Best American Roots Song
Allison Russell – The Returner
Billy Strings with Willie Nelson – California Sober
Brandy Clark with Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet
The War and the Treaty – blank page
Best American Roots performance
Allison Russell – Eve Was Black
Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven help us all
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel
Rhiannon Giddens – You man from Louisiana
Best Americana performance
Allison Russell – The Returner
Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
Brandy Clark with Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
Tyler Childers – Help me get through the night
Best Americana Album
Allison Russell – The Returner
Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the one
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad
Michael Cleveland – Love of the game
Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold
Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs by John Hartford
Willie Nelson – Bluegrass
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush – All My Love for You
Eric Bibb – Ridin'
John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa's Lounge
Mr. Sipp – The soul side of Sipp
Tracy Nelson – Life misses no one
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony
Ruthie Foster – Healing Time
Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
Best Folk Album
Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell in Newport (Live)
The Milk Carton Children – I only see the moon
Nickel Creek – Revelers
Old Crow Medicine Show – Anniversary
Paul Simon – Psalms
Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New Beginnings
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2023
Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola
New Breed Bass Band – Made in New Orleans
New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too much to hold
The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf
Best Reggae Album
Buju Banton – Born for greatness
Beenie Man – Simma
Burning Spear – Not a destroyer
Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023
Julian Marley & Antaeus – Colors of Royal
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily – shadow forces
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
Burna Boy – Alone
Davido – Feel
Falu & Gaurav Shah (with Prime Minister Narendra Modi) – Abundance of millets
Ibrahim Maalouf with Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores
Silvana Estrada – Milagro y Disastre
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Olamide – Amapiano
Ayra Starr-Rush
Burna Boy – city boys
Davido with Musa Keys – Not available
Tyla – Water
Best Global Music Album
Bokanté – history
Burna Boy – I Told Them…
Davido – Timeless
Shakti – This moment
Susana Baca – Epifanias
Best Children's Music Album
Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!
DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for children!
Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars
Uncle Jumbo – Taste Heaven
123 Andrés – We Grow Together preschool songs
Best audio book, narrative and storytelling recording
Meryl Streep – Big Tree
Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s OK to be angry at capitalism
William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Aja Monet – When the poems do what they do
J. Ivy – The Light Within
Kevin Powell – Grocery shopping with my mom
Prentice Powell and Shawn William – For your consideration '24
Queen Sheba – A-You're not wrong B-You're not wrong either: The Fukc-It Pill Revamped
Best Comedy Album
Chris Rock – Selective outrage
Dave Chappelle – What’s in a name?
Sarah Silverman – Someone you love
Trevor Noah – I wish you would
Wanda Sykes – I am an entertainer
Best Musical Theater Album
Kimberly Akimbo
parade
Peeled off
Some like it hot
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber from Fleet Street
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
Daisy Jones and the Six – Aurora
Various Artists – Barbie The Album
Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by and inspired by
Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3
“Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird: The Story of Al Yankovic
Best Scores for Visual Media (Including Film and Television)
John Williams – The Fabelmans
John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Barbie
Best soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarok
Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory – Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical
Peter Murray, J. Scott Rakozy and Chuck E. Myers “Sea” – Hogwarts Legacy
Sarah Schachner – Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare II
Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Billie Eilish – What was I made for? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (from Barbie the Album)
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice with Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]
Rihanna – Lift Me Up (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – music by and inspired by)
Ryan Gosling – I’m just Ken [From “Barbie the Album”]
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band with Paquito D'Rivera – I Remember Mingus
Only 6 – angels we have heard from on high
Ludwig Göransson – Can you hear the music?
The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues
Wednesday Addams – Paint It Black
Best arrangement, best instruments and vocals
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra
Maria Mendes with John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)
Patti Austin with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band – April in Paris
Säje featuring Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Samara Joy – Abundant Life
Best recording package
The Arcs – Eletrophonic Chronic
Brad Breeck – Gravity Falls
Caroline Rose – The Art of Forgetting
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
Ensemble Cadence 21' – Cadence 21'
Leaf Yeh – Migration
Best boxed or special limited edition package
Bo Burnham – Inside: Deluxe Box Set
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition
Neutral Milk Hotel – The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
Ngọt – Gieo
Various Artists – For the Birds: The Birdsong Project
Best album notes
Hi Glenn – I can almost see Houston
Iftin Band – Mogadishu's Best: The Al Uruba Sessions
John Coltrane – Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live)
Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971
Different artists – written in their soul: The Stax songwriter demos
Best Historical Album
Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Volume 1 17
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition
Various Artists – The Groaniest Groan of All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971
Different artists – written in their soul: The Stax songwriter demos
songwriter of the year, non-classical
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Justin Tranter
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Best technical album, non-classical
Bokanté – history
Boygenius – The record
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I want to turn into you
Feist – Multitudes
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Daniel Nigro
Ernst “D'Mile” Emile II
Hit Boy
Jack Antonoff
Metro Boomin
Best remix recording
Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix)
Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)
Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
Mariah Carey – Workin' Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
Turnstile & BadBadNotGood with Blood Orange – Alien Love Call
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)
George Strait – Blue, clear skies
Madison Beer – Silence between songs
Ryan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)
Best instrumental composition
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia – Motion
John Williams – Helena's Theme
Lakecia Benjamin Feuring and Angela Davis – American Skin
Ludwig Göransson – Can you hear the music?
Quartet San Francisco with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey and the Dragon
Best Technical Album, Classical
Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Fandango
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul – Symphony for strings, percussion, piano, oud, ney and tenor
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – contemporary American composers
Shara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour
Producer of the Year, Classical
Brian Pidgeon
David Frost
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Morten Lindberg
Best orchestral performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The poem of ecstasy
Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante
Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four pieces
The Philadelphia Orchestra – Prize: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Best opera recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Champion
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge
Best choral performance
The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: Night Watch
The Crossing – Christmas carols after a plague
Miró Quartet; Conspirare – The House of Belonging
San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Enlightenment
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American Stories
Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still and George Walker
Room Full of Teeth – Rough Magic
Third Coast Percussion – Between Breathes
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven for three: Symphony No. 6, “Pastorale” and Op. 1, No. 3
Best classical instrumental solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Top Hat
Curtis Stewart – Of Love
Louisville Orchestra – The American Project
Robert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness and Scattered Light
Seth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – Weil
Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking in the Dark
Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, Companion – Broken Branches
Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlösberg, pianist – 40@40
Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising
Best classical compendium
Aaron Diehl & The Knights – Zodiac Suite
Andy Akiho, Omaha Symphony & Ankush Kumar Bahl – sculptures
Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna – Sardinia
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo – Fandango
Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic & Tim Weiss – Missy Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
Various artists – passion for Bach and Coltrane
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree – Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony – Akiho: In That Space, at That Time
Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth – Montgomery: Rounds
Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante
Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic – Mazzoli: Dark with excessive brightness
Roomful of Teeth – Brittelle: Psychedelics