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The 62nd Recording Academy Grammy Awards are nearly upon us. A night that will see musicians, celebrities, producers and anyone who is anyone turn up at the Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, January 26, 2020.

Global audiences will tune in to watch top music acts receive awards for categories such as Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Duo or Group Performance, Best Pop Solo Performance and many more.

When the Grammy Awards were first introduced in 1959, 28 different categories were available in which to win an award. In 2009, the number reached its highest level with 110 categories, according to The Recording Academy, and in 2019, awards were presented in 84 categories.

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General Field

Record of the Year

• "Hey, Ma" — performed by Bon Iver
• "Bad Guy" — performed by Billie Eilish
• "7 Rings" — performed by Ariana Grande
• "Hard Place" — performed by H.E.R.
• "Talk" — performed by Khalid
• "Old Town Road" — performed by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Truth Hurts" — performed by Lizzo
• "Sunflower" — performed by Post Malone & Swae Lee

Album of the Year

• I,I — Bon Iver
• Norman F***ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
• Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
• I Used to Know Her — H.E.R.
• 7 — Lil Nas X
• Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
• Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend

Song of the Year

• "Always Remember Us This Way" — Lady Gaga
• "Bad Guy" — Billie Eilish
• "Bring My Flowers Now" — Tanya Tucker
• "Hard Place" — H.E.R.
• "Lover" — Taylor Swift
• "Norman F***ing Rockwell" — Lana Del Rey
• "Someone You Loved" — Lewis Capaldi
• "Truth Hurts" — Lizzo

Best New Artist

• Black Pumas
• Billie Eilish
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• Maggie Rogers
• Rosalia
• Tank And The Bangas
• Yola

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Spirit" — Beyoncé
• "Bad Guy" — Billie Eilish
• "7 Rings" — Ariana Grande
• "Truth Hurts" — Lizzo
• "You Need To Calm Down" — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Boyfriend" — Ariana Grande and Social House
• "Sucker" — Jonas Brothers
• "Old Town Road" — Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Sunflower" — Post Malone and Swae Lee
• "Senorita" — Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Si — Andrea Bocelli
• Love (Deluxe Edition) — Michael Bublé
• Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• A Legendary Christmas — John Legend
• Walls — Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

• The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
• Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
• No.6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
• Lover — Taylor Swift

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Dance / Electronic Music

Best Dance Recording

• "Linked" — Bonobo
• "Got To Keep On" — The Chemical Brothers
• "Piece of Your Heart" — Meduza featuring Goodboys
• "Underwater" — Rufus Du Sol
• "Midnight Hour" — Skrillex, Boys Noize & Ty Dolla $ign

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• LP5 — Apparat
• No Geography — The Chemical Brothers
• Hi This is Flume (Mixtape) — Flume
• Solace — Rufus Du Sol
• Weather — Tycho featuring Saint Sinner

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Ancestral Recall — Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
• Star People Nation — Theo Croker
• Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! — Mark Guiliana
• Elevate — Lettuce
• Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• "Pretty Waste" — Bones UK
• "This Land" — Gary Clark Jr.
• "History Repeats" — Brittany Howard
• "Woman" — Karen O and Danger Mouse
• "Too Bad" — Rival Sons

Best Metal Performance

• "Astorolus - The Great Octopus" — Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi
• "Humanicide" — Death Angel
• "Bow Down" — I Prevail
• "Unleashed" — Killswitch Engage
• "7empest" — Tool

Best Rock Song

• "Fear Inoculum" — Tool
• "Give Yourself A Try" — The 1975
• "Harmony Hall" — Vampire Weekend
• "History Repeats" — Brittany Howard
• "This Land" — Gary Clark Jr.

