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Grammy Awards 2021: Complete List Of All Winners

Nigeria was well represented at the 2021 Grmmy Awards with Burna Boy, and Wizkid winning on Sunday night.

Naija News reports that the 63rd edition of the Grammy awards was held virtually at the Los Angeles Convention Centre with in-person and pre-taped appearances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See full list of winners below:

Record of the Year

“Black Parade” Beyoncé
“Colors” Black Puma
“Rockstar” DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Say So” Doja Cat
WINNER: “Everything I Wanted” Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now” Dua Lipa
“Circles” Post Malone
“Savage” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé

Album of the Year

Chilombo  Jhené Aiko
Black Pumas (deluxe edition)  Black Pumas
Everyday Life  Coldplay
Djesse Vol. 3  Jacob Collier
Women In Music Pt. III  Haim
Future Nostalgia  Dua Lipa
Hollywood’s Bleeding  Post Malone
WINNER: Folklore  Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

“Black Parade” Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“The Box” Samuel Gloade and Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
“Cardigan” Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Circles” Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post, and Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
“Don’t Start Now” Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa, and Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
WINNER: “I Can’t Breathe” Dernst Emile II, H.E.R., and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“If The World Was Ending” Julia Michaels and JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels)

Best New Artist

Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Yummy” – Justin Bieber
“Say So” – Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now” – Dua Lipa
WINNER: “Watermelon Sugar” – Harry Styles
“Cardigan” – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album

Changes  Justin Bieber
Chromatica  Lady Gaga
WINNER: Future Nostalgia  Dua Lipa
Fine Line  Harry Styles
Folklore   Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Blue Umbrella ” J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, and Tainy
“Intentions” Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
“Dynamite” BTS
WINNER: “Rain on Me” Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande

“Exile” Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Blue Umbrella  Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian
True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter  Harry Connick Jr.
WINNER: American Standard  James Taylor
Unfollow the Rules  Rufus Wainwright
Judy
  Renée Zellweger

Best Dance Recording

“On My Mind” Diplo and Sidepiece
“My High” Disclosure Featuring Amine and Slowthai
“The Difference” Flume featuring Toro y Moi
“Both of Us” Jayda G
WINNER: “10%” Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Kick I  Arca
Planet’s Mad  Baauer
Energy  Disclosure
WINNER: Bubba  Kaytranada
Good Faith  Madeon

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Axiom  Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard  Jon Batiste
Take the Stairs  Black Violin
Americana  Gregoire Maret, Romain Collin, and Bill Frisell
WINNER: Live at the Royal Albert Hall  Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Album

A Hero’s Death  Fontaines D.C.
Kiwanuka  Michael Kiwanuka
Daylight  Grace Potter
Sound & Fury  Sturgill Simpson
WINNER: The New Abnormal  The Strokes

Best Rock Performance

WINNER: “Shameika” Fiona Apple
“Not” Big Thie
“Kyoto” Phoebe Bridgers
“The Steps” Haim
“Stay High” Brittany Howard
“Daylight” Grace Potter

Best Rock Song

“Kyoto” Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler, and Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)
“Lost in Yesterday” Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala)
“Not” Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)
“Shameika” Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)
WINNER: “Stay High” Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)

Best Metal Performance

WINNER:”Bum-Rush” Body Count
“Underneath” Code Orange
“The In-Between” In This Moment
“Bloodmoney” Poppy
“Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe) Live” Power Trip

Best Alternative Music Album

WINNER: Fetch the Bolt Cutters  Fiona Apple
Hyperspace  Beck
Punisher  Phoebe Bridgers
Jaime  Brittany Howard
The Slow Rush  Tame Impala

Best R&B Performance

“Lightning & Thunder” Jhene Aiko featuring John Legend
WINNER: “Black Parade” Beyoncé
“All I Need” Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia and Ty Dolla $ign
“Goat Head” Brittany Howard
“See Me” Emily King

Best R&B Album

Happy 2 Be Here  Ant Clemons
Take Time  Giveon
To Feel Love/d  Luke James
WINNER: Bigger Love  John Legend
All Rise  Gregory Porter

Best R&B Song

WINNER: “Better Than I Imagine” Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello)
“Black Parade” Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk, and Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Collide” Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar, and Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 and EarthGang)
“Do It” Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch, and Vincent Van Den Ende, songwriters (Chloe x Halle)
“Slow Down” Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson, and Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley and H.E.R.)

