Grammy Awards 2023 Nominations: List Of Nominees And Winners

• “Just Like That”
  • Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Raitt)
• “ABCDEFU”
  • Sara Davis, Gayle and Dave Pittenger, songwriters (Gayle)
• “About Damn Time”
  • Lizzo, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin and Theron Makiel Thomas, songwriters (Lizzo)
• “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”
  • Liz Rose and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Swift)
• “As It Was”
  • Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles, songwriters (Styles)
• “Bad Habit”
  • Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby and Steve Lacy, songwriters (Lacy)

  More Song Of The Year Nominations

• “Break My Soul”
  • Beyoncé, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant and Christopher A. Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
• “Easy on Me”
  • Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
• “God Did”
  • Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Way.ne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy)
• “The Heart Part 5”
  • Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Lamar).

Best New Artist

• Samara Joy
• Anitta
• Omar Apollo
• Domi and JD Beck
• Latto
• Måneskin
• Muni Long
• Tobe Nwigwe
• Molly Tuttle
• Wet Leg

Another category is

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Easy on Me” – Adele
• “Moscow Mule” – Bad Bunny
• “Woman” – Doja Cat
• “Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
• “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
• “As It Was” – Harry Styles

Pop Duo/Group Performance (Best)

• “Unholy” – Sam Smith and Kim Petras
• “Don’t Shut Me Down” – ABBA
• “Bam Bam” – Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran
• “My Universe” – Coldplay and BTS
• “I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Post Malone and Doja Cat

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Higher – Michael Bublé
• When Christmas Comes Around… – Kelly Clarkson
• I Dream of Christmas – Norah Jones
• Evergreen – Pentatonix
• Thank You – Diana Ross

Vocal Album (Best)

• Harry’s House – Harry Styles
• Voyage – ABBA
• 30 – Adele
• Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
• Special – Lizzo

Afterwards comes the category of

Dance/Electronic

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• “Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
  • Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Jens Christian Isaksen and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, producers; Stuart White, mixer
• “Rosewood” – Bonobo
  • Simon Green, producer; Simon Green, mixer
• “Don’t Forget My Love” – Diplo and Miguel
  • Diplo and Maximilian Jaeger, producers; Luca Pretolesi, mixer
• “I’m Good (Blue)” – David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
  • David Guetta and Timofey Reznikov, producers; David Guetta and Timofey Reznikov, mixers
• “Intimidated” – Kaytranada featuring H.E.R.
  • H.E.R. and Kaytranada, producers; Kaytranada, mixer
• “On My Knees” – Rüfüs Du Sol
  • Jason Evigan and Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album (Best)

• Renaissance – Beyoncé
• Fragments – Bonobo
• Diplo – Diplo
• The Last Goodbye – Odesza
• Surrender – Rüfüs Du Sol

Now that we have seen the Dance/Electronic nominations, now let’s see the

Contemporary instrumental

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Empire Central – Snarky Puppy
• Between Dreaming and Joy – Jeff Coffin
• Not Tight – Domi and JD Beck
• Blooz – Grant Geissman
• Jacob’s Ladder – Brad Mehldau

Furthermore comes the broad category of

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• “Broken Horses” – Brandi Carlile
• “So Happy It Hurts” – Bryan Adams
• “Old Man” – Beck
• “Wild Child” – The Black Keys
• “Crawl!” – Idles
• “Patient Number 9” – Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck
• “Holiday”– Turnstile

Metal Performance (Best)

• “Degradation Rules” – Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi
• “Call Me Little Sunshine” – Ghost
• “We’ll Be Back” – Megadeth
• “Kill or Be Killed” – Muse
• “Blackout” – Turnstile

Best Rock Song

• “Broken Horses”
  • Brandi Carlile, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
• “Black Summer”
  • Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• “Blackout”
  • Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory and Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
• “Harmonia’s Dream”
  • Robbie Bennett and Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs)
• “Patient Number 9”
  • John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo and Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck)

Rock Album (Best)

• Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne
• Dropout Boogie – The Black Keys
• The Boy Named If – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• Crawler – Idles
• Mainstream Sellout – Machine Gun Kelly
• Lucifer on the Sofa – Spoon

Further on the line is the category of

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

• “Chaise Longue” – Wet Leg
• “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball” – Arctic Monkeys
• “Certainty” – Big Thief
• “King” – Florence and the Machine
• “Spitting Off the Edge of the World” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius

Alternative Music Album (Best)

• Wet Leg – Wet Leg
• We – Arcade Fire
• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You – Big Thief
• Fossora – Björk
• Cool It Down – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Now let’s see the R&B category