Best Rock Album

• AMO — Bring Me The Horizon
• Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
• In The End — The Cranberries
• Trauma — I Prevail
• Feral Roots — Rival Sons

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• U.F.O.F. — Big Thief
• Assume Form — James Blake
• I,I — Bon Iver
• Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
• Anima — Thom Yorke

R&B

Best R&B Performance

• *"*Love Again" — Daniel Caesar and Brandy
• "Could've Been" — H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
• "Exactly How I Feel" — Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane
• "Roll Some Mo" — Lucky Daye
• "Come Home" — Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Time Today" — BJ The Chicago Kid
• "Steady Love" — India.Arie
• "Jerome" — Lizzo
• "Real Games" — Lucky Daye
• "Built For Love" — PJ Morton featuring Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Song

• "Could've Been" — H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
• "Look At Me Now" — Emily King
• "No Guidance" — Chris Brown featuring Drake
• "Roll Some Mo" — Lucky Daye
• "Say So" — PJ Morton featuring JoJo

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Apollo XXI — Steve Lacy
• Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
• Overlord — Georgia Anne Muldrow
• Saturn — NAO
• Being Human In Public — Jessie Reyez

Best R&B Album

• 1123 — BJ The Chicago Kid
• Painted — Lucky Daye
• Ella Mai — Ella Mai
• Paul — PJ Morton
• Ventura — Anderson .Paak

Rap

Best Rap Performance

• *"*Middle Child" — J. Cole
• "Suge" — DaBaby
• "Down Bad" — Dreamville featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG and Young Nudy
• "Racks In The Middle" — Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
• "Clout" — Offset featuring Cardi B

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• "Higher" — DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
• "Drip Too Hard" — Lil Baby & Gunna
• "Panini" — Lil Nas X
• "Ballin" — Mustard Featuring Roddy Ricch
• "The London" — Young Thug featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott

Best Rap Song

• "Bad Idea" — YBN Cordae featuring Chance The Rapper
• "Gold Roses" — Rick Ross featuring Drake
• "A Lot" — 21 Savage featuring J. Cole
• "Racks in the Middle" — Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy
• "Suge" — DaBaby

Best Rap Album

• Revenge of the Dreamers III — Dreamville
• Championships — Meek Mill
• I Am > I Was — 21 Savage
• Igor — Tyler, The Creator
• The Lost Boy — YBN Cordae

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

• "All Your'N" — Tyler Childers
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" — Ashley McBryde
• "Ride Me Back Home" — Willie Nelson
• "God's Country" — Blake Shelton
• "Bring My Flowers Now" — Tanya Tucker

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Brand New Man" — Brooks and Dunn with Luke Combs
• "I Don't Remember Me (Before You)" — Brothers Osborne
• "Speechless" — Dan + Shay
• "The Daughters" — Little Big Town
• "Common" — Maren Morris featuring Brandi Carlile

Best Country Song

• "Bring My Flowers Now" — Tanya Tucker
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" — Ashley McBryde
• "It All Comes Out In The Wash" — Miranda Lambert
• "Some of It" — Eric Church
• "Speechless" — Dan + Shay

Best Country Album

• Desperate Man — Eric Church
• Stronger Than The Truth — Reba McEntire
• Interstate Gospel — Pistol Annies
• Center Point Road — Thomas Rhett
• While I'm Livin' — Tanya Tucker

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Fairy Dreams — David Arkenstone
• Homage To Kindness — David Darling
• Wings — Peter Kater
• Verve — Sebastian Plano
• Deva — Deva Premal

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• "Elsewhere" — Melissa Aldana, soloist
• "Sozinho" — Randy Brecker, soloist
• "Tomorrow is the Question" — Julian Lage, soloist
• "The Windup" — Branford Marsalis, soloist
• "Sightseeing" — Christian McBride, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Thirsty Ghost — Sara Gazarek
• Love & Liberation — Jazzmeia Horn
• Alone Together — Catherine Russell
• 12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding
• Screenplay — Tierney Sutton Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• In the Key of the Universe — Joey DeFrancesco
• The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul— Branford Marsalis Quartet
• Christian McBride's New Jawn — Christian McBride's New Jawn
• Finding Gabriel — Brad Mehldau
• Come What May — Joshua Redman Quartet

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Triple Helix — Anat Cohen Tentet
• Dancer in Nowhere — Miho Hazama
• Hiding Out — Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
• The Omni-American Book Club — Brian Lynch Big Band
• One Day Wonder — Terraza Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Antidote — Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
• Sorte!: Music By John Finbury — Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca
• Una Noche Con Ruben Blades — Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Rubén Blades
• Carib — David Sánchez
• Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera — Miguel Zenón

