2018 Grammy Award Winners of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards

Album of the Year:

24K Magic — Bruno Mars — (Winner)
Nominees

• Awaken, My Love! — Childish Gambino
• 4:44 — Jay-Z
• DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
• Melodrama — Lorde

Record of the Year:

24K Magic — Bruno Mars — (Winner)
Nominees

• Redbone — Childish Gambino
• Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• The Story Of O.J. — Jay-Z
• HUMBLE. — Kendrick Lamar

Song of the Year:

That's What I Like — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Despacito — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason Poo Bear Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
• 4:44 — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
• Issues — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
• 1-800-273-8255 — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
  
  

Best New Artist:

Alessia Cara — (Winner)
Nominees

• Khalid
• Lil Uzi Vert
• Julia Michaels
• SZA
  
  

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Shape Of You — Ed Sheeran — (Winner)
Nominees

• Love So Soft — Kelly Clarkson
• Praying — Kesha
• Million Reasons — Lady Gaga
• What About Us — P!nk
  
  

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Feel It Still — Portugal. The Man — (Winner)
Nominees

• Something Just Like This — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
• Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
• Thunder — Imagine Dragons
• Stay — Zedd & Alessia Cara

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — (Various Artists) Dae Bennett, Producer — (Winner)
Nominees

• Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) — Michael Bublé
• Triplicate — Bob Dylan
• In Full Swing — Seth MacFarlane
• Wonderland — Sarah McLachlan

Best Pop Vocal Album:

÷ (Divide) — Ed Sheeran — (Winner)
Nominees

• Kaleidoscope EP — Coldplay
• Lust for Life — Lana Del Rey
• Evolve — Imagine Dragons
• Rainbow — Kesha
• Joanne — Lady Gaga

Best Dance Recording:

Tonite — LCD Soundsystem — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bambro Koyo Ganda — Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa
• Cola — Camelphat & Elderbrook
• Andromeda — Gorillaz Featuring DRAM
• Line Of Sight — Odesza Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk — (Winner)
Nominees

• Migration — Bonobo
• Mura Masa — Mura Masa
• A Moment Apart — Odesza
• What Now — Sylvan Esso

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

Prototype — Jeff Lorber Fusion — (Winner)
Nominees

• What If — The Jerry Douglas Band
• Spirit — Alex Han
• Mount Royal — Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
• Bad Hombre — Antonio Sanchez

Best Rock Performance:

You Want It Darker — Leonard Cohen — (Winner)
Nominees

• The Promise — Chris Cornell
• Run — Foo Fighters
• No Good — Kaleo
• Go To War — Nothing More

Best Metal Performance:

Sultan's Curse — Mastodon — (Winner)
Nominees

• Invisible Enemy — August Burns Red
• Black Hoodie — Body Count
• Forever — Code Orange
• Clockworks — Meshuggah

Best Rock Song:

Run — Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Atlas, Rise! — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
• Blood In The Cut — JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty, songwriters (K.Flay)
• Go To War — Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters (Nothing More)
• The Stage — Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)

Best Rock Album:

A Deeper Understanding — The War On Drugs — (Winner)
Nominees

• Emperor Of Sand — Mastodon
• Hardwired…To Self-Destruct — Metallica
• The Stories We Tell Ourselves — Nothing More
• Villains — Queens Of the Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Album:

Sleep Well Beast — The National — (Winner)
Nominees

• Everything Now — Arcade Fire
• Humanz — Gorillaz
• American Dream — LCD Soundsystem
• Pure Comedy — Father John Misty

Best R&B Performance:

That's What I Like — Bruno Mars — (Winner)
Nominees

• Get You — Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis
• Distraction — Kehlani
• High — Ledisi
• The Weekend — SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

Redbone — Childish Gambino — (Winner)
Nominees

• Laugh And Move On — The Baylor Project
• What I'm Feelin' — Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones|
• All The Way — Ledisi
• Still — Mali Music

Best R&B Song:

Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) — (Winner)
Nominees

• First Began — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
• Location — Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)
• Redbone — Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
• Supermodel — Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)
• That's What I Like — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Starboy — The Weeknd — (Winner)
Nominees

• Free 6LACK — 6LACK
• Awaken, My Love! — Childish Gambino
• American Teen — Khalid
• Ctrl — SZA

