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The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards have finally been revealed.
On Friday (November 7), artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Little Big Town, Sam Smith and more announced the list of artists, musicians and industry professionals nominated by the Recording Academy for the 68th Grammy Awards.
Topping the list of nominees is Kendrick Lamar, who earned nine nods including Song of the Year and Record of the Year for his collaboration with SZA "luther" as well as Album of the Year. Lady Gaga and producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut followed close behind with seven nominations each while Carpenter, Bad Bunny and Leon Thomas were right behind with six. Thomas is also the only leading nominee also nominated for Best New Artist.
The 68th Grammy Awards will air live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, and be broadcast on CBS as well as streaming live and on demand on Paramount+. Keep reading to see more nominees for the 2026 Grammys:
Record of the Year
"DtMF" — Bad Bunny
"Manchild" — Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety" — Doechii
"WILDFLOWER" — Billie Eilish
"Abracadabra" — Lady Gaga
"luther" — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"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, Pusha T & Malice
MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
GNX — Kendrick Lamar
MUTT — Leon Thomas
CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator
Song of the Year
"Abracadabra" — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
"Anxiety" — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
"APT." — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae. Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walker, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)
"DtMF" — Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
"Golden" — from KPop Demon Hunters; EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUTNR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
"luther" — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
"Manchild" — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
"WILDFLOWER" — Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz
Best Pop Solo Performance
"DAISIES" — Justin Bieber
"Manchild" — Sabrina Carpenter
"Disease" — Lady Gaga
"The Subway" — Chappell Roan
"Messy" — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Defying Gravity" — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
"Golden" — HUNTR/X from KPop Demon Hunters
"Gabriela" — KATSEYE
"APT." — ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
"30 For 30" — SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album
SWAG — Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful — Miley Cyrus
MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) — Teddy Swims
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
"No Cap" – Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
"Victory Lap" — Fred again..., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax
"SPACE INVADER" — KAYTRANADA
"VOLTAGE" — Skrillex
"End of Summer" — Tame Impala
Best Dance Pop Recording
"Bluest Flame" — Selena Gomez & benny blanco
"Abracadabra" — Lady Gaga
"Midnight Sun" — Zara Larsson
"Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)" — Tate McRae
"Illegal" — PinkPantheress
Best Dance/Electronic Album
EUSEXUA — FKA twigs
Ten Days — Fred again..
Fancy That — PinkPantheress
Inhale/Exhale — RÜFÜS DU SOL
F—U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 — Skrillex
Best Remixed Recording
"Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)" — Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein
"Don't Forget About Us" — Mariah Carey & KAYTRANADA
"A Dreams A Dream – Ron Trent Remix" — Soul II Soul, Ron Trent
"Galvanize" — The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake
"Golden – David Guetta REM/X" — HUNTR/X, David Guetta
Best Rock Performance
"U Should Not Be Doing That" — Amyl and The Sniffers
"The Emptiness Machine" — Linkin Park
"NEVER ENOUGH" — Turnstile
"Mirtazapine" — Hayley Williams
"Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning)" — YUNGBLUD feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance
"Night Terror" — Dream Theater
"Lachryma" — Ghost
"Emergence" — Sleep Token
"Soft Spine" — Spiritbox
"BIRDS" — Turnstile
Best Rock Song
"As Alive As You Need Me To Be" — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
"Caramel" — Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
"Glum" — Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
"NEVER ENOUGH" — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCroy, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
"Zombie" — Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD)
Best Rock Album
private music — Deftones
I quit — HAIM
From Zero — Linkin Park
NEVER ENOUGH — Turnstile
Idols — YUNGBLUD
Best Alternative Music Performance
"Everything Is Peaceful Love" — Bon Iver
"Alone" — The Cure
"SEEIN' STARS" — Turnstile
"mangetout" — Wet Leg
"Parachute" — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
SABLE, fABLE — Bon Iver
Songs Of A Lost World — The Cure
DON'T TAP THE GLASS — Tyler, The Creator
moisturizer — Wet Leg
Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party — Hayley Williams
Best R&B Performance
"YUKON" — Justin Bieber
"It Depends" — Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
"Folded" — Kehlani
"MUTT (Live from NPR's Tiny Desk)" — Leon Thomas
"Heart Of A Woman" — Summer Walker
Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Here We Are" — Durand Bernarr
"UPTOWN" — Lalah Hathaway
"LOVE YOU TOO" — Ledisi
"Crybaby" — SZA
"VIBES DON'T LIE" — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song
"Folded" — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
"Heart Of A Woman" — David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)
"It Depends" — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephram Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller)
"Overqualified" — James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)
"YES IT IS" — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, 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
BELOVED — GIVĒON
