Grammys 2024: Winners and key takeaways from a dramatic evening

Grammys 2024: Winners and key takeaways from a dramatic evening - Copyright AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Published on 05/02/2024 - 08:16

Taylor Swift makes history and announces a new album... Barbie triumphant... Killer Mike arrested... The Grammys bring excitement and drama.

The 66th annual Grammy Awards took place last night, and if you thought the drama was contained to the movie awards season, you were very much mistaken.

It was a big night for female artists, with SZA starting the evening with the most nominations (nine), and Victoria Monét and Phoebe Bridgers close behind (seven nods each).

Ultimately, Taylor Swift triumphed in Best Pop Vocal Album and a win for Album of the Year for 'Midnights', making history in the process. More on that in a bit.

SZA was also a big winner, taking home Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Progressive R&B Album, and Best R&B Song.

Phoebe Bridgers and her supergroup boygenius had a great evening, too, winning Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Alternative Music Album.

Elsewhere, Miley Cyrus won Record of the Year for 'Flowers', her first ever Grammy; Victoria Monét won Best New Artist; Karol G made Grammy history becoming the first female performer to win Best Música Urbana Album for her blockbuster 'Mañana Será Bonito' record; and Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for the Barbie hit, 'What Was I Made For?'.

And for you country fans out there, best country album went to Lainey Wilson for 'Bell Bottom Country' - her very first Grammy.

Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Here are the key takeaways from a very, very busy evening:

Taylor Swift triumphs and announces a new album

TayTay (all day) won album of the year for 'Midnights', breaking the record for most wins in the category with four.

She beats Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, who had three.

That’s all very well and good, but the big news for Swifties came earlier in the night, when she finally endorsed President Biden for this year’s election thereby sending Conservatives into a nuclear meltdo- No, that’s not it.

Instead, Swift used her 13th Grammy win to announce her new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'.

“I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans,” she said while accepting the best pop vocal album award. “So, I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I'm gonna go and post the cover right now backstage.”

True to her word, Swift posted a black-and-white image of her reclining across some comfy looking pillows. The top half of her face is cut off in the low-contrast image. Check it out for yourself:

“All’s fair in love and poetry...” her caption read.

You can imagine that the internet went into full meltdown mode, and in a little over an hour, the Instagram post alone had amassed nearly 7 million likes.

“And so I enter into evidence / My tarnished coat of arms / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of love bombs / My veins of pitch black ink,” read handwritten lyrics posted after the album cover.

‘The Tortured Poets Department’ will be Swift's 11th studio album, not counting her re-recordings. Her last original album was 'Midnights', released in October 2022. Since then, she's launched the billion-dollar Eras Tour, which is heading to Europe. And we'll be there to keep you up to speed with what actually goes on at a Taylor Swift concert.

Swift later picked up Album of the Year, the show's final award, for 'Midnights’.

“I would love to tell you this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song, or when I crack the code to a bridge that I love, or when I’m shortlisting a music video, or when I’m working with my dancers,” she said after accepting her Album of the Year award.

She was presented album of the year by...

Céline Dion graces the stage

The award for album of the year was presented by the one, the only Céline Dion, who surprised everyone with her appearance.

The celebrated artist had recently stopped performing due to Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). She was diagnosed in 2022 and this led to the cancellation of her world tour in May 2023.

She received a standing ovation.

“When I say that I’m happy to be here, I really mean it from my heart,” she said.

Last week, Dion announced the release of an upcoming documentary that hopes to raise awareness about her rare neurological disorder.

In a statement, Dion said: “As the road to resuming my performing career continues, I have realized how much I have missed it, of being able to see my fans. During this absence, I decided I wanted to document this part of my life to help others who share this diagnosis.”

Big performances

Trevor Noah hosted the main Grammys ceremony for the fourth consecutive year.

Noah greeted an excited crowd, starting things off with a kiss on the cheek from Meryl Streep.

That was already an impressive start, but the performances that followed made the evening one for the books.

Performers during the show included SZA, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, Billy Joel, and Miley Cyrus, among others.

Dua Lipa opened the show with a high-octane medley: first, a tease of her forthcoming single, 'Training Season', then, her most recent single 'Houdini', and finally, her disco-pop Barbie hit 'Dance the Night.'

