Jabarkan Spirit – Alex Han dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-60

Mount Royal – Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge

Bad Hombre – Antonio Sanchez

"You Want It Darker" – Leonard Cohen "The Promise" – Chris Cornell

"Go to War" – Nothing More

"Sultan's Curse" – Mastodon "Invisible Enemy" – August Burns Red

"Black Hoodie" – Body Count

"Run" Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) "Atlas, Rise!"

James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)

JT Daly and Kristine Flaherty, songwriters (K.Flay)

Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, songwriters (Nothing More)

Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)

A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs Emperor of Sand – Mastodon

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct – Metallica

The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More

Villains – Queens of the Stone Age

Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Sleep Well Beast – The National Everything Now – Arcade Fire

American Dream – LCD Soundsystem

Pure Comedy – Father John Misty

R&B Best R&B Performance "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars "Get You" – Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis

"The Weekend" – SZABest Traditional R&B Performance "Redbone" – Childish Gambino "Laugh and Move On" – The Baylor Project

"What I'm Feelin'" – Anthony Hamilton featuring The Hamiltones

"All the Way" – Ledisi

"Still" – Mali MusicBest R&B Song "That's What I Like" Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) "First Began"

PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)