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68th Annual Grammy Awards

Host

Trevor Noah

Date

February 1, 2026

Location

Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, California

Television coverage

Network

CBS
Paramount+

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The 68th Annual Grammy Awards celebrated the best music and artists from August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025. Music experts and artists from the Recording Academy chose the winners. The exciting ceremony took place on February 1, 2026. It was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles for the very last time. The show was broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the event for the sixth and final time.

Kendrick Lamar was the biggest winner of the night, taking home five awards. This included his second consecutive Record of the Year for "Luther." He also won all the Rap categories, including Best Rap Album for GNX. With his fourth night of five Grammy wins, Lamar now holds the record as the most-awarded hip-hop artist in Grammy history, surpassing Jay-Z. Bad Bunny followed with three wins, including Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. This made it the first Spanish-language album and the third Latino artist to win this top honor.

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won Song of the Year for "Wildflower." They are now the most-awarded artists in this category, with three wins each. Eilish also tied with Adele for the most wins in the General Field by a female artist, with seven awards each. Olivia Dean was named Best New Artist. She is the ninth woman in a row to win this award and the first British winner since Dua Lipa in 2019.

Other notable winners included Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia and Zach Top's Ain't in It for My Health. These albums won the first-ever Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album awards. "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters won Best Song Written For Visual Media. This was the first K-pop song to win a Grammy award in any category. Steven Spielberg won Best Music Film for his work on Music by John Williams. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations with nine, while Jack Antonoff, Cirkut, and Lady Gaga each had seven nominations.

Behind the Scenes at the Grammys
Grammy Performances
- Premiere Ceremony Performances
- Main Ceremony Performances
Presenting the Awards
Winners and Nominees
Special Grammy Awards
Artists with Multiple Nominations
Artists with Multiple Wins
- 5 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
In Memoriam
See also

Behind the Scenes at the Grammys

On June 12, 2025, the Recording Academy announced some updates for the 2026 Grammy Awards. These changes affected different award categories and who could be nominated.

New Award Categories

Two new awards were added: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover. This brought the total to 95 categories.
The Best Country Album award was renamed Best Contemporary Country Album.
The Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package award was combined back into the Best Recording Package category.

Who Can Be Nominated?

Artists who were featured on an album nominated for Album of the Year can now be nominated for Best New Artist. This is allowed if their part in the album was 20% or less.
More people can now be recognized in some Classical music categories. This includes composers and lyricists. Before, only the main artists, producers, and engineers received awards.
The number of main singers who can win in the Best Musical Theater Album category increased from four to six.
Physical albums sold directly to fans through an artist's or label's website are now eligible for awards like Best Recording Package. This helps include more music sold today.
The way some committees work also changed to be more national.
Small updates were made to the descriptions of several other categories.

More Music Professionals Join

The Recording Academy invited 3,800 new music creators and professionals to join.
Many of these new members were young (50% were 39 or younger).
A large number were people of color (58%) and women (35%).
For the first time, members who vote for the Latin Grammy Awards were invited to join the Recording Academy. This meant 28% of all new members in 2025 identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Fairer Voting Process

For the first time, the 2026 Grammy ballots were shown in a random order. This was done instead of alphabetical order.
The Recording Academy said this change makes the voting process fairer for everyone. It also encourages voters to look at all the options, not just their favorites listed first.

Grammy Performances

Many talented artists performed at the Grammy Awards.

Premiere Ceremony Performances

The performers for the Premiere Ceremony were announced on January 28, 2026.

List of performers
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Israel Houghton Grace Potter Lila Iké Maggie Rose Trombone Shorty	"Shining Star"
Zara Larsson	"Midnight Sun"
Spiritbox	"Soft Spine"
Tasha Cobbs Leonard	"Church"
Darren Criss Helen J. Shen Will Aronson	"Maybe Happy Ending"

Main Ceremony Performances

Sabrina Carpenter was the first performer announced on January 20, 2026. All eight nominees for Best New Artist also performed. Clipse and Pharrell Williams were announced on January 22. Justin Bieber and the In Memoriam performers were announced on January 28. Lady Gaga, Rosé, and Tyler, the Creator were announced the next day. Bruno Mars was announced on January 30.