Gospel / Contemporary Christan Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "Love Therapy" — Kirk Franklin
• "Talkin' 'Bout Jesus" — Gloria Gaynor featuring Yolanda Adams
• "See the Light" — Travis Greene featuring Jekalyn Carr
• "Speak the Name" — Koryn Hawthorne featuring Natalie Grant
• "This is a Move (Live)" — Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "Only Jesus" — Casting Crowns
• "God Only Knows" — for KING & COUNTRY and Dolly Parton
• "Haven't Seen it Yet" — Danny Gokey
• "God's Not Done With You (Single Version)" — Tauren Wells
• "Rescue Story" — Zach Williams

Best Gospel Album

• Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin
• Goshen — Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri -City Singers
• Tunnel Vision — Gene Moore
• Settle Here — William Murphy
• Something's Happening! A Christmas Album — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• I Know A Ghost — Crowder
• Burn the Ships — for KING & COUNTRY
• Haven't Seen It Yet — Danny Gokey
• The Elements — TobyMac
• Holy Roar — Chris Tomlin

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows — Steven Curtis Chapman
• Testimony — Gloria Gaynor
• Deeper Oceans — Joseph Habedank
• His Name Is Jesus — Tim Menzies
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout — Various Artists

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• Vida — Luis Fonsi
• 11:11 — Maluma
• Montaner — Ricardo Montaner
• #ElDisco — Alejandro Sanz
• Fantasia — Sebastian Yatra

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

• X 100Pre — Bad Bunny
• Oasis — J Balvin & Bad Bunny
• Indestructible — Flor De Toloache
• Almadura — iLe
• El Mal Querer — Rosalia

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

• Caminando — Joss Favela
• Percepcion — Intocable
• Poco A Poco — La Energia Norteña
• 20 Aniversario — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
• De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Opus — Marc Anthony
• Tiempo Al Tiempo — Luis Enrique + C4 Trio
• Candela — Vicente García
• Literal — Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance

• "Saint Honesty" — Sara Bareilles
• "Father Mountain" — Calexico And Iron & Wine
• "I'm On My Way" — Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
• "Call My Name" — I'm With Her
• "Faraway Look" — Yola

Best American Roots Song

• "Black Myself" — Our Native Daughters
• "Call My Name" — I'm With Her
• "Crossing to Jerusalem" — Rosanne Cash
• "Faraway Look" — Yola
• "I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails No More" — Vince Gill

Best Americana Album

• Years to Burn — Calexico And Iron & Wine
• Who Are You Now — Madison Cunningham
• Oklahoma — Keb' Mo'
• Tales of America — J.S. Ondara
• Walk Through Fire — Yola

Best Bluegrass Album

• Tall Fiddler — Michael Cleveland
• Live in Prague, Czech Republic — Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Toil, Tears & Trouble — The Po' Ramblin' Boys
• Royal Traveller — Missy Raines
• If You Can't Stand The Heat — Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Kingfish — Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Tall, Dark & Handsome — Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana
• Sitting On Top of the Blues — Bobby Rush
• Baby, Please Come Home — Jimmie Vaughan
• Spectacular Class — Jontavious Willis

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• This Land — Gary Clark Jr.
• Venom & Faith — Larkin Poe
• Brighter Days — Robert Randolph & The Family Band
• Somebody Save Me — Sugaray Rayford
• Keep On — Southern Avenue

Best Folk Album

• My Finest Work Yet — Andrew Bird
• Rearrange My Heart — Che Apalache
• Patty Griffin — Patty Griffin
• Evening Machines — Gregory Alan Isakov
• Front Porch — Joy Williams

Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Kalawai'anui — Amy Hānaiali'i
• When It's Cold - Cree Round Dance Songs — Northern Cree
• Good Time — Ranky Tanky
• Recorded Live at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Rebirth Brass Band
• Hawaiian Lullaby — Various Artists

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Rapture — Koffee
• As I am — Julian Marley
• The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie Vs. Roots Radics — Sly & Robbie & Roots Radics
• Mass Manipulation — Steel Pulse
• More Work To Be Done — Third World

World Music

Best World Music Album

• Gece — Altin Gün
• What Heat — Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley
• African Giant — Burna Boy
• Fanm D'ayiti — Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet
• Celia — Angelique Kidjo

