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Best American Roots Song

Mark Knopfler – Ahead Of The Game

Sam Beam – All In Good Time (Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple)

Aoife O’Donovan – for All My Friends” (Aoife O’Donovan)

Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker – American Dreaming (Sierra Ferrell) – WINNER

John Hahn & Will Kimbrough – Blame It On Eve (Shemekia Copeland)

 

Best American Roots Performance

Shemekia Copeland – Blame It On Eve

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing In Rambling

Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse – WINNER

Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad Of Sally Anne

 

Best Americana Performance

Beyoncé – Ya Ya

Madison Cunningham – Subtitles

Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me Good

Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming – WINNER

Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky 

 

Best Bluegrass Album

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World

The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life

Sister Sadie – No Fear

Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1 – WINNER

Tony Trischka – Earl Jam

Dan Tyminski – Live From The Ryman

 

Best Traditional Blues Album 

Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love

The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down

Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman

Little Feat – Sam’s Place

The Taj Mahal Sextet – Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa – WINNER

 

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2

Shemekia Copeland – Blame It On Eve

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown

Ruthie Foster – Mileage – WINNER

Antonio Vergara – The Fury

 

Best Folk Album 

American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet

Madi Diaz – Weird Faith

Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future

Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland – WINNER

 

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock And Soul – 25 Back to My Roots

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 – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Kalani Pe’a – Kuini – WINNER

The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Stories from The Battlefield

 

Best Reggae Album

Collie Buddz – Take It Easy

Vybz Kartel – Party With Me

Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here

Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) – WINNER

The Wailers – Evolution

 

Best Global Music Performance 

Arooj Aftab – Raat Ki Rani

Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock Somewhere

Rocky Dawuni – Rise

Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá – WINNER

Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul

Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – Kashira

 

Best African Music Performance

Yemi Alade – Tomorrow

Asake & Wizkid – MMS

Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational

Burna Boy – Higher

Tems – Love Me JeJe – WINNER

 

Best Global Music Album 

Matt B ft. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II – WINNER

Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes

Rema – Heis

Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco

Tems – Born in the Wild

 

Best Children’s Music Album

Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band – Brillo, Brillo! – WINNER

Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats – Creciendo

John Legend – My Favourite Dream

Rock For Children – Solid Rock Revival

Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate

 

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording 

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words – Guy Oldfield

…And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton

Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones – Dolly Parton

Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter – WINNER

My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand

 

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 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 Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen – WINNER

Merrily We Roll Along 

The Notebook 

The Outsiders 

Suffs 

The Wiz 

 

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Color Purple 

Deadpool & Wolverine 

Maestro – WINNER

Saltburn 

Twisters: The Album 

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

American Fiction – Laura Karpman

Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

The Color Purple – Kris Bowers

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer – WINNER

Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprak

God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla – Bear McCreary

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – John Paesano

Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget II

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Winifred Phillips – WINNER

 

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (from Twisters: The Album)

Better Place (from Trolls Band Together)

Can’t Catch Me Now (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

It Never Went Away (from American Symphony) – WINNER

Love Will Survive (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

 

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Karen Slack (soloist); Michelle Cann (pianist) – Beyond the Years – Unpublished Songs of Florence Price  WINNER

Nicholas Phan (soloist); Palaver Strings (ensemble) – A Change Is Gonna Come

Fotina Naumenko (soloist); Marika Bournaki (pianist) – Newman: Bespoke Songs

Will Liverman (soloist); Jonathan King (pianist) – Show Me The Way

Joyce DiDonato (soloist); Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro) – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

 

Best Classical Compendium

Andy Akiho & Imani Winds (artists); Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover (producers) – BeLonging

Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (producer) – American Counterpoints

JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (producer) – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

The album “Mythologies II” features a collaboration of talented artists including Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies, and Danaë Xanthe Vlasse. The music is conducted by Michael Shapiro, with production credits going to Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, and Kitt Wakeley.

Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer) – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantin – WINNER

 

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (producer) – American Counterpoints

JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (producer) – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

The album “Mythologies II” showcases the creative work of Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies, and Danaë Xanthe Vlasse. Michael Shapiro conducts the music, while Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, and Kitt Wakeley are credited as producers.

Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer) – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER

 

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Michael League – Baby Elephant Walk – Encore (Snarky Puppy)

Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Jacob Collier ft. John Legend & Tori Kelly) – WINNER

Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé – Rhapsody in Blue(grass) (Béla Fleck ft. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)

Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor – Rose Without the Thorns (Scott Hoying ft. säje & Tonality)

Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor – Silent Night 

 

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals 

Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor – Alma (säje ft. Regina Carter) – WINNER

Matt Jones – Always Come Back (John Legend)

Willow, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio – B i g f e e l i n g s  (Willow)

Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman – Last Surprise (The 8-bit Big Band ft. Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)

Cody Fry – The sound of silence (Cody Fry ft. Sleeping At Last

 

Best Recording Package

Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage – The Avett Brothers (The Avett Brothers)

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Baker Hotel (William Clark Green)

Brent David Freaney, Charli XCX & Imogene Strauss – Brat (Charli xcx) – WINNER

The song “F-1 Trillion” (Post Malone) is a collaboration involving Archie Lee Coates IV, Austin Post (Post Malone), Bobby Greenleaf, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon, and Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta.

Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love – The Baskerville Edition (Kate Bush)

Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh – Jug Band Millionaire (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)

Lee Pei-Tzu – Pregnancy, Breakdown and Disease (WhoiWhoo)

 

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Nick Azinas & Mike Hicks – Half Living Things (Alpha Wolf)

Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love – The Boxes of Lost at Sea (Kate Bush)

Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto – In Utero (Nirvana)

Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon – Mind Games (John Lennon) – WINNER

Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski – Unsuk Chin (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)

Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokaki – We Blame Chicago (90 Day Men)

 

Best Album Notes

Tim Brooks – After Midnight 

Lauren de Graf – The Carnegie Hall Concert 

Ricky Riccardi – Centennial – WINNER

Dominic Fyfe – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55 

Josh Kun – SONtrack Original de la Pelicula Al Son de Beno

 

Best Historical Album

Centennial – Meagan Hennessy & Richard Martin – WINNER

Prince – Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition

Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings

Pepito y Paquito – Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria,

The Sound of Music – Super Deluxe Edition 

 

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical 

Jessi Alexander 

Amy Allen – WINNER

Édgar Barrera 

Jessie Jo Dillon 

Raye 

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical 

Algorithm (Lucky Daye) 

Cyan Blue (Charlotte Day Wilson) 

Deeper Well (Kacey Musgraves) 

Empathogen (Willow) 

I/O (Peter Gabriel) – WINNER

Short n’ Sweet (Sabrina Carpenter)

 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical 

Alissia

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Dan Nigro – WINNER

 

Best Remixed Recording

Kaytranada – Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix) (Doechii featuring JT)

David Guetta – A Bar Song (Tipsy) (remix) (Shaboozey & David Guetta)

Mark Ronson x FnZ – Espresso (Working Late remix) (Sabrina Carpenter) – WINNER

Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MeMyish – Jah Sees Them (Amapiano remix)” (Julian Marley & Antaeus)

A. G. Cook – Von Dutch (remix) (Charli XCX & A. G. Cook featuring Addison Rae)

 

Best Immersive Audio Album

Roxy Music – Avalon

Ray Charles – Genius Loves Company 

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra – Borders 

Peter Gabriel – i/o (In-Side Mix) – WINNER

Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet -Pax 

 

Best Instrumental Composition

Shelton G. Berg – At Last 

Christopher Zuar – Communion 

André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño – I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time 

Chick Corea – Remembrance

Pascal Le Boeuf – Strands – WINNER

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay – Adams: Girl of the Golden West 

Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz – Andres: The Blind Banister 

Mark Donahue & John Newton – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Ressurexit – WINNER

Daniel Shores – Clear Voices in the Dark 

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina 

 

Producer of the Year, Classical 

Erica Brenner

Morten Lindberg

Dmitriy Lipay

Elaine Martone – WINNER

Dirk Sobotka

 

Best Orchestral Performance 

Marin Alsop (cd); ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra – Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance

JoAnn Falletta (cd); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major

Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Los Angeles Philharmonic – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER

Susanna Mälkki (cd); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava & Lemminkäinen

Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird

 

Best Opera Recording

Adams: Girls of the Golden West -Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale

 Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Moravec: The Shining -Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus

 Puts: The Hours – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Saariaho: Adriana Mater -San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkilangas – WINNER

 

Best Choral Performance

Skylark Vocal Ensemble (ensemble) – Clear Voices in the Dark

True Concord Voices (ensemble) – A Dream So Bright – Choral Music of Jake Runestad

Apollo’s Fire (ensemble); Apollo’s Singers (ensemble) – Handel: Israel in Egypt

 The Crossing (ensemble) – Ochre – WINNER

Novus NY, Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus (ensembles) – Sheehan: Akathist

 

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance 

JACK Quartet – J.L. Adams: Waves & Particles

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke’

Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble – Cerrone: Beaufort Scales

Miró Quartet – Home

Caroline Shaw & So Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance – WINNER

 

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Andy Akiho – Akiho: Longing

Vikingur Ólafsson – Bach: Goldberg Variations – WINNER

Seth Parker Woods (soloist); Christopher Rountree (conductor of Wild Up) – Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

Mak Grgić – Entourer

Curtis Stewart (soloist); James Blachly (conductor of the Experiential Orchestra) – Perry: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra

 

Best Classical Compendium

Andy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLonging

Curtis Stewart – American Counterpoints

JoAnn Falletta – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse – Mythologies II

Gustavo Didamel – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER