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Nominations and Winners
Nominees list adapted from the Recording Academy's website.

Country
Best Country Song Best Country Album
 * "Broken Halos"
 * Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
 * "Better Man"
 * Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
 * "Body Like a Back Road"
 * Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
 * "Drinkin' Problem"
 * Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
 * "Tin Man"
 * Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
 * From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton
 * Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney
 * Heart Break – Lady Antebellum
 * The Breaker – Little Big Town
 * Life Changes – Thomas Rhett

New Age
Best New Age Album
 * Dancing on Water – Peter Kater
 * Reflection – Brian Eno
 * SongVersation: Medicine – India Arie
 * Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 5 – Kitarō
 * Spiral Revelation – Steve Roach

Jazz
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
 * "Miles Beyond" – John McLaughlin, soloist
 * "Can't Remember Why" – Sara Caswell, soloist
 * "Dance of Shiva" – Billy Childs, soloist
 * "Whisper Not" – Fred Hersch, soloist
 * "Ilimba" – Chris Potter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album
 * Dreams and Daggers – Cécile McLorin Salvant
 * The Journey – The Baylor Project
 * A Social Call – Jazzmeia Horn
 * Bad Ass and Blind – Raul Midón
 * Porter Plays Porter – Randy Porter Trio with Nancy King

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
 * Rebirth – Billy Childs
 * Uptown, Downtown – Bill Charlap Trio
 * Project Freedom – Joey DeFrancesco & The People
 * Open Book – Fred Hersch
 * The Dreamer Is the Dream – Chris Potter

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
 * Bringin' It – Christian McBride Big Band
 * MONK'estra Vol. 2 – John Beasley
 * Jigsaw – Alan Ferber Big Band
 * Homecoming – Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne
 * Whispers on the Wind – Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge

Best Latin Jazz Album
 * Jazz Tango – Pablo Ziegler Trio
 * Hybrido - From Rio to Wayne Shorter – Antonio Adolfo
 * Oddara – Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
 * Outra Coisa – The Music of Moacir Santos – Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
 * Típico – Miguel Zenón

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music
Best Gospel Performance/Song
 * "Never Have to Be Alone" – CeCe Winans
 * Dwan Hill & Alvin Love III, songwriters
 * "Too Hard Not To" – Tina Campbell
 * Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters
 * "You Deserve It" – JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn
 * David Bloom, JJ Hairston, Phontane Demond Reed & Cortez Vaughn, songwriters
 * "Better Days" – Le'Andria
 * Le'Andria, songwriter
 * "My Life" – The Walls Group
 * Warryn Campbell, Eric Dawkins, Damien Farmer, Damon Thomas, Ahjah Walls & Darrel Walls, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
 * "What a Beautiful Name" – Hillsong Worship
 * Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood, songwriters
 * "Oh My Soul" – Casting Crowns
 * Mark Hall, Bernie Herms & Nichole Nordeman, songwriters
 * "Clean" – Natalie Grant
 * Natalie Grant, songwriter
 * "Even If" – MercyMe
 * David Garcia, Ben Glover, Crystal Lewis, MercyMe & Tim Timmons, songwriters
 * "Hills and Valleys" – Tauren Wells
 * Chuck Butler, Jonathan Smith & Tauren Wells, songwriters

Best Gospel Album
 * Let Them Fall in Love – CeCe Winans
 * Crossover: Live From Music City – Travis Greene
 * Bigger Than Me – Le'Andria Johnson
 * Close – Marvin Sapp
 * Sunday Song – Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Best Roots Gospel Album
 * Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
 * Rise – Danny Gokey
 * Echoes (deluxe edition) – Matt Maher
 * Lifer – MercyMe
 * Hills And Valleys – Tauren Wells
 * Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope – Reba McEntire
 * The Best of The Collingsworth Family - Volume 1 – The Collingsworth Family
 * Give Me Jesus – Larry Cordle
 * Resurrection – Joseph Habedank
 * Hope for All Nations – Karen Peck & New River