Travis Scott did a medley of 'My Eyes', 'I Know?', and 'Fein'; Olivia Rodrigo brought her bloodsucking ballad 'vampire' – or in this case, bloodletting, as red liquid dripped from the walls behind her; SZA took the stage to perform a medley of her hits 'Snooze' and 'Kill Bill', joined by dancers wielding katanas; Miley Cyrus then went on to perform 'Flowers' for the first time live on television – moments after receiving her first ever Grammy.

As you can tell, there were a lot of performances, each one outdoing the previous.

Of particular note was Luke Combs’ heartfelt rendition of 'Fast Car' with Tracy Chapman, during one of her rare public appearances. Combs’ cover of the Chapman classic has dominated country radio and won him song of the year at the 2023 CMAs. In 1989, Chapman won best pop vocal performance for the song.

Then there was the set from U2, “one of the most groundbreaking and beloved bands of all time” according to Noah, performing from the Sphere in Las Vegas.

However, our favourite performance was, hands down...

Joni Mitchell makes her Grammys debut

Joni Mitchell, 80, made Grammy history by performing 'Both Sides Now' from her 1969 album 'Clouds'.

It was her first-ever Grammy performance, and in her introduction, Brandi Carlile called her “one of the most influential and emotionally generous creators in human history”.

Damn right.

Mitchell also won the award for best folk album.

Damn right again.

Barbie gets some love

The Oscars may have, according to some, “shunned” Barbie with a few “snubs”, but the Grammys decided to take another route.

Billie Eilish and her brother/collaborator Finneas O'Connell's gentle ballad 'What Was I Made For?' were awarded Best Song of the Year and best song written for visual media.

“Damn, that’s stupid guys!” she said during her speech. “That was a crazy list of incredible people … I’m shocked out of my balls.”

We hope her balls are safe and sound. We need you, Billie.

“Thank you to Greta Gerwig for making the best movie of the year,” Eilish also said during her acceptance speech.

Eilish’s song has already won a handful of awards this season, including best original song at the 2024 Golden Globes, and is currently up for best original song at the upcoming Oscars in March.

And as an extra bit of trivia, ‘What Was I Made For?’ became the first song from a movie to win the award since Celine Dion’s 'My Heart Will Go On'.

It did not, however, win Record of the Year. That went to...

'Flowers' still getting love

Miley Cyrus’ 'Flowers' beat out Billie Eilish's 'What Was I Made For?', boygenius' 'Not Strong Enough', Jon Batiste's 'Worship', Olivia Rodrigo's 'vampire', SZA's 'Kill Bill', Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' and Victoria Monét's 'On My Mama' to take home the major award.

The self-love anthem 'Flowers' won Record of the Year, and has continued to break records upon its release, becoming the first song to reach over 100 million streams on Spotify in one week, and earning one trillion streams after just three months.

boygenius win big

The indie supergroup boygenius featuring Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus received their first-ever Grammy nominations this year, and left the awards ceremony with three main awards: Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Alternative Music Album.

It’s quite the sweep for the band, whose first album, 'the record', was one of our favourite albums of 2023.

In our review, we said: “The supergroup delivered an addictive and achingly intimate ode to collaboration, and listening to 'the record' (stylised in lowercase like the band's name) makes you feel like you’re privy to a mic-sharing session between three mates who genuinely enjoy their creative time together.”

Also, can we take a moment to appreciate their matching outfits?

Jay-Z wins... But has beef

Jay-Z was given the year’s Dr Dre global impact award for his personal and professional achievements.

Lovely, but during his acceptance speech, he called out the Grammys’ failure to recognize his wife, Beyoncé, for album of the year:

“I’m just saying, we want y’all to get it right,” he said. “Obviously it’s subjective because it’s music.”

He continued: “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has the most Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year,” he said. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that: the most Grammys. Never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”

Bit of a dampener, but the night wasn’t Hova...

Killer Mike wins three awards – and is arrested

Rapper Killer Mike, best known by some as one half of the band Run The Jewels, won three awards in quick succession, but somehow ended up in police custody before the main Grammys ceremony began.

He was handcuffed and escorted by police out of the Grammy Awards, having won three Grammys during the pre-televised portion of the ceremony.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, and the LAPD confirmed that he was detained after a “physical altercation” at Crypto.com Arena, where the Grammys are being held.