Children's Music

Best Children's Album

• Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype — Jon Samson
• Flying High! — Caspar Babypants
• I Love Rainy Days — Daniel Tashian
• The Love — Alphabet Rockers
• Winterland — The Okee Dokee Brothers

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• Beastie Boys Book — Various Artists
• Becoming — Michelle Obama
• I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years As a Two-time Cancer Survivor — Eric Alexandrakis
• Mr. Know-It-All — John Waters
• Sekou Andrews & The String Theory — Sekou Andrews (& The String Theory)

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• Quality Time — Jim Gaffigan
• Relatable —Ellen Degeneres
• Right Now — Aziz Ansari
• Son of Patricia — Trevor Noah
• Sticks & Stones — Dave Chappelle

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

• Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations — Original Broadway Cast
• Hadestown — Original Broadway Cast
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical — Original Broadway Cast
• The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - in Four Contemporary Suites — Imogen Heap
• Oklahoma! — 2019 Broadway Cast

Music For Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Lion King: The Songs — Various Artists
• Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Various Artists
• Rocketman — Taron Egerton
• Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse — Various Artists
• A Star Is Born — Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Avengers: Endgame — Alan Silvestri, Composer
• Chernobyl — Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer
• Game of Thrones: Season 8 — Ramin Djawadi, Composer
• The Lion King — Hans Zimmer, Composer
• Mary Poppins Returns — Marc Shaiman, Composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" — Randy Newman, Songwriter. Performed by Chris Stapleton. Track From: Toy Story 4
• "Girl in the Movies" — Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, Songwriters. Performed by Dolly Parton. Track From: Dumplin'
• "I'll Never Love Again" (Film Version) — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Aaron Raitiere, Songwriters. Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Track From: A Star Is Born
• "Spirit" — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy Mckenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, Songwriters. Performed by Beyoncé. Track From: The Lion King
• "Suspirium" — Thom Yorke, Songwriter. Performed by Thom Yorke. Track From: Suspiria

Composing / Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

• "Begin Again" — Fred Hersch & The WDR Big Band. Conducted By Vince Mendoza
• "Crucible for Crisis" — Brian Lynch Big Band
• "Love, A Beautiful Force" — Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra
• "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite" — John Williams
• "Walkin' Funny" — Christian McBride

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• "Blue Skies" — Kris Bowers
• "Hedwig's Theme" — Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams
• "La Novena" — Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra
• "Love, A Beautiful Force" — Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra
• "Moon River" — Jacob Collier

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• "All Night Long" — Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 and Metropole Orkest
• "Jolene" — Geoff Keezer
• "Marry Me A Little" — Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo
• "Over The Rainbow" — Vince Mendoza
• "12 Little Spells" (Thoracic Spine) — Esperanza Spalding

Package

Best Recording Package

• Anónimas & Resilientes — Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-orozco & Juliana Jaramillo-buenaventura, Art Directors. Performed by Voces Del Bullerengue
• Chris Cornell — Barry Ament, Jeff Ament & Joe Spix, Art Directors. Performed by Chris Cornell
• Hold That Tiger — Andrew Wong & Fongming Yang, Art Directors. Performed by the Muddy Basin Ramblers
• I,I — Aaron Anderson & Eric Timothy Carlson, Art Directors. Performed by Bon Iver
• Intellexual — Irwan Awalludin, Art Director. Performed by Intellexual

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• ANIMA — Stanley Donwood & Tchocky, art directors. Performed by Thom Yorke
• Gold in a Brass Age — Amanda Chiu, Mark Farrow & David Gray, art directors. Performed by David Gray
• 1963: New Directions — Josh Cheuse, art director. Performed by John Coltrane
• The Radio Recordings: 1939-1945 — Marek Polewski, art director. Performed by Wilhelm Furtwängler and Berliner Philharmoniker
• Woodstock: Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive — Masaki Koike, Art Director. Performed by Various Artists

Notes

Best Album Notes

• The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions — Judy Cantor-Navas, Album Notes Writer
• The Gospel According to Malaco — Robert Marovich, Album Notes Writer
• Pedal Steal + Four Corners — Brendan Greaves, Album Notes Writer
• Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Jeff Place, Album Notes Writer
• Stax '68: A Memphis Story — Steve Greenberg, Album Notes Writer

