Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Malik Yusef – Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word

Omari Hardwick – Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series

Queen Sheba – Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say

Skillz – The Seven Number Ones

Tank and the Bangas – The Heart, the Mind, the Soul

Best Jazz Performance

The Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Juno

Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Featuring Troy Roberts – Little Fears

Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal

Christie Dashiell – Journey in Black

Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner – Wildflowers Vol. 1

Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza

Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Ambrose Akinmusire – Owl Song

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance

Kenny Barron – Beyond This Place

Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – And So It Goes

Dan Pugach – Bianca Reimagined

John Beasley Featuring Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning to Forever

Miguel Zenón – Golden City

Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile in My Shoe

Best Latin Jazz Album

Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- As I Travel

Eliane Elias – Time and Again

Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Collab

Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola – El Trio: Live in Italy

Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever Again

Zaccai Curtis – Cubop Lives!

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Arooj Aftab – Night Reign

André 3000 – New Blue Sun

Keyon Harrold – Foreverland

Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Robert Glasper – Code Derivation

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream

Cyrille Aimée – À Fleur de Peau

Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish

Lake Street Dive – Good Together

Norah Jones – Visions

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue

Bill Frisell – Orchestras (Live)

Julian Lage – Speak to Me

Mark Guiliana – Mark

Taylor Eigsti – Plot Armor

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

Best Country Solo Performance

Beyoncé – 16 Carriages

Chris Stapleton – It Takes a Woman

Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay

Kacey Musgraves – The Architect

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus – II Most Wanted

Brothers Osborne – Break Mine

Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses

Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too

Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Best Country Song

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ’Em

Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay

Kacey Musgraves – The Architect

Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Best Country Album

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Chris Stapleton – Higher

Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well

Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind

Post Malone – F-1 Trillion

Best American Roots Performance

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood – Nothing in Rambling

Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad of Sally Anne

Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve

Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse

Best Americana Performance

Beyoncé – Ya Ya

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky

Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves – Don’t Do Me Good

Madison Cunningham – Subtitles

Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train

Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming

Best American Roots Song

Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends

Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple – All in Good Time

Mark Knopfler – Ahead of the Game

Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve

Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming

Best Americana Album

Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy

Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive

Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers

Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers

T Bone Burnett – The Other Side

Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

Best Bluegrass Album

Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built a World

Dan Tyminski – Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman

The Del McCoury Band – Songs of Love and Life

Sister Sadie – No Fear

Tony Trischka – Earl Jam

Best Traditional Blues Album

Cedric Burnside – Hill Country Love

The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down

Little Feat – Sam’s Place

Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman

Taj Mahal – Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Antonio Vergara – The Fury

Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2

Ruthie Foster – Mileage

Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown

Best Folk Album

Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future

American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet

Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland

Madi Diaz – Weird Faith

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Big Chief Monk Featuring J’wan Boudreaux – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Kalani Pe’a – Kuini

New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty – Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

The Rumble – Stories From the Battlefield

Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul – 25 Back to My Roots

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe – Holy Hands

Melvin Crispell III – Yesterday

Ricky Dillard – Hold On (Live)

Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr – One Hallelujah

Yolanda Adams – Church Doors

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans – Holy Forever (Live)

CeCe Winans – That’s My King

Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore – Praise

Honor & Glory & Disciple – Firm Foundation (He Won’t)

Jwlkrs Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore – In the Name of Jesus

Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard – In the Room

Best Gospel Album

CeCe Winans – More Than This

Karen Clark Sheard – Still Karen

Kirk Franklin – Father’s Day

Melvin Crispell III – Covered Vol. 1

Ricky Dillard – Choirmaster II (Live)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Brandon Lake – Coat of Many Colors

Doe – Heart of a Human

Elevation Worship – When Wind Meets Fire

Forrest Frank – Child of God

Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – The Maverick Way Complete

Best Roots Gospel Album

Authentic Unlimited – The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2

Cory Henry – Church

The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody

Mark D. Conklin – The Gospel According to Mark

The Nelons – Loving You

Best Latin Pop Album

Anitta – Funk Generation

Kali Uchis – Orquídeas

Kany García – García

Luis Fonsi – El Viaje

Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Best Música Urbana Album

Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana

Feid – Ferxxocalipsis

J Balvin – Rayo

Residente – Las Letras Ya No Importan

Young Miko – Att.

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Cimafunk – Pa’ Tu Cuerpa

El David Aguilar – Compita del Destino

Mon Laferte – Autopoiética

Nathy Peluso – Grasa

Rawayana – ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Carín León – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1

Chiquis – Diamantes

Jessi Uribe – De Lejitos

Peso Pluma – Éxodo

Best Tropical Latin Album

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 – Radio Güira

Kiki Valera – Vacilón Santiaguero

Marc Anthony – Muevense

Sheila E. – Bailar

Tony Succar & Mimy Succar – Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)

Best Global Music Performance

Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul

Arooj Aftab – Raat Ki Rani

Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal – A Rock Somewhere

Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – Kashira

Rocky Dawuni – Rise

Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – Bemba Colorá

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid – MMS

Burna Boy – Higher

Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational

Tems – Love Me JeJe

Yemi Alade – Tomorrow

Best Global Music Album

Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco

Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes

Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II

Rema – Heis

Tems – Born in the Wild

Best Reggae Album

Collie Buddz – Take It Easy

Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here

Various Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film (Deluxe)

Vybz Kartel – Party With Me

The Wailers – Evolution

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn

Chris Redding – Visions of Sounds De Luxe

Radhika Vekaria – Warriors of Light

Ricky Kej – Break of Dawn

Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus

Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Triveni

Best Children’s Music Album

Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate

John Legend – My Favorite Dream

Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – ¡Brillo, Brillo!

Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – Creciendo

Rock for Children – Solid Rock Revival

Best Comedy Album

Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer

Jim Gaffigan – The Prisoner

Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die

Ricky Gervais – Armageddon

Trevor Noah – Where Was I

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra

Dolly Parton – Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

George Clinton – …And Your Ass Will Follow

Jimmy Carter – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration

Various Artists – All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper – Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein

Various Artists – The Color Purple

Various Artists – Deadpool & Wolverine

Various Artists – Saltburn

Various Artists – Twisters: The Album

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

Kris Bowers – The Color Purple

Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Laura Karpman – American Fiction

Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross – Shōgun

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla

John Paesano – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws

Winifred Phillips – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)

Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)

*NSync & Justin Timberlake – Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)

Olivia Rodrigo – Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

Best Music Video

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

Charli XCX – 360

Eminem – Houdini

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Music Film

Jon Batiste – American Symphony

June Carter Cash – June

Run-DMC – Kings From Queens

Steven Van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Various Artists – The Greatest Night in Pop

Best Recording Package

The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers

Charli XCX – Brat

iWhoiWhoo – Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease

Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (Baskerville Edition)

The Muddy Basin Ramblers – Jug Band Millionaire

Post Malone – F-1 Trillion

William Clark Green – Baker Hotel

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things

John Lennon – Mind Games

Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (The Boxes of Lost at Sea)

Nirvana – In Utero

Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker – Unsuk Chin

90 Day Men – We Blame Chicago

Best Album Notes

Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)

Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras – After Midnight

John Culshaw – John Culshaw – The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948-55

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial

Various Artists – SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”

Best Historical Album

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists – Centennial

Paul Robeson – Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings

Pepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía – Pepito y Paquito

Prince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)

Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue

Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well

Lucky Daye – Algorithm

Peter Gabriel – I/O

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet

Willow – Empathogen

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