Grammy 2025: Οι μεγάλοι νικητές της τελετής

• Τα βραβεία Grammy 2025 δόθηκαν ξημερώματα Δευτέρας, 3 Φεβρουαρίου, σε μία Τελετή Απονομής που γιόρταζε ένα από τα καλύτερα χρόνια της μουσικής βιομηχανίας και ήταν αφιερωμένη στις φονικές και καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές της Καλιφόρνια. Οι καλλιτέχνες που τιμήθηκαν σήμερα έστειλαν αρκετά πολιτικά μηνύματα για τους μετανάστες, την ενότητα, την τρανς και ΛΟΑΤΚΙ κοινότητα.

  Το 2024 ήταν η χρονιά των γυναικών καλλιτεχνών και τις είδαμε να θριαμβεύουν σε πολλές κατηγορίες, όμως, ο μεγάλος νικητής της βραδιάς αναδείχθηκε ο Kendrick Lamar με το τραγούδι του «Not Like Us» -το τραγούδι που ανέδειξε ως τον μεγάλο νικητή του beef με τον Drake- να αποσπάει 5 συνολικά βραβεία συμπεριλαμβανομένου του Record της Χρονιάς και του Τραγουδιού της Χρονιάς. Έγινε, μάλιστα, το ραπ τραγούδι που έχει κερδίσει τα περισσότερα βραβεία στην ιστορία του θεσμού.
  Η Beyonce κατάφερε με το «Cowboy Carter» να αποσπάσει το πολυπόθητο Άλμπουμ της Χρονιάς για πρώτη φορά στην καριέρα της. Γίνεται η δεύτερη αφροαμερικανή γυναίκα που βραβεύεται με το μεγάλο βραβείο της Ακαδημίας Μουσικής μετά την Lauryn Hill το 1999 και μεγαλώνει το προβάδισμά της έχοντας συνολικά 35 βραβεία Grammy στην καριέρα της. Από τη βραδιά έφυγε συνολικά με τρία βραβεία για το προαναφερθέν Άλμπουμ της Χρονιάς, το Country Άλμπουμ της Χρονιάς και το ντουέτο της με την Miley Cyrus.

  Grammy 2025: Η λίστα με τους νικητές σε όλες τις κατηγορίες
  Record Of The Year
  “Now and Then” – The Beatles
  “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Beyoncé
  “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
  “360” – Charli xcx
  “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
  “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
  “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan
  “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

  Album Of The Year
  New Blue Sun – André 3000
  COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé (WINNER)
  Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
  BRAT – Charli xcx
  Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
  HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
  The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
  THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

  Song Of The Year
  “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
  “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
  “Die With A Smile” – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
  “Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
  “Good Luck, Babe!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
  “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) (WINNER)
  “Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
  “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

  Best New Artist
  Benson Boone
  Sabrina Carpenter
  Doechii
  Khruangbin
  RAYE
  Chappell Roan (WINNER)
  Shaboozey
  Teddy Swims

  Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
  Alissia Dernst
  “D’Mile” Emile II
  Ian Fitchuk
  Mustard
  Daniel Nigro (WINNER)

  Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical
  Jessi Alexander
  Amy Allen (WINNER)
  Edgar Barrera
  Jessie Jo Dillon
  RAYE

  Best Pop Solo Performance
  “Bodyguard” – Beyoncé
  “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
  “Apple” – Charli xcx
  “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish
  “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan

  Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
  “us.” – Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
  “LEVII’S JEANS” – Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
  “Guess” – Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
  “the boy is mine” – Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
  “Die With A Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (WINNER)

  Best Pop Vocal Album
  Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
  HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
  eternal sunshine – Ariana Grande
  Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
  THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT – Taylor Swift

  Best Dance/Electronic Recording
  “She’s Gone, Dance On” — Disclosure
  “Loved” — Four Tet
  “leavemealone” — Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
  “Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala (WINNER)
  “Witchy” — KAYTRANADA Featuring Childish Gambino

  Best Dance Pop Recording
  “Make You Mine” – Madison Beer
  “Von dutch” – Charli xcx (WINNER)
  “L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]” – Billie Eilish
  “yes, and?” – Ariana Grande
  “Got Me Started” – Troye Sivan

  Best Dance/Electronic Album
  BRAT — Charli xcx (WINNER)
  Three — Four Tet
  Hyperdrama — Justice
  TIMELESS — KAYTRANADA
  Telos — Zedd