List of performers
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Rosé Bruno Mars	"APT."
Sabrina Carpenter	"Manchild"
The Marías Addison Rae Katseye Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young Olivia Dean Sombr	Best New Artist medley "No One Noticed" "Fame Is a Gun" "Gnarly" "Mutt" "Ordinary" "Messy" "Man I Need" "12 to 12"
Justin Bieber	"Yukon"
Lady Gaga	"Abracadabra"
Bruno Mars The Hooligans	"I Just Might"
Tyler, the Creator Regina King	"Thought I Was Dead" (contains elements of "Like Him") "Sugar on My Tongue"
Reba McEntire Brandy Clark Lukas Nelson	In Memoriam "Trailblazer"
Post Malone Duff McKagan Slash Chad Smith Andrew Watt	Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne "War Pigs"
Lauryn Hill Lucky Daye Raphael Saadiq Anthony Hamilton Leon Thomas Bilal Alexia Jayy Jon Batiste Leon Bridges Lalah Hathaway October London John Legend Chaka Khan Wyclef Jean	Tribute to D'Angelo and Roberta Flack "Nothing Even Matters" "Brown Sugar" "Lady" "Devil's Pie" "Another Life" "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" "Africa" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Compared to What" "The Closer I Get to You" "Where Is the Love" "Feel Like Makin' Love" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" "Killing Me Softly" "Total Praise"
Clipse Pharrell Williams Voices of Fire	"So Far Ahead"

A music video for "The Great Divide" by Noah Kahan also premiered during a commercial break.

Presenting the Awards

Darren Criss hosted the Premiere Ceremony at the Peacock Theater on February 1, 2026. Other presenters were also announced. Doechii and Harry Styles were among the first presenters for the main ceremony. The rest of the presenters were announced on January 29, 2026.

Premiere Ceremony Presenters

Darren Criss – host
Édgar Barrera
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Sierra Hull
Jimmy Jam
Dave Koz
Trombone Shorty
Jesse Welles

Main Ceremony Presenters

Doechii and Queen Latifah – presented Best Rap Album
Chappell Roan – presented Best New Artist
Marcello Hernández and Karol G – presented Best Música Urbana Album
Jeff Goldblum and Lainey Wilson – presented Best Contemporary Country Album
Nikki Glaser and Teyana Taylor – presented Best Pop Vocal Album
Charli XCX – presented Best Pop Solo Performance
Carole King – presented Song of the Year
Q-Tip – presented Dr. Dre Global Impact Award
Harvey Mason Jr. – introduced Cher
Cher – presented Record of the Year
Harry Styles – presented Album of the Year

Winners and Nominees

Voting for the first round happened from October 3 to 15, 2025. The nominees were announced on November 7 in a livestream on the official Grammy YouTube channel. Many artists like Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, and Sabrina Carpenter helped announce them. The final voting round was from December 12, 2025, to January 5, 2026. The winners were revealed during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony and the main show on February 1.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

General Field Awards

General Field
Record of the Year "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA "DTMF" – Bad Bunny "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter "Anxiety" – Doechii "Wildflower" – Billie Eilish "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga "The Subway" – Chappell Roan "APT." – Rosé & Bruno Mars
Album of the Year Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny Swag – Justin Bieber Man's Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse Mayhem – Lady Gaga GNX – Kendrick Lamar Mutt – Leon Thomas Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Song of the Year "Wildflower" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) "Abracadabra" – Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga) "Anxiety" – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) "APT." – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas, songwriters (Rosé & Bruno Mars) "DTMF" – Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria & Tyler Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny) "Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters) – Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami) "Luther" – Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar and SZA) "Manchild" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best New Artist Olivia Dean Katseye The Marías Addison Rae Sombr Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Cirkut Dan Auerbach Dijon Blake Mills Sounwave	Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Amy Allen Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Tobias Jesso Jr. Laura Veltz

