ALBUM / ARTIST:


Album of the Year:

Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé




Record of the Year:

Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar




Song of the Year:

Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar




Best New Artist:

Chappell Roan







POP:


Best Pop Solo Performance:

Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter




Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars



Best Pop Vocal Album:

Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter



Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Visions — Norah Jones







DANCE / ELECTRONICA:


Best Dance Pop Recording:

Von dutch – Charli xcx



Best Dance/Electronica Album:

Brat – Charli xcx








ROCK / METAL / ALTERNATIVE:


Best Rock Performance:

Now and Then — The Beatles



Best Metal Performance:

Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne



Best Rock Album:

Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones



Best Rock Song:

Broken Man – Annie Clark



Best Alternative Performance:

Flea — St. Vincent



Best Alternative Music Album:

All Born Screaming – St. Vincent








R&B:


Best R&B Performance:

Made For Me (Live On BET) — Muni Long



Best Traditional R&B Performance:

That’s You — Lucky Daye



Best R&B Album:

11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown



Best R&B Song:

Saturn – SZA



Best Progressive R&B Album: (TIE)

So Glad to Know You – Avery*Sunshine
Why Lawd? – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)







RAP:


Best Rap Performance:

Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar



Best Melodic Rap Performance:

3 — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu



Best Rap Album:

Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii



Best Rap Song:

Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar







COUNTRY:


Best Country Solo Performance:

It Takes A Woman — Chris Stapleton



Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

II Most Wanted — Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus



Best Country Album:

Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé



Best Country Song:

The Architect — Kacey Musgraves







NEW AGE:


Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album:

Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon







INSTRUMENTAL:


Best Instrumental Composition:

Strands — Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman



Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

Bridge Over Troubled Water — Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly



Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

Alma — säje Featuring Regina Carter







JAZZ:


Best Jazz Vocal Album:

A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy



Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck



Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band



Best Alternative Jazz Album:

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin – Meshell Ndegeocello







GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN:


Best Gospel Performance/Song:

One Hallelujah — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr



Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:

That’s My King — CeCe Winans



Best Roots Gospel Album:

Church — Cory Henry



Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Heart Of A Human — DOE



Best Gospel Album:

More Than This — CeCe Winans







LATIN:


Best Latin Pop Album:

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira



Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana



Best Latin Jazz Album:

Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus



Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León



Best Tropical Latin Album:

Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar







AMERICAN ROOTS / BLUES / FOLK:


Best American Roots Performance:

Lighthouse — Sierra Ferrell



Best Americana Roots Performance:

American Dreaming — Sierra Ferrell



Best American Roots Song:

American Dreaming — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker



Best Americana Album:

Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell



Best Bluegrass Album:

Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings



Best Traditional Blues Album:

Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet



Best Contemporary Blues Album:

Mileage — Ruthie Foster



Best Folk Album:

Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings



Best Regional Roots Music Album:

Kuini — Kalani Pe’a







WORLD MUSIC:



Best Global Music Performance:

Bemba Colorá — Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar



Best Global Music Album:

ALKEBULAN II — Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra



Best Reggae Album:

Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists)



Best African Music Performance:

Love Me JeJe – Tems








SPOKEN WORD / CHILDREN / COMEDY


Best Children's Album:

Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band



Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording:

Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter



Best Comedy Album:

The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle








SOUNDTRACK:


Best Musical Theater Album:

Hell's Kitchen (Original Broadway Cast)



Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein



Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer



Best Song Written For Visual Media:

It Never Went Away [From American Symphony] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson



Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips








PACKAGING / NOTES / HISTORICAL:


Best Recording Package:

BRAT — Charli xcx



Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:

Mind Games — John Lennon



Best Album Notes:

Centennial — King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists



Best Historical Album:

Centennial — King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists







PRODUCTION:


Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

i/o — Peter Gabriel



Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

Daniel Nigro



Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:

Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix) — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)



Best Immersive Audio Album:

i/o (In-Side Mix) — Peter Gabriel







CLASSICAL:


Best Engineered Album, Classical:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra



Producer Of The Year, Classical:

Elaine Martone



Best Orchestral Performance:

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Los Angeles Philharmonic



Best Opera Recording:

Saariaho: Adriana Mater — San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas



Best Choral Performance:

Ochre — The Crossing



Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Rectangles and Circumstance — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion



Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

Bach: Goldberg Variations — Víkingur Ólafsson



Best Classical Vocal Solo:

Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist



Best Classical Compendium:

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel



Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Los Angeles Philharmonic







MUSIC VIDEO:


Best Music Video:

Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar



Best Music Film:

American Symphony — Jon Batiste

The 67th Grammys delivered with wild versatility (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/critic-notebook-wildly-versatile-67th-070647185.html)

There was something for everyone at the Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony, from heartfelt Los Angeles fire tributes to astounding musical ...

Out of what I've saw of the show, what made me fall apart is when Toby Keith was shown during the look back on those that we had to let go of this past year and he was the final person to be shown. I guess that they wanted to save the biggest loss for last? :( :( :(

God bless you and Toby's family always!!!

Holly (a girl who forever misses him)

P.S. On Wednesday, it will be a year since he went on. :( :( :(

The 67th Grammys' handling of Los Angeles' trauma in wake of wildfires felt performative, turning victims into props. (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-03/grammys-la-fires-commentary#:~:text=Yet%20the%20Grammys'%20handling%20of,the%20tragedy%20in%20the%20process.)

Yet the Grammys' handling of the city's ongoing trauma felt more performative than profound: The fires became a prop and backdrop to the night's honors, losing the human depth and unimaginable scale of the tragedy in the process.

Grammys viewership draws 15.4 million viewers, down 9% from last year (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/business/media/grammy-awards-ratings.html)

About 15.4 million tuned in for Music's Biggest Night on CBS. The ratings decline snaps a three-year streak of increasing viewership for the Grammys. ALSO: The Grammys and affiliated events raised a combined $24 million toward wildfire relief (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-02-04/grammys-2025-fireaid-recording-academy-fundraising-125-million).

I look forward to next year's show. May there be another good and thorough house cleaning from Alison Krauss and Union Station. :) :) :)

God bless you and AKUS always!!!

Holly (a fan of them since 1994)

P.S. Their new album will be released at the end of next month. :) :) :)