2025 Grammy Nominees Full List: Davido, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Asake, Others Nominated

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  • 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

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.

Davido has been nominated for Grammy awards four times. Credit: tems/burnaboygram/davidoSource: 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

The Architect

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

Creciendo

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

Armageddon

Ricky Gervais

The Dreamer

Dave Chappelle

The Prisoner

Jim Gaffigan

Someday You’ll Die

Nikki Glaser

Where Was I

Trevor Noah

BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words

(Various Artists)

Guy Oldfield, producer

…And Your Ass Will Follow

George Clinton

Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones

Dolly Parton

Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration

Jimmy Carter

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

Hell’s Kitchen

Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis &

Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam

Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia

Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Merrily We Roll Along

Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe,

principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria

Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim,

composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

The Notebook

John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee,

Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers;

Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original

Broadway Cast)

The Outsiders

Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky

Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance,

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

Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery

Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René

Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie

Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast

Recording)

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

The Color Purple

(Various Artists)

Deadpool & Wolverine

(Various Artists)

Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein

London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper

Saltburn

(Various Artists)

Twisters: The Album

(Various Artists)

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

American Fiction

Laura Karpman, composer

Challengers

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

The Color Purple

Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two

Hans Zimmer, composer

Shōgun

Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Pinar Toprak, composer

God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla

Bear McCreary, composer

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

John Paesano, composer

Star Wars Outlaws

Wilbert Roget, II, composer

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Winifred Phillips, composer

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma [From “Twisters: The Album”]

Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)

Better Place [From “TROLLS Band Together”]

Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)

Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”]

Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)

It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”]

Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Love Will Survive [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”]

Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve &

Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Tailor Swif

A$AP Rocky

Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors

360

Charli XCX

Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers

Houdini

Eminem

Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers

Fortnight

Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone

Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

BEST MUSIC FILM

American Symphony

Jon Batiste

Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers

June

(June Carter Cash)

Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers

Kings From Queens

Run DMC

Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Steven Van Zandt

Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers

The Greatest Night In Pop

(Various Artists)

Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Plot Armor

Taylor Eigsti

Rhapsody In Blue

Béla Fleck

Orchestras (Live)

Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan

Mark

Mark Guiliana

Speak To Me

Julian Lage

BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE

“Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)”

The Baylor Project

“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”

Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield

“Juno”

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”

Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner

“Little Fears”

Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

Journey In Black

Christie Dashiell

Wildflowers Vol. 1

Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

A Joyful Holiday

Samara Joy

Milton + Esperanza

Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding

My Ideal

Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Owl Song

Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley

Beyond This Place

Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson

Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Lakecia Benjamin

Remembrance

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

Solo Game

Sullivan Fortner

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

Returning To Forever

John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band

And So It Goes

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band

Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence

Dan Pugach Big Band

Golden City

Miguel Zenón

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

Spain Forever Again

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.