RECORD OF THE YEAR
I Like It - Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
The Joke - Brandi Carlile
This Is America - Childish Gambino
God's Plan - Drake
Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Rockstar - Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage
The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Kendrick has been nominated for eight Grammys
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B
By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile
Scorpion - Drake
H.E.R. - H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys - Post Malone
Dirty Computer — Janelle Monáe
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By” (Various Artists)
SONG OF THE YEAR
All The Stars - Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears and Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar and SZA)
Boo'd Up - Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
God's Plan - Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
In My Blood - Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
The Joke - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
The Middle - Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey)
Shallow - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
This Is America - Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Cardi B secured five nominations
Best New Artist
Chloe X Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Pop Field
Best Pop Solo Performance
Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?) - Lady Gaga - WINNER
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Fall In Line - Christina Aguilera feat. Demi Lovato
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Backstreet Boys
'S Wonderful - Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - WINNER
Girls Like You - Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B
Say Something - Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton
The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
My Way - Willie Nelson - WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album
Sweetener - Ariana Grande - WINNER
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper In A Star Is Born
Best Dance Recording
Northern Soul - Above & Beyond Feat. Richard Bedford
Ultimatum - Disclosure (Feat. Fatoumata Diawara)
Losing it - Fisher
Electricity - Silk City and Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo and Mark Ronson - WINNER
Ghost Voices - Virtual Self
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Singularity - Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide - Justice - WINNER
Treehouse - Sofi Tukker
Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides - SOPHIE
Lune Rouge - TOKiMONSTA
Country Field
Best Country Solo Performance
Butterflies — Kacey Musgraves - WINNER
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Tequila - Dan + Shay - WINNER
Ariana Grande is nominated for two Grammy Awards
Best Country Song
Space Cowboy - Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves,songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) - WINNER
Bebe Rexha was nominated for Best New Artist as well as alongside Florida Georgia Line for their tune Meant To Be
Best Country Album
Unapologetically - Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe - Brothers Osborne Girl Going Nowhere - Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
Colors - Beck - WINNER
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance
Long As I Live - Toni Braxton
Summer - The Carters
Y O Y - Lalah Hathaway
Best Part - H.E.R. Feat. Daniel Caesar
First Began - PJ Morton
Kacey Musgraves is up for four
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand - Leon Bridges - WINNER - TIE
Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight - Bettye LaVette
Honest - MAJOR.
How Deep Is Your Love - PJ Morton Featuring Yebba - WINNER - TIE
Made For Love -Charlie Wilson Feat. Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
Boo’d Up - Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & DijonMcFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai) - WINNER
Come Through And Chill — Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi)
Feels Like Summer - Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Focus - Darhyl Camper Jr, H.E.R. & Justin Love, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Long As I Live - Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon, songwriters (Toni Braxton)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love - The Carters
The Kids Are Alright - Chloe x Halle
Chris Dave And The Drumhedz - Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
War & Leisure - Miguel
Ventriloquism - Meshell Ndegeocello
Best R&B Album
Sex & Cigarettes - Toni Braxton
Good Thing - Leon Bridges
Honestly - Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R. - H.E.R.
Gumbo Unplugged (Live) - PJ Morton
Contemporary Instrumental Field
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Emancipation Procrastination - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Steve Gadd Band — Steve Gadd Band - WINNER
Modern Lore — Julian Lage
Laid Black — Marcus Miller
Protocol 4 — Simon Phillips
Rock Field
Best Rock Performance
Four Out Of Five - Arctic Monkeys
When Bad Does Good - Chris Cornell
Made An America - The Fever 333
Highway Tune — Greta Van Fleet
Uncomfortable — Halestorm
Best Metal Performance
Condemned To The Gallows - Between The Buried And Me
Honeycomb - Deafheaven
Electric Messiah - High On Fire - WINNER
Betrayer - Trivium
On My Teeth — Underoath
Chris Stapleton has three nominations
Best Rock Song
Black Smoke Rising - Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
Jumpsuit - Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
MANTRA — Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring MeThe Horizon)
Masseduction - Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
Rats - Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog - Alice In Chains
M A N I A - Fall Out Boy
Prequelle - Ghost
From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream - Weezer
Reggae Field
Best Reggae Album
As The World Turns - Black Uhuru
Reggae Forever - Etana
Rebellion Rises - Ziggy Marley
A Matter of Time - Protoje
44/876 - Sting & Shaggy - WINNER
Children's Field
Best Children’s Album
All The Sounds - Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats - WINNER
Building Blocks - Tim Kubart
Falu’s Bazaar - Falu
Giants of Science - The Pop Ups
The Nation of Imagine - Frank & Deane
Latin Field
Best Latin Pop Album
Sincera - Claudia Brant - WINNER
Toni Braxton secured three noms
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Clairoscura -Aterciopelados
Coastcity - Coastcity
Encanto Tropical - Monsieur Periné
Gourmet - Orishas
Aztlán - Zoé - WINNER
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Primero Soy Mexicana - Angela Aguilar
Mitad y Mitad - Calibre 50
Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II - Aida Cuevas
Cruzando Borders - Los Texmaniacs
Leyendas De Mi Pueblo - Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
¡México Por Siempre! - Luis Miguel - WINNER
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’ Mi Gente - Charlie Aponte
Legado - Formell Y Los Van Van
Orquesta Akokán - Orquesta Akokán
Ponle Actitud - Felipe Peláez
Anniversary - Spanish Harlem Orchestra - WINNER
Comedy Field
Best Comedy Album
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation - Dave Chappelle - WINNER
Musical Theater Field
Best Musical Theater Album
The Band’s Visit - Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’elStachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & DavidYazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist(Original Broadway Cast) - WINNER
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video
This Is America — Childish Gambino - WINNER
Best Music Film
Quincy — Quincy Jones
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Immersive Audio Album
“Eye in The Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project) - WINNER
“Folketoner” — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
“Seven Words From The Cross” — Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores,surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
“Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg” — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
“Symbol” — Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)
HISTORICAL FIELD
Best Historical Album
“Any Other Way” — Rob Bowman, Douglas Mcgowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, masteringengineer (Jackie Shane)
“At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight…” — Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
“Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War” — Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg,mastering engineer (Various Artists)
“Rhapsody in Blue – The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant” — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (Oscar Levant)
“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven LanceLedbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) - WINNER
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
“Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 — Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
“John Williams At The Movies” — Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)
“Liquid Melancholy – Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson” — Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNER
“Visions and Variations” — Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh - WINNER
David Frost
Elizabeth Ostrow
Judith Sherman
Dirk Sobotka
Notes Field
Best Album Notes
Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924 - James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America’s Iconic Instrument - Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writers (Charles A. Asbury)
The 1960 Time Sessions - Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)
The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra - David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 - Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris - David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists) - WINNER
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance
Be Careful - Cardi B
Nice For What - Drake
King’s Dead - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
Bubblin - Anderson .Paak
Sicko Mode - Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
Drake is up for seven Grammy Awards
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Like I Do - Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
Pretty Little Fears - 6LACK Featuring J. Cole
This Is America - Childish Gambino - WINNER
All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Rockstar — Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
Best Rap Song
God’s Plan - Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, RonLaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
King’s Dead - Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future &James Blake)
Lucky You - R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J.Sweet, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas)
Sicko Mode - Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee)
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