  Best Remixed Recording
  “Alter Ego – KAYTRANADA Remix” — KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT)
  “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” — David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
  “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) (WINNER)
  “Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix” — Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
  “Von dutch” — A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)

  Best Rock Performance
  “Now and Then” — The Beatles (WINNER)
  “Beautiful People (Stay High)” — The Black Keys
  “The American Dream Is Killing Me” — Green Day
  “Gift Horse” — IDLES
  “Dark Matter” — Pearl Jam
  “Broken Man” — St. Vincent

  Best Metal Performance
  “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne (WINNER)
  “Crown of Horns” — Judas Priest
  “Suffocate” — Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
  “Screaming Suicide” — Metallica
  “Cellar Door” — Spiritbox

  Best Rock Song
  “Beautiful People (Stay High)” – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
  “Broken Man” – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) (WINNER)
  “Dark Matter” – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
  “Dilemma” – Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
  “Gift Horse” – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)

  Best Rock Album
  Happiness Bastards — The Black Crowes
  Romance — Fontaines D.C.
  Saviors — Green Day
  TANGK — IDLES
  Dark Matter — Pearl Jam
  Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones (WINNER)
  No Name — Jack White

  Best Alternative Music Performance
  “Neon Pill” — Cage The Elephant
  “Song Of The Lake” — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  “Starburster” — Fontaines D.C.
  “BYE BYE” — Kim Gordon
  “Flea” — St. Vincent (WINNER)

  Best Alternative Music Album
  Wild God – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  Charm – Clairo
  The Collective – Kim Gordon
  What Now – Brittany Howard
  All Born Screaming – St. Vincent (WINNER)

  Best R&B Performance
  “Guidance” — Jhené Aiko
  “Residuals” — Chris Brown
  “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Coco Jones
  “Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long (WINNER)
  “Saturn” — SZA

  Best Traditional R&B Performance
  “Wet” — Marsha Ambrosius
  “Can I Have This Groove” — Kenyon Dixon
  “No Lie” — Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald
  “Make Me Forget” — Muni Long
  “That’s You” — Lucky Daye (WINNER)

  Best R&B Song
  “After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
  “Burning” – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
  “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
  “Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
  “Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) (WINNER)

  Best Progressive R&B Album
  So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine (WINNER – TIE)
  En Route – Durand Bernarr
  Bando Stone And The New World – Childish Gambino
  CRASH – Kehlani
  Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) (WINNER – TIE)

  Best R&B Album
  11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown (WINNER)
  VANTABLACK — Lalah Hathaway
  Revenge — Muni Long
  Algorithm — Lucky Daye
  COMING HOME — Usher

  Best Rap Performance
  “Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B
  “When The Sun Shines Again” – Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos “NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii
  “Houdini” – Eminem
  “Like That” – Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Yeah Glo!” – GloRilla
  “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)

  Best Melodic Rap Performance
  “KEHLANI” — Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
  “SPAGHETTII” — Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
  “We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
  “Big Mama” — Latto
  “3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu (WINNER)

  Best Rap Song
  “Asteroids” — Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
  “Carnival” — Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign) Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
  “Like That” — Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
  “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) (WINNER)
  “Yeah Glo!” — Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)

  Best Rap Album
  Might Delete Later — J. Cole
  The Auditorium, Vol. 1 — Common & Pete Rock
  Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii (WINNER)
  The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) — Eminem
  We Don’t Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin

  Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
  CIVIL WRITES: The South Got Something To Say — Queen Sheba
  cOncrete & wHiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series — Omari Hardwick
  Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In The Beginning Was The Word — Malik Yusef
  The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas (WINNER)
  The Seven Number Ones — Mad Skillz

  Best Jazz Performance
  “Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)” — The Baylor Project
  “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield
  “Juno” — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
  “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner (WINNER)
  “Little Fears” — Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

  Best Jazz Vocal Album
  Journey In Black — Christie Dashiell
  Wildflowers Vol. 1 — Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
  A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy (WINNER)
  Milton + esperanza — Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
  My Ideal — Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

  Best Jazz Instrumental Album
  Owl Song — Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
  Beyond This Place — Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson
  Phoenix Reimagined (Live) — Lakecia Benjamin
  Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck (WINNER)
  Solo Game — Sullivan Fortner

  Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  Returning To Forever — John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
  And So It Goes — The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
  Walk A Mile In My Shoe — Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
  Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band (WINNER)
  Golden City — Miguel Zenón