R&B

Best R&B Performance

• “Hrs and Hrs” – Muni Long
• “Virgo’s Groove” – Beyoncé
• “Here With Me” – Mary J. Blige featuring Anderson .Paak
• “Over” – Lucky Daye
• “Hurt Me So Good” – Jazmine Sullivan

Traditional R&B Performance (Best)

• “Plastic Off the Sofa” – Beyoncé
• “Do 4 Love” – Snoh Aalegra
• “Good Morning Gorgeous” – Mary J. Blige
• “Keeps on Fallin'” – Babyface featuring Ella Mai
• “‘Round Midnight” – Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Song

• “Cuff It”
  • Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
• “Good Morning Gorgeous”
  • Mary J. Blige, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
• “Hrs and Hrs”
  • Hamadi Aaabi, Dylan Graham, Priscilla Renea, Thaddis “Kuk” Harrell, Brandon John-Baptiste, Isaac Wriston and Justin Nathaniel Zim, songwriters (Muni Long)
• “Hurt Me So Good”
  • Akeel Henry, Michael Holmes, Luca Mauti, Jazmine Sullivan and Elliott Trent, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
• “Please Don’t Walk Away”
  • PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)

 Progressive R&B Album (Best)

• Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy
• Operation Funk – Cory Henry
• Drones – Terrace Martin
• Starfruit – Moonchild
• Red Balloon – Tank and the Bangas

Best R&B Album

• Black Radio III – Robert Glasper
• Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) – Mary J. Blige
• Breezy (Deluxe) – Chris Brown
• Candydrip – Lucky Daye
• Watch the Sun – PJ Morton

Rap

Best Rap Performance

• “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
• “God Did” – DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy
• “Vegas” – Doja Cat
• “Pushin P” – Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug
• “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” – Hitkidd and GloRilla

Melodic Rap Performance (Best)

• “Wait for U” – Future featuring Drake and Tems
• “Beautiful” – DJ Khaled featuring Future and SZA
• “First Class” – Jack Harlow
• “Die Hard” – Kendrick Lamar featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer
• “Big Energy (Live)” – Latto

Best Rap Song

• “The Heart Part 5”
  • Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Churchill Downs”
  • Ace G, BEDRM, Matthew Samuels, Tahrence Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Jack Harlow and Jose Velazquez, songwriters (Jack Harlow featuring Drake)
• “God Did”
  • Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy)
• “Pushin P”
  • Lucas Depante, Nayvadius Wilburn, Sergio Kitchens, Wesley Tyler Glass and Jeffery Lamar Williams, songwriters (Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug)
• “Wait for U”
  • Tejiri Akpoghene, Floyd E. Bentley III, Jacob Canady, Isaac De Boni, Aubrey Graham, Israel Ayomide Fowobaje, Nayvadius Wilburn, Michael Mule, Oluwatoroti Oke and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Future featuring Drake and Tems)

Rap Album (Best)

• Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
• God Did – DJ Khaled
• I Never Liked You – Future
• Come Home the Kids Miss You – Jack Harlow
• It’s Almost Dry – Pusha T

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Live Forever” – Willie Nelson
• “Heartfirst” – Kelsea Ballerini
• “Something in the Orange” – Zach Bryan
• “In His Arms” – Miranda Lambert
• “Circles Around This Town” – Maren Morris

Country Duo/Group Performance (Best)

• “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”– Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
• “Wishful Drinking” – Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt
• “Midnight Rider’s Prayer” – Brothers Osborne
• “Outrunnin’ Your Memory” – Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert
• “Does He Love You (Revisited)” – Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton
• “Going Where The Lonely Go” – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Best Country Song

• “‘Til You Can’t”
  • Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)
• “Circles Around This Town”
  • Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins, songwriters (Maren Morris)
• “Doin’ This”
  • Luke Combs, Drew Parker and Robert Williford, songwriters (Luke Combs)
• “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
  • Lori McKenna and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton)
• “If I Was a Cowboy”
  • Jesse Frasure and Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
• “I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die”
  • Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Willie Nelson)

Best Country Album

• A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson
• Growin’ Up – Luke Combs
• Palomino – Miranda Lambert
• Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde
• Humble Quest – Maren Morris

New Age

Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

• Mystic Mirror – White Sun
• Positano Songs – Will Ackerman
• Joy – Paul Avgerinos
• Mantra Americana – Madi Das and Dave Stringer with Bhakti Without Borders
• The Passenger – Cheryl B. Engelhardt

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• “Endangered Species” – Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese
• “Rounds (Live)” – Ambrose Akinmusire
• “Keep Holding On” – Gerald Albright
• “Falling” – Melissa Aldana
• “Call of the Drum” – Marcus Baylor
• “Cherokee/Koko” – John Beasley

