Khushboo Malhotra
The biggest night in the music world has arrived! This Sunday, the 65th Grammy Awards returned at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where a now-seasoned Grammy host, Trevor Noah, stepped up on the stage for the third time and slayed in entertaining the guests. “My job is to be your eyes, your ears. I’ll be floating around this room,” he said. “This is the room where it all goes down — just look around. Every song on TikTok that you hear? There are people who made them. This is them!”
It’s been quite a massive year for music: from the return of Beyoncé’s unbreakable soul to Adele’s asking us to take it “Easy on Me,” to Lizzo getting our spirits high as it’s “About Damn Time,” to us attending Harry Styles’ house party, which was remarkable by the way.
What a sight to behold: seeing the arena brimming with music fans and artists gathered to celebrate their shared love of music. It recognised and honoured the supremely talented, hard-working musicians who tirelessly make captivating records and entertain us year-round, making it a truly memorable evening.
All of this made the 65th annual Grammy Awards ceremony even more exhilarating to watch from the comfort of our couches, dressed in our finest pyjamas, sipping our cola with popcorn and nachos, and glued to our screens, predicting which artists would conquer the categories this year.
Beyoncé got the invite with the most nominations (nine) at this year’s Grammy Awards, bringing her career total to a record 88, tying with her husband, Jay-Z. While so many brilliant artists were in attendance, lined up for the biggest awards of the night including, Adele, Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Bad Bunny, ABBA, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Lizzo, Brandi Carlile, Coldplay and more, we also missed the prodigious talent including Silk Sonic, Drake, and the Weeknd, who had all asked to be removed from consideration from their nominated categories — for different reasons.
As guests parade down the red carpet dressed to the nines, several important questions lingered in our heads. Would Queen Beyoncé become the Grammy Awards’ most-awarded musician tonight? Could Harry Styles create history by himself by winning the biggest award of the night? How many accolades would Brandi Carlile, Adele, Lizzo, ABBA, and Kendrick Lamar take home given their their tonne of nominations? Who would deliver a memorable powerhouse performance of the night? And what about Taylor Swift, who donned a gorgeous blue ensemble on the red carpet, shining like a midnight beauty, all bejewelled?
There is, in the end, only one way to find out. Catch up on all the big winners at the 2023 Grammy Awards here!
Album of the Year
Harry Styles – Harry’s House — WINNER
ABBA – Voyage
Adele – 30
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé – Renaissance
Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
Kendrick Lamar – Mr Morale & the Big Steppers
Lizzo – Special
Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
Record of the Year
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo — WINNER
ABBA – Don’t Shut Me Down
Adele – Easy on Me
Beyoncé – Break My Soul
Mary J. Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous
Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius – You and Me on the Rock
Doja Cat – Woman
Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Harry Styles – As It Was
Song of the Year
“Just Like That” — Bonnie Raitt — WINNER
“abcdefu” — Gayle
“About Damn Time” — Lizzo
“All Too Well (10-Minute Version) (The Short Film)” — Taylor Swift
“As It Was” — Harry Styles
“Bad Habit” — Steve Lacy
“Break My Soul” — Beyoncé
“Easy on Me” — Adele
“God Did” — DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend, and Fridayy
“The Heart Part 5” — Kendrick Lamar
Best New Artist
Samara Joy — WINNER
Anitta
Omar Apollo
Domi & JD Beck
Latto
Måneskin
Muni Long
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
Best Music Video
All Too Well: The Short Film — Taylor Swift — WINNER
Easy on Me — Adele
Yet To Come — BTS
Woman — Doja Cat
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
As It Was — Harry Styles
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Easy on Me” — Adele — WINNER
“Moscow Mule” — Bad Bunny
“Woman” — Doja Cat
“Bad Habit” — Steve Lacy
“About Damn Time” — Lizzo
“As It Was” — Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Unholy” — Sam Smith & Kim Petras — WINNER
“Don’t Shut Me Down” — ABBA
“Bam Bam” — Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran
“My Universe” — Coldplay & BTS
“I Like You (A Happier Song)” — Post Malone & Doja Cat
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher — Michael Bublé — WINNER
When Christmas Comes Around… — Kelly Clarkson
I Dream of Christmas (Extended) — Norah Jones
Evergreen — Pentatonix
Thank You — Diana Ross
Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry’s House — Harry Styles — WINNER
Voyage — ABBA
30 — Adele
Music of the Spheres — Coldplay
Special — Lizzo
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Break My Soul” — Beyoncé — WINNER
“Rosewood” — Bonobo
“Don’t Forget My Love” — Diplo & Miguel
“I’m Good (Blue)” — David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
“Intimidated” — Kaytranada feat. H.E.R.
