# 63rd Annual Grammy Awards

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020. The nominations were revealed via a virtual livestream on November 24, 2020. The performers for the ceremony were announced on March 7, 2021. South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the ceremony.
Beyoncé received the most nominations with nine, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift with six each. Beyoncé received the most awards with four, surpassing Alison Krauss as the most-awarded woman in the show's history, with 28 awards overall. Her daughter Blue Ivy Carter became the youngest person ever to win a Grammy as an individual at the age of 8 years and 322 days for Best Music Video for "Brown Skin Girl".
Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, making her the first woman to win the award three times and the first artist to do so since Paul Simon in 1988. Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for "Everything I Wanted", becoming the second solo artist, after Roberta Flack in 1974, to win two years consecutively, and the third overall since U2 in 2002. H.E.R. won Song of the Year for "I Can't Breathe" and Megan Thee Stallion won Best New Artist, becoming the second female rapper to win since Lauryn Hill in 1999.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 31, 2021; however, on January 5, 2021, the Recording Academy postponed the ceremony to March 14, 2021, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles as well as health and safety concerns therein.

## Background

The nominations were announced during a virtual livestream on November 24, 2020, by Chair, and Interim Recording Academy President/CEO Harvey Mason Jr., alongside Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Mickey Guyton, Lauren Daigle, Pepe Aguilar, Nicola Benedetti, Gayle King, Yemi Alade, BTS, Imogen Heap and Sharon Osbourne. The academy announced Trevor Noah as the host of the ceremony.

### Category alterations

For the 2021 ceremony, the academy announced several changes for different categories and rules:
* The category Best Urban Contemporary Album has been renamed Best Progressive R&B Album.
* The category Best Rap/Sung Performance has been renamed Best Melodic Rap Performance.
* The category Best Latin Pop Album has been renamed Best Latin Pop or Urban Album, and the category Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album has been renamed Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
* The category Best World Music Album has been renamed Best Global Music Album.
* The maximum number of releases have been removed from the category Best New Artist.
* The category Best Musical Theater Album can now only award up to four principal vocalists (previously unlimited) in addition to the album producer and the lyricists/composers (if the album contains at least 51% new material). In the case of an ensemble-driven piece, all vocalists will receive a winner's certificate.

### Venue and production

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at Los Angeles Convention Center, while the show's usual venue—Staples Center—served as the backdrop. The show was three and a half hours long.
The Recording Academy appointed Ben Winston as the executive producer of the show, his first time working on a Grammy show. Winston, via Rolling Stone, stated that the show would feature multiple stages, but no audience, highlighting the "creative triumphs, social justice movements, as well as COVID-19's impact on the arts". Regarding the venue shift, Winston stated that he does believe Staples is a safe place, but he wanted "to go above and beyond to make even the most-skeptical participants feel undoubtedly safe". The production was overseen by COVID-19 safety officers. To minimize physical contact, artists had their own backstage area, and entered the stages from different directions.
The show involved five equally sized stages arranged in a circle facing inwards; one of the stages was for presenters and the other four for performers. Crew members worked from the center of the circular set. As soon as one performance ended, the next stage would be covered, and so on. Each stage set-up was changed every 45 minutes and replaced with a different performer in the lineup. Winston mentioned that the concept was inspired by the British entertainment programs Later... with Jools Holland and TFI Friday. The show was a mix of live and pre-recorded performances, as "a fully live show would involve too many crew members moving sets and risking close contact". However, the whole show was planned to feel entirely live.
To help plan the sprawling production and immersive spectacle of the show, Winston collaborated with a multitude of producers, such as co-executive producer Jesse Collins, who produced The Weeknd's Super Bowl halftime show; co-executive producer Raj Kapoor, who handled creative direction for many artists on the last seven Grammy shows and produced Las Vegas concert residencies for Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey; producer Fatima Robinson, worked on the Black Eyed Peas' 2011 halftime show; producer Misty Buckley, who produced Kacey Musgraves' 2020 Christmas show; talent executive Patrick Menton from Dick Clark Productions; James Corden collaborator Josie Cliff; and Hamish Hamilton, who directed Super Bowl halftimes, Olympic ceremonies, Academy Award, and Emmy Award shows.

