Major Categories

Album of the Year

• Invasion Of Privacy — Cardi B
• By the Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile
• Scorpion — Drake
• H.E.R. — H.E.R.
• Beerbongs & Bentleys — Post Malone
• Dirty Computer — Janelle Monae
• Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
• Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By — Various Artists

Record of the Year

• “I Like It” — Cardi B
• “The Joke” — Brandi Carlile
• “This Is America” — Childish Gambino
• “God’s Plan” — Drake
• “Shallow” — Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• “All the Stars” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• “Rockstar” — Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
• “The Middle” — Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Song of the Year (Songwriters)

• “All the Stars” — Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
• “Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane (Ella Mai)
• “God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib (Drake)
• “In My Blood” — Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton (Shawn Mendes)
• “The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth (Brandi Carlile)
• “The Middle” — Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)
• “Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
• “This Is America” — Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)

Best New Artist

• Chloe x Halle
• Luke Combs
• Greta Van Fleet
• H.E.R.
• Dua Lipa
• Margo Price
• Bebe Rexha
• Jorja Smith

Pop Categories

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Colors” — Beck
• “Havana (Live)” — Camila Cabello
• “God Is a Woman” — Ariana Grande
• “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” — Lady Gaga
• “Better Now” — Post Malone

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Fall in Line” — Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
• “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” — Backstreet Boys
• “‘S Wonderful” — Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
• “Shallow” — Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• “Girls Like You” — Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
• “Say Something” — Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
• “The Middle” — Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Love Is Here to Stay — Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
• My Way — Willie Nelson
• Nat “King” Cole & Me — Gregory Porter
• Standards (Deluxe) — Seal
• The Music…The Mem’ries…The Magic! — Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Camila — Camila Cabello
• Meaning of Life — Kelly Clarkson
• Sweetener — Ariana Grande
• Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes
• Beautiful Trauma — P!nk
• Reputation — Taylor Swift

Dance & Electronic

Best Dance Recording

• “Ultimatum” — Disclosure (featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
• “Losing It” — Fisher
• “Electricity” — Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
• “Ghost Voices” — Virtual Self

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Woman Worldwide — Justice
• Treehouse — Sofi Tukker
• Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides — SOPHIE
• Lune Rouge — TOKiMONSTA

Rock, Metal & Alternative

Best Rock Performance

• “Four Out of Five” — Arctic Monkeys
• “When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell
• “Made in America” — The Fever 333
• “Highway Tune” — Greta Van Fleet
• “Uncomfortable” — Halestorm

Best Metal Performance

• “Condemned to the Gallows” — Between the Buried and Me
• “Honeycomb” — Deafheaven
• “Electric Messiah” — High on Fire
• “Betrayer” — Trivium
• “On My Teeth” — Underoath

Best Rock Song (Songwriters)

• “Black Smoke Rising” — Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner (Greta Van Fleet)
• “Jumpsuit” — Tyler Joseph (Twenty One Pilots)
• “Mantra” — Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes (Bring Me the Horizon)
• “Masseduction” — Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
• “Rats” — Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer (Ghost)

Best Rock Album

• Rainier Fog — Alice In Chains
• Mania — Fall Out Boy
• Prequelle — Ghost
• From the Fires — Greta Van Fleet
• Pacific Daydream — Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album

• Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys
• Colors — Beck
• Utopia — Björk
• American Utopia — David Byrne
• Masseduction — St. Vincent

R&B, Soul & Urban Contemporary

Best R&B Performance

• “Long As I Live” — Toni Braxton
• “Summer” — The Carters
• “Y O Y” — Lalah Hathaway
• “Best Part” — H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
• “First Began” — PJ Morton

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” — Leon Bridges
• “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” — Bettye LaVette
• “Honest” — MAJOR.
• “How Deep Is Your Love” — PJ Morton featuring Yebba
• “Made for Love” — Charlie Wilson featuring Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song (Songwriters)

• “Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane (Ella Mai)
• “Come Through and Chill” — Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel & Salaam Remi (Miguel featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi)
• “Feels Like Summer” — Donald Glover & Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)
• “Focus” — Darhyl Camper Jr., H.E.R. & Justin Love (H.E.R.)
• “Long As I Live” — Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon (Toni Braxton)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Everything Is Love — The Carters
• The Kids Are Alright — Chloe x Halle
• Chris Dave and the Drumhedz — Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
• War & Leisure — Miguel
• Ventriloquism — Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Album

• Sex & Cigarettes — Toni Braxton
• Good Thing — Leon Bridges
• Honestly — Lalah Hathaway
• H.E.R. — H.E.R.
• Gumbo Unplugged (Live) — PJ Morton

Rap & Hip-Hop

Best Rap Performance

• “Be Careful” — Cardi B
• “Nice for What” — Drake
• “King’s Dead” — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
• “Bubblin” — Anderson .Paak
• “Sicko Mode” — Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• “Like I Do” — Christina Aguilera featuring GoldLink
• “Pretty Little Fears” — 6lack featuring J. Cole
• “This Is America” — Childish Gambino
• “All the Stars” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• “Rockstar” — Post Malone featuring 21 Savage

Best Rap Song (Songwriters)

• “God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib (Drake)
• “King’s Dead” — Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II
• “Lucky You” — R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J. Sweet (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)
• “Sicko Mode” — Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim & Cydel Young (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee)
• “Win” — K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson (Jay Rock)

