Best American Roots Song
Mark Knopfler - Ahead Of The Game
Sam Beam - All In Good Time (Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple)
Aoife O'Donovan - for All My Friends" (Aoife O'Donovan)
Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker - American Dreaming (Sierra Ferrell)
John Hahn & Will Kimbrough - Blame It On Eve (Shemekia Copeland)
Best American Roots Performance
Shemekia Copeland - Blame It On Eve
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood - Nothing In Rambling
Sierra Ferrell - Lighthouse
Rhiannon Giddens - The Ballad Of Sally Anne
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé – Ya Ya
Madison Cunningham – Subtitles
Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves – Don't Do Me Good
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming
Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky
Best Bluegrass Album
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - I Built a World
The Del McCoury Band - Songs of Love and Life
Sister Sadie - No Fear
Billy Strings - Live Vol. 1
Tony Trischka - Earl Jam
Dan Tyminski - Live From The Ryman
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside - Hill Country Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down
Sue Foley - One Guitar Woman
Little Feat - Sam's Place
The Taj Mahal Sextet - Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Shemekia Copeland - Blame It On Eve
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Friendlytown
Ruthie Foster - Mileage
Antonio Vergara - The Fury
Best Folk Album
American Patchwork Quartet - American Patchwork Quartet
Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Aoife O'Donovan - All My Friends
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock And Soul – 25 Back to My Roots
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles featuring J'Wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Breed Brass Band featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe'a – Kuini
The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Stories from The Battlefield
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz - Take It Easy
Vybz Kartel - Party With Me
Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists - Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe)
The Wailers - Evolution
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab – Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock Somewhere
Rocky Dawuni – Rise
Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá
Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul
Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – Kashira
Best African Music Performance
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Burna Boy – Higher
Tems – Love Me JeJe
Best Global Music Album
Matt B ft. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Alkebulan II
Ciro Hurtado - Paisajes
Rema - Heis
Antonio Rey - Historias de un Flamenco
Tems - Born in the Wild
Best Children’s Music Album
Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band - Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats - Creciendo
John Legend - My Favourite Dream
Rock For Children - Solid Rock Revival
Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids - World Wide Playdate
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words – Guy Oldfield
...And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones – Dolly Parton
Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter
My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say – Queen Sheba
Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series – Omari Hardwick
Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word – Malik Yusef
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul – Tank and the Bangas
The Seven Number Ones – Mad Skillz
Best Comedy Album
Armageddon – Ricky Gervais
The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle
The Prisoner – Jim Gaffigan
Someday You'll Die – Nikki Glaser
Where Was I – Trevor Noah
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell's Kitchen
Merrily We Roll Along
The Notebook
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Color Purple
Deadpool & Wolverine
Maestro
Saltburn
Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
American Fiction – Laura Karpman
Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
The Color Purple – Kris Bowers
Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprak
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla – Bear McCreary
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – John Paesano
Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget II
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Winifred Phillips
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma (from Twisters: The Album)
Better Place (from Trolls Band Together)
Can't Catch Me Now (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
It Never Went Away (from American Symphony)
Love Will Survive (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Karen Slack (soloist); Michelle Cann (pianist) - Beyond the Years - Unpublished Songs of Florence Price
Nicholas Phan (soloist); Palaver Strings (ensemble) - A Change Is Gonna Come
Fotina Naumenko (soloist); Marika Bournaki (pianist) - Newman: Bespoke Songs
Will Liverman (soloist); Jonathan King (pianist) - Show Me The Way
Joyce DiDonato (soloist); Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor of Il Pomo d'Oro) - Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Best Classical Compendium
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds (artists); Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover (producers) - BeLonging
Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (producer) - American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (producer) - Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (artists); Michael Shapiro (conductor); Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley (producers) - Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer) - Ortiz: Revolución Diamantin
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (producer) - American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (producer) - Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (artists); Michael Shapiro (conductor); Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley (producers) - Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer) - Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Michael League - Baby Elephant Walk - Encore (Snarky Puppy)
Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Jacob Collier ft. John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé - Rhapsody in Blue(grass) (Béla Fleck ft. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor - Rose Without the Thorns (Scott Hoying ft. säje & Tonality)
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor - Silent Night
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor - Alma (säje ft. Regina Carter)
Matt Jones - Always Come Back (John Legend)
Willow, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio - B i g f e e l i n g s (Willow)
Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman - Last Surprise (The 8-bit Big Band ft. Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
Cody Fry - The sound of silence (Cody Fry ft. Sleeping At Last
Best Recording Package
Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage – The Avett Brothers (The Avett Brothers)
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Baker Hotel (William Clark Green)
Brent David Freaney, Charli XCX & Imogene Strauss – Brat (Charli xcx)
Archie Lee Coates IV, Austin Post (Post Malone), Bobby Greenleaf, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta – F-1 Trillion (Post Malone)
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love - The Baskerville Edition (Kate Bush)
Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh – Jug Band Millionaire (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Lee Pei-Tzu – Pregnancy, Breakdown and Disease (WhoiWhoo)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Nick Azinas & Mike Hicks - Half Living Things (Alpha Wolf)
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh - Hounds of Love - The Boxes of Lost at Sea (Kate Bush)
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto - In Utero (Nirvana)
Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon - Mind Games (John Lennon)
Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski - Unsuk Chin (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokaki - We Blame Chicago (90 Day Men)
Best Album Notes
Tim Brooks - After Midnight
Lauren de Graf - The Carnegie Hall Concert
Ricky Riccardi - Centennial
Dominic Fyfe - John Culshaw - The Art of the Producer - The Early Years 1948-55
Josh Kun - SONtrack Original de la Pelicula Al Son de Beno
Best Historical Album
Centennial - Meagan Hennessy & Richard Martin
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
Paul Robeson - Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings
Pepito y Paquito - Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria,
The Sound of Music - Super Deluxe Edition
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Édgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Algorithm (Lucky Daye)
Cyan Blue (Charlotte Day Wilson)
Deeper Well (Kacey Musgraves)
Empathogen (Willow)
I/O (Peter Gabriel)
Short n' Sweet (Sabrina Carpenter)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Dan Nigro
Best Remixed Recording
Kaytranada – Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix) (Doechii featuring JT)
David Guetta – A Bar Song (Tipsy) (remix) (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
Mark Ronson x FnZ – Espresso (Working Late remix) (Sabrina Carpenter)
Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MeMyish – Jah Sees Them (Amapiano remix)" (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
A. G. Cook – Von Dutch (remix) (Charli XCX & A. G. Cook featuring Addison Rae)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Roxy Music - Avalon
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra - Borders
Peter Gabriel - i/o (In-Side Mix)
Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet -Pax
Best Instrumental Composition
Shelton G. Berg - At Last
Christopher Zuar - Communion
André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño - I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
Chick Corea - Remembrance
Pascal Le Boeuf - Strands
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay - Adams: Girl of the Golden West
Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz - Andres: The Blind Banister
Mark Donahue & John Newton - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Ressurexit
Daniel Shores - Clear Voices in the Dark
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay - Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Producer of the Year, Classical
Erica Brenner
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Dirk Sobotka
Best Orchestral Performance
Marin Alsop (cd); ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
JoAnn Falletta (cd); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major
Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Los Angeles Philharmonic - Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Susanna Mälkki (cd); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Firebird
Best Opera Recording
Adams: Girls of the Golden West -Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale
Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Moravec: The Shining -Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus
Puts: The Hours - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Saariaho: Adriana Mater -San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkilangas
Best Choral Performance
Skylark Vocal Ensemble (ensemble) - Clear Voices in the Dark
True Concord Voices (ensemble) - A Dream So Bright - Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Apollo's Fire (ensemble); Apollo's Singers (ensemble) - Handel: Israel in Egypt
The Crossing (ensemble) - Ochre
Novus NY, Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus (ensembles) - Sheehan: Akathist
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
JACK Quartet - J.L. Adams: Waves & Particles
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, 'Archduke'
Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble - Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Miró Quartet - Home
Caroline Shaw & So Percussion - Rectangles and Circumstance
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho - Akiho: Longing
Vikingur Ólafsson - Bach: Goldberg Variations
Seth Parker Woods (soloist); Christopher Rountree (conductor of Wild Up) - Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc
Mak Grgić - Entourer
Curtis Stewart (soloist); James Blachly (conductor of the Experiential Orchestra) - Perry: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra
Best Classical Compendium
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds - BeLonging
Curtis Stewart - American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta - Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse - Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel - Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
