The 63rd edition of the Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on the 14th of March 2021, staged at the Staples Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 31, 2021 but was postponed on January 5, 2021 by the organizing body to March 14, 2021, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles as well as health and safety concerns therein.
The ceremony was however held virtually with no physical audience present at the ceremony. It was hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah
Beyoncé received the most nominations with nine, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift with six nominations each. Beyoncé also received the most awards with four. In doing so, she surpassed Alison Krauss to become the most-awarded woman in the show’s history and tied Quincy Jones as the artists with the second-most wins
See The Full list of winners at the 63rd Grammys Award Ceremony (2021) below;
Record of the Year
“Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish [Winner]
“Black Parade” – Beyoncé
“Colors” – Black Pumas
“Rockstar” – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Say So” – Doja Cat
“Don’t Start Now” – Dua Lipa
“Circles” – Post Malone
“Savage” – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Album of the Year
Folklore – Taylor Swift [Winner]
Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) – Black Pumas
Everyday Life – Coldplay
Djesse Vol. 3 – Jacob Collier
Women in Music Pt. III – Haim
Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
Hollywood’s Bleeding – Post Malone
Song of the Year
“I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R. [Winner]
“Black Parade” – Beyoncé
“The Box” – Roddy Ricch
“Cardigan” – Taylor Swift
“Circles” – Post Malone
“Don’t Start Now” – Dua Lipa
“Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish
“If the World Was Ending” – JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion [Winner]
Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Noah Cyrus
Chika
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Watermelon Sugar” – Harry Styles [Winner]
“Yummy” – Justin Bieber
“Say So” – Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now” – Dua Lipa
“Cardigan” – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Rain on Me” – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande [Winner]
“Un Dia (One Day)” – J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
“Intentions” – Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
“Dynamite” – BTS
“Exile” – Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard – James Taylor [Winner]
Blue Umbrella – (Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian)
True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter – Harry Connick Jr.
Unfollow the Rules – Rufus Wainwright
Judy – Renée Zellweger
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa [Winner]
Changes – Justin Bieber
Chromatica – Lady Gaga
Fine Line – Harry Styles
Folklore – Taylor Swift
Dance/electronic music
Best Dance Recording
“10%” – Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis [Winner]
“On My Mind” – Diplo & Sidepiece
“My High” – Disclosure, Aminé and Slowthai
“The Difference” – Flume featuring Toro y Moi
“Both of Us” – Jayda G
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba – Kaytranada [Winner]
Kick I – Arca
Energy – Disclosure
Planet’s Mad – Baauer
Good Faith – Madeon
Contemporary instrumental music
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy [Winner]
Axiom – Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard – Jon Batiste
Take the Stairs – Black Violin
Americana – Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell
Best Rock Performance
“Shameika” – Fiona Apple [Winner]
“The Steps” – HAIM
“Stay High” – Brittany Howard
“Not” – Big Thief
“Kyoto” – Phoebe Bridgers
“Daylight” – Grace Potter
Best Metal Performance
“Bum-Rush” – Body Count [Winner]
“Underneath” – Code Orange
“The In-Between” – In This Moment
“Bloodmoney” – Poppy
“Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)” – Power Trip
Best Rock Song
“Stay High” – Brittany Howard [Winner]
“Kyoto” – Phoebe Bridgers
“Lost in Yesterday” – Tame Impala
“Not” – Big Thief
“Shameika” – Fiona Apple
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal – The Strokes [Winner]
A Hero’s Death – Fontaines D.C.
Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka
Daylight – Grace Potter
Sound & Fury – Sturgill Simpson
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple [Winner]
Hyperspace – Beck
Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers
Jaime – Brittany Howard
The Slow Rush – Tame Impala
Best R&B Performance
“Black Parade” – Beyoncé [Winner]
“Lightning & Thunder” – Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend
“All I Need” – Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
“Goat Head” – Brittany Howard
“See Me” – Emily King
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Anything for You” – Ledisi [Winner]
“Sit On Down” – The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
“Wonder What She Thinks of Me” – Chloe x Halle
“Let Me Go” – Mykal Kilgore
“Distance” – Yebba
Best R&B Song
“Better Than I Imagined” – Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello [Winner]
“Black Parade” – Beyoncé
“Collide” – Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG
“Do It” – Chloe x Halle
“Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is – Thundercat [Winner]
Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
Free Nationals – Free Nationals
Fuck Yo Feelings – Robert Glasper
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love – John Legend [Winner]
Happy 2 Be Here – Ant Clemons
Take Time – Giveon
To Feel Love/D – Luke James
All Rise – Gregory Porter
Best Rap Performance
“Savage” – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé [Winner]
“Deep Reverence” – Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle
“Bop” – DaBaby
“Whats Poppin” – Jack Harlow
“The Bigger Picture” – Lil Baby
“Dior” – Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Lockdown” – Anderson .Paak [Winner]
“Rockstar” – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake featuring Lil Durk
“The Box” – Roddy Ricch
“Highest in the Room” – Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
“Savage” – Megan thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé [Winner]
“The Bigger Picture” – Lil Baby
“The Box” – Roddy Ricch
“Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake featuring Lil Durk
“Rockstar” – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
Best Rap Album
King’s Disease – Nas [Winner]
Black Habits – D Smoke
Alfredo – Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
A Written Testimony – Jay Electronica
The Allegory – Royce da 5’9″
Best Country Solo Performance
“When My Amy Prays” – Vince Gill [Winner]
“Stick That in Your Country Song” – Eric Church
“Who You Thought I Was” – Brandy Clark
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“Black Like Me” – Mickey Guyton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber [Winner]
“All Night” – Brothers Osborne
“Ocean” – Lady A
“Sugar Coat” – Little Big Town
“Some People Do” – Old Dominion
Best Country Song
“Crowded Table” – The Highwomen [Winner]
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“The Bones” – Maren Morris
“More Hearts Than Mine” – Ingrid Andress
“Some People Do” – Old Dominion
Best Country Album
Wildcard – Miranda Lambert [Winner]
Nightfall – Little Big Town
Never Will – Ashley McBryde
Lady Like – Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record – Brandy Clark
Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories – Jim “Kimo” West [Winner]
Songs from the Bardo – Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Periphery – Priya Darshini
Form//Less – Superposition
Meditations – Cory Wong & Jon Batiste
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“All Blues” – Chick Corea, soloist [Winner]
“Guinnevere” – Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
“Pachamama” – Regina Carter, soloist
“Tomorrow is the Question” – Julian Lage, soloist
“Celia” – Gerald Clayton, soloist
“Moe Honk” – Joshua Redman, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets are the Best Stories – Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez [Winner]
ONA – Thana Alexa
Modern Ancestors – Carmen Lundy
Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper – Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band
What’s the Hurry – Kenny Washington
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade [Winner]
On the tender spot of every calloused moment – Ambrose Akinmusire
Waiting Game – Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard – Gerald Clayton
RoundAgain – Redman Mehldau McBride Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra [Winner]
Dialogues on Race – Gregg August
Monk’estra Plays John Beasley – John Beasley
The Intangible Between – Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band
Songs You Like a Lot – John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace and The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra [Winner]
Tradiciones – Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
City of Dreams – Chico Pinheiro
Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo – Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola
Trane’s Delight – Poncho Sanchez
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Movin’ On” – Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music [Winner]
“Wonderful is Your Name” – Melvin Crispell III
“Release (Live)” – Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy
“Come Together” – Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News
“Won’t Let Go” – Travis Greene
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“There Was Jesus” – Zach Williams & Dolly Parton [Winner]
“The Blessing (Live)” – Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship
“Sunday Morning” – Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin
“Holy Water” – We the Kingdom
“Famous For (I Believe)” – Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton [Winner]
2econd Wind: ReadY – Anthony Brown & group therAPy
My Tribute – Myron Butler
Choirmaster – Ricky Dillard
Kierra – Kierra Sheard
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King – Kanye West [Winner]
Run to The Father – Cody Carnes
All of My Best Friends – Hillsong Young & Free
Holy Water – We the Kingdom
Citizen of Heaven – Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers [Winner]
Beautiful Day – Mark Bishop
20/20 – The Crabb Family
What Christmas Really Means – The Erwins
Something Beautiful – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Best Latin Pop Album or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny [Winner]
Por Primera Vez – Camilo
Mesa Para Dos – Kany García
Pausa – Ricky Martin
3:33 – Debi Nova
