2025 Grammy Nominees Full List: Davido, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Asake, Others Nominated
- The 67th Grammy Award nomination for 2025 has been released and the Nigerian music industry was not left out
- The big wigs in the industry like Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy are set to compete in the Best African Music Performance of the year
- Davido who is yet to have a Grammy to his name has now been nominated four times, stirring comments from his fans
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The Nigerian music industry once again made it to the 2025 Grammy nominations as organisers released the full list on Friday, November 8.
Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid who are the top three in the industry were nominted in Best African Music Performance of the year, Other Nigerian singers in the category include Yemi Alade, Asake, Rema, Lojay and Tems.
Source: Instagram
Rema's Heis album and Tems's Born In The Wild album was nomiated under the Best Global Music Album category.
While Burna Boy has now been nominated six times with one Grammy award to his name, Davido has been nominated four times.
Tems is the most nominated Nigerian artiste on the list with 3 nominations.
See the full list below:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Now and Then”
The Beatles
“Texas Hold ‘Em”
Beyoncé
“Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter
“360”
Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!”
Chappell Roan
“Fortnight”
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“New Blue Sun”
André 3000
“Cowboy Carter”
Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet”
Sabrina Carpenter
“Brat”
Charli XCX
“Djesse Vol. 4”
Jacob Collier
“Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Billie Eilish
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department”
Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters
(Shaboozey)
“Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Die With a Smile”
Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
“Fortnight”
Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters
(Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)
“Good Luck, Babe!”
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
“Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Please Please Please”
Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Texas Hold ‘Em”
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Bodyguard”
Beyoncé
“Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple”
Charli xcx
“Birds of a Feather”
Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!”
Chappell Roan
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Us”
Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift
“Levii’s Jeans”
Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone
“Guess”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
“The Boy Is Mine”
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
“Die With a Smile”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Short n’ Sweet”
Sabrina Carpenter
“Hit Me Hard and Soft”
Billie Eilish
“Eternal Sunshine”
Ariana Grande
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department”
Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING
“She’s Gone, Dance On”
Disclosure
“Loved”
Four Tet
“Leavemealone”
Fred Again & Baby Keem
“Neverender”
Justice & Tame Impala
“Witchy”
Kaytranada Featuring Childish Gambino
BEST DANCE POP RECORDING
“Make You Mine”
Madison Beer
“Von Dutch”
Charli XCX
“L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”
Billie Eilish
“Yes, And?”
Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started”
Troye Sivan
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
“Brat”
Charli XCX
“Three”
Four Tet
“Hyperdrama”
Justice
“Timeless”
Kaytranada
“Telos”
Zedd
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
“Alter Ego – Kaytranada Remix”
Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii Featuring JT)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]”
David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta)
“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
“Jah Sees Them – Amapiano Remix”
Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
“Von Dutch”
A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook Featuring Addison Rae)
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
À Fleur De Peau
Cyrille Aimée
Visions
Norah Jones
Good Together
Lake Street Dive
Impossible Dream
Aaron Lazar
Christmas Wish
Gregory Porter
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“Now and Then”
The Beatles
“Beautiful People (Stay High)”
The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me”
Green Day
“Gift Horse”
Idles
“Dark Matter”
Pearl Jam
“Broken Man”
St. Vincent
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
“Crown of Horns”
Judas Priest
“Suffocate”
Knocked Loose Featuring Poppy
“Screaming Suicide”
Metallica
“Cellar Door”
Spiritbox
BEST ROCK ALBUM
“Happiness Bastards”
The Black Crowes
“Romance”
Fontaines D.C.
“Saviors”
Green Day
“TANGK”
Idles
“Dark Matter”
Pearl Jam
“Hackney Diamonds”
The Rolling Stones
“No Name”
Jack White
BEST ROCK SONG
“Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
“Broken Man”
Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
“Dark Matter”
Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
“Dilemma”
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
“Gift Horse”
Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (Idles)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE
“Neon Pill”
Cage the Elephant
“Song of the Lake”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Starburster”
Fontaines D.C.