## Performers
### Premiere ceremony

Performers were announced on March 2, 2021.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra Thana Alexa John Beasley Camilo Regina Carter Alexandre Desplat Bebel Gilberto Lupita Infante Sarah Jarosz Mykal Kilgore Ledisi Mariachi Sol De Mexico PJ Morton Gregory Porter Grace Potter Gustavo Santaolalla Anoushka Shankar Kamasi Washington | Tribute to Marvin Gaye "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" |
| Lido Pimienta | "Eso Que Tú Haces" |
| Igor Levit | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor |
| Jimmy "Duck" Holmes | "Catfish Blues" |
| Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science | "Trapped in the American Dream" |
| Rufus Wainwright | "Hatred" |
| Poppy | "Eat" |
| Burna Boy | Medley: "Level Up" "Onyeka" "Ye" |

### Main ceremony

Performers for the ceremony were announced on March 7, 2021.
List of performers at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Harry Styles | "Watermelon Sugar" |
| Billie Eilish Finneas | "Everything I Wanted" |
| Haim | "The Steps" |
| Black Pumas | "Colors" |
| DaBaby Roddy Ricch Anthony Hamilton | "Rockstar" |
| Bad Bunny Jhay Cortez | "Dakiti" |
| Dua Lipa | Medley: "Levitating" (featuring DaBaby) "Future Nostalgia" (dance only) "Don't Start Now" |
| Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) | "Leave the Door Open" |
| Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff Aaron Dessner | Medley: "Cardigan" "August" "Willow" |
| Silk Sonic Lionel Richie Brandi Carlile Brittany Howard Chris Martin | In Memoriam "Long Tall Sally" "Good Golly Miss Molly" (tribute to Little Richard) "Lady" (tribute to Kenny Rogers) "I Remember Everything" (tribute to John Prine) "You'll Never Walk Alone" (tribute to Gerry Marsden) |
| Mickey Guyton | "Black Like Me" |
| Miranda Lambert | "Bluebird" |
| Maren Morris John Mayer | "The Bones" |
| Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B | "Body" (Megan Thee Stallion, dance only) "Savage Remix" (Megan Thee Stallion, includes archived vocals by Beyoncé) "Up" (Cardi B) "WAP" (includes Pedro Sampaio funk carioca remix) |
| Post Malone | "Hollywood's Bleeding" |
| Lil Baby Tamika Mallory Killer Mike | "The Bigger Picture" |
| Doja Cat | "Say So" |
| BTS | "Dynamite" |
| Roddy Ricch | "Heartless" "The Box" |

## Winners and nominees

Winners appear first and highlighted in Bold.

