A few days after his mega music festival at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala, Ugandan singer Edirisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo has been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award.
Released on Tuesday, November 15, the nominees on the 2023 Grammy Awards will now gear up for the 65th annual ceremony scheduled for February 05, 2023 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Top nominees are: Beyoncé with nine nominations; Kendrick Lamar with eight; as well as Adele and Brandi Carlile with seven each.
For their song ‘Gimme Love,’ Kenzo and Matt B have been nominated in the category of Best Global Music Performance. Other nominees are: Udhero Na by Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar; Last Last by Burna Boy; Neva Bow Down by Rocky Dawuni featuring Blvk H3ro and Bayethe by Wouter Kellerman — Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode.
Here’s the full list of the 2023 Grammy Awards Nominees
Record of the Year
Don’t Shut Me Down – Abba
Easy on Me – Adele
Break My Soul – Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous – Mary J. Blige
You and Me on the Rock – Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius
Woman — Doja Cat
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
About Damn Time — Lizzo
As It Was — Harry Styles
Album of the Year
Voyage — Abba
30 — Adele
Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny
Renaissance — Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) — Mary J. Blige
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile
Music of the Spheres — Coldplay
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar
Special — Lizzo
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
Song of the Year
Abcdefu — Sara Davis — Gayle and Dave Pittenger — songwriters (Gayle)
About Damn Time — Melissa Lizzo Jefferson — Eric Frederic — Blake Slatkin and Theron Makiel Thomas — songwriters (Lizzo)
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) — Liz Rose and Taylor Swift — songwriters (Taylor Swift)
As It Was — Tyler Johnson — Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles — songwriters (Harry Styles)
Bad Habit — Matthew Castellanos — Brittany Fousheé — Diana Gordon — John Carroll Kirby & Steve Lacy — songwriters (Steve Lacy)
Break My Soul — Beyoncé — S. Carter — Terius The-Dream Gesteelde-Diamant and Christopher A. Stewart — songwriters (Beyoncé)
Easy on Me — Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin — songwriters (Adele)
God Did — Tarik Azzouz — E. Blackmon — Khaled Khaled — F. LeBlanc — Shawn Carter — John Stephens — Dwayne Carter — William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar — songwriters (DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross — Lil Wayne — Jay-Z — John Legend and Fridayy)
The Heart Part 5 — Jake Kosich — Johnny Kosich — Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer — songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt — songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best New Artist
Anitta
Omar Apollo
Domi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Samara Joy
Latto
Maneskin
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy on Me — Adele
Moscow Mule — Bad Bunny
Woman — Doja Cat
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
About Damn Time — Lizzo
As It Was — Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Don’t Shut Me Down — Abba
Bam Bam — Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran
My Universe — Coldplay and BTS
I Like You (A Happier Song) — Post Malone and Doja Cat
Unholy — Sam Smith and Kim Petras
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher — Michael Bublé
When Christmas Comes Around… — Kelly Clarkson
I Dream of Christmas (Extended) — Norah Jones
Evergreen — Pentatonix
Thank You — Diana Ross
Best Pop Vocal Album
Voyage — Abba
30 — Adele
Music of the Spheres — Coldplay
Special — Lizzo
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Break My Soul — Beyoncé
Rosewood — Bonobo
Don’t Forget My Love — Diplo and Miguel
I’m Good (Blue) — David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
Intimidated — Kaytranada featuring H.E.R.
