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Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:38 PM CUTPublished: Nov 20, 2019 1:59 PM CUT  Lil Nas X performs onstage during the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lil Nas X performs onstage during the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:38 PM CUTPublished: Nov 20, 2019 1:59 PM CUT Nominations for the 2020 [Grammy Awards](https://time.com/5525810/grammys-2019-beyonce-taylor-swift-absent/ "undefined") were announced Wednesday morning, although fans will have to wait until Jan. 26, 2020 to find out who will win big on the music industry’s big night. With eight Grammy nods, Lizzo led the group of artists, writers, producers and singers nominated. [Billie Eilish](https://time.com/5560210/billie-eilish-debut-album-review/ "undefined") and[ Lil Nas X](https://time.com/5652803/lil-nas-x/ "undefined") followed closely, with six nominations apiece. The four main categories — Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist — also saw multiple nominations for [Ariana Grande](https://time.com/collection-post/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/ "undefined"), [Taylor Swift](https://time.com/5659097/taylor-swift-lover-review/ "undefined"), and [Lana del Rey](https://time.com/5665143/lana-del-rey-norman-rockwell-review/ "undefined"). The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and air on CBS, with musician Alicia Keys as host. See below for the full list of the 2020 Grammy nominations. ## **Album of the Year** _I, I_ Bon Iver _NORMAN F—ING ROCKWELL!_ Lana del Rey _WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?_ Billie Eilish _THANK U, NEXT_ Ariana Grande _I USED TO KNOW HER_ H.E.R. _7_ Lil Nas X _CUZ I LOVE YOU_ Lizzo _FATHER OF THE BRIDE_ Vampire Weekend ## **Record of the Year** _HEY MA_ Bon Iver _BAD GUY_ Billie Eilish _7 RINGS_ Ariana Grande _HARD PLACE_ H.E.R. _TALK_ Khalid _OLD TOWN ROAD_ Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus _TRUTH HURTS_ Lizzo _SUNFLOWER_ Post Malone ## **Song of the Year** ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga) BAD GUY Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) BRING MY FLOWERS NOW Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker) HARD PLACE Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.) LOVER Taylor Swift NORMAN F\*\*\*ING ROCKWELL Jack Antonoff and Lana del Ray, songwriters (Lana del Rey) SOMEONE YOU LOVED Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi) TRUTH HURTS Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson and Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo) ## **Best New Artist** BLACK PUMAS BILLIE EILISH LIL NAS X LIZZO MAGGIE ROGERS ROSALíA TANK AND THE BANGAS YOLA ## **Best Pop Solo Performance** SPIRIT Beyoncé BAD GUY Billie Eilish 7 RINGS Ariana Grande TRUTH HURTS Lizzo YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift ## **Best Pop Duo/Group Performance** BOYFRIEND Ariana Grande & Social House SUCKER Jonas Brothers OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee SEÑORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello ## **Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album** SÌ Andrea Bocelli LOVE (DELUXE EDITION) Michael Bublé LOOK NOW Elvis Costello & The Imposters A LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS John Legend WALLS Barbra Streisand ## **Best Pop Vocal Album** THE LION KING: THE GIFT Beyoncé WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran LOVER Taylor Swift ## **Best Dance Recording** LINKED Bonobo Simon Green, producer; Simon Green, mixer GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers, producers; Steve Dub Jones & Tom Rowlands, mixers PIECE OF YOUR HEART Meduza Featuring Goodboys Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, producers; Simone Giani, Luca De Gregorio & Mattia Vitale, mixers UNDERWATER RÜFÜS DU SOL Jason Evigan & RÜFÜS DU SOL, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer MIDNIGHT HOUR Skrillex & Boys Noize Featuring Ty Dolla $ign Boys Noize & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer ## **Best Dance/Electronic Album** LP5 Apparat NO GEOGRAPHY The Chemical Brothers HI THIS IS FLUME (MIXTAPE) Flume SOLACE RÜFÜS DU SOL WEATHER Tycho ## **Best Contemporary Instrumental Album** ANCESTRAL RECALL Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah STAR PEOPLE NATION Theo Croker BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! Mark