The evening, on a more positive note, marked Killer Mike’s first Grammy Award wins since 2003, when he was first nominated and won for his feature on OutKast’s 'The Whole World' in the best rap performance by a duo or group.

Killer Mike won in all three of the categories he was nominated in: Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for his track 'Scientists & Engineers' and Best Rap Album for 'Michael', his sixth studio album released in June 2023.

His song 'Scientists & Engineers' featured André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane. It beat Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s 'The Hillbillies'; Black Thought’s 'Love Letter'; Coi Leray’s 'Players'; and Drake and 21 Savage’s 'Rich Flex' in the Best Rap Performance race.

Killer Mike’s album 'Michael' beat Drake and 21 Savage’s 'Her Loss'; Metro Boomin’s 'Heroes & Villains'; Nas’ 'King’s Disease III' and Travis Scott’s 'Utopia' in Best Rap album.

Here is the full list of Grammy 2024 winners:

Album of the Year

Boygenius - The Record
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste - World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
SZA - SOS
WINNER: Taylor Swift - Midnights

Record of the Year

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Boygenius - Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste - Worship
WINNER: Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
SZA - Kill Bill
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét - On My Mama

Best New Artist

Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
WINNER: Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty

Song of the Year

WINNER: Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?
Dua Lipa - Dance the Night
Jon Batiste - Butterfly
Lana Del Rey - A&W
Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
SZA - Kill Bill
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Best Pop Vocal Album

Ed Sheeran - - (Subtract)
Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
WINNER: Taylor Swift - Midnights

Best R&B Song

Coco Jones - ICU
Halle - Angel
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley - Back to Love
WINNER: SZA - Snooze
Victoria Monét - On My Mama

Best Country Album

Brothers Osborne - Brothers Osborne
Kelsea Ballerini - Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
WINNER: Lainey Wilson - Bell Bottom Country
Tyler Childers - Rustin’ in the Rain
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan

Best Música Urbana Album

WINNER: Karol G - Mañana Será Bonito
Rauw Alejandro - Saturno
Tainy - Data

Best Pop Solo Performance

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red
WINNER: Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Daniel Nigro
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
WINNER: Jack Antonoff
Metro Boomin

Producer of the Year, Classical

Brian Pidgeon
David Frost
Dmitriy Lipay
WINNER: Elaine Martone
Morten Lindberg

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic - Fandango
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry - Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul - Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor
WINNER: Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Contemporary American Composers
Shara Nova & A Far Cry - The Blue Hour

Best Bluegrass Album

Billy Strings - Me/And/Dad
Michael Cleveland - Lovin’ of the Game
Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar
WINNER: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
Sam Bush - Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
Willie Nelson - Bluegrass

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

WINNER: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia - As We Speak
Ben Wendel - All One
Bob James - Jazz Hands
House of Waters - On Becoming
Julian Lage - The Layers

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Adam Blackstone - Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
WINNER: Billy Childs - The Winds of Change
Kenny Barron - The Source
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
Pat Metheny - Dream Box

Best Jazz Performance

Adam Blackstone Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté - Vulnerable (Live)
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding - But Not for Me
Jon Batiste - Movement 18’ (Heroes)
Lakecia Benjamin - Basquiat
WINNER: Samara Joy - Tight

Best Progressive R&B Album

Diddy - The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy - Nova
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
WINNER: SZA - SOS
6lack - Since I Have a Lover

Best R&B Performance

Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot
WINNER: Coco Jones - ICU
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley - Back to Love
SZA - Kill Bill
Victoria Monét - How Does It Make You Feel

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony - Akiho: In That Space, at That Time
WINNER: Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth - Montgomery: Rounds
Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic - Adès: Dante
Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic - Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
Roomful of Teeth - Brittelle: Psychedelics

Best Classical Compendium

Aaron Diehl & The Knights - Zodiac Suite
Andy Akiho, Omaha Symphony & Ankush Kumar Bahl - Sculptures
Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna - Sardinia
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo - Fandango
Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic & Tim Weiss - Missy Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
WINNER: Various Artists - Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree - Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist - Because
WINNER: Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) - Walking in the Dark
Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist - Broken Branches
Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist - 40@40
Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist - Rising