Pop & Dance/Electronic Awards

Pop & Dance/Electronic Field
Best Pop Solo Performance "Messy" – Lola Young "Daisies" – Justin Bieber "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter "Disease" – Lady Gaga "The Subway" – Chappell Roan	Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande "Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters) – Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami "Gabriela" – Katseye "APT." – Rosé & Bruno Mars "30 for 30" – SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album Mayhem – Lady Gaga Swag – Justin Bieber Man's Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) – Teddy Swims	Best Dance/Electronic Album Eusexua – FKA Twigs Ten Days – Fred Again.. Fancy That – PinkPantheress Inhale / Exhale – Rüfüs Du Sol ... U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3 – Skrillex
Best Dance Pop Recording "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga "Bluest Flame" – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco "Midnight Sun" – Zara Larsson "Just Keep Watching" (from F1 the Movie) – Tate McRae "Illegal" – PinkPantheress	Best Dance/Electronic Recording "End of Summer" – Tame Impala "No Cap" – Disclosure & Anderson .Paak "Victory Lap" – Fred Again, Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax "Space Invader" – Kaytranada "Voltage" – Skrillex
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical "Abracadabra" (Gesaffelstein Remix) – Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga and Gesaffelstein) "Don't Forget About Us" – Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey & Kaytranada) "A Dreams a Dream" (Ron Trent Remix) – Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul) "Galvanize" – Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake) "Golden" (David Guetta Rem/x) – David Guetta, remixer (Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)

Rock, Metal & Alternative Awards

Rock, Metal & Alternative Field
Best Rock Performance "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" – Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II of Sleep Token "U Should Not Be Doing That" – Amyl and the Sniffers "The Emptiness Machine" – Linkin Park "Never Enough" – Turnstile "Mirtazapine" – Hayley Williams	Best Metal Performance "Birds" – Turnstile "Night Terror" – Dream Theater "Lachryma" – Ghost "Emergence" – Sleep Token "Soft Spine" – Spiritbox
Best Rock Song "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) "Caramel" – Vessel & II, songwriters (Sleep Token) "Glum" – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams) "Never Enough" – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) "Zombie" – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)	Best Rock Album Never Enough – Turnstile Private Music – Deftones I Quit – Haim From Zero – Linkin Park Idols – Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance "Alone" – The Cure "Everything Is Peaceful Love" – Bon Iver "Seein' Stars" – Turnstile "Mangetout" – Wet Leg "Parachute" – Hayley Williams	Best Alternative Music Album Songs of a Lost World – The Cure Sable, Fable – Bon Iver Don't Tap the Glass – Tyler, the Creator Moisturizer – Wet Leg Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams

R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry Awards

R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry Field
Best R&B Performance "Folded" – Kehlani "Yukon" – Justin Bieber "It Depends" – Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller "Mutt (Live from NPR's Tiny Desk)" – Leon Thomas "Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker	Best Traditional R&B Performance "Vibes Don't Lie" – Leon Thomas "Here We Are" – Durand Bernarr "Uptown" – Lalah Hathaway "Love You Too" – Ledisi "Crybaby" – SZA
Best R&B Song "Folded" – Kehlani Parrish, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Miloš Angelov, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Darius Scott & Dawit Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani) "Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker & David Bishop, songwriters (Summer Walker) "It Depends" – Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Kristopher Powers, Nicolas Baran, Usher Raymond IV, Jermaine Mauldin, Brian Casey, Manuel Seal, Dewain Whitmore Jr., Ant Clemons, Elliot Trent & Ryan Press, songwriters (Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller) "Overqualified" – James Abrahart Jr., Durand Bernarr, John Derisme, Egberto “Budda” Foster, Amaire Johnson, Frank Moka, Cary Singer & Chase Worrell, songwriters (Durand Bernarr) "Yes It Is" – Leon Thomas, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Alexander Prawl, Rodney Jones Jr., Jariuce Banks, Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters (Leon Thomas)	Best Progressive R&B Album Bloom – Durand Bernarr Adjust Brightness – Bilal Love On Digital – Destin Conrad Access All Areas – FLO Come As You Are – Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Best R&B Album Mutt – Leon Thomas Beloved – Giveon Why Not More? – Coco Jones The Crown – Ledisi Escape Room – Teyana Taylor	Best Rap Performance "Chains & Whips" – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams "Outside" – Cardi B "Anxiety" – Doechii "TV Off" – Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay "Darling, I" – Tyler, the Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA "Proud of Me" – Fridayy featuring Meek Mill "Wholeheartedly" – JID featuring Ty Dolla Sign & 6lack "WeMaj" – Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody "Somebody Loves Me" – PartyNextDoor & Drake	Best Rap Song "TV Off" – Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay) "Anxiety" – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii) "The Birds Don't Sing" – Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire) "Sticky" – Aaron Bolton, Dwayne Carter Jr., Dudley Alexander Duverne, Tyler Okonma, Janae Wherry, Gloria Woods & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, ... Red & Lil Wayne) "TGIF" – Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
Best Rap Album GNX – Kendrick Lamar Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse Glorious – GloRilla God Does Like Ugly – JID Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator	Best Spoken Word Poetry Album Words for Days Vol. 1 – Mad Skillz A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don't act like that — partially recorded live @City Winery & other places – Queen Sheba Black Shaman – Marc Marcel Pages – Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople – Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater Awards

Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater Field
Best Jazz Performance "Windows – Live" – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade "Noble Rise" – Lakecia Benjamin featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield "Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True" – Samara Joy "Four" – Michael Mayo "All Stars Lead to You – Live" – Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber	Best Jazz Vocal Album Portrait – Samara Joy Elemental – Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap We Insist 2025! – Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell Fly – Michael Mayo Live at Vic's Las Vegas – Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold, Rachel Eckroth & Sam Weber
Best Jazz Instrumental Album Southern Nights – Sullivan Fortner featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore Trilogy 3 – Live – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Belonging – Branford Marsalis Quartet Spirit Fall – John Patitucci featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade Fasten Up – Yellowjackets	Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Without Further Ado, Vol 1 – Christian McBride Big Band Orchestrator Emulator – The 8-Bit Big Band Lumen – Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band Basie Rocks – Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Lights on a Satellite – Sun Ra Arkestra Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores – Kenny Wheeler Legacy featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro La Fleur de Cayenne – Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico – Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley – Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard – Miguel Zenón Quartet	Best Alternative Jazz Album Live-Action – Nate Smith Honey from a Winter Stone – Ambrose Akinmusire Keys to the City Volume One – Robert Glasper Ride into the Sun – Brad Mehldau Blues Blood – Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album A Matter of Time – Laufey Wintersongs – Laila Biali The Gift of Love – Jennifer Hudson Who Believes in Angels? – Elton John & Brandi Carlile Harlequin – Lady Gaga The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2 – Barbra Streisand	Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Brightside – Arkai Ones & Twos – Gerald Clayton BeaTrio – Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Just Us – Bob James & Dave Koz Shayan – Charu Suri
Best Musical Theater Album Buena Vista Social Club – Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast) Death Becomes Her – Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard & Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison, Mary-Mitchell Campbell & Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey & Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) Gypsy – Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson & Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai & George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast) Just in Time – Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence & Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Tom Kirdahy, Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick, Bill Sherman & Alex Timbers, producers (Bobby Darin, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Maybe Happy Ending – Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron & Helen J. Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey & Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Country & American Roots Awards

Country & American Roots Field
Best Country Solo Performance *"Bad as I Used to Be" (from F1 the Movie) – Chris Stapleton* "Nose on the Grindstone" – Tyler Childers "Good News" – Shaboozey "I Never Lie" – Zach Top "Somewhere Over Laredo" – Lainey Wilson	Best Country Duo/Group Performance "Amen" – Shaboozey and Jelly Roll "A Song to Sing" – Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton "Trailblazer" – Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson "Love Me Like You Used to Do" – Margo Price and Tyler Childers "Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" – George Strait and Chris Stapleton
Best Contemporary Country Album Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll Patterns – Kelsea Ballerini Snipe Hunter – Tyler Childers Evangeline vs. the Machine – Eric Church Postcards from Texas – Miranda Lambert	Best Traditional Country Album Ain't in It for My Health – Zach Top Dollar a Day – Charley Crockett American Romance – Lukas Nelson Oh What a Beautiful World – Willie Nelson Hard Headed Woman – Margo Price
Best Country Song "Bitin' List" – Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers) "Good News" – Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze, Sam Elliot Roman, Michael Ross Pollack, Nevin Sastry & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey) "I Never Lie" – Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top) "Somewhere Over Laredo" – Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson) "A Song to Sing" – Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)	Best American Roots Song "Ancient Light" – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I'm With Her) "Big Money" – Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste) "Foxes in the Snow" – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) "Middle" – Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles) "Spitfire" – Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
Best American Roots Performance "Beautiful Strangers" – Mavis Staples "Lonely Avenue" – Jon Batiste featuring Randy Newman "Ancient Light" – I'm With Her "Crimson and Clay" – Jason Isbell "Richmond on the James" – Alison Krauss & Union Station	Best Americana Performance "Godspeed" – Mavis Staples "Boom" – Sierra Hull "Poison in My Well" – Maggie Rose & Grace Potter "That's Gonna Leave a Mark" – Molly Tuttle "Horses" – Jesse Welles
Best Americana Album Big Money – Jon Batiste Bloom – Larkin Poe Last Leaf on the Tree – Willie Nelson So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Molly Tuttle Middle – Jesse Welles	Best Bluegrass Album Highway Prayers – Billy Strings Carter & Cleveland – Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter A Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull Arcadia – Alison Krauss & Union Station Outrun – The SteelDrivers
Best Traditional Blues Album Ain't Done with the Blues – Buddy Guy Room on the Porch – Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey – Maria Muldaur Look Out Highway – Charlie Musselwhite Young Fashioned Ways – Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush	Best Contemporary Blues Album Preacher Kids – Robert Randolph Breakthrough – Joe Bonamassa Paper Doll – Samantha Fish A Tribute to LJK – Eric Gales Family – Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album Wild and Clear and Blue – I'm With Her What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow – Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson Crown of Roses – Patty Griffin Foxes in the Snow – Jason Isbell Under the Powerlines April 24 – September 24 – Jesse Welles	Best Regional Roots Music Album A Tribute to the King of Zydeco – Various Artists Live at Vaughan's – Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet For Fat Man – Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band Church of New Orleans – Kyle Roussel Second Line Sunday – Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Awards