“On My Knees” — Rüfüs Du Sol
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance — Beyoncé — WINNER
Fragments — Bonobo
Diplo — Diplo
The Last Goodbye — Odesza
Surrender — Rüfüs Du Sol
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Empire Central — Snarky Puppy — WINNER
Between Dreaming and Joy — Jeff Coffin
Not Tight — Domi & JD Beck
Blooz — Grant Geissman
Jacob’s Ladder — Brad Mehldau
Best Rock Performance
“Broken Horses” — Brandi Carlile — WINNER
“So Happy It Hurts” — Bryan Adams
“Old Man” — Beck
“Wild Child” — The Black Keys
“Crawl!” — Idles
“Patient Number 9” — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Jeff Beck
“Holiday” — Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
“Degradation Rules” — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Tony Iommi — WINNER
“Call Me Little Sunshine” — Ghost
“We’ll Be Back” — Megadeth
“Kill or Be Killed” — Muse
“Blackout” — Turnstile
Best Instrumental Composition
“Refuge” — Geoffrey Keezer — WINNER
“African Tales” — Paquito D’Rivera
“El País Invisible” — Miguel Zenón
“Frontiers (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues” — Danilo Pérez
“Snapshots” — Pascal Le Beouf
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella
“Scrapple from the Apple” — John Beasley — WINNER
“As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)” — Armand Hutton
“How Deep Is Your Love” — Matt Cusson
“Main Titles (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)” — Danny Elfman
“Minnesota, WI” — Remy Le Beouf
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Songbird (Orchestral Version)” — Vince Mendoza — WINNER
“Let it Happen” — Louis Cole
“Never Gonna Be Alone” — Jacob Collier
“Optimistic Voices/No Love Dying” — Cécile McLorin Salvant
“2+2=5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)” — Nathan Schram & Becca Stevens
Best Rap Performance
“The Heart Part 5” — Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
“God Did” — DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
“Vegas” — Doja Cat
“Pushin P” — Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug
“F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” — Hitkidd & Glorilla
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Wait For U” — Future feat. Drake & Tems — WINNER
“Beautiful” — DJ Khaled feat. Future & SZA
“First Class” — Jack Harlow
“Die Hard” — Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer
“Big Energy (Live)” — Latto
Best Rap Song
“The Heart Part 5” — Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
“Churchill Downs” — Jack Harlow feat. Drake
“Wait For U” — Future feat. Drake & Tems
“God Did” — DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
“Pushin P” — Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug
Best Rap Album
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
God Did — DJ Khaled
I Never Liked You — Future
Come Home the Kids Miss You — Jack Harlow
It’s Almost Dry — Pusha T
Best Latin Pop Album
Pasieros — Rubén Blades & Boca Livre — WINNER
Aguilera — Christina Aguilera
De Adentro Pa Afuera — Camilo
Viajante — Fonseca
Dharma+ — Sebastián Yatra
Best Música Urbana Album
Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny — WINNER
Trap Cake, Vol. 2 — Rauw Alejandro
Legendaddy — Daddy Yankee
La 167 — Farruko
The Love & Sex Tape — Maluma
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Motomami — Rosalía — WINNER
El Alimento — Cimafunk
Tinta Y Tiempo — Jorge Drexler
1940 Carmen — Mon Laferte
Alegoría — Gaby Moreno
Los Años Salvajes — Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto Por México – El Musical — Natalia Lafourcade — WINNER
Abeja Reina — Chiquis
La Reunión (Deluxe) — Los Tigres del Norte
EP #1 Forajido — Christian Nodal
Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe) — Marco Antoni Solís
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy — Marc Anthony — WINNER
Quiero Verte Feliz — La Santa Cecilia
Lado A Lado B — Víctor Manuelle
Legendario — Tito Nieves
Imágenes Latinas — Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Cumbiana II — Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance
“Stompin’ Ground” — Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band — WINNER
“Someday It’ll All Make Sense” (Bluegrass Version) — Bill Anderson feat. Dolly Parton
“Life According to Raechel” — Madison Cunningham
“Oh Betty” — Fantastic Negrito
“Prodigal Daughter” — Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell
Best Americana Performance
“Made Up Mind” — Bonnie Raitt — WINNER
“Silver Moon” [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith] — Eric Alexandrakis
“There You Go Again” — Asleep at the Wheel feat. Lyle Lovett
“The Message” — Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Black Violin
“You and Me on the Rock” — Brandi Carlile feat. Lucius
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Encanto — WINNER
Elvis
Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4 (Vol. 2)
Top Gun: Maverick
West Side Story
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Encanto — Germaine Franco — WINNER
The Batman — Michael Giacchino
No Time To Die — Hans Zimmer
The Power of the Dog — Jonny Greenwood
