Happy Birthday–November 11

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Joe Battin (1853)
Freddy Parent (1875)
Rabbit Maranville (1891)
Al Schacht (1892)
Pie Traynor (1898)
Hal Trosky (1912)
George Case (1915)
Ike Delock (1929)
Ron Musselman (1954)
John Hobbs (1955)
Cory Snyder (1962)
Roberto Hernandez (1964)
Damion Easley (1969)
Jason Grilli (1976)

Sadly, Joe Battin wasn't much good at battin'. An infielder, he batted .225/.241/.281. His career spanned ten seasons, though, so I assume he was really good at fieldin'.

Al Schacht played in the majors for three years, but was better known as "The Clown Prince of Baseball".

On this Veterans' Day, we would like to thank all current and former members of the military for their service, especially those who are part of the wgom.

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November 10, 2024: National Landmark

November 10, 2024 hungry joe 5 Comments

Hoping to see one today.

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Random Rewind: 1994, Game 85

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CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, MINNESOTA TWINS 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date: Saturday, July 9, 1994.

Batting stars: Chip Hale was 2-for-4 with a double. Kent Hrbek was 2-for-4. Chuck Knoblauch was 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, and two runs.

Pitching stars: Dave Stevens pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Mark Guthrie pitchd 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars: Alvaro Espinoza was 2-for-4. Omar Vizquel was 2-for-5. Eddie Murray hit a home run, his thirteenth.

The game: Each team scored once in the first. For Cleveland, Kenny Lofton singled, stole second and third, and scored on a squeeze bunt by Albert Belle, which must have caught everyone by surprise. For the Twins, Chuck Knoblauch led off with a triple and scored on a ground out. The Indians took the lead 2-1 in the second when Candy Maldonado doubled and scored on a Vizquel single.

The Twins tied it in the fourth. Kirby Puckett was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. Hrbek followed with a single, then came walks to Shane Mack and Scott Leius to force in a run. The bases were still loaded with none out, but the Twins could do more, and the score was tied 2-2. The tie did not last long. In the fifth Carlos Baerga singled with one out and Murray hit a two-out two-run single, making it 4-2 Cleveland.

The Twins got one back in the bottom of the fifth on doubles by Knoblauch and Puckett, but that was as close as they would come. They got a man to second in the sixth, when Hale hit a one-out double, and in the eighth, when Hrbek singled and went to second on Hale’s two-out single, but they could not score again. Their last four men went out and the victory went to Cleveland.

WP: Dennis Martinez (8-4).

LP: Jim Deshaies (4-9).

S: Jeff Russell (13).

Notes: Jeff Reboulet was at shortstop in place of Pat Meares. Rich Becker was in center in place of Alex Cole. Hale was at DH in place of Dave Winfield.

Kirby Puckett was batting .321. He would finish at .317. Chuck Knoblauch was batting .320. He would finish at .312. Shane Mack was batting .314. He would finish at .333.

Alvaro Espinoza played for the Twins from 1984-1986. Paul Sorrento pinch-hit and was 0-for-1. He played for the Twins from 1989-1991.

The Twins pitching was, to put it bluntly, awful in 1994. They scored 5.26 runs per game, but allowed 6.09. Granted it was 1994, and scoring was up, but the average was 4.92. We went through this once before, but the rotation was Kevin Tapani (4.62 ERA), Scott Erickson (5.44), Jim Deshaies (7.39), Pat Mahomes (4.73), and Carlos Pulido (5.98). I didn’t check the AAA roster, but the Twins must have thought they didn’t have any better options, because those five pitchers made all but six of the team’s starts. The primary relief pitchers did not provide much relief: Rick Aguilera (3.63), Carl Willis (5.92), Mark Guthrie (6.14), Mike Trombley (6.33), Larry Casian (7.08), and Dave Stevens (6.80). Other than Aguilera, Tom Kelly could just as well have pulled names out of a hat when he went to the bullpen.

Albert Belle had four sacrifice bunts in his career. This was the last one.

I think of Eddie Murray as a Baltimore Oriole, and of course that is where he had his best years. But he played for nine years after leaving the Orioles: three with the Dodgers, two with the Mets, two and a half with Cleveland, a half season back with Baltimore, and a final season split between Anaheim and the Dodgers.

The 1994 season would come to a premature end about a month later due to a labor-related work stoppage.

Record: Cleveland was 50-33, in first place by percentage points over Chicago. They would finish 66-47, in second place, one game behind Chicago.

The Twins were 42-43, in fourth place, nine games behind Cleveland. They would finish 53-60., in fourth place, fourteen games behind Chicago.

Random Record: The Random Twins are 22-17 (.564).

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Happy Birthday–November 10

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Jim Whitney (1857)
Cy Morgan (1878)
Del Gainer (1886)
Jimmie Dykes (1896)
Chick Fewster (1896)
Birdie Tebbetts (1912)
Johnny Lipon (1922)
Cal Ermer (1923)
Gene Conley (1930)
Norm Cash (1934)
Mike Vail (1951)
Larry Christenson (1953)
Larry Parrish (1953)
Paul Thormodsgard (1953)
Bob Stanley (1954)
Jack Clark (1955)
Keith Lockhart (1964)
Kenny Rogers (1964)
Butch Huskey (1971)
Shawn Green (1972)
Brian Dinkelman (1983)
Matt Magill (1989)

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Random Rewind: 1996, Game 28

November 9, 2024 Jeff A 2 Comments

CALIFORNIA ANGELS 5, MINNESOTA TWINS 2 IN CALIFORNIA

Date: Saturday, May 4, 1996.

Batting star: Greg Myers was 2-for-4 with a home run (his first), a double, and two runs.

Pitching stars: None.

Opposition stars: Chili Davis was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh), a double, a walk, and three runs. Tim Wallach was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. J. T. Snow hit a home run, his second. Garret Anderson hit a home run, his third. Jason Grimsley pitched a complete game, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks and striking out five.

The game: Neither team got a hit until the bottom of the second, when Davis led off with a double. The next two batters went out, but Wallach singled to give California a 1-0 lead. The Twins drew two walks in the third, but did not score. The Angels drew two walks in the fourth and they did score, as Wallach again delivered a two-out RBI single. That was the last hit by either team until the bottom of the sixth, when Snow and Anderson hit back-to-back solo homers to put the Angels up 4-0.

The Twins got on the board in the seventh when Myers got to third on a double-plus-error and scored on a ground out. Rich Becker doubled in the eighth but did not get past third base.

From there, the teams traded solo homers. Davis hit one in the bottom of the eighth and Myers hit one in the bottom of the ninth, bringing the final score to 5-2.

WP: Jason Grimsley (2-1).

LP: Frankie Rodriguez (2-3).

S: None.

Notes: Denny Hocking was in right field. The Twins didn’t really have a regular right fielder. Matt Lawton had the most games there (60), followed by Roberto Kelly (54) and Hocking (33).