On My Knees — Rüfüs du Sol
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance — Beyoncé
Fragments — Bonobo
Diplo — Diplo
The Last Goodbye — Odesza
Surrender — Rüfüs du Sol
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Between Dreaming and Joy — Jeff Coffin
Not Tight — Domi & JD Beck
Blooz — Grant Geissman
Jacob’s Ladder — Brad Mehldau
Empire Central — Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance
So Happy It Hurts — Bryan Adams
Old Man — Beck
Wild Child — The Black Keys
Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile
Crawl! — Idles
Patient Number 9 — Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck
Holiday — Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
Call Me Little Sunshine — Ghost
We’ll Be Back — Megadeth
Kill or Be Killed — Muse
Degradation Rules — Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi
Blackout — Turnstile
Best Rock Song
Black Summer — Flea — John Frusciante — Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith — songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Blackout — Brady Ebert — Daniel Fang — Franz Lyons — Pat McCrory and Brendan Yates — songwriters (Turnstile)
Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile — Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth — songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Harmonia’s Dream — Robbie Bennett and Adam Granduciel — songwriters (The War on Drugs)
Patient Number 9 — John Osbourne — Chad Smith — Ali Tamposi — Robert Trujillo and Andrew Wotman — songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck)
Best Rock Album
Dropout Boogie — The Black Keys
The Boy Named If — Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Crawler — Idles
Mainstream Sellout — Machine Gun Kelly
Patient Number 9 — Ozzy Osbourne
Lucifer on the Sofa — Spoon
Best Alternative Music Performance
There’d Better Be a Mirrorball — Arctic Monkeys
Certainty — Big Thief
King — Florence + the Machine
Chaise Longue — Wet Leg
Spitting Off the Edge of the World — Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius
Best Alternative Music Album
We — Arcade Fire
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You — Big Thief
Fossora — Björk
Wet Leg — Wet Leg
Cool It Down — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best R&B Performance
Virgo’s Groove — Beyoncé
Here With Me — Mary J. Blige featuring Anderson .Paak
Hrs & Hrs — Muni Long
Over — Lucky Daye
Hurt Me So Good — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Do 4 Love — Snoh Aalegra
Keeps on Fallin’ — Babyface featuring Ella Mai
Plastic Off the Sofa — Beyoncé
’Round Midnight — Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan
Good Morning Gorgeous — Mary J. Blige
Best R&B Song
Cuff It — Denisia Blu June Andrews — Beyoncé — Mary Christine Brockert — Brittany Chi Coney — Terius The-Dream Gesteelde-Diamant — Morten Ristorp — Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq — songwriters (Beyoncé)
Good Morning Gorgeous — Mary J. Blige — David Brown — Dernst Emile II — Gabriella Wilson and Tiara Thomas — songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
Hrs & Hrs — Hamadi Aaabi — Dylan Graham — Priscilla Renea — Thaddis Kuk Harrell — Brandon John-Baptiste — Isaac Wriston and Justin Nathaniel Zim — songwriters (Muni Long)
Hurt Me So Good — Akeel Henry — Michael Holmes — Luca Mauti — Jazmine Sullivan and Elliott Trent — songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
Please Don’t Walk Away — PJ Morton — songwriter (PJ Morton)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Operation Funk — Cory Henry
Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy
Drones — Terrace Martin
Starfruit — Moonchild
Red Balloon — Tank and the Bangas
Best R&B Album
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) — Mary J. Blige
Breezy (Deluxe) — Chris Brown
Black Radio III — Robert Glasper
Candydrip — Lucky Daye
Watch the Sun — PJ Morton
Best Rap Performance
God Did — DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross — Lil Wayne — Jay-Z — John Legend and Fridayy Vegas — Doja Cat
Pushin P — Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug
F.N.F. (Let’s Go) — Hitkidd and Glorilla
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beautiful — DJ Khaled featuring Future and SZA
Wait for U — Future featuring Drake and Tems
First Class — Jack Harlow
Die Hard — Kendrick Lamar featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer
Big Energy (Live) — Latto
Best Rap Song
Churchill Downs — Ace G — BEDRM — Matthew Samuels — Tahrence Brown — Rogét Chahayed — Aubrey Graham — Jack Harlow and Jose Velazquez — songwriters (Jack Harlow featuring Drake)
God Did –’ Tarik Azzouz — E. Blackmon — Khaled Khaled — F. LeBlanc — Shawn Carter — John Stephens — Dwayne Carter — William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar — songwriters (DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross — Lil Wayne — Jay-Z — John Legend and Fridayy)