Latin

 * Best Latin Pop Album
 * El Dorado – Shakira
 * Lo Único Constante – Alex Cuba
 * Mis Planes Son Amarte – Juanes
 * Amar y Vivir (En Vivo Desde La Ciudad de México, 2017) – La Santa Cecilia
 * Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos) – Natalia Lafourcade


 * Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
 * Residente – Residente
 * Ayo – Bomba Estéreo
 * Pa' Fuera – C4 Trío & Desorden Público
 * Salvavidas de Hielo – Jorge Drexler
 * El Paradise – Los Amigos Invisibles


 * Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
 * Arrieros Somos – Sesiones Acústicas – Aida Cuevas
 * Ni Diablo, Ni Santo – Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda
 * Ayer y Hoy – Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
 * Momentos – Alex Campos
 * Zapateando en el Norte – (various artists)


 * Best Tropical Latin Album
 * Salsa Big Band – Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
 * Albita – Albita
 * Art of the Arrangement – Doug Beavers
 * Gente Valiente – Silvestre Dangond
 * Indestructible – Diego el Cigala

American Roots

 * Best American Roots Performance
 * "Killer Diller Blues" – Alabama Shakes
 * "Let My Mother Live" – Blind Boys of Alabama
 * "Arkansas Farmboy" – Glen Campbell
 * "Steer Your Way" – Leonard Cohen
 * "I Never Cared for You" – Alison Krauss


 * Best American Roots Song
 * "If We Were Vampires"
 * Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit)
 * "Cumberland Gap"
 * David Rawlings & Gillian Welch, songwriters (David Rawlings)
 * "I Wish You Well"
 * Raul Malo & Alan Miller, songwriters (The Mavericks)
 * "It Ain't Over Yet"
 * Rodney Crowell, songwriter (Rodney Crowell featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White)
 * "My Only True Friend"
 * Gregg Allman & Scott Sharrard, songwriters (Gregg Allman)


 * Best Americana Album
 * The Nashville Sound – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
 * Southern Blood – Gregg Allman
 * Shine on Rainy Day – Brent Cobb
 * Beast Epic – Iron & Wine
 * Brand New Day – The Mavericks


 * Best Bluegrass Album
 * Laws of Gravity – Infamous Stringdusters
 * All the Rage: In Concert Volume One [Live] – Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
 * Fiddler's Dream – Michael Cleveland
 * Original – Bobby Osborne
 * Universal Favorite – Noam Pikelny


 * Best Traditional Blues Album
 * Blue & Lonesome – The Rolling Stones
 * Migration Blues – Eric Bibb
 * Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio – Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
 * Roll and Tumble – R.L. Boyce
 * Sonny & Brownie's Last Train – Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi


 * Best Contemporary Blues Album
 * TajMo – Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
 * Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm – Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
 * Recorded Live In Lafayette – Sonny Landreth
 * Got Soul – Robert Randolph and the Family Band
 * Live from the Fox Oakland – Tedeschi Trucks Band


 * Best Folk Album
 * Mental Illness – Aimee Mann
 * Semper Femina – Laura Marling
 * The Queen of Hearts – Offa Rex (Olivia Chaney + The Decemberists)
 * You Don't Own Me Anymore – The Secret Sisters
 * The Laughing Apple – Yusaf / Cat Stevens


 * Best Regional Music Album
 * Kalenda – The Lost Bayou Ramblers
 * Top of the Mountain – Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
 * Ho'okena 3.0 – Ho'okena
 * Miyo Kekisepa, Make a Stand [Live] – Northern Cree
 * Pua Kiele – Josh Tatofi

Reggae

 * Best Reggae Album
 * Stony Hill – Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
 * Chronology – Chronixx
 * Lost in Paradise – Common Kings
 * Wash House Ting – J Boog
 * Avrakedabra – Morgan Heritage

