Check out the complete list of 2018 Grammy nominees below.
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 (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
• 4:44 (JAY-Z)
• Issues (Julia Michaels)
• 1-800-273-8255 (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
• That’s What I Like (Bruno Mars)
Best New Artist
• Alessia Cara
• Khalid
• Lil Uzi Vert
• Julia Michaels
• SZA
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)
Best Pop Vocal Album
• Kaleidoscope EP (Coldplay)
• Lust For Life (Lana Del Rey)
• Evolve (Imagine Dragons)
• Rainbow (Kesha)
• Joanne (Lady Gaga)
• ÷ (Divide) (Ed Sheeran)
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)
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)
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! (Metallica)
• Blood In The Cut (K.Flay)
• Go To War (Nothing More)
• Run (Foo Fighters)
• The Stage (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)
Best Alternative Music Album
• Everything Now (Arcade Fire)
• Humanz (Gorillaz)
• American Dream (LCD Soundsystem)
• Pure Comedy (Father John Misty)
• Sleep Well Beast (The National)
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)
• Location (Khalid)
• Redbone (Childish Gambino)
• Supermodel (SZA)
• That’s What I Like (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)
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 (Cardi B)
• Chase Me (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)
• HUMBLE. (Kendrick Lamar)
• Sassy (Rapsody)
• The Story Of O.J. (JAY-Z)
Best Rap Album
• 4:44 (JAY-Z)
• DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar)
• Culture (Migos)
• Laila’s Wisdom (Rapsody)
• Flower Boy (Tyler, The Creator)
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 (Little Big Town)
• Body Like A Back Road (Sam Hunt)
• Broken Halos (Chris Stapleton)
• Drinkin’ Problem (Midland)
• Tin Man (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)
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)
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)
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)
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 (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)
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)
Best Reggae Album
• Chronology (Chronixx)
• Lost In Paradise (Common Kings)
• Wash House Ting (J Boog)
• Stony Hill (Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley)
• Avrakedabra (Morgan Heritage)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Best Musical Theater Album
• Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording)
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 (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
• How Far I’ll Go (Auli’i Cravalho)
• I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (ZAYN & Taylor Swift)
• Never Give Up (Sia)
• Stand Up For Something (Andra Day Featuring Common)
Best Instrumental Composition
• Alkaline (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)
• Choros #3 (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)
• Home Free (For Peter Joe) (Nate Smith)
• Three Revolutions (Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés)
• Warped Cowboy (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
• All Hat, No Saddle (Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge)
• Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can (John Williams)
• Home Free (For Peter Joe) (Nate Smith)
• Ugly Beauty/Pannonica (John Beasley)
• White Christmas (Herb Alpert)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
• Another Day Of Sun (La La Land Cast)
• Every Time We Say Goodbye (Clint Holmes Featuring Jane Monheit)
• I Like Myself (Seth MacFarlane)
• I Loves You Porgy/There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon For New York (Clint Holmes Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater And The Count Basie Orchestra)
• Putin (Randy Newman)
Best Recording Package
• El Orisha De La Rosa (Magín Díaz)
• Mura Masa (Mura Masa)
• Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) (Father John Misty)
• Sleep Well Beast (The National)
• Solid State (Jonathan Coulton)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
• Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta (Various Artists)
• Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
• May 1977: Get Shown The Light (Grateful Dead)
• The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition (Various Artists)
• Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
• Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With The Truth (Various Artists)
• Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition (Various Artists)
• The Complete Piano Works Of Scott Joplin (Richard Dowling)
• Edouard-Léon Scott De Martinville, Inventor Of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute (Various Artists)
• Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings (Otis Redding)
• Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams (Washington Phillips)
Best Historical Album
• Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta (Various Artists)
• The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 (Glenn Gould)
• Leonard Bernstein – The Composer (Leonard Bernstein)
• Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa (Various Artists)
• Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams (Washington Phillips)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• Every Where Is Some Where (K.Flay)
• Is This The Life We Really Want? (Roger Waters)
• Natural Conclusion (Rose Cousins)
• No Shape (Perfume Genius)
• 24K Magic (Bruno Mars)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
• Calvin Harris
• Don’t Quit (DJ Khaled & Calvin Harris Featuring Travis Scott & Jeremih)
• Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (Calvin Harris Featuring Various Artists)
• Greg Kurstin
• Concrete And Gold (Foo Fighters)
• Dear Life (Beck)
• Dusk Till Dawn (ZAYN Featuring Sia)
• LOVE. (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Zacari)
• Strangers (Halsey Featuring Lauren Jauregui)
• Wall Of Glass (Liam Gallagher)
• Blake Mills
• Darkness And Light (John Legend)
• Eternally Even (Jim James)
• God Only Knows (John Legend & Cynthia Erivo Featuring yMusic)
• Memories Are Now (Jesca Hoop)
• No Shape (Perfume Genius)
• Semper Femina (Laura Marling)
• No I.D.
