2021 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees
The 63rd Grammy Awards were held on March 14, 2021, in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center, honoring music from September 2019 to August 2020. Hosted by Trevor Noah, the show saw Beyoncé lead with nine nominations and win four awards, becoming the most-awarded woman in Grammy history. Her daughter Blue Ivy also became the youngest individual Grammy winner. Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, becoming the first woman to win the award three times. Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted,” marking her second consecutive win. H.E.R. earned Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe,” and Megan Thee Stallion was named Best New Artist—the first female rapper to do so since Lauryn Hill in 1999. The ceremony was delayed from its original January date due to COVID-19 concerns.
Record of the year
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
Beyoncé - Black Parade Black Pumas - Colors DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar Doja Cat - Say So Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now Post Malone - Circles Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé - Savage
Album of the year
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Jhené Aiko - Chilombo Black Pumas - Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) Coldplay - Everyday Life Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 3 Haim - Women in Music Pt. III Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
Song of the year
H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe
Beyoncé - Black Parade Roddy Ricch - The Box Taylor Swift - Cardigan Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now Post Malone - Circles Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Best new artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Ingrid Andress Phoebe Bridgers Chika Noah Cyrus D Smoke Doja Cat Kaytranada
Best pop solo performance
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Justin Bieber - Yummy Doja Cat - Say So Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now Taylor Swift - Cardigan
Best pop duo/group performance
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me
J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy - Un Dia (One Day) Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo - Intentions BTS - Dynamite Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver - Exile
Best traditional pop vocal album
James Taylor - American Standard
Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian - Blue Umbrella Harry Connick, Jr. - True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules Renée Zellweger - Judy
Best pop vocal album
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Justin Bieber - Changes Lady Gaga - Chromatica Harry Styles - Fine Line Taylor Swift - Folklore
Best dance recording
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis - 10%
Diplo & Sidepiece - On My Mind Disclosure Featuring Aminé & Slowthai - My High Flume Featuring Toro y Moi - The Difference Jayda G - Both of Us
Best dance/electronic album
Kaytranada - Bubba
Arca - KiCk i Disclosure - Energy Madeon - Good Faith Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Best rock album
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka Grace Potter - Daylight Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury
Best rock song
Brittany Howard - Stay High
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto Tame Impala - Lost In Yesterday Big Thief - Not Fiona Apple - Shameika
Best rock performance
Fiona Apple - Shameika
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto Haim - The Steps Brittany Howard - Stay High Grace Potter - Daylight Big Thief - Not
Best metal performance
Body Count - Bum-Rush
Code Orange - Underneath In This Moment - The In-Between Poppy - Bloodmoney Power Trip - Executioner's Tax (Live)
Best alternative music album
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Beck - Hyperspace Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Brittany Howard - Jaime Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Best R&B performance
Beyoncé - Black Parade
Thundercat - Dragonball Durag
Jhené Aiko Featuring John Legend - Lightning & Thunder Brittany Howard - Goat Head Emily King - See Me
Best traditional R&B performance
Ledisi - Anything For You
Ant Clemons & Justin Timberlake - Better Days Mykal Kilgore - Let Me Go Giveon - Like I Want You Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music - Movin' On
Best R&B song
Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello - Better Than I Imagined
Beyoncé - Black Parade Chloe X Halle - Do It Skip Marley & H.E.R. - Slow Down John Legend - Written In Stone
Best R&B album
John Legend - Bigger Love
Ant Clemons - Happy 2 Be Here Giveon - Take Time Luke James - To Feel Love/d Gregory Porter - All Rise
