American rapper Jay-Z leads nominations for the 60th Grammy Awards (Check Full list)

Amaerican rapper, Jay-Z leads the nominations
for the 60th Grammy Awards that has just
been annouced today with eight nods.

He’s followed by Kendrick Lamar, whose
“DAMN.” album scored seven; Bruno Mars with
six; and Childish Gambino (aka actor Donald
Glover), newcomers SZA and Khalid, and
producer No I.D. (who worked on “4:44”) with
five each.

The rap icon was the only artist to score nods
in the top three categories (record, album, and
song of the year) for his 13th studio album,
“4:44,” while Mars’ “24K Magic,” and
Gambino’s “‘Awaken, My Love!'” each landed
two noms in the general field.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 60th

Grammy Awards:

GENERAL FIELD

Record Of The Year:

“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Featuring Justin Bieber
“The Story Of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
Album Of The Year:
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
4:44 — Jay-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama — Lorde
24K Magic — Bruno Mars

Song Of The Year:

“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)
“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)

Best New Artist:

Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
POP FIELD

Best Pop Solo Performance:

“Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
“Praying” — Kesha
“Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
“What About Us” — P!nk
“Shape Of You” — Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Something Just Like This” — The
Chainsmokers & Coldplay
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” — Imagine Dragons
“Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man
“Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) — Michael
Bublé
Triplicate — Bob Dylan
In Full Swing — Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland — Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — (Various Artists)
Dae Bennett, Producer

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Kaleidoscope EP — Coldplay
Lust For Life — Lana Del Rey
Evolve — Imagine Dragons
Rainbow — Kesha
Joanne — Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) — Ed Sheeran

DANCE/ELECTRONIC FIELD

Best Dance Recording:

“Bambro Koyo Ganda” — Bonobo Featuring
Innov Gnawa
“Cola” — Camelphat & Elderbrook
“Andromeda” — Gorillaz Featuring DRAM
“Tonite” — LCD Soundsystem
“Line Of Sight” — Odesza Featuring WYNNE &
Mansionair

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Migration — Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk
Mura Masa — Mura Masa
A Moment Apart — Odesza
What Now — Sylvan Esso

CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL FIELD

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

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

ROCK FIELD

Best Rock Performance:

“You Want It Darker” — Leonard Cohen
“The Promise” — Chris Cornell
“Run” — Foo Fighters
“No Good” — Kaleo
“Go To War” — Nothing More

Best Metal Performance:

“Invisible Enemy” — August Burns Red
“Black Hoodie” — Body Count
“Forever” — Code Orange
“Sultan’s Curse” — Mastodon
“Clockworks” — Meshuggah

Best Rock Song:

“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)
“Run” — Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)
“The Stage” — Zachary Baker, Brian Haner,
Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks
Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)
Best Rock Album:
Emperor Of Sand — Mastodon
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct — Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves — Nothing More
Villains — Queens Of The Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding — The War On Drugs

ALTERNATIVE FIELD

Best Alternative Music Album:

Everything Now — Arcade Fire
Humanz — Gorillaz
American Dream — LCD Soundsystem
Pure Comedy — Father John Misty
Sleep Well Beast — The National
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance:
“Get You” — Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis
“Distraction” — Kehlani
“High” — Ledisi
“That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars
“The Weekend” — SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

“Laugh And Move On” — The Baylor Project
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“What I’m Feelin'” — Anthony Hamilton
Featuring The Hamiltones|
“All The Way” — Ledisi
“Still” — Mali Music
Best R&B Song:
“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 Yip,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Free 6LACK — 6LACK
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
American Teen — Khalid
Ctrl — SZA
Starboy — The Weeknd
Best R&B Album:
Freudian — Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule — Ledisi
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Gumbo — PJ Morton
Feel The Real –Musiq Soulchild
RAP FIELD

Best Rap Performance:

“Bounce Back” — Big Sean
“Bodak Yellow” — Cardi B
“4:44” — Jay-Z
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
“Bad And Boujee” — Migos Featuring Lil Uzi
Vert
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
“PRBLMS” — 6LACK
“Crew” — Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz &
Shy Glizzy
“Family Feud” — Jay-Z Featuring Beyoncé
“LOYALTY.” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring
Rihanna
“Love Galore” — SZA Featuring Travis Scott

Best Rap Song:

“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)
“HUMBLE.” — Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M.
Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
“Sassy” — Gabouer & M. Evans, songwriters
(Rapsody)
“The Story Of O.J.” — Shawn Carter & Dion
Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album:

4:44 — Jay-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Culture — Migos
Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody
Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator

COUNTRY FIELD

Best Country Solo Performance:

