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The nominations for the 2019 Grammys are in and with their arrival comes bad news for some of the artists that were thought to be front-runners.
According to USA Today, “considering the drama that could have potentially unfolded on the 2019 Grammys stage on Feb. 10, it is a shame. Beyoncé will not be able to avenge her album of the year loss to Adele in 2017 with a win as The Carters.
Taylor Swift and Kanye West will not be writing a new chapter in their rivalry with a face-off in the main categories. Ariana Grande only has two changes to win her first Grammy.
Beyond the celebrity storylines, there are several of the year’s best albums that did not receive the recognition they deserved.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Over the years, the Recording Academy has showered Beyoncé and Jay-Z with nominations for their solo efforts, but they did not seem to like “Everything Is Love,” which is the collaborative album the couple released together as The Carters did earlier in 2018. There are fans who are seeking retribution for Beyoncé’s “Lemonade,” loss of album of the year – or for Jay leaving the 2018 Grammys empty-handed despite having eight nominations, they will not find much solace in this year’s race with their album shut-out of the main categories, according to USA Today.
Taylor Swift
Beyond Beyoncé, one of the Grammys’ most significant snubs of the year is the lack of recognition for Taylor Swift, the two-time album of the year winner, who historically has had a strong showing at the awards. This is not the case for this year. Her underrated 2017 release of “Reputation” earned her one Grammy nomination for best pop vocal album. USA Today suggests the writing was on the wall for Swift when “Look What You Made Me Do,” the “Reputation” single that was eligible for last year’s Grammys, did not earn any nominations either. Regardless, the absence of “Reputation” and singles such as “Delicate” from the main categories is not what Grammy watchers would have expected.
Kanye West
Kanye West has never won a Grammy in one of the major categories. His wins were limited to the rap and R&B categories. That will not change this year. West has earned one nomination, which is the 69th of his career, in the best non-classical producer category, for “his work on his G.O.O.D Music label’s slate of releases from Pusha T, Nas, and Teyana Taylor, as well as his nominated best rap album.
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande spent 2018 releasing some of the best music of her career, according to USA Today, however, the Recording Academy did not like “Sweetener” enough to include it in any of the major categories. Grande’s new album only earned her two nominations, in the best pop vocal album category, and “God Is A Woman” was nominated for best pop solo performance. He only other mention in the nominations is for Pharrell Williams, who produced the majority of “Sweetener,” and his nod for best non-classical producer. Grande has never won a Grammy, and she may not start this year.
Chris Stapleton
Alongside Musgraves, Stapleton had the best chance of being nominated into one of the main categories. While “From A Room: Volume 2” releases earned him two nominations in the country categories, he did not break through to the category of album of the year.
Justin Timberlake
A third nomination for Stapleton comes from “Say Something,” his debut with Justin Timberlake, nominated for best pop duo/group performance. That is the only nomination for Timberlake and his “Man of the Woods” album this year.
The nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards were released on Dec. 7, 2018, in Los Angeles. Multiple nominations went to Brandi Carlile, Drake, and Cardi B, and the soundtracks to “Black Panther” and “A Star Is Born.” The 61st Grammy Awards will air on Feb. 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Album of the Year:
“Invasion of Privacy” – Cardi B
“By the Way, I Forgive You” – Brandi Carlile
“Scorpion” – Drake
“H.E.R.” – H.E.R.