Succession: Season 3 — Nicholas Britell
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök — Stephanie Economou — WINNER
Aliens: Fireteam Elite — Austin Wintory
Call of Duty: Vanguard — Bear McCreary
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — Richard Jacques
Old World — Christopher Tin
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno (From Encanto)” — Lin-Manuel Miranda — WINNER
“Be Alive (From King Richard)” — Beyoncé & Darius Scott Dixon
“Carolina (From Where the Crawdads Sing)” — Taylor Swift
“Hold My Hand (From Top Gun: Maverick)” — Lady Gaga & Bloodpop
“Keep Rising (The Woman King) (From The Woman King)” — Jessy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo, & Jeremy Lutito
“Nobody Like U (From Turning Red)” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
Best Comedy Album
The Closer — Dave Chappelle — WINNER
Comedy Monster — Jim Gaffigan
A Little Brains, A Little Talent — Randy Rainbow
Sorry — Louis CK
We All Scream — Patton Oswalt
Best Musical Theater Album
‘Into the Woods’ 2022 Broadway Cast — WINNER
Original Broadway Cast – A Strange Loop
New Broadway Cast – Caroline, or Change
Original Broadway Cast – MJ the Musical
‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Original Cast – Mr. Saturday Night
Original Broadway Cast – Six: Live on Opening Night
Best R&B Performance
“Hrs & Hrs” — Muni Long — WINNER
“Virgo’s Groove” — Beyoncé
“Over” — Lucky Daye
“Hurt Me So Good” — Jazmine Sullivan
“Here With Me” — Mary J. Blige feat. Anderson .Paak
Best Traditional R&B Performance
WINNER: “Plastic Off the Sofa” — Beyoncé — WINNER
“Do 4 Love” — Snoh Aalegra
“Good Morning Gorgeous” — Mary J. Blige
“Keeps On Fallin'” — Babyface feat. Ella Mai
“‘Round Midnight” — Adam Blackstone feat. Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Song
“Cuff It” — Beyoncé — WINNER
“Good Morning Gorgeous” — Mary J. Blige
“Hrs & Hrs” — Muni Long
“Hurt Me So Good” — Jazmine Sullivan
“Please Don’t Walk Away” — PJ Morton
Best Progressive R&B Album
Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy — WINNER
Operation Funk — Cory Henry
Drones — Terrace Martin
Red Balloon — Tank and the Bangas
Starfruit — Moonchild
Best R&B Album
Black Radio III — Robert Glasper — WINNER
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) — Mary J. Blige
Watch The Sun — PJ Morton
Breezy (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
Candydrip — Lucky Daye
Best Music Film
Jazz Fest: a New Orleans Story — Various Artists — WINNER
Adele One Night Only — Adele
Our World — Justin Bieber
Billie Eilish Live at the O2 — Billie Eilish
Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance) — Rosalía
A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn — Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Chaise Longue” — Wet Leg — WINNER
“There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” — Arctic Monkeys
“Certainty” — Big Thief
“King’ — Florence + the Machine
“Spitting off the Edge of the World” — Yeah Yeah Yeahs feat. Perfume Genius
Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg — Wet Leg — WINNER
WE — Arcade Fire
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You — Big Thief
Fossora — Björk
Cool It Down — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Rock Song
“Broken Horses” — Brandi Carlile — WINNER
“Black Summer” — Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Blackout” — Turnstile
“Harmonia’s Dream” — The War on Drugs
“Patient Number 9” — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Jeff Beck
Best Country Solo Performance
“Live Forever” — Willie Nelson — WINNER
“Heartfirst” — Kelsea Ballerini
“Something in the Orange” — Zach Bryan
“In His Arms” — Miranda Lambert
“Circles Around This Town” — Maren Morris
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Never Wanted to Be That Girl” — Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde — WINNER
“Wishful Drinking” — Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt
“Midnight Rider’s Prayer” — Brothers Osborne
“Outrunnin’ Your Memory” — Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert
“Does He Love You – Revisited” — Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton
“Going Where the Lonely Go” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Country Song
“‘Til You Can’t” — Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson) — WINNER
“Circles Around This Town” — Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris, & Jimmy Robbins, songwriters (Maren Morris)
“Doin’ This” — Luke Combs, Drew Parker, & Robert Williford, songwriters (Luke Combs)
“I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” — Lori McKenna & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“If I Was A Cowboy” — Jesse Frasure & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die” — Rodney Crowell & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Willie Nelson)
Best Country Album
A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson — WINNER
Growin’ Up — Luke Combs
Palomino — Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville — Ashley McBryde
Humble Quest — Maren Morris