“Body Like A Back Road” — Sam Hunt
“Losing You: –Alison Krauss
“Tin Man” — Miranda Lambert
“I Could Use A Love Song” — Maren Morris
“Either Way” — Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

“It Ain’t My Fault” — Brothers Osborne
“My Old Man” — Zac Brown Band
“You Look Good” — Lady Antebellum
“Better Man” — Little Big Town
“Drinkin’ Problem” — Midland

Best Country Song:

“Better Man” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little
Big Town)
“Body Like A Back Road” — Zach Crowell, Sam
Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne,
songwriters (Sam Hunt)
“Broken Halos” — Mike Henderson & Chris
Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
“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:

Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney
Heart Break — Lady Antebellum
The Breaker — Little Big Town
Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton

NEW AGE FIELD

Best New Age Album:
Reflection — Brian Eno
SongVersation: Medicine — India.Arie
Dancing On Water — Peter Kater
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5 — Kitaro
Spiral Revelation — Steve Roach

JAZZ FIELD

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:

“Can’t Remember Why” — Sara Caswell, soloist
“Dance Of Shiva” — Billy Childs, soloist
“Whisper Not” — Fred Hersch, soloist
“Miles Beyond” — John McLaughlin, soloist
“Ilimba” — Chris Potter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

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
Dreams And Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

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

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

MONK’estra Vol. 2 — John Beasley
Jigsaw — Alan Ferber Big Band
Bringin’ It — Christian McBride Big Band
Homecoming — Vince Mendoza & WDR Big
Band Cologne
Whispers On The Wind — Chuck Owen And The
Jazz Surge
Best Latin Jazz Album:
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
Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio

GOSPEL/ CONTEMPORARY
CHRISTIAN MUSIC
FIELD

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
“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
“Never Have To Be Alone” — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music
Performance/Song:

“Oh My Soul” — Casting Crowns
“Clean” — Natalie Grant
“What A Beautiful Name” — Hillsong Worship
“Even If” — MercyMe
“Hills And Valleys” — Tauren Wells

Best Gospel Album:

Crossover: Live From Music City — Travis
Greene
Bigger Than Me — Le’Andria
Close — Marvin Sapp
Sunday Song — Anita Wilson
Let Them Fall In Love — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Rise — Danny Gokey
Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — Matt Maher
Lifer — MercyMe
Hills And Valleys — Tauren Wells
Chain Breaker — Zach Williams
Best Roots Gospel Album:
The Best Of The Collingsworth Family –
Volume 1 — The Collingsworth Family
Give Me Jesus — Larry Cordle
Resurrection — Joseph Habedank
Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope — Reba
McEntire
Hope For All Nations — Karen Peck & New
River

LATIN FIELD

Best Latin Pop Album:

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
El Dorado — Shakira

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

Ayo — Bomba Estéreo
Pa’ Fuera — C4 Trío & Desorden Público
Salvavidas De Hielo — Jorge Drexler
El Paradise — Los Amigos Invisibles
Residente — Residente
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including
Tejano):
Ni Diablo Ni Santo — Julión Álvarez Y Su
Norteño Banda
Ayer Y Hoy — Banda El Recodo De Cruz
Lizárraga
Momentos — Alex Campos
Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas — Aida
Cuevas
Zapateando En El Norte — Humberto Novoa,
producer (Various Artists)

Best Tropical Latin Album:

Albita — Albita
Art Of The Arrangement — Doug Beavers
Salsa Big Band — Rubén Blades Con Roberto
Delgado & Orquesta
Gente Valiente — Silvestre Dangond
Indestructible — Diego El Cigala

AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FIELD

Best American Roots Performance:

Killer Diller Blues — Alabama Shakes
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:

“Cumberland Gap” — David Rawlings
“I Wish You Well” — The Mavericks
“If We Were Vampires” — Jason Isbell And The
400 Unit
“It Ain’t Over Yet” — Rodney Crowell Featuring
Rosanne Cash & John Paul White
“My Only True Friend” –Gregg Allman

Best Americana Album:

Southern Blood — Gregg Allman
Shine On Rainy Day — Brent Cobb
Beast Epic — Iron & Wine
The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The
400 Unit
Brand New Day — The Mavericks

Best Bluegrass Album:

Fiddler’s Dream — Michael Cleveland
Laws Of Gravity — The Infamous Stringdusters
Original — Bobby Osborne
Universal Favorite — Noam Pikelny
All The Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live] —
Rhonda Vincent And The Rage

Best Traditional Blues Album:

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
Blue & Lonesome — The Rolling Stones

Best Contemporary Blues Album:

Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm — Robert Cray & Hi
Rhythm
Recorded Live In Lafayette — Sonny Landreth
TajMo — Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Got Soul — Robert Randolph & The Family
Band
Live From The Fox Oakland — Tedeschi Trucks
Band