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Andy Akiho - Akiho: Cylinders
Curtis Stewart - Of Love
WINNER: Louisville Orchestra - The American Project
Robert Black - Adams, John Luther: Darkness and Scattered Light
Seth Parker Woods - Difficult Grace

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet - American Stories
Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker
WINNER: Roomful of Teeth - Rough Magic
Third Coast Percussion - Between Breaths
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ and Op. 1, No. 3

Best Choral Performance

The Clarion Choir - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
The Crossing - Carols After a Plague
Miró Quartet; Conspirare - The House of Belonging
San Francisco Symphony Chorus - Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
WINNER: Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir - Saariaho: Reconnaissance

Best Opera Recording

WINNER: The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Blanchard: Champion
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus - Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet - Little: Black Lodge

Best Orchestral Performance

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy
WINNER: Los Angeles Philharmonic - Adès: Dante
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Pieces
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Fenestra
Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest - Com Que Voz (Live)
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band - April in Paris
WINNER: Säje Featuring Jacob Collier - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Samara Joy - Lush Life

Best Regional Roots Music Album

WINNER: Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band - New Beginnings
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers - Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
WINNER: Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra - Live: Orpheum Theater Nola
New Breed Bass Band - Made in New Orleans
New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Too Much to Hold
The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. - Live at the Maple Leaf

Best Folk Album

Dom Flemons - Traveling Wildfire
WINNER: Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
The Milk Carton Kids - I Only See the Moon
Nickel Creek - Celebrants
Old Crow Medicine Show - Jubilee
Paul Simon - Psalms
Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne - Nobody’s Nobody
Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton - We Don’t Fight Anymore
Dierks Bentley Furingeat Billy Strings - High Note
Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson - Save Me
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin - Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
WINNER: Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding - Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke - Lean In
WINNER: Nicole Zuraitis - How Love Begins
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band - For Ella 2

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera - I Remember Mingus
Just 6 - Angels We Have Heard on High
Ludwig Göransson - Can You Hear the Music
WINNER: The String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel - Folsom Prison Blues
Wednesday Addams - Paint It Black

Best Instrumental Composition

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia - Motion
WINNER: John Williams - Helena’s Theme
Lakecia Benjamin Feuringat Angela Davis - Amerikkan Skin
Ludwig Göransson - Can You Hear the Music
Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band - Cutey and the Dragon

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Meryl Streep - Big Tree
WINNER: Michelle Obama - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Rick Rubin - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Senator Bernie Sanders - It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
William Shatner - Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder

Best Children’s Music Album

Andrew & Polly - Ahhhhh!
DJ Willy Wow! - Hip Hope for Kids!
Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon - Ancestars
Uncle Jumbo - Taste the Sky
WINNER: 123 Andrés - We Grow Together Preschool Songs

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

WINNER: Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality and The Scorchio Quartet - So She Howls
David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean
Kirsten Agresta-Copely - Aquamarine
Omar Akram - Moments of Beauty
Ólafur Arnalds - Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks)

Best Reggae Album

Buju Banton - Born for Greatness
Beenie Man - Simma
Burning Spear - No Destroyer
Collie Buddz - Cali Roots Riddim 2023
WINNER: Julian Marley & Antaeus - Colors of Royal

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Cabra - Martínez
Diamante Eléctrico - Leche de Tigre
Fito Paez - EADDA9223
WINNER: Juanes - Vida Cotidiana
WINNER: Natalia Lafourcade - De Todas las Flores

Best Latin Pop Album

AleMor - Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1
WINNER: Gaby Moreno - X Mi (Vol. 1)
Maluma - Don Juan
Pablo Alborán - La Cuarta Hoja
Paula Arenas - A Ciegas
Pedro Capó - La Neta

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile
Cory Henry - Live at the Piano
Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue - SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Louis Cole - Quality Over Opinion
WINNER: Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book

Best Latin Jazz Album

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band - Vox Humana
Eliane Elias - Quietude
Ivan Lins With the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra - My Heart Speaks
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente - Cometa
WINNER: Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo - El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla - The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute - Ritmo
WINNER: The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart - Basie Swings the Blues
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension
Mingus Big Band - The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest - Olympians