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Sit on Down” The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor
“Wonder What She Thinks of Me” Chloe x Halle
“Let Me Go” Mykal Kilgore
WINNER: “Anything for You” Ledisi
“Distance” Yebba

Best Progressive R&B Album

Chilombo  Jhené Aiko
Ungodly Hour  Chloe x Halle
Free Nationals  Free Nationals
F*** Yo Feelings   Robert Glasper
WINNER: It Is What It Is  Thundercat

Best Rap Song

“The Bigger Picture” Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew, and Rai’shaun Williams, songwriters (Lil Baby)
“The Box”  Samuel Gloade and Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
“Laugh Now, Cry Later”  Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron LaTour, and Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake featuring Lil Durk)
“Rockstar” Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro IV, and Rodrick Moore, songwriters (DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch)
WINNER: “Savage” Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe, and Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)

Best Rap Album

Black Habits  D Smoke
Alfredo  Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist
A Written Testimony  Jay Electronica
WINNER: King’s Disease  Nas
The Allegory  Royce Da 5’9″

Best Rap Performance

“Deep Reverence” Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle
“Bop” DaBaby
“What’s Poppin” Jack Harlow
“The Bigger Picture” Lil Baby
WINNER: “Savage” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
“Dior” Pop Smoke

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“Rockstar” DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Laugh Now, Cry Later” Drake featuring Lil Durk
WINNER: “Lockdown” Anderson .Paak
“The Box” Roddy Ricch
“Highest in the Room” Travis Scott

Best Comedy Album

WINNER: Black Mitzvah  Tiffany Haddish
I Love Everything  Patton Oswalt
The Pale Tourist  Jim Gaffigan
Paper Tiger  Bill Burr
23 Hours to Kill  Jerry Seinfeld

Best Country Solo Performance

“Stick That in Your Country Song” Eric Church
“Who You Thought I Was” Brandy Clark
WINNER: “When My Amy Prays” Vince Gill
“Black Like Me” Mickey Guyton
“Bluebird” Miranda Lambert

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“All Night” Brothers Osborne
WINNER: “10,000 Hours” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
“Ocean” Lady A
“Sugar Coat” Little Big Town
“Some People Do” Old Dominion

Best Country Album

Lady Like  Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record  Brandy Clark
WINNER: Wildcard  Miranda Lambert
Nightfall  Little Big Town
Never Will  Ashley McBryde

Best Country Song

“Bluebird” Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, and Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“The Bones” Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, and Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
WINNER: “Crowded Table” Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, and Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
“More Hearts Than Mine” Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis, and Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)
“Some People Do” Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, and Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)

Best New Age Album

Songs From the Bardo  Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith
Periphery  Priya Darshini
Form/Less  Superposition
WINNER: More Guitar Stories  Jim “Kimo” West
Meditations  Cory Wong and Jon Batiste

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

“Guinevere” Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
“Pachamama” Regina Carter, soloist
“Celia” Gerald Clayton, soloist
WINNER: “All Blues” Chick Corea, soloist
“Moe Honk” Joshua Redman, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Ona  Thana Alexa
WINNER: Secrets Are the Best Stories  Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez
Modern Ancestors  Carmen Lundy
Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper  Somi with Frankfurt Radio Big Band
What’s the Hurry  Kenny Washington

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment  Ambrose Akinmusire
Waiting Game  Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard  Gerald Clayton
WINNER: Trilogy 2  Chick Corea, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade
Roundagain  Redman Mehldau McBride Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Dialogues on Race  Gregg August
Monk’estra Plays John Beasley  John Beasley
The Intangible Between  Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
Songs You Like a Lot  John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace, and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band
WINNER: Data Lords  Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