 Jazz Vocal Album (Best)

• Linger Awhile – Samara Joy
• The Evening: Live at Apparatus – The Baylor Project
• Fade to Black – Carmen Lundy
• Fifty – The Manhattan Transfer with The WDR Funkhausorchester
• Ghost Song – Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton and Matthew Stevens
• Live in Italy – Peter Erskine Trio
• LongGone – Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade
• Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival – Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding
• Parallel Motion – Yellowjackets

Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Best)

• Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
• Bird Lives – John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren and SWR Big Band
• Remembering Bob Freedman – Ron Carter and The Jazzaar Festival Big Band directed by Christian Jacob
• Center Stage – Steve Gadd, Eddie Gómez, Ronnie Cuber and WDR Big Band conducted by Michael Abene
• Architecture of Storms – Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Fandango at the Wall in New York – Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
• Crisálida – Danilo Pérez featuring The Global Messengers
• If You Will – Flora Purim
• Rhythm & Soul – Arturo Sandoval
• Música de las Américas – Miguel Zenón

Gospel/contemporary Christian

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “Kingdom” – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
  • Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore and Jacob Poole, songwriters
• “Positive” – Erica Campbell
  • Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell and Juan Winans, songwriters
• “When I Pray” – DOE
  • Dominique Jones and Dewitt Jones, songwriters
• “The Better Benediction” – PJ Morton featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers and Darrel Walls
  • PJ Morton, songwriter
• “Get Up” – Tye Tribbett
  • Brandon Jones, Christopher Michael Stevens, Thaddaeus Tribbett and Tye Tribbett, songwriters

Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (Best)

• “Fear Is Not My Future” – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
  • Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford, songwriters
• “God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)” – Crowder featuring Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music
  • Dante Bowe, David Crowder, Ben Glover and Jeff Sojka, songwriters
• “So Good” – DOE
  • Chuck Butler, Dominique Jones and Ethan Hulse, songwriters
• “For God Is with Us” – For King & Country and Hillary Scott
  • Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone and Luke Smallbone, songwriters
• “Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin
  • Jason Ingram, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Chris Tomlin and Phil Wickham, songwriters
• “Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version)” – Phil Wickham
  • Chris Davenport, Bill Johnson, Brian Johnson and Phil Wickham, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• Kingdom Book One Deluxe – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
• Die To Live – Maranda Curtis
• Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) – Ricky Dillard
• Clarity – DOE
• All Things New – Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Breathe – Maverick City Music
• Lion – Elevation Worship
• Life After Death – TobyMac
• Always – Chris Tomlin
• My Jesus – Anne Wilson

Roots Gospel Album (Best)

• The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University Marching Band
• Let’s Just Praise the Lord – Gaither Vocal Band
• Confessio – Irish American Roots – Keith & Kristyn Getty
• The Willie Nelson Family – Willie Nelson
• 2:22 – Karen Peck and New River

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• Pasieros – Rubén Blades and Boca Livre
• Aguilera – Christina Aguilera
• De adentro pa afuera – Camilo
• Viajante – Fonseca
• Dharma + – Sebastián Yatra

Música Urbana Album (Best)

• Un verano sin ti – Bad Bunny
• Trap Cake, Vol. 2 – Rauw Alejandro
• Legendaddy – Daddy Yankee
• La 167 – Farruko
• The Love & Sex Tape – Maluma

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Motomami – Rosalía
• El Alimento – Cimafunk
• Tinta y tiempo – Jorge Drexler
• 1940 Carmen – Mon Laferte
• Alegoría – Gaby Moreno
• Los Años Salvajes – Fito Páez

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Un Canto por México – El Musical – Natalia Lafourcade
• Abeja Reina – Chiquis
• La Reunión (Deluxe) – Los Tigres del Norte
• EP #1 Forajido – Christian Nodal
• Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe) – Marco Antonio Solís

Tropical Latin Album (Best)

• Pa’llá voy – Marc Anthony
• Quiero Verte Feliz – La Santa Cecilia
• Lado A lado B – Víctor Manuelle
• Legendario – Tito Nieves
• Imágenes Latinas – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
• Cumbiana II – Carlos Vives

Meanwhile we also have the category of  the

American roots

Best American Roots Performance

• “Stompin’ Ground” – Aaron Neville with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
• “Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)” – Bill Anderson featuring Dolly Parton
• “Life According to Raechel” – Madison Cunningham
• “Oh Betty” – Fantastic Negrito
• “Prodigal Daughter” – Aoife O’Donovan and Allison Russell