Best R&B Album:

24K Magic — Bruno Mars — (Winner)
Nominees

• Freudian — Daniel Caesar
• Let Love Rule — Ledisi
• Gumbo — PJ Morton
• Feel the Real –Musiq Soulchild

Best Rap Performance:

HUMBLE. — Kendrick Lamar — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bounce Back — Big Sean
• Bodak Yellow — Cardi B
• 4:44 — Jay-Z
• Bad And Boujee — Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert

Best Rap/Sung Performance:

LOYALTY. — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna — (Winner)
Nominees

• PRBLMS — 6LACK
• Crew — Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
• Family Feud — Jay-Z Featuring Beyoncé
• Love Galore — SZA Featuring Travis Scott

Best Rap Song:

HUMBLE. — Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bodak Yellow — Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White, songwriters (Cardi B)
• Chase Me — Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer,
• songwriters (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)
• Sassy — Gabouer & M. Evans, songwriters (Rapsody)
• The Story Of O.J. — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album:

DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar — (Winner)
Nominees

• 4:44 — Jay-Z
• Culture — Migos
• Laila's Wisdom — Rapsody
• Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator

Best Country Solo Performance:

Either Way — Chris Stapleton — (Winner)
Nominees

• Body Like A Back Road — Sam Hunt
• Losing You: –Alison Krauss
• Tin Man — Miranda Lambert
• I Could Use A Love Song — Maren Morris

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

Better Man — Little Big Town — (Winner)
Nominees

• It Ain't My Fault — Brothers Osborne
• My Old Man — Zac Brown Band
• You Look Good — Lady Antebellum
• Drinkin' Problem — Midland

Best Country Song:

Broken Halos — Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Better Man — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
• Body Like A Back Road — Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
• Drinkin' Problem — Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
• Tin Man — Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

Best Country Album:

From a Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton — (Winner)
Nominees

• Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney
• Heart Break — Lady Antebellum
• The Breaker — Little Big Town
• Life Changes — Thomas Rhett

Best New Age Album:

Dancing On Water — Peter Kater — (Winner)
Nominees

• Reflection — Brian Eno
• SongVersation: Medicine — India.Arie
• Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5 — Kitaro
• Spiral Revelation — Steve Roach

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:

Miles Beyond — John McLaughlin, soloist — (Winner)
Nominees

• Can't Remember Why — Sara Caswell, soloist
• Dance Of Shiva — Billy Childs, soloist
• Whisper Not — Fred Hersch, soloist
• Ilimba — Chris Potter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

Dreams and Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant — (Winner)
Nominees

• The Journey — The Baylor Project
• A Social Call — Jazzmeia Horn
• Bad Ass and Blind — Raul Midón
• Porter Plays Porter — Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

Rebirth — Billy Childs — (Winner)
Nominees

• Uptown, Downtown — Bill Charlap Trio
• Project Freedom –Joey DeFrancesco & The People
• Open Book — Fred Hersch
• The Dreamer Is the Dream — Chris Potter

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

Bringin' It — Christian McBride Big Band — (Winner)
Nominees

• MONK'estra Vol. 2 — John Beasley
• Jigsaw — Alan Ferber Big Band
• Homecoming — Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne
• Whispers on the Wind — Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge

Best Latin Jazz Album:

Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio — (Winner)
Nominees

• Hybrido – From Rio To Wayne Shorter — Antonio Adolfo
• Oddara — Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
• Outra Coisa – The Music Of Moacir Santos — Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
• Típico — Miguel Zenón

Best Gospel Performance/Song:

Never Have To Be Alone — CeCe Winans — (Winner)
Nominees

• Too Hard Not To — Tina Campbell
• You Deserve It — JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise Featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn
• Better Days — Le'Andria
• My Life — The Walls Group

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:

What A Beautiful Name — Hillsong Worship — (Winner)
Nominees

• Oh My Soul — Casting Crowns
• Clean — Natalie Grant
• Even If — MercyMe
• Hills And Valleys — Tauren Wells

Best Gospel Album:

Let Them Fall in Love — CeCe Winans — (Winner)
Nominees

• Crossover: Live From Music City — Travis Greene
• Bigger Than Me — Le'Andria
• Close — Marvin Sapp
• Sunday Song — Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Chain Breaker — Zach Williams — (Winner)
Nominees