  Best Latin Jazz Album
  Spain Forever Again — Michel Camilo & Tomatito
  Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus (WINNER)
  COLLAB — Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
  Time And Again — Eliane Elias
  El Trio: Live in Italy — Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
  Cuba And Beyond — Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
  As I Travel — Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

  Best Alternative Jazz Album
  Night Reign – Arooj Aftab
  New Blue Sun – André 3000
  Code Derivation – Robert Glasper
  Foreverland – Keyon Harrold
  No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello (WINNER)

  Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
  À Fleur De Peau — Cyrille Aimée
  Visions — Norah Jones (WINNER)
  Good Together — Lake Street Dive
  Impossible Dream — Aaron Lazar
  Christmas Wish — Gregory Porter

  Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
  Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti (WINNER)
  Rhapsody In Blue — Béla Fleck
  Orchestras (Live) — Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
  Mark — Mark Guiliana
  Speak To Me — Julian Lage

  Best Musical Theater Album
  Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Maleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) (WINNER)

  Merrily We Roll Along — Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

  The Notebook — John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

  The Outsiders — Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine & Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

  Suffs — Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

  The Wiz — Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

  Best Country Solo Performance
  “16 CARRIAGES” — Beyoncé
  “I Am Not Okay” — Jelly Roll
  “The Architect” — Kacey Musgraves
  “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey
  “It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton (WINNER)

  Best Country Duo/Group Performance
  “Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
  “II MOST WANTED” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus (WINNER)
  “Break Mine” — Brothers Osborne
  “Bigger Houses” — Dan + Shay
  “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen

  Best Country Song
  “The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) (WINNER)
  “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
  “I Am Not Okay” — Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
  “I Had Some Help” — Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen)
  “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” — Brian Bates, Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

  Best Country Album
  COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé (WINNER)
  F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
  Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
  Higher – Chris Stapleton
  Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

  Best American Roots Performance
  “Blame It On Eve” — Shemekia Copeland
  “Nothing In Rambling” — The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
  “Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)
  “The Ballad Of Sally Anne” — Rhiannon Giddens

  Best Americana Performance
  “YA YA” — Beyoncé
  “Subtitles” — Madison Cunningham
  “Don’t Do Me Good” — Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
  “American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)
  “Runaway Train” — Sarah Jarosz
  “Empty Trainload Of Sky” — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

  Best American Roots Song
  “Ahead Of The Game” — Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
  “All In Good Time” — Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple)
  “All My Friends” — Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
  “American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) (WINNER)
  “Blame It On Eve” — John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)

  Best Americana Album
  The Other Side – T Bone Burnett
  $10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett
  Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell (WINNER)
  Polaroid Lovers – Sarah Jarosz
  No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose
  Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee

  Best Bluegrass Album
  I Built A World — Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
  Songs of Love and Life — The Del McCoury Band
  No Fear — Sister Sadie
  Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings (WINNER)
  Earl Jam — Tony Trischka
  Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman — Dan Tyminski

  Best Traditional Blues Album
  Hill Country Love — Cedric Burnside
  Struck Down — The Fabulous Thunderbirds
  One Guitar Woman — Sue Foley
  Sam’s Place — Little Feat
  Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet (WINNER)

  Best Contemporary Blues Album
  Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 — Joe Bonamassa
  Blame It On Eve — Shemekia Copeland
  Friendlytown — Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
  Mileage — Ruthie Foster (WINNER)
  The Fury — Antonio Vergara

  Best Folk Album
  American Patchwork Quartet — American Patchwork Quartet
  Weird Faith — Madi Diaz
  Bright Future — Adrianne Lenker
  All My Friends — Aoife O’Donovan
  Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (WINNER)

  Best Regional Roots Music Album
  25 Back To My Roots — Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
  Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles Featuring J’Wan Boudreaux
  Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty
  Kuini — Kalani Pe’a (WINNER)
  Stories From The Battlefield — The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

  Best Gospel Performance/Song
  “Church Doors” — Yolanda Adams; Sir William James Baptist & Donald Lawrence, songwriters
  “Yesterday” — Melvin Crispell III
  “Hold On (Live)” — Ricky Dillard
  “Holy Hands” — DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters
  “One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters (WINNER)

  Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
  “Holy Forever (Live)” — Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans
  “Praise” — Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
  “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” — Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
  “In The Name Of Jesus” — JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
  “In The Room” — Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
  “That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters (WINNER)