Best Historical Album

Bob Dylan - Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965 - Deluxe Edition
Various Artists - The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
Various Artists - Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971
WINNER: Various Artists - Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Best Album Notes

Howdy Glenn - I Can Almost See Houston
Iftin Band - Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions
John Coltrane - Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)
Various Artists - Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971
WINNER: Various Artists - Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Bo Burnham - Inside: Deluxe Box Set
Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965 - Deluxe Edition
Neutral Milk Hotel - The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
Ngọt - Gieo
WINNER: Various Artists - For the Birds: The Birdsong Project

Best Recording Package

The Arcs - Eletrophonic Chronic
Brad Breeck - Gravity Falls
Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
WINNER: Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
Ensemble Cadenza 21’ - Cadenza 21’
Leaf Yeh - Migration

Best Comedy Album

Chris Rock - Selective Outrage
WINNER: Dave Chappelle - What’s in a Name?
Sarah Silverman - Someone You Love
Trevor Noah - I Wish You Would
Wanda Sykes - I’m an Entertainer

Best Alternative Music Album

Arctic Monkeys - The Car
WINNER: Boygenius - The Record
Gorillaz - Cracker Island
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying

Best Alternative Music Performance

Alvvays - Belinda Says
Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint
Boygenius - Cool About It
Lana Del Rey - A&W
WINNER: Paramore - This Is Why

Best Rock Album

Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet - Starcatcher
Metallica - 72 Seasons
WINNER: Paramore - This Is Why
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman…

Best Rock Song

WINNER: Boygenius - Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters - Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo - Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age - Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones - Angry

Best Metal Performance

Disturbed - Bad Man
Ghost - Phantom of the Opera
WINNER: Metallica - 72 Seasons
Slipknot - Hive Mind
Spiritbox - Jaded

Best Rock Performance

Arctic Monkeys - Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas - More Than a Love Song
WINNER: Boygenius - Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters - Rescued
Metallica - Lux Æterna

Best Musical Theater Album

Kimberly Akimbo
Parade
Shucked
WINNER: Some Like It Hot
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Survive
WINNER: Laufey - Bewitched
Liz Callaway - To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
Pentatonix - Holidays Around the World
Rickie Lee Jones - Pieces of Treasure
Various - Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3

Best Global Music Album

Bokanté - History
Burna Boy - I Told Them…
Davido - Timeless
WINNER: Shakti - This Moment
Susana Baca- Epifanías

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Olamide - Amapiano
Ayra Starr - Rush
Burna Boy - City Boys
Davido Featuring Musa Keys - Unavailable
WINNER: Tyla - Water

Best Global Music Performance

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Shadow Forces
WINNER: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia - Pashto
Burna Boy - Alone
Davido - Feel
Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) - Abundance in Millets
Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas - Todo Colores
Silvana Estrada - Milagro y Disastre

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Aja Monet - When the Poems Do What They Do
WINNER: J. Ivy - The Light Inside
Kevin Powell - Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Prentice Powell and Shawn William - For Your Consideration ’24
Queen Sheba - A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited

Best Rap Album

Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss
WINNER: Killer Mike - Michael
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Nas - King’s Disease III
Travis Scott - Utopia

Best Rap Song

Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
WINNER: Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers
Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage - Sittin’ on Top of the World
Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Spin Bout U
WINNER: Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole - All My Life
SZA - Low

Best Rap Performance

Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar - The Hillbillies
Black Thought - Love Letter
Coi Leray - Players
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
WINNER: Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers

Best R&B Album

Babyface - Girls Night Out
Coco Jones - What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Emily King - Special Occasion
Summer Walker - Clear 2: Soft Life EP
WINNER: Victoria Monét - Jaguar II

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Babyface Featuring Coco Jones - Simple
Kenyon Dixon - Lucky
WINNER: PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol - Good Morning
SZA - Love Language
Victoria Monét Featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét - Hollywood

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Erica Campbell - Feel Alright (Blessed)
Melvin Crispell III - God Is
WINNER: Kirk Franklin - All Things
Stanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard - God Is Good
Zacardi Cortez - Lord Do It for Me (Live)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Justin Tranter
Shane McAnally
WINNER: Theron Thomas