Guiliana ELEVATE Lettuce METTAVOLUTION Rodrigo y Gabriela ## **Best Rock Performance** PRETTY WASTE Bones UK THIS LAND Gary Clark Jr. HISTORY REPEATS Brittany Howard WOMAN Karen O & Danger Mouse TOO BAD Rival Sons ## **Best Metal Performance** ASTOROLUS – THE GREAT OCTOPUS Candlemass Featuring Tony Iommi HUMANICIDE Death Angel BOW DOWN I Prevail UNLEASHED Killswitch Engage 7EMPEST Tool ## **Best Rock Song** FEAR INOCULUM Tool, songwriters (Tool) GIVE YOURSELF A TRY George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald, songwriters (The 1975) HARMONY HALL Ezra Koenig, songwriter (Vampire Weekend) HISTORY REPEATS Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) THIS LAND Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.) ## **Best Rock Album** AMO Bring Me The Horizon SOCIAL CUES Cage The Elephant IN THE END The Cranberries TRAUMA I Prevail FERAL ROOTS Rival Sons ## **Best Alternative Music Album** U.F.O.F. Big Thief ASSUME FORM James Blake I,I Bon Iver FATHER OF THE BRIDE Vampire Weekend ANIMA Thom Yorke ## **Best R&B Performance** LOVE AGAIN Daniel Caesar and Brandy COULD’VE BEEN H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller EXACTLY HOW I FEEL Lizzo ft. Gucci Mane ROLL SOME MO Lucky Daye COME HOME Anderson .Paak ft. André 3000 ## **Best Traditional R&B Performance** TIME TODAY BJ The Chicago Kid STEADY LOVE India.Arie JEROME Lizzo REAL GAMES Lucky Daye BUILT FOR LOVE PJ Morton Featuring Jazmine Sullivan ## **Best R&B Song** COULD’VE BEEN Dernst Emile II, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, H.E.R. & Hue “Soundzfire” Strother, songwriters (H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller) LOOK AT ME NOW Emily King & Jeremy Most, songwriters (Emily King) NO GUIDANCE Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Drake) ROLL SOME MO David Brown, Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters (Lucky Daye) SAY SO PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo) ## **Best Urban Contemporary Album** APOLLO XXI Steve Lacy CUZ I LOVE YOU (DELUXE) Lizzo OVERLOAD Georgia Anne Muldrow SATURN NAO BEING HUMAN IN PUBLIC Jessie Reyez ## **Best R&B Album** 1123 BJ The Chicago Kid PAINTED Lucky Daye ELLA MAI Ella Mai PAUL PJ Morton VENTURA Anderson .Paak ## **Best Rap Performance** MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole SUGE DaBaby DOWN BAD Dreamville Featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy RACKS IN THE MIDDLE Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy CLOUT Offset Featuring Cardi B ## **Best Rap/Sung Performance** HIGHER DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend DRIP TOO HARD Lil Baby & Gunna PANINI Lil Nas X BALLIN Mustard Featuring Roddy Ricch THE LONDON Young Thug Featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott ## **Best Rap Song** BAD IDEA Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (YBN Cordae Featuring Chance The Rapper) GOLD ROSES Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross Featuring Drake) A LOT Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole) RACKS IN THE MIDDLE Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy) SUGE DaBaby, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (DaBaby) ## **Best Rap Album** REVENGE OF THE DREAMERS III Dreamville CHAMPIONSHIPS Meek Mill I AM > I WAS 21 Savage IGOR Tyler, The Creator THE LOST BOY YBN Cordae ## **Best Country Solo Performance** ALL YOUR’N Tyler Childers GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Ashley McBryde RIDE ME BACK HOME Willie Nelson GOD’S COUNTRY Blake Shelton BRING MY FLOWERS NOW Tanya Tucker ## **Best Country Duo/Group Performance** BRAND NEW MAN Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) Brothers Osborne SPEECHLESS Dan + Shay THE DAUGHTERS Little Big Town COMMON Maren Morris Featuring Brandi Carlile ## **Best Country Song** BRING MY FLOWERS NOW Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker) GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde) IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) SOME OF IT Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church) SPEECHLESS Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay) ## **Best Country Album** DESPERATE MAN Eric Church STRONGER THAN THE TRUTH Reba McEntire INTERSTATE GOSPEL Pistol Annies CENTER POINT ROAD Thomas Rhett WHILE I’M LIVIN’ Tanya Tucker ## **Best New Age Album** FAIRY DREAMS David Arkenstone HOMAGE TO KINDNESS David Darling WINGS Peter