### General field

Record of the Year
* "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish
** Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer
* "Black Parade" – Beyoncé
** Beyoncé & Derek Dixie, producers; Stuart White, engineer/mixer; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
* "Colors" – Black Pumas
** Adrian Quesada, producer; Adrian Quesada, engineer/mixer; JJ Golden, mastering engineer
* "Rockstar" – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
** SethinTheKitchen, producer; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, Chris Dennis, Liz Robson & Chris West, engineers/mixers; Glenn A Tabor III, mastering engineer
* "Say So" – Doja Cat
** Tyson Trax, producer; Clint Gibbs & Kalani Thompson, engineer/mixer; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
* "Don't Start Now" – Dua Lipa
** Caroline Ailin & Ian Kirkpatrick, producers; Josh Gudwin, Drew Jurecka & Ian Kirkpatrick, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
* "Circles" – Post Malone
** Louis Bell, Frank Dukes & Post Malone, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
* "Savage" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
** Beyoncé & J. White Did It, producers; Stuart White, engineer/mixer; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Album of the Year
* Folklore – Taylor Swift
** Joe Alwyn, Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Șerban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jonathan Low & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
* Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
** Fisticuffs & Julian-Quán Việt Lê, producers; Fisticuffs, Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Zeke Mishanec, Christian Plata & Gregg Rominiecki, engineers/mixers; Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Maclean Robinson & Brian Keith Warfield, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
* Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) – Black Pumas
** Adrian Quesada, producers; Adrian Quesada engineer/mixer; Eric Burton & Adrian Quesada, songwriters; JJ Golden, mastering engineer
* Everyday Life – Coldplay
** Daniel Green, Bill Rahko & Rik Simpson, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, engineer/mixer; Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
* Djesse Vol. 3 – Jacob Collier
** Jacob Collier, producer; Ben Bloomberg & Jacob Collier, engineers/mixers; Jacob Collier, songwriter; Chris Allgood & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers
* Women in Music Pt. III – Haim
** Rostam Batmanglij, Danielle Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, producers; Rostam Batmanglij, Jasmine Chen, John DeBold, Matt DiMona, Tom Elmhirst, Joey Messina-Doerning & Ariel Rechtshaid, engineers/mixers; Rostam Batmanglij, Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, songwriters; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
* Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
** Lorna Blackwood & Koz, producer; Josh Gudwin & Cameron Gower Poole, engineers/mixers; Clarence Coffee Jr. & Dua Lipa, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
* Hollywood's Bleeding – Post Malone
** Louis Bell & Frank Dukes, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
* "I Can't Breathe"
** Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
* "Black Parade"
** Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
* "The Box"
** Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
* "Cardigan"
** Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Swift)
* "Circles"
** Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
* "Don't Start Now"
** Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Lipa)
* "Everything I Wanted"
** Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Eilish)
* "If the World Was Ending"
** Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (Saxe featuring Michaels)
Best New Artist
* Megan Thee Stallion
* Ingrid Andress
* Phoebe Bridgers
* Noah Cyrus
* Chika
* D Smoke
* Doja Cat
* Kaytranada

### Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance
* "Watermelon Sugar" – Harry Styles
* "Yummy" – Justin Bieber
* "Say So" – Doja Cat
* "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish
* "Don't Start Now" – Dua Lipa
* "Cardigan" – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
* "Rain on Me" – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
* "Un Día (One Day)" – J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
* "Intentions" – Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
* "Dynamite" – BTS
* "Exile" – Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
* American Standard – James Taylor
* Blue Umbrella – Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian
* True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter – Harry Connick Jr.
* Unfollow the Rules – Rufus Wainwright
* Judy – Renée Zellweger
Best Pop Vocal Album
* Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
* Changes – Justin Bieber
* Chromatica – Lady Gaga
* Fine Line – Harry Styles
* Folklore – Taylor Swift

### Dance/electronic music

Best Dance Recording
* "10%" – Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis
** Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
* "On My Mind" – Diplo & Sidepiece
** Diplo & Sidepiece, producers; Luca Pretolesi, mixer
* "My High" – Disclosure, Aminé and Slowthai
** Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; G. Lawrence, mixer
* "The Difference" – Flume featuring Toro y Moi
** Flume, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer
* "Both of Us" – Jayda G
** Fred Again & G, producers; Again & G, mixers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
* Bubba – Kaytranada
* Kick I – Arca
* Energy – Disclosure
* Planet's Mad – Baauer
* Good Faith – Madeon

### Contemporary instrumental music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy
* Axiom – Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
* Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard – Jon Batiste
* Take the Stairs – Black Violin
* Americana – Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell

### Rock

Best Rock Performance
* "Shameika" – Fiona Apple
* "The Steps" – HAIM
* "Stay High" – Brittany Howard
* "Not" – Big Thief
* "Kyoto" – Phoebe Bridgers
* "Daylight" – Grace Potter
Best Metal Performance
* "Bum-Rush" – Body Count
* "Underneath" – Code Orange
* "The In-Between" – In This Moment
* "Bloodmoney" – Poppy
* "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" – Power Trip
Best Rock Song
* "Stay High"
** Brittany Howard, songwriter (Howard)
* "Kyoto"
** Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore (Bridgers)
* "Lost in Yesterday"
** Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala)
* "Not"
** Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)
* "Shameika"
** Fiona Apple, songwriter (Apple)
Best Rock Album
* The New Abnormal – The Strokes
* A Hero's Death – Fontaines D.C.
* Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka
* Daylight – Grace Potter
* Sound & Fury – Sturgill Simpson

### Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album
* Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
* Hyperspace – Beck
* Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers
* Jaime – Brittany Howard
* The Slow Rush – Tame Impala

### R&B

Best R&B Performance
* "Black Parade" – Beyoncé
* "Lightning & Thunder" – Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend
* "All I Need" – Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
* "Goat Head" – Brittany Howard
* "See Me" – Emily King
Best Traditional R&B Performance
* "Anything for You" – Ledisi
* "Sit On Down" – The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
* "Wonder What She Thinks of Me" – Chloe x Halle
* "Let Me Go" – Mykal Kilgore
* "Distance" – Yebba
Best R&B Song
* "Better Than I Imagined"
** Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
* "Black Parade"
** Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
* "Collide"
** Sam Barsh, Stacy Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & EarthGang)
* "Do It"
** Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Scott Storch, Victoria Monét, Vincent van den Ende, songwriters (Chloe x Halle)
* "Slow Down"
** Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)
Best Progressive R&B Album
* It Is What It Is – Thundercat
* Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
* Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
* Free Nationals – Free Nationals
* Fuck Yo Feelings – Robert Glasper
Best R&B Album
* Bigger Love – John Legend
* Happy 2 Be Here – Ant Clemons
* Take Time – Giveon
* To Feel Love/D – Luke James
* All Rise – Gregory Porter

### Rap

Best Rap Performance
* "Savage" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
* "Deep Reverence" – Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle
* "Bop" – DaBaby
* "Whats Poppin" – Jack Harlow
* "The Bigger Picture" – Lil Baby
* "Dior" – Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance
* "Lockdown" – Anderson .Paak
* "Rockstar" – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
* "Laugh Now Cry Later" – Drake featuring Lil Durk
* "The Box" – Roddy Ricch
* "Highest in the Room" – Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
* "Savage"
** Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
* "The Bigger Picture"
** Dominique Jones, Rai'Shaun Williams, Noah Pettigrew, songwriters (Lil Baby)
* "The Box"
** Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
* "Laugh Now Cry Later"
** Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron LaTour & Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake featuring Lil Durk)
* "Rockstar"
** Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro IV & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch)
Best Rap Album
* King's Disease – Nas
* Black Habits – D Smoke
* Alfredo – Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
* A Written Testimony – Jay Electronica
* The Allegory – Royce da 5'9"

### Country

Best Country Solo Performance
* "When My Amy Prays" – Vince Gill
* "Stick That in Your Country Song" – Eric Church
* "Who You Thought I Was" – Brandy Clark
* "Bluebird" – Miranda Lambert
* "Black Like Me" – Mickey Guyton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
* "10,000 Hours" – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
* "All Night" – Brothers Osborne
* "Ocean" – Lady A
* "Sugar Coat" – Little Big Town
* "Some People Do" – Old Dominion
Best Country Song
* "Crowded Table"
** Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
* "Bluebird"
** Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
* "The Bones"
** Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
* "More Hearts Than Mine"
** Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)
* "Some People Do"
** Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)
Best Country Album
* Wildcard – Miranda Lambert
* Nightfall – Little Big Town
* Never Will – Ashley McBryde
* Lady Like – Ingrid Andress
* Your Life Is a Record – Brandy Clark

### New age

Best New Age Album
* More Guitar Stories – Jim "Kimo" West
* Songs from the Bardo – Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
* Periphery – Priya Darshini
* Form//Less – Superposition
* Meditations – Cory Wong & Jon Batiste

### Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
* "All Blues" – Chick Corea, soloist
* "Guinnevere" – Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
* "Pachamama" – Regina Carter, soloist
* "Celia" – Gerald Clayton, soloist
* "Moe Honk" – Joshua Redman, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
* Secrets are the Best Stories – Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez
* ONA – Thana Alexa
* Modern Ancestors – Carmen Lundy
* Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper – Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band
* What's the Hurry – Kenny Washington
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
* Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
* On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment – Ambrose Akinmusire
* Waiting Game – Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
* Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard – Gerald Clayton
* RoundAgain – Redman Mehldau McBride Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
* Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra
* Dialogues on Race – Gregg August
* Monk'estra Plays John Beasley – John Beasley
* The Intangible Between – Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band
* Songs You Like a Lot – John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace and The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
* Four Questions – Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
* Tradiciones – Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
* City of Dreams – Chico Pinheiro
* Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo – Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola
* Trane's Delight – Poncho Sanchez

### Gospel/contemporary Christian music

Best Gospel Performance/Song
* "Movin' On"
** Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)
* "Wonderful is Your Name"
** Melvin Crispell III, songwriter (Melvin Crispell III)
* "Release (Live)"
** David Frazier, songwriter (Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy)
* "Come Together"
** Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters (Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Presents: The Good News)
* "Won't Let Go"
** Travis Greene, songwriter (Travis Greene)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
* "There Was Jesus"
** Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters (Zach Williams & Dolly Parton)
* "The Blessing (Live)"
** Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters (Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship)
* "Sunday Morning"
** Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters (Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin)
* "Holy Water"
** Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters (We the Kingdom)
* "Famous For (I Believe)"
** Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters (Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson)
Best Gospel Album
* Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton
* 2econd Wind: ReadY – Anthony Brown & group therAPy
* My Tribute – Myron Butler
* Choirmaster – Ricky Dillard
* Kierra – Kierra Sheard
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
* Jesus Is King – Kanye West
* Run to the Father – Cody Carnes
* All of My Best Friends – Hillsong Young & Free
* Holy Water – We the Kingdom
* Citizen of Heaven – Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
* Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers
* Beautiful Day – Mark Bishop
* 20/20 – The Crabb Family
* What Christmas Really Means – The Erwins
* Something Beautiful – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

### Latin

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
* YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny
* Por Primera Vez – Camilo
* Mesa Para Dos – Kany García
* Pausa – Ricky Martin
* 3:33 – Debi Nova
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
* La Conquista del Espacio – Fito Páez
* Aura – Bajofondo
* MONSTRUO – Cami
* Sobrevolando – Cultura Profética
* Miss Colombia – Lido Pimienta
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
* Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade
* Hecho en México – Alejandro Fernández
* La Serenata – Lupita Infante
* Bailando Sones y Huampangos con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez – Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
* AYAYAY! – Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
* 40 – Grupo Niche
* Mi Tumbao – José Alberto "El Ruiseñor"
* Infinito – Edwin Bonilla
* Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe) – Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis
* Memorias de Navidad – Víctor Manuelle