World Music

 * Best World Music Album
 * Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
 * Memoria De Los Sentidos – Vicente Amigo
 * Para Mí – Concha Buika
 * Rosa Dos Ventos – Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro
 * Elwan – Tinariwen

Children

 * Best Children's Album
 * Feel What U Feel – Lisa Loeb
 * Brighter Side – Gustafer Yellowgold
 * Lemonade – Justin Roberts
 * Rise Shine #Woke – Alphabet Rockers
 * Songs of Peace & Love for Kids & Parents Around the World – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Spoken Word

 * Best Spoken Word Album (includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling)
 * The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher (posthumous)
 * Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson
 * Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
 * Confessions of a Serial Songwriter – Shelly Peiken
 * Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In – Bernie Sanders and Mark Ruffalo

Comedy

 * Best Comedy Album
 *  The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chappelle
 * Cinco – Jim Gaffigan
 * Jerry Before Seinfeld – Jerry Seinfeld
 * A Speck of Dust – Sarah Silverman
 * What Now? – Kevin Hart

Musical Theatre

 * Best Musical Theater Album
 * Dear Evan Hansen – Laura Dreyfuss, Mike Faist, Rachel Bay Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Michael Park, Ben Platt, Will Roland & Jennifer Laura Thompson, principal soloists; Pete Ganbarg, Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
 * Come from Away – Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, David Hein, David Lai & Irene Sankoff, producers; David Hein & Irene Sankoff, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
 * Hello, Dolly! – Bette Midler, principal soloist; Steven Epstein, producer; (Jerry Herman, composer and lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

Music for Visual Media

 * Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
 * La La Land – (various artists)
 * Marius de Vries & Justin Hurwitz, compilation producers
 * Baby Driver – (various artists)
 * Edgar Wright, compilation producer
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 – (various artists)
 * James Gunn, compilation producer
 * Hidden Figures: The Album – (various artists)
 * Pharrell Williams, compilation producer
 * Moana: The Songs – (various artists)
 * Opetaia Foa'i, Tom MacDougall, Mark Mancina & Lin-Manuel Miranda, compilation producers


 * Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
 * La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, composer
 * Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
 * Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, composer
 * Game of Thrones: Season 7 – Ramin Djawadi, composer
 * Hidden Figures – Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers


 * Best Song Written for Visual Media
 * "How Far I'll Go" (from Moana) – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli'i Cravalho)
 * "City of Stars" (from La La Land) – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
 * "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (from Fifty Shades Darker) – Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Zayn & Taylor Swift)
 * "Never Give Up" (from Lion) – Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)
 * "Stand Up for Something" (from Marshall) – Common, Andra Day & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day featuring Common)

Composing
Best Instrumental Composition
 * "Three Revolutions"
 * Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés)
 * "Alkaline"
 * Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)
 * "Choros #3"
 * Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)
 * "Warped Cowboy"
 * Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge)
 * "Home Free (For Peter Joe)"
 * Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith)

Arranging
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
 * "Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra" from Catch Me If You Can
 * John Williams, arranger (John Williams)
 * "Ugly Beauty"/"Pannonica"
 * John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
 * "All Hat, No Saddle"
 * Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge)
 * "Home Free (For Peter Joe)"
 * Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith)
 * "White Christmas"
 * Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
 * "Putin"
 * Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman)
 * "I Loves You Porgy"/"There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York"
 * Shelly Berg, Gregg Field, Gordon Goodwin & Clint Holmes, arrangers (Clint Holmes featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Count Basie Orchestra)
 * "Every Time We Say Goodbye"
 * Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Clint Holmes featuring Jane Monheit)
 * "Another Day of Sun"
 * Justin Hurwitz, arranger (La La Land cast)
 * "I Like Myself"
 * Joel McNeely, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)

Packaging

 * Best Recording Package
 * El Orisha de la Rosa
 * Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art directors (Magín Díaz)
 * Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)
 * Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)
 * Mura Masa
 * Alex Crossan & Matt de Jong, art directors (Mura Masa)
 * Sleep Well Beast
 * Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos, art directors (The National)
 * Solid State
 * Gail Marowitz, art director (Jonathan Coulton)


 * Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
 * The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition
 * Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)
 * Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta
 * Tim Breen, art director (Various Artists)
 * Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 * Tom Hingston, art director (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
 * May 1977: Get Shown the Light
 * Masaki Koike, art director (Grateful Dead)
 * Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares
 * Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)

Historical
Best Historical Album
 * Leonard Bernstein – The Composer
 * Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein)
 * Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta
 * Jon Kirby, Florent Mazzoleni, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
 * The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955
 * Robert Russ, compilation producer; Matthias Erb, Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Glenn Gould)
 * Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa
 * Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
 * Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams
 * Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Washington Phillips)

Engineered Album

 * Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
 * 24K Magic
 * Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer (Bruno Mars)
 * Every Where Is Some Where
 * Brent Arrowood, Miles Comaskey, JT Daly, Tommy English, Kristine Flaherty, Adam Hawkins, Chad Howat & Tony Maserati, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (K.Flay)
 * Is This the Life We Really Want?
 * Nigel Godrich, Sam Petts-Davies & Darrell Thorp, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Roger Waters)
 * Natural Conclusion
 * Ryan Freeland, engineer; Joao Carvalho, mastering engineer (Rose Cousins)
 * No Shape
 * Shawn Everett & Joseph Lorge, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Perfume Genius)


 * Best Engineered Album, Classical
 * Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
 * Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
 * Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs
 * Gary Call, engineer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & the Nashville Symphony)
 * Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
 * Morten Lindberg, engineer (Eivind Gulliberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
 * Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies
 * Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers (Michael Stern & the Kansas City Symphony)
 * Tyberg: Masses
 * John Newton, engineer; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)

Producer

 * Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
 * Greg Kurstin
 * Concrete and Gold (Foo Fighters)
 * "Dear Life" (Beck)
 * "Dusk Till Dawn" (Zayn featuring Sia)
 * "Love" (Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari)
 * "Strangers" (Halsey featuring Lauren Jauregui)
 * "Wall of Glass" (Liam Gallagher)


 * Calvin Harris
 * "Don't Quit" (DJ Khaled & Calvin Harris featuring Travis Scott & Jeremih)
 * Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (Calvin Harris featuring Various Artists)


 * Blake Mills
 * Darkness and Light (John Legend)
 * Eternally Even (Jim James)
 * "God Only Knows" (John Legend & Cynthia Erivo featuring yMusic)
 * Memories Are Now (Jesca Hoop)
 * No Shape (Perfume Genius)
 * Semper Femina (Laura Marling)


 * No I.D.
 * "America" (Logic featuring Black Thought, Chuck D, Big Lenbo & No I.D.)
 * The Autobiography (Vic Mensa)
 * 4:44 (Jay-Z)


 * The Stereotypes
 * "Before I Do" (Sevyn Streeter)
 * "Better" (Lil Yachty featuring Stefflon Don)
 * "Deliver" (Fifth Harmony)
 * "Finesse" (Bruno Mars)
 * "Mo Bounce" (Iggy Azalea)
 * "Sunshine" (Kyle featuring Miguel)
 * "That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars)