Marty Cordova was batting .346. He would finish at .309. Chuck Knoblauch was batting .345. He would finish at .341. Paul Molitor was also batting .345. He would also finish at .341. Pat Meares was batting .312. He would finish at .267. Greg Myers was batting .309. He would finish at .286.

Dan Naulty pitched two innings, giving up one run. He had an ERA of 1.27. He would finish at 3.79.

Chili Davis, as you probably know, played for the Twins from 1991-1992.

We had hopes for Frankie Rodriguez, but those hopes were mostly based on the fact that he was young. 1996 was his only season as a rotation starter, and he went 13-14, 5.05, 1.43 WHIP and struck out only 110 in 206.2 innings. He was only twenty-three, and we hoped he would improve, but he didn’t. In seven major league seasons, he had one in which he posted an ERA below five (4.62 in 1997). He hung around until 2001, then was out of baseball.

The Twins batted .288 as a team in 1996. In addition to the players listed above, Roberto Kelly batted .323 and Ron Coomer batted .296. They hit only 118 home runs, however, with Marty Cordova leading the team with 16. They were second in baseball in batting average, but dead last in home runs,

And, as you would guess if you didn’t know, their pitching was not good. Brad Radke was the only pitcher with an ERA under five (4.46). In addition to Rodriguez, their rotation was Rich Robertson (5.12), Scott Aldred (5.09) and Rick Aguilera (5.42). Aguilera had wanted to start, and the Twins accommodated him, but it did not go well, and the next year he would be back in the closer role. Other pitchers given starts, none of whom had an ERA below six, were Jose Parra, Pat Mahomes, Scott Klingenbeck, Travis Miller, LaTroy Hawkins, and Dan Serafini. The pitcher who tried to replace Aguilera as closer was Dave Stevens, who posted a 4.66 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP.

This was Jason Grimsley’s last year as a starting pitcher. He would spend two years in the minors before resurfacing as a reliever with the Yankees. He would continue to be part of a major league bullpen through 2006.

Record: California was 17-12, in second place in the AL West, 1.5 games behind Texas. They would finish 70-91, in fourth (last) place, 19.5 games behind Texas.

The Twins were 14-14, in third place in the AL Central, 5 games behind Cleveland. They would finish 78-84, in fourth place, 21.5 games behind Cleveland.

Random Record: The Random Twins are 22-18 (.550).

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November 9, 2024: And The Nominees Are…

November 9, 2024 hungry joe 17 Comments

The full list of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards has been released. Any thoughts/favorites/snubs?