Tradiciones  Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
WINNER: Four Questions  Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
City of Dreams  Chico Pinheiro
Viento y Tiempo Live at Blue Note Tokyo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymee Nuviola
Trane’s Delight  Poncho Sanchez

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Wonderful Is Your Name” Melvin Crispell III
“Release (Live)” Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter
“Come Together” Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore, and Jazz Nixon, songwriters
“Won’t Let Go” Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter
WINNER: “Movin’ On” Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard, and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“The Blessing (Live)” Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes, and Steven Furtick, songwriters
“Sunday Morning” Lecrae Featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore, and Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters
“Holy Water” We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash, and Scott Cash, songwriters
“Famous For (I Believe)” Tauren Wells Featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer, and Tauren Wells, songwriters
WINNER: “There Was Jesus” Zach Williams and Dolly Parton; Case Beathard, Jonathan Smith, and Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

2econd Wind: Ready  Anthony Brown & group therAPy
My Tribute  Myron Butler
Choirmaster  Ricky Dillard
WINNER: Gospel According to PJ  PJ Morton
Kierra  Kierra Sheard

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Run to the Father  Cody Carnes
All of My Best Friends  Hillsong Young & Free
Holy Water  We the Kingdom
Citizen of Heaven  Tauren Wells
WINNER: Jesus Is King  Kanye West

Best Roots Gospel Album

Beautiful Day  Mark Bishop
20/20  The Crabb Family
What Christmas Really Means  The Erwins
WINNER: Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)  Fisk Jubilee Singers
Something Beautiful  Ernie Haase and Signature Sound

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album

WINNER: YHLQMDLG  Bad Bunny
Por Primera Vez  Camilo
Mesa Para Dos  Kany García
Pausa  Ricky Martin
3:33  Debi Nova

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Aura  Bajofondo
Monstruo  Cami
Sobrevolando  Cultura Profetica
WINNER: La Conquista Del Espacio  Fito Paez
Miss Colombia  Lido Pimienta

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Hecho en Mexico  Alejandro Fernadez
La Serenata  Lupita Infante
WINNER: Un Canto por Mexico, Vol. 1  Natalia Lafourcade
Bailando Sones y Huapangos Con Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez  Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez
Ayayay!  Christian Nodal

Best Tropical Latin Album

Mi Tumbao  Jose Alberto “El Ruisenor”
Infinito  Edwin Bonilla
Sigo Cantando al Almor (Deluxe)  Jorge Celedón and Sergio Luis
WINNER: 40  Grupo Niche
Memorias de Navidad  Victor Manuelle

Best Americana Album

Old Flowers  Courtney Marie Andrews
Terms of Surrender  Hiss Golden Messenger
WINNER: World on the Ground  Sarah Jarosz
El Dorado  Marcus King
Good Souls Better Angels  Lucinda Williams

Best American Roots Song

“Cabin” Laura Rogers and Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)
“Ceiling to the Floor” Sierra Hull and Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)
“Hometown” Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)
WINNER: “I Remember Everything” Pat McLaughlin and John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
“Man Without a Soul” Tom Overby and Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda Williams)

Best American Roots Performance

“Colors” Black Pumas
“Deep in Love” Bonny Light Horseman
“Short and Sweet” Brittany Howard
“I’ll Be Gone” Norah Jones and Mavis Staples
WINNER: “I Remember Everything”  John Prine

Best Bluegrass Album

Man on Fire  Danny Barnes
To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 Thomm Jutz
North Carolina Songbook  Steep Canyon Rangers
WINNER: Home  Billy Strings
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1  Various artists

Best Traditional Blues Album

All My Dues Are Paid  Frank Bey
You Make Me Feel  Don Bryant
That’s What I Heard  Robert Cray Band
Cypress Grove  Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
WINNER: Rawer Than Raw  Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album

WINNER: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?,  Fantastic Negrito
Live at the Paramount, Ruthie Foster Big Band
The Juice, G. Love
Blackbirds, Bettye LaVette
Up and Rolling, North Mississippi Allstars