“Beerbongs & Bentleys” – Post Malone
“Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By” – Various Artists
Record of the Year:
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
“The Joke” – Brandi Carlile
“This Is America” – Childish Gambino
“God’s Plan” – Drake
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
“All the Stars” – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
“Rockstar” – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
Song of the Year:
“All the Stars” – Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shcukburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
“Boo’d Up” – Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
“God’s Plan” – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, sonwriters (Drake)
“In My Blood” – Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
“The Joke” – Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
“This Is America” – Donald Clover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
New Artist:
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Pop Solo Performance:
“Colors” – Beck
“Havana (Live)” – Camila Cabello
“God Is a Woman” – Ariana Grande
“Joanne (Where So You Think You’re Goin’?) – Lady Gaga
“Better Now” – Post Malone
Pop Vocal Album:
“Camila” – Camila Cabello
“Meaning of Life” – Kelly Clarkson
“Sweetener” – Ariana Grande
“Shawn Mendes” – Shawn Mendes
“Reputation” – Taylor Swift
Dance Recording:
“Northern Soul” – Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
“Ultimatum” – Disclosure Featuring Fatoumata Diawara
“Losing It” – Fisher
“Ghost Voices” – Virtual Self
Dance/Electronic Album:
“Singularity” – Jon Hopkins
“Woman Worldwide” – Justice
“Treehouse” – Sofi Tukker
“Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-insides” – Sophie
“Lune Rouge” – TOKiMONSTA
Rock Song:
“Black Smoke Rising” – Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
“Jumpsuit” – Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
“MANTA” – Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me the Horizon)
“Masseduction” – Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (Ghost)
“Rats” – Tom Dalgety & Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Rock Performance:
“Four Out of Five” – Arctic Monkeys
“When Bad Does Good” – Chris Cornell
“Made in America” – THE FEVER 333
“Highway Tune” – Greta Van Fleet
“Uncomfortable” – Halestorm
Urban Contemporary Album:
“Everything Is Love” – The Carters
“The Kids Are Alright” – Chloe x Halle
“Chris Dave And The Drumhedz” – Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
“War & Leisure” – Miguel
“Ventriloquism” – Meshell Ndegeocello
Rap Album:
“Invasion of Privacy” – Cardi B
“Swimming” – Mac Miller
“Victory Lap” – Nipsey Hussle
“Daytona” – Pusha T
“Astroworld” – Travis Scott
Best Country Album:
“Unapologetically” – Kelsea Ballerini
“Port Saint Joe” – Brothers Osborne
“Girl Going Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde
“Golden Hour” – Kacey Musgraves
“From a Room: Volume 2” – Chris Stapleton
Jazz Vocal Album:
“My Mood Is You” – Freddy Cole
“The Questions” – Kurt Elling
“The Subject Tonight Is Love” – Kate McGarry With Keith Ganz & Gary VersaceIf
“You Really Want” – Raul Midón With The Metropole Orkest Conducted by Vince Mendoza
“The Window” – Cécile McLorin Salvant
Gospel Album:
“One Nation Under God” – Jekalyn Carr
“Hiding Place” – Tori Kelly
“Make Room” – Jonathan Mc Reynolds
“The Other Side” – The Walls Group
“A Great Work” – Brian Courtney Wilson
Latin Pop Album:
“Prometo” – Pablo Alboran
“Sincera” – Claudia Brant
“Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folcore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Vol. 2” – Natalia Lafourcade
“2:00 AM” – Raquel Sofía
“Vives” – Carlos Vives
Americana Album:
“By the Way, I Forgive You” – Brandi Carlile
“Things Have Changed” – Bettye LaVette
“The Tree of Forgiveness” – John Prine
“The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone” – Lee Ann Womack
“One Drop of Truth” – The Wood Brothers
Comedy Album:
“Annihilation” – Patton Oswalt
“Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” – Dave Chappelle
“Noble Ape” – Jim Gaffigan
“Standup for Drummers” – Fred Armisen
“Tamborine” – Chris Rock
Song Written for Visual Media:
“All the Start” – Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA), track from “Black Panther”
“Mystery of Love” – Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens), track from: “Call Me by Your Name”
“Remember Me” – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade), track from “Coco”
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anrthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), track from: “A Star Is Born”
“This Is Me” – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble), track from: “The Greatest Showman”
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Bio-Ida
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Fall in Line” – Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Backstreet Boys
“S’Wonderful” – Tony Bennet & Diana Krall
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
“Say Something” – Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
“The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Transitional Pop Vocal Album:
“Love Is Here to Stay” – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
“My Way” – Willie Nelson
“Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me” – Gregory Porter
“Standards (Deluxe) – Seal
“The Music…The Mem’ries…The Magic!” – Barbara Streisand
Pop Vocal Album:
“Camila” – Camila Cabello
“Meaning of Life” – Kelly Clarkson
“Sweetener” – Ariana Grande
“Beautiful Trauma” – Pink
“Reputation” – Taylor Swift
Contemporary Instrumental Album:
“The Emancipation Procrastination” – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
“Steve Gadd Band” – Steve Gadd Band
“Modern Lore” – Julian Lage
“Laid Black” – Marcus Miller
“Protocol 4” – Simon Phillips
Metal Performance:
“Condemned to the Gallows” – Between the Buried and Me
“Honeycomb” – Deafheaven
“Electric Messiah” – High on Fire
“Betrayer” – Trivium
“On My Teeth” – Underoath
Alternative Music Album:
“Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino” – Arctic Monkeys
“Colors” – Beck
“Utopia” – Björk
“American Utopia” – David Byrne
“Masseduction” – St. Vincent
R&B Performance:
“Long as I Live” – Toni Braxton
“Summer” – The Carters
“Y O Y” – Lalah Hathaway
“Best Part” – H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar
“First Began” – PJ Morton
Traditional R&B Performance:
“Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” – Leon Bridges
“Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” – Bettye LaVette
“Honest” – MAJOR
“How Deep Is Your Love” – PJ Morton Featuring Yebba
“Made for Love” – Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway
R&B Song:
“Boo’d Up” – Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
“Come Through and Chill” – Jermaine Cole, Miguel PImental & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi)
“Feels Like Summer” – Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
“Focus” – Darhyl Camper Jr., H.E.R. & Justin Love, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Long as I Live” – Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon, songwriters (Toni Braxton)
R&B Album:
“Sex & Cigarettes” – Toni Braxton
“Good Thing” – Leon Bridges
“Honestly” – Lalah Hathaway
“H.E.R.” – H.E.R.