Kater VERVE Sebastian Plano DEVA Deva Premal ## **Best Improvised Jazz Solo** ELSEWHERE Melissa Aldana, soloist SOZINHO Randy Brecker, soloist TOMORROW IS THE QUESTION Julian Lage, soloist THE WINDUP Branford Marsalis, soloist SIGHTSEEING Christian McBride, soloist ## **Best Jazz Vocal Album** THIRSTY GHOST Sara Gazarek LOVE & LIBERATION Jazzmeia Horn ALONE TOGETHER Catherine Russell 12 LITTLE SPELLS Esperanza Spalding SCREENPLAY The Tierney Sutton Band ## **Best Jazz Instrumental Album** IN THE KEY OF THE UNIVERSE Joey DeFrancesco THE SECRET BETWEEN THE SHADOW AND THE SOUL Branford Marsalis Quartet CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S NEW JAWN Christian McBride FINDING GABRIEL Brad Mehldau COME WHAT MAY Joshua Redman Quartet ## **Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album** TRIPLE HELIX Anat Cohen Tentet DANCER IN NOWHERE Miho Hazama HIDING OUT Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra THE OMNI-AMERICAN BOOK CLUB Brian Lynch Big Band ONE DAY WONDER Terraza Big Band ## **Best Latin Jazz Album** ANTIDOTE Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band SORTE!: MUSIC BY JOHN FINBURY Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca UNA NOCHE CON RUBÉN BLADES Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades CARIB David Sánchez SONERO: THE MUSIC OF ISMAEL RIVERA Miguel Zenón ## **Best Gospel Performance/Song** LOVE THEORY Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter TALKIN’ ‘BOUT JESUS Gloria Gaynor Featuring Yolanda Adams; Bryan Fowler, Gloria Gaynor & Chris Stevens, songwriters SEE THE LIGHT Travis Greene Featuring Jekalyn Carr SPEAK THE NAME Koryn Hawthorne Featuring Natalie Grant THIS IS A MOVE (LIVE) Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Tony Brown, Brandon Lake, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Nate Moore, songwriters ## **Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song** ONLY JESUS Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms & Matthew West, songwriters GOD ONLY KNOWS for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET Danny Gokey; Danny Gokey, Ethan Hulse & Colby Wedgeworth, songwriters GOD’S NOT DONE WITH YOU (SINGLE VERSION) Tauren Wells RESCUE STORY Zach Williams; Ethan Hulse, Andrew Ripp, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters ## **Best Gospel Album** LONG LIVE LOVE Kirk Franklin GOSHEN Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri -City Singers TUNNEL VISION Gene Moore SETTLE HERE William Murphy SOMETHING’S HAPPENING! A CHRISTMAS ALBUM CeCe Winans ## **Best Contemporary Christian Music Album** I KNOW A GHOST Crowder BURN THE SHIPS for KING & COUNTRY HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET Danny Gokey THE ELEMENTS TobyMac HOLY ROAR Chris Tomlin ## **Best Roots Gospel Album** DEEPER ROOTS: WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS Steven Curtis Chapman TESTIMONY Gloria Gaynor DEEPER OCEANS Joseph Habedank HIS NAME IS JESUS Tim Menzies GONNA SING, GONNA SHOUT (Various Artists) Jerry Salley, Producer ## **Best Latin Pop Album** VIDA Luis Fonsi 11:11 Maluma MONTANER Ricardo Montaner #ELDISCO Alejandro Sanz FANTASIA Sebastian Yatra ## **Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album** X 100PRE Bad Bunny OASIS J Balvin & Bad Bunny INDESTRUCTIBLE Flor De Toloache ALMADURA iLe EL MAL QUERER ROSALÍA ## **Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)** CAMINANDO Joss Favela PERCEPCIÓN Intocable POCO A POCO La Energia Norteña 20 ANIVERSARIO Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea DE AYER PARA SIEMPRE Mariachi Los Camperos ## **Best Tropical Latin Album** OPUS Marc Anthony TIEMPO AL TIEMPO Luis Enrique + C4 Trio CANDELA Vicente García LITERAL Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 A JOURNEY THROUGH CUBAN MUSIC Aymée Nuviola ## **Best American Roots Performance** SAINT HONESTY Sara Bareilles FATHER MOUNTAIN Calexico And Iron & Wine I’M ON MY WAY Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi CALL MY NAME I’m With Her FARAWAY LOOK Yola ## **Best American Roots Song** BLACK MYSELF Amythyst Kiah, songwriter (Our Native Daughters) CALL MY NAME Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her) CROSSING TO JERUSALEM Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash) FARAWAY LOOK Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat McLaughlin, songwriters (Yola) I DON’T WANNA RIDE THE RAILS NO MORE Vince Gill, songwriter (Vince Gill) ## **Best