Best progressive R&B album
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Jhené Aiko - Chilombo Chloe X Halle - Ungodly Hour Free Nationals - Free Nationals Robert Glasper - F*** Yo Feelings
Best rap performance
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé - Savage
Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar Pop Smoke - Dior Jack Harlow - What's Poppin Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle - Deep Reverence
Best melodic rap performance
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar Drake Featuring Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later Roddy Ricch - The Box Travis Scott - Highest in the Room
Best rap song
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé - Savage
Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture Roddy Ricch - The Box Drake Featuring Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar
Best rap album
Nas - King's Disease
D Smoke - Black Habits Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony Royce da 5'9" - The Allegory
Best country solo performance
Vince Gill - When My Amy Prays
Eric Church - Stick That In Your Country Song Brandy Clark - Who You Thought I Was Miranda Lambert - Bluebird Mickey Guyton - Black Like Me
Best country duo/group performance
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours
Brothers Osborne - All Night Maddie & Tae - Die From A Broken Heart Old Dominion - Some People Do Little Big Town - Sugar Coat
Best country song
Brandy Clark - Better Off Without You
Miranda Lambert - Bluebird Maren Morris - The Bones The Highwomen - Crowded Table Ingrid Andress - More Hearts Than Mine
Best country album
Miranda Lambert - Wildcard
Ingrid Andress - Lady Like Brandy Clark - Your Life Is A Record Little Big Town - Nightfall Ashley McBryde - Never Will
Best new age album
Jim "Kimo" West - More Guitar Stories
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith - Songs From The Bardo Deep Forest - Deep Forest 2 Anne Wilson - Impressions Farទៀតn - Imaginaryland
Best jazz vocal album
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez - Secrets Are The Best Stories
Thana Alexa - Ona Concordia University Jazz Ensemble I - Thirsty Hearts Carmen Lundy - Modern Ancestors Kenny Washington - What's The Hurry
Best jazz instrumental album
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Trilogy 2
Ambrose Akinmusire - On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science - Waiting Game Gerald Clayton - Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard Fred Hersch - Songs From Home
Best large jazz ensemble album
John Beasley - Monk'estra Plays John Beasley
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension SuperBlue - The Joyful Noise Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords WDR Big Band ft. Michael League - X
Best Latin jazz album
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Four Questions
Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra - Tradiciones Bobby Sanabria Big Band - West Side Story Reimagined Eddie Palmieri - For My Grandmothers Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola - Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo
Best gospel performance/song
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music - Movin' On
Melvin Crispell III - Wonderful Is Your Name Ricky Dillard Featuring Tiff Joy - Release (Live) Kirk Franklin - Strong God Travis Greene Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Won't Let Go
Best contemporary Christian music performance/song
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton - There Was Jesus
Blessing Offor - Brighter Days Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship - The Blessing (Live) Natalie Grant - Facing A Mountain We The Kingdom - Holy Water
Best gospel album
PJ Morton - Gospel According To PJ
Ricky Dillard - Choirmaster Travis Greene - Broken Record Kierra Sheard - Kierra Marvin Sapp - Chosen Vessel
Best contemporary Christian music album
Kanye West - Jesus Is King
Cody Carnes - Run To The Father Elevation Worship - Graves Into Gardens Tauren Wells - Citizen of Heaven We The Kingdom - Holy Water
Best roots gospel album
Fisk Jubilee Singers - Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
The Crabb Family - 20/20 The Erwins - What The Future Holds The Isaacs - Songs For The Times The Sound - The Sound
Best Latin pop or urban album
Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG
Camilo - Por Primera Vez Kany García - Mesa Para Dos Ricky Martin - Pausa Debi Nova - 3:33
Best Latin rock or alternative album
Fito Paez - La Conquista Del Espacio
Bajofondo - Aura Cami - Monstruo Cultura Profética - Sobrevolando Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia
Best regional Mexican music album (including Tejano)
Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1