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror — White Sun — WINNER
Positano Songs — Will Ackerman
Joy — Paul Avgerinos
Mantra Americana — Madi Das & Dave Stringer with Bhakti Without Borders
The Passenger — Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Endangered Species” — Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist — WINNER
“Rounds (Live)” — Ambrose Akinmusire, soloist
“Keep Holding On” — Gerald Albright, soloist
“Falling” — Melissa Aldana, soloist
“Call of the Drum” — Marcus Baylor, soloist
“Cherokee/Koko” — John Beasley, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Linger Awhile — Samara Joy — WINNER
The Evening : Live at APPARATUS — The Baylor Project
Fade to Black — Carmen Lundy
Fifty — The Manhattan Transfer with the WDR Funkhausorchester
Ghost Song — Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1 — Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, & Matthew Stevens — WINNER
Live In Italy — Peter Erskine Trio
LongGone — Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade
Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival — Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding
Parallel Motion — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — WINNER
Bird Lives — John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band
Remembering Bob Freedman — Ron Carter & the Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob
Center Stage — Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber, & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene
Architecture of Storms — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows
Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango at the Wall in New York — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective — WINNER
Crisálida — Danilo Pérez feat. the Global Messengers
If You Will — Flora Purim
Rhythm & Soul — Arturo Sandoval
Música De Las Américas — Miguel Zenón
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Kingdom” — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin— WINNER
“Positive” — Erica Campbell
“When I Pray” — Doe
“The Better Benediction” — PJ Morton featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers, & Darrel Walls
“Get Up” — Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Fear Is Not My Future” — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — WINNER
“God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)” — Crowder feat. Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music
“So Good” — Doe
“For God Is With Us” — For King & Country & Hillary Scott
“Holy Forever” — Chris Tomlin
“Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version)” — Phil Wickham
Best Gospel Album
One Deluxe — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — WINNER
Die to Live — Maranda Curtis
Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) — Ricky Dillard
Clarity — Doe
All Things New — Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Breathe — Maverick City Music — WINNER
Lion — Elevation Worship
Life After Death — TobyMac
Always — Chris Tomlin
My Jesus — Anne Wilson
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Urban Hymnal — Tennessee State University Marching Band — WINNER
Let’s Just Praise the Lord — Gaither Vocal Band
Confessio – Irish American Roots — Keith & Kristyn Getty
The Willie Nelson Family — Willie Nelson
2:22 — Karen Peck & New River
Best American Roots Song
“Just Like That” — Bonnie Raitt — WINNER
“Bright Star” — Anaïs Mitchell
“Forever” — Sheryl Crow
“High and Lonesome” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
“Prodigal Daughter” — Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell
“You and Me on the Rock” — Brandi Carlile feat. Lucius
Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile — WINNER
Things Happen That Way — Dr John
Good to Be… — Keb’ Mo’
Raise the Roof — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Just Like That… — Bonnie Raitt
Best Bluegrass Album
Crooked Tree — Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway — WINNER
Toward the Fray — The Infamous Stringdusters
Almost Proud — The Del McCoury Band
Calling You From My Mountain — Peter Rowan
Get Yourself Outside — Yonder Mountain String Band
Best Traditional Blues Album
Get on Board — Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder — WINNER
Heavy Load Blues — Gov’t Mule
The Blues Don’t Lie — Buddy Guy
The Sun Is Shining Down — John Mayall
Mississippi Son — Charlie Musselwhite
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Brother Johnny — Edgar Winter — WINNER
Done Come Too Far — Shemekia Copeland
Crown — Eric Gales
Bloodline Maintenance — Ben Harper
Set Sail — North Mississippi Allstars
Best Folk Album
Revealer — Madison Cunningham — WINNER
Spellbound — Judy Collins
The Light at the End of the Line — Janis Ian
Age of Apathy — Aoife O’Donovan
Hell on Church Street — Punch Brothers
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Ranky Tanky — WINNER
Full Circle — Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul feat. LSU Golden Band from Tigerland
Natalie Noelani — Natalie Ai Kamauu
Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani (Live at the Getty Center) — Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani
Lucky Man — Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
Best Reggae Album
The Kalling — Kabaka Pyramid — WINNER
Gifted — Koffee
Scorcha — Sean Paul
Third Time’s the Charm — Protoje
Com Fly Wid Mi — Shaggy
Best Global Music Performance
“Bayethe” — Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini, & Nomcebo Zikode —WINNER
“Udhero Na” — Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar
“Gimme Love” — Matt B & Eddy Kenzo
“Last Last” — Burna Boy
“Neva Bow Down” — Rocky Dawuni feat. Blvk H3ro
Best Global Music Album
Sakura — Masa Takumi —WINNER
Shuruaat — Berklee Indian Ensemble
Love, Damini — Burna Boy
Queen of Sheba — Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
Between Us… (Live) — Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest, & Jules Buckley feat. Manu Delago
Best Children’s Music Album
The Movement — Alphabet Rockers — WINNER
Into the Little Blue House — Wendy and DB
Los Fabulosos — Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
Ready Set Go! — Divinity Roxx
Space Cadet — Justin Roberts
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Poet Who Sat by the Door — J. Ivy — WINNER
Black Men Are Precious — Ethelbert Miller
Call Us What We Carry: Poems — Amanda Gorman
Hiding in Plain View — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly. — Amir Sulaiman
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Finding Me — Viola Davis — WINNER
Act Like You Got Some Sense — Jamie Foxx
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks — Mel Brooks
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into The Waters of the World — Lin-Manuel Miranda
Music Is History — Questlove
Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning — Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra) — WINNER
Divers — William Stichter, art director (Soporus)
Everything Was Beautiful — Mark Farrow, art director (Spiritualized)
Telos — Ming Liu, art director (Fann)
Voyeurist — Tnsn Dvsn, art director (Underoath)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 — Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson. & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead) — WINNER
Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined — Josh Abraham, Steve Berman, Jimmy Iovine, John Janick, & Jason Sangerman, art directors (Various Artists)
Big Mess — Berit Gwendolyn Gilma, art director (Danny Elfman)
Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set) — Jenna Krackenberger, Anna McCaleb, & Preacher, art directors (Black Pumas)
Book — Paul Sahre, art director (They Might Be Giants)
Best Album Notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco) — WINNER
The American Clavé Recordings — Fernando González, album notes writer (Astor Piazzolla)
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady — Gareth Murphy, album notes writer (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady)
Harry Partch, 1942 — John Schneider, album notes writer (Harry Partch)
Life’s Work: A Retrospective — Ted Olson, album notes writer (Doc Watson)
Best Historical Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco) — WINNER
Against the Odds: 1974-1982 — Tommy Manzi, Steve Rosenthal, & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Tom Camuso, restoration engineer (Blondie)
The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner, mastering engineer (Glenn Gould)
Life’s Work: A Retrospective — Scott Billington, Ted Olson, & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Doc Watson)
To Whom It May Concern… — Jonathan Sklute, compilation producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mastering engineer (Freestyle Fellowship)
Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical)
Tobias Jesso Jr. — WINNER
Amy Allen
Nija Charles
The-Dream
Laura Veltz
Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical)
Harry’s House — Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles) — WINNER
Adolescence — George Nicholas & Ryan Schwabe, engineers
Black Radio III — Daniel Farris, Tiffany Gouché, Keith Lewis, Musiq Soulchild, Reginald Nicholas, Q-Tip, Amir Sulaiman, Michael Law Thomas, & Jon Zacks, engineers
Chloë and the Next 20th Century — Dave Cerminara & Jonathan Wilson, engineers
Wet Leg — Jon McMullen, Joshua Mobaraki, Alan Moulder, & Alexis Smith, engineers
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Jack Antonoff — WINNER
Dan Auerbach
Boi-1da
Dahi
Dernst “D’mile” Emile II
Best Remixed Recording
“About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)” — Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo) — WINNER
“Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)” — Terry Hunter, remixer (Beyoncé)
Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix)” — Four Tet, remixer (Ellie Goulding)
“Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)” — Paul Woolford, remixer (The Knocks & Dragonette)
“Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)” — Soulwax, remixers (Wet Leg)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Divine Tides — Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej, & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej) — WINNER