• Rise — Danny Gokey
• Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — Matt Maher
• Lifer — MercyMe
• Hills and Valleys — Tauren Wells

Best Roots Gospel Album:

Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope — Reba McEntire — (Winner)
Nominees

• The Best Of the Collingsworth Family – Volume 1 — The Collingsworth Family
• Give Me Jesus — Larry Cordle
• Resurrection — Joseph Habedank
• Hope for All Nations — Karen Peck & New River

Best Latin Pop Album:

El Dorado — Shakira — (Winner)
Nominees

• Lo Único Constante — Alex Cuba
• Mis Planes Son Amarte — Juanes
• Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Ciudad De México, 2017 — La Santa Cecilia
• Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos) — Natalia Lafourcade

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

Residente — Residente — (Winner)
Nominees

• Ayo — Bomba Estéreo
• Pa' Fuera — C4 Trío & Desorden Público
• Salvavidas De Hielo — Jorge Drexler
• El Paradise — Los Amigos Invisibles

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):

Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas — Aida Cuevas — (Winner)
Nominees

• Ni Diablo Ni Santo — Julión Álvarez Y Su Norteño Banda
• Ayer Y Hoy — Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
• Momentos — Alex Campos
• Zapateando En El Norte — Humberto Novoa, producer (Various Artists)

Best Tropical Latin Album:

Salsa Big Band — Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — (Winner)
Nominees

• Albita — Albita
• Art of the Arrangement — Doug Beavers
• Gente Valiente — Silvestre Dangond
• Indestructible — Diego El Cigala

Best American Roots Performance:

Killer Diller Blues — Alabama Shakes — (Winner)
Nominees

• Let My Mother Live — Blind Boys Of Alabama
• Arkansas Farmboy — Glen Campbell
• Steer Your Way — Leonard Cohen
• I Never Cared For You — Alison Krauss

Best American Roots Song:

If We Were Vampires — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit — (Winner)
Nominees

• Cumberland Gap — David Rawlings
• I Wish You Well — The Mavericks
• It Ain't Over Yet — Rodney Crowell Featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White
• My Only True Friend –Gregg Allman

Best Americana Album:

The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit — (Winner)
Nominees

• Southern Blood — Gregg Allman
• Shine On Rainy Day — Brent Cobb
• Beast Epic — Iron & Wine
• Brand New Day — The Mavericks

Best Bluegrass Album:

• Laws Of Gravity — The Infamous Stringdusters — (Winner) (TIE)
• All The Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live] — Rhonda Vincent And The Rage — (Winner) (TIE)

Nominees

• Fiddler's Dream — Michael Cleveland
• Original — Bobby Osborne
• Universal Favorite — Noam Pikelny

Best Traditional Blues Album:

Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones — (Winner)
Nominees

• Migration Blues — Eric Bibb
• Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio — Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
• Roll And Tumble — R.L. Boyce
• Sonny & Brownie's Last Train — Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi

Best Contemporary Blues Album:

TajMo — Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' — (Winner)
Nominees

• Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm — Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
• Recorded Live In Lafayette — Sonny Landreth
• Got Soul — Robert Randolph & The Family Band
• Live From The Fox Oakland — Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Folk Album:

Mental Illness — Aimee Mann — (Winner)
Nominees

• Semper Femina — Laura Marling
• The Queen Of Hearts — Offa Rex
• You Don't Own Me Anymore — The Secret Sisters
• The Laughing Apple — Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Best Regional Roots Music Album:

Kalenda — Lost Bayou Ramblers — (Winner)
Nominees

• Top Of the Mountain — Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers
• Ho'okena 3.0 — Ho'okena
• Miyo Kekisepa, Make A Stand [Live] — Northern Cree
• Pua Kiele — Josh Tatofi

Best Reggae Album:

Stony Hill — Damian Jr. Gong Marley — (Winner)
Nominees

• Chronology — Chronixx
• Lost In Paradise — Common Kings
• Wash House Ting — J Boog
• Avrakedabra — Morgan Heritage

Best World Music Album:

Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Ladysmith Black Mambazo — (Winner)
Nominees

• Memoria De Los Sentidos — Vicente Amigo
• Para Mi — Buika
• Rosa Dos Ventos — Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro
• Elwan — Tinariwen

Best Children's Album:

