
The 2021 Grammys is happening on 15 March and here’s the list of nominees…
Record of the Year
- “Black Parade” — Beyoncé
- “Colors” — Black Pumas
- “Rockstar” — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
- “Say So” — Doja Cat
- “Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
- “Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa
- “Circles” — Post Malone
- “Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Album of the Year
- “Chilombo” — Jhené Aiko
- “Black Pumas” (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas
- “Everyday Life” — Coldplay
- “Djesse Vol. 3” — Jacob Collier
- “Women in Music Pt. III” — Haim
- “Future Nostalgia” — Dua Lipa
- “Hollywood’s Bleeding” — Post Malone
- “Folklore” — Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- “Black Parade” — Beyoncé
- “The Box” — Roddy Ricch
- “Cardigan” — Taylor Swift
- “Circles” — Post Malone
- “Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa
- “Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
- “I Can’t Breathe” — H.E.R.
- “If the World Was Ending” — JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels
Best New Artist
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Ingrid Andress
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Noah Cyrus
- Chika
- D Smoke
- Doja Cat
- Kaytranada
Best Pop Solo Performance
- “Yummy” — Justin Bieber
- “Say So” — Doja Cat
- “Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish
- “Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa
- “Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles
- “Cardigan” — Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- “Rain on Me” — Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
- “Un Dia (One Day)” — J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
- “Intentions” — Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
- “Dynamite” — BTS
- “Exile” — Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- “American Standard” — James Taylor
- “Blue Umbrella” — Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian
- “True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter” — Harry Connick Jr.
- “Unfollow the Rules” — Rufus Wainwright
- “Judy” — Renée Zellweger
Best Pop Vocal Album
- “Changes” — Justin Bieber
- “Chromatica” — Lady Gaga
- “Future Nostalgia” — Dua Lipa
- “Fine Line” — Harry Styles
- “Folklore” — Taylor Swift
Best Dance Recording
- “10%” — Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis
- “On My Mind” — Diplo & Sidepiece
- “My High” — Disclosure, Aminé and Slowthai
- “The Difference” — Flume featuring Toro y Moi
- “Both of Us” — Jayda G
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- “Bubba” — Kaytranada
- “Kick I” — Arca
- “Energy” — Disclosure
- “Planet’s Mad” — Baauer
- “Good Faith” — Madeon
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- “Live at the Royal Albert Hall” — Snarky Puppy
- “Axiom” — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
- “Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard” — Jon Batiste
- “Take the Stairs” — Black Violin
- “Americana” — Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell
Best Rock Performance
- “Shameika” — Fiona Apple
- “The Steps” — HAIM
- “Stay High” — Brittany Howard
- “Not” — Big Thief
- “Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers
- “Daylight” — Grace Potter
Best Metal Performance
- “Bum-Rush” — Body Count”Underneath” — Code Orange
- “The In-Between” — In This Moment
- “Bloodmoney” — Poppy
- “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)” — Power Trip
Best Rock Song
- “Stay High” — Brittany Howard
- “Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers
- “Lost in Yesterday” — Tame Impala
- “Not” — Big Thief
- “Shameika” — Fiona Apple
Best Rock Album
- “The New Abnormal” — The Strokes
- “A Hero’s Death” — Fontaines D.C.
- “Kiwanuka” — Michael Kiwanuka
- “Daylight” — Grace Potter
- “Sound & Fury” — Sturgill Simpson
Best Alternative Music Album
- “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” — Fiona Apple
- “Hyperspace” — Beck
- “Punisher” — Phoebe Bridgers
- “Jaime” — Brittany Howard
- “The Slow Rush” — Tame Impala
Best R&B Performance
- “Lightning & Thunder” — Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend
- “Black Parade” — Beyoncé
- “All I Need” — Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
- “Goat Head” — Brittany Howard
- “See Me” — Emily King
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- “Anything for You” — Ledisi
- “Sit On Down” — The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
- “Wonder What She Thinks of Me” — Chloe x Halle
- “Let Me Go” — Mykal Kilgore
- “Distance” — Yebba
Best R&B Song
- “Better Than I Imagined” — Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello
- “Black Parade” — Beyoncé
- “Collide” — Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG
- “Do It” — Chloe x Halle
- “Slow Down” — Skip Marley & H.E.R.