Aguilera — Jaycen Joshua, immersive mix engineer; Jaycen Joshua, immersive mastering engineer (Christina Aguilera)
Memories…Do Not Open — Mike Piacentini, immersive mix engineer; Mike Piacentini, immersive mastering engineer; Adam Alpert, Alex Pall, Jordan Stilwell, & Andrew Taggart, immersive producers (The Chainsmokers)
Picturing the Invisible – Focus 1 — Jim Anderson, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mastering engineers; Jane Ira Bloom & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
Tuvayhun – Beatitudes for a Wounded World — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
Best Engineered Album (Classical)
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra — Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post, & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) — WINNER
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Stucky: Silent Spring — Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Perspectives — Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone, & Dan Nichols, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
Tuvayhun – Beatitudes for a Wounded World — Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes — Bernhard Güttler, Shawn Murphy, & Nick Squire, engineers; Christoph Stickel, mastering engineer (Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman — WINNER
Jonathan Allen
Christoph Franke
James Ginsburg
Elaine Martone
Best Orchestral Performance
“Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman” — Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony) — WINNER
“Adams, John Luther: Sila – The Breath of the World” — Doug Perkins, conductor (Musicians of the University of Michigan Department of Chamber Music & University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble)
“Dvo?ák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
“Eastman: Stay on It” — Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
“John Williams – The Berlin Concert” — John Williams, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)— WINNER
Aucoin: “Eurydice” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, Joshua Hopkins, Erin Morley & Jakub Józef Orli?ski; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
“Davis: X – The Life and Times f Malcolm X” — Gil Rose, conductor; Ronnita Miller, Whitney Morrison, Victor Robertson, & Davóne Tines; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Born” — Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers, & James Reese; The Crossing) — WINNER
Bach: “St. John Passion”— John Eliot Gardiner
Verdi: “Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen” — Attacca Quartet — WINNER
Beethoven: “Complete String Quartets, Volume 2 – The Middle Quartets” — Dover Quartet
“Musical Remembrances” — Neave Trio
“Perspectives” — Third Coast Percussion
“What Is American” — PUBLIQuartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Letters for the Future” — Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra) — WINNER
Abels: “Isolation Variation” — Hilary Hahn
Bach: “The Art of Life” — Daniil Trifonov
Beethoven: “Diabelli Variations” — Mitsuko Uchida
“A Night in Upper Town – The Music of Zoran Krajacic” — Mak Grgi?
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene — Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist — WINNER
Eden — Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)
How Do I Find You — Sasha Cooke, soloist; Kirill Kuzmin, pianist
Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here? — Will Liverman, soloist; Paul Sánchez, pianist (J’Nai Bridges & Caen Thomason-Redus)
Stranger – Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly — Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider & the Knights; Reginald Mobley)
Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story — Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers — WINNER
Aspire —JP Jofre & Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer
A Concert for Ukraine — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer
The Lost Birds — Voces8; Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: “Contact” — Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & the Philadelphia Orchestra)— WINNER
Akiho: “Ligneous Suite” — Andy Akiho, composer (Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet)
Bermel: “Intonations” — Derek Bermel, composer (Jack Quartet)
Gubaidulina: “The Wrath of God” — Sofia Gubaidulina, composer (Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester
Simon: “Requiem for the Enslaved” — Carlos Simon, composer (Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé, & Hub New Music)
Best Rock Album
Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne — WINNER
Dropout Boogie by The Black Keys
The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello and the Impersonators
Crawler by Idles
Mainstream Sellout by Machine Gun Kelly
Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon
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