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Quentin Tarantino, Greta Gerwig, Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese, and Marielle Heller all return to awards season this year - Zack Sharf
The official start of the 2019-20 awards season is still months away, but with the Cannes lineup announced and dates set for the fall’s big contenders, it’s not too early to start thinking about the movies and performances that will register with awards voters later this year. Sundance often brings a handful of early contenders, but this year was relatively light on narrative contenders: “The Farewell” and “The Report” seem most likely to break out, as could Alfre Woodard for her performance in Grand Jury Prize winner “Clemency.” As ever, documentaries showed a stronger hand in Park City, with titles such as “Apollo 11,” “American Factory,” “One Child Nation,” and “Knock Down the House” all likely to build awards buzz this year.
“2020 Oscar Predictions: 92nd Academy Awards. Quentin Tarantino, Greta Gerwig, Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese, and Marielle Heller all return to awards season this year -- Zack Sharf”
Per usual, studios are saving their biggest contenders for the fall film festivals. One exception is Jordan Peele’s horror thriller “Us,” which scored $246 million worldwide for Universal, almost as much as the writer-director’s previous smash “Get Out” ($255 million worldwide), which earned four Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Daniel Kaluuya and Best Original Screenplay, which Peele won. Weighted with expectations, “Us” is a more polarizing effort but still boasts critical raves and strong Oscar buzz for Lupita Nyong’o’s double lead performance.
Cannes 2019 brings high-profile launches of Paramount’s “Rocketman,” starring Taron Egerton as Elton John, and most likely Sony’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the latest effort from two-time Oscar-winner Quentin Tarantino, starring Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio. Both films are hopeful Oscar contenders for their respective studios. Cannes is also a platform for the year’s foreign film contenders. Three films in competition at Cannes 2018 landed nominations this year: “Shoplifters,” “Cold War,” and “Capernaum.” Filmmakers such as Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”), Pedro Almodovar (“Pain & Glory”), and the Dardenne brothers (“The Young Ahmed”) all have new works and potential foreign Oscar contenders screening at Cannes.
The fall will see the usual onslaught of awards titles. Directors returning to the season include Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”), Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”), Ang Lee (“Gemini Man”), Steven Soderbergh (“The Laundromat”), Marielle Heller (“It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”), Dee Rees (“The Last Thing He Wanted”), Joe Wright (“The Woman in the Window”), and more. Scorsese’s “The Irishman” reunites the director with Robert De Niro in a gangster drama backed by Netflix. After “Roma” failed to win Best Picture this year over “Green Book,” expect the streaming giant to be back in full Oscar campaign mode later this year.
IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson breaks down each of the six main categories this week with full previews of the contenders to expect in each race.
“See all the winners of the 2019 Grammys below.”
The 61st Annual Grammys honored music’s biggest stars on Sunday, returning to Los Angeles’ Staples Center after taking place in New York City in 2018. The majority of the awards, in genre categories including comedy, new age, contemporary instrumental and gospel, were handed out prior to the broadcast.
Hosted by 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys, the 2019 Grammys saw one major change from previous years: the number of nominees in the main categories increased from five to eight, with an eye toward increasing diversity among the winners. After the Recording Academy faced criticism for the lack of female nominees and winners last year, this year’s group of artists included significantly more women, with five out of the eight Album of the Year nominees going to female 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
THE MIDDLE Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
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
DIRTY COMPUTER Janelle Monáe
GOLDEN HOUR Kacey Musgraves
BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM, MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY (Various Artists) Kendrick Lamar, featured artist
Song Of The Year
ALL THE STARS Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, 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, songwriters (Drake)
IN MY BLOOD Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
THE JOKE Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
THE MIDDLE 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 Glover, Ludwig Goransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Best New Artist
CHLOE X HALLE
LUKE COMBS
GRETA VAN FLEET
H.E.R.
DUA LIPA
MARGO PRICE
BEBE REXHA
JORJA SMITH
Best Pop Solo Performance
COLORS Beck
HAVANA (LIVE) Camila Cabello
GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande
JOANNE (WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOIN’?)
Lady Gaga
BETTER NOW Post Malone
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Lady Gaga accepts the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for 'Shallow' during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter— The Recording Academy/Getty Images
FALL IN LINE Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART Backstreet Boys
‘S WONDERFUL Tony Bennett & 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
Best Traditional 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! Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Vocal Album
CAMILA Camila Cabello
MEANING OF LIFE Kelly Clarkson
SWEETENER Ariana Grande
SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes
BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk
REPUTATION Taylor Swift
Best Dance Recording
NORTHERN SOUL Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
ULTIMATUM Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
LOSING IT Fisher
ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
GHOST VOICES Virtual Self
Best Dance/Electronic Album
SINGULARITY Jon Hopkins
WOMAN WORLDWIDE Justice
TREEHOUSE Sofi Tukker
OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE
LUNE ROUGE TOKiMONSTA
Best 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
Best Rock Performance
FOUR OUT OF FIVE Arctic Monkeys
WHEN BAD DOES GOOD Chris Cornell
MADE AN AMERICA THE FEVER 333
HIGHWAY TUNE Greta Van Fleet
UNCOMFORTABLE Halestorm
Best Metal Performance
CONDEMNED TO THE GALLOWS Between The Buried And Me
HONEYCOMB Deafheaven
ELECTRIC MESSIAH High On Fire
BETRAYER Trivium
ON MY TEETH Underoath
Best Rock Song
BLACK SMOKE RISING
JUMPSUIT
MANTRA
MASSEDUCTION
RATS
Best Rock Album
RAINIER FOG Alice In Chains
M A N I A Fall Out Boy
PREQUELLE Ghost
FROM THE FIRES Greta Van Fleet
PACIFIC DAYDREAM Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album
TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL + CASINO Arctic Monkeys
COLORS Beck
UTOPIA Björk
AMERICANUTOPIA David Byrne
MASSEDUCTION St. Vincent
Best 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
Best Traditional R&B Performance
BET AIN’T WORTH THE HAND (TIE) Leon Bridges
DON’T FALL APART ON ME TONIGHT Bettye LaVette
HONEST MAJOR.
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (TIE) PJ Morton Featuring Yebba
MADE FOR LOVE
Charlie Wilson Featuring Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
BOO’D UP
COME THROUGH AND CHILL
FEELS LIKE SUMMER
FOCUS
LONG AS I LIVE
Best 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
Best R&B Album
H.E.R., accepts the award for Best R&B Album onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images
SEX & CIGARETTES Toni Braxton
GOOD THING Leon Bridges
HONESTLY Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R. H.E.R.
GUMBO UNPLUGGED (LIVE) PJ Morton
Best Rap Performance
BE CAREFUL Cardi B
NICE FOR WHAT Drake
KING’S DEAD (TIE) Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
BUBBLIN (TIE)
Anderson .Paak
SICKO MODE Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
Best 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
Best Rap Song
Drake accepts the award for Best Rap Song for "Gods Plan" during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images
GOD’S PLAN
KING’S DEAD
LUCKY YOU
SICKO MODE
WIN
Best Rap Album
Cardi B accepts the award for Best Rap Album with "Invasion Of Privacy" onstage, next to Offset, during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images
INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B
SWIMMING Mac Miller
VICTORY LAP Nipsey Hussle
DAYTONA Pusha T
ASTROWORLD Travis Scott
Best 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
Best 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
Best Country Song
BREAK UP IN THE END
DEAR HATE
I LIVED IT
SPACE COWBOY
TEQUILA
WHEN SOMEONE STOPS LOVING YOU
Best Country Album
Kacey Musgraves accepts the award for Best Country Album with "Golden Hour" during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Robyn BECK—AFP/Getty Images
UNAPOLOGETICALLY Kelsea Ballerini
PORT SAINT JOE Brothers Osborne
GIRL GOING NOWHERE Ashley McBryde
GOLDEN HOUR Kacey Musgraves
FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 Chris Stapleton
Best 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
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE Regina Carter, soloist
DON’T FENCE ME IN John Daversa, soloist
WE SEE Fred Hersch, soloists
DE-DAH Brad Mehldau, soloist