“Bye Bye”
Kim Gordon
“Flea”
St. Vincent
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
“Wild God”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Charm”
Clairo
“The Collective”
Kim Gordon
“What Now”
Brittany Howard
“All Born Screaming”
St. Vincent
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“Guidance”
Jhené Aiko
“Residuals”
Chris Brown
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Coco Jones
“Made For Me (Live On BET)”
Muni Long
“Saturn”
SZA
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“Wet”
Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove”
Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie”
Lalah Hathaway Featuring Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget”
Muni Long
“That’s You”
Lucky Daye
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
“So Glad to Know You”
Avery*Sunshine
“En Route”
Durand Bernarr
“Bando Stone and the New World”
Childish Gambino
“Crash”
Kehlani
“Why Lawd?”
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
BEST R&B SONG
“After Hours”
Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Burning”
Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
“Ruined Me”
Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
“Saturn”
Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)
BEST R&B ALBUM
“11:11 (Deluxe)”
Chris Brown
“Vantablack”
Lalah Hathaway
“Revenge”
Muni Long
“Algorithm”
Lucky Daye
“Coming Home”
Usher
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“Enough (Miami)”
Cardi B
“When the Sun Shines Again”
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos
“Nissan Altima”
Doechii
“Houdini”
Eminem
“Like That”
Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!”
GloRilla
“Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
“Kehlani”
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani
“Spaghettii”
Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You”
Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd
“Big Mama”
Latto
“3:AM”
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu
BEST RAP ALBUM
“Might Delete Later”
J. Cole
“The Auditorium, Vol. 1”
Common & Pete Rock
“Alligator Bites Never Heal”
Doechii
“The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)”
Eminem
“We Don’t Trust You”
Future & Metro Boomin
BEST RAP SONG
“Asteroids”
Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody Featuring Hit-Boy)
“Carnival”
Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign)
Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
“Like That”
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
“Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
“Yeah Glo!”
Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)
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 COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
16 Carriages
Beyoncé
I Am Not Okay
Jelly Roll
The Architect
Kacey Musgraves
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
It Takes A Woman
Chris Stapleton
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Cowboys Cry Too
Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
II Most Wanted
Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus
Break Mine
Brothers Osborne
Bigger Houses
Dan + Shay
I Had Some Help
Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen
BEST COUNTRY SONG
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Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
I Am Not Okay
Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
I Had Some Help
Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen)
Texas Hold ‘Em
Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé
F-1 Trillion
Post Malone
Deeper Well
Kacey Musgraves
Higher
Chris Stapleton
Whirlwind
Lainey Wilson
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
Blame It On Eve
Shemekia Copeland
Nothing In Rambling
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
Lighthouse
Sierra Ferrell
The Ballad Of Sally Anne
Rhiannon Giddens
BEST AMERICANA PERFORMANCE
Ya Ya
Beyoncé
Subtitles
Madison Cunningham
Don’t Do Me Good
Madi Diaz Featuring Kacey Musgraves
American Dreaming
Sierra Ferrell
Runaway Train
Sarah Jarosz
Empty Trainload of Sky
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
Ahead of the Game
Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
All In Good Time
Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine Featuring Fiona Apple)
All My Friends
Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
American Dreaming
Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
Blame It on Eve
John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The Other Side
T Bone Burnett
$10 Cowboy
Charley Crockett
Trail Of Flowers
Sierra Ferrell
Polaroid Lovers
Sarah Jarosz
No One Gets Out Alive
Maggie Rose
Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
I Built A World
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Songs of Love and Life
The Del McCoury Band
No Fear
Sister Sadie
Live Vol. 1
Billy Strings
Earl Jam
Tony Trischka
Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman
Dan Tyminski
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
Hill Country Love
Cedric Burnside
Struck Down
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
One Guitar Woman
Sue Foley
Sam’s Place
Little Feat
Swingin’ Live at the Church In Tulsa
The Taj Mahal Sextet
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Joe Bonamassa
Blame It On Eve