Americana Album** YEARS TO BURN Calexico And Iron & Wine WHO ARE YOU NOW Madison Cunningham OKLAHOMA Keb’ Mo’ TALES OF AMERICA J.S. Ondara WALK THROUGH FIRE Yola ## **Best Bluegrass Album** TALL FIDDLER Michael Cleveland LIVE IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver TOIL, TEARS & TROUBLE The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ROYAL TRAVELLER Missy Raines IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen ## **Best Traditional Blues Album** KINGFISH Christone “Kingfish” Ingram TALL, DARK & HANDSOME Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men SITTING ON TOP OF THE BLUES Bobby Rush BABY, PLEASE COME HOME Jimmie Vaughan SPECTACULAR CLASS Jontavious Willis ## **Best Contemporary Blues Album** THIS LAND Gary Clark Jr. VENOM & FAITH Larkin Poe BRIGHTER DAYS Robert Randolph & The Family Band SOMEBODY SAVE ME Sugaray Rayford KEEP ON Southern Avenue ## **Best Folk Album** MY FINEST WORK YET Andrew Bird REARRANGE MY HEART Che Apalache PATTY GRIFFIN Patty Griffin EVENING MACHINES Gregory Alan Isakov FRONT PORCH Joy Williams ## **Best Regional Roots Music Album** KALAWAI’ANUI Amy Hānaiali’i WHEN IT’S COLD – CREE ROUND DANCE SONGS Northern Cree GOOD TIME Ranky Tanky RECORDED LIVE AT THE 2019 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL Rebirth Brass Band HAWAIIAN LULLABY (Various Artists) Imua Garza & Kimié Miner, producers ## **Best Reggae Album** RAPTURE Koffee AS I AM Julian Marley THE FINAL BATTLE: SLY & ROBBIE VS. ROOTS RADICS Sly & Robbie & Roots Radics MASS MANIPULATION Steel Pulse MORE WORK TO BE DONE Third World ## **Best World Music Album** GECE Altin Gün WHAT HEAT Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley AFRICAN GIANT Burna Boy FANM D’AYITI Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet CELIA Angelique Kidjo ## **Best Children’s Album** AGELESS SONGS FOR THE CHILD ARCHETYPE Jon Samson FLYING HIGH! Caspar Babypants I LOVE RAINY DAYS Daniel Tashian THE LOVE Alphabet Rockers WINTERLAND The Okee Dokee Brothers ## **Best Spoken Word Album** BEASTIE BOYS BOOK (Various Artists) Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers BECOMING Michelle Obama I.V. CATATONIA: 20 YEARS AS A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR Eric Alexandrakis MR. KNOW-IT-ALL John Waters SEKOU ANDREWS & THE STRING THEORY Sekou Andrews & The String Theory ## **Best Comedy Album** QUALITY TIME Jim Gaffigan RELATABLE Ellen DeGeneres RIGHT NOW Aziz Ansari SON OF PATRICIA Trevor Noah STICKS & STONES Dave Chappelle ## **Best Musical Theater Album** AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS Saint Aubyn, Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope & Ephraim Sykes, principal soloists; Scott M. Riesett, producer (Original Broadway Cast) HADESTOWN Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Danny Burstein, Tam Mutu, Sahr Ngaujah, Karen Olivo & Aaron Tveit, principal soloists; Justin Levine, Baz Luhrmann, Matt Stine & Alex Timbers, producers (Original Broadway Cast) THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD – IN FOUR CONTEMPORARY SUITES Imogen Heap, producer; Imogen Heap, composer (Imogen Heap) OKLAHOMA! Damon Daunno, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Ali Stroker, Mary Testa & Patrick Vaill, principal soloists; Daniel Kluger & Dean Sharenow, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2019 Broadway Cast) ## **Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media** THE LION KING: THE SONGS (Various Artists) QUENTIN TARANTINO’S ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (Various Artists) ROCKETMAN Taron Egerton SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Various Artists) A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ## **Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media** AVENGERS: ENDGAME Alan Silvestri, composer CHERNOBYL Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 8 Ramin Djawadi, composer THE LION KING Hans Zimmer, composer MARY POPPINS RETURNS Marc Shaiman, composer ## **Best Song Written for Visual Media** THE BALLAD OF THE LONESOME COWBOY Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton) Track from: Toy Story 4 GIRL IN THE MOVIES Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters (Dolly Parton) Track from: Dumplin’ I’LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN (FILM VERSION) Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) Track from: A Star Is Born