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio – Fito Páez [Winner]
Aura – Bajofondo
MONSTRUO – Cami
Sobrevolando – Cultura Profética
Miss Colombia – Lido Pimienta
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade [Winner]
Hecho en México – Alejandro Fernández
La Serenata – Lupita Infante
Bailando Sones y Huampangos con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez – Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
Ayayay! – Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
40 – Grupo Niche [Winner]
Mi Tumbao – José Alberto “El Ruiseñor”
Infinito – Edwin Bonilla
Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe) – Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis
Memorias de Navidad – Víctor Manuelle
Best American Roots Performance
“I Remember Everything” – John Prine [Winner]
“Colors” – Black Pumas
“Deep in Love” – Bonny Light Horseman
“Short and Sweet” – Brittany Howard
“I’ll Be Gone” – Norah Jones & Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song
“I Remember Everything” – John Prine [Winner]
“Cabin” – The Secret Sisters
“Ceiling to the Floor” – Sierra Hull
“Hometown” – Sarah Jarosz
“Man Without a Soul” – Lucinda Williams
Best Americana Album
World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz [Winner]
Old Flowers – Courtney Marie Andrews
Terms of Surrender – Hiss Golden Messenger
El Dorado – Marcus King
Good Souls Better Angels – Lucinda Williams
Best Bluegrass Album
Home – Billy Strings [Winner]
Man on Fire – Danny Barnes
To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 – Thomm Jutz
North Carolina Songbook – Steep Canyon Rangers
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 – Various Artists
Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer than Raw – Bobby Rush [Winner]
All My Dues are Paid – Frank Bey
You Make Me Feel – Don Bryant
That’s What I Heard – Robert Cray Band
Cypress Grove – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito [Winner]
Live at the Paramount – Ruthie Foster Big Band
The Juice – G. Love
Blackbirds – Bettye LaVette
Up and Rolling – North Mississippi Allstars
Best Folk Album
All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Winner]
Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
Thanks for the Dance – Leonard Cohen
Song for Our Daughter – Laura Marling
Saturn Return – The Secret Sisters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers [Winner]
My Relatives ‘nikso’ Kowaiks – Black Lodge Singers
Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours – Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours
Lovely Sunrise – Nā Wai ʽEhā
A Tribute to Al Berard – Sweet Cecilia
Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough – Toots and the Maytals [Winner]
Upside Down 2020 – Buju Banton
Higher Place – Skip Marley
It All Comes Black to Love – Maxi Priest
One World – The Wailers
Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall – Burna Boy [Winner]
Fu Chronicles – Antibalas
Agora – Bebel Gilberto
Love Letters – Anoushka Shankar
Amadjar – Tinariwen
Best Children’s Album
All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds [Winner]
Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders – Alastair Moock And Friends
I’m an Optimist – Dog On Fleas
Songs for Singin’ – The Okee Dokee Brothers
Wild Life – Justin Roberts
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow [Winner]
Acid for the Children – A Memoir – Flea
Alex Trebek – The Answer Is… – Ken Jennings
Catch and Kill – Ronan Farrow
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) – Meryl Streep and Full Cast
Best Comedy Album
Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish [Winner]
I Love Everything – Patton Oswalt
The Pale Tourist – Jim Gaffigan
Paper Tiger – Bill Burr
23 Hours to Kill – Jerry Seinfeld
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill – Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast) [Winner]
Amélie – Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)
American Utopia on Broadway – David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast)
Little Shop of Horrors – Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)
The Prince of Egypt – Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
Soft Power – Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit – Various artists [Winner]
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Various artists
Bill & Ted Face the Music – Various artists
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Various artists
Frozen II – Various artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer [Winner]
Ad Astra – Max Richter, composer
Becoming – Kamasi Washington, composer
1917 – Thomas Newman, composer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“No Time to Die” (from No Time to Die) – Billie Eilish [Winner]
“Beautiful Ghosts” (from Cats) – Taylor Swift
“Carried Me with You” (from Onward) – Brandi Carlile
“Into the Unknown” (from Frozen II) – Idina Menzel featuring AURORA
“Stand Up” (from Harriet) – Cynthia Erivo
Best Instrumental Composition
“Sputnik” – Maria Schneider [Winner]
“Baby Jack” – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
“Be Water II” – Christian Sands
“Plumfield” – Alexandre Desplat
“Strata” – Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Donna Lee” – John Beasley [Winner]
“Bathroom Dance” – Hildur Guðnadóttir
“Honeymooners” – Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea
“Uranus: The Magician” – Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“He Won’t Hold You” – Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody [Winner]
“Asas Fechadas” – Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole
“Desert Song” – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor (Säje)
“From This Place” – Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
“Slow Burn” – Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth
Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12 – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions) [Winner]
Everyday Life – Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)
Funeral – Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)
Healer – Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)
On Circles – Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy – Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco) [Winner]
Flaming Pie (Collector’s Edition) – Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 – Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)
Mode – Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)
