61st Annual Grammy Awards

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[2][3] Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted.[4][5] During her opening monologue, Keys brought out Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, each of whom spoke about the impact that music had on their lives.[6]

61st Annual Grammy Awards
Official poster
DateFebruary 10, 2019 (2019-02-10)
8:00–11:45 p.m. EST
LocationStaples Center, Los Angeles
Hosted byAlicia Keys
Most awardsChildish Gambino
Kacey Musgraves (4 each)
Most nominationsKendrick Lamar (8)
Websitehttps://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards-2018 Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership19.9 million[1]

The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018.[7] Nominations were announced on December 7, 2018.

Dolly Parton was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two days prior on February 8, 2019.[8]

Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations, with eight. Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves tied for the most wins of the night with four each.[9] Childish Gambino did not attend the ceremony and became the first major award winner to be absent since Amy Winehouse in 2008.[10] "This Is America" producer Ludwig Göransson and recording engineer Riley Mackin accepted the Record of the Year Grammy on Gambino's behalf.

Nominations announcement

Nominations were to be announced on December 5, 2018, but were delayed to Friday, December 7, 2018 following the death and state funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.[3][11]

Performers

Artist(s) Song(s)
Camila Cabello
J Balvin
Ricky Martin
Young Thug
Arturo Sandoval
"Havana"
"Pégate"
"Mi Gente"
Shawn Mendes
Miley Cyrus
"In My Blood"
Kacey Musgraves "Rainbow"
Janelle Monáe "Make Me Feel"
"Django Jane"
"Pynk"
Post Malone
Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Stay"
"Rockstar"
"Dark Necessities"
Kacey Musgraves
Katy Perry
Dolly Parton
Miley Cyrus
Maren Morris
Little Big Town
Tribute to Dolly Parton
"Here You Come Again"
"Jolene"
"After the Gold Rush"
"Red Shoes"
"9 to 5"
H.E.R. "Hard Place"
Cardi B
Chloe Flower
"Money"
Alicia Keys "Maple Leaf Rag"
"Killing Me Softly with His Song"
"Lucid Dreams"
"Unforgettable"
"Clocks"
"Use Somebody"
"Boo'd Up"
"In My Feelings"
"Doo Wop (That Thing)"
"Empire State of Mind"
Dan + Shay "Tequila"
Diana Ross "The Best Years of My Life"
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
Lady Gaga
Mark Ronson
Andrew Wyatt
Anthony Rossomando
"Shallow"
Travis Scott
James Blake
Philip Bailey
"Stop Trying to Be God"
"No Bystanders"
Jennifer Lopez
Smokey Robinson
Alicia Keys
Ne-Yo
Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration
"Dancing in the Street"
"Please Mr. Postman"
"Money (That's What I Want)"
"Do You Love Me"
"ABC"
"My Girl"
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
"War"
"Square Biz"
"Another Star"
Brandi Carlile "The Joke"
Chloe x Halle Tribute to Donny Hathaway
"Where is the Love"
St. Vincent
Dua Lipa
"Masseduction"
"One Kiss"
Fantasia
Andra Day
Yolanda Adams
Tribute to Aretha Franklin
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"

Presenters

Premiere ceremony

Listed in no particular order.[13]

Nominations and winners

Winners are highlighted in Bold

Record of the Year

Album of the Year

  • Golden HourKacey Musgraves
    • Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, producers; Craig Alvin & Shawn Everett, engineers/mixers; Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers
  • Invasion of PrivacyCardi B
    • Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers; Belcalis Almanzar & Jorden Thorpe, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
  • By the Way, I Forgive YouBrandi Carlile
    • Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings, producers; Dave Cobb & Eddie Spear, engineers/mixers; Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer
  • ScorpionDrake
    • Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah Shebib, engineers/mixers; Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters; Chris Athens, mastering engineer
  • H.E.R.H.E.R.
    • Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr., David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, H.E.R., Walter Jones & Jeff Robinson, producers; Miki Tsutsumi, engineer/mixer; Darhyl Camper Jr. & H.E.R., songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
  • Beerbongs & BentleysPost Malone
    • Louis Bell & Post Malone, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Louis Bell & Austin Post, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
  • Dirty ComputerJanelle Monáe
    • Chuck Lightning, Janelle Monáe Robinson & Nate "Rocket" Wonder, producers; Mick Guzauski, Janelle Monáe Robinson & Nate "Rocket" Wonder, engineers/mixers; Nathaniel Irvin III, Charles Joseph II, Taylor Parks & Janelle Monáe Robinson, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
  • Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By – (Various