Feel What U Feel — Lisa Loeb — (Winner)
Nominees

• Brighter Side — Gustafer Yellowgold
• Lemonade — Justin Roberts
• Rise Shine #Woke — Alphabet Rockers
• Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World — Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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

The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher — (Winner)
Nominees

• Astrophysics For People In A Hurry — Neil Degrasse Tyson
• Born To Run — Bruce Springsteen
• Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter — Shelly Peiken
• Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders) — Bernie Sanders And Mark Ruffalo

Best Comedy Album:

The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas — Dave Chappelle — (Winner)
Nominees

• Cinco — Jim Gaffigan
• Jerry Before Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
• A Speck Of Dust — Sarah Silverman
• What Now? — Kevin Hart

Best Musical Theater Album:

Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Come From Away — Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, David Hein, David Lai & Irene Sankoff, producers; David Hein & Irene Sankoff, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Hello, Dolly! — Bette Midler, principal soloist; Steven Epstein, producer (Jerry Herman, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

La La Land — (Various Artists) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Baby Driver — (Various Artists)
• Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 — (Various Artists)
• Hidden Figures: The Album — (Various Artists)
• Moana: The Songs — (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, composer — (Winner)
Nominees

• Arrival — Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
• Dunkirk — Hans Zimmer, composer
• Game Of Thrones: Season 7 — Ramin Djawadi, composer
• Hidden Figures — Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

How Far I'll Go — Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli'i Cravalho) — (Winner)
Nominees

• City Of Stars — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
• I Don't Wanna Live Forever (‘Fifty Shades Darker') — Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Zayn & Taylor Swift)
• Never Give Up — Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)
• Stand Up For Something — Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day Featuring Common)

Best Instrumental Composition:

Three Revolutions — Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Alkaline — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & Jack Quartet)
• Choros #3 — Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)
• Home Free (For Peter Joe) — Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith)
• Warped Cowboy — Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can — John Williams, arranger (John Williams) — (Winner)
Nominees

• All Hat, No Saddle — Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
• Home Free (For Peter Joe) — Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith)
• Ugly Beauty/Pannonica — John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
• White Christmas — Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

Putin — Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Another Day Of Sun — Justin Hurwitz, arranger (La La Land Cast)
• Every Time We Say Goodbye — Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Clint Holmes Featuring Jane Monheit)
• I Like Myself — Joel McNeely, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
• I Loves You Porgy/There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York — Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes, arrangers (Clint Holmes Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater And The Count Basie Orchestra)

Best Recording Package:

• El Orisha De La Rosa — Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art directors (Magín Díaz) — (Winner) (TIE)
• Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) — Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) — (Winner) (TIE)

Nominees

• Mura Masa — Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong, art directors (Mura Masa)
• Sleep Well Beast — Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos, art directors (The National)
• Solid State — Gail Marowitz, art director (Jonathan Coulton)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:

The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition — Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta — Tim Breen, art director (Various Artists)
• Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) — Tom Hingston, art director (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
• May 1977: Get Shown The Light — Masaki Koike, art director (Grateful Dead)
• Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares — Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes:

Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings — Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With The Truth — Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves, album notes writers (Various Artists)
• Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition — Ted Olson, album notes writer (Various Artists)
• The Complete Piano Works Of Scott Joplin — Bryan S. Wright, album notes writer (Richard Dowling)
• Edouard-Léon Scott De Martinville, Inventor Of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute — David Giovannoni, album notes writer (Various Artists)
• Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams — Michael Corcoran, album notes writer (Washington Phillips)

Best Historical Album:

Leonard Bernstein – The Composer — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta — Jon Kirby, Florent Mazzoleni, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
• The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Matthias Erb, Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Glenn Gould)
• Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa — Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams — Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Washington Phillips)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

24K Magic — Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer (Bruno Mars) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Every Where Is Some Where — Brent Arrowood, Miles Comaskey, JT Daly, Tommy English, Kristine Flaherty, Adam Hawkins, Chad Howat & Tony Maserati, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (K.Flay)
• Is This The Life We Really Want? — Nigel Godrich, Sam Petts-Davies & Darrell Thorp, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Roger Waters)
• Natural Conclusion — Ryan Freeland, engineer; Joao Carvalho, mastering engineer (Rose Cousins)
• No Shape — Shawn Everett & Joseph Lorge, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Perfume Genius)