### American roots

Best American Roots Performance
* "I Remember Everything" – John Prine
* "Colors" – Black Pumas
* "Deep in Love" – Bonny Light Horseman
* "Short and Sweet" – Brittany Howard
* "I'll Be Gone" – Norah Jones & Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song
* "I Remember Everything"
** Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
* "Cabin"
** Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)
* "Ceiling to the Floor"
** Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)
* "Hometown"
** Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)
* "Man Without a Soul"
** Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda Williams)
Best Americana Album
* World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz
* Old Flowers – Courtney Marie Andrews
* Terms of Surrender – Hiss Golden Messenger
* El Dorado – Marcus King
* Good Souls Better Angels – Lucinda Williams
Best Bluegrass Album
* Home – Billy Strings
* Man on Fire – Danny Barnes
* To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 – Thomm Jutz
* North Carolina Songbook – Steep Canyon Rangers
* The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 – Various Artists
Best Traditional Blues Album
* Rawer than Raw – Bobby Rush
* All My Dues are Paid – Frank Bey
* You Make Me Feel – Don Bryant
* That's What I Heard – Robert Cray Band
* Cypress Grove – Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Best Contemporary Blues Album
* Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito
* Live at the Paramount – Ruthie Foster Big Band
* The Juice – G. Love
* Blackbirds – Bettye LaVette
* Up and Rolling – North Mississippi Allstars
Best Folk Album
* All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
* Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
* Thanks for the Dance – Leonard Cohen
* Song for Our Daughter – Laura Marling
* Saturn Return – The Secret Sisters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
* Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers
* My Relatives 'nikso' Kowaiks – Black Lodge Singers
* Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours – Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours
* Lovely Sunrise – Nā Wai ʽEhā
* A Tribute to Al Berard – Sweet Cecilia

### Reggae

Best Reggae Album
* Got to Be Tough – Toots and the Maytals
* Upside Down 2020 – Buju Banton
* Higher Place – Skip Marley
* It All Comes Black to Love – Maxi Priest
* One World – The Wailers

### Global music

Best Global Music Album
* Twice as Tall – Burna Boy
* Fu Chronicles – Antibalas
* Agora – Bebel Gilberto
* Love Letters – Anoushka Shankar
* Amadjar – Tinariwen

### Children's

Best Children's Album
* All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds
* Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders – Alastair Moock And Friends
* I'm an Optimist – Dog On Fleas
* Songs for Singin' – The Okee Dokee Brothers
* Wild Life – Justin Roberts

### Spoken word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
* Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow
* Acid for the Children – A Memoir – Flea
* Alex Trebek – The Answer Is... – Ken Jennings
* Catch and Kill – Ronan Farrow
* Charlotte's Web (E.B. White) – Meryl Streep and Full Cast

### Comedy

Best Comedy Album
* Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish
* I Love Everything – Patton Oswalt
* The Pale Tourist – Jim Gaffigan
* Paper Tiger – Bill Burr
* 23 Hours to Kill – Jerry Seinfeld

### Musical theater

Best Musical Theater Album
* Jagged Little Pill – Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)
* Amélie – Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)
* American Utopia on Broadway – David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast)
* Little Shop of Horrors – Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)
* The Prince of Egypt – Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
* Soft Power – Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)

### Music for visual media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
* Jojo Rabbit – Various artists
* A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Various artists
* Bill & Ted Face the Music – Various artists
* Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Various artists
* Frozen II – Various artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
* Ad Astra – Max Richter, composer
* Becoming – Kamasi Washington, composer
* 1917 – Thomas Newman, composer
* Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
* "No Time to Die" (from No Time to Die)
** Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (Billie Eilish)
* "Beautiful Ghosts" (from Cats)
** Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
* "Carried Me with You" (from Onward)
** Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth (Brandi Carlile)
* "Into the Unknown" (from Frozen II)
** Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Idina Menzel featuring AURORA)
* "Stand Up" (from Harriet)
** Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo (Cynthia Erivo)

### Composing/Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition
* "Sputnik"
** Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
* "Baby Jack"
** Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
* "Be Water II"
** Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)
* "Plumfield"
** Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)
* "Strata"
** Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
* "Donna Lee"
** John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
* "Bathroom Dance"
** Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
* "Honeymooners"
** Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows)
* "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
** Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)
* "Uranus: The Magician"
** Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
* "He Won't Hold You"
** Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody)
* "Asas Fechadas"
** John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole)
* "Desert Song"
** Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)
* "From This Place"
** Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
* "Slow Burn"
** Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)

### Package

Best Recording Package
* Vols. 11 & 12
** Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
* Everyday Life
** Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)
* Funeral
** Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)
* Healer
** Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)
* On Circles
** Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
* Ode to Joy
** Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
* Flaming Pie (Collector's Edition)
** Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
* Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
** Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)
* Mode
** Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)
* The Story of Ghostly International
** Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various Artists)