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Field
Best Gospel Performance/Song "Come Jesus Come" – CeCe Winans featuring Shirley Caesar "Do It Again" – Kirk Franklin "Church" – Tasha Cobbs Leonard and John Legend "Still Live" – Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts "Amen" – Pastor Mike Jr.	Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song "Hard Fought Hallelujah" – Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll "I Know a Name" – Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake "Your Way's Better" – Forrest Frank "Headphones" – Lecrae, Killer Mike and T.I. "Amazing" – Darrel Walls and PJ Morton
Best Gospel Album Heart of Mine – Darrel Walls and PJ Morton Sunny Days – Yolanda Adams Tasha – Tasha Cobbs Leonard Live Breathe Fight – Tamela Mann Only On the Road Live – Tye Tribbett	Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Coritos Vol. 1 – Israel & New Breed Child of God II – Forrest Frank King of Hearts – Brandon Lake Reconstruction – Lecrae Let the Church Sing – Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album I Will Not Be Moved — Live – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Then Came the Morning – Gaither Vocal Band Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah – The Isaacs Good Answers – Karen Peck and New River Back to My Roots – Candi Staton

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant Awards

Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant Field
Best Latin Pop Album Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro Bogotá Deluxe – Andrés Cepeda Tropicoqueta – Karol G ¿Y Ahora Qué? – Alejandro Sanz	Best Música Urbana Album Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny Mixteip – J Balvin Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado – Feid Naiki – Nicki Nicole EUB Deluxe – Trueno Sinfónico — En Vivo – Yandel
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Papota – Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Genes Rebeldes – Aterciopelados Astropical – Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana (Astropical) Algorhythm – Los Wizzards Novela – Fito Paez	Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) Palabra de To's (Seca) – Carín León Mala Mía – Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera Y Lo Que Viene – Grupo Frontera Sin Rodeos – Paola Jara Bobby Pulido & Friends una Tuya y una Mía - Por la Puerta Grande (En Vivo) – Bobby Pulido
Best Tropical Latin Album Raíces – Gloria Estefan Fotografías – Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta Clásicos 1.0 – Grupo Niche Bingo – Alain Pérez Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 – Gilberto Santa Rosa	Best Reggae Album Blxxd & Fyah – Keznamdi Treasure Self Love – Lila Iké Heart & Soul – Vybz Kartel From Within – Mortimer No Place Like Home – Jesse Royal
Best Global Music Performance "Eoo" – Bad Bunny "Cantando en el Camino" – Ciro Hurtado "Jerusalema" – Angélique Kidjo "Inmigrante y Que?" – Yeisy Rojas "Shrini's Dream (Live)" – Shakti "Daybreak" – Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar	Best Global Music Album Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo – Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia Sounds of Kumbha – Siddhant Bhatia No Sign of Weakness – Burna Boy Eclairer le monde - Light the World – Youssou N'Dour Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) – Shakti Chapter III: We Return to Light – Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Best African Music Performance "Push 2 Start" – Tyla "Love" – Burna Boy "With You" – Davido featuring Omah Lay "Hope & Love" – Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin "Gimme Dat" – Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid	Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album Nomadica – Carla Patullo featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality Kuruvinda – Kirsten Agresta-Copely According to the Moon – Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet Into the Forest – Jahnavi Harrison The Colors in My Mind – Chris Redding