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Record of the Year “Now and Then,” The Beatles “Texas Hold ’Em,” Beyoncé “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter “360,” Charli XCX “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar “Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone Album of the Year “New Blue Sun,” André 3000 “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé “Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter “Brat,” Charli XCX “Djesse Vol. 4,” Jacob Collier “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish “The Rise And Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Chappell Roan “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift Song of the Year “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey) “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish) “Die With a Smile,” Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars) “Fortnight,” Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone) “Good Luck, Babe!,” Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan) “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) “Please Please Please,” Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter) “Texas Hold ’Em,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé) Best New Artist Benson Boone Sabrina Carpenter Doechii Khruangbin Raye Chappell Roan Shaboozey Teddy Swims Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Alissia Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II Ian Fitchuk Mustard Daniel Nigro Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Jessi Alexander Amy Allen Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Raye Best Pop Solo Performance “Bodyguard,” Beyoncé “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter “Apple,” Charli XCX “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish “Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan Best Pop Duo/Group Performance “Us.,” Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift “Levii’s Jeans,” Beyoncé featuring Post Malone “Guess,” Charli XCX and Billie Eilish “The Boy Is Mine,” Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica “Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Best Pop Vocal Album “Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish “Eternal Sunshine,” Ariana Grande “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Chappell Roan “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift Best Dance/Electronic Recording “She’s Gone, Dance On,” Disclosure “Loved,” Four Tet “Leavemealone,” Fred Again.. and Baby Keem “Neverender,” Justice and Tame Impala “Witchy,” Kaytranada Best Dance Pop Recording “Make You Mine,” Madison Beer “Von Dutch,” Charli XCX “L’Amour de Ma Vie (Over Now Extended Edit),” Billie Eilish “Yes, And?,” Ariana Grande “Got Me Started,” Troye Sivan Best Dance/Electronic Album “Brat,” Charli XCX “Three,” Four Tet “Hyperdrama,” Justice “Timeless,” Kaytranada “Telos,” Zedd Best Remixed Recording “Alter Ego — Kaytranada Remix,” Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii featuring JT) “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix],” David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey and David Guetta) “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix),” FNZ and Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) “Jah Sees Them — Amapiano Remix,” Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps and MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley and Antaeus) “Von Dutch,” A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli XCX and A.G. Cook featuring Addison Rae) Best Rock Performance “Now and Then,” The Beatles “Beautiful People (Stay High),” The Black Keys “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” Green Day “Gift Horse,” Idles “Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam “Broken Man,” St. Vincent Best Metal Performance “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne “Crown of Horns,” Judas Priest “Suffocate,” Knocked Loose featuring Poppy “Screaming Suicide,” Metallica “Cellar Door,” Spiritbox Best Rock Song “Beautiful People (Stay High),” Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen and Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys) “Broken Man,” Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) “Dark Matter,” Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam) “Dilemma,” Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day) “Gift Horse,” Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan and Joe Talbot, songwriters (Idles) Best Rock Album “Happiness Bastards,” The Black Crowes “Romance,” Fontaines D.C. “Saviors,” Green Day “Tangk,” Idles “Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam “Hackney Diamonds,” The Rolling Stones “No Name,” Jack White Best Alternative Music Performance “Neon Pill,” Cage the Elephant “Song of the Lake,” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Starburster,” Fontaines D.C. “Bye Bye,” Kim Gordon “Flea,” St. Vincent Best Alternative Music Album “Wild God,” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Charm,” Clairo “The Collective,” Kim Gordon “What Now,” Brittany Howard “All Born Screaming,” St. Vincent Best R&B Performance “Guidance,” Jhené Aiko “Residuals,” Chris Brown “Here We Go (Uh Oh),” Coco Jones “Made for Me (Live on BET),” Muni Long “Saturn,” SZA Best Traditional R&B Performance “Wet,” Marsha Ambrosius “Can I Have This Groove,” Kenyon Dixon “No Lie,” Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald “Make Me Forget,” Muni Long “That’s You,” Lucky Daye Best R&B Song “After Hours,” Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani) “Burning,” Ronald Banful and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems) “Here We Go (Uh Oh),” Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick and Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones) “Ruined Me,” Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea and Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long) “Saturn,” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) Best Progressive R&B Album “So Glad to Know You,” AverySunshine “En Route,” Durand Bernarr “Bando Stone and the New World,” Childish Gambino “Crash,” Kehlani “Why Lawd?,” NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) Best R&B Album* “11:11 (Deluxe),” Chris Brown “Vantablack,” Lalah Hathaway “Revenge,” Muni Long “Algorithm,” Lucky Daye “Coming Home,” Usher Best Rap Performance “Enough (Miami),” Cardi B “When the Sun Shines Again,” Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos “Nissan Altima,” Doechii “Houdini,” Eminem “Like That,” Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar “Yeah Glo!,” GloRilla “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar Best Melodic Rap Performance “Kehlani,” Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani “Spaghettii,” Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey “We Still Don’t Trust You,” Future and Metro Boomin featuring the Weeknd “Big Mama,” Latto “3:AM,” Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu Best Rap Song “Asteroids,” Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy) “Carnival,” Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West and Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ [Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign] featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti) “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne and Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar) “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) “Yeah Glo!,” Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III and Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla) Best Rap Album “Might Delete Later,” J. Cole “The Auditorium, Vol. 1,” Common and Pete Rock “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” Doechii “The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem “We Don’t Trust You,” Future and Metro Boomin Best Spoken Word Poetry Album “Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say,” Queen Sheba “Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series,” Omari Hardwick “Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 in the Beginning Was the Word,” Malik Yusef “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul,” Tank and the Bangas “The Seven Number Ones,” Mad Skillz Best Jazz Performance “Walk With Me, Lord (Sound \| Spirit),” The Baylor Project “Phoenix Reimagined (Live),” Lakecia Benjamin featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts and John Scofield “Juno,” Chick Corea and Béla Fleck “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me,” Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner “Little Fears,” Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis and Troy Roberts Best Jazz Vocal Album “Journey In Black,” Christie Dashiell “Wildflowers Vol. 1,” Kurt Elling and Sullivan Fortner “A Joyful Holiday,” Samara Joy “Milton + Esperanza,” Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding “My Ideal,” Catherine Russell and Sean Mason Best Jazz Instrumental Album “Owl Song,” Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell and Herlin Riley “Beyond This Place,” Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins and Steve Nelson “Phoenix Reimagined (Live),” Lakecia Benjamin “Remembrance,” Chick Corea and Béla Fleck “Solo Game,” Sullivan Fortner Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album “Returning to Forever,” John Beasley and Frankfurt Radio Big Band “And So It Goes,” The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra “Walk a Mile in My Shoe,” Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band “Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence,” Dan Pugach Big Band “Golden City,” Miguel Zenón Best Latin Jazz Album “Spain Forever Again,” Michel Camilo and Tomatito “Cubop Lives!,” Zaccai Curtis “Collab,” Hamilton de Holanda and Gonzalo Rubalcaba “Time and Again,” Eliane Elias “El Trio: Live in Italy,” Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley and José Gola “Cuba and Beyond,” Chucho Valdés and Royal Quartet “As I Travel,” Donald Vega featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci and Luisito Quintero Best Alternative Jazz Album “Night Reign,” Arooj Aftab “New Blue Sun,” André 3000 “Code Derivation,” Robert Glasper “Foreverland,” Keyon Harrold “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin,” Meshell Ndegeocello Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album “À̀ Fleur De Peau,” Cyrille Aimée “Visions,” Norah Jones “Good Together,” Lake Street Dive “Impossible Dream,” Aaron Lazar “Christmas Wish,” Gregory Porter Best Contemporary Instrumental Album “Plot Armor,” Taylor Eigsti “Rhapsody In Blue,” Béla Fleck “Orchestras (Live),” Bill Frisell featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston and Thomas Morgan “Mark,” Mark Guiliana “Speak to Me,” Julian Lage Best Musical Theater Album “Hell’s Kitchen,” Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis and Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys and Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer and lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) “Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman and David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist) (New Broadway Cast) “The Notebook,” John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum and Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) “The Outsiders,” Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant and Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine and Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay and Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) “Suffs,” Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow and Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) “The Wiz,” Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis and Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis and Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer and lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) Best Country Solo Performance “16 Carriages,” Beyoncé “I Am Not Okay,” Jelly Roll “The Architect,” Kacey Musgraves “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey “It Takes a Woman,” Chris Stapleton Best Country Duo/Group Performance “Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan “II Most Wanted,” Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus “Break Mine,” Brothers Osborne “Bigger Houses,” Dan + Shay “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen Best Country Song “The Architect,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey) “I Am Not Okay,” Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll) “I Had Some Help,” Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen) “Texas Hold ’Em,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Best Country Album “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé “F-1 Trillion,” Post Malone “Deeper Well,” Kacey Musgraves “Higher,” Chris Stapleton “Whirlwind,” Lainey Wilson Best American Roots Performance “Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland “Nothing in Rambling,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal and Mick Fleetwood “Lighthouse,” Sierra Ferrell “The Ballad of Sally Anne,” Rhiannon Giddens Best Americana Performance “Yaya,” Beyoncé “Subtitles,” Madison Cunningham “Don’t Do Me Good,” Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves “American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell “Runaway Train,” Sarah Jarosz “Empty Trainload of Sky,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Best American Roots Song “Ahead of the Game,” Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler) “All in Good Time,” Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple) “All My Friends,” Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan) “American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) “Blame It on Eve,” John Hahn and Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland) Best Americana Album “The Other Side,” T Bone Burnett “$10 Cowboy,” Charley Crockett “Trail of Flowers,” Sierra Ferrell “Polaroid Lovers,” Sarah Jarosz “No One Gets Out Alive,” Maggie Rose “Tigers Blood,” Waxahatchee Best Bluegrass Album “I Built a World,” Bronwyn Keith-Hynes “Songs of Love and Life,” The Del McCoury Band “No Fear,” Sister Sadie “Live Vol. 1,” Billy Strings “Earl Jam,” Tony Trischka “Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman,” Dan Tyminski Best Traditional Blues Album “Hill Country Love,” Cedric Burnside “Struck Down,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds “One Guitar Woman,” Sue Foley “Sam’s Place,” Little Feat “Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa,” The Taj Mahal Sextet Best Contemporary Blues Album “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2,” Joe Bonamassa “Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland “Friendlytown,” Steve Cropper and the Midnight Hour “Mileage,” Ruthie Foster “The Fury,” Antonio Vergara Best Folk Album “American Patchwork Quartet,” American Patchwork Quartet “Weird Faith,” Madi Diaz “Bright Future,” Adrianne Lenker “All My Friends,” Aoife O’Donovan “Woodland,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Best Regional Roots Music Album “25 Back to My Roots,” Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles featuring J’Wan Boudreaux “Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” New Breed Brass Band featuring Trombone Shorty “Kuini,” Kalani Pe’a “Stories From the Battlefield,” The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. Best Gospel Performance/Song “Church Doors,” Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence and Sir William James Baptist, songwriter “Yesterday,” Melvin Crispell III “Hold On (Live),” Ricky Dillard “Holy Hands,“ Doe; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord and Juan Winans, songwriters “One Hallelujah,” Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell and Israel Houghton featuring Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song “Holy Forever (Live),” Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson featuring CeCe Winans “Praise,” Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore, songwriters “Firm Foundation (He Won’t),” Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple “In the Name of Jesus,” JWLKRS Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky and Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters “In the Room,” Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters “That’s My King,” CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks and Jess Russ, songwriters Best Gospel Album “Covered Vol. 1,” Melvin Crispell III “Choirmaster II (Live),” Ricky Dillard “Father’s Day,” Kirk Franklin “Still Karen,” Karen Clark Sheard “More Than This,” CeCe Winans Best Contemporary Christian Music Album “Heart of a Human,” Doe “When Wind Meets Fire,” Elevation Worship “Child of God,” Forrest Frank “Coat of Many Colors,” Brandon Lake “The Maverick Way Complete,” Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore Best Roots Gospel Album “The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2,” Authentic Unlimited “The Gospel According to Mark,” Mark D. Conklin “Rhapsody,” The Harlem Gospel Travelers “Church,” Cory Henry “Loving You,” The Nelons Best Latin Pop Album “Funk Generation,” Anitta “El Viaje,” Luis Fonsi “García,” Kany García “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” Shakira “Orquídeas,” Kali Uchis Best Música Urbana Album “Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana,” Bad Bunny “Rayo,” J Balvin “Ferxxocalipsis,” Feid “Las Letras Ya No Importan,” Residente “Att.,” Young Miko Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album “Compita del Destino,” El David Aguilar “Pa’ Tu Cuerpa,” Cimafunk “Autopoiética,” Mon Laferte “Grasa,” Nathy Peluso “¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?,” Rawayana Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) “Diamantes,” Chiquis “Boca Chueca, Vol. 1,” Carín León “Éxodo,” Peso Pluma “De Lejitos,” Jessi Uribe Best Tropical Latin Album “Muevense,” Marc Anthony “Bailar,” Sheila E. “Radio Güira,” Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 “Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional),” Tony Succar, Mimy Succar “Vacilón Santiaguero,” Kiki Valera Best Global Music Performance “Raat Ki Rani,” Arooj Aftab “A Rock Somewhere,” Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar and Varijashree Venugopal “Rise,” Rocky Dawuni “Bemba Colora,” Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar “Sunlight to My Soul,” Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir “Kashira,” Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody and Dale Edward Chung Best African Music Performance “Tomorrow,” Yemi Alade “MMS,” Asake and Wizkid “Sensational,” Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay “Higher,” Burna Boy “Love Me JeJe,” Tems Best Global Music Album “Alkebulan II,” Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra “Paisajes,” Ciro Hurtado “Heis,” Rema “Historias de Un Flamenco,” Antonio Rey “Born in the Wild,” Tems Best Reggae Album “Take It Easy,” Collie Buddz “Party With Me,” Vybz Kartel “Never Gets Late Here,” Shenseea “Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe),” (Various Artists) “Evolution,” The Wailers Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album “Break of Dawn,” Ricky Kej “Triveni,” Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon “Visions of Sounds,” De Luxe Chris Redding “Opus,” Ryuichi Sakamoto “Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn,” Anoushka Shankar “Warriors of Light,” Radhika Vekaria Best Children’s Music Album “Brillo, Brillo!,” Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band “Creciendo,” Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats “My Favorite Dream,” John Legend “Solid Rock Revival,” Rock for Children “World Wide Playdate,” Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids Best Comedy Album “Armageddon,” Ricky Gervais “The Dreamer,” Dave Chappelle “The Prisoner,” Jim Gaffigan “Someday You’ll Die,” Nikki Glaser “Where Was I,” Trevor Noah Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording “All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words,” (Various Artists) Guy Oldfield, producer “… And Your Ass Will Follow,” George Clinton “Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones,”Dolly Parton “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration,” Jimmy Carter “My Name Is Barbra,” Barbra Streisand Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media “American Fiction,” Laura Karpman, composer “Challengers,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers “The Color Purple,” Kris Bowers, composer “Dune: Part Two,” Hans Zimmer, composer “Shōgun,” Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross, composers Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) “The Color Purple,” (Various Artists) “Deadpool & Wolverine,” (Various Artists) “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein,” London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper “Saltburn,” (Various Artists) “Twisters: The Album,” (Various Artists) Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media “Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora,” Pinar Toprak, composer “God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla,” Bear McCreary, composer “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” John Paesano, composer “Star Wars Outlaws,” Wilbert Roget, II, composer “Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord,” Winifred Phillips, composer Best Song Written for Visual Media “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” from “Twisters: The Album”; Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs and Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs) “Better Place,” from “Trolls Band Together”; Amy Allen, Shellback and Justin Timberlake, songwriters (’N Sync and Justin Timberlake) “Can’t Catch Me Now,” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”; Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo) “It Never Went Away,” from “American Symphony”; Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) “Love Will Survive,” from “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”; Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve and Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand) Best Music Video “Tailor Swif” (ASAP Rocky), Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, video directors “360” (Charli XCX), Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo and Evan Thicke, video producers “Houdini” (Eminem), Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna and Justin Diener, video producers “Not Like Us” (Kendrick Lamar), Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter and Jamie Rabineau, video producers “Fortnight” (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone), Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer Best Music Film “American Symphony” (Jon Batiste) Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun, video producers “June" (June Carter Cash) Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson and Kristen Vaurio, video producers “Kings From Queens” (Run DMC) Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” (Steven Van Zandt) Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher and Bill Teck, video producers “The Greatest Night in Pop” (Various Artists) Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie and Harriet Sternberg, video producers Best Recording Package “The Avett Brothers,” Jonny Black and Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers) “Baker Hotel,” Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green) “Brat,” Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX) “F-1 Trillion,” Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon and Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone) “Hounds of Love: The Baskerville Edition,” Kate Bush and Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush) “Jug Band Millionaire,” Andrew Wong and Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) “Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease,” Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo) Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package “Half Living Things,” Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf) “Hounds of Love: The Boxes of Lost at Sea,” Kate Bush and Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush) “In Utero,” Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana) “Mind Games,” Simon Hilton and Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) “Unsuk Chin,” Takahiro Kurashima and Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin and Berliner Philharmoniker) “We Blame Chicago,” Rebeka Arce and Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men) Best Album Notes “After Midnight,” Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras) “The Carnegie Hall Concert,” Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane) “Centennial,” Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists) “John Culshaw — The Art of the Producer — The Early Years 1948-55,” Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw) “Sontrack Original De La Película ‘Al Son De Beno,’” Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists) Best Historical Album “Centennial,” Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists) “Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition,” Charles F. Spicer, Jr. and Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood and Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince and the New Power Generation) “Paul Robeson — Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings,” Tom Laskey and Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti and Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson) “Pepito Y Paquito,” Pepe De Lucía and Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía and Paco De Lucía) “The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording — Super Deluxe Edition),” Mike Matessino and Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick and Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers and Hammerstein and Julie Andrews) Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical “Algorithm,” Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz and Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye) “Cyan Blue,” Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon and Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson) “Deeper Well,” Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder and Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves) “Empathogen,” Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti and Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (Willow) “I/O,” Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May and Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel) “Short n’ Sweet,” Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan and Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler and Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter) Best Engineered Album, Classical “Adams: Girls of the Golden West,” Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale) “Andres: The Blind Banister,” Silas Brown, Doron Schachter and Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev and Metropolis Ensemble) “Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit,” Mark Donahue and John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) “Clear Voices in the Dark,” Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard and Skylark Vocal Ensemble) “Ortiz: Revolución,” Diamantina Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale) Producer of the Year, Classical Erica Brenner Christoph Franke Morten Lindberg Dmitriy Lipay Elaine Martone Dirk Sobotka Best Immersive Audio Album “Avalon,” Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies and Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music) “Genius Loves Company,” Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling and Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles with Various Artists) “Henning Sommerro: Borders,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra) “I/O (In-Side Mix),” Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel) “Pax,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 and Current Saxophone Quartet) Best Instrumental Composition “At Last,” Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg) “Communion,” Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra) “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,” André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau and Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000) “Remembrance,” Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) “Strands,” Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf and Christian Euman) Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella “Baby Elephant Walk — Encore,” Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy) “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly and John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier featuring John Legend and Tori Kelly) “Rhapsody in Blue(grass),” Béla Fleck and Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz and Bryan Sutton) “Rose Without the Thorns,” Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje and Tonality) “Silent Night,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje) Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals “Alma,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje featuring Regina Carter) “Always Come Back,” Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend) “Bigfeelings,” Willow, arranger (Willow) “Last Surprise (From ‘Persona 5’),” Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Jonah Nilsson and Button Masher) “The Sound of Silence,” Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry featuring Sleeping at Last) Best Orchestral Performance Award “Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries and Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance,” Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra) “Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening and Symphony in C Major,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) “Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen,” Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra) “Stravinsky: The Firebird,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony) Best Opera Recording Award “Adams: Girls of the Golden West,” John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny and Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale) “Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez and Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) “Moravec: The Shining,” Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce and Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus) “Puts: The Hours,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) “Saariaho: Adriana Mater,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan and Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) Best Choral Performance “Clear Voices in the Dark,” Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski and Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble) “A Dream So Bright — Choral Music of Jake Runestad,” Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices) “Handel: Israel in Egypt,” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry and Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers) “Ochre,” Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) “Sheehan: Akathist,” Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands and Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan and Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices and Trinity Youth Chorus) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance “Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles,” JACK Quartet “Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97, ‘Archduke,’” Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos and Emanuel Ax “Cerrone: Beaufort Scales,” Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone and Lorelei Ensemble “Home,” Miró Quartet “Rectangles and Circumstance,” Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion Best Classical Instrumental Solo “Akiho: Longing,” Andy Akiho “Bach: Goldberg Variations,” Víkingur Ólafsson “Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc,” Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up) “Entourer,” Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance) “Perry: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra,” Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra) Best Classical Solo Vocal Album “Beyond the Years — Unpublished Songs of Florence Price,” Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles “Newman: Bespoke Songs,” Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña and Garrick Zoeter) “Show Me The Way,” Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist “Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder,” Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro) Best Classical Compendium “Akiho: BeLonging,” Andy Akiho and Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon and Mark Dover, producers “American Counterpoints,” Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer “Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer “Mythologies II,” Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies and Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse and Kitt Wakeley, producers “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer Best Contemporary Classical Composition “Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello,” Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios) “Coleman: Revelry,” Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda) “Lang: Composition as Explanation,” David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird) “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale) “Saariaho: Adriana Mater,” Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra)

