Best American Roots Show “Cry” – Jon Batiste – WINNER «Love And Regret» – Billy Strings “I wish I knew what it would be like to be free” – The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck “Same Devil” – Brandy Clark with Brandi Carlile “Nightflyer” – Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song “Avalon” – Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi, آهنگδοποιοί (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi) “Call Me A Fool” – Valerie June, songwriter (Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas) “Cry” – Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste) – NIKITIS “Diamond Studded Shoes” – Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola, آهنگδοποιοί (Yola) “Nightflyer” – Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)
Best Americana Album Downhill From Everywhere – Jackson Browne Leftover Feelings – John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band Native Sons – Los Lobos – NIKITIS Outside Child – Allison Russell Stand for myself – Yola
Best Bluegrass Album Renewal – Billy Strings My Bluegrass Heart – Béla Fleck – ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ Tribute to Bill Monroe – The Infamous Stringdusters Cuttin ‘Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) – Sturgill Simpson Music is what I see – Rhonda Vincent
Best Traditional Blues Album 100 Years Of Blues – Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite Traveler’s Blues – Blues Traveler I Be Trying – Cedric Burnside – NIKITIS Be ready when I call you – Guy Davis Take me back – Kim Wilson
Best Contemporary Blues Album Delta Kream – The Black Keys with Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown Royal tea – Joe Bonamassa Uncivil War – Shemekia Copeland Fire It Up – Steve Cropper 662 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – WINNER
Best Folk Album One Night Lonely [Live] – Mary Chapin Carpenter Long Violence Story – Tyler Childers Wednesday (Extended Edition) – Madison Cunningham They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi – ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ Blue Heron Suite – Sarah Jarosz
Best Music Album Regional Roots Live in New Orleans! – Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul Bloodstains and tears – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux My People – Cha Wa Corey Ledet Zydeco – Corey Ledet Zydeco Kau Ka Pe’a – Kalani Pe’a – NIKITIS
REGKE 54. Best Reggae Album Together – Etana Positive vibration – Gramps Morgan Live N Livin – Sean Paul Royal – Jesse Royal Beauty In The Silence – Soja – ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ 10 – Spice
WORLD MUSIC 55. Best World Music Performance “Mohabbat” – Arooj Aftab – NIKITIS “Do Yourself” – Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy “Pà Pá Pà” – Femi Kuti “Blewu” – Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo “Essence” – WizKid Featuring Tems
- Best World Music Album Voice Of Bunbon, Vol. 1 – Rocky Dawuni Presented by East West players: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert – Daniel Ho & Friends Mother Nature – Angelique Kidjo – WINNER Legacy + – Femi Kuti And Made Kuti Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition – WizKid
CHILDREN 57. Best Album for Kids Get Active – 123 Andrés All One Tribe – 1 Tribe Collective Black To The Future – Pierce Freelon A colorful world – Falu – WINNER Crayon Kids – Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
WORD SAID 58. Best Oral Speech Album Consequently – LeVar Burton Conry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis – Don Cheadle – ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ Catching Dreams: Live At Fort Knox Chicago – J. Ivy 8:46 – Dave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman A Land of Promise – Barack Obama
COMEDY 59. Best Comic Album The Comedy Vaccine – Lavell Crawford Evolution – Chelsea Handler Sincerely, Louis CK – Louis CK – WINNER Thank you for risking your life – Lewis Black The Greatest Average American – Nate Bargage Zero F *** s Given – Kevin Hart
MUSIC THEATER 60. Best Musical Theatrical Album Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells, producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, composers / lyricists (Original Album Cast) Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman & Steven Sater, producers; Burt Bacharach, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (World Premiere Cast) Girl From The North Country – Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow, producers (Bob Dylan, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) – Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe, producers (Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer; Alain Boublil, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marcn, Jean-Marcn) ( The 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company) Stephen Schwartz – Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz, producers (Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist) (Cast World Premiere) The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical – Emily Bear, producer. Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear, composers / lyricists (Barlow & Bear) – WINNER