Lupita Infante - La Serenata Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez - Bailando Sones Y Huapangos Con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez Christian Nodal - Ayayay! Alejandro Fernández - Hecho En México
Best tropical Latin album
Grupo Niche - 40
José Alberto "El Canario" - Serenata Edwin Bonilla - Sigo Con Mi Son Victor Manuelle - Memorias De Navidad Tito Nieves - Un Canto A Puerto Rico
Best American roots performance
John Prine - I Remember Everything
Black Pumas - Colors Brittany Howard - Goat Head Norah Jones & Mavis Staples - I'll Be Gone Bonny Light Horseman - Mountain Song
Best American roots song
John Prine - I Remember Everything
The Secret Sisters - Cabin Sarah Jarosz - Hometown Bonny Light Horseman - Mountain Song Blake Mills - Old Man Dancing
Best Americana album
Sarah Jarosz - World On The Ground
Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms Of Surrender Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
Best bluegrass album
Billy Strings - Home
Danny Barnes - Man On Fire Becky Buller - The Darkest Hour Sister Sadie - Sister Sadie The SteelDrivers - Bad For You
Best traditional blues album
Bobby Rush - Rawer Than Raw
Frank Bey - All My Dues Are Paid Don Bryant - You Make Me Feel Robert Cray Band - That's What I Heard Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Cypress Grove
Best contemporary blues album
Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Kingfish Bettye LaVette - Blackbirds North Mississippi Allstars - Up and Rolling Tedeschi Trucks Band - Signs
Best folk album
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter The Secret Sisters - Saturn Return The Lumineers - III
Best regional roots music album
New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Atmosphere
Black Lodge Singers - My Relatives "Are You Ready" Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours - The Beautiful Not Yet Hawane Rios - Niiihau Sweet Cecilia - A Tribute To Al Berard
Best reggae album
Toots And The Maytals - Got To Be Tough
Buju Banton - Upside Down 2020 Skip Marley - Higher Place Maxi Priest - It's Alright The Wailers - One World
Best global music album
Burnaboy - Twice As Tall
Antibalas - Fu Chronicles Bebel Gilberto - Agora Anoushka Shankar - Love Letters Tinariwen - Amadjar
Best spoken word album (includes poetry, audio books & storytelling)
Rachel Maddow - Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry On Earth
Flea - Acid For The Children Ken Jennings - Alex Trebek - The Answer Is... Ronan Farrow - Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies, And A Conspiracy To Protect Predators Meryl Streep & E.B. White - Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Best comedy album
Jerry Seinfeld - 23 Hours To Kill
Patton Oswalt - I Love Everything Jim Gaffigan - The Pale Tourist Bill Burr - Paper Tiger Tiffany Haddish - Black Mitzvah
Best musical theater album
Jagged Little Pill
Amélie American Utopia Little Shop Of Horrors Prince Of Broadway
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
Jojo Rabbit
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood Bill & Ted Face The Music Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga Frozen 2
Best score soundtrack for visual media
Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir
Ad Astra - Max Richter Becoming - Kamasi Washington 1917 - Thomas Newman Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - John Williams
Best song written for visual media
Billie Eilish - No Time To Die (From No Time To Die)
Taylor Swift - Beautiful Ghosts (From Cats) Brandi Carlile - Carried Me With You (From Onward) Idina Menzel & Aurora - Into The Unknown (From Frozen 2) Cynthia Erivo - Stand Up (From Harriet)
Best instrumental composition
Maria Schneider - Sputnik
Christian Sands - Be Water II Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Baby Steps John Beasley - Our Neighborhood Remy Le Boeuf - Pluto Moons
Best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella
John Beasley & Maria Mendes - Donna Lee
Bill Cunliffe - As Days Go By (Seasons) Alexandre Desplat - Concerto For Orchestra: Episode 1 Remi Le Boeuf - The Light Dwells On Venus Christian Sands - Chopsticks
Best arrangement, instruments and vocals
Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody - He Won't Hold You
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor - Asas Feitas John Hollenbeck - Desert Song Kurt Elling Featuring Sara Gazarek - The Hermit Tania León - Little Star
Best recording package
Desert Sessions - Vols. 11 & 12
Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 1 Fleet Foxes - Shore Grouplove - Healer Old Man Luedecke - Easy Money
Best boxed or special limited edition package
Wilco - Ode To Joy
Black Pumas - Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead - American Beauty The National - The National - I Am Easy To Find Various Artists - Artist In The Ambulance