 * Producer of the Year, Classical
 * David Frost
 * Alma Española (Isabel Leonard)
 * Amplified Soul (Gabriela Martinez)
 * Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 (Jonathan Biss)
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
 * Garden Of Joys And Sorrows (Hat Trick Trio)
 * Laks: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
 * Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
 * Troika (Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley)
 * Verdi: Otello (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Günther Groissböck, Željko Lu?i?, Dimitri Pittas, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
 * Blanton Alspaugh
 * Adamo: Becoming Santa Claus (Emmanuel Villaume, Kevin Burdette, Keith Jameson, Lucy Schaufer, Hila Plitmann, Matt Boehler, Jonathan Blalock, Jennifer Rivera & Dallas Opera Orchestra)
 * Aldridge: Sister Carrie (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Matt Morgan, Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, Stephen Cunningham, Adriana Zabala, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
 * Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
 * Death & The Maiden (Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
 * Handel: Messiah (Andrew Davis, Noel Edison, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
 * Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 64 & 96 (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)
 * Heggie: It's A Wonderful Life (Patrick Summers, William Burden, Talise Trevigne, Andrea Carroll, Rod Gilfry & Houston Grand Opera)
 * Tyberg: Masses (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)
 * Manfred Eicher
 * Mansurian: Requiem (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)
 * Monk, M.: On Behalf Of Nature (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble)
 * Point & Line - Debussy And Hosokawa (Momo Kodama)
 * Rímur (Arve Henriksen & Trio Mediaeval)
 * Silvestrov: Hieroglyphen Der Nacht (Anja Lechner)
 * Morten Lindberg
 * Furatus (Ole Edvard Antonsen & Wolfgang Plagge)
 * Interactions (Bård Monsen & Gunnar Flagstad)
 * Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
 * Minor Major (Oslo String Quartet)
 * Northern Timbre (Ragnhild Hemsing & Tor Espen Aspaas)
 * So Is My Love (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
 * Thoresen: Sea Of Names (Trond Schau)
 * Judith Sherman
 * American Nocturnes (Cecile Licad)
 * The Birthday Party (Aki Takahashi)
 * Discovering Bach (Michelle Ross)
 * Foss: Pieces Of Genius (New York New Music Ensemble)
 * Secret Alchemy - Chamber Works By Pierre Jalbert (Curtis Macomber & Michael Boriskin)
 * Sevenfive - The John Corigliano Effect (Gaudette Brass)
 * Sonic Migrations - Music Of Laurie Altman (Various Artists)
 * Tribute (Dover Quartet)
 * 26 (Melia Watras & Michael Jinsoo Lim)

Remixer

 * Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
 * "You Move" (Latroit Remix)
 * Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode)
 * "Can't Let You Go" (Louie Vega Roots Mix)
 * Louie Vega, remixer (Loleatta Holloway)
 * "Funk O'De Funk" (SMLE Remix)
 * SMLE, remixer (Bobby Rush)
 * "Undercover" (Adventure Club Remix)
 * Leighton James & Christian Srigley, remixer (Kehlani)
 * "A Violent Noise" (Four Tet Remix)
 * Four Tet, remixer (The XX)

Surround Sound

 * Best Surround Sound Album
 * Early Americans
 * Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
 * Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
 * Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir)
 * So Is My Love
 * Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96)
 * 3-D The Catalogue
 * Fritz Hilpert, surround mix engineer; Tom Ammermann, surround mastering engineer; Fritz Hilpert, surround producer (Kraftwerk)
 * Tyberg: Masses
 * Jesse Brayman, surround mix engineer; Jesse Brayman, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale)

Classical

 * Best Orchestral Performance
 * Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
 * Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
 * Concertos for Orchestra
 * Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
 * Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches
 * Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
 * Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente
 * Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 5
 * Osmo Vänskä, conductor) (Minnesota Orchestra)


 * Best Opera Recording
 * Berg: Wozzeck
 * Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel, soloists; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus)
 * Berg: Lulu
 * Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Daniel Brenna, Marlis Petersen & Johan Reuter, soloists; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
 * Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles
 * Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecień, Matthew Polenzani & Nicolas Testé, soloists; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
 * Händel: Ottone
 * George Petrou, conductor; Max Emanuel Cencic & Lauren Snouffer, soloists; Jacob Händel, producer (Il Pomo D'Oro)
 * Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
 * Valery Gergiev, conductor; Vladimir Feliauer, Aida Garifullina & Kira Loginova, soloists; Ilya Petrov, producer (Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus)


 * Best Choral Performance
 * Bryars: The Fifth Century
 * Donald Nally, conductor; The Crossing, choir (PRISM, ensemble)
 * Händel: Messiah
 * Andrew Davis, conductor; Noel Edison, chorus master; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples & Erin Wall, soloists; Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
 * Mansurian: Requiem
 * Alexander Liebreich, conductor; Florian Helgath, chorus master; RIAS Kammerchor (Anja Petersen & Andrew Redmond, soloists; Münchener Kammerorchester)
 * Music of the Spheres
 * Nigel Short, conductor; Tenebrae (choir)
 * Tyberg: Masses
 * Brian A. Schmidt, conductor; South Dakota Choir (Christopher Jacobson, soloist)


 * Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
 * Death & the Maiden
 * Patricia Kopatchinskaja & the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
 * Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas Op. 1
 * Arcangelo
 * Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets by Giaches de Wert
 * Stile Antico
 * Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann
 * Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich
 * Martha Argerich & Friends - Live From Lugano 2016
 * Martha Argerich & Various Artists


 * Best Classical Instrumental Solo
 * Transcendal
 * Daniil Trifonov
 * Bach: The French Suites
 * Murray Perahia
 * Haydn: Cello Concertos
 * Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
 * Levina: The Piano Concertos
 * Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
 * Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
 * Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)


 * Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
 * Crazy Girl Crazy - Music by Gershwin, Berg & Berio
 * Barbara Hannigan
 * Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas
 * Philippe Jarousky, soloist; Petra Müllejans, conductor
 * Gods & Monsters
 * Nicholas Phan, soloist; Myra Huang, accompanist
 * In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music
 * Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor
 * Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift
 * Dmitri Hvorostovsky, soloist; Constantine Orbelian, conductor


 * Best Classical Compendium
 * Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto
 * Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
 * Barbara
 * Alexandre Tharaud, conductor; Cécile Lenoir, producer
 * Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble & Choir
 * Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer
 * Les Routes de l'Esclavage
 * Jordi Savall, conductor; Benjamin Bletton, producer
 * Mademoiselle: Première Audience - Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger
 * Lucy Mauro, pianist and producer


 * Best Contemporary Classical Composition
 * Viola Concerto
 * Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Diaz, Giancarlo Geurrero & the Nashville Symphony)
 * Songs of Solitude
 * Richard Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & the Nashville Symphony)
 * Requiem
 * Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, the RIAS Kammerchor & the Münchener Kammerorchester)
 * Picture Studies
 * Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern & the Kansas City Symphony)
 * Concerto for Orchestra
 * Zhou Tian, composer (Louis Langrée & the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Music Video/Film

 * Best Music Video
 * "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar
 * The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers
 * "Up All Night" – Beck
 * Canada, video director; Alba Barneda, Laura Serra Estorch & Oscar Romagosa, video producers
 * "Makeba" – Jain
 * Lionel Hirle & Gregory Ohrel, video directors; Yodelice, video producer
 * "The Story of O.J." – Jay-Z
 * Shawn Carter & Mark Romanek, video directors; Daniel Midgley, Elizabeth Newman & Chaka Pilgrim, video producers
 * "1-800-273-8255" – Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
 * Andy Hines, video director; Brandon Bonfiglio, Mildred Delamota, Andrew Lerios, Luga Podesta & Alex Randal, video producers


 * Best Music Film
 * The Defiant Ones – (various artists)
 * Allen Hughes, video director; Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray & Steven Williams, video producers
 * One More Time With Feeling – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
 * Andrew Dominik, video director; Dulcie Kellett & James Wilson, video producers
 * Long Strange Trip – The Grateful Dead
 * Amir Bar-Lev, video director; Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff, Justin Kreutzmann, video producers
 * Soundbreaking – (various artists)
 * Maro Chermayeff & Jeff Dupre, video directors; Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel & Warren Zanes, video producers
 * Two Trains Runnin' – (various artists)
 * Sam Pollard, video director; Benjamin Hedin, video producer