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Awards

Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Field
Best Children's Music Album Harmony − Fyütch & Aura V Ageless: 100 Years Young − Joanie Leeds & Joya Buddy's Magic Tree House − Mega Ran Herstory − Flor Bromley The Music of Tori and the Muses − Tori Amos	Best Comedy Album Your Friend, Nate Bargatze − Nate Bargatze Drop Dead Years − Bill Burr PostMortem − Sarah Silverman Single Lady − Ali Wong What Had Happened Was... − Jamie Foxx
Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Meditations: Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama − Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story − Kathy Garver Into the Uncut Grass − Trevor Noah Lovely One: A Memoir − Ketanji Brown Jackson You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli − Fab Morvan	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Sinners – Various Artists; Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Nikki Sherod, music supervisor A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet, artist; Nick Baxter, Steven Gizicki & James Mangold, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor F1 the Album – Various Artists; Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; David Taylor & Jake Voulgarides, music supervisors KPop Demon Hunters – Various Artists; Spring Aspers & Dana Sano, compilation producers; Ian Eisendrath, music supervisor Wicked – Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande & Wicked Movie Cast, artists; Stephen Oremus, Stephen Schwartz, & Greg Wells, compilation producers; Maggie Rodford, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media Sinners – Ludwig Göransson How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers	Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Sword of the Sea – Austin Wintory Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires – Pinar Toprak Helldivers 2 – Wilbert Roget II Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Gordy Haab Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune – Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II
Best Song Written for Visual Media *"Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters)* "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" (from Tron: Ares) "I Lied to You" (from Sinners) "Never Too Late" (from Elton John: Never Too Late) "Pale, Pale Moon" (from Sinners) "Sinners" (from Sinners)
Best Music Video "Anxiety" – Doechii "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter "So Be It" – Clipse "Love" – OK Go "Young Lion" – Sade	Best Music Film Music by John Williams – John Williams Devo – Devo Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Raye Relentless – Diane Warren Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Awards

Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Field
Producer of the Year, Classical Elaine Martone Blanton Alspaugh Sergei Kvitko Morten Lindberg Dmitriy Lipay	Best Immersive Audio Album Immersed All American ... An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla (Live) Tearjerkers Yule
Best Instrumental Composition "First Snow" – Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz) "Live Life This Day: Movement I" – Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra) "Lord, That's a Long Way" – Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull) "Opening" – Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi) "Train to Emerald City" – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz) "Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down" – Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson featuring Miles Caton)
Best Engineered Album, Classical Cerrone: Don't Look Down Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District Standard Stoppages Yule	Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical That Wasn't a Dream All Things Light Arcadia For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella "Super Mario Praise Break" – Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band) "Be Okay" – Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo) "A Child Is Born" – Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf) "Fight On" – Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)	Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals "Big Fish" – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje) "How Did She Look?" – Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane) "Keep an Eye on Summer" – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) "Something In The Water (Acoustic-Ish)" – Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence) "What a Wonderful World" – Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)

Classical Awards

Classical Field
Best Orchestral Performance Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Andris Nelsons conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies – Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic Orchestra) Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) Still & Bonds – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)	Best Opera Recording Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer) Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang) Kouyoumdjian: Adoration – Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street) O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead – Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O'Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran) Tesori: Grounded – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D'Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best Choral Performance Ortiz: Yanga – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale) Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare) Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved – Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmielinski, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale) Lang: Poor Hymnal – Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing) Requiem of Light – Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Dennehy: Land of Winter – Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound La Mer – French Piano Trios – Neave Trio Lullabies for the Brokenhearted – Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon Slavic Sessions – Mak Grygic and Mateusz Kowalski. Produced by Kitt Wakely, Isabela Wiejaczka, Maciej Wiejaczka, Mak Grygic, Mateusz Kowalski, and David Veslocki. Standard Stoppages – Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos – Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections from '24 Negro Melodies' – Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic) Hope Orchestrated – Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble) Inheritances – Adam Tendler Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement in D Minor – Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra) Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works – Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)	Best Classical Vocal Solo Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano Alike – My Mother's Dream Black Pierrot In This Short Life Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Schubert Beatles
Best Classical Compendium Ortiz: Yanga Cerrone: Don't Look Down The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II Seven Seasons Tombeaux	Best Contemporary Classical Composition Ortiz: Dzonot – Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) Cerrone: Don't Look Down – Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion) Dennehy: Land of Winter – Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound) León: Raíces – Origins – Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra) Okpebholo: Songs in Flight – Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists)

Special Grammy Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

The MusiCares Person of the Year award celebrates an artist's amazing creative work and their efforts to help others through charity.