“Gumbo Unplugged (Live)” – PJ Morton
Rap Performance:
“Be Careful” – Cardi B
“Nice for What” – Drake
“King’s Dead” – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
Rap/Sung Performance:
“Like I Do” – Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
“Pretty Little Fears” – 6lack Featuring J. Cole
“This Is America” – Childish Gambino
“All the Stars” – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
“Rockstar” – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
Rap Song:
“God’s Plan” – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, RonLaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
“King’s Dead” – Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn & Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake)
“Lucky You” – R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels & J. Sweet, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas)
“Sicko Mode” – Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomrinder, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkings, Chauncey Hollis, Jazques Webster, Ozan Yildririm & Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Hig Hawk & Swae Lee)
“Win” – K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels & C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)
Country Solo Performance:
“Wouldn’t It Be Great?” – Loretta Lynn
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” – Maren Morris
“Butterflies” – Kacey Musgraves
“Millionaire” – Chris Stapleton
“Parallel Line” – Keith Urban
Country Duo/Group Performance:
“Shoot Me Straight” – Brothers Osborne
“Tequila” – Dan + Shay
“When Someone Stops Loving You” – Little Big Town
“Dear Hate” – Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
Country Song:
“Break Up in the End” – Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite, songwriters (Cole Swindell)
“Dear Hate” – Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill)
“I Lived It” – Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
“Space Cowboy” – Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“When Someone Stops Loving You” – Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Little Big Town)
New Age Album:
“Hiraeth” – Lisa Gerrard & David Kuckhemann
“Beloved” – Snatam Kaur
“Opium Moon” – Opium Moon
“Molecules of Motion” – Steve Roach
“Moku Maluhia – Peaceful Island” – Jim Kimo West
Improvised Jazz Solo:
“Some of That Sunshine” – Regina Carter, soloist; track from: “Some of That Sunshine” (Karrin Allyson)
“Don’t Fence Me In” – John Daversa, soloist; track from: “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom” (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists)
“We See” – Fred Hersch, soloist
“De-Dah” – Brad Mehldau, soloist; track from: “Seymour Reads the Constitution!” (Brad Mehldau Trio)
“Cadenas” – Miguel Zenón, soloist; track from: “Yo Soy La Tradición” (Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet)
Jazz Vocal Album:
“My Mood Is You” – Freddie Cole
“The Questions” – Kurt Elling
“The Subject Tonight Is Love” – Kate McGarry With Keith Ganz & Gary Versace
“If You Really Want” – Raul Midón With the Metropole Orkest Conducted by Vince Mendoza
“The Window” – Cécile McLorin Salvant
Jazz Instrumental Album:
“Diamond Cut” – Tia Fuller
“Seymour Reads the Constitution!” – Brad Mehldau Trio
“Still Dreaming” – Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
“Emanon” – The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
“All About That Basie” – The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart
“American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom” – John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists
“Presence” – Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
“All Can Work” – John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
“Barefoot Dances and Other Visions” – Jim McNeely & the Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Latin Jazz Album:
“Heart of Brazil” – Eddie Daniels
“Back to the Sunset” – Dafnis Prieto Big Band
“West Side Story Reimagined” – Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
“Cinque” – Elio Villafranca
“Yo Soy La Tradicion” – Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet
Gospel Performance/Song:
“You Will Win” – Jekalyn Carr, songwriters (Jekalyn Carr & Allen Carr)
“Won’t He Do It” – Koryn Hawthorne
“Never Alone” – Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin, songwriters (Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly)
“Cycles” – Jonathan McReynolds Featuring DOE, songwriter (Jonathan McReynolds)
“A Great Work” – Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters (Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson & Brian Courtney Wilson)
Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
“Reckless Love” – Cory Asbury, songwriters (Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson)
“You Say” – Lauren Daigle, songwriters (Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury)
“Joy” – for King & Country, songwriters (Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Moslely, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Ted Tjornhom
“Grace Got You” – MercyMe Featuring John Rueben, songwriters (David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds & John Rueben
“Known” – Tauren Wells, songwriters (Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells)
Gospel Album:
“One Nation Under God” – Jekalyn Carr
“Hiding Place” – Tori Kelly
“Make Room” – Jonathan McReynolds
“The Other Side” – The Walls Group
“A Great Work” – Brian Courtney Wilson
Contemporary Christian Music Album:
“Look Up Child” – Lauren Daigle
“Hallelujah Here Below” – Elevation Worship
“Living With a Fire” – Jesus Culture
“Surrounded” – Michael W. Smith
“Survivor: Live From Harding Prison” – Zach Williams