Why Not More? — Coco Jones
The Crown — Ledisi
Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
MUTT — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Performance
"Outside" — Cardi B
"Chains & Whips" — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
"Anxiety" — Doechii
"tv off" — Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
"Darling, I" — Tyler, The Creator feat. Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"Proud Of Me" — Fridayy feat. Meek Mill
"Wholeheartedly" — JID feat. Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
"luther" — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"WeMaj" — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat. Rhapsody
"SOMEBODY LOVES ME" — PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake
Best Rap Song
"Anxiety" — Jaylay Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
"The Birds Don't Sing" — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. 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 feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)
"TGIF" — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Bropny, Yakki Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
"tv off" — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious — GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly — JID
GNX — Kendrick Lamar
CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don't act like that (partially recorded live at 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 Niños & Friends
Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 3 (Live) — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner feat. Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
Belonging — Branfrod Marsalis Quartet
Spirit Fall — John Patitucci feat. Chris Potter & Brian Blade
Fasten Up — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Orchestrator Emulator — The 8-Bit Big Band
Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride 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 feat. The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra)
Best Latin Jazz Album
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
A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard — Miguel Zenón Quartet
Best Alternative Jazz Album
honey from a winter stone — Ambrose Akinmusire
Keys To The City Volume One — Robert Glasper
Ride into the Sun — Brad Mehldau
LIVE-ACTION — Nate Smith
Blues Blood — Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Wintersongs — Laila Biali
The Gift Of Love — Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes In Angels? — Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Harlequin — Lady Gaga
A Matter Of Time — Laufey
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
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Best Country Solo Performance
"Nose On The Grindstone" — Tyler Childers
"Good News" — Shaboozey
"Bad As I Used To Be (from F1 The Movie)" — Chris Stapleton
I Never Lie — Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo" — Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"A Song To Sing" — Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
"Trailblazer" — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
"Love Me Like You Used To Do" — Margo Price & Tyler Childers
"Amen" — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
"Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame" — George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
"Bitin’ List" — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
"Good News" — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & 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 Traditional Country Music Album
Dollar A Day— Charley Crockett
American Romance — Lukas Nelson
Oh What A Beautiful World — Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price
Ain't In It For My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Music Album
Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers
Evangeline Vs. The Machine — Eric Church
Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Postcards From Texas — Miranda Lambert
Best American Roots Performance
"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
"Beautiful Strangers" — Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance
"Boom" — Sierra Hull
"Poison In My Well" — Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
"Godspeed" — Mavis Staples
"That's Gonna Leave A Mark" — Molly Tuttle
"Horses" — Jesse Welles
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 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
Carter & Cleveland — Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
A Tip Toe High Wire — Sierra Hull
Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station
Outrun — The Steeldrivers
Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
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
Breakthrough — Joe Bonamassa
Paper Doll — Samantha Fish
A Tribute To LJK — Eric Gales
Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph
Family — Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album
What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow – Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Crown Of Roses — Patty Griffin
Wild And Clear And Blue — I'm With Her
Foxes In The Snow — Jason Isbell
Under The Powerlines April 24 – September 24 — Jesse Welles
Best Regional Roots Music Album
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
A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco — (Various Artists)
Best Gospel Performance/Song
"Do It Again" — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
"Church" — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin, songwriters
"Still Live" — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
"Amen" — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters
"Come Jesus Come" — Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
"I Know A Name" — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Jacob Sooter, songwriters
"YOUR WAY'S BETTER" — Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank & Pera, songwriters
"Hard Fought Hallelujah" — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters
"Headphones" — Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Bongo ByTheWay, Clifford Harris, William Roderick Miller, Lecrae Moore, Michael Render & Tyshane Thompson, songwriters
