2021 GRAMMYS WINNERS
Record of the Year: “Everything I Wanted,” Finneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski and Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Album of the Year: “Folklore,” Taylor Swift
Song of the Year:” I Can’t Breathe,” Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
Best R&B Album: “Bigger Love,” John Legend
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Rain on Me,” Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Pop Vocal Album: “Future Nostalgia,” Dua Lipa
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “American Standard,” James Taylor
Best Dance Recording: “10%,” Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Bubba,” Kaytranada
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: “Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance: “Shameika,” Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance: “Bum-Rush,” Body Count
Best Rock Song: “Stay High,” Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) Best Rock Album: “The New Abnormal,” The Strokes
Best Alternative Music Album: “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” Fiona Apple
Best R&B Performance: “Black Parade,” Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Anything For You,” Ledisi
Best R&B Song: “Better Than I Imagine,” Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello and Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Progressive R&B Album: “It Is What It Is,” Thundercat
Best Rap Performance: “Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance: “Lockdown,” Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song: “Savage,”Beyoncé,ShawnCarter,BrittanyHazzard,Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe and Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album: “King’s Disease,” Nas
Best Country Solo Performance: “When My Amy Prays,” Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
Best Country Song: “Crowded Table,” Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album: “Wildcard,” Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album: “MoreGuitarStories,”Jim“Kimo”West
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “AllBlues,”ChickCorea,soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album: “Secrets Are the Best Stories,” Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: “Trilogy 2,” Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Data Lords,” Maria Schneider Orchestra Best Latin Jazz Album: “Four Questions,” Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin
Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Movin’On,”DarrylL.Howell,JonathanCaleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters (Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “There Was Jesus,” Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith and Zach Williams, songwriters (Zach Williams and Dolly Parton)
Best Gospel Album: “Gospel According to PJ,” PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: “Jesus Is King,” Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album: “Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album),” Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: “YHLQMDLG,” Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: “La Conquista Del Espacio,” Fito Paez Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): “Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1,” Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album: “40,” Grupo Niche
Best American Roots Performance: “I Remember Everything,” John Prine
Best American Roots Song: “I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin and John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album: “World on the Ground,” Sarah Jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album: “Home,” Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album: “Rawer Than Raw,” Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album: “Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?,” Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album: “All the Good Times,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album: “Atmosphere,” New Orleans Nightcrawlers Best Reggae Album: “Got to Be Tough,” Toots and the Maytals
Best Global Music Album: “Twice as Tall,” Burna Boy
Best Children’s Music Album: “All the Ladies,” Joanie Leeds
Best Spoken Word Album: “Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth,” Rachel Maddow
Best Comedy Album: “Black Mitzvah,” Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album: “Jagged Little Pill,” Original Broadway Cast
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: “Jojo Rabbit,” Various Artists Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: “Joker,” Hildur Gudnadottir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: “No Time to Die,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Instrumental Composition: “Sputnik,”MariaSchneider,composer(Maria Schneider)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Donna Lee,” John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “He Won’t Hold You,” Jacob
Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody)
Best Recording Package: “Vols. 11 & 12,” Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “Ode to Joy,” Lawrence Azerrad and Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Album Notes: “Dead Man’s Pop,” Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Historical Album: “It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers,” Lee Lodyga and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “Hyperspace,” Drew Brown, Julian Burg,AndrewColeman,PaulEpworth,ShawnEverett,SerbanGhenea,David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco and Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Andrew Watt
Best Remixed Recording: “Roses (Imanbek Remix),” Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (Saint Jhn)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi
Yar,’” David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: “Ives: Complete Symphonies,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording: “Gershwin: Porgy and Bess,” David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore and Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: “Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass and Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann and Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Contemporary Voices,” Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: “Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra,” Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: “Smyth: The Prison,” Sarah Brailey and Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: “Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke,” Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: “Rouse:SymphonyNo.5,”Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony)
Best Music Video: “Brown Skin Girl,” Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and WizKid
Best Music Film: “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” Linda Ronstadt