Best Roots Gospel Album

The Blackwood Brothers Quartet - Tribute to the King
WINNER: Blind Boys of Alabama - Echoes of the South
Becky Isaacs Bowman - Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times
Brian Free & Assurance - Meet Me at the Cross
Gaither Vocal Band - Shine: The Darker the Night the Brighter the Light

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Blessing Offor - My Tribe
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. - Emanuel
Lauren Daigle - Lauren Daigle
WINNER: Lecrae - Church Clothes 4
Phil Wickham - I Believe

Best Gospel Album

Erica Campbell - I Love You
Maverick City Music - The Maverick Way
Jonathan McReynolds - My Truth
Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Hymns (Live)
WINNER: Tye Tribbett - All Things New: Live in Orlando

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Blessing Offor - Believe
Cody Carnes - Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]
For King & Country Featuring Jordin Sparks - Love Me Like I Am
Lauren Daigle - Thank God I Do
WINNER: Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Your Power
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine - God Problems

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Bettye LaVette - LaVette!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Live in London
WINNER: Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony
Ruthie Foster - Healing Time
Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

WINNER: Bobby Rush - All My Love for You
Eric Bibb - Ridin’
John Primer - Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa’s Lounge
Mr. Sipp - The Soul Side of Sipp
Tracy Nelson - Life Don’t Miss Nobody

Best Americana Album

Allison Russell - The Returner
Brandy Clark - Brandy Clark
WINNER: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions
Rhiannon Giddens - You’re the One

Best American Roots Song

Allison Russell - The Returner
Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson - California Sober
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile - Dear Insecurity
WINNER: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Cast Iron Skillet
The War and Treaty - Blank Page

Best Americana Performance

Allison Russell - The Returner
Blind Boys of Alabama - Friendship
WINNER: Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile - Dear Insecurity
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - King of Oklahoma
Tyler Childers - Help Me Make It Through the Night

Best American Roots Performance

WINNER: Allison Russell - Eve Was Black
Blind Boys of Alabama - Heaven Help Us All
Jon Batiste - Butterfly
Madison Cunningham - Inventing the Wheel
Rhiannon Giddens - You Louisiana Man

Best Country Song

Brandy Clark - Buried
WINNER: Chris Stapleton - White Horse
Morgan Wallen - Last Night
Tyler Childers - In Your Love
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything

Best Country Solo Performance

Brandy Clark - Buried
WINNER: Chris Stapleton - White Horse
Dolly Parton - The Last Thing on My Mind
Luke Combs - Fast Car
Tyler Childers - In Your Love

Best Immersive Audio Album

WINNER: Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
Bear McCreary - God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky
Madison Beer - Silence Between Songs
Ryan Ylyate - Act 3 (Immersive Edition)

Best Remixed Recording

WINNER: Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)
Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown - New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)
Lane 8 - Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
Mariah Carey - Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
Turnstile & BadBadNotGood Featuring Blood Orange - Alien Love Call

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Bokanté - History
Boygenius - The Record
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Feist - Multitudes
WINNER: Victoria Monét - Jaguar II

Best Music Film

WINNER: David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
Kendrick Lamar - Live From Paris, the Big Steppers Tour
Lewis Capaldi - How I’m Feeling Now
Little Richard - I Am Everything
Tupac Shakur - Dear Mama

Best Music Video

WINNER: The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping
Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Kendrick Lamar - Count Me Out
Troye Sivan - Rush
Tyler Childers - In Your Love

Best Song Written for Visual Media

WINNER: Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?
Dua Lipa - Dance the Night
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World
Rihanna - Lift Me Up
Ryan Gosling - I’m Just Ken

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Bear McCreary - God of War Ragnarök
Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory - Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea” - Hogwarts Legacy
Sarah Schachner - Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare II
WINNER: Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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

John Williams - The Fabelmans
John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt - Barbie

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Daisy Jones & the Six - Aurora
WINNER: Various Artists - Barbie the Album
Various Artists - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By
Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3
“Weird Al” Yankovic - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best Tropical Latin Album

Carlos Vives - Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así
Grupo Niche y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia - Niche Sinfónico
Luis Figueroa - Voy a Ti
Omara Portuondo - Vida
WINNER: Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta - Siembra: 45° Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022)
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar - Mimy & Tony

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)