The Heart Part 5 — Jake Kosich — Johnny Kosich — Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer — songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Pushin P — Lucas Depante — Nayvadius Wilburn — Sergio Kitchens — Wesley Tyler Glass and Jeffery Lamar Williams — songwriters (Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug)
Wait for U — Tejiri Akpoghene — Floyd E. Bentley III — Jacob Canady — Isaac De Boni — Aubrey Graham — Israel Ayomide Fowobaje — Nayvadius Wilburn — Michael Mule — Oluwatoroti Oke and Temilade Openiyi — songwriters (Future featuring Drake and Tems)
Best Rap Album
God Did — DJ Khaled
I Never Liked You — Future
Come Home the Kids Miss You — Jack Harlow
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar
It’s Almost Dry — Pusha T
Best Country Solo Performance
Heartfirst — Kelsea Ballerini
Something in the Orange — Zach Bryan
In His Arms — Miranda Lambert
Circles Around This Town — Maren Morris
Live Forever — Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Wishful Drinking — Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt
Midnight Rider’s Prayer — Brothers Osborne
Outrunnin’ Your Memory — Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert
Does He Love You — Revisited — Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton
Never Wanted to Be That Girl — Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Going Where the Lonely Go — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Best Country Song
Circles Around This Town — Ryan Hurd — Julia Michaels — Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins — songwriters (Maren Morris)
Doin’ This — Luke Combs — Drew Parker and Robert Williford — songwriters (Luke Combs)
I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault) — Lori McKenna and Taylor Swift — songwriters (Taylor Swift)
If I Was a Cowboy — Jesse Frasure and Miranda Lambert — songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die — Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton — songwriters (Willie Nelson)
’Til You Can’t — Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis — songwriters (Cody Johnson)
Best Country Album
Growin’ Up — Luke Combs
Palomino — Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville — Ashley McBryde
Humble Quest — Maren Morris
A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson
Best New Age Ambient or Chant Album
Positano Songs — Will Ackerman
Joy — Paul Avgerinos
Mantra Americana — Madi Das and Dave Stringer with Bhakti Without Borders
The Passenger — Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Mystic Mirror — White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Rounds (Live) — Ambrose Akinmusire — soloist
Keep Holding On — Gerald Albright — soloist
Falling — Melissa Aldana — soloist
Call of the Drum — Marcus Baylor — soloist
Cherokee/Koko — John Beasley — soloist
Endangered Species — Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese — soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Evening: Live at Apparatus — The Baylor Project
Linger Awhile — Samara Joy
Fade to Black — Carmen Lundy
Fifty — The Manhattan Transfer with the WDR Funkhausorchester
Ghost Song — Cécile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1 — Terri Lyne Carrington — Kris Davis — Linda May Han Oh — Nicholas Payton and Matthew Stevens
Live in Italy — Peter Erskine Trio
LongGone — Joshua Redman — Brad Mehldau — Christian McBride and Brian Blade
Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival — Wayne Shorter — Terri Lyne Carrington — Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding
Parallel Motion — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bird Lives — John Beasley — Magnus Lindgren and SWR Big Band
Remembering Bob Freedman — Ron Carter & the Jazzaar Festival Big Band directed by Christian Jacob
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Steven Feifke — Bijon Watson — Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Center Stage — Steve Gadd — Eddie Gomez — Ronnie Cuber and WDR Big Band conducted by Michael Abene
Architecture of Storms — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows
Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango at the Wall in New York — Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Crisálida — Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers
If You Will — Flora Purim
Rhythm & Soul — Arturo Sandoval
Música De Las Américas — Miguel Zenón
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Positive — Erica Campbell; Erica Campbell — Warryn Campbell and Juan Winans — songwriters
When I Pray — Doe; Dominique Jones & Dewitt Jones — songwriters
Kingdom — Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin — Jonathan Jay — Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole — songwriters
The Better Benediction — PJ Morton featuring Zacardi Cortez — Gene Moore — Samoht — Tim Rogers and Darrel Walls; PJ Morton — songwriter
Get Up — Tye Tribbett; Brandon Jones — Christopher Michael Stevens — Thaddaeus Tribbett and Tye Tribbett — songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
God Really Loves Us (Radio Version) — Crowder featuring Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe — David Crowder — Ben Glover and Jeff Sojka — songwriters
So Good — Doe; Chuck Butler — Dominique Jones & Ethan Hulse — songwriters
For God Is With Us — For King & Country and Hillary Scott; Josh Kerr — Jordan Reynolds — Joel Smallbone and Luke Smallbone — songwriters
Fear Is Not My Future — Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin — Nicole Hannel — Jonathan Jay — Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford — songwriters
Holy Forever — Chris Tomlin; Jason Ingram — Brian Johnson — Jenn Johnson — Chris Tomlin & Phil Wickham — songwriters
Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version) — Phil Wickham; Chris Davenport — Bill Johnson — Brian Johnson and Phil Wickham — songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Die to Live — Maranda Curtis
Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) — Ricky Dillard
Clarity — Doe
Kingdom Book One Deluxe — Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
All Things New — Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Lion — Elevation Worship
Breathe — Maverick City Music
Life After Death — TobyMac
Always — Chris Tomlin
My Jesus — Anne Wilson
Best Roots Gospel Album
Let’s Just Praise the Lord — Gaither Vocal Band
Confessio — Irish American Roots — Keith and Kristyn Getty
The Willie Nelson Family — Willie Nelson
2:22 — Karen Peck and New River
The Urban Hymnal — Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best Latin Pop Album
Aguilera — Christina Aguilera
Pasieros — Rubén Blades and Boca Livre
De Adentro Pa Afuera — Camilo
Viajante — Fonseca
Dharma+ — Sebastián Yatra
Best Música Urbana Album
Trap Cake — Vol. 2 — Rauw Alejandro
Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny
Legendaddy — Daddy Yankee
La 167 — Farruko
The Love & Sex Tape — Maluma
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
El Alimento — Cimafunk
Tinta y Tiempo — Jorge Drexler
1940 Carmen — Mon Laferte
Alegoría — Gaby Moreno
Los Años Salvajes — Fito Paez
Motomami — Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Abeja — Reina Chiquis
Un Canto por México — El Musical — Natalia Lafourcade
La Reunión (Deluxe) — Los Tigres Del Norte
EP #1 — Forajido Christian Nodal
Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe) — Marco Antonio Solís
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy — Marc Anthony
Quiero Verte Feliz — La Santa Cecilia
Lado A Lado B — Víctor Manuelle
Legendario — Tito Nieves
Imágenes Latinas — Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Cumbiana II — Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance
Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version) — Bill Anderson featuring Dolly Parton
Life According to Raechel — Madison Cunningham
Oh Betty — Fantastic Negrito
Stompin’ Ground — Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Prodigal Daughter — Aoife O’Donovan and Allison Russell
Best Americana Performance
Silver Moon (A Tribute to Michael Nesmith) — Eric Alexandrakis
There You Go Again — Asleep at the Wheel featuring Lyle Lovett
The Message — Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Black Violin
You and Me on the Rock — Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius
Made Up Mind — Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Song
Bright Star — Anaïs Mitchell — songwriter (Anaïs Mitchell)
Forever — Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott — songwriters (Sheryl Crow)
High and Lonesome — T Bone Burnett and Robert Plant — songwriters (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss)
Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt — songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Prodigal Daughter — Tim O’Brien and Aoife O’Donovan — songwriters (Aoife O’Donovan and Allison Russell)
You and Me on the Rock — Brandi Carlile — Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth — songwriters (Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius)
Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile
Things Happen That Way — Dr. John
Good to Be … — Keb’ Mo’
Raise the Roof — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Just Like That… — Bonnie Raitt
Best Bluegrass Album
Toward the Fray — The Infamous Stringdusters
Almost Proud — The Del McCoury Band
Calling You From My Mountain — Peter Rowan
Crooked Tree — Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway
Get Yourself Outside — Yonder Mountain String Band
Best Traditional Blues Album
Heavy Load Blues — Gov’t Mule
The Blues Don’t Lie — Buddy Guy
Get On Board — Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
The Sun Is Shining Down — John Mayall
Mississippi Son — Charlie Musselwhite
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Done Come Too Far — Shemekia Copeland
Crown — Eric Gales
