RECORD OF THE YEAR

 I Like It - Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin

The Joke - Brandi Carlile

This Is America - Childish Gambino  

God's Plan - Drake

Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Rockstar - Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage

The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey 

Kendrick has been nominated for eight Grammys

 ALBUM OF THE YEAR

 Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B

By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile

Scorpion - Drake

H.E.R. - H.E.R.

Beerbongs & Bentleys - Post Malone

Dirty Computer — Janelle Monáe

Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves

Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By” (Various Artists)

SONG OF THE YEAR  

This Is America - Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino) - WINNER

Cardi B secured five nominations

Best New Artist

Chloe X Halle

Luke Combs

Greta Van Fleet

H.E.R.

Dua Lipa

Margo Price

Bebe Rexha

Jorja Smith

 Pop Field

Best Pop Solo Performance

Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?) - Lady Gaga - WINNER

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 

Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - WINNER

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 

My Way - Willie Nelson - WINNER

Best Pop Vocal Album 

Sweetener - Ariana Grande - WINNER

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper In A Star Is Born

Best Dance Recording 

Electricity - Silk City and Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo and Mark Ronson - WINNER 

Best Dance/Electronic Album 

Woman Worldwide - Justice - WINNER

Country Field 

Best Country Solo Performance 

Butterflies — Kacey Musgraves - WINNER 

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

Tequila - Dan + Shay - WINNER

Ariana Grande is nominated for two Grammy Awards

Best Country Song 

Space Cowboy - Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves,songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) - WINNER

Bebe Rexha was nominated for Best New Artist as well as alongside Florida Georgia Line for their tune Meant To Be

Best Country Album 

Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves - WINNER 

ALTERNATIVE FIELD

Best Alternative Music Album 

Colors - Beck - WINNER

R&B FIELD

Best R&B Performance

Long As I Live - Toni Braxton

Summer - The Carters

Y O Y - Lalah Hathaway

Best Part - H.E.R. Feat. Daniel Caesar

First Began - PJ Morton

Kacey Musgraves is up for four

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand - Leon Bridges - WINNER - TIE 

How Deep Is Your Love - PJ Morton Featuring Yebba - WINNER - TIE 

Best R&B Song

Boo’d Up - Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & DijonMcFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai) - WINNER 

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Everything Is Love - The Carters

The Kids Are Alright - Chloe x Halle

Chris Dave And The Drumhedz - Chris Dave And The Drumhedz

War & Leisure - Miguel

Ventriloquism - Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Album

Sex & Cigarettes - Toni Braxton

Good Thing - Leon Bridges

Honestly - Lalah Hathaway

H.E.R. -  H.E.R.

Gumbo Unplugged (Live) - PJ Morton

Contemporary Instrumental Field 

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Steve Gadd Band — Steve Gadd Band - WINNER 

 Rock Field

Best Rock Performance

Four Out Of Five - Arctic Monkeys

When Bad Does Good - Chris Cornell

Made An America - The Fever 333

Highway Tune — Greta Van Fleet

Uncomfortable — Halestorm

Best Metal Performance 

Electric Messiah - High On Fire - WINNER

Chris Stapleton has three nominations

Best Rock Song

Black Smoke Rising - Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)

Jumpsuit - Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

MANTRA — Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring MeThe Horizon)

Masseduction - Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)

Rats - Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)

Best Rock Album

Rainier Fog - Alice In Chains

M A N I A - Fall Out Boy

Prequelle - Ghost

From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet

Pacific Daydream - Weezer

Reggae Field 

Best Reggae Album 

44/876 - Sting & Shaggy - WINNER

Children's Field 

Best Children’s Album

All The Sounds - Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats - WINNER

Latin Field 

Best Latin Pop Album

Sincera - Claudia Brant - WINNER

Toni Braxton secured three noms

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album 

Aztlán - Zoé - WINNER

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) 

¡México Por Siempre! - Luis Miguel - WINNER

Best Tropical Latin Album 

Anniversary - Spanish Harlem Orchestra - WINNER

Comedy Field 

Best Comedy Album

Equanimity & The Bird Revelation - Dave Chappelle - WINNER

Musical Theater Field 

Best Musical Theater Album

The Band’s Visit - Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’elStachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & DavidYazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist(Original Broadway Cast) - WINNER

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD

Best Music Video 

This Is America — Childish Gambino - WINNER

Best Music Film

 Quincy — Quincy Jones

SURROUND SOUND FIELD

Best Immersive Audio Album

“Eye in The Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project) - WINNER

HISTORICAL FIELD

Best Historical Album

“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven LanceLedbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) - WINNER

PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Engineered Album, Classical

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNER

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh - WINNER

Notes Field 

Best Album Notes

Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris - David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists) - WINNER

 RAP FIELD

Best Rap Performance

Be Careful - Cardi B

Nice For What - Drake

King’s Dead - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake

Bubblin - Anderson .Paak

Sicko Mode - Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee

Drake is up for seven Grammy Awards

Best Rap/Sung Performance

This Is America - Childish Gambino - WINNER

Best Rap Song

God’s Plan - Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, RonLaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake) - WINNER   

Travis Scott was nominated for three awards

Best Rap Album

Invasion Of Privacy - Cardi B

Swimming - Mac Miller

Victory Lap - Nipsey Hussle

Daytona - Pusha T

Astroworld - Travis Scott

New Age Field 

Best New Age Album

Opium Moon - Opium Moon - WINNER

Jazz Field 

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Don’t Fence Me In - John Daversa, soloist - WINNER

Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Window - Cécile McLorin Salvant - WINNER

The late Mac Miller was nominated in the Best Rap Album category

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Diamond Cut - Tia Fuller

Live In Europe - Fred Hersch Trio

Seymour Reads The Constitution! - Brad Mehldau Trio

Still Dreaming - Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade

Emanon - The Wayne Shorter Quartet

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom - John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists - WINNER

Best Latin Jazz Album

Back To The Sunset - Dafnis Prieto Big Band - WINNER 

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field 

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Never Alone - Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, Songwriters - WINNER 

Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato's song Fall in Line was nominated

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song 

You Say - Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters - WINNER

Best Gospel Album 

Hiding Place - Tori Kelly - WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle - WINNER

Best Roots Gospel Album

Unexpected - Jason Crabb - WINNER

American Roots Music Field 

Best American Roots Performance 

The Joke - Brandi Carlile - WINNER

Best American Roots Song

The Joke - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) - WINNER

Best Americana Album

By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile - WINNER

Best Bluegrass Album

 The Travelin’ McCourys” — The Travelin’ McCourys - WINNER

 Best Traditional Blues Album 

The Blues Is Alive and Well — Buddy Guy - WINNER

Best Contemporary Blues Album

“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito - WINNER

Best Folk Album 

All Ashore — Punch Brothers - WINNER

Best Regional Roots Music Album

“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a - WINNER

Spoken Word Field 

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

Faith – A Journey For All - Jimmy Carter - WINNER

Miguel is up for two awards

Music For Visual Media Field 

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

The Greatest Showman - (Various Artists) - WINNER

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Black Panther  Ludwig Göransson, composer - WINNER

Best Song Written For Visual Media 

Shallow - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) - WINNER

Composing/Arranging Field 

Best Instrumental Composition

Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) -Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard) - WINNER

Chrysalis - Jeremy Kittel, composer (Kittel & Co.)

Infinity War - Alan Silverstri, composer (Alan Silvestri)

Mine Mission - John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)

The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Batman Theme (TV) - Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman Featuring Wynton Marsalis)

Change The World - Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)

Madrid Finale - John Powell, arranger (John Powell)

The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists) - WINNER

Elio Villafranca is nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

It Was a Very Good Year - Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arrangers (Willie Nelson)

Jolene -  Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)

Mona Lisa - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)

Niña - Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)

Spiderman Theme -  Randy Waldman, arranger (Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter) - WINNER

Package Field 

Best Recording Package

Be The Cowboy - Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)

Love Yourself: Tear - HuskyFox, art director (BTS)

Masseducation -  Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent) - WINNER

The Offering - Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (The Chairman)

Well Kept Thing - Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package 

Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic - Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors (“Weird Al” Yankovic)  - WINNER

PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

“All The Things That I Did and All The Things That I Didn’t Do” — Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; KimRosen, mastering engineer (The Milk Carton Kids)

“Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne,Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck) - WINNER

“Earthtones” — Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)“Head Over Heels” — Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, VaughnOliver, Chris “TEK” O’Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)

“Voicenotes” — Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

Boi-1da

Larry Klein

Linda Perry

Kanye West

Pharrell Williams

Best Remixed Recording

“Audio (CID Remix)” — CID, remixer (LSD)“How Long (EDX’s Dubai Skyline Remix)” — Maurizio Colella, remixer (Charlie Puth)

“Only Road (Cosmic Gate Remix”) — Stefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden Featuring Sub Teal)

“Stargazing (Kaskade Remix)” — Kaskade, remixer (Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso)

“Walking Away (Mura Masa Remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim) - WINNER

CLASSICAL FIELD

Best Orchestral Performance

“Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1” — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

“Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4” — Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

“Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works” — David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)

“Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4” — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNER

Best Opera Recording

“Adams: Doctor Atomic” — John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)

“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra) - WINNER

“Lully: Alceste” — Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & JudithVan Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)

“Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier” Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

“Verdi: Rigoletto” — Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras &Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance

“Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes” — Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)

“Kastalsky: Memory Eternal” — Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)

“McLoskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing) - WINNER

“Rachmaninov: The Bells” — Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & TatianaPavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

“Seven Words From The Cross” — Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson & Kronos - WINNER

Quartet“Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach” — The Danish String Quartet

“Blueprinting” — Aizuri 

Quartet“Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto For Two Pianos: — Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin

“Visions and Variations” — A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2″ — Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)

“Biber: The Mystery Sonatas” — Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)

“Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26” — Joshua Bell (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)

“Glass: Three Pieces in The Shape of a Square” — Craig Morris

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

“Arc” — Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)

“The Handel Album” — Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble

“Mirages” — Sabine Devieilhe; François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & JodieDevos; Les Siècles)

“Schubert: Winterreise” — Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist

“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’India & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles - WINNER

Best Classical Compendium

“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer - WINNER

“Gold” — The King’s Singers; Nigel Short, producer

“The John Adams Edition” — Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer

“John Williams At The Movies” — Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer

“Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi” — Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

“Du Yun: Air Glow” — Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)

“Heggie: Great Scott” — Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade,Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) - WINNER

“Mazzoli: Vespers For Violin” — Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)

World Music Field 

Best World Music Album

Freedom -  Soweto Gospel Choir - WINNER