Finest American Roots Tune
Mark Knopfler – Ahead Of The Video Game
Sam Beam – All In Great Time (Iron & & Red wine including Fiona Apple)
Aoife O’Donovan – for All My Pals” (Aoife O’Donovan)
Sierra Ferrell & & Tune Walker – American Dreaming (Sierra Ferrell) – WINNER
John Hahn & & Will Kimbrough – Blame It On Eve (Shemekia Copeland)
Finest American Roots Efficiency
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It On Eve
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & & Mick Fleetwood – Absolutely Nothing In Rambling
Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse – WINNER
Rhiannon Giddens – The Ballad Of Sally Anne
Finest Americana Performanc e
Beyoncé– Ya Ya
Madison Cunningham– Subtitles
Madi Diaz including Kacey Musgraves– Do Not Do Me Great
Sierra Ferrell– American Dreaming – WINNER
Sarah Jarosz– Runaway Train
Gillian Welch & & David Rawlings– Empty Trainload of Sky
Finest Bluegrass Album
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Developed a World
The Del McCoury Band – Tunes of Love and Life
Sis Sadie – No Worry
Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1 – WINNER
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam
Dan Tyminski – Live From The Ryman
Finest Conventional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – Hill Nation Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down
Sue Foley – One Guitar Female
Little Task – Sam’s Location
The Taj Mahal Sextet – Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa – WINNER
Finest Contemporary Blues Album
Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It On Eve
Steve Cropper & & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown
Ruthie Foster – Mileage – WINNER
Antonio Vergara – The Fury
Finest Folk Album
American Patchwork Quartet – American Patchwork Quartet
Madi Diaz – Odd Faith
Adrianne Lenker – Intense Future
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Good Friends
Gillian Welch & & David Rawlings – Forest – WINNER
Finest Regional Roots Music Album
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock And Soul– 25 Back to My Roots
Huge Chief Monk Boudreaux & & The Golden Eagles including J’Wan Boudreaux– Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & & Heritage Celebration
New Type Brass Band including Trombone Shorty– Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & & Heritage Celebration
Kalani Pe’a– Kuini – WINNER
The Rumble including Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.– Stories from The Battleground
Finest Reggae Album
Collie Buddz – Relax
Vybz Kartel – Celebration With Me
Shenseea – Never Ever Gets Late Here
Different Artists – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Influenced By The Movie (Deluxe) – WINNER
The Wailers – Advancement
Finest Worldwide Music Efficiency
Arooj Aftab– Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier including Anoushka Shankar & & Varijashree Venugopal– A Rock Somewhere
Rocky Dawuni– Increase
Sheila E. including Gloria Estefan & & Mimy Succar– Bemba Colorá – WINNER
Angélique Kidjo including Soweto Gospel Choir– Sunshine to My Soul
Masa Takumi including Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & & Dale Edward Chung– Kashira
Finest African Music Efficiency
Yemi Alade– Tomorrow
Asake & & Wizkid– MMS
Chris Brown including Davido & & Lojay– Mind-blowing
Burna Kid– Greater
Tems– Love Me JeJe – WINNER
Tems thrived in the Finest African Music Efficiency classification
Finest Worldwide Music Album
Matt B ft. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II – WINNER
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Rema – Heis
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Tems – Born in the Wild
Finest Kid’s Music Album
Fortunate Diaz & & The Household Jam Band – Brillo, Brillo! – WINNER
Lucy Kalantari & & Allure Felines – Creciendo
John Legend – My Favourite Dream
Rock For Kid – Strong Rock Revival
Divinity Roxx & & Divi Roxx Children – World Wide Playdate
Finest Audio Book, Narrative, and Storytelling Recording
All You Required Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words– Guy Oldfield
… And Your Ass Will Follow– George Clinton
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones– Dolly Parton
Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Event– Jimmy Carter – WINNER
My Call Is Barbra– Barbra Streisand
Finest Spoken Word Poetry Album
Civil Composes: The South Got Something to State– Queen Sheba
Concrete & & Scotch Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series– Omari Hardwick
Great M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Starting Was the Word– Malik Yusef
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul– Tank and the Bangas – WINNER
The 7 Number Ones– Mad Skillz
Finest Funny Alb um
Armageddon– Ricky Gervais
The Dreamer– Dave Chappelle – WINNER
The Detainee– Jim Gaffigan
Sooner or later You’ll Pass away– Nikki Glaser
Where Was I– Trevor Noah
Finest Musical Comedy Album
Hell’s Kitchen area – WINNER
Happily We Roll Along
The Note Pad
The Outsiders
Suffs
The Wiz
Finest Collection Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Color Purple
Deadpool & & Wolverine
Genius – WINNER
Saltburn
Tornados: The Album
Finest Rating Soundtrack for Visual Media (Consists Of Movie and Tv)
American Fiction– Laura Karpman