Historical

Best Historical Album

• The Girl From Chickasaw County - The Complete Capitol Masters — Andrew Batt & Kris Maher, Compilation Producers; Simon Gibson, Mastering Engineer. Performed by Bobbie Gentry
• The Great Comeback: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall — Robert Russ, Compilation Producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, Mastering Engineers. Performed by Vladimir Horowitz
• Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 — Spencer Doran, Yosuke Kitazawa, Douglas Mcgowan and Matt Sullivan, Compilation Producers; John Baldwin, Mastering Engineer. Performed by Various Artists
• Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways — Jeff Place and Robert Santelli, Compilation Producers; Pete Reiniger, Mastering Engineer. Performed by Pete Seeger
• Woodstock: Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive — Brian Kehew, Steve Woolard & Andy Zax, Compilation Producers; Dave Schultz, Mastering Engineer. Performed by Various Artists

Production, Non-classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

• All These Things — Tchad Blake, Thomas Dybdahl, Adam Greenspan & Roderick Shearer, Engineers; Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer. Artist: Thomas Dybdahl
• Ella Mai — Chris "Shaggy" Ascher, Jaycen Joshua and David Pizzimenti, Engineers; Chris Athens, Mastering Engineer. Artist: Ella Mai
• Run Home Slow — Paul Butler and Sam Teskey, Engineers; Joe Carra, Mastering Engineer. Artist: The Teskey Brothers
• Scenery — Tom Elmhirst, Ben Kane and Jeremy Most, Engineers; Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer. Artist: Emily King
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Rob Kinelski and Finneas O'Connell, Engineers; John Greenham, Mastering Engineer. Artist: Billie Eilish

Producer of the Year, Non-classical

• Jack Antonoff
• Dan Auerbach
• John Hill
• Finneas
• Ricky Reed

Best Remixed Recording

"I Rise" (Tracy Young's Pride Intro Radio Remix) — Tracy Young, Remixer. Madonna

"Mother's Daughter" (Wuki Remix) — Wuki, Remixer. Miley Cyrus

"The One" (High Contrast Remix) — Lincoln Barrett, Remixer. Jorja Smith
"Swim" (Ford. Remix) — Luc Bradford, Remixer. Mild Minds

"Work It" (Soulwax Remix) — David Gerard C Dewaele and Stephen Antoine C Dewaele, Remixers. Marie Davidson.

Production, Immersive Audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

• Chain Tripping — Luke Argilla, Immersive Audio Engineer; Jurgen Scharpf, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans & Rob Kieswetter, Immersive Audio Producers. Performed by Yacht
• Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances — Jim Anderson, Immersive Audio Engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; Ulrike Schwarz, Immersive Audio Producer. Performed by Ken-David Masur & Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
• Lux — Morten Lindberg, Immersive Audio Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; Morten Lindberg, Immersive Audio Producer. Performed by Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor
• The Orchestral Organ — Keith O. Johnson, Immersive Audio Engineer; Keith O. Johnson, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, Immersive Audio Producers. Performed by Jan Kraybill
• The Savior — Bob Clearmountain, Immersive Audio Engineer; Bob Ludwig, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; Michael Marquart & Dave Way, Immersive Audio Producers. Performed by Bad Think

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical
An Engineer's Award. (Artist Names Appear in Parentheses.)

• Aequa - Anna Thorvaldsdóttir — Daniel Shores, Engineer; Daniel Shores, Mastering Engineer. International Contemporary Ensemble
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 — Mark Donahue, Engineer; Mark Donahue, Mastering Engineer. Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Rachmaninoff - Hermitage Piano Trio — Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, Engineers; Keith O. Johnson, Mastering Engineer. Hermitage Piano Trio
• Riley: Sun Rings — Leslie Ann Jones, Engineer; John Kilgore, Judith Sherman & David Harrington, Engineers/Mixers; Robert C. Ludwig, Mastering Engineer. Kronos Quartet
• Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth — Bob Hanlon & Lawrence Rock, Engineers; Ian Good & Lawrence Rock, Mastering Engineers. Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus of NY City & New York Philharmonic