Roots Gospel Album:
“Unexpected” – Jason Crabb
“Clear Skies” – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
“Favorites: Revisited by Request” – The Isaacs
“Still Standing” – The Martins
“Love Love Love” – Gordon Mote
Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
“Claroscura” – Aterciopelados
“Coastcity” – Coastcity
“Encanto Tropical” – Monsieur Periné
“Gourmet” – Orishas
“Aztlan” – Zoé
Regional Mexican Music Album Including Tejano:
“Primero Soy Mexicana” – Angela Aguilar
“Mitad y Mitad” – Caibre
“Otalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II” – Aida Cuevas
“Cruzando Borders” – Los Texmaniacs
“Leyendas de Mi Pueblo” – Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez
“Mexico Por Siempre!” – Luis Miguel
Tropical Latin Album:
“Pa’ Mi Gente” – Charlie Aponte
“Legado” – Fromell y Los Van Van
“Orquesta Akokán” – Orquestra Akokán
“Ponle Actitud” – Felipe Peláez
“Anniversary” – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
American Roots Performance:
“Kick Rocks” – Sean Ardoin
“Saint James Infirmary Blues” – Jon Basiste
“The Joke” – Brandi Carlile
“All on My Mind” – Anderson East
“Last Man Standing” – Willie Nelson
American Roots Song:
“All the Trouble” – Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
“Build a Bridge” – Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples)
“The Joke” – Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
“Knockin’ on Your Screen Door” – Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriter (John Prine)
“Summer’s End” – Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriter (John Prine)
Americana Album:
“By the Way, I Forgive You” – Brandi Carlile
“Things Have Changed” – Bettye LaVette
“The Tree of Forgiveness” – John Prine
“The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone” – Lee Ann Womack
“One Drop of Truth” – The Wood Brothers
Bluegrass Album:
“Portraits in Fiddles” – Mike Barnett
“Sister Sadie II” – Sister Sadie
“Rivers and Roads” – Special Consensus
“North of Despair” – Wood & Wire
Traditional Blues Album:
“Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here” – Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
“Benton County Relic” – Cedric Burnside
“The Blues Is Alive and Well” – Buddy Guy
“No Mercy in This Land” – Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
“Don’t You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)” – Maria Muldaur
Contemporary Blues Album:
“Please Don’t Be Dead” – Fantastic Negrito
“Here in Babylon” – Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps
“Cry No More” – Danielle Nicole
“Out of the Blues” – Boz Scaggs
“Victor Wainwright and the Train” – Victor Wainwright and the Train
Folk Album:
“Whistle Down the Wind” – Joan Baez
“Black Cowboys” – Dom Flemons
“Rifles & Rosary Beads” – Mary Gauthier
“Weed Garden” – Iron & Wine
“All Ashore” – Punch Brothers
Regional Roots Music Album:
“Kreole Rock and Soul” – Sean Ardoin
“Spyboy” – Cha Wa
“Aloha From Na Hoa” – Na Hoa
“No ‘Ane’i” – Kalani Pe’a
“Mewasinsational” – Cree Round Dance Songs – Young Spirit
Reggae Album:
“As the World Turns” – Black Uhuru
“Reggae Forever” – Etana
“Rebellion Rises” – Ziggy Marley
“A Matter of Time” – Protoje
“44/876” – Sting & Shaggy
World Music Album:
“Deran” – Bombino
“Fenfo” – Fatoumata Diawara
“Black Times” – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
“Freedom” – Soweto Gospel Choir
“The Lost Songs of World War II” – Yiddish Glory
Children’s Album:
“All the Sounds” – Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats
“Building Blocks” – Tim Kubart
“Giants of Science” – The Pop Ups
“The Nation of Imagine” – Frank & Deane
Spoken Word Album:
“Accessory to War” (Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang” – Courtney B. Vance
“Calypso” – David Sedaris
“Creative Quest” – Questlove
“Faith: A Journey for All” – Jimmy Carter
“The Last Black Unicorn” – Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album:
“The Band’s Visit” – Etai Benson, Adam Kanto, Katrina Lenk & Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
“Carousel” – Renee Flemming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Stephen Epstein, producer; Richard Rogers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricists (2018 Broadway Cast)
“Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” – Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Harvey Mason Jr., producer; Andrew Lloyd-Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricists (Original Television Cast)
“My Fair Lady” – Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Andre Bishop, Van Dean, Hattie K. Jutagir, David Lai, Adam Siegel & Ted Sperling, producers; Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Hay Lerner, lyricists (2018 Broadway Cast)
“Once on This Island” – Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Ken Davenport, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers; Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricists (New Broadway Cast)
Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
“Call Me by Your Name” – Various Artists
“Deadpool 2” – Various Artists
“The Greatest Showman” – Various Artists
“Lady Bird” – Various Artists
“Stranger Things” – Various Artists
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
“Black Panther” – Ludwig Göransson, composer
“Blade Runner 2049” – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers
“Coco” – Michael Giacchino, composer
“The Shape of Water” – Alexandre Desplat, composer
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” – John Williams, composer
Instrumental Composition:
“Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil)” – Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard)
“Chrysalis” – Jeremy Kittel, composter (Kittel & Co.)