Oppositions– Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
The Color Purple– Kris Bowers
Dune: Sequel– Hans Zimmer – WINNER
Shōgun– Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross
Finest Rating Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Multimedia
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora– Pinar Toprak
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla– Bear McCreary
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2– John Paesano
Star Wars Outlaws– Wilbert Roget II
Wizardry: Showing Premises of the Mad Overlord– Winifred Phillips – WINNER
Finest Tune Composed for Visual Media
Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma (from Twisters: The Album)
Much Better Location (from Trolls Unite)
Can’t Capture Me Now (from The Appetite Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes)
It Never Ever Disappeared (from American Symphony) – WINNER
Love Will Endure (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Finest Classical Solo Vocal Album
Karen Slack (musician); Michelle Cann (pianist) – Beyond the Years – Unpublished Tunes of Florence Rate WINNER
Nicholas Phan (musician); Palaver Strings (ensemble) – A Modification Is Gon na Come
Fotina Naumenko (musician); Marika Bournaki (pianist) – Newman: Bespoke Tunes
Will Liverman (musician); Jonathan King (pianist) – Program Me The Method
Joyce DiDonato (musician); Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro) – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Finest Classical Compendium
Andy Akiho & & Imani Winds (artists); Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & & Mark Dover (manufacturers) – BeLonging
Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (manufacturer) – American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (manufacturer) – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; 3 American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (artists); Michael Shapiro (conductor); Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & & Kitt Wakeley (manufacturers) – Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (manufacturer) – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantin – WINNER
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantin was an enormous winner as Gabriela Ortiz is seen
Finest Contemporary Classical Structure
Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (manufacturer) – American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (manufacturer) – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; 3 American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (artists); Michael Shapiro (conductor); Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & & Kitt Wakeley (manufacturers) – Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (manufacturer) – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER
Finest Plan, Important or A Cappella
Michael League – Infant Elephant Stroll – Repetition (Snarky Young Puppy)
Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & & John Legend – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Jacob Collier ft. John Legend & & Tori Kelly) – WINNER
Béla Fleck & & Ferde Grofé – Rhapsody in Blue( yard) (Béla Fleck ft. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & & Bryan Sutton)
Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & & Amanda Taylor – Rose Without the Thorns (Scott Hoying ft. säje & & Tonality)
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & & Amanda Taylor – Quiet Night
Finest Plan, Instruments and Vocals
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnye Kendrick & & Amanda Taylor – Alma (säje ft. Regina Carter) – WINNER
Matt Jones – Always Return (John Legend)
Willow, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio – B i g f e e l i n g s (Willow)
Charlie Rosen & & Jake Silverman – Last Surprise (The 8-bit Huge Band ft. Jonah Nilsson & & Button Masher)
Cody Fry – The noise of silence (Cody Fry ft. Sleeping At Last
Finest Recording Plan
Jonny Black & & Giorgia Sage– The Avett Brothers (The Avett Brothers)
Sarah Dodds & & Shauna Dodds– Baker Hotel (William Clark Green)
Brent David Freaney, Charli XCX & & Imogene Strauss– Brat (Charli xcx) – WINNER
Archie Lee Coates IV, Austin Post (Post Malone), Bobby Greenleaf, Jeffrey Franklin, Bloom Liu, Kylie McMahon & & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta– F-1 Trillion (Post Malone)
Kate Bush & & Albert McIntosh– Hounds of Love – The Baskerville Edition (Kate Bush)
Andrew Wong & & Julie Yeh– Container Band Millionaire (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Lee Pei-Tzu– Pregnancy, Breakdown and Illness (WhoiWhoo)
Finest Boxed or Unique Minimal Edition Plan
Nick Azinas & & Mike Hicks – Half Living Things (Alpha Wolf)
Kate Bush & & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love – The Boxes of Lost at Sea (Kate Bush)
Doug Cunningham & & Jason Noto – In Utero (Nirvana)
Simon Hilton & & Sean Ono Lennon – Mind Games (John Lennon) – WINNER
Takahiro Kurashima & & Marek Polewski – Unsuk Chin (Unsuk Chin & & Berliner Philharmoniker)
Rebeka Arce & & Farbod Kokaki – We Blame Chicago (90 Day Guy)
Finest Album Notes
Tim Brooks – After Midnight
Lauren de Graf – The Carnegie Hall Show
Ricky Riccardi – Centennial – WINNER