The Story of Ghostly International – Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements) [Winner]
At The Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From The Studio, 1894–1926 – Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various Artists)
The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West, 1940–1974 – Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various Artists)
The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin To Jazz And Shaped The Music Business – Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Out Of A Clear Blue Sky – David Sager, album notes writer (Nat Brusiloff)
Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers – Mister Rogers [Winner]
Celebrated, 1895–1896 – Unique Quartette
Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936–1943) – Nat King Cole
1999 Super Deluxe Edition – Prince
Souvenir – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions – Béla Fleck
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace – Beck [Winner]
Black Hole Rainbow – Devon Gilfillian
Expectations – Katie Pruitt
Jaime – Brittany Howard
25 Trips – Sierra Hull
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt [Winner]
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Flying Lotus
Best Remixed Recording
“Roses (Imanbek Remix)” – SAINt JHN [Winner]
“Do You Ever (RAC Mix)” – Phil Good
“Imaginary Friends (Morgan Page Remix)” – Deadmau5
“Praying for You (Louie Vega Main Remix)” – Jasper Street Co.
“Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix)” – Bazzi
Best Immersive Audio Album
The judging for this category was postponed.
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar'” – David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) [Winner]
“Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua” – Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
“Gershwin: Porgy and Bess” – David Frost & John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
“Hynes: Fields” – Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)
“Ives: Complete Symphonies” – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost [Winner]
Blanton Alspaugh
Jesse Lewis
Dmitry Lipay
Elaine Martone
Best Orchestral Performance
“Ives: Complete Symphonies” – (Los Angeles Philharmonic) [Winner]
“Aspects of America – Pulitzer Edition” – Oregon Symphony
“Concurrence” – Iceland Symphony Orchestra
“Copland: Symphony No. 3” – San Francisco Symphony
“Lutosławski: Symphonies No. 2 & 3” – Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Best Opera Recording
“Gershwin: Porgy and Bess” – David Robertson, conductor; Angel Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) [Winner]
“Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen” – Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck & Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
“Floyd, C: Prince of Players” – William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)
“Handel: Agrippina” – Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D’Oro)
“Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg” – Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Best Choral Performance
“Danielpour: The Passion of Yessuah” – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers) [Winner]
“Carthage” – Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
“Kastalski: Requiem” – Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)
“Moravec: Sanctuary Road” – Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)
“Once Upon a Time” – Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Contemporary Voices” – Pacifica Quartet [Winner]
“Healing Modes” – Brooklyn Rider
“Hearne, T,: Place” – Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra
“Hynes: Fields” – Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion
“The Schumann Quartets” – Dover Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra” – Richard O’Neill, David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) [Winner]
“Adés: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” – Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas” – Igor Levit
“Bohemian Tales” – Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
“Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival” – Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Smyth: The Prison” – Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra) [Winner]
“American Composers at Play – William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto” – Stephen Powell (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich & Jason Vieaux)
“Clairières – Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger” – Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
“Farinelli” – Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)
“A Lad’s Love” – Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)
Best Classical Compendium
“Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke” – Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer [Winner]
“Adès Conducts Adès” – Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer
“Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map, Neiges, Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin” – Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
“Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto” – José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer
“Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Blood” – Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Rouse: Symphony No. 5” – Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony [Winner]
“Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” – Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès & Boston Symphony Orchestra
“Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua” – JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
“Floyd, C.: Prince of Players” – William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
“Hearne, T.: Place” – Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra
Best Music Video
“Brown Skin Girl” – Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid Featuring Blue Ivy Carter [Winner]
“Life Is Good” – Future Featuring Drake
“Lockdown” – Anderson .Paak
“Adore You” – Harry Styles
“Goliath” – Woodkid
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt [Winner]
Beastie Boys Story – Beastie Boys
Black Is King – Beyoncé
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme – Freestyle Love Supreme
That Little Ol’ Band From Texas – ZZ Top
Congratulations to all the winners at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