CADENAS Miguel Zenón, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
MY MOOD IS YOU Freddy 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
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
DIAMOND CUT Tia Fuller
LIVE IN EUROPE Fred Hersch Trio
SEYMOUR READS THE CONSTITUTION! Brad Mehldau Trio
STILL DREAMING Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
EMANON The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Best 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
Best 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 TRADICIÓN Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet
Best Gospel Performance/Song
YOU WILL WIN
WON’T HE DO IT
NEVER ALONE
CYCLES
A GREAT WORK
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
RECKLESS LOVE Cory Asbury; Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson, songwriters
YOU SAY Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters
JOY. for KING & COUNTRY; Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Moslely, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
GRACE GOT YOU MercyMe Featuring John Reuben; David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds & John Reuben, songwriters
KNOWN Tauren Wells; Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells, songwriters
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best Latin Pop Album
PROMETO Pablo Alboran
SINCERA Claudia Brant
MUSAS (UN HOMENAJE AL FOLCLORE LATINOAMERICANO EN MANOS DE LOS MACORINOS), VOL. 2 Natalia Lafourcade
2:00 AM Raquel Sofía
VIVES Carlos Vives
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
CLAROSCURA Aterciopelados
COASTCITY COASTCITY
ENCANTO TROPICAL Monsieur Periné
GOURMET Orishas
AZTLÁN Zoé
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
PRIMERO SOY MEXICANA Angela Aguilar
MITAD Y MITAD Calibre 50
TOTALMENTE JUAN GABRIEL VOL. II Aida Cuevas
CRUZANDO BORDERS Los Texmaniacs
LEYENDAS DE MI PUEBLO Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez
¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE! Luis Miguel
Best Tropical Latin Album
PA’ MI GENTE Charlie Aponte
LEGADO
Formell Y Los Van Van
ORQUESTA AKOKÁN Orquesta Akokán
PONLE ACTITUD Felipe Peláez
ANNIVERSARY Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Best American Roots Performance
KICK ROCKS Sean Ardoin
SAINT JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES Jon Batiste
THE JOKE Brandi Carlile
ALL ON MY MIND Anderson East
LAST MAN STANDING Willie Nelson
Best American Roots Song
ALL THE TROUBLE
BUILD A BRIDGE
THE JOKE
KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR SCREEN DOOR
SUMMER’S END
Best 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
Best Bluegrass Album
PORTRAITS IN FIDDLES Mike Barnett
SISTER SADIE II Sister Sadie
RIVERS AND ROADS Special Consensus
THE TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS The Travelin’ McCourys
NORTH OF DESPAIR Wood & Wire
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best Reggae Album
AS THE WORLD TURNS Black Uhuru
REGGAE FOREVER Etana
REBELLION RISES Ziggy Marley
A MATTER OF TIME Protoje
44/876 Sting & Shaggy
Best 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
Best Children’s Album
ALL THE SOUNDS Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
BUILDING BLOCKS Tim Kubart
FALU’S BAZAAR Falu
GIANTS OF SCIENCE The Pop Ups
THE NATION OF IMAGINE Frank & Deane
Best 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 COMEDY ALBUM
ANNIHILATION Patton Oswalt
EQUANIMITY & THE BIRD REVELATION Dave Chappelle
NOBLE APE Jim Gaffigan
STANDUP FOR DRUMMERS Fred Armisen
TAMBORINE Chris Rock
Best Musical Theater Album
THE BAND’S VISIT Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
CAROUSEL Renee Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (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, lyricist) (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 Jay Lerner, lyricist) (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, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)
Best 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)
Best 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
Best Song Written For Visual Media
ALL THE STARS 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, Anthony 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
Best Instrumental Composition
BLUT UND BODEN (BLOOD AND SOIL) Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard)
CHRYSALIS Jeremy Kittel, composer (Kittel & Co.)
INFINITY WAR Alan Silverstri, composer (Alan Silvestri)
MINE MISSION John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)
THE SHAPE OF WATER Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)
Best 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)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocal
IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arrangers (Willie Nelson)
JOLENE Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)
MONA LISA Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)
NIÑA Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)
SPIDERMAN THEME Randy Waldman, arranger (Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)
Best 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 Xiao, art director (The Chairman)
WELL KEPT THING Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)
Best 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 directors (Johnny Nicholas)
Best Album Notes
ALPINE DREAMING: THE HELVETIA RECORDS STORY, 1920-1924 James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
4 BANJO SONGS, 1891-1897: FOUNDATIONAL RECORDINGS OF AMERICA’S ICONIC INSTRUMENT Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writers (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 writer (Various Artists)
TROUBLE NO MORE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 13 / 1979-1981 (DELUXE EDITION) Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)
VOICES OF MISSISSIPPI: ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS DOCUMENTED BY WILLIAM FERRIS David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best 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 engineers (Oscar Levant)
VOICES OF MISSISSIPPI: ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS DOCUMENTED BY WILLIAM FERRIS William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN’T DO Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; 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 engineers (Beck)
EARTHTONES Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)
HEAD OVER HEELS
Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris “TEK” O’Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)
VOICENOTES Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
BOI-1DA
LARRY KLEIN
LINDA PERRY
KANYE WEST
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
Best Remixed Recording
AUDIO (CID REMIX) CID, remixer (LSD)
HOW LONG (EDX’S DUBAI SKYLINE REMIX) Maurizio Colella, remixer (Charlie Puth)
ONLY ROAD (COSMIC GATE REMIX) Stefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden Featuring Sub Teal)
STARGAZING (KASKADE REMIX) Kaskade, remixer (Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso)
WALKING AWAY (MURA MASA REMIX) Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)
Best Immersive Audio Album
EYE IN THE SKY – 35TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project)
FOLKETONER Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
SEVEN WORDS FROM THE CROSS Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
SOMMERRO: UJAMAA & THE ICEBERG Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
SYMBOL Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
BATES: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3; STRAUSS: HORN CONCERTO NO. 1 Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
JOHN WILLIAMS AT THE MOVIES Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)
LIQUID MELANCHOLY – CLARINET MUSIC OF JAMES M. STEPHENSON Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONIES NOS. 4 & 11 Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
VISIONS AND VARIATIONS
Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
BLANTON ALSPAUGH
DAVID FROST
ELIZABETH OSTROW
JUDITH SHERMAN
DIRK SOBOTKA
Best Orchestral Performance
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3; STRAUSS: HORN CONCERTO NO. 1 Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
NIELSEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 & SYMPHONY NO. 4 Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
RUGGLES, STUCKY & HARBISON: ORCHESTRAL WORKS David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)
SCHUMANN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 1-4 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONIES NOS. 4 & 11 Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
ADAMS: DOCTOR ATOMIC John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)
BATES: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
LULLY: ALCESTE
Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)
STRAUSS, R.: DER ROSENKAVALIER Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
VERDI: RIGOLETTO Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)
Best Choral Performance
CHESNOKOV: TEACH ME THY STATUTES Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
KASTALSKY: MEMORY ETERNAL Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
MCLOSKEY: ZEALOT CANTICLES Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
RACHMANINOV: THE BELLS
Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
SEVEN WORDS FROM THE CROSS Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
ANDERSON, LAURIE: LANDFALL Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
BEETHOVEN, SHOSTAKOVICH & BACH The Danish String Quartet
BLUEPRINTING Aizuri Quartet
STRAVINSKY: THE RITE OF SPRING CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
VISIONS AND VARIATIONS A Far Cry
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
BARTÓK: 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)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
ARC Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)
THE HANDEL ALBUM Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble
MIRAGES Sabine Devieilhe; 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, ensembles
Best 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
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
BATES: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
DU YUN: AIR GLOW Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)
HEGGIE: GREAT SCOTT Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
KERNIS: VIOLIN CONCERTO Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
MAZZOLI: VESPERS FOR VIOLIN Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)
Best Music Video
APES*** The Carters Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers
THIS IS AMERICA
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
Best Music Film
LIFE IN 12 BARS Eric Clapton Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; 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 director; Alison Chernick, video producer
THE KING (Elvis Presley) Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers
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