Americana Performance (Best)

• “Made Up Mind” – Bonnie Raitt
• “Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]” – Eric Alexandrakis
• “There You Go Again” – Asleep at the Wheel featuring Lyle Lovett
• “The Message” – Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Black Violin
• “You and Me on the Rock” – Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius

Interestingly we have the category of the Best American Roots Song, let’s look at it

Best American Roots Song

• “Just Like That”
  • Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Raitt)
• “Bright Star”
  • Anaïs Mitchell, songwriter (Mitchell)
• “Forever”
  • Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott, songwriters (Sheryl Crow)
• “High and Lonesome”
  • T Bone Burnett and Robert Plant, songwriters (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss)
• “Prodigal Daughter”
  • Tim O’Brien and Aoife O’Donovan, songwriters (Aoife O’Donovan and Allison Russell)
• “You and Me on the Rock”
  • Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius)

Americana Album (Best)

• In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
• Things Happen That Way – Dr. John
• Good to Be… – Keb’ Mo’
• Raise the Roof – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
• Just Like That… – Bonnie Raitt

Best Bluegrass Album

• Crooked Tree – Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway
• Toward the Fray – The Infamous Stringdusters
• Almost Proud – The Del McCoury Band
• Calling You from My Mountain – Peter Rowan
• Get Yourself Outside – Yonder Mountain String Band

Traditional Blues Album (Best)

• Get On Board – Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
• Heavy Load Blues – Gov’t Mule
• The Blues Don’t Lie – Buddy Guy
• The Sun Is Shining Down – John Mayall
• Mississippi Son – Charlie Musselwhite

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Brother Johnny – Edgar Winter
• Done Come Too Far – Shemekia Copeland
• Crown – Eric Gales
• Bloodline Maintenance – Ben Harper
• Set Sail – North Mississippi Allstars

Folk Album (Best)

• Revealer – Madison Cunningham
• Spellbound – Judy Collins
• The Light at the End of the Line – Janis Ian
• Age of Apathy – Aoife O’Donovan
• Hell on Church Street – Punch Brothers

Regional Roots Music Album (Best)

• Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Ranky Tanky
• Full Circle – Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul featuring LSU Golden Band from Tigerland
• Natalie Noelani – Natalie Ai Kamauu
• Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani – Live at the Getty Center – Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani
• Lucky Man – Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• The Kalling – Kabaka Pyramid
• Gifted – Koffee
• Scorcha – Sean Paul
• Third Time’s the Charm – Protoje
• Com Fly Wid Mi – Shaggy

Global

 Global Music Performance (Best)

• “Bayethe” – Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
• “Udhero Na” – Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar
• “Gimme Love” – Matt B and Eddy Kenzo
• “Last Last” – Burna Boy
• “Neva Bow Down” – Rocky Dawuni featuring Blvk H3ro

Best Global Music Album

• Sakura – Masa Takumi
• Shuruaat – Berklee Indian Ensemble
• Love, Damini – Burna Boy
• Queen of Sheba – Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf
• Between Us… (Live) – Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley featuring Manu Delago

Children’s

Best Children’s Album

• The Movement – Alphabet Rockers
• Ready Set Go! – Divinity Roxx
• Space Cadet – Justin Roberts
• Los Fabulosos – Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
• Into the Little Blue House – Wendy and DB

Spoken word

Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

• Finding Me – Viola Davis
• Act Like You Got Some Sense – Jamie Foxx
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World – Lin-Manuel Miranda
• All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business – Mel Brooks
• Music Is History – Questlove

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• The Poet Who Sat by the Door – J. Ivy
• Black Men Are Precious – Ethelbert Miller
• Call Us What We Carry: Poems – Amanda Gorman
• Hiding in Plain View – Malcolm-Jamal Warner
• You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly. – Amir Sulaiman

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• The Closer – Dave Chappelle
• Comedy Monster – Jim Gaffigan
• A Little Brains, A Little Talent – Randy Rainbow
• Sorry – Louis C.K.
• We All Scream – Patton Oswalt