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Record of the Year

“Now and Then,” The Beatles
“Texas Hold ’Em,” Beyoncé
“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
“360,” Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan
“Fortnight,” Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Album of the Year

“New Blue Sun,” André 3000
“Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé
“Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Brat,” Charli XCX
“Djesse Vol. 4,” Jacob Collier
“Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish
“The Rise And Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

“Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

“Die With a Smile,” Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)

“Fortnight,” Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)

“Good Luck, Babe!,” Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

“Please Please Please,” Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

“Texas Hold ’Em,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best New Artist

Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter
Doechii
Khruangbin
Raye
Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Ian Fitchuk
Mustard
Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Raye

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Bodyguard,” Beyoncé
“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Apple,” Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish
“Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Us.,” Gracie Abrams featuring Taylor Swift
“Levii’s Jeans,” Beyoncé featuring Post Malone
“Guess,” Charli XCX and Billie Eilish
“The Boy Is Mine,” Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish
“Eternal Sunshine,” Ariana Grande
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Chappell Roan
“The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

“She’s Gone, Dance On,” Disclosure
“Loved,” Four Tet
“Leavemealone,” Fred Again.. and Baby Keem
“Neverender,” Justice and Tame Impala
“Witchy,” Kaytranada

Best Dance Pop Recording

“Make You Mine,” Madison Beer
“Von Dutch,” Charli XCX
“L’Amour de Ma Vie (Over Now Extended Edit),” Billie Eilish
“Yes, And?,” Ariana Grande
“Got Me Started,” Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Album

“Brat,” Charli XCX
“Three,” Four Tet
“Hyperdrama,” Justice
“Timeless,” Kaytranada
“Telos,” Zedd

Best Remixed Recording

“Alter Ego — Kaytranada Remix,” Kaytranada, remixer (Doechii featuring JT)

“A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix],” David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey and David Guetta)

“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix),” FNZ and Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)

“Jah Sees Them — Amapiano Remix,” Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps and MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley and Antaeus)

“Von Dutch,” A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli XCX and A.G. Cook featuring Addison Rae)

Best Rock Performance

“Now and Then,” The Beatles
“Beautiful People (Stay High),” The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me,” Green Day
“Gift Horse,” Idles
“Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam
“Broken Man,” St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance

“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne
“Crown of Horns,” Judas Priest
“Suffocate,” Knocked Loose featuring Poppy
“Screaming Suicide,” Metallica
“Cellar Door,” Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

“Beautiful People (Stay High),” Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen and Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)

“Broken Man,” Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)

“Dark Matter,” Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)

“Dilemma,” Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)

“Gift Horse,” Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan and Joe Talbot, songwriters (Idles)

Best Rock Album

“Happiness Bastards,” The Black Crowes
“Romance,” Fontaines D.C.
“Saviors,” Green Day
“Tangk,” Idles
“Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam
“Hackney Diamonds,” The Rolling Stones
“No Name,” Jack White

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Neon Pill,” Cage the Elephant
“Song of the Lake,” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Starburster,” Fontaines D.C.
“Bye Bye,” Kim Gordon
“Flea,” St. Vincent

Best Alternative Music Album

“Wild God,” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“Charm,” Clairo
“The Collective,” Kim Gordon
“What Now,” Brittany Howard
“All Born Screaming,” St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance

“Guidance,” Jhené Aiko
“Residuals,” Chris Brown
“Here We Go (Uh Oh),” Coco Jones
“Made for Me (Live on BET),” Muni Long
“Saturn,” SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Wet,” Marsha Ambrosius
“Can I Have This Groove,” Kenyon Dixon
“No Lie,” Lalah Hathaway featuring Michael McDonald
“Make Me Forget,” Muni Long
“That’s You,” Lucky Daye

Best R&B Song

“After Hours,” Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)

“Burning,” Ronald Banful and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)

“Here We Go (Uh Oh),” Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick and Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)

“Ruined Me,” Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea and Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)

“Saturn,” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)

Best Progressive R&B Album

“So Glad to Know You,” Avery*Sunshine
“En Route,” Durand Bernarr
“Bando Stone and the New World,” Childish Gambino
“Crash,” Kehlani
“Why Lawd?,” NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge)

Best R&B Album

“11:11 (Deluxe),” Chris Brown
“Vantablack,” Lalah Hathaway
“Revenge,” Muni Long
“Algorithm,” Lucky Daye
“Coming Home,” Usher

Best Rap Performance

“Enough (Miami),” Cardi B
“When the Sun Shines Again,” Common and Pete Rock featuring Posdnuos
“Nissan Altima,” Doechii
“Houdini,” Eminem
“Like That,” Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!,” GloRilla
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“Kehlani,” Jordan Adetunji featuring Kehlani
“Spaghettii,” Beyoncé featuring Linda Martell and Shaboozey
“We Still Don’t Trust You,” Future and Metro Boomin featuring the Weeknd
“Big Mama,” Latto
“3:AM,” Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu

Best Rap Song

“Asteroids,” Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody featuring Hit-Boy)

“Carnival,” Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West and Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ [Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign] featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti)

“Like That,” Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne and Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar)

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

“Yeah Glo!,” Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III and Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)

Best Rap Album

“Might Delete Later,” J. Cole
“The Auditorium, Vol. 1,” Common and Pete Rock
“Alligator Bites Never Heal,” Doechii
“The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem
“We Don’t Trust You,” Future and Metro Boomin

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

“Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say,” Queen Sheba
“Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series,” Omari Hardwick
“Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 in the Beginning Was the Word,” Malik Yusef
“The Heart, the Mind, the Soul,” Tank and the Bangas
“The Seven Number Ones,” Mad Skillz

Best Jazz Performance

“Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit),” The Baylor Project
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live),” Lakecia Benjamin featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts and John Scofield
“Juno,” Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me,” Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner
“Little Fears,” Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis and Troy Roberts

Best Jazz Vocal Album

“Journey In Black,” Christie Dashiell
“Wildflowers Vol. 1,” Kurt Elling and Sullivan Fortner
“A Joyful Holiday,” Samara Joy
“Milton + Esperanza,” Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
“My Ideal,” Catherine Russell and Sean Mason

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

“Owl Song,” Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell and Herlin Riley
“Beyond This Place,” Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins and Steve Nelson
“Phoenix Reimagined (Live),” Lakecia Benjamin
“Remembrance,” Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
“Solo Game,” Sullivan Fortner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

“Returning to Forever,” John Beasley and Frankfurt Radio Big Band
“And So It Goes,” The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
“Walk a Mile in My Shoe,” Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
“Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence,” Dan Pugach Big Band
“Golden City,” Miguel Zenón

Best Latin Jazz Album

“Spain Forever Again,” Michel Camilo and Tomatito
“Cubop Lives!,” Zaccai Curtis
“Collab,” Hamilton de Holanda and Gonzalo Rubalcaba
“Time and Again,” Eliane Elias
“El Trio: Live in Italy,” Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley and José Gola
“Cuba and Beyond,” Chucho Valdés and Royal Quartet
“As I Travel,” Donald Vega featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci and Luisito Quintero

Best Alternative Jazz Album

“Night Reign,” Arooj Aftab
“New Blue Sun,” André 3000
“Code Derivation,” Robert Glasper
“Foreverland,” Keyon Harrold
“No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin,” Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“À̀ Fleur De Peau,” Cyrille Aimée
“Visions,” Norah Jones
“Good Together,” Lake Street Dive
“Impossible Dream,” Aaron Lazar
“Christmas Wish,” Gregory Porter

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

“Plot Armor,” Taylor Eigsti
“Rhapsody In Blue,” Béla Fleck
“Orchestras (Live),” Bill Frisell featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston and Thomas Morgan
“Mark,” Mark Guiliana
“Speak to Me,” Julian Lage

Best Musical Theater Album

“Hell’s Kitchen,” Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis and Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys and Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer and lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

“Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman and David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

“The Notebook,” John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum and Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

“The Outsiders,” Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant and Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine and Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay and Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

“Suffs,” Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow and Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer and lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

“The Wiz,” Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis and Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis and Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer and lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

Best Country Solo Performance

“16 Carriages,” Beyoncé
“I Am Not Okay,” Jelly Roll
“The Architect,” Kacey Musgraves
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey
“It Takes a Woman,” Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan
“II Most Wanted,” Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus
“Break Mine,” Brothers Osborne
“Bigger Houses,” Dan + Shay
“I Had Some Help,” Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

Best Country Song

“The Architect,” Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

“I Am Not Okay,” Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)

“I Had Some Help,” Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen)

“Texas Hold ’Em,” Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan

Best Country Album

“Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé
“F-1 Trillion,” Post Malone
“Deeper Well,” Kacey Musgraves
“Higher,” Chris Stapleton
“Whirlwind,” Lainey Wilson

Best American Roots Performance

“Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland
“Nothing in Rambling,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal and Mick Fleetwood
“Lighthouse,” Sierra Ferrell
“The Ballad of Sally Anne,” Rhiannon Giddens

Best Americana Performance

“Yaya,” Beyoncé
“Subtitles,” Madison Cunningham
“Don’t Do Me Good,” Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell
“Runaway Train,” Sarah Jarosz
“Empty Trainload of Sky,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Best American Roots Song

“Ahead of the Game,” Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
“All in Good Time,” Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine featuring Fiona Apple)
“All My Friends,” Aoife O’Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O’Donovan)
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
“Blame It on Eve,” John Hahn and Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)

Best Americana Album

“The Other Side,” T Bone Burnett
“$10 Cowboy,” Charley Crockett
“Trail of Flowers,” Sierra Ferrell
“Polaroid Lovers,” Sarah Jarosz
“No One Gets Out Alive,” Maggie Rose
“Tigers Blood,” Waxahatchee

Best Bluegrass Album

“I Built a World,” Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
“Songs of Love and Life,” The Del McCoury Band
“No Fear,” Sister Sadie
“Live Vol. 1,” Billy Strings
“Earl Jam,” Tony Trischka
“Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman,” Dan Tyminski

Best Traditional Blues Album

“Hill Country Love,” Cedric Burnside
“Struck Down,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds
“One Guitar Woman,” Sue Foley
“Sam’s Place,” Little Feat
“Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa,” The Taj Mahal Sextet