Bloodline Maintenance — Ben Harper
Set Sail — North Mississippi Allstars
Brother Johnny — Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album
Spellbound — Judy Collins
Revealer — Madison Cunningham
The Light at the End of the Line — Janis Ian
Age of Apathy — Aoife O’Donovan
Hell on Church Street — Punch Brothers
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Full Circle — Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul featuring LSU Golden Band from Tigerland
Natalie Noelani — Natalie Ai Kamauu
Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani — Live at the Getty Center — Halau Hula Keali’i O Nalani
Lucky Man — Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
The Kalling — Kabaka Pyramid
Gifted — Koffee
Scorcha — Sean Paul
Third Time’s the Charm — Protoje
Com Fly Wid Mi — Shaggy
Best Global Music Performance
Udhero Na — Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar
Gimme Love — Matt B and Eddy Kenzo
Last Last — Burna Boy
Neva Bow Down — Rocky Dawuni featuring Blvk H3ro
Bayethe — Wouter Kellerman — Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
Best Global Music Album
Shuruaat — Berklee Indian Ensemble
Love — Damini — Burna Boy
Queen of Sheba — Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf
Between Us … (Live) — Anoushka Shankar — Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley featuring Manu Delago
Sakura — Masa Takumi
Best Children’s Music Album
Into the Little Blue House — Wendy and DB
Los Fabulosos — Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
The Movement — Alphabet Rockers
Ready Set Go! — Divinity Roxx
Space Cadet — Justin Roberts
Best Audio Book — Narration — and Storytelling Recording
Act Like You Got Some Sense — Jamie Foxx
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks — Mel Brooks
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World — Lin-Manuel Miranda
Finding Me — Viola Davis
Music Is History — Questlove
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Black Men Are Precious — Ethelbert Miller
Call Us What We Carry: Poems — Amanda Gorman
Hiding in Plain View — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
The Poet Who Sat by the Door — J. Ivy
You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly. — Amir Sulaiman
Best Comedy Album
The Closer — Dave Chappelle
Comedy Monster — Jim Gaffigan
A Little Brains — A Little Talent — Randy Rainbow
Sorry — Louis CK
We All Scream — Patton Oswalt
Best Musical Theater Album
Caroline — or Change — John Cariani — Sharon D Clarke — Caissie Levy and Samantha Williams — principal vocalists; Van Dean — Nigel Lilley — Lawrence Manchester — Elliot Scheiner and Jeanine Tesori — producers; Jeanine Tesori — composer; Tony Kushner — lyricist (New Broadway Cast)
Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) — Sara Bareilles — Brian d’Arcy James — Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo — principal vocalists; Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven — producers (Stephen Sondheim — composer and lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)
MJ the Musical — Myles Frost and Tavon Olds-Sample — principal vocalists; David Holcenberg — Derik Lee and Jason Michael Webb — producers (Original Broadway Cast)
Mr. Saturday Night — Shoshana Bean — Billy Crystal — Randy Graff and David Paymer — principal vocalists; Jason Robert Brown — Sean Patrick Flahaven and Jeffrey Lesser — producers; Jason Robert Brown — composer; Amanda Green — lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Six: Live on Opening Night — Joe Beighton — Tom Curran — Sam Featherstone — Paul Gatehouse — Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss — producers; Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss — composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
A Strange Loop — Jaquel Spivey — principal vocalist; Michael Croiter — Michael R. Jackson — Charlie Rosen and Rona Siddiqui — producers; Michael R. Jackson — composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Elvis — Various Artists
Encanto — Various Artists
Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series — Season 4 (Vol 2) — Various Artists
Top Gun: Maverick — Harold Faltermeyer — Lady Gaga — Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
West Side Story — Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Batman — Michael Giacchino — composer
Encanto — Germaine Franco — composer
No Time to Die — Hans Zimmer — composer
The Power of the Dog — Jonny Greenwood — composer
Succession: Season 3 — Nicholas Britell — composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Aliens: Fireteam Elite — Austin Wintory — composer
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok — Stephanie Economou — composer
Call Of Duty®: Vanguard — Bear McCreary — composer
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — Richard Jacques — composer
Old World — Christopher Tin — composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Be Alive from King Richard; Beyoncé́ and Darius Scott Dixson — songwriters (Beyoncé́)