  Best Gospel Album
  Covered Vol. 1 — Melvin Crispell III
  Choirmaster II (Live) — Ricky Dillard
  Father’s Day — Kirk Franklin
  Still Karen — Karen Clark Sheard
  More Than This — CeCe Winans (WINNER)

  Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
  Heart Of A Human — DOE (WINNER)
  When Wind Meets Fire — Elevation Worship
  Child Of God — Forrest Frank
  Coat Of Many Colors — Brandon Lake
  The Maverick Way Complete — Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore

  Best Roots Gospel Album
  The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 — Authentic Unlimited
  The Gospel According To Mark — Mark D. Conklin
  Rhapsody — The Harlem Gospel Travelers
  Church — Cory Henry (WINNER)
  Loving You — The Nelons

  Best Latin Pop Album
  Funk Generation – Anitta
  El Viaje – Luis Fonsi
  GARCÍA – Kany García
  Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira (WINNER)
  ORQUÍDEAS – Kali Uchis

  Best Música Urbana Album
  nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana — Bad Bunny
  Rayo — J Balvin
  FERXXOCALIPSIS — Feid
  LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN — Residente (WINNER)
  att. — Young Miko

  Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
  Compita del Destino — El David Aguilar
  Pa’ Tu Cuerpa — Cimafunk
  Autopoiética — Mon Laferte
  GRASA — NATHY PELUSO
  ¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana (WINNER)

  Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
  Diamantes — Chiquis
  Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León (WINNER)
  ÉXODO — Peso Pluma
  De Lejitos — Jessi Uribe

  Best Tropical Latin Album
  MUEVENSE — Marc Anthony
  Bailar — Sheila E.
  Radio Güira — Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
  Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar (WINNER)
  Vacilón Santiaguero — Kiki Valera

  Best Global Music Performance
  “Raat Ki Rani” — Arooj Aftab
  “A Rock Somewhere” — Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
  “Rise” — Rocky Dawuni
  “Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar (WINNER)
  “Sunlight To My Soul”— Angélique Kidjo Featuring Soweto Gospel Choir
  “Kashira” — Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

  Best African Music Performance
  “Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade
  “MMS” – Asake & Wizkid
  “Sensational” – Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
  “Higher” – Burna Boy
  “Love Me JeJe” – Tems (WINNER)

  Best Global Music Album
  ALKEBULAN II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (WINNER)
  Paisajes — Ciro Hurtado
  Heis — Rema
  Historias de un Flamenco — Antonio Rey
  Born in the Wild — Tems

  Best Reggae Album
  Take It Easy — Collie Buddz
  Party With Me — Vybz Kartel
  Never Gets Late Here — Shenseea
  Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists) (WINNER)
  Evolution — The Wailers

  Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
  Break of Dawn — Ricky Kej
  Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon (WINNER)
  Opus — Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn — Anoushka Shankar
  Warriors Of Light — Radhika Vekaria

  Best Children’s Music Album
  Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band (WINNER)
  Creciendo — Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
  My Favorite Dream — John Legend
  Solid Rock Revival — Rock For Children
  World Wide Playdate — Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

  Best Comedy Album
  Armageddon — Ricky Gervais
  The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle (WINNER)
  The Prisoner — Jim Gaffigan
  Someday You’ll Die — Nikki Glaser
  Where Was I — Trevor Noah

  Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
  All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words (Various Artists) — Guy Oldfield, producer
  …And Your Ass Will Follow — George Clinton
  Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones — Dolly Parton
  Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter (WINNER)
  My Name Is Barbra — Barbra Streisand

  Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
  The Color Purple — (Various Artists) Nick Baxter, Blitz Bazawule & Stephen Bray, compilation producers; Jordan Carroll & Morgan Rhodes, music supervisors
  Deadpool & Wolverine — (Various Artists) Dave Jordan, Shawn Levy & Ryan Reynolds, compilation producers; Dave Jordan, music supervisor
  Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, artists; Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor (WINNER)
  Saltburn — (Various Artists) Emerald Fennell, compilation producer; Kirsten Lane, music supervisor
  Twisters: The Album — (Various Artists) Ian Cripps, Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; Mike Knobloch & Rachel Levy, music supervisors

  Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
  American Fiction – Laura Karpman, composer
  Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
  The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer
  Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer (WINNER)
  Shogun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

  Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
  Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — Pinar Toprak, composer
  God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla — Bear McCreary, composer
  Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — John Paesano, composer
  Star Wars Outlaws — Wilbert Roget, II, composer
  Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer (WINNER)