Best album notes
To Sleep To Dream: A Thematic And Poetic Exploration Of The Music Of Prince
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music: Vol. 1 Various Artists - The Jubilee Of Modern Music Various Artists - It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers
Best historical album
Mister Rogers - It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (50th Anniversary Edition)
Prince - 1999 (Super Deluxe Edition) Peter Gabriel - So (25th Anniversary Edition) Johnny Mathis - The Voice Of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection
Best engineered album, non-classical
Beck - Hyperspace
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Brittany Howard - Jaime Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
Producer of the year, non-classical
Andrew Watt
Jack Antonoff Dan Auerbach Dave Cobb Flying Lotus
Best remixed recording
Saint Jhn - Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Phil Good - Do You Ever (RAC Mix) Sofi Tukker & Gorgon City - House Is A Feeling (Club Mix) Ludacris - The Best (Clean Bandit Remix) Mike Shinoda - Until You Loved Me (RAC Mix)
Best immersive audio album
Passenger - Patchwork
Béla Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart The Cars - Candy-O Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury Various Artists - The Ghost In The Machine
Best engineered album, classical
Mark Dover - Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; Vocalise Ives: Complete Symphonies Dean: Symphony No. 2
Producer of the year, classical
David Frost
Blanton Alspaugh Morten Lindberg Elaine Martone Dirk Sobotka
Best orchestral performance
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic - Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Must The Devil Have All The Good Tunes? John Williams & Vienna Philharmonic - Williams: A Celebration Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Philadelphia Orchestra - Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; Vocalise Donald Runnicles & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Connesson: Les Flammes Des Anges; Le Tombeau Des Lutteurs; Symphonie Nr. 1
Best opera recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose - Dello Joio: The Trial At Rouen The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Handel: Agrippina San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas - John Adams: Doctor Atomic London Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle - Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin
Best choral performance
University of Michigan Chamber Choir; Eugene Rogers - Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Grant Gershon - Cardew: The Great Learning Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Joshua Habermann - Duruflé: Requiem The Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton - Haydn: The Creation The Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge; Andrew Nethsingha - Little: The Long Walk
Best chamber music/small ensemble performance
Third Coast Percussion - Contemporary Colors
Dover Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59, Nos. 1-3 Catalyst Quartet - Glass: Akhnaten Attacca Quartet - Shaw: Orange Imani Winds - Imani Winds: In Memoriam
Best classical instrumental solo
Isata Kanneh-Mason - Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7
Igor Levit - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Víkingur Ólafsson - Debussy: Pour Le Piano; Estampes; Images Christian Gerhaher - Liszt: Études D'exécution Transcendante Yuja Wang - Adès: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra
Best classical solo vocal album
Sarah Davis - Theofanidis: Concertos For Double Bass
Joyce DiDonato - After Hours Matthew Polenzani - A Handful Of Earth Sondra Radvanovsky - From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Frank: Panis Angelicus Joshua Bell - The Song Of The Nightingale
Best classical compendium
Isata Kanneh-Mason - Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7
Nathalie Stutzmann - Bach: Cantatas Joshua Bell - The Song Of The Nightingale Various Artists - Theofanidis: Concertos For Double Bass Various Artists - Works By Women Composers
Best contemporary classical composition
Christopher Theofanidis - Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua
Thomas Adès - Adès: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Aequa Joel Thompson - Seven Last Words Of The Unarmed Errollyn Wallen - Pace
Best music video
Beyoncé - Brown Skin Girl
Future Featuring Drake - Life Is Good Anderson .Paak - Lockdown Harry Styles - Adore You Woodkid - Goliath
Best music film
Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice
Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys Story Beyoncé - Black Is King Pharrell Williams - Happy The Bee Gees - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart