Grammy Awards 2021
The 63rd Grammy Awards · Held March 14, 2021 · 43 categories · everything in 2021
Album of the Year
- Winner Folklore
- Nominee Black Pumas · Black Pumas
- Nominee Chilombo · Jhené Aiko
- Nominee Djesse Vol. 3 · Jacob Collier
- Nominee Everyday Life
- Nominee Future Nostalgia · Dua Lipa
- Nominee Hollywood's Bleeding · Post Malone
- Nominee Women in Music Pt. III · Haim
Record of the Year
- Winner Everything I Wanted · Billie Eilish
- Nominee Black Parade · Beyoncé
- Nominee Circles · Post Malone
- Nominee Colors · Black Pumas
- Nominee Don't Start Now · Dua Lipa
- Nominee Rockstar · DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
- Nominee Savage · Megan Thee Stallion
- Nominee Say So · Doja Cat
Song of the Year
- Winner I Can't Breathe · D'Mile, Tiara Thomas, H.E.R.
- Nominee Black Parade · Jay-Z, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk, Rickie "Caso" Tice
- Nominee Cardigan · Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
- Nominee Circles · Louis Bell, A. Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Post Malone
- Nominee Don't Start Now · Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Emily Warren
- Nominee Everything I Wanted · Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish
- Nominee If the World Was Ending · Julia Michaels, JP Saxe
- Nominee The Box · Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Roddy Ricch, Khirye Anthony Tyler
Best New Artist
- Winner Megan Thee Stallion
- Nominee Chika
- Nominee D Smoke
- Nominee Doja Cat
- Nominee Ingrid Andress
- Nominee Kaytranada
- Nominee Noah Cyrus
- Nominee Phoebe Bridgers
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner Fetch the Bolt Cutters · Fiona Apple
- Nominee History Repeats · Brittany Howard
- Nominee Hyperspace · Beck
- Nominee Punisher · Phoebe Bridgers
- Nominee The Slow Rush · Tame Impala
Best American Roots Performance
- Winner I Remember Everything · John Prine
- Nominee Colors · Black Pumas
- Nominee Deep in Love · Bonny Light Horseman
- Nominee I'll Be Gone · Norah Jones, Mavis Staples
- Nominee Short and Sweet · Brittany Howard
Best American Roots Song
- Winner I Remember Everything · Pat McLaughlin
- Nominee Cabin
- Nominee Ceiling to the Floor
- Nominee Hometown
- Nominee Man Without a Soul
Best Americana Album
- Winner World on the Ground · Sarah Jarosz
- Nominee El Dorado · Marcus King
- Nominee Good Souls Better Angels · Lucinda Williams
- Nominee Old Flowers · Courtney Marie Andrews
- Nominee Terms of Surrender · Hiss Golden Messenger
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner Home · Billy Strings
- Nominee Man on Fire · Danny Barnes
- Nominee North Carolina Songbook · Steep Canyon Rangers
- Nominee The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1
- Nominee To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 · Thomm Jutz
Best Comedy Album
- Winner Black Mitzvah · Tiffany Haddish
- Nominee 23 Hours to Kill · Jerry Seinfeld
- Nominee I Love Everything · Patton Oswalt
- Nominee Paper Tiger · Bill Burr
- Nominee The Pale Tourist · Jim Gaffigan
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? · Fantastic Negrito
- Nominee Blackbirds · Bettye LaVette
- Nominee Live at the Paramount
- Nominee The Juice · G. Love
- Nominee Up and Rolling · North Mississippi Allstars
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- Winner Jesus Is King · Kanye West
- Nominee All of My Best Friends · Hillsong Young & Free
- Nominee Citizen of Heaven · Tauren Wells
- Nominee Holy Water · We the Kingdom
- Nominee Run to the Father · Cody Carnes
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Winner Live at the Royal Albert Hall · Snarky Puppy
- Nominee Americana · Grégoire Maret, Bill Frisell
- Nominee Axiom · Christian Scott
- Nominee Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard · Jon Batiste
- Nominee Take the Stairs · Black Violin
Best Country Album
- Winner Wildcard · Miranda Lambert
- Nominee Lady Like · Ingrid Andress
- Nominee Never Will · Ashley McBryde
- Nominee Nightfall · Little Big Town
- Nominee Who You Thought I Was · Brandy Clark
Best Country Solo Performance
- Winner When My Amy Prays · Vince Gill
- Nominee Black Like Me · Mickey Guyton
- Nominee Bluebird · Miranda Lambert
- Nominee Stick That in Your Country Song · Eric Church
- Nominee Who You Thought I Was · Brandy Clark
Best Country Song
- Winner Crowded Table · Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna
- Nominee Bluebird · Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
- Nominee More Hearts Than Mine · Ingrid Andress
- Nominee Some People Do · Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, Thomas Rhett
- Nominee The Bones · Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Winner 10% · Kaytranada, Kali Uchis
- Nominee Both of Us · Jayda G
- Nominee My High · Disclosure, Aminé, Slowthai
- Nominee On My Mind · Diplo, Sidepiece
- Nominee The Difference · Flume, Toro y Moi
Best Folk Album
- Winner All the Good Times · Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
- Nominee Bonny Light Horseman · Bonny Light Horseman
- Nominee Saturn Return · The Secret Sisters
- Nominee Song for Our Daughter · Laura Marling
- Nominee Thanks for the Dance · Leonard Cohen
Best Global Music Album
- Winner Twice as Tall · Burna Boy
- Nominee Agora · Bebel Gilberto
- Nominee Amadjar · Tinariwen
- Nominee Fu Chronicles · Antibalas
- Nominee Love Letters · Anoushka Shankar
Best Gospel Album
- Winner Gospel According to PJ · PJ Morton
- Nominee 2econd Wind: ReadY · Anthony Brown
- Nominee Choirmaster · Ricky Dillard
- Nominee Kierra · Kierra Sheard
- Nominee My Tribute · Myron Butler
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Winner Trilogy 2 · Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
- Nominee Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard · Gerald Clayton
- Nominee On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment · Ambrose Akinmusire
- Nominee RoundAgain · Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
- Nominee Waiting Game · Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Jazz Performance
- Winner All Blues · Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
- Nominee Celia · Gerald Clayton
- Nominee Guinnevere · Christian Scott
- Nominee Moe Honk · Joshua Redman
- Nominee Pachamama · Regina Carter
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Winner Secrets are the Best Stories · Kurt Elling, Danilo Pérez
- Nominee Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper
- Nominee Modern Ancestors · Carmen Lundy
- Nominee ONA · Thana Alexa
- Nominee What's the Hurry · Kenny Washington
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner Data Lords · Maria Schneider Orchestra
- Nominee Dialogues on Race
- Nominee Monk'estra Plays John Beasley · John Beasley
- Nominee Songs You Like a Lot · John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry
- Nominee The Intangible Between · Orrin Evans
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Winner Four Questions · Arturo O'Farrill
- Nominee City of Dreams · Chico Pinheiro
- Nominee Tradiciones
- Nominee Trane's Delight · Poncho Sanchez
- Nominee Viento y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo · Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Aymée Nuviola
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Winner La Conquista del Espacio · Fito Páez
- Nominee Aura · Bajofondo
- Nominee MONSTRUO · Cami
- Nominee Miss Colombia · Lido Pimienta
- Nominee Sobrevolando · Cultura Profética
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- Winner Lockdown · Anderson .Paak
- Nominee Highest in the Room · Travis Scott
- Nominee Laugh Now Cry Later · Drake, Lil Durk
- Nominee Rockstar · DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
- Nominee The Box · Roddy Ricch
Best Metal Performance
- Winner Bum-Rush · Body Count
- Nominee Bloodmoney · Poppy
- Nominee Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) · Power Trip
- Nominee The In-Between · In This Moment
- Nominee Underneath · Code Orange
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner More Guitar Stories · Jim Kimo West
- Nominee Form//Less
- Nominee Meditations · Cory Wong, Jon Batiste
- Nominee Periphery · Priya Darshini
- Nominee Songs from the Bardo · Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Winner Watermelon Sugar · Harry Styles
- Nominee Cardigan · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Don't Start Now · Dua Lipa
- Nominee Everything I Wanted · Billie Eilish
- Nominee Say So · Doja Cat
- Nominee Yummy · Justin Bieber
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Future Nostalgia · Dua Lipa
- Nominee Changes · Justin Bieber
- Nominee Chromatica · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Fine Line · Harry Styles
- Nominee Folklore · Taylor Swift
Best Rap Album
- Winner King's Disease · Nas
- Nominee A Written Testimony · Jay Electronica
- Nominee Alfredo · Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist
- Nominee Black Habits · D Smoke
- Nominee The Allegory · Royce da 5'9"
Best Rap Performance
- Winner Savage · Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé
- Nominee Bop · DaBaby
- Nominee Deep Reverence · Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle
- Nominee Dior · Pop Smoke
- Nominee The Bigger Picture · Lil Baby
- Nominee Whats Poppin · Jack Harlow
Best Rap Song
- Winner Savage · Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Brittany Hazzard, The-Dream, Megan Thee Stallion, Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe, Anthony White
- Nominee Laugh Now Cry Later · Lil Durk, Rogét Chahayed, Drake, Ron LaTour
- Nominee Rockstar · DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
- Nominee The Bigger Picture · Lil Baby, Rai'Shaun Williams
- Nominee The Box · Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Roddy Ricch, Khirye Anthony Tyler
Best Reggae Album
- Winner Got to Be Tough · Toots & The Maytals
- Nominee Higher Place · Skip Marley
- Nominee It All Comes Black to Love · Maxi Priest
- Nominee One World · The Wailers
- Nominee Upside Down 2020 · Buju Banton
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- Winner Atmosphere · New Orleans Nightcrawlers
- Nominee A Tribute to Al Berard
- Nominee Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours
- Nominee Lovely Sunrise
- Nominee My Relatives 'nikso' Kowaiks – Black Lodge Singers
Best Rock Album
- Winner The New Abnormal · The Strokes
- Nominee A Hero's Death · Fontaines D.C.
- Nominee Daylight · Grace Potter
- Nominee Kiwanuka · Michael Kiwanuka
- Nominee Sound & Fury · Sturgill Simpson
Best Rock Performance
- Winner Shameika · Fiona Apple
- Nominee Daylight · Grace Potter
- Nominee Kyoto · Phoebe Bridgers
- Nominee Not · Big Thief
- Nominee Stay High · Brittany Howard
- Nominee The Steps · Haim
Best Rock Song
- Winner Stay High · Brittany Howard
- Nominee Kyoto · Phoebe Bridgers
- Nominee Lost in Yesterday · Kevin Parker
- Nominee Not · Adrianne Lenker
- Nominee Shameika · Fiona Apple
Best Roots Gospel Album
- Winner Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) · Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Nominee 20/20 · The Crabb Family
- Nominee Beautiful Day
- Nominee Something Beautiful
- Nominee What Christmas Really Means
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Winner Rawer than Raw · Bobby Rush
- Nominee All My Dues are Paid · Frank Bey
- Nominee Cypress Grove · Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
- Nominee That's What I Heard · Robert Cray Band
- Nominee You Make Me Feel · Don Bryant
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Winner American Standard · James Taylor, James Taylor
- Nominee Blue Umbrella · Burt Bacharach, Daniel Tashian
- Nominee Judy · Renée Zellweger
- Nominee True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter · Harry Connick Jr.
- Nominee Unfollow the Rules · Rufus Wainwright
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner 40 · Grupo Niche
- Nominee El Ruiseñor
- Nominee Infinito
- Nominee Memorias de Navidad · Victor Manuelle
- Nominee Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe)