The 64th Annual Grammy Awards marked the eagerly awaited in-person return of music, performances, glamour and triumphs after the pandemic prevented meetings last year. Grammy Awards 2022, which is given out by the Recording Academy, was a spectacle worth remembering, with stars shining bright on the red carpet, along with the dazzle of the gilded gramophone that is handed to winners.
Jazz pianist Jon Batiste, who made history with the highest nominations at the Grammy Awards 2022 with 11 nods, was the toast of the evening.
Batiste gained instant fame and multiple nominations with his debut album, We Are, and the soundtrack to the acclaimed animated film, Soul.
While We Are won the Album of the Year, Soul shared the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media award with The Queen’s Gambit.
For his album, Batiste also won two awards in the American Roots section. “Freedom”, a song from the album, was awarded the Best Music Video.
The album is especially significant because it puts a spotlight on the decades of black American music while also focussing on the struggles of black people.
All awards are a first in Batiste’s career.
“Leave the Door Open” a song by Silk Sonic, a group formed by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak., won the Record of the Year. It was also named Song of the Year and Best R&B Song. For the same number, Silk Sonic jointly won the Best R&B Performance with Jazmine Sullivan’s “Pick Up Your Feelings”.
Olivia Rodrigo won the Best Pop Solo Performance and the Best New Artist awards. The 19-year-old former Disney actress is now one of the biggest pop artistes in the world, having gained nominations in all top four categories besides three more.
One of the noteworthy moments of the Grammy Awards 2022 was the win of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga for Love for Sale in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, categories.
Their work was also nominated in the Album of the Year category. Additionally, Bennett broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material in 2021 at the age of 95 years and 57 days. The collaboration with Lady Gaga also made him the oldest person to be nominated in one of the Grammys’ “big four” categories.
The wins are a fitting tribute to Bennett, who announced his retirement from music in 2021 after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Grammy Awards 2022: Other highlights and performances
Like last year, South African comedian Trevor Noah returned as the host.
The show was kicked off with a performance of “777” by Silk Sonic. Rodrigo followed with “Drivers License”.
BTS enthralled the audiences with their smooth performance of “Butter”, during which, band-member V created a viral moment when he whispered something into Olivia Rodrigo’s ear that made her gasp. Later, both V and Rodrigo posed for the cameras.
Batiste performed his award-winning song “Freedom” and Lil Nas X did a medley, including his “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”. Lady Gaga paid a tribute to Bennett with “Love for Sale” and “Do I Love You?”
The Foo Fighters, which won multiple awards at the ceremony, were supposed to perform but had to cancel following the recent death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, at the age of 50. A tribute for Hawkins was held by the Recording Academy at the ceremony.
The entire music community is still grieving the light we lost last week with Taylor Hawkins’ passing. We continue to send our love and extend our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. #GRAMMYs
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) April 4, 2022
Other performers included Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, Jon Batiste, H.E.R., Nas, Chris Stapleton and Billie Eilish.
About this year’s event
The Grammy Awards 2022 ceremony was held, for the first time, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event came after a delay of three months due to the surge in the COVID-19 variant Omicron. It was originally scheduled for 31 January in Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Awards honouring musical artistes, compositions and albums were given in 86 categories, two more than 2021’s 84 categories. The shortlists for the main categories were expanded to 10 from eight for the first time. This was because a record 22,000 songs and albums were submitted for consideration in 2022.
Here is the complete list of winners
Record Of The Year
“I Still Have Faith In You” — ABBA
“Freedom” — Jon Batiste
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
“Right On Time” — Brandi Carlile
“Kiss Me More” — Doja Cat Featuring SZA
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” — Lil Nas X
“Drivers License” — Olivia Rodrigo
“Leave The Door Open” — Silk Sonic
Album Of The Year
We Are — Jon Batiste
Love For Sale — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) — Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe) — Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
Back Of My Mind — H.E.R.
Montero — Lil Nas X
Sour — Olivia Rodrigo
Evermore — Taylor Swift
Donda — Kanye West
Song Of The Year
“Bad Habits” — Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
“A Beautiful Noise” — Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry & Hailey Whitters, songwriters (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile)
“Drivers License” — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
“Fight For You” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Kiss Me More” — Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solána Rowe & David Sprecher, songwriters (Doja Cat Featuring SZA)
“Leave The Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” — Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill & Roy Lenzo, songwriters (Lil Nas X)
“Peaches” — Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha “Fury” King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manuel Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman & Keavan Yazdani, songwriters (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)
“Right On Time” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best New Artist
Arooj Aftab
Jimmie Allen
Baby Keem
FINNEAS
Glass Animals
Japanese Breakfast
The Kid LAROI
Arlo Parks
Olivia Rodrigo
Saweetie
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Anyone” — Justin Bieber
“Right On Time” — Brandi Carlile
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
“Positions” — Ariana Grande
“Drivers License” — Olivia Rodrigo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
“Lonely” — Justin Bieber & benny blanco
“Butter” — BTS
“Higher Power” — Coldplay
“Kiss Me More” — Doja Cat Featuring SZA
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love For Sale — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Til We Meet Again (Live) — Norah Jones
A Tori Kelly Christmas — Tori Kelly
Ledisi Sings Nina — Ledisi
That’s Life — Willie Nelson
A Holly Dolly Christmas — Dolly Parton
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) — Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe) — Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
Positions — Ariana Grande
Sour — Olivia Rodrigo
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Hero” — Afrojack & David Guetta
Afrojack, David Guetta, Kuk Harrell & Stargate, producers; Elio Debets, mixer
“Loom” — Ólafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo
Ólafur Arnalds & Simon Green, producers; Ólafur Arnalds, mixer
“Before” — James Blake
James Blake & Dom Maker, producers; James Blake, mixer
“Heartbreak” — Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, producers; Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, mixers
“You Can Do It” — Caribou
Dan Snaith, producer; David Wrench, mixer
“Alive” — Rüfüs Du Sol
Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer
“The Business” — Tiësto
Hightower, Julia Karlsson & Tiësto, producers; Tiësto, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Subconsciously — Black Coffee
Fallen Embers — ILLENIUM
Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) — Major Lazer
Shockwave — Marshmello
Free Love — Sylvan Esso
Judgement — Ten City
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Double Dealin’ — Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
The Garden — Rachel Eckroth
Tree Falls — Taylor Eigsti
At Blue Note Tokyo — Steve Gadd Band
Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 — Mark Lettieri
Best Rock Performance
“Shot In The Dark” — AC/DC
“Know You Better” (Live From Capitol Studio A) — Black Pumas
“Nothing Compares 2 U” — Chris Cornell
“Ohms” — Deftones
“Making A Fire” — Foo Fighters
Best Metal Performance
“Genesis” — Deftones
“The Alien” — Dream Theater
“Amazonia” — Gojira
“Pushing The Tides” — Mastodon
“The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)” — Rob Zombie
Best Rock Song
“All My Favorite Songs”
Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber, songwriters (Weezer)
“The Bandit”
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
“Distance”
Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter (Mammoth WVH)
“Find My Way”
Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)
“Waiting On A War”
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album
Power Up — AC/DC
Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A — Black Pumas
No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 — Chris Cornell
Medicine At Midnight — Foo Fighters
McCartney III — Paul McCartney
Best Alternative Music Album
Shore — Fleet Foxes
If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power — Halsey
Jubilee — Japanese Breakfast
Collapsed In Sunbeams — Arlo Parks
Daddy’s Home — St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance
“Lost You” — Snoh Aalegra
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
“Damage” — H.E.R.
“Leave The Door Open” — Silk Sonic [TIE]
“Pick Up Your Feelings” — Jazmine Sullivan [TIE]
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“I Need You” — Jon Batiste
“Bring It On Home To Me” — BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal
“Born Again” — Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
“Fight For You” — H.E.R.
“How Much Can A Heart Take” — Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba
Best R&B Song
“Damage”
Anthony Clemons Jr., Jeff Gitelman, H.E.R., Carl McCormick & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Good Days”
Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas, songwriters (SZA)
“Heartbreak Anniversary”
Giveon Evans, Maneesh, Sevn Thomas & Varren Wade, songwriters (Giveon)
“Leave The Door Open”
Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
“Pick Up Your Feelings”
Denisia “Blue June” Andrews, Audra Mae Butts, Kyle Coleman, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Michael Holmes & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
Best Progressive R&B Album
New Light — Eric Bellinger
Something To Say — Cory Henry
Mood Valiant — Hiatus Kaiyote
Table For Two — Lucky Daye
Dinner Party: Dessert — Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
Studying Abroad: Extended Stay — Masego
Best R&B Album
Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies — Snoh Aalegra
We Are — Jon Batiste
Gold-Diggers Sound — Leon Bridges
Back Of My Mind — H.E.R.
Heaux Tales — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Rap Performance
“Family Ties” — Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Up” — Cardi B
“M Y . L I F E” — J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
“Thot S***” — Megan Thee Stallion
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L” — J. Cole Featuring Lil Baby
“Need To Know” — Doja Cat
“Industry Baby” — Lil Nas X Featuring Jack Harlow
“Wusyaname” — Tyler, The Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
“Hurricane” — Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby
Best Rap Song
“Bath Salts”
Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
“Best Friend”
Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
“Family Ties”
Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
“Jail”
Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z)
“M Y . L I F E”
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, Jermaine Cole & Jacob Dutton, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
Best Rap Album
The Off-Season — J. Cole
King’s Disease II — Nas
Call Me If You Get Lost — Tyler, The Creator
Donda — Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
“Forever After All” — Luke Combs
“Remember Her Name” — Mickey Guyton
“All I Do Is Drive” — Jason Isbell
“camera roll” — Kacey Musgraves
“You Should Probably Leave” — Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“If I Didn’t Love You” — Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
“Younger Me” — Brothers Osborne
“Glad You Exist” — Dan + Shay
“Chasing After You” — Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” — Elle King & Miranda Lambert
Best Country Song
“Better Than We Found It”
Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
“camera roll”
Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“Cold”
Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
“Country Again”
Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
“Fancy Like”
Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens, songwriters (Walker Hayes)
“Remember Her Name”
Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling, songwriters (Mickey Guyton)
Best Country Album
Skeletons — Brothers Osborne
Remember Her Name — Mickey Guyton
The Marfa Tapes — Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram
The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita — Sturgill Simpson
Starting Over — Chris Stapleton
Best New Age Album
Brothers — Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
Divine Tides — Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej
Pangaea — Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone
Night + Day — Opium Moon
Pieces Of Forever — Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sackodougou” — Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist
Track from: The Hands Of Time (Weedie Braimah)
“Kick Those Feet” — Kenny Barron, soloist
Track from: Songs From My Father (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios)
“Bigger Than Us” — Jon Batiste, soloist
Track from: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Various Artists)
“Absence” — Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
“Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)” — Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Akoustic Band Live (Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Generations — The Baylor Project
SuperBlue — Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
Time Traveler — Nnenna Freelon
Flor — Gretchen Parlato
Songwrights Apothecary Lab — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul — Jon Batiste
Absence — Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet
Skyline — Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Akoustic Band LIVE — Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) — Pat Metheny
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Live At Birdland! — The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
Dear Love — Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver — Christian McBride Big Band
Swirling — Sun Ra Arkestra
Jackets XL — Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Mirror Mirror — Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
The South Bronx Story — Carlos Henriquez
Virtual Birdland — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Transparency — Dafnis Prieto Sextet
El Arte Del Bolero — Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Voice Of God”
Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong, songwriters
“Joyful”
Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield, songwriters
“Help”
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson, songwriters
“Never Lost”
CeCe Winans
“Wait On You”
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“We Win” — Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby
Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith, songwriters
“Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)” — H.E.R. & Tauren Wells
Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R., songwriters
“Man Of Your Word” — Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven
Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore, songwriters
“Believe For It” — CeCe Winans
Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong, songwriters
“Jireh” — Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Changing Your Story — Jekalyn Carr
Royalty: Live At The Ryman — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition — Maverick City Music
Jonny X Mali: Live In LA — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
Believe For It — CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
No Stranger — Natalie Grant
Feels Like Home Vol. 2 — Israel & New Breed
The Blessing (Live) — Kari Jobe
Citizen Of Heaven (Live) — Tauren Wells
Old Church Basement — Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
Best Roots Gospel Album
Alone With My Faith — Harry Connick, Jr.
That’s Gospel, Brother — Gaither Vocal Band
Keeping On — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Songs For The Times — The Isaacs
My Savior — Carrie Underwood
Best Latin Pop Album
Vértigo — Pablo Alborán
Mis Amores — Paula Arenas
Hecho A La Antigua — Ricardo Arjona
Mis Manos — Camilo
Mendó — Alex Cuba
Revelación — Selena Gomez
Best Música Urbana Album
Afrodisíaco — Rauw Alejandro
El Último Tour Del Mundo — Bad Bunny
Jose — J Balvin
KG0516 — KAROL G
Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios) 8 — Kali Uchis
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Deja — Bomba Estéreo
Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) — Diamante Eléctrico
Origen — Juanes
Calambre — Nathy Peluso
El Madrileño — C. Tangana
Sonidos De Karmática Resonancia — Zoé
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2 — Aida Cuevas
A Mis 80’s — Vicente Fernández
Seis — Mon Laferte
Un Canto Por México, Vol. II — Natalia Lafourcade
Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe) — Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
Salswing! — Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
En Cuarentena — El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso — Aymée Nuviola
Colegas — Gilberto Santa Rosa
Live In Peru — Tony Succar
Best American Roots Performance
“Cry” — Jon Batiste
“Love And Regret” — Billy Strings
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” — The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck
“Same Devil” — Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile
“Nightflyer” — Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song
“Avalon”
Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi, songwriters (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi)
“Bored”
Linda Chorney, songwriter (Linda Chorney Featuring Becca Byram, EJ Ouellette & Trevor Sewellzz
“Call Me A Fool”
Valerie June, songwriter (Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas)
“Cry”
Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Diamond Studded Shoes”
Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola, songwriters (Yola)
“Nightflyer”
Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)
Best Americana Album
Downhill From Everywhere — Jackson Browne
Leftover Feelings — John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band
Native Sons — Los Lobos
Outside Child — Allison Russell
Stand For Myself — Yola
Best Bluegrass Album
Renewal — Billy Strings
My Bluegrass Heart — Béla Fleck
A Tribute To Bill Monroe — The Infamous Stringdusters
Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) — Sturgill Simpson
Music Is What I See — Rhonda Vincent
Best Traditional Blues Album
100 Years Of Blues — Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
Traveler’s Blues — Blues Traveler
I Be Trying — Cedric Burnside
Be Ready When I Call You — Guy Davis
Take Me Back — Kim Wilson
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Delta Kream — The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown
Royal Tea — Joe Bonamassa
Uncivil War — Shemekia Copeland
Fire It Up — Steve Cropper
662 — Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Best Folk Album
One Night Lonely [Live] — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Long Violent History — Tyler Childers
Wednesday (Extended Edition) — Madison Cunningham
They’re Calling Me Home — Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
Blue Heron Suite — Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live In New Orleans! — Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Bloodstains & Teardrops — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
My People — Cha Wa
Corey Ledet Zydeco — Corey Ledet Zydeco
Kau Ka Pe’a — Kalani Pe’a
Best Reggae Album
Pamoja — Etana
Positive Vibration — Gramps Morgan
Live N Livin — Sean Paul
Royal — Jesse Royal
Beauty In The Silence — Soja
10 — Spice
Best Global Music Performance
“Mohabbat” — Arooj Aftab
“Do Yourself” — Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy
“Pà Pá Pà” — Femi Kuti
“Blewu” — Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo
“Essence” — WizKid Featuring Tems
Best Global Music Album
Voice Of Bunbon, Vol. 1 — Rocky Dawuni
East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert — Daniel Ho & Friends
Mother Nature — Angelique Kidjo
Legacy + — Femi Kuti And Made Kuti
Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition — WizKid
Best Children’s Music Album
Actívate — 123 Andrés
All One Tribe — 1 Tribe Collective
Black To The Future — Pierce Freelon
A Colorful World — Falu
Crayon Kids — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
Best Spoken Word Album
Aftermath — LeVar Burton
Carry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis — Don Cheadle
Catching Dreams: Live At Fort Knox Chicago — J. Ivy
8:46 — Dave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman
A Promised Land — Barack Obama
Best Comedy Album
The Comedy Vaccine — Lavell Crawford
Evolution — Chelsea Handler
Sincerely Louis CK — Louis C.K.
Thanks For Risking Your Life — Lewis Black
The Greatest Average American — Nate Bargatze
Zero F***s Given — Kevin Hart
Best Musical Theater Album
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella —
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells, producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, composers/lyricists (Original Album Cast)
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers
Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman, Cody Lassen & Steven Sater, producers; Burt Bacharach, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (World Premiere Cast)
Girl From The North Country
Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow, producers (Bob Dylan, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording)
Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe, producers (Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer; Alain Boublil, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel & Trevor Nunn, lyricists) (The 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company)
Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots
Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz, producers (Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist) (World Premiere Cast)
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical
Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear, composers/lyricists (Barlow & Bear)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Cruella — Various Artists
Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt (& Various Artists)
In The Heights — Various Artists
One Night In Miami… — Leslie Odom, Jr. (& Various Artists)
Respect — Jennifer Hudson
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 — Various Artists
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday — Andra Day
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Bridgerton — Kris Bowers, composer
Dune — Hans Zimmer, composer
The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16) — Ludwig Göransson, composer
The Queen’s Gambit — Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer [TIE]
Soul — Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers [TIE]
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Agatha All Along” [From WandaVision: Episode 7]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters
“All Eyes On Me” [From Bo Burnham: Inside]
Bo Burnham, songwriter
“All I Know So Far” [From P!NK: All I Know So Far]
Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters
“Fight For You” [From Judas And The Black Messiah]
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” [From Respect]
Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King, songwriters
“Speak Now” [From One Night In Miami…]
Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom, Jr., songwriters
Best Instrumental Composition
“Beautiful Is Black”
Brandee Younger, composer (Brandee Younger)
“Cat And Mouse”
Tom Nazziola, composer (Tom Nazziola)
“Concerto For Orchestra: Finale”
Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra Featuring Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge)
“Dreaming In Lions: Dreaming In Lions”
Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble)
“Eberhard”
Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Chopsticks”
Bill O’Connell, arranger
“For The Love Of A Princess” (From Braveheart)
Robin Smith, arranger
“Infinite Love”
Emile Mosseri, arranger
“Meta Knight’s Revenge” (From Kirby Superstar)
Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers
“The Struggle Within”
Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez, arrangers
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“The Bottom Line”
Ólafur Arnalds, arranger
“A Change Is Gonna Come”
Tehillah Alphonso, arranger
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”
Jacob Collier, arranger
“Eleanor Rigby”
Cody Fry, arranger
“To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version)”
Vince Mendoza, arranger
Best Recording Package
American Jackpot / American Girls
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
Carnage
Nick Cave & Tom Hingston, art directors (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
Pakelang
Li Jheng Han & Yu, Wei, art directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band)
Serpentine Prison
Dayle Doyle, art director (Matt Berninger)
Zeta
Xiao Qing Yang, art director (Soul Of Ears)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition
Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison, art directors
Color Theory
Lordess Foudre & Christopher Leckie, art directors
The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set)
Simon Moore & Steven Wilson, art directors
77-81
Dan Calderwood, Jon King & Bjarke Vind Normann, art directors
Swimming In Circles
Ramón Coronado & Marshall Rake, art directors
Best Album Notes
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas
Ann-Katrin Zimmermann, album notes writer (Sunwook Kim)
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966
Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology
Kevin Howes, album notes writer (Willie Dunn)
Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895
David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, album notes writers (Various Artists)
The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland
Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
Marian Anderson – Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Robert Russ, compilation producer; Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Marian Anderson)
Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895
Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer; David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, restoration engineers; (Various Artists)
Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History Of The World’s Music
April Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)
Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe Edition)
Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Cinema
Josh Conway, Marvin Figueroa, Josh Gudwin, Neal H Pogue & Ethan Shumaker, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (The Marías)
Dawn
Thomas Brenneck, Zach Brown, Elton “L10MixedIt” Chueng, Riccardo Damian, Tom Elmhirst, Jens Jungkurth, Todd Monfalcone, John Rooney & Smino, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Yebba)
Hey What
BJ Burton, engineer; Huntley Miller, mastering engineer (Low)
Love For Sale
Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman & Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
Notes With Attachments
Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Greg Koller, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino & Blake Mills)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Rogét Chahayed
Mike Elizondo
Hit-Boy
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording
“Back To Life” (Booker T Kings Of Soul Satta Dub)
Booker T, remixer (Soul II Soul)
“Born For Greatness” (Cymek Remix)
Spencer Bastian, remixer (Papa Roach)
“Constant Craving” (Fashionably Late Remix)
Tracy Young, remixer (K.D. Lang)
“Inside Out” (3SCAPE DRM Remix)
3SCAPE DRM, remixer (Zedd & Griff)