Best Progressive R&B Album
- “It Is What It Is” — Thundercat
- “Chilombo” — Jhené Aiko
- “Ungodly Hour” — Chloe x Halle
- “Free Nationals” — Free Nationals
- “F*** Yo Feelings” — Robert Glasper
Best R&B Album
- “Bigger Love” — John Legend
- “Happy 2 Be Here” — Ant Clemons
- “Take Time” — Giveon
- “To Feel Love/D” — Luke James
- “All Rise” — Gregory Porter
Best Rap Performance
- “Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
- “Deep Reverence” — Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle
- “Bop” — DaBaby
- “Whats Poppin” — Jack Harlow
- “The Bigger Picture” — Lil Baby
- “Dior” — Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- “Rockstar” — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
- “Laugh Now Cry Later” — Drake featuring Lil Durk
- “Lockdown” — Anderson .Paak
- “The Box” — Roddy Ricch
- “Highest in the Room” — Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
- “The Bigger Picture” — Lil Baby
- “The Box” — Roddy Ricch
- “Laugh Now Cry Later” — Drake featuring Lil Durk
- “Rockstar” — DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
- “Savage” — Megan thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Best Rap Album
- “King’s Disease” — Nas”Black Habits” — D Smoke
- “Alfredo” — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
- “A Written Testimony” — Jay Electronica
- “The Allegory” — Royce da 5’9″
Best Country Solo Performance
- “When My Amy Prays” — Vince Gill
- “Stick That in Your Country Song” — Eric Church
- “Who You Thought I Was” — Brandy Clark
- “Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert
- “Black Like Me” — Mickey Guyton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- “10,000 Hours” — Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
- “All Night” — Brothers Osborne
- “Ocean” — Lady A
- “Sugar Coat” — Little Big Town
- “Some People Do” — Old Dominion
Best Country Song
- “Crowded Table” — The Highwomen
- “Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert
- “The Bones” — Maren Morris
- “More Hearts Than Mine” — Ingrid Andress
- “Some People Do” — Old Dominion
Best Country Album
- “Nightfall” — Little Big Town
- “Wildcard” — Miranda Lambert
- “Never Will” — Ashley McBryde
- “Lady Like” — Ingrid Andress
- “Your Life Is a Record” — Brandy Clark
Best New Age Album
- “More Guitar Stories” — Jim “Kimo” West
- “Songs from the Bardo” — Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
- “Periphery” — Priya Darshini
- “Form//Less” — Superposition
- “Meditations” — Cory Wong & Jon Batiste
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- “All Blues” — Chick Corea, soloist
- “Guinnevere” — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist
- “Pachamama” — Regina Carter, soloist
- “Tomorrow is the Question” — Julian Lage, soloist
- “Celia” — Gerald Clayton, soloist
- “Moe Honk” — Joshua Redman, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- “Secrets are the Best Stories” — Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez
- “ONA” — Thana Alexa
- “Modern Ancestors” — Carmen Lundy
- “Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper” — Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band
- “What’s the Hurry” — Kenny Washington
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- “Trilogy 2” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
- “on the tender spot of every calloused moment” — Ambrose Akinmusire
- “Waiting Game” — Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
- “Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard” — Gerald Clayton
- “RoundAgain” — Redman Mehldau McBride Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- “Data Lords” — Maria Schneider Orchestra
- “Dialogues on Race” — Gregg August
- “Monk’estra Plays John Beasley” — John Beasley
- “The Intangible Between” — Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band
- “Songs You Like a Lot” — John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace and The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
- “Four Questions” — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- “Tradiciones” — Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra
- “City of Dreams” — Chico Pinheiro
- “Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo” — Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola
- “Trane’s Delight” — Poncho Sanchez
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- “Movin’ On” — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
- “Wonderful is Your Name” — Melvin Crispell III
- “Release (Live)” — Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy
- “Come Together” — Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News
- “Won’t Let Go” — Travis Greene
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- “There Was Jesus” — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton
- “The Blessing (Live)” — Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship
- “Sunday Morning” — Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin
- “Holy Water” — We the Kingdom
- “Famous For (I Believe)” — Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson
Best Gospel Album
- “Gospel According to PJ” — PJ Morton
- “2econd Wind: ReadY” — Anthony Brown & group therAPy
- “My Tribute” — Myron Butler
- “Choirmaster” — Ricky Dillard
- “Kierra” — Kierra Sheard
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- “Jesus is King” — Kanye West
- “Run to The Father” — Cody Carnes
- “All of My Best Friends” — Hillsong Young & Free
- “Holy Water” — We the Kingdom
- “Citizen of Heaven” — Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
- “Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)” — Fisk Jubilee Singers
- “Beautiful Day” — Mark Bishop
- “20/20” — The Crabb Family
- “What Christmas Really Means” — The Erwins
- “Something Beautiful” — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Best Latin Pop Album or Urban Album
- “YHLQMDLG” — Bad Bunny
- “Por Primera Vez” — Camilo
- “Mesa Para Dos” — Kany García
- “Pausa” — Ricky Martin
- “3:33” — Debi Nova
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- “La Conquista del Espacio” — Fito Paez
- “Aura” — Bajofondo
- “MONSTRUO” — Cami
- “Sobrevolando” — Cultura Profética
- “Miss Colombia” — Lido Pimienta
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
- “Un Canto por México, Vol. 1” — Natalia Lafourcade
- “Hecho en México” — Alejandro Fernández
- “La Serenata” — Lupita Infante
- “Bailando Sones y Huampangos con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez” — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
- “Ayayay!” — Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
- “40” — Grupo Niche — Winner
- “Mi Tumbao” — José Alberto “El Ruiseñor”
- “Infinito” — Edwin Bonilla
- “Sigo Cantando al Amor” (Deluxe) — Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis
- “Memorias de Navidad” — Víctor Manuelle
Best American Roots Performance
- “I Remember Everything” — John Prine
- “Colors” — Black Pumas
- “Deep In Love” — Bonny Light Horseman
- “Short and Sweet” — Brittany Howard
- “I’ll Be Gone” — Norah Jones & Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song
- “I Remember Everything” — John Prine
- “Cabin” — The Secret Sisters
- “Ceiling to the Floor” — Sierra Hull
- “Hometown” — Sarah Jarosz
- “Man Without a Soul” — Lucinda Williams
Best Americana Album
- “World on the Ground” — Sarah Jarosz
- “Old Flowers” — Courtney Marie Andrews
- “Terms of Surrender” — Hiss Golden Messenger
- “El Dorado” — Marcus King
- “Good Souls Better Angels” — Lucinda Williams
Best Bluegrass Album
- “Home” — Billy Strings
- “Man on Fire” — Danny Barnes
- “To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1” — Thomm Jutz
- “North Carolina Songbook” — Steep Canyon Rangers
- “The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1” — Various Artists
Best Traditional Blues Album
- “Rawer than Raw” — Bobby Rush
- “All My Dues are Paid” — Frank Bey
- “You Make Me Feel” — Don Bryant
- “That’s What I Heard” — Robert Cray Band
- “Cypress Grove” — Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- “Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?” — Fantastic Negrito
- “Live at the Paramount” — Ruthie Foster Big Band
- “The Juice” — G. Love
- “Blackbirds” — Bettye LaVette
- “Up and Rolling” — North Mississippi Allstars
Best Folk Album
- “All the Good Times” — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
- “Bonny Light Horseman” — Bonny Light Horseman
- “Thanks for the Dance” — Leonard Cohen
- “Song for Our Daughter” — Laura Marling
- “Saturn Return” — The Secret Sisters
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- “Atmosphere” — New Orleans Nightcrawlers