Best Folk Album

Bonny Light Horseman  Bonny Light Horseman
Thanks for the Dance  Leonard Cohen
Song for Our Daughter  Laura Marling
Saturn Return  The Secret Sisters
WINNER: All the Good Times  Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album

My Relatives ‘Nikso Kowaiks’  Black Lodge Singers
Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours  Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours
Lovely Sunrise  Na Wai ‘Eha
WINNER: Atmosphere  New Orleans Nightcrawlers
A Tribute to Al Berard  Sweet Cecilia

Best Reggae Album

Upside Down 2020  Buju Banton
Higher Place  Skip Marley
It All Comes Back to Love  Maxi Priest
WINNER: Got to Be Tough  Toots and the Maytals
One World  The Wailers

Best Global Music Album

“Fu Chronicles” Antibalas
WINNER: “Twice as Tall”  Burna Boy
“Agora” Bebel Gilberto
“Love Letters” Anoushka Shankar
“Amadjar” Tinariwen

Best Children’s Music Album

WINNER: All the Ladies  Joanie Leeds
Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders  Alastair Moock and Friends
I’m an Optimist  Dog on Fleas
Songs for Singin’  The Okee Dokee Brothers
Wild Life  Justin Roberts

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Acid For The Children: A Memoir  Flea
Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…  Ken Jennings
WINNER: Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth  Rachel Maddow
Catch and Kill  Ronan Farrow
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)  Meryl Streep (and full cast)

Best Musical Theater Album

Amelie  Original London cast
American Utopia on Broadway  Original cast
WINNER: Jagged Little Pill  Original cast
Little Shop of Horrors  The new off-Broadway cast
The Prince of Egypt  Original cast
Soft Power  Original cast

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood  Various artists
Bill & Ted Face the Music  Various artists
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga  Various artists
Frozen 2  Various artists
WINNER: Jojo Rabbit  Various artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Ad Adstra  Max Richter, composer
Becoming  Kamasi Washington, composer
WINNER: Joker  Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
1917  Thomas Newman, composer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Beautiful Ghosts,” (From Cats) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
“Carried Me With You,” (From Onward) Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
“Into the Unknown,” (From Frozen 2) Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel and Aurora)
WINNER: “No Time to Die,” (From No Time to Die) Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Stand Up” (From Harriet) Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo, songwriters (Cynthia Erivo)

Best Instrumental Composition

Baby Jack  Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill and the Latin Jazz Orchestra)
Be Water II  Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)
Plumfield  Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)
WINNER: Sputnik  Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Strata  Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows featuring Anna Webber and Eric Miller)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella

Bathroom Dance  Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
WINNER: Donna Lee  John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Honeymooners  Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows)
Lift Every Voice and Sing  Alvin Chea and Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson featuring Alvin Chea)
Uranus: The Magician  Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Asas Fechdas  John Beasley and Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes featuring John Beasley and Orkest Metropole)
Desert Song  Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Säje)
From This Place  Alan Broadbent and Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
WINNER: He Won’t Hold You  Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody)
Slow Burn  Talia Billig, Nic Hard, and Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski, and Nate Werth)

Best Recording Package

Everyday Life  Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)
Funeral  Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)
Healer  Julian Gross and Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)
On Circles  Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)
WINNER: Vols. 11 & 12  Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Flaming Pie (Collector’s Edition)  Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney, and James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991  Lisa Glines and Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)
Mode  Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)
WINNER: Ode to Joy  Lawrence Azerrad and Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
The Story of Ghostly International  Michael Cina and Molly Smith, art directors (Various artists)

Best Album Notes

At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From the Studio, 1894-1926  Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various artists)
The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974  Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various artists)
WINNER: Dead Man’s Pop  Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business  Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various artists)
Out of a Clear Blue Sky  David Sager, album notes writer (Nat Brusiloff)

Best Historical Album

Celebrated, 1895-1896  Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Unique Quartette)
Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936 – 1943)  Zev Feldman, Will Friedwald, and George Klabin, compilation producers; Matthew Lutthans, mastering engineer (Nat King Cole)
WINNER: It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers  Lee Lodyga and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
1999 Super Deluxe Edition  Michael Howe, compilation producer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince)
Souvenir  Carolyn Agger, compilation producer; Miles Showell, mastering engineer (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions  Béla Fleck, compilation producer; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Béla Fleck)

Best Remixed Recording

“Do You Ever (Rac Mix)” Rac, remixer (Phil Good)
“Imaginary Friends (Morgan Page Remix)” Morgan Page, remixer (Deadmau5)
“Praying For You (Louie Vega Main Remix)” Louie Vega, remixer (Jasper Street Co.)
WINNER: “Roses (Imanbek Remix)” Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
“Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix)” Haywyre, remixer (Bazzi)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua  Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
Gerswhin: Porgy and Bess  David Frost and John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus)
Hynes: Fields  Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis, and Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes and Third Coast Percussion)
Ives: Complete Symphonies  Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)
WINNER: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’  David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh
WINNER: David Frost
Jesse Lewis
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone

Best Orchestral Performance

Aspect of America – Pulitzer Edition  Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
Concurrence  Daníel Bjarnason, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Symphony No. 3  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
WINNER: Ives: Complete Symphonies  Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3  Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen  Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck and Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
Floyd, C.: Prince of Players  Wiliam Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares and Kate Royal; Blanton Asplaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)
WINNER: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess  David Robertson, conductor; Angle Blue and Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestral The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Handel: Agrippina  Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D’Oro)
Zemlinksy: Der Zwerg  Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip and Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini and Erwin Sturzer, producers (Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Best Choral Performance

Carthage  Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
WINNER: Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua  JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass and Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann, and Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and UCLA Chamber Singers)
Kastalsky: Requiem  Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox, and Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel and Anna Dennis; Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale, and The Saint Tikhon Choir)
Moravec: Sanctuary Road  Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather, and Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society of New York Chorus)
Once Upon a Time  Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

WINNER: “Contemporary Voices” Pacifica Quartet
“Healing Modes” Brooklyn Rider
“Hearne, T.: Place” Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods, and Place Orchestra
“Hynes: Fields” Devonté Hynes and Third Coast Percussion
“The Schumann Quartets” Dover Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Adès; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra  Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas  Igor Levit
Bohemian Tales  Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival  Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (the Philadelphia Orchestra)
WINNER: Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra  Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

American Composers at Play – William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto  Stephen Powell (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich, and Jason Vieaux)
Clairières – Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger  Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
Farinelli  Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Aromonico)
A Lad’s Love  Biran Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanis (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley, and Ben Russell)
WINNER: Smyth: The Prison  Sarah Brailey and Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

Adès Conducts Adès  Mark Stone and Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer
Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map; Neiges; Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin  Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto  José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer
WINNER: Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke  Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Flood  Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

“Adès, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” Thomas Adès, composer (Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès, and Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua” Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
“Floyd, C.: Prince of Players” Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Katie Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus, and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
“Hearne, T.: Place” Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods, and Place Orchestra)
WINNER: “Rouse: Symphony No. 5” Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Black Hole Rainbow  Shawn Everett and Ivan Wayman, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Devon Gilfillian)
Expectations  Gary Paczosa and Mike Robinson, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Katie Pruitt)
WINNER: Hyperspace  Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua, and Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Jaime  Shawn Everett, engineer; Shawn Everett, mastering engineer (Brittany Howard)
25 Trips  Shani Gandhi and Gary Paczosa, engineers; Adam Grover, mastering engineer (Sierra Hull)

Best Music Video

WINNER: “Brown Skin Girl” Beyoncé
“Life Is Good” Future featuring Drake
“Lockdown” Anderson .Paak
“Adore You” Harry Styles
“Goliath” Woodkid

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Flying Lotus
WINNER: Andrew Watt

Best Music Film

Beastie Boys Story  Beastie Boys
Black Is King  Beyoncé
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme  Freestyle Love Supreme
WINNER: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice  Linda Ronstadt
That Little Ol’ Band From Texas  ZZ Top

 
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