Producer Of the Year, Non-Classical:

Greg Kurstin — (Winner)
Nominees

• Calvin Harris
• Blake Mills
• No I.D.
• The Stereotypes

Best Remixed Recording:

You Move (Latroit Remix) — Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Can't Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix) — Louie Vega, remixer (Loleatta Holloway)
• Funk O' De Funk (SMLE Remix) — SMLE, remixers (Bobby Rush)
• Undercover (Adventure Club Remix) — Leighton James & Christian Srigley, remixers (Kehlani)
• A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix) — Four Tet, remixer (The xx)

Best Surround Sound Album:

Early Americans — Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra And Choir)
• So Is My Love — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
• 3-D The Catalogue — Fritz Hilpert, surround mix engineer; Tom Ammermann, surround mastering engineer; Fritz Hilpert, surround producer (Kraftwerk)
• Tyberg: Masses — Jesse Brayman, surround mix engineer; Jesse Brayman, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude & War Songs — Gary Call, engineer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
• Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man — Morten Lindberg, engineer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies — Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Tyberg: Masses — John Newton, engineer; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)

Producer Of the Year, Classical:

David Frost — (Winner)
Nominees

• Blanton Alspaugh
• Manfred Eicher
• Morten Lindberg
• Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Concertos For Orchestra — Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
• Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches — Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
• Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5 — Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording:

Berg: Wozzeck — Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Berg: Lulu — Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Daniel Brenna, Marlis Petersen & Johan Reuter; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
• Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles — Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecień, Matthew Polenzani & Nicolas Testé; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Handel: Ottone — George Petrou, conductor; Max Emanuel Cencic & Lauren Snouffer; Jacob Händel, producer (Il Pomo D'Oro)
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel — Valery Gergiev, conductor; Vladimir Feliauer, Aida Garifullina & Kira Loginova; Ilya Petrov, producer (Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:

Bryars: The Fifth Century — Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Handel: Messiah — Andrew Davis, conductor; Noel Edison, chorus master (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples & Erin Wall; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)
• Mansurian: Requiem — Alexander Liebreich, conductor; Florian Helgath, chorus master (Anja Petersen & Andrew Redmond; Münchener Kammerorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)
• Music Of the Spheres — Nigel Short, conductor (Tenebrae)
• Tyberg: Masses — Brian A. Schmidt, conductor (Christopher Jacobson; South Dakota Chorale)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra — (Winner)
Nominees

• Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 — Arcangelo
• Divine Theatre – Sacred Motets By Giaches De Wert — Stile Antico
• Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann — Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich
• Martha Argerich & Friends – Live From Lugano 2016 — Martha Argerich & Various Artists

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

Transcendental — Daniil Trifonov — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bach: The French Suites — Murray Perahia
• Haydn: Cello Concertos — Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
• Levina: The Piano Concertos — Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
• Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 — Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:

Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio — Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas — Philippe Jaroussky; Petra Müllejans, conductor (Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia; Freiburger Barockorchester)
• Gods & Monsters — Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
• In War & Peace – Harmony Through Music — Joyce DiDonato; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D'Oro)
• Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift — Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra & Style Of Five Ensemble)

Best Classical Compendium:

Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer — (Winner)
Nominees

• Barbara — Alexandre Tharaud; Cécile Lenoir, producer
• Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble & Choir — Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer
• Les Routes De L'Esclavage — Jordi Savall, conductor; Benjamin Bleton, producer
• Mademoiselle: Première Audience – Unknown Music Of Nadia Boulanger — Lucy Mauro; Lucy Mauro, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Higdon: Viola Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) — (Winner)
Nominees

• Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude — Richard Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
• Mansurian: Requiem — Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)
• Schoenberg, Adam: Picture Studies — Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Zhou Tian: Concerto For Orchestra — Zhou Tian, composer (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Best Music Video:

Humble. — Kendrick Lamar — (Winner)
Nominees

• Up All Night — Beck
• Makeba — Jain
• The Story Of O.J. — Jay-Z
• 1-800-273-8255 — Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid

Best Music Film:

The Defiant Ones — (Various Artists) — (Winner)Nominees

• One More Time With Feeling — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Long Strange Trip — (The Grateful Dead)
• Soundbreaking — (Various Artists)
• Two Trains Runnin' — (Various Artists)

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