“Infinity War” – Alan Silvestri, composter (Alan Silvestri)
“Mine Mission” – John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)
“The Shape of Water” – Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)
Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
“Batman Theme (TV)” – Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman Featuring Wynton Marsalis)
“Change the World” – Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)
“Madrid Finale” – John Powell, arranger (John Powell)
“The Shape of Water” – Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)
“Stars and Stripes Forever” – John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists)
Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals:
“It Was a Very Good Year” – Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arranger (Willie Nelson)
“Jolene” – Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arranger (Dan Pugach)
“Nina” – Gonzalo Grau, arrangers (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)
“Spider-Man Theme” – Randy Waldman
Arrangement, Instrumentals and Vocals:
“It Was a Very Good Year” – Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arranger (Willie Nelson)
“Jolene” – Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arranger (Dan Pugach)
“Mona Lisa” – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)
“Nina” – Gonzalo Grau, arrangers (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)
“Spider-Man Theme” – Randy Waldman, arrangers (Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)
Recording Package:
“Be the Cowboy” – Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)
“Love Yourself: Tear” – HuskyFox, art director (BTS)
“Masseduction” – Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent)
“The Offering” – Qing-Yang, art director (The Chairman)
“Well Kept Thing” – Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)
Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
“Appetite for Destruction” (Locked N Loaded Box) – Arian Buhler, Charles Dooher, Jeff Fura, Scott Sandler & Matt Taylor, art directors (Guns N’ Roses)
“I’ll Be Your Girl” – Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)
“Pacific Northwest ’73-74’: The Complete Recordings” – Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Roy Henry Vickers, art directors (Grateful Dead)
“Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al’ Yankovic” – Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
“Too Many Bad Habits” – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art director (Johnny Nicholas)
Historical Album:
“Any Other Way” – Rob Bowman, Douglas Mcgowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer; Jackie Shane
“At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight…” – Martin Hawkins, compilation producer, Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer; various artists
“Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War” – Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer; various artists
“A Rhapsody in Blue – The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant” – Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineer; Oscar Levant
“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” – William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineers; various artists
Album Notes:
“Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetta Records Story, 1920-1924” – James P. Leary, album notes writers; various artists
“4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recording of America’s Iconic Instrument” – Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writer; Charles A. Asbury
“The 1960 Time Sessions” – Ben Ratliff, album notes writer; Sonny Clark Trio
“The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra” – David Gilbert, album notes writers; various artists
“Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition) – Amanda Perusich, album notes writer; Bob Dylan
“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” – David Evans, album notes writers; various artists
Remixed Recording:
“Audio” (CID Remix) – CID, remixer; LSD
“How Long” (EDX’s Dubai Skyline Remix) – Maurizo Colella, remixer Charlie Puth
“Only Road” (Cosmic Gate Remix) – Tefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers Gabriel Dresden Featuring Sub Teal
“Stargazing” (Kaskade Remix) – Kaskade, remixer Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso
“Walking Way” (Mura Masa Remix) – Alex Crossan, remixer Haim
Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
“All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do” – Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineer Kim Rosen, mastering engineer The Milk Carton Kids
“Colors” – Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineer Beck
“Earthtones” – Robbie Lackritz, engineer Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineers Bahamas
“Head Over Heels” – Nathanial Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Iam Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris “TEK” O’Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer Chromeo
“Voicenotes” – Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineer David Kutch, mastering engineer Charlie Puth
Immersive Audio Album:
“Eye in the Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” – Alan Parsons, surround mix engineers Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineer Alan Parsons
“Folketoner” – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer Morten Lindberg
“Seven Words From the Cross” – Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer Dan Merceruio
“Sommero: Ujamaa & the Iceberg” – Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer Morten Lindberg