Best Folk Album:

Mental Illness — Aimee Mann
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:

Top Of The Mountain — Dwayne Dopsie And
The Zydeco Hellraisers
Ho’okena 3.0 — Ho’okena
Kalenda — Lost Bayou Ramblers
Miyo Kekisepa, Make A Stand [Live] — Northern
Cree
Pua Kiele — Josh Tatofi

REGGAE FIELD

Best Reggae Album:

Chronology — Chronixx
Lost In Paradise — Common Kings
Wash House Ting — J Boog
Stony Hill — Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Avrakedabra — Morgan Heritage

WORLD MUSIC FIELD

Best World Music Album:

Memoria De Los Sentidos — Vicente Amigo
Para Mi — Buika
Rosa Dos Ventos — Anat Cohen & Trio
Brasileiro
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary
Celebration — Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Elwan — Tinariwen

CHILDREN’S FIELD

Best Children’s Album:

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

SPOKEN WORD FIELD

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry,

Audio Books & Storytelling):
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
The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher

COMEDY FIELD

Best Comedy Album:

The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas
— Dave Chappelle
Cinco — Jim Gaffigan
Jerry Before Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
A Speck Of Dust — Sarah Silverman
What Now? — Kevin Hart

MUSICAL THEATER FIELD

Best Musical Theater Album:

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

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual
Media:

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

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

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
La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

“City Of Stars” — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek &
Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling &
Emma Stone)
“How Far I’ll Go” — Lin-Manuel Miranda,
songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho)
“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)

COMPOSING/ ARRANGING FIELD

Best Instrumental Composition:

“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)
“Three Revolutions” — Arturo O’Farrill,
composer (Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés)
“Warped Cowboy” — Chuck Owen, composer
(Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

“All Hat, No Saddle” — Chuck Owen, arranger
(Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
“Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra
From Catch Me If You Can” — John Williams,
arranger (John Williams)
“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:

“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)
“Putin” — Randy Newman, arranger (Randy
Newman)

PACKAGE FIELD

Best Recording Package:

El Orisha De La Rosa — Claudio Roncoli &
Cactus Taller, art directors (Magín Díaz)
Mura Masa — Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong,
art directors (Mura Masa)
Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) — Sasha Barr, Ed
Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father
John Misty)
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:

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)
The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary
Edition — Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly &
David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)
Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares — Tim
Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art
directors (Various Artists)

NOTES FIELD

Best Album Notes:

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)
Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete
Recordings — Lynell George, album notes writer
(Otis Redding)
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene
Dreams — Michael Corcoran, album notes
writer (Washington Phillips)

HISTORICAL FIELD

Best Historical Album:

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

PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

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)
24K Magic — Serban Ghenea, John Hanes &
Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne,
mastering engineer (Bruno Mars)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes
Best Remixed Recording:
“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)
“You Move (Latroit Remix)” — Dennis White,
remixer (Depeche Mode)

SURROUND SOUND FIELD

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)
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)

PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Engineered Album, Classical:

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)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
— Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck &
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Tyberg: Masses — John Newton, engineer;
Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Brian A.
Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota
Chorale)

Producer Of The Year, Classical:

Blanton Alspaugh
Manfred Eicher
David Frost
Morten Lindberg
Judith Sherman

CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Orchestral Performance:

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)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
— Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording:
Berg: Lulu — Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Daniel
Brenna, Marlis Petersen & Johan Reuter; Jay
David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra)
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)
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles — Gianandrea
Noseda, conductor; Diana Damrau, Mariusz
Kwiecie?, 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)
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:

Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 — Arcangelo
Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja
& The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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:

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)
Transcendental — Daniil Trifonov
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas — Philippe
Jaroussky; Petra Müllejans, conductor (Ann-
Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia;
Freiburger Barockorchester)
Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg &
Berio — Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)
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:
Barbara — Alexandre Tharaud; Cécile Lenoir,
producer
Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto &
Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero,
conductor; Tim Handley, 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:
Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude — Richard
Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson,
Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Higdon: Viola Concerto — Jennifer Higdon,
composer (Roberto Díaz, 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)

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD

Best Music Video:
“Up All Night” — Beck
“Makeba” — Jain
“The Story Of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“Humble.” — Kendrick Lamar
“1-800-273-8255” — Logic Featuring Alessia
Cara & Khalid
Best Music Film:
“One More Time With Feeling” — Nick Cave &
The Bad Seeds
“Long Strange Trip” — (The Grateful Dead)
“The Defiant Ones” — (Various Artists)
“Soundbreaking” — (Various Artists)
“Two Trains Runnin'” — (Various Artists)