"Amazing" — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton & Darrel Walls, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
Only On The Road Live — Tye Tribbett
Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
CHILD OF GOD II — Forrest Frank
Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
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 & New River
Back To My Roots — Candi Staton
Best Latin Pop Album
Cosa Nuestra — Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ DELUXE — Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta — KAROL G
Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
¿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
Genes Rebeldes — Aterciopelados
ASTROPICAL – Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
ALGORHYTHM — Los Wizzards
Novela – Fito Paez
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
MALA MÍA — Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera
Y Lo Que Viene — Grupo Frontera
Sin Rodeos — Paola Jara
Palabra De To's (Seca) — Carín León
Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo) — Bobby Pulido
Best Tropical Latin Album
Fotografías — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Raíces — Gloria Estefan
Clásicos 1.0 — Grupo Niche
Bingo — Alain Pérez
Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 — Gilberto Santa Rosa
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 African Music Performance
Love — Burna Boy
With You – Davido Featuring Omah Lay
Hope & Love — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
Gimme Dat — Ayra Starr Featuring Wizkid
PUSH 2 START — Tyla
Best Global Music Album
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
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album
Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké
Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel
BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
From Within — Mortimer
No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
Kuruvinda — Kirsten Agresta-Copely
According To The Moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet
Into The Forest — Jahnavi Harrison
NOMADICA — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
The Colors In My Mind — Chris Redding
Best Children's Music Album
Ageless: 100 Years Young — Joanie Leeds & Joya
Buddy's Magic Tree House — Mega Ran
Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V
Herstory— Flor Bromley
The Music Of Tori And The Muses—Tori Amos
Best Comedy Album
Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr
PostMortem — Sarah Silverman
Single Lady — Ali Wong
What Had Happened Was… — Jamie Foxx
Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story — Kathy Garver
Into The Uncut Grass — Trevor Noah
Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson
Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama
You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli — Fab Morvan
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
A Complete Unknown — Timothée Chalamet
F1 The Album — (Various Artists)
KPop Demon Hunters — (Various Artists)
Sinners — (Various Artists)
Wicked — (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
How To Train Your Dragon — John Powell, composer
Severance: Season 2 — Theodore Shapiro, composer
Sinners — Ludwig Göransson, composer
Wicked —John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires — Pinar Toprak, composer
Helldivers 2 — Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle — Gordy Haab, composer
Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune — Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget, II, composers
Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
"As Alive As You Need Me To Be" (From TRON: Ares) — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
"Golden" (From KPop Demon Hunters) — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
"I Lied to You" (From Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
"Never Too Late" (From Elton John: Never Too Late) — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
"Pale, Pale Moon" (From Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
"Sinners" (From Sinners) — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Best Music Video
"Manchild" — Sabrina Carpenter
"So Be It" — Clipse
"Anxiety" — Doechii
"Love" — OK Go
"Young Lion" — Sade
Best Music Film
Devo — Devo
Live At The Royal Albert Hall — Raye
Relentless — Diane Warren
Music By John Williams — John WIlliams
Piece By Piece — Pharrell Williams
Best Recording Package
And The Adjacent Possible — Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go)
Balloonerism — Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller)
Danse Macabre: De Luxe — Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran)
Loud Is As – Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami)
Sequoia — Tim Breen & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)
The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl) — Miller McCormick, art director (Mac Miller)
Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover
CHROMAKOPIA —Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, The Creator)
The Crux — William Wesley II, art director (Djo)
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
Glory — Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)
moisturizer — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
Best Album Notes
Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens And His Buckaroos)
After The Last Sky — Adam Shatz, album notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland)
Árabe — Amanda Ekery, album notes writer (Amanda Ekery)
The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 — Alec Palao, album notes writer (Sly & The Family Stone)
A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) — Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
The Making Of Five Leaves Left — Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake)
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound Of Harare' Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
You Can't Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos — Will Bratton, Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)