Shemekia Copeland
Friendlytown
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
Mileage
Ruthie Foster
The Fury
Antonio Vergara
BEST FOLK ALBUM
American Patchwork Quartet
American Patchwork Quartet
Weird Faith
Madi Diaz
Bright Future
Adrianne Lenker
All My Friends
Aoife O’Donovan
Woodland
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
25 Back To My Roots
Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
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
Kuini
Kalani Pe’a
Stories From The Battlefield
The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
Church Doors
Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters
Yesterday
Melvin Crispell III
Hold On (Live)
Ricky Dillard
Holy Hands
DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters
One Hallelujah
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
Holy Forever (Live)
Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Featuring CeCe Winans
Praise
Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
Firm Foundation (He Won’t)
Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
In The Name Of Jesus
JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
In The Room
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
That’s My King
CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Covered Vol. 1
Melvin Crispell III
Choirmaster II (Live)
Ricky Dillard
Father’s Day
Kirk Franklin
Still Karen
Karen Clark Sheard
More Than This
CeCe Winans
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Heart Of A Human
DOE
When Wind Meets Fire
Elevation Worship
Child Of God
Forrest Frank
Coat Of Many Colors
Brandon Lake
The Maverick Way Complete
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2
Authentic Unlimited
The Gospel According To Mark
Mark D. Conklin
Rhapsody
The Harlem Gospel Travelers
Church
Cory Henry
Loving You
The Nelons
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Funk Generation
Anitta
El Viaje
Luis Fonsi
GARCÍA
Kany García
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira
ORQUÍDEAS
Kali Uchis
BEST MUSICA URBANA ALBUM
nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana
Bad Bunny
Rayo
J Balvin
FERXXOCALIPSIS
Feid
LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN
Residente
att.
Young Miko
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Compita del Destino
El David Aguilar
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
Cimafunk
Autopoiética
Mon Laferte
GRASA
NATHY PELUSO
¿Quién trae las cornetas?
Rawayana
BEST MUSICA MEXICANA ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Diamantes
Chiquis
Boca Chueca, Vol. 1
Carín León
ÉXODO
Peso Pluma
De Lejitos
Jessi Uribe
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
MUEVENSE
Marc Anthony
Bailar
Sheila E.
Radio Güira
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
Vacilón Santiaguero
Kiki Valera
BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
Brillo, Brillo!
Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
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Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
My Favorite Dream
John Legend
Solid Rock Revival
Rock For Children
World Wide Playdate
Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
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The Prisoner
Jim Gaffigan
Someday You’ll Die
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Where Was I
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BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
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Jimmy Carter
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BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
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Merrily We Roll Along
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principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria
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The Notebook
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Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers;
Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original
Broadway Cast)
The Outsiders
Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky
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Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine &
Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance,
Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists
(Original Broadway Cast)
Suffs
Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub,
producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original
Broadway Cast)
The Wiz
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BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
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Challengers
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The Color Purple
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Dune: Part Two
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Shōgun
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
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BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
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Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
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The Greatest Night In Pop
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Michel Camilo & Tomatito
Cubop Lives!