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
• James Ginsburg
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
• Morten Lindberg
• Dirk Sobotka

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

• "Bruckner: Symphony No. 9" — Manfred Honeck, Conductor, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• "Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg" — Leonard Slatkin, Conductor and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• "Norman: Sustain" — Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
• "Transatlantic" — Louis Langrée, Conductor and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
• "Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21" — Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kremerata Baltica

Best Opera Recording

• Benjamin: Lessons in Love & Violence — George Benjamin, Conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare and Gyula Orendt; Raphaël Mouterde and James Whitbourn, Producers and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
• Berg: Wozzeck — Marc Albrecht, Conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, Producer and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus of Dutch National Opera
• Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants; Les Plaisirs De Versailles — Paul O'dette and Stephen Stubbs, Conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-seevers, Producer, and the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
• Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox — Gil Rose, Conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, Producer, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus
• Wagner: Lohengrin — Christian Thielemann, Conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, Producer, and the Festspielorchester Bayreuth; Festspielchor Bayreuth

Best Choral Performance

• Boyle: Voyages — Donald Nally, Conductor, and The Crossing
• Duruflé: Complete Choral Works — Robert Simpson, Conductor and the Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir
• The Hope of Loving — Craig Hella Johnson, Conductor, and Conspirare
• Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — Peter Jermihov, Conductor, and Evan Bravos, Vadim Gan, Kevin Keys, Glenn Miller & Daniel Shirley; Patram Institute Singers
• Smith, K.: The Arc in the Sky — Donald Nally, Conductor, and The Crossing

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Cerrone: The Pieces That Fall to Earth — Christopher Rountree & Wild Up
• Freedom & Faith — Publiquartet
• Perpetulum — Third Coast Percussion
• Rachmaninoff - Hermitage Piano Trio — Hermitage Piano Trio
• Shaw: Orange — Attacca Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• The Berlin Recital — Yuja Wang
• Higdon: Harp Concerto — Yolanda Kondonassis; Ward Stare, Conductor, and The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
• Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite — Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, and the Philadelphia Orchestra
• "The Orchestral Organ" — Jan Kraybill
• Torke: Sky, Concerto for Violin — Tessa Lark; David Alan Miller, Conductor, and the Albany Symphony

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• The Edge of Silence - Works for Voice by György Kurtág — Susan Narucki. Performed by Donald Berman, Curtis Macomber, Kathryn Schulmeister and Nicholas Tolle
• Himmelsmusik — Philippe Jaroussky & Céline Scheen; Christina Pluhar, Conductor; L'arpeggiata, Ensemble. Performed by Jesús Rodil and Dingle Yandell
• Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Kerner-lieder Op. 35 — Matthias Goerne; Leif Ove Andsnes, Accompanist Songplay Joyce Didonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, Accompanists. Performed by Steve Barnett and Lautaro Greco
• A Te, O Cara — Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, Conductor, and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra

Best Classical Compendium

• American Originals 1918 — John Morris Russell, Conductor; Elaine Martone, Producer
• Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 'Heichalos'; Guitar Concerto; Starburst — Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor; Tim Handley, Producer
• Meltzer: Songs and Structures — Paul Appleby and Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown and Harold Meltzer, Producers
• The Poetry of Places — Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin and Victor Ledin, Producers
• Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel D'hiver — Hannu Lintu, Conductor; Laura Heikinheimo, Producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Bermel: Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra — Derek Bermel, Composer
• Higdon: Harp Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, Composer
• Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major — Wynton Marsalis, Composer
• Norman: Sustain — Andrew Norman, Composer
• Shaw: Orange — Caroline Shaw, Composer
• Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth — Julia Wolfe, Composer

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

• "We've Got to Try" — The Chemical Brothers
• "This Land" — Gary Clark Jr.
• "Cellophane" — Fka Twigs
• "Old Town Road" (Official Movie) — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Glad He's Gone" — Tove Lo

Best Music Film

• Homecoming — Beyoncé
• Remember My Name — David Crosby
• Birth of the Cool — Miles Davis
• Shangri-la — Various Artists
• Anima — Thom Yorke

The 2020 Grammys will take place at the Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, January 26. The live awards will air at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on CBS.

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