- “My Relatives – ‘Nikso’ Kowaiks” — Black Lodge Singers
- “Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours” — Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours
- “Lovely Sunrise” — Nā Wai ʽEhā
- “A Tribute to Al Berard” — Sweet Cecilia
Best Reggae Album
- “Got to Be Tough” — Toots & The Maytals
- “Upside Down 2020” — Buju Banton
- “Higher Place” — Skip Marley
- “It All Comes Black to Love” — Maxi Priest
- “One World” — The Wailers
Best Global Music Album
- “Twice as Tall” — Burna Boy
- “Fu Chronicles” — Antibalas
- “Agora” — Bebel Gilberto
- “Love Letters” — Anoushka Shankar
- “Amadjar” — Tinariwen
Best Children’s Album
- “All the Ladies” — Joanie Leeds
- “Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders” — Alastair Moock And Friends
- “I’m an Optimist” — Dog On Fleas
- “Songs for Singin'” — The Okee Dokee Brothers
- “Wild Life” — Justin Roberts
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
- “Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth” — Rachel Maddow
- “Acid for the Children – A Memoir” — Flea
- “Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…” — Ken Jennings
- “Catch and Kill” — Ronan Farrow
- “Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)” — Meryl Streep and Full Cast
Best Comedy Album
- “Black Mitzvah” — Tiffany Haddish
- “I Love Everything” — Patton Oswalt
- “The Pale Tourist” — Jim Gaffigan
- “Paper Tiger” — Bill Burr
- “23 Hours to Kill” — Jerry Seinfeld
Best Musical Theater Album
- “Jagged Little Pill” — Winner
- “Amélie”
- “American Utopia on Broadway”
- “Little Shop of Horrors”
- “The Prince of Egypt”
- “Soft Power”
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- “Jojo Rabbit” — Various artists
- “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” — Various artists
- “Bill & Ted Face the Music” — Various artists
- “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” — Various artists
- “Frozen II” — Various artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- “Joker” — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
- “Ad Astra” — Max Richter, composer
- “Becoming” — Kamasi Washington, composer
- “1917” — Thomas Newman, composer
- “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” — John Williams, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- “No Time to Die” (from No Time to Die) — Billie Eilish — Winner
- “Beautiful Ghosts” (from Cats) — Taylor Swift
- “Carried Me with You” (from Onward) — Brandi Carlile
- “Into the Unknown” (from Frozen II) — Idina Menzel featuring AURORA
- “Stand Up” (from Harriet) — Cynthia Erivo
Best Instrumental Composition
- “Sputnik” — Maria Schneider
- “Baby Jack” — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- “Be Water II” — Christian Sands
- “Plumfield” — Alexandre Desplat
- “Strata” — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
- “Donna Lee” — John Beasley
- “Bathroom Dance” — Hildur Guðnadóttir
- “Honeymooners” — Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows
- “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea
- “Uranus: The Magician” — Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
- “He Won’t Hold You” — Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody
- “Asas Fechadas” — Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole
- “Desert Song” — Säje
- “From This Place” — Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
- “Slow Burn” — Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth
Best Recording Package
- “Vols. 11 & 12” — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
- “Everyday Life” — Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)
- “Funeral” — Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)
- “Healer” — Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)
- “On Circles” — Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
- “Ode to Joy” — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
- “Flaming Pie (Collector’s Edition)” — Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)
- “Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991” — Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)
- “Mode” — Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)
- “The Story of Ghostly International” — Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various Artists)