David Olney
• Phran Galante
• Russell Smith
• Ralph Murphy
• Busbee
• João Gilberto
• José José
• Camilo Sesto
• Beth Carvalho
• Alberto Cortez
• Dan Warner
• Roky Erickson
• Daniel Johnston
• Dick Dale
• Donnie Fritts
• Ed Cherney
• Dave Velte
• Peter Tork
• Neil Innes
• Jimmy Heath
• Jimmy Johnson
• Jack Sheldon
• Jerry Herman
• Hal Prince
• Hugh Fordin
• Elliot Roberts
• Lauren Valencia
• Alex Berdoff
• Allee Willis
• Gary Lemel
• Jessye Norman
• Dominick Argento
• Jack Renner
• André Previn
• Joe Smith
• Jay Frank
• David Saltz
• Eddie Lambert
• Shelley Lazar
• Jim Swindel
• Gary Stewart
• Theresa Jenkins
• Dennis Farnon
• Dave Bartholomew
• Art Neville
• Dr. John