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA 61. Best Collection Soundtrack for Optical Media Cruella – (Various artists) Dear Evan Hansen – (Various Artists) In The Heights – (Various Artists) A night in Miami … – (Various artists) Respect – Jennifer Hudson Schmigadoon! Episode 1 – (Various Artists) The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Andra Day – NIKITIS
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (TIE) Bridgetton – Chris Bowers, composer Dune – Hans Zimmer, composer The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16) – Ludwig Göransson, composer The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer (tie) – WINNER Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers (tie) – WINNER
Best song written for visual media “Agatha All Along” [From WandaVision: Episode 7] – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez Featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White) “All eyes on me” [From Inside] – Bo Burnham, songwriter (Bo Burnham) – WINNER “Everything I know so far” [From P!NK: All I Know So Far] – Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (P! Nk) “I’m fighting for you” [From Judas And The Black Messiah] – Dernst Emile II, HER & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (HER) “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” [From Respect] – Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson) “Speak now” [From One Night In Miami…] – Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom, Jr., songwriters (Leslie Odom, Jr.)
COMPOSITION / DURATION 64. Best Instrumental Composition “Beautiful Is Black” – Brandee Younger, composer (Brandee Younger) “Cat And Mouse” – Tom Nazziola, composer (Tom Nazziola) “Concerto For Orchestra: Finale” – Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra with Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge) Dreaming In Lions: Dreaming In Lions – Arturo O’Farrill, συνθέτης (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble) Eberhard – Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays) – WINNER
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella “Chopsticks” – Bill O’Connell, orchestrator (Richard Baratta) “For The Love Of A Princess (From” Braveheart “) – Robin Smith, orchestrator (HAUSER, London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith) “Infinite Love” – Emile Mosseri, orchestrator (Emile Mosseri) “Meta Knight’s Revenge (From” Kirby Superstar “)” – Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, adapters (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Button Masher) – NIKITIS “The Struggle Within” – Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez, orchestrators (Rodrigo y Gabriela)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals “The Bottom Line” – flafur Arnalds, arranger (flafur Arnalds & Josin) “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Tehillah Alphonso, arranger (Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake) “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” – Jacob Collier, ενορχηστρωτής (Jacob Collier) “Eleanor Rigby” – Cody Fry, orchestrator (Cody Fry) “To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version)” – Vince Mendoza, orchestrator (Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock) – WINNER
PACKAGE, NOTES AND BACKGROUND 67. Best Recording Package American Jackpot / American Girls – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, Artistic Directors (Reckless Kelly) Carnage – Nick Cave & Tom Hingston, Art Directors (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) Pakelang – Li Jheng Han & Yu, Wei, artistic directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band) – NIKITIS Serpentine Prison – Dayle Doyle, Art Director (Matt Berninger) Zeta – Xiao Qing Yang, Artistic Director (Soul Of Ears)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition – Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison, Artistic Director (George Harrison) – WINNER Color Theory – Lordess Foudre & Christopher Leckie, Art Directors (Soccer Mommy) The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set) – Simon Moore, Artistic Director (Steven Wilson) 77-81 – Dan Calderwood & Jon King, Art Directors (Gang Of Four) Swimming In Circles – Ramón Coronado & Marshall Rake, Art Directors (Mac Miller)
Best Album Notes Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas – Ann-Katrin Zimmermann, Album Writer (Sunwook Kim) The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 – Ricky Riccardi, author of album notes (Louis Armstrong) – WINNER Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology – Kevin Howes, author of album notes (Willie Dunn) Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 – David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, Album Writers (Various Artists) The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland – Robert Marovich, author of album notes (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings – Robert Russ, producer of collections. Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Marian Anderson) Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 – Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, collection producers. Richard Martin, chief engineer …