“Met Him Last Night” (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé, remixer (Demi Lovato & Ariana Grande)
“Passenger” (Mike Shinoda Remix)
Mike Shinoda, remixer (Deftones)
“Talks” (Mura Masa Remix)
Alexander Crossan, remixer (PVA)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia
George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys)
Clique
Jim Anderson & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mix engineers; Bob Ludwig, immersive mastering engineer; Jim Anderson, immersive producer (Patricia Barber)
Fine Line
Greg Penny, immersive mix engineer; Greg Penny, immersive mastering engineer; Greg Penny, immersive producer (Harry Styles)
The Future Bites
Jake Fields & Steven Wilson, immersive mix engineers; Dave Kosten & Steven Wilson, immersive producers (Steven Wilson)
Stille Grender
Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Archetypes
Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion)
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears
Richard King, engineer (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Chanticleer)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony Of A Thousand’
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Steven Epstein
David Frost
Elaine Martone
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
“Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre”
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
“Beethoven: Symphony No. 9”
Manfred Honeck, conductor (Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
“Muhly: Throughline”
Nico Muhly, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
“Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
“Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem Of Ecstasy”
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
“Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle”
Susanna Mälkki, conductor; Mika Kares & Szilvia Vörös; Robert Suff, producer (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
“Glass: Akhnaten”
Karen Kamensek, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James & Dísella Lárusdóttir; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen”
Simon Rattle, conductor; Sophia Burgos, Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley, Peter Hoare, Anna Lapkovskaja, Paulina Malefane, Jan Martinik & Hanno Müller-Brachmann; Andrew Cornall, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices)
“Little: Soldier Songs”
Corrado Rovaris, conductor; Johnathan McCullough; James Darrah, David T. Little, Lewis Pesacov & John Toia, producers (The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra)
“Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Karen Cargill, Isabel Leonard, Karita Mattila, Erin Morley & Adrianne Pieczonka; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“It’s A Long Way”
Matthew Guard, conductor
“Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony Of A Thousand’”
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters
“Rising w/The Crossing”
Donald Nally, conductor
“Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons”
Kaspars Putniņš, conductor; Heli Jürgenson, chorus master
“Sheehan: Liturgy Of Saint John Chrysostom”
Benedict Sheehan, conductor
“The Singing Guitar”
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Adams, John Luther: Lines Made By Walking” — JACK Quartet
“Akiho: Seven Pillars” — Sandbox Percussion
“Archetypes” — Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion
“Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears” — Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
“Bruits” — Imani Winds
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Alone Together — Jennifer Koh
An American Mosaic — Simone Dinnerstein
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas — Augustin Hadelich
Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos — Gil Shaham; Eric Jacobsen, conductor (The Knights)
Mak Bach — Mak Grgić
Of Power — Curtis Stewart
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Confessions — Laura Strickling
Joy Schreier, pianist
Dreams Of A New Day – Songs By Black Composers — Will Liverman
Paul Sánchez, pianist
Mythologies — Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann
Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, pianist (Virginie D’Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto & Emilio D. Miler)
Schubert: Winterreise — Joyce DiDonato
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Unexpected Shadows — Jamie Barton
Jake Heggie, pianist (Matt Haimovitz)
Best Classical Compendium
American Originals – A New World, A New Canon
AGAVE & Reginald L. Mobley; Geoffrey Silver, producer
Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces For Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Cerrone: The Arching Path
Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum; Mike Tierney, producer
Plays
Chick Corea; Chick Corea & Bernie Kirsh, producers
Women Warriors – The Voices Of Change
Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Akiho: Seven Pillars”
Andy Akiho, composer (Sandbox Percussion)
“Andriessen: The Only One”
Louis Andriessen, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nora Fischer & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
“Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes”
Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore, composers (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion)
“Batiste: Movement 11’”
Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste)
“Shaw: Narrow Sea”
Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion)
Best Music Video
“Shot In The Dark” — AC/DC
David Mallet, video director; Dione Orrom, video producer
“Freedom” — Jon Batiste
Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Jennifer Lebeau, video director; Danny Bennett, Bobby Campbell & Jennifer Lebeau, video producers
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
Colin Tilley, video director; Jamee Ranta & Jack Winter, video producers
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers
“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” — Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X & Tanu Muino, video directors; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Marco De Molina & Saul Levitz, video producers
“Good 4 U” — Olivia Rodrigo
Petra Collins, video director; Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez & Tiffany Suh, video producers
Best Music Film
Inside — Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham, video director; Josh Senior, video producer
David Byrne’s American Utopia — David Byrne
Spike Lee, video director; David Byrne & Spike Lee, video producers
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles — Billie Eilish
Patrick Osborne & Robert Rodriguez, video directors; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson, Justin Lubliner & Juliet Tierney, video producers
Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix In Maui — Jimi Hendrix
John McDermott, video director; Janie Hendrix, John McDermott & George Scott, video producers
Summer Of Soul — Various Artists
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers
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