Best Rap Album

• Invasion of Privacy — Cardi B
• Swimming — Mac Miller
• Victory Lap — Nipsey Hussle
• Daytona — Pusha T
• ASTROWORLD — Travis Scott

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Wouldn’t It Be Great?” — Loretta Lynn
• “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” — Maren Morris
• “Butterflies” — Kacey Musgraves
• “Millionaire” — Chris Stapleton
• “Parallel Line” — Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• “Shoot Me Straight” — Brothers Osborne
• “Tequila” — Dan + Shay
• “When Someone Stops Loving You” — Little Big Town
• “Dear Hate” — Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
• “Meant to Be” — Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

Best Country Song (Songwriters)

• “Break Up in the End” — Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite (Cole Swindell)
• “Dear Hate” — Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris (Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill)
• “I Lived It” — Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip (Blake Shelton)
• “Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves)
• “Tequila” — Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds & Dan Smyers (Dan + Shay)
• “When Someone Stops Loving You” — Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna (Little Big Town)

Best Country Album

• Unapologetically — Kelsea Ballerini
• Port Saint Joe — Brothers Osborne
• Girl Going Nowhere — Ashley McBryde
• Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
• From A Room: Volume 2 — Chris Stapleton

Gospel & Contemporary Christian

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “You Will Win” — Jekalyn Carr (Allen Carr & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters)
• “Won’t He Do It” — Koryn Hawthorne
• “Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin (Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters)
• “Cycles” — Jonathan McReynolds featuring DOE (Jonathan McReynolds, songwriter)
• “A Great Work” — Brian Courtney Wilson (Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Reckless Love — Cory Asbury
• You Say — Lauren Daigle
• JOY. — for KING & COUNTRY
• Grace Got You — MercyMe featuring John Reuben
• Known — Tauren Wells

Best Gospel Album

• One Nation Under God — Jekalyn Carr
• Hiding Place — Tori Kelly
• Make Room — Jonathan McReynolds
• The Other Side — The Walls Group
• A Great Work — Brian Courtney Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• “Look Up Child” — Lauren Daigle
• “Hallelujah Here Below” — Elevation Worship
• “Living With a Fire” — Jesus Culture
• “Surrounded” — Michael W. Smith
• “Survivor: Live From Harding Prison” — Zach Williams

World, Jazz, Classical & More

Best Latin Pop Album

• Sincera — Claudia Brant
• Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Vol. 2 — Natalia Lafourcade
• 2:00 AM — Raquel Sofía
• Vives — Carlos Vives

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Legado — Formell y Los Van Van
• Orquestra Akokan — Orquesta Akokan
• Ponle Actitud — Felipe Peláez
• Anniversary — Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Best World Music Album

• Deran — Bombino
• Fenfo — Fatoumata Diawara
• Black Times — Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
• Freedom — Soweto Gospel Choir
• The Lost Songs of World War II — Yiddish Glory

Selected Jazz, Classical & Roots Categories

Nominees include artists across many specialized categories — from Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Jazz Instrumental Album to Best Orchestral Performance, Best Opera Recording and Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Notable nominees across these fields include Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Manfred Honeck with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, and many more recognized for outstanding work in their genres.

Film, Visual Media & Music Video

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Call Me By Your Name — Various Artists
• Deadpool 2 — Various Artists
• The Greatest Showman — Various Artists
• Lady Bird — Various Artists
• Stranger Things — Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Black Panther — Ludwig Göransson
• Blade Runner 2049 — Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer
• Coco — Michael Giacchino
• The Shape of Water — Alexandre Desplat
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi — John Williams

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• “All the Stars” — Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith (from Black Panther)
• “Mystery of Love” — Sufjan Stevens (from Call Me By Your Name)
• “Remember Me” — Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (from Coco)
• “Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (from A Star Is Born)
• “This Is Me” — Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (from The Greatest Showman)

Best Music Video

• “Apes***” — The Carters (director: Ricky Saiz)
• “This Is America” — Childish Gambino (director: Hiro Murai)
• “I’m Not Racist” — Joyner Lucas (directors: Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx)
• “Pynk” — Janelle Monáe (director: Emma Westenberg)
• “Mumbo Jumbo” — Tierra Whack (director: Marco Prestini)

Production, Packaging & Technical Awards

Producer of the Year — Non-Classical

• Boi-1da (credits include work with Cardi B, Drake, The Carters, Eminem, G-Eazy)
• Larry Klein (credits across jazz and singer-songwriter projects)
• Linda Perry (noted for album and soundtrack production)
• Kanye West (producer credits for multiple contemporary albums)
• Pharrell Williams (credits include work with The Carters, Justin Timberlake, N.E.R.D, Migos, Ariana Grande)

Best Music Film

• Life in 12 Bars (Eric Clapton)
• Whitney (Whitney Houston)
• Quincy (Quincy Jones)
• Itzhak (Itzhak Perlman)
• The King (Elvis Presley)

This organized list highlights the wide range of nominees across genres and fields for the 61st Grammys. The full slate recognizes mainstream pop, country, rap, R&B, gospel, jazz, classical, world music, soundtrack work and the technical crafts that support them. Tune in to the live broadcast to see the winners announced.