Zaccai Curtis
COLLAB
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Time And Again
Eliane Elias
El Trio: Live in Italy
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
Cuba And Beyond
Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
As I Travel
Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero
BEST ALTERNATIVE JAZZ ALBUM
Night Reign
Arooj Aftab
New Blue Sun
André 3000
Code Derivation
Robert Glasper
Foreverland
Keyon Harrold
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Raat Ki Rani
Arooj Aftab
A Rock Somewhere
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
Rise
Rocky Dawuni
Bemba Colorá
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
Sunlight To My Soul
Angélique Kidjo Featuring Soweto Gospel Choir
Kashira
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Tomorrow
Yemi Alade
MMS
Asake & Wizkid
Sensational
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay
Higher
Burna Boy
Love Me JeJe
Tems
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Alkebulan II
Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paisajes
Ciro Hurtado
Heis
Rema
Historias De Un Flamenco
Antonio Rey
Born In The Wild
Tems
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Take It Easy
Collie Buddz
Party With Me
Vybz Kartel
Never Gets Late Here
Shenseea
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film
(Deluxe)
(Various Artists)
Evolution
The Wailers
BEST NEW AGE, AMBIENT OR CHANT ALBUM
Break Of Dawn
Ricky Kej
Triveni
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika
Tandon
Visions Of Sounds De Luxe
Chris Redding
Opus
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Anoushka Shankar
Warriors Of Light
Radhika Vekaria
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
The Avett Brothers
Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
Baker Hotel
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
BRAT
Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX)
F-1 Trillion
Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate
Bush)
Jug Band Millionaire
Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease
Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Half Living Things
Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
In Utero
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
Mind Games
Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
Unsuk Chin
Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
We Blame Chicago
Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)
BEST ALBUM NOTES
After Midnight
Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)
The Carnegie Hall Concert
Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
Centennial
Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
John Culshaw – The Art Of The Producer – The Early Years 1948-55
Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno”
Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
Centennial
Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation
producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King
Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman,
mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
Pepito Y Paquito
Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording –
Super Deluxe Edition)
Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Algorithm
Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson,
Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd
Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
(Lucky Daye)
Cyan Blue
Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
Deeper Well
Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
empathogen
Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti & Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)
i/o
Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
Short n’ Sweet
Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Adams: Girls Of The Golden West
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Andres: The Blind Banister
Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit
Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Clear Voices In The Dark
Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Erica Brenner
Christoph Franke
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Dirk Sobotka
BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO ALBUM
Avalon
Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies & Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
Genius Loves Company
Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski,
immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
Henning Sommerro: Borders
Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten
Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
i/o (In-Side Mix)
Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
Pax
Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten
Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
At Last
Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
Communion
Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
Remembrance
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
Strands
Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
Baby Elephant Walk – Encore
Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)
Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin
Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
Rose Without The Thorns
Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)
Silent Night
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Alma
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)
Always Come Back
Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
b i g f e e l i n g s
Willow, arranger (WILLOW)
Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)
Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
The Sound Of Silence
Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance
Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen
Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
BEST OPERA RECORDING
Adams: Girls Of The Golden West
John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola
Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Moravec: The Shining
Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
Puts: The Hours
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Clear Voices In The Dark
Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
A Dream So Bright – Choral Music Of Jake Runestad
Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
Handel: Israel In Egypt
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry &
Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
Ochre
Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
Sheehan: Akathist
Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles
JACK Quartet
Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97,
‘Archduke’
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
Home
Miró Quartet
Rectangles And Circumstance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Akiho: Longing
Andy Akiho
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Víkingur Ólafsson
Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc
Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
Entourer
Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra
Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO ALBUM
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price
Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
A Change Is Gonna Come
Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
Newman: Bespoke Songs
Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
Show Me The Way
Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Akiho: BeLonging
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
American Counterpoints
Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
Mythologies II
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro,
conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, Producers
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello
Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
Coleman: Revelry
Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
Lang: Composition As Explanation
David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
Reactions on Grammy nomination list
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Davido announces birthday concert
Meanwhile, Davido announced a birthday performance to celebrate himself.
The Afrobeats musician, who will be 32 on November 21, 2024, said on Instagram that he will hold a concert to honour his birthday this year, with Odumodublvck, Ecool, Mayorkun, and a slew of other artists in attendance.
The singer, who recently bought himself a 2024 Royce Rolls, shared his excitement over the birthday bash.
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