  Best Song Written For Visual Media
  “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” [From Twisters: The Album] — Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
  “Better Place” [From TROLLS Band Together] — Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
  “Can’t Catch Me Now” [From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
  “It Never Went Away” [From American Symphony] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) (WINNER)
  “Love Will Survive” [From The Tattooist of Auschwitz] — Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

  Best Music Video
  “Tailor Swif” — A$AP Rocky
  Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors, Natan Schottenfels, video producer

  “360” — Charli xcx
  Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers

  “Houdini” — Eminem
  Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers

  “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
  Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Cornell Brown, Sam Canter, Jared Heinke, Jamie Rabineau & Anthony Saleh, video producers

  “Fortnight” — Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
  Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

  Best Recording Package
  The Avett Brothers — Scott Avett, Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
  Baker Hotel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
  BRAT — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx) (WINNER)
  F-1 Trillion — Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
  Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition — Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
  Jug Band Millionaire — Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
  Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease — Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)

  Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
  Half Living Things — Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
  Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea — Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
  In Utero — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
  Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) (WINNER)
  Unsuk Chin — Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
  We Blame Chicago — Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)

  Best Album Notes
  After Midnight — Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)
  The Carnegie Hall Concert — Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
  Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) (WINNER)
  John Culshaw — The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55 — Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
  SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno” — Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)

  Best Historical Album
  Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists) (WINNER)
  Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition — Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
  Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings — Tom Laskey, Shana L. Redmond, Susan Robeson & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
  Pepito y Paquito — Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
  The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording – Super Deluxe Edition) — Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)

  Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  Algorithm — Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)
  Cyan Blue — Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
  Deeper Well — Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
  empathogen — Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti, Mitch McCarthy, Adam Schoeller & Willow Smith, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)
  i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel) (WINNER)
  Short n’ Sweet — Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)

  Best Engineered Album, Classical
  Adams: Girls Of The Golden West — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
  Andres: The Blind Banister — Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
  Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) (WINNER)
  Clear Voices In The Dark — Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
  Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

  Producer Of The Year, Classical
  Erica Brenner
  Christoph Franke
  Morten Lindberg
  Dmitriy Lipay
  Elaine Martone (WINNER)
  Dirk Sobotka

  Best Immersive Audio Album
  Avalon — Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; John Webber, immersive mastering engineer; Rhett Davies & Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
  Genius Loves Company — Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
  Henning Sommerro: Borders — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
  i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Peter Gabriel, immersive producer (Peter Gabriel) (WINNER)
  Pax — Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)

  Best Instrumental Composition
  “At Last” — Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
  “Communion” — Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
  “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” — André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
  “Remembrance” — Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
  “Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman) (WINNER)

  Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
  “Baby Elephant Walk – Encore” — Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
  “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) (WINNER)
  “Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)” — Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
  “Rose Without The Thorns” — Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)
  “Silent Night” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

  Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
  “Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter) (WINNER)
  “Always Come Back” — Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
  “b i g f e e l i n g s” — Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio & Willow, arrangers (WILLOW)
  “Last Surprise (From “Persona 5″)” — Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
  “The Sound Of Silence” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)

  Best Orchestral Performance
  “Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance” — Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
  “Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
  “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) (WINNER)
  “Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen” — Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
  “Stravinsky: The Firebird” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

  Best Opera Recording
  “Adams: Girls Of The Golden West” — John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
  “Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  “Moravec: The Shining” — Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
  “Puts: The Hours” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan
  Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  “Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) (WINNER)

  Best Choral Performance
  “Clear Voices In The Dark” — Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
  “A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad” — Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)“Handel: Israel in Egypt” — Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
  “Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) (WINNER)
  “Sheehan: Akathist” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

  Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
  “Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles” — JACK Quartet
  “Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke’” — Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
  “Cerrone: Beaufort Scales” — Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
  “Home” — Miró Quartet
  “Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion (WINNER)

  Best Classical Instrumental Solo

  “Akiho: Longing” — Andy Akiho
  “Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson (WINNER)
  “Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc” — Seth Parker Woods (Wild Up)
  “Entourer” — Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
  “Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra” — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

  Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
  Bespoke Songs — Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist; Julian Schwarz, artist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
  Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist (WINNER)
  A Change Is Gonna Come — Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
  Show Me The Way — Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
  Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder — Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)

  Best Classical Compendium
  Akiho: BeLonging — Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
  American Counterpoints — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
  Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
  Mythologies II — Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
  Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (WINNER)

  Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  “Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello” — Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
  “Coleman: Revelry” — Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
  “Lang: Composition As Explanation” — David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
  “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) (WINNER)
  “Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Kaija Saariaho, composer; Amin Maalouf librettist (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)