“Symbol” – Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineer Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent
Producer of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh
David Frost
Judith Sherman
Dirk Sobotka
Engineered Album, Classical:
“Bates: The (R)Evolution of Steve Jobs” – Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineer Mark Donahue
“Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1” – Mark Donahue
“John Williams at the Movies” – Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, mastering engineer Keith O. Johnson
“Liquid Melancholy – Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson” – Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, mastering engineer Bill Maylone
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 &11” – Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, mastering engineer Tim Martyn
“Visions and Variations” – Tom Caufield, mastering engineer Jesse Lewis
Orchestral Performance:
“Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 – Manfred Honeck
“Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4” – Thomas Dausgaard
“Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works” – David Alan Miller
“Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 4&11” – Andris Nelsons
Opera Recording:
“Adams: Doctor Atomic” – John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer
“Bates: The (R)Evolution of Steve Jobs” – Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wi; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer
“Lully: Alceste” – Christopher Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Mazimilien Ciup, producer
“Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier” – Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer
“Verdi: Rigoletto” – Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostrovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Alexandra Keriene, producers
Choral Performance:
“Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes” – Vladimir Gorbik
“Kastalsky: Memory Eternal” – Steven Fox
“McLoskey: Zealot Canticles” – Donald Nally
“Rachmaninov: The Bells” – Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master
“Seven Words From the Cross” – Matthew Guard
Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
“Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” – Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
“Beethoven, Shostakovitch & Bach” – The Danish String Quartet
“Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos” – Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
“Visions and Variations” – A Far Cry
Classical Instrumental Solo:
“Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2” – Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
“Biber: The Mystery Sonatas” – Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)
“Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26” – Joshua Bell (The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields)
“Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square” – Craig Morris
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” – James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Classical Solo Vocal Album:
“Arc” – Anthony Roth Castanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)
“The Handel Album” – Philippe Jaroussky (Artaserse Ensemble)
“Mirages” – Sabine Deveilhe; François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & Jodie Devos; Les Siècles)
“Schubert: Winterreise” – Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist
“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’India & Landi” – Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Apollo’s Fire Ensemble)
Classical Compendium:
“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
“Gold” – The King’s Singers; Nigel Short, producer
“The John Adams Edition” – Simon Rattle, conductor, Christoph Franke, producer
“John Williams at the Movies” – Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
“Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi” – Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Contemporary Classical Composition:
“Bates: The (R)Evolution of Steve Jobs” – Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist
“Du Yun: Air Glow” – Du Yun, composer
“Reggie: Great Scott” – Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” – Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
“Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin” – Missy Mazzoli, composer
Music Video:
“Apes” – The Carters; Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris; Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video
“This Is American” – Childish Gambino; Hiro Murai, video director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers
“I’m Not Racist” – Joyner Lucas; Joyner Lucas, & Ben Proulx; video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer
“Pynk” – Janelle Monáe; Emma Westenberg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers
“Mumbo Jumbo” – Tierra Whack; Marco Prestini, video director. Sara Nassim, video producer
Music Film:
“Life in 12 Bars” – Eric Clapton; Lili Fini Zanuch, video producer; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers
“Whitney” – (Whitney Houston) Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers
“Quincy” – Quincy Jones, Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer
“Itzhak” – Itzhak Perlman, Alison Chernick, video directors; Alison Chernick, video producer
“The King” – (Elvis Presley) Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers
By Jeanette Smith
Sources:
USA Today: 2019 Grammys snubs: Beyoncé and Jay-z, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and more shockers
Los Angeles Times: 2019 Grammy nominations: The full list
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