Best Contemporary Blues Album

“Blues Deluxe Vol. 2,” Joe Bonamassa
“Blame It on Eve,” Shemekia Copeland
“Friendlytown,” Steve Cropper and the Midnight Hour
“Mileage,” Ruthie Foster
“The Fury,” Antonio Vergara

Best Folk Album

“American Patchwork Quartet,” American Patchwork Quartet
“Weird Faith,” Madi Diaz
“Bright Future,” Adrianne Lenker
“All My Friends,” Aoife O’Donovan
“Woodland,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album

“25 Back to My Roots,” Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul
“Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles featuring J’Wan Boudreaux
“Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” New Breed Brass Band featuring Trombone Shorty
“Kuini,” Kalani Pe’a
“Stories From the Battlefield,” The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Church Doors,” Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence and Sir William James Baptist, songwriter
“Yesterday,” Melvin Crispell III
“Hold On (Live),” Ricky Dillard
“Holy Hands,“ Doe; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord and Juan Winans, songwriters
“One Hallelujah,” Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell and Israel Houghton featuring Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Holy Forever (Live),” Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson featuring CeCe Winans
“Praise,” Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore, songwriters
“Firm Foundation (He Won’t),” Honor & Glory Featuring Disciple
“In the Name of Jesus,” JWLKRS Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky and Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
“In the Room,” Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters
“That’s My King,” CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks and Jess Russ, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

“Covered Vol. 1,” Melvin Crispell III
“Choirmaster II (Live),” Ricky Dillard
“Father’s Day,” Kirk Franklin
“Still Karen,” Karen Clark Sheard
“More Than This,” CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“Heart of a Human,” Doe
“When Wind Meets Fire,” Elevation Worship
“Child of God,” Forrest Frank
“Coat of Many Colors,” Brandon Lake
“The Maverick Way Complete,” Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore

Best Roots Gospel Album

“The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2,” Authentic Unlimited
“The Gospel According to Mark,” Mark D. Conklin
“Rhapsody,” The Harlem Gospel Travelers
“Church,” Cory Henry
“Loving You,” The Nelons

Best Latin Pop Album

“Funk Generation,” Anitta
“El Viaje,” Luis Fonsi
“García,” Kany García
“Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” Shakira
“Orquídeas,” Kali Uchis

Best Música Urbana Album

“Nadie Sabe lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana,” Bad Bunny
“Rayo,” J Balvin
“Ferxxocalipsis,” Feid
“Las Letras Ya No Importan,” Residente
“Att.,” Young Miko

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

“Compita del Destino,” El David Aguilar
“Pa’ Tu Cuerpa,” Cimafunk
“Autopoiética,” Mon Laferte
“Grasa,” Nathy Peluso
“¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?,” Rawayana

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

“Diamantes,” Chiquis
“Boca Chueca, Vol. 1,” Carín León
“Éxodo,” Peso Pluma
“De Lejitos,” Jessi Uribe

Best Tropical Latin Album

“Muevense,” Marc Anthony
“Bailar,” Sheila E.
“Radio Güira,” Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
“Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional),” Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
“Vacilón Santiaguero,” Kiki Valera

Best Global Music Performance

“Raat Ki Rani,” Arooj Aftab
“A Rock Somewhere,” Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar and Varijashree Venugopal
“Rise,” Rocky Dawuni
“Bemba Colora,” Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar
“Sunlight to My Soul,” Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir
“Kashira,” Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody and Dale Edward Chung

Best African Music Performance

“Tomorrow,” Yemi Alade
“MMS,” Asake and Wizkid
“Sensational,” Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay
“Higher,” Burna Boy
“Love Me JeJe,” Tems

Best Global Music Album

“Alkebulan II,” Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
“Paisajes,” Ciro Hurtado
“Heis,” Rema
“Historias de Un Flamenco,” Antonio Rey
“Born in the Wild,” Tems

Best Reggae Album

“Take It Easy,” Collie Buddz
“Party With Me,” Vybz Kartel
“Never Gets Late Here,” Shenseea
“Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe),” (Various Artists)
“Evolution,” The Wailers

Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

“Break of Dawn,” Ricky Kej
“Triveni,” Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon
“Visions of Sounds,” De Luxe Chris Redding
“Opus,” Ryuichi Sakamoto
“Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn,” Anoushka Shankar
“Warriors of Light,” Radhika Vekaria

Best Children’s Music Album

“Brillo, Brillo!,” Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
“Creciendo,” Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats
“My Favorite Dream,” John Legend
“Solid Rock Revival,” Rock for Children
“World Wide Playdate,” Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

Best Comedy Album

“Armageddon,” Ricky Gervais
“The Dreamer,” Dave Chappelle
“The Prisoner,” Jim Gaffigan
“Someday You’ll Die,” Nikki Glaser
“Where Was I,” Trevor Noah

Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording

“All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words,” (Various Artists) Guy Oldfield, producer
“… And Your Ass Will Follow,” George Clinton
“Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones,”Dolly Parton
“Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration,” Jimmy Carter
“My Name Is Barbra,” Barbra Streisand

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

“American Fiction,” Laura Karpman, composer
“Challengers,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
“The Color Purple,” Kris Bowers, composer
“Dune: Part Two,” Hans Zimmer, composer
“Shōgun,” Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross, composers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

“The Color Purple,” (Various Artists)
“Deadpool & Wolverine,” (Various Artists)
“Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein,” London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
“Saltburn,” (Various Artists)
“Twisters: The Album,” (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

“Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora,” Pinar Toprak, composer
“God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla,” Bear McCreary, composer
“Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” John Paesano, composer
“Star Wars Outlaws,” Wilbert Roget, II, composer
“Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord,” Winifred Phillips, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” from “Twisters: The Album”; Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs and Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)

“Better Place,” from “Trolls Band Together”; Amy Allen, Shellback and Justin Timberlake, songwriters (’N Sync and Justin Timberlake)

“Can’t Catch Me Now,” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”; Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)

“It Never Went Away,” from “American Symphony”; Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

“Love Will Survive,” from “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”; Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve and Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

Best Music Video

“Tailor Swif” (ASAP Rocky), Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, video directors

“360” (Charli XCX), Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo and Evan Thicke, video producers

“Houdini” (Eminem), Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna and Justin Diener, video producers

“Not Like Us” (Kendrick Lamar), Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter and Jamie Rabineau, video producers

“Fortnight” (Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone), Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

Best Music Film

“American Symphony” (Jon Batiste) Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun, video producers

“June" (June Carter Cash) Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson and Kristen Vaurio, video producers

“Kings From Queens” (Run DMC) Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer

“Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” (Steven Van Zandt) Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher and Bill Teck, video producers

“The Greatest Night in Pop” (Various Artists) Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie and Harriet Sternberg, video producers

Best Recording Package

“The Avett Brothers,” Jonny Black and Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)

“Baker Hotel,” Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)

“Brat,” Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX)

“F-1 Trillion,” Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon and Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)

“Hounds of Love: The Baskerville Edition,” Kate Bush and Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)

“Jug Band Millionaire,” Andrew Wong and Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)

“Pregnancy, Breakdown, and Disease,” Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

“Half Living Things,” Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)

“Hounds of Love: The Boxes of Lost at Sea,” Kate Bush and Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)

“In Utero,” Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)

“Mind Games,” Simon Hilton and Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)

“Unsuk Chin,” Takahiro Kurashima and Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin and Berliner Philharmoniker)

“We Blame Chicago,” Rebeka Arce and Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)

Best Album Notes

“After Midnight,” Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras)

“The Carnegie Hall Concert,” Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)

“Centennial,” Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists)

“John Culshaw — The Art of the Producer — The Early Years 1948-55,” Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)

“Sontrack Original De La Película ‘Al Son De Beno,’” Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

“Centennial,” Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists)

“Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition,” Charles F. Spicer, Jr. and Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood and Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince and the New Power Generation)

“Paul Robeson — Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings,” Tom Laskey and Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti and Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)

“Pepito Y Paquito,” Pepe De Lucía and Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía and Paco De Lucía)

“The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording — Super Deluxe Edition),” Mike Matessino and Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick and Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers and Hammerstein and Julie Andrews)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

“Algorithm,” Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz and Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)

“Cyan Blue,” Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon and Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)

“Deeper Well,” Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder and Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)

“Empathogen,” Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti and Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (Willow)

“I/O,” Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May and Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)

“Short n’ Sweet,” Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan and Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler and Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

“Adams: Girls of the Golden West,” Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale)

“Andres: The Blind Banister,” Silas Brown, Doron Schachter and Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev and Metropolis Ensemble)

“Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit,” Mark Donahue and John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

“Clear Voices in the Dark,” Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard and Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

“Ortiz: Revolución,” Diamantina Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Erica Brenner
Christoph Franke
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Dirk Sobotka

Best Immersive Audio Album

“Avalon,” Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies and Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)

“Genius Loves Company,” Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling and Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles with Various Artists)

“Henning Sommerro: Borders,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)

“I/O (In-Side Mix),” Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)

“Pax,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 and Current Saxophone Quartet)

Best Instrumental Composition

“At Last,” Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)

“Communion,” Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)

“I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,” André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau and Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)

“Remembrance,” Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck)

“Strands,” Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf and Christian Euman)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Baby Elephant Walk — Encore,” Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)

“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly and John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier featuring John Legend and Tori Kelly)

“Rhapsody in Blue(grass),” Béla Fleck and Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz and Bryan Sutton)

“Rose Without the Thorns,” Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje and Tonality)

“Silent Night,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Alma,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje featuring Regina Carter)

“Always Come Back,” Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)

“Bigfeelings,” Willow, arranger (Willow)

“Last Surprise (From ‘Persona 5’),” Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Jonah Nilsson and Button Masher)

“The Sound of Silence,” Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry featuring Sleeping at Last)

Best Orchestral Performance Award

“Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries and Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance,” Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)

“Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening and Symphony in C Major,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

“Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen,” Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Stravinsky: The Firebird,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording Award

“Adams: Girls of the Golden West,” John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny and Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)

“Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez and Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

“Moravec: The Shining,” Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce and Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)

“Puts: The Hours,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

“Saariaho: Adriana Mater,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan and Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best Choral Performance

“Clear Voices in the Dark,” Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski and Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

“A Dream So Bright — Choral Music of Jake Runestad,” Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)

“Handel: Israel in Egypt,” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry and Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)

“Ochre,” Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

“Sheehan: Akathist,” Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands and Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan and Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices and Trinity Youth Chorus)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

“Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles,” JACK Quartet

“Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97, ‘Archduke,’” Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos and Emanuel Ax

“Cerrone: Beaufort Scales,” Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone and Lorelei Ensemble

“Home,” Miró Quartet

“Rectangles and Circumstance,” Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Akiho: Longing,” Andy Akiho

“Bach: Goldberg Variations,” Víkingur Ólafsson

“Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc,” Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)

“Entourer,” Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)

“Perry: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra,” Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

“Beyond the Years — Unpublished Songs of Florence Price,” Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist

“A Change Is Gonna Come,” Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles

“Newman: Bespoke Songs,” Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña and Garrick Zoeter)

“Show Me The Way,” Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist

“Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder,” Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)

Best Classical Compendium

“Akiho: BeLonging,” Andy Akiho and Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon and Mark Dover, producers

“American Counterpoints,” Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

“Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer

“Mythologies II,” Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies and Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse and Kitt Wakeley, producers

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

“Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello,” Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)

“Coleman: Revelry,” Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)

“Lang: Composition as Explanation,” David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina,” Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale)

“Saariaho: Adriana Mater,” Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra)

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Happy Birthday–November 9

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George Wood (1858)
Harvey Hendrick (1897)
Johnny Gooch (1897)
Jerry Benjamin (1909)
Jerry Priddy (1919)
Bob Wren (1920)
Bill Bruton (1925)
Whitey Herzog (1931)
Bob Gibson (1935)
Jim Riggleman (1952)
Teddy Higuera (1958)
Dion James (1962)
Chad Ogea (1970)
Adam Dunn (1979)
Chuck James (1981)
Joel Zumaya (1984)
Curt Casali (1988)
Alex Kirilloff (1997)

Bob Wren was the head coach of Ohio University from 1949-1972.

Jim Riggleman managed San Diego, the Cubs, Seattle, and Washington.

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It's still early, but after another dominant win, I think it's time to start asking ourselves: Are the Wild actually good this year?

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Random Rewind: 1994, Game 85

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CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, MINNESOTA TWINS 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date: Saturday, July 9, 1994.

Batting stars: Chip Hale was 2-for-4 with a double. Kent Hrbek was 2-for-4. Chuck Knoblauch was 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, and two runs.

Pitching stars: Dave Stevens pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Mark Guthrie pitchd 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars: Alvaro Espinoza was 2-for-4. Omar Vizquel was 2-for-5. Eddie Murray hit a home run, his thirteenth.

WP: Dennis Martinez (8-4).

LP: Jim Deshaies (4-9).

S: Jeff Russell (13).

Notes: Jeff Reboulet was at shortstop in place of Pat Meares. Rich Becker was in center in place of Alex Cole. Hale was at DH in place of Dave Winfield.

Kirby Puckett was batting .321. He would finish at .317. Chuck Knoblauch was batting .320. He would finish at .312. Shane Mack was batting .314. He would finish at .333.

Alvaro Espinoza played for the Twins from 1984-1986. Paul Sorrento pinch-hit and was 0-for-1. He played for the Twins from 1989-1991.

Albert Belle had four sacrifice bunts in his career. This was the last one.

The 1994 season would come to a premature end about a month later due to a labor-related work stoppage.

Record: Cleveland was 50-33, in first place by percentage points over Chicago. They would finish 66-47, in second place, one game behind Chicago.

The Twins were 42-43, in fourth place, nine games behind Cleveland. They would finish 53-60., in fourth place, fourteen games behind Chicago.

Random Record: The Random Twins are 22-17 (.564).

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.