Carolina from Where the Crawdads Sing; Taylor Swift — songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick; Bloodpop and Stefani Germanotta — songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Keep Rising (The Woman King) from The Woman King; Angelique Kidjo — Jeremy Lutito and Jessy Wilson — songwriters (Jessy Wilson featuring Angelique Kidjo)
Nobody Like U from Turning Red; Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell — songwriters (4*Town — Jordan Fisher — Finneas O’Connell — Josh Levi — Topher Ngo — Grayson Villanueva)
We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto; Lin-Manuel Miranda — songwriter (Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita — Mauro Castillo — Adassa — Rhenzy Feliz — Diane Guerrero — Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto — Cast)
Best Instrumental Composition
African Tales — Paquito D’Rivera — composer (Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar)
El País Invisible — Miguel Zenón — composer (Miguel Zenón — José Antonio Zayas Cabán — Ryan Smith and Casey Rafn)
Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues — Danilo Pérez — composer (Danilo Pérez featuring the Global Messengers)
Refuge — Geoffrey Keezer — composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
Snapshots — Pascal Le Boeuf — composer (Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar)
Best Arrangement — Instrumental or A Cappella
As Days Go By (an Arrangement of the ‘Family Matters’ Theme Song) — Armand Hutton — arranger (Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt and Just 6)
How Deep Is Your Love — Matt Cusson — arranger (Kings Return)
Main Titles (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) — Danny Elfman — arranger (Danny Elfman)
Minnesota — WI — Remy Le Boeuf — arranger (Remy Le Boeuf)
Scrapple From the Apple — John Beasley — arranger (Magnus Lindgren — John Beasley and the SWR Big Band featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement — Instruments and Vocals
Let It Happen — Louis Cole — arranger (Louis Cole)
Never Gonna Be Alone — Jacob Collier — arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer)
Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying — Cécile McLorin Salvant — arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Songbird (Orchestral Version) — Vince Mendoza — arranger (Christine McVie)
2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram) — Nathan Schram and Becca Stevens — arrangers (Becca Stevens and Attacca Quartet)
Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning — Chun-Tien Hsia and Qing-Yang Xiao — art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Divers — William Stichter — art director (Soporus)
Everything Was Beautiful — Mark Farrow — art director (Spiritualized)
Telos — Ming Liu — art director (Fann)
Voyeurist — Tnsn Dvsn — art director (Underoath)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Artists Inspired By Music: Interscope Reimagined — Josh Abraham — Steve Berman — Jimmy Iovine — John Janick and Jason Sangerman — art directors (Various Artists)
Big Mess — Berit Gwendolyn Gilma — art director (Danny Elfman)
Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set) — Jenna Krackenberger — Anna McCaleb and Preacher — art directors (Black Pumas)
Book — Paul Sahre — art director (They Might Be Giants)
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 — Lisa Glines — Doran Tyson and Dave Van Patten — art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best Album Notes
The American Clavé Recordings — Fernando González — album notes writer (Astor Piazzolla)
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady — Gareth Murphy — album notes writer (Andy Irvine and Paul Brady)
Harry Partch — 1942 — John Schneider — album notes writer (Harry Partch)
Life’s Work: A Retrospective — Ted Olson — album notes writer (Doc Watson)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr — album notes writer (Wilco)
Best Historical Album
Against the Odds: 1974-1982 — Tommy Manzi — Steve Rosenthal and Ken Shipley — compilation producers; Michael Graves — mastering engineer; Tom Camuso — restoration engineer (Blondie)
The Goldberg Variations — The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions — Robert Russ — compilation producer; Martin Kistner — mastering engineer (Glenn Gould)
Life’s Work: A Retrospective — Scott Billington — Ted Olson and Mason Williams — compilation producers; Paul Blakemore — mastering engineer (Doc Watson)
To Whom It May Concern… — Jonathan Sklute — compilation producer; Kevin Marques Moo — mastering engineer (Freestyle Fellowship)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Cheryl Pawelski and Jeff Tweedy — compilation producers; Bob Ludwig — mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the Year — Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Nija Charles
Tobias Jesso Jr.
The-Dream
Laura Veltz
Best Engineered Album — Non-Classical
Adolescence — George Nicholas & Ryan Schwabe — engineers; Ryan Schwabe — mastering engineer (Baynk)
Black Radio III — Daniel Farris — Tiffany Gouché — Keith Lewis — Musiq Soulchild — Reginald Nicholas — Q-Tip — Amir Sulaiman — Michael Law Thomas and Jon Zacks — engineers; Chris Athens — mastering engineer (Robert Glasper)
Chloë and the Next 20th Century — Dave Cerminara and Jonathan Wilson — engineers; Adam Ayan — mastering engineer (Father John Misty)
Harry’s House — Jeremy Hatcher — Oli Jacobs — Nick Lobel — Mark Spike Stent and Sammy Witte — engineers; Randy Merrill — mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Wet Leg — Jon McMullen — Joshua Mobaraki — Alan Moulder and Alexis Smith — engineers; Matt Colton — mastering engineer (Wet Leg)
Producer of the Year — Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Boi-1da
Dahi
Dernst D’mile Emile II
Best Remixed Recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) — Purple Disco Machine — remixer (Lizzo)
Break My Soul — (Terry Hunter Remix) Terry Hunter — remixer (Beyoncé)
Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix) — Four Tet — remixer (Ellie Goulding)
Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix) — Paul Woolford — remixer (The Knocks and Dragonette)
Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix) — Soulwax — remixers (Wet Leg)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Aguilera — Jaycen Joshua — immersive mix engineer; Jaycen Joshua — immersive mastering engineer (Christina Aguilera)
Divine Tides — Eric Schilling — immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland — Ricky Kej and Herbert Waltl — immersive producers (Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej)
Memories … Do Not Open — Mike Piacentini — immersive mix engineer; Mike Piacentini — immersive mastering engineer; Adam Alpert — Alex Pall — Jordan Stilwell and Andrew Taggart — immersive producers (The Chainsmokers)
Picturing the Invisible — Focus 1 — Jim Anderson — immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg & Ulrike Schwarz — immersive mastering engineers; Jane Ira Bloom and Ulrike Schwarz — immersive producers (Jane Ira Bloom)
Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World — Morten Lindberg — immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg — immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg — immersive producer (Nidarosdomens Jentekor and Trondheimsolistene)
Best Engineered Album — Classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique — The Making of the Orchestra — Shawn Murphy — Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom — engineers; Michael Romanowski — mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Stucky: Silent Spring — Mark Donahue — engineer; Mark Donahue — mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Perspectives — Jonathan Lackey — Bill Maylone and Dan Nichols — engineers; Joe Lambert — mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World — Morten Lindberg — engineer; Morten Lindberg — mastering engineer (Anita Brevik — Nidarosdomens Jentekor and Trondheimsolistene)
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes — Bernhard Güttler — Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire — engineers; Christoph Stickel — mastering engineer (Anne-Sophie Mutter — John Williams and Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year — Classical
Jonathan Allen
Christoph Franke
James Ginsburg
Elaine Martone
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
Adams — John Luther: Sila — The Breath of the World — Doug Perkins — conductor off Michigan Department of Chamber Music and University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble)
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 — Gustavo Dudamel — conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Eastman: Stay on It — Christopher Rountree — conductor (Wild Up)
John Williams — The Berlin Concert — John Williams — conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Works by Florence Price — Jessie Montgomery — Valerie Coleman — Michael Repper — conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Aucoin: Eurydice — Yannick Nézet-Séguin — conductor; Barry Banks — Nathan Berg — Joshua Hopkins — Erin Morley and Jakub Józef Orliński; David Frost — producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones — Yannick Nézet-Séguin — conductor; Angel Blue — Will Liverman — Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost — producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Davis: X — The Life and Times of Malcolm X — Gil Rose — conductor; Ronnita Miller — Whitney Morrison — Victor Robertson and Davóne Tines; Gil Rose — producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Bach: St. John Passion — John Eliot Gardiner — conductor (English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir)
Born — Donald Nally — conductor (Dominic German — Maren Montalbano — Rebecca Myers and James Reese; The Crossing)
Verdi: Requiem — The Met Remembers 9/11 — Yannick Nézet-Séguin — conductor; Donald Palumbo — chorus master (Michelle DeYoung — Eric Owens — Ailyn Pérez and Matthew Polenzani; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets — Volume 2 — The Middle Quartets — Dover Quartet
Musical Remembrances — Neave Trio
Perspectives — Third Coast Percussion
Shaw: Evergreen — Attacca Quartet
What Is American — PUBLIQuartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Abels: Isolation Variation — Hilary Hahn
Bach: The Art of Life — Daniil Trifonov
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations — Mitsuko Uchida
Letters for the Future — Time for Three; Xian Zhang — conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
A Night in Upper Town — The Music of Zoran Krajacic — Mak Grgic
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Eden — Joyce DiDonato — soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev — conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)
How Do I Find You — Sasha Cooke — soloist; Kirill Kuzmin — pianist
Okpebholo: Lord — How Come Me Here? — Will Liverman — soloist; Paul Sánchez — pianist (J’Nai Bridges and Caen Thomason-Redus)
Stranger — Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly — Nicholas Phan — soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider and the Knights; Reginald Mobley)
Voice of Nature — The Anthropocene — Renée Fleming — soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin — pianist
Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story — Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair — Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley — producers
Aspire — JP Jofre and Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone — conductor; Jonathan Allen — producer
A Concert for Ukraine — Yannick Nézet-Séguin — conductor; David Frost — producer
The Lost Birds — Voces8; Barnaby Smith and Christopher Tin — conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven and Christopher Tin — producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Akiho: Ligneous Suite — Andy Akiho — composer (Ian Rosenbaum and Dover Quartet)
Bermel: Intonations — Derek Bermel — composer (Jack Quartet)
Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God — Sofia Gubaidulina — composer (Andris Nelsons and Gewandhausorchester)
Puts: Contact — Kevin Puts — composer (Xian Zhang — Time for Three and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved — Carlos Simon — composer (Carlos Simon — MK Zulu — Marco Pavé and Hub New Music)
Best Music Video
Easy on Me — Adele; Xavier Dolan — video director; Xavier Dolan and Nancy Grant — video producers
Yet to Come — BTS; Yong Seok Choi — video director; Tiffany Suh — video producer
Woman — Doja Cat; Child. — video director; Missy Galanida — Sam Houston — Michelle Larkin and Isaac Rice — video producers
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar; Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar — video directors; Jason Baum and Jamie Rabineau — video producers
As It Was — Harry Styles; Tanu Muino — video director; Frank Borin — Ivanna Borin — Fred Bonham Carter and Alexa Haywood — video producers
All Too Well: The Short Film — Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift — video director; Saul Germaine — video producer
Best Music Film
Adele One Night Only — Adele; Paul Dugdale — video director; Raj Kapoor and Ben Winston — video producers
Our World — Justin Bieber; Michael D. Ratner — video director; Kfir Goldberg — Andy Mininger and Scott Ratner — video producers
Billie Eilish Live at the O2 — Billie Eilish; Sam Wrench — video director; Michelle An — Tom Colbourne — Chelsea Dodson and Billie Eilish — video producers
Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance) — Rosalía; Ferrán Echegaray — Rosalía Vila Tobella and Stillz — video directors
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story — Various Artists; Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern — video directors; Frank Marshall — Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern — video producers
A Band A Brotherhood A Barn — Neil Young and Crazy Horse; Dhlovelife — video director; Gary Ward — video producer
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