Dominic Fyfe – John Culshaw – The Art of the Manufacturer – The Early Years 1948-55
Josh Kun – SONtrack Original de la Pelicula Al Boy de Beno
Finest Historic Album
Centennial – Meagan Hennessy & & Richard Martin – WINNER
Prince – Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
Paul Robeson – Voice of Flexibility: His Total Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings
Pepito y Paquito – Pepe De Lucía & & Javier Doria,
The Noise of Music – Super Deluxe Edition
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen – WINNER
Édgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye
Finest Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Algorithm (Fortunate Daye)
Cyan Blue (Charlotte Day Wilson)
Deeper Well (Kacey Musgraves)
Empathogen (Willow)
I/O (Peter Gabriel) – WINNER
Brief n’ Sweet (Sabrina Carpenter)
Manufacturer of the Year, Non-Classical
Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Dan Nigro – WINNER
Dan Nigro made the sought after Manufacturer of the Year, Non-Classical
Finest Remixed Recording
Kaytranada– Change Ego (Kaytranada Remix) (Doechii including JT)
David Guetta– A Bar Tune (Sloshed) (remix) (Shaboozey & & David Guetta)
Mark Ronson x FnZ– Espresso (Burning the midnight oil remix) (Sabrina Carpenter) – WINNER
Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & & MeMyish– Jah Sees Them (Amapiano remix)” (Julian Marley & & Antaeus)
A. G. Cook– Von Dutch (remix) (Charli XCX & & A. G. Cook including Addison Rae)
Finest Immersive Audio Album
Roxy Music – Avalon
Ray Charles – Genius Enjoys Business
Trondheim Chamber Orchestra – Borders
Peter Gabriel – i/o (In-Side Mix) – WINNER
Ensemble 96 & & Current Saxophone Quartet -Pax
Finest Important Structure
Shelton G. Berg – At Last
Christopher Zuar – Communion
André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & & Carlos Niño – I Swear, I Actually Wished To Make A “Rap” Album However This Is Actually The Method The Wind Blew Me This Time
Chick Corea – Remembrance
Pascal Le Boeuf – Hairs – WINNER
Finest Engineered Album, Classical
Alexander Lipay & & Dmitriy Lipay – Adams: Lady of the Golden West
Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & & Michael Schwartz – Andres: The Blind Banister
Mark Donahue & & John Newton – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Ressurexit – WINNER
Daniel Shores – Clear Voices in the Dark
Alexander Lipay & & Dmitriy Lipay – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Manufacturer of the Year, Classical
Erica Brenner
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone – WINNER
Dirk Sobotka
Elaine Martone was bestowed Manufacturer Of The Year, Classical
Finest Orchestral Efficiency
Marin Alsop (cd); ORF Vienna Radio Chamber Orchestra – Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
JoAnn Falletta (cd); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Season Night & & Symphony in C Major
Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Los Angeles Philharmonic – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER
Susanna Mälkki (cd); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava & & Lemminkäinen
Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird
Finest Opera Recording
Adams: Women of the Golden West -Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale
Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Moravec: The Shining -Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus
Puts: The Hours – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Saariaho: Adriana Mater -San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkilangas – WINNER
Finest Choral Efficiency
Skylark Vocal Ensemble (ensemble) – Clear Voices in the Dark
Real Concord Voices (ensemble) – A Dream So Intense – Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Apollo’s Fire (ensemble); Apollo’s Vocalists (ensemble) – Handel: Israel in Egypt
The Crossing (ensemble) – Ochre – WINNER
Novus NY, Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & & Trinity Youth Chorus (ensembles) – Sheehan: Akathist
Finest Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Efficiency
JACK Quartet – J.L. Adams: Waves & & Particles
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for 3: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke’
Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & & Lorelei Ensemble – Cerrone: Beaufort Scales
Miró Quartet – Home
Caroline Shaw & & So Percussion – Rectangular Shapes and Situation – WINNER
Finest Classical Important Solo
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Yearning
Vikingur Ólafsson – Bach: Goldberg Variations – WINNER
Seth Parker Woods (musician); Christopher Rountree (conductor of Wild Up) – Eastman: The Holy Existence of Joan d’Arc
Mak Grgić – Entourer
Curtis Stewart (musician); James Blachly (conductor of the Experiential Orchestra) – Perry: Concerto for Violin & & Orchestra
Finest Classical Compendium
Andy Akiho & & Imani Winds – BeLonging
Curtis Stewart – American Counterpoints
JoAnn Falletta – Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; 3 American Pieces; Ode
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse – Mythologies II
Gustavo Didamel – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – WINNER
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