SPIRIT Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Beyoncé) Track from: The Lion King SUSPIRIUM Thom Yorke, songwriter (Thom Yorke) Track from: Suspiria ## **Best Instrumental Composition** BEGIN AGAIN Fred Hersch, composer (Fred Hersch & The WDR Big Band Conducted By Vince Mendoza) CRUCIBLE FOR CRISIS Brian Lynch, composer (Brian Lynch Big Band) LOVE, A BEAUTIFUL FORCE Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra) STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE SYMPHONIC SUITE John Williams, composer (John Williams) WALKIN’ FUNNY Christian McBride, composer (Christian McBride) ## **Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella** BLUE SKIES Kris Bowers, arranger (Kris Bowers) HEDWIG’S THEME John Williams, arranger (Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams) LA NOVENA Emilio Solla, arranger (Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra) LOVE, A BEAUTIFUL FORCE Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra) MOON RIVER Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier) ## **Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocal** ALL NIGHT LONG Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest) JOLENE Geoff Keezer, arranger (Sara Gazarek) MARRY ME A LITTLE Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo, arrangers (Cyrille Aimée) OVER THE RAINBOW Vince Mendoza, arranger (Trisha Yearwood) 12 LITTLE SPELLS (THORACIC SPINE) Esperanza Spalding, arranger (Esperanza Spalding) ## **Best Recording Package** ANÓNIMAS & RESILIENTES Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-Orozco & Juliana Jaramillo-Buenaventura, art directors (Voces Del Bullerengue) CHRIS CORNELL Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell) HOLD THAT TIGER Andrew Wong & Fongming Yang, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) I,I Aaron Anderson & Eric Timothy Carlson, art directors (Bon Iver) INTELLEXUAL Irwan Awalludin, art director (Intellexual) ## **Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package** ANIMA Stanley Donwood & Tchocky, art directors (Thom Yorke) GOLD IN BRASS AGE Amanda Chiu, Mark Farrow & David Gray, art directors (David Gray) 1963: NEW DIRECTIONS Josh Cheuse, art director (John Coltrane) THE RADIO RECORDINGS 1939-1945 Marek Polewski, art director (Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berliner Philharmoniker) WOODSTOCK: BACK TO THE GARDEN – THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists) ## **Best Album Notes** THE COMPLETE CUBAN JAM SESSIONS Judy Cantor-Navas, album notes writer (Various Artists) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MALACO Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists) PEDAL STEEL + FOUR CORNERS Brendan Greaves, album notes writer (Terry Allen And The Panhandle Mystery Band) PETE SEEGER: THE SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS COLLECTION) Jeff Place, album notes writer (Pete Seeger) STAX ’68: A MEMPHIS STORY Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists) ## **Best Historical Album** THE GIRL FROM CHICKASAW COUNTY – THE COMPLETE CAPITOL MASTERS Andrew Batt & Kris Maher, compilation producers; Simon Gibson, mastering engineer (Bobbie Gentry) THE GREAT COMEBACK: HOROWITZ AT CARNEGIE HALL Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Vladimir Horowitz) KANKYO ONGAKU: JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL & NEW AGE MUSIC 1980-1990 Spencer Doran, Yosuke Kitazawa, Douglas Macgowan & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer (Various Artists) PETE SEEGER: THE SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS COLLECTION Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger) WOODSTOCK: BACK TO THE GARDEN – THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE Brian Kehew, Steve Woolard & Andy Zax, compilation producers; Dave Schultz, mastering engineer (Various Artists) ## **Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical** ALL THESE THINGS Tchad Blake, Adam Greenspan & Rodney Shearer, engineers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Thomas Dybdahl) ELLA MAI Chris “Shaggy” Ascher, Jaycen Joshua & David Pizzimenti, engineers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer (Ella Mai) RUN HOME SLOW Paul Butler & Sam Teskey, engineers; Joe Carra, mastering engineer (The Teskey Brothers) SCENERY Tom Elmhirst, Ben Kane & Jeremy Most, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Emily King) WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish) ## Producer