• America (Logic Featuring Black Thought, Chuck D & Big Lenbo & No ID)
• The Autobiography (Vic Mensa)
• 4:44 (JAY-Z)
• The Stereotypes
• Before I Do (Sevyn Streeter)
• Better (Lil Yachty Featuring Stefflon Don)
• Deliver (Fifth Harmony)
• Finesse (Bruno Mars)
• Mo Bounce (Iggy Azalea)
• Sunshine (Kyle Featuring Miguel)
• That’s What I Like (Bruno Mars)
Best Remixed Recording
• Can’t Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix) (Loleatta Holloway)
• Funk O’ De Funk (SMLE Remix) (Bobby Rush)
• Undercover (Adventure Club Remix) (Kehlani)
• A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix) (The xx)
• You Move (Latroit Remix) (Depeche Mode)
Best Surround Sound Album
• Early Americans (Jane Ira Bloom)
• Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man (Eivind Gullberg Jensen & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra And Choir)
• So Is My Love (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
• 3-D The Catalogue (Kraftwerk)
• Tyberg: Masses (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
• Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude & War Songs (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
• Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Tyberg: Masses (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
• Blanton Alspaugh
• Adamo: Becoming Santa Claus (Emmanuel Villaume, Kevin Burdette, Keith Jameson, Lucy Schaufer, Hila Plitmann, Matt Boehler, Jonathan Blalock, Jennifer Rivera & Dallas Opera Orchestra)
• Aldridge: Sister Carrie (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Matt Morgan, Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, Stephen Cunningham, Adriana Zabala, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
• Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
• Death & The Maiden (Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
• Handel: Messiah (Andrew Davis, Noel Edison, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
• Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 64 & 96 (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)
• Heggie: It’s A Wonderful Life (Patrick Summers, William Burden, Talise Trevigne, Andrea Carroll, Rod Gilfry & Houston Grand Opera)
• Tyberg: Masses (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
• Manfred Eicher
• Mansurian: Requiem (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)
• Monk, M.: On Behalf Of Nature (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble)
• Point & Line – Debussy And Hosokawa (Momo Kodama)
• Rímur (Arve Henriksen & Trio Mediaeval)
• Silvestrov: Hieroglyphen Der Nacht (Anja Lechner)
• David Frost
• Alma Española (Isabel Leonard)
• Amplified Soul (Gabriela Martinez)
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 (Jonathan Biss)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
• Garden Of Joys And Sorrows (Hat Trick Trio)
• Laks: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
• Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Troika (Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley)
• Verdi: Otello (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Günther Groissböck, Željko Lučić, Dimitri Pittas, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Morten Lindberg
• Furatus (Ole Edvard Antonsen & Wolfgang Plagge)
• Interactions (Bård Monsen & Gunnar Flagstad)
• Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• Minor Major (Oslo String Quartet)
• Northern Timbre (Ragnhild Hemsing & Tor Espen Aspaas)
• So Is My Love (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
• Thoresen: Sea Of Names (Trond Schau)
• Judith Sherman
• American Nocturnes (Cecile Licad)
• The Birthday Party (Aki Takahashi)
• Discovering Bach (Michelle Ross)
• Foss: Pieces Of Genius (New York New Music Ensemble)
• Secret Alchemy – Chamber Works By Pierre Jalbert (Curtis Macomber & Michael Boriskin)
• Sevenfive – The John Corigliano Effect (Gaudette Brass)
• Sonic Migrations – Music Of Laurie Altman (Various Artists)
• Tribute (Dover Quartet)
• 26 (Melia Watras & Michael Jinsoo Lim)
Best Orchestral Performance
• Concertos For Orchestra (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
• Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
• Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente (San Francisco Symphony)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Minnesota Orchestra)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
• Berg: Lulu (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
• Berg: Wozzeck (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children’s Chorus)
• Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Handel: Ottone (Il Pomo D’Oro)
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel (Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
• Bryars: The Fifth Century (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)
• Handel: Messiah (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples & Erin Wall; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)
• Mansurian: Requiem (Anja Petersen & Andrew Redmond; Münchener Kammerorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)
• Music Of The Spheres (Tenebrae)
• Tyberg: Masses (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 (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
• Levina: The Piano Concertos (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
• Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)
• Transcendental (Daniil Trifonov)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
• Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas (Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia; Freiburger Barockorchester)
• Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio (Orchestra Ludwig)
• Gods & Monsters (Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist)
• In War & Peace – Harmony Through Music (Il Pomo D’Oro)
• Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift (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 (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
• Higdon: Viola Concerto (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
• Mansurian: Requiem (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)
• Schoenberg, Adam: Picture Studies (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Zhou Tian: Concerto For Orchestra (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
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)