In the same fashion is the next category of musical theater

Musical theater

Best Musical Theater Album

• Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) – Sara Bareilles, Brian D’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers; Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist (2022 Broadway Cast)
• Caroline, or Change – John Cariani, Sharon D. Clarke, Caissie Levy and Samantha Williams, principal soloists; Van Dean, Nicel Lilley, Lawrence Manchester, Elliott Scheiner and Jeanine Tesori, producers; Jeanine Tesori, composers; Tony Kushner, lyricists (New Broadway Cast)
• MJ The Musical – Myles Frost and Tavon Olds-Sample, principal soloists; David Holcenberg, Derik Lee and Jason Michael Webb, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
• Mr. Saturday Night – Shoshana Bean, Billy Crystal, Randy Graff and David Paymer, principal soloists; Jason Robert Brown, Sean Patrick Flahaven and Jeffrey Lesser, producers; Jason Robert Brown, composer; Amanda Green, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
• Six: Live on Opening Night – Joe Beighton, Tom Curran, Sam Featherstone, Paul Gatehouse, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, producers; Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
• A Strange Loop – Jaquel Spivey, principal soloist; Michael Croiter, Michael R. Jackson, Charlie Rosen and Rona Siddiqui, producers; Michael R. Jackson, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Another major category is the

Visual media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Encanto – Various Artists
• Elvis – Various Artists
• Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series, Season 4 (Vol. 2) – Various Artists
• Top Gun: Maverick – Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer
• West Side Story – Various Artists

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Best)

• Encanto – Germaine Franco
• No Time to Die – Hans Zimmer
• The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
• The Batman – Michael Giacchino
• Succession: Season 3 – Nicholas Britell

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök – Stephanie Economou
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite – Austin Wintory
• Call of Duty: Vanguard – Bear McCreary
• Old World – Christopher Tin
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Richard Jacques

Song Written for Visual Media (Best)

• “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (from Encanto)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Carolina Gaitán – La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast)
• “Be Alive” (from King Richard)
  • Beyoncé and Darius Scott, songwriters (Beyoncé)
• “Carolina” (from Where the Crawdads Sing)
  • Taylor Swift, songwriter (Swift)
• “Hold My Hand” (from Top Gun: Maverick)
  • BloodPop and Lady Gaga, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
• “Keep Rising” (from The Woman King)
  • Angelique Kidjo, Jeremy Lutito and Jessy Wilson, songwriters (Jessy Wilson featuring Angelique Kidjo)
• “Nobody Like U” (from Turning Red)
  • Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva)

In similar fashion let’s consider the category of

Composition and arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition

• “Refuge”
  • Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
• “African Tales”
  • Paquito D’Rivera, composer (Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar)
• “El País Invisible”
  • Miguel Zenón, composer (Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith and Casey Rafn)
• “Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues”
  • Danilo Pérez, composer (Danilo Pérez featuring The Global Messengers)
• “Snapshots”
  • Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar)

Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (Best)

• “Scrapple From The Apple”
  • John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasly & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer)
• “As Days Go By (An Arrangement of The Family Matters Theme Song)”
  • Armand Hutton, arranger (Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt and Just 6)
• “How Deep Is Your Love”
  • Matt Cusson, arranger (Kings Return)
• “Main Titles (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)”
  • Danny Elfman, arranger (Danny Elfman)
• “Minnesota, WI”
  • Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• “Songbird (Orchestral Version)”
  • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
• “Let It Happen”
  • Louis Cole, arranger (Louis Cole)
• “Never Gonna Be Alone”
  • Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer)
• “Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying”
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
• “2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)”
  • Nathan Schram and Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens and Attacca Quartet)

Package, notes and historical

Best Recording Package

• Beginningless Beginning
  • Chun-Tien Hsia and Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
• Divers
  • William Stichter, art director (Soporus)
• Everything Was Beautiful
  • Mark Farrow, art director (Spiritualized)
• Telos
  • Ming Liu, art director (Fann)
• Voyeurist
  • Tnsn Dvsn, art director (Underoath)

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (Best)

• In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
  • Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Dave Van Patten, art directors (Grateful Dead)
• Artists Inspired By Music: Interscope Reimagined
  • Josh Abraham, Steve Berman, Jimmy Iovine, John Janick and Jason Sangerman, art directors (Various Artists)
• Big Mess
  • Berit Gwendolyn Gilma, art director (Danny Elfman)
• Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set)
  • Jenna Krackenberger, Anna McCaleb and Preacher, art directors (Black Pumas)
• Book
  • Paul Sahre, art director (They Might Be Giants)

Best Album Notes

• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
  • Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
• The American Clavé Recordings
  • Fernando González, album notes writer (Astor Piazzolla)
• Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
  • Gareth Murphy, album notes writer (Andy Irvine and Paul Brady)
• Harry Partch, 1942
  • John Schneider, album notes writer (Harry Partch)
• Life’s Work: A Retrospective
  • Ted Olson, album notes writer (Doc Watson)

Historical Album (Best)

• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
  • Cheryl Pawelski and Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
• Against The Odds: 1974-1982
  • Tommy Manzi, Steve Rosenthal and Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Tom Camuso, restoration engineer (Blondie)
• The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner, mastering engineer (Glenn Gould)
• Life’s Work: A Retrospective
  • Scott Billington, Ted Olson and Mason Williams, compilation producers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Doc Watson)
• To Whom It May Concern…
  • Jonathan Sklute, compilation producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mastering engineer; Lucas MacFadden, restoration engineer (Freestyle Fellowship)

Production

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Harry’s House
  • Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Spike Stent and Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
• Adolescence
  • Yonatan (Yoni) Ayal, Maxwell Byrne, Patrick Liney, Tim Nelson, Jock Nowell-Usticke, Aidan Peterson, Pierre Luc Rioux, Ike Schultz, Rutger Van Woudenberg, George Nicholas and Ryan Schwabe, engineers; Ryan Schwabe, mastering engineer (Baynk)
• Black Radio III
  • Daniel Farris, Tiffany Gouché, Keith Lewis, Musiq Soulchild, Reginald Nicholas, Q-Tip, Amir Sulaiman, Michael Law Thomas and Jon Zacks, engineers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer (Robert Glasper)
• Chloë and the Next 20th Century
  • Dave Cerminara and Jonathan Wilson, engineers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer (Father John Misty)
• Wet Leg
  • Jon McMullen, Joshua Mobaraki, Alan Moulder and Alexis Smith, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Wet Leg)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Jack Antonoff

  • “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift) (T)
  • Dance Fever (Florence + The Machine) (A)
  • “I Still Believe” (Diana Ross) (T)
  • Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Various Artists) (A)
  • “Part of the Band” (The 1975) (S)

• Dan Auerbach

  • Dropout Boogie (The Black Keys) (A)
  • “El Bueno Y El Malo” (Hermanos Gutiérrez) (T)
  • Nightmare Daydream (The Velveteers) (A)
  • Rich White Honky Blues (Hank Williams Jr.) (A)
  • Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson (Various Artists) (A)
  • Strange Time to Be Alive (Early James) (A)
  • Sweet Unknown (Ceramic Animal) (A)
  • “Tres Hermanos” (Hermanos Gutiérrez) (T)
  • Young Blood (Marcus King) (A)

• Boi-1da

  • “Chronicles” (Cordae featuring H.E.R. and Lil Durk) (T)
  • “Churchill Downs” (Jack Harlow featuring Drake) (T)
  • “Heated” (Beyoncé) (T)
  • “Mafia” (Travis Scott) (S)
  • “N95” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)
  • “Nail Tech” (Jack Harlow) (T)
  • “Not Another Love Song” (Ella Mai) (T)
  • “Scarred” (Giveon) (T)
  • “Silent Hill” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)

• Dahi

  • “Buttons” (Steve Lacy) (T)
  • “Count Me Out” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)
  • “Die Hard” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)
  • “DJ Quik” (Vince Staples) (T)
  • “Father Time” (Kendrick Lamar featuring Sampha) (T)
  • “Give You the World” (Steve Lacy) (T)
  • “Mercury” (Steve Lacy) (T)
  • “Mirror” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)
  • “Rich Spirit” (Kendrick Lamar) (T)

• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

  • Candy Drip (Lucky Daye) (A)
  • An Evening with Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic) (A)
  • Good Morning Gorgeous (Mary J. Blige) (S)
  • “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (Jazmine Sullivan) (S)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• “About Damn Time” (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
  • Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
• “Break My Soul” (Terry Hunter Remix)
  • Terry Hunter, remixer (Beyoncé)
• “Easy Lover” (Four Tet Remix)
  • Four Tet, remixer (Ellie Goulding)
• “Slow Song” (Paul Woolford Remix)
  • Paul Woolford, remixer (The Knocks and Dragonette)
• “Too Late Now” (Soulwax Remix)
  • Soulwax, remixer (Wet Leg)

Immersive Audio Album (Best)

• Divine Tides
  • Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej and Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej)
• Aguilera
  • Jaycen Joshua, immersive mix engineer; Jaycen Joshua, immersive mastering engineer (Christina Aguilera)
• Memories…Do Not Open
  • Mike Piacentini, immersive mix engineer; Mike Piacentini, immersive mastering engineer; Adam Alpert, Alex Pall, Jordan Stilwell and Andrew Taggart, immersive producers (The Chainsmokers)
• Picturing the Invisible – Focus 1
  • Jim Anderson, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg and Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mastering engineers; Jane Ira Bloom and Ulrike Schwarz, immersive producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
• Tuvayhun — Beatitudes For a Wounded World
  • Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Nidarosdomens Jentekor and Trondheim Soloists)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra
  • Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Stucky: Silent Spring
  • Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Perspectives
  • Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone and Dan Nichols, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
• Tuvayhun – Beatitudes for a Wounded World
  • Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor and Trondheim Soloists)
• Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
  • Bernhard Güttler, Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Christoph Stickel, mastering engineer (Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams and Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Judith Sherman

  • Akiho: Oculus (Various Artists) (A)
  • Bach, C.P.E.: Sonatas & Rondos (Marc-André Hamelin) (A)
  • Bolcom: The Complete Rags (Marc-André Hamelin) (A)
  • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets (Takács Quartet) (A)
  • Huang Ro’s A Dust in Time (Del Sol Quartet) (A)
  • It Feels Like (Eunbi Kim) (A)
  • León: Teclas de Mi Piano (Adam Kent) (A)
  • Violin Odyssey (Itamar Zorman and Ieva Jokubaviciute) (A)
  • Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman (Michael Repper and New York Youth Symphony) (A)

• Jonathan Allen

  • Aspire (Seunghee Lee, JP Jofre, Enrico Fagone and London Symphony Orchestra) (A)
  • Cooper: Continuum (Jessica Cottis, Adjoah Andoh, Clio Gould and the Oculus Ensemble) (A)
  • Muse (Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason) (A)
  • Origins (Lucie Horsch) (A)
  • Saudade (Plinio Fernandes) (A)
  • Schubert: Winterreise (Benjamin Appl) (A)
  • Secret Love Letters (Lisa Batiashvili, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Philadelphia Orchestra) (A)
  • Song (Sheku Kanneh-Mason) (A)

• Christoph Franke

  • Brahms & Berg: Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff, Robin Ticciati and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) (A)
  • John Williams – The Berlin Concert (John Williams and Berliner Philharmoniker) (A)
  • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Lars Vogt and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris) (A)
  • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas (Elisabeth Leonskaja) (A)
  • Mozart Y Mambo: Cuban Dances (Sarah Willis, José Antonio Méndez Padrón and Havana Lyceum Orchestra) (A)

• James Ginsburg

  • As We Are (Julian Velasco) (A)
  • Avant L’Orage – French String Trios (Black Oak Ensemble) (A)
  • Gems from Armenia (Aznavoorian Duo) (A)
  • Stephenson: Symphony No. 3, ‘Visions’ (Vladimir Kulenovic and Lake Forest Symphony) (A)
  • Trios from Contemporary Chicago (Lincoln Trio) (A)
  • When There Are No Words – Revolutionary Works for Oboe and Piano (Alex Klein and Phillip Bush) (A)

• Elaine Martone

  • Beethoven: The Last Sonatas (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
  • Big Things (Icarus Quartet) (A)
  • Perspectives (Third Coast Percussion) (A)
  • Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 (Yefim Bronfman, Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
  • Strauss: Three Tone Poems (Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
  • Upon Further Reflection (John Wilson) (A)

Songwriting

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Performers names appear in parentheses.

• Tobias Jesso Jr.
  • Boyfriends (Harry Styles) (T)
  • Can I Get It (Adele) (T)
  • Careless (FKA Twigs featuring Daniel Caesar) (T)
  • C’mon Baby Cry (Orville Peck) (T)
  • Dotted Lines (King Princess) (T)
  • Let You Go (Diplo With TSHA featuring Kareen Lomax) (S)
  • No Good Reason (Omar Apollo) (T)
  • Thank You Song (FKA Twigs) (T)
  • To Be Loved (Adele) (T)
• Amy Allen
  • For My Friends (King Princess) (S)
  • The Hardest Part (Alexander 23) (S)
  • If We Were A Party (Alexander 23) (S)
  • If You Love Me (Lizzo) (T)
  • Magic Wand (Alexander 23) (T)
  • Matilda (Harry Styles) (T)
  • Move Me (Charli XCX) (T)
  • Too Bad (King Princess) (S)
  • Vicious (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
• Nija Charles
  • Cozy (Beyoncé) (T)
  • Ex For A Reason (Summer Walker With JT from City Girls) (T)
  • Good Love (City Girls featuring Usher) (S)
  • IYKYK (Lil Durk featuring Ella Mai and A Boogie wit da Hoodie) (T)
  • Lobby (Anitta and Missy Elliott) (S)
  • Ride For You (Meek Mill featuring Kehlani) (T)
  • Sweetest Pie (Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa) (S)
  • Tangerine (Kehlani) (T)
  • Throw It Away (Summer Walker) (T)
• The-Dream
  • Break My Soul (Beyoncé) (S)
  • Church Girl (Beyoncé) (T)
  • Energy (Beyoncé featuring Beam) (T)
  • I’m That Girl (Beyoncé) (T)
  • Mercedes (Brent Faiyaz) (S)
  • Rock N Roll (Pusha T featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi) (T)
  • Rolling Stone (Brent Faiyaz) (T)
  • Summer Renaissance (Beyoncé) (T)
  • Thique (Beyoncé) (T)
• Laura Veltz
  • Background Music (Maren Morris) (T)
  • Feed (Demi Lovato) (T)
  • Humble Quest (Maren Morris) (T)
  • Pain (Ingrid Andress) (T)
  • 29 (Demi Lovato) (T)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

• “Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman”
  • New York Youth Symphony and Michael Repper
• “John Williams: The Berlin Concert”
  • Berlin Philharmonic and John Williams
• “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9”
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel
• “Sila: The Breath of the World”
  • Various Artists
• “Stay on It”
  • Wild Up and Christopher Rountree

Opera Recording (Best)

• Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Aucoin: Eurydice
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, Joshua Hopkins, Erin Morley and Jakub Józef Orliński; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Davis: X – The Life And Times Of Malcolm X
  • Gil Rose, conductor; Joshua Conyers, Ronnita Miller, Whitney Morrison, Victor Robertson and Davóne Tines; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)

Choral Performance (Best)

• Born
  • Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers and James Reese; The Crossing)
• Bach: St. John Passion
  • John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir)
• Verdi: Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Donald Palumbo, chorus master (Michelle DeYoung, Eric Owens, Ailyn Pérez and Matthew Polenzani; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (Best)

• Shaw: Evergreen – Attacca Quartet
• Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Volume 2 – The Middle Quartets – Dover Quartet
• Musical Remembrances – Neave Trio
• Perspectives – Third Coast Percussion
• What Is American – PUBLIQuartet

Classical Instrumental Solo (Best)

• Letters For The Future – Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Abels: Isolation Variation – Hilary Hahn
• Bach: The Art Of Life – Daniil Trifonov
• Beethoven: Diabelli Variations – Mitsuko Uchida
• A Night In Upper Town – The Music Of Zoran Krajacic – Mak Grgić

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Voice Of Nature – The Anthropocene
  • Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
• Eden
  • Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)
• How Do I Find You
  • Sasha Cooke, soloist; Kirill Kuzmin, pianist
• Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?
  • Will Liverman, soloist; Paul Sánchez, pianist (J’Nai Bridges and Caen Thomason-Redus)
• Stranger – Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly
  • Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider and The Knights; Reginald Mobley)

Classical Compendium (Best)

• An Adoption Story
  • Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers
• Aspire
  • JP Jofre and Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer
• A Concert For Ukraine
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer
• The Lost Birds
  • Voces8; Barnaby Smith and Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven and Christopher Tin, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Puts: Contact Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Akiho: Ligneous Suite Andy Akiho, composer (Ian Rosenbaum and Dover Quartet)
• Bermel: Intonations Derek Bermel, composer (Jack Quartet)
• Gubaidulina: The Wrath Of God Sofia Gubaidulina, composer (Andris Nelsons and Gewandhausorchester)
• Simon: Requiem For The Enslaved Carlos Simon, composer (Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé and Hub New Music)

Music video and film

Best Music Video

• All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift
  • Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer
• “Easy on Me” – Adele
  • Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan and Nancy Grant, video producers
• “Yet to Come” – BTS
  • Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer
• “Woman” – Doja Cat
  • Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin and Isaac Rice, video producers
• “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
  • Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum and Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• “As It Was” – Harry Styles
  • Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter and Alexa Haywood, video producers

Best Music Film

• Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Various artists
  • Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern, video producers
• Adele One Night Only – Adele
  • Paul Dugdale, video director
• Our World – Justin Bieber
  • Michael D. Ratner, video director; Kfir Goldberg, Andy Mininger and Scott Ratner, video producers
• Billie Eilish Live at the O2 – Billie Eilish
  • Sam Wrench, video director; Michelle An, Tom Colbourne, Chelsea Dodson and Billie Eilish, video producers
• Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance) – Rosalía
  • Ferrán Echegaray, Rosalía Vila Tobella and Stillz, video directors
• A Band A Brotherhood A Barn – Neil Young and Cr… Horse
  • Dhlovelife, video director; Gary Ward, video producer

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Berry Gordy
• Smokey Robinson

Lifetime Achievement Awards 

• The Supremes
• Nirvana
• Ma Rainey
• Nile Rodgers
• Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson
• Bobby McFerrin
• Slick Rick

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

• Dr. Dre

Best Song for Social Change

• “Baraye” – Shervin Hajipour

Multiple nominations and awards

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