Mariah Carey

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

Pharrell Williams

Black Music Icon Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Trustees Award

Bernie Taupin
Eddie Palmieri
Sylvia Rhone

Technical Grammy Award

John Chowning

Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award

"Ice Cream Man", written by Rachel Keen, Michael Tucker and Mike Sabath, performed by Raye

Artists with Multiple Nominations

The following artists received many nominations:

9 nominations

Kendrick Lamar

7 nominations

Jack Antonoff
Cirkut
Lady Gaga

6 nominations

5 nominations

Andrew Watt
Clipse
Doechii
Sounwave
SZA
Turnstile

4 nominations

Amy Allen
Justin Bieber
Bryce Bordone
Tyler Childers
Ludwig Göransson
Oli Jacobs
Sierra Hull
Miranda Lambert
Morten Lindberg
Andris Nelsons
Ruairi O'Flaherty
Laura Sisk
Chris Stapleton
Jesse Welles
Hayley Williams
Pharrell Williams

3 nominations

Jon Batiste
Dale Becker
Durand Bernarr
Scott Bridgeway
Jozef Caldwell
Gustavo Dudamel
Ejae
Cynthia Erivo
GloRilla
I'm With Her
Jason Isbell
Jelly Roll
Brandon Lake
Jack Manning
Christian McBride
Bruno Mars
Blake Mills
Randy Merrill
John Powell
Rosé
Shaboozey
Zach Top
Vessel2
Kamasi Washington
Wet Leg
Lainey Wilson
Yungblud

Artists with Multiple Wins

5 wins

Kendrick Lamar

3 wins

Bad Bunny
Jelly Roll

2 wins

Jack Antonoff
Cirkut
The Cure
Lady Gaga
Ludwig Göransson
I'm With Her
Kehlani
Christian McBride
Mavis Staples
SZA
Leon Thomas
Turnstile

In Memoriam

The In Memoriam section honored music artists and industry members who passed away. It began with video tributes to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead.

During the photo montage, Reba McEntire performed "Trailblazer" with Brandy Clarke and Lucas Nelson. A special musical tribute to Ozzy Osbourne featured Post Malone, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses, and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing "War Pigs".

Later, Lauryn Hill led a tribute to D'Angelo and Roberta Flack. She performed "Nothing Even Matters" and was joined by Lucky Daye, Leon Thomas, and Jon Batiste for a medley of D'Angelo's songs. John Legend and Chaka Kahn then honored Roberta Flack with "Where Is the Love?" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song." The section ended with a video dedicated to Sly Stone.

The following individuals were included in the montage:

Brett James
Jeannie Seely
Jerry Butler
Donna Jean Godchaux
John Lodge
Brandon Blackstock
Gordon Goodwin
Gwen McCrea
Alan Bergman
Richard Smallwood
Todd Snider
Jill Sobule
Eddie Palmeri
Connie Francis
David Briggs
Roy Ayers
Joe Ely
Rick Davies

Howie Klein
Cleto Escobedo III
Raul Malo
Diane Martel
Chris Gage
Lalo Schifrin
Roger Sovine
Water Scott Jr.
Jimmy Cliff
Flaco Jiménez
Sheila Jordan
Joel Katz
Ron Kramer
Jesse Colin Young
Michael Lippman
Bill Ivey
Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Chuck Mangione
Steve Cropper
Ozzy Osbourne
Ace Frehley
Mick Ralphs
Rick Derringer
Chris Jasper
Roy Thomas Baker
Brian James
Irv Gotti
Clem Burke
Anthony Jackson
Michael "5000" Watts
Jellybean Johnson
D'Angelo
Roberta Flack
Sly Stone

Additional In Memoriam photos were shown after further performances, including Mark Volman, Sly Dunbar, Jack DeJohnette, and David Johansen.