of the Year, Non-Classical JACK ANTONOFF DAN AUERBACH JOHN HILL FINNEAS RICKY REED ## Producer of the Year, Classical BLANTON ALSPAUGH JAMES GINSBURG MARINA A. LEDIN, VICTOR LEDIN MORTEN LINDBERG DIRK SOBOTKA ## **Best Engineered Album, Classical** AEQUA – ANNA THORVALDSDÓTTIR Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (International Contemporary Ensemble) BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9 Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) RACHMANINOFF – HERMITAGE PIANO TRIO Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Hermitage Piano Trio) RILEY: SUN RINGS Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet) WOLFE: FIRE IN MY MOUTH Bob Hanlon & Lawrence Rock, engineers; Ian Good & Lawrence Rock, mastering engineers (Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People’s Chorus Of NY City & New York Philharmonic) ## Best Remixed Recording I RISE (TRACY YOUNG’S PRIDE INTRO RADIO REMIX) Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna) MOTHER’S DAUGHTER (WUKI REMIX) Wuki, remixer (Miley Cyrus) THE ONE (HIGH CONTRAST REMIX) Lincoln Barrett, remixer (Jorja Smith) SWIM (FORD. REMIX) Luc Bradford, remixer (Mild Minds) WORK IT (SOULWAX REMIX) David Gerard C Dewaele & Stephen Antoine C Dewaele, remixers (Marie Davidson) ## Best Immersive Audio Album CHAIN TRIPPING Luke Argilla, immersive audio engineer; Jurgen Scharpf, immersive audio mastering engineer; Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans & Rob Kieswetter, immersive audio producers (Yacht) KVERNDOKK: SYMPHONIC DANCES Jim Anderson, immersive audio engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Ulrike Schwarz, immersive audio producer (Ken-David Masur & Stavanger Symphony Orchestra) LUX Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor) THE ORCHESTRAL ORGAN Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio engineer; Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio mastering engineer; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, immersive audio producers (Jan Kraybill) THE SAVIOR Bob Clearmountain, immersive audio engineer; Bob Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Michael Marquart & Dave Way, immersive audio producers (A Bad Think) ## **Best Orchestral Performance** BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9 Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) COPLAND: BILLY THE KID; GROHG Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) NORMAN: SUSTAIN Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) TRANSATLANTIC Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) WEINBERG: SYMPHONIES NOS. 2 & 21 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Kremerata Baltica) ## **Best Opera Recording** BENJAMIN: LESSONS IN LOVE & VIOLENCE George Benjamin, conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare & Gyula Orendt; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) BERG: WOZZECK Marc Albrecht, conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-Maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, producer (Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus Of Dutch National Opera) CHARPENTIER: LES ARTS FLORISSANTS; LES PLAISIRS DE VERSAILLES Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble) PICKER: FANTASTIC MR. FOX Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus) WAGNER: LOHENGRIN Christian Thielemann, conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, producer (Festspielorchester Bayreuth; Festspielchor Bayreuth) ## **Best Choral Performance** BOYLE: VOYAGES Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) DURUFLÉ: COMPLETE CHORAL WORKS Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir) THE HOPE OF LOVING Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare) SANDER: THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Peter Jermihov, conductor (Evan Bravos, Vadim Gan, Kevin Keys, Glenn Miller & Daniel Shirley; PaTRAM Institute Singers) SMITH, K.: THE ARC IN THE SKY Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) ## **Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance** CERRONE: THE PIECES THAT FALL TO EARTH Christopher Rountree & Wild Up FREEDOM & FAITH PUBLIQuartet PERPETULUM Third Coast Percussion RACHMANINOFF – HERMITAGE PIANO TRIO Hermitage Piano Trio SHAW: ORANGE Attacca Quartet ## **Best Classical Instrumental Solo** THE BERLIN RECITAL Yuja Wang HIGDON: HARP CONCERTO Yolanda Kondonassis; Ward Stare, conductor (The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) MARSALIS: VIOLIN CONCERTO; FIDDLE DANCE SUITE Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra) THE ORCHESTRAL ORGAN Jan Kraybill TORKE: SKY, CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN Tessa Lark; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) ## **Best Classical Solo Vocal Album** THE EDGE OF SILENCE – WORKS FOR VOICE BY GYÖRGY KURTÁG Susan Narucki (Donald Berman, Curtis Macomber, Kathryn Schulmeister & Nicholas Tolle) HIMMELSMUSIK Philippe Jaroussky & Céline Scheen; Christina Pluhar, conductor; L’Arpeggiata, ensemble (Jesús Rodil & Dingle Yandell) SCHUMANN: LIEDERKREIS OP. 24, KERNER-LIEDER OP. 35 Matthias Goerne; Leif Ove Andsnes, accompanist SONGPLAY Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco) A TE, O CARA Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra) ## **Best Classical Compendium** AMERICAN ORIGINALS 1918 John Morris Russell, conductor; Elaine Martone, producer LESHNOFF: SYMPHONY NO. 4 ‘HEICHALOS’; GUITAR CONCERTO; STARBURST Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer MELTZER: SONGS AND STRUCTURES Paul Appleby & Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer, producers THE POETRY OF PLACES Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers SAARIAHO: TRUE FIRE; TRANS; CIEL D’HIVER Hannu Lintu, conductor; Laura Heikinheimo, producer ## **Best Contemporary Classical Composition** BERMEL: MIGRATION SERIES FOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE & ORCHESTRA Derek Bermel, composer (Derek Bermel, Ted Nash, David Alan Miller, Juilliard Jazz Orchestra & Albany Symphony Orchestra) HIGDON: HARP CONCERTO Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) MARSALIS: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR Wynton Marsalis, composer (Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru & Philadelphia Orchestra) NORMAN: SUSTAIN Andrew Norman, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) SHAW: ORANGE Caroline Shaw, composer (Attacca Quartet) WOLFE: FIRE IN MY MOUTH Julia Wolfe, composer (Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People’s Chorus Of NY City & New York Philharmonic) ## **Best Music Video** WE’VE GOT TO TRY The Chemical Brothers Ellie Fry, video director; Ninian Doff, video producer THIS LAND Gary Clark Jr. Savanah Leaf, video director; Jason Cole, Danielle Hinde & Alicia Martinez, video producers CELLOPHANE FKA twigs Andrew Thomas Huang, video director; Alex Chamberlain, video producer OLD TOWN ROAD (OFFICIAL MOVIE) Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers GLAD HE’S GONE Tove Lo Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Nathan Schottenfels, video producer ## **Best Music Film** HOMECOMING Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, video directors; Dora Melissa Vargas, video producer REMEMBER MY NAME David Crosby A.J. Eaton, video director; Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola & Greg Mariotti, video producers BIRTH OF THE COOL (Miles Davis) Stanley Nelson, video director; Nicole London, video producer SHANGRI-LA (Various Artists) Morgan Neville, video director; Emma Baiada, video producer ANIMA Thom Yorke Paul Thomas Anderson, video director; Paul Thomas Anderson, Erica Frauman & Sara Murphy, video producers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5732647/grammy-nominations-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5732647/grammy-nominations-2020/"},"headline":"Here Are the 2020 Grammy Award Nominations","datePublished":"2019-11-20T13:59:47.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:38:25.000Z","description":"The four main categories saw multiple nominations for Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Lana del Rey","url":"https://time.com/5732647/grammy-nominations-2020/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92fc2a27a926b01/698a065597cdff283b6b9e3b/lil-nas-x-grammy-2020-nominations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92fc2a27a926b01/698a065597cdff283b6b9e3b/lil-nas-x-grammy-2020-nominations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival And Daytime Stage","caption":"2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival And Daytime Stage","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/music/","name":"Music"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5732647/grammy-nominations-2020/","name":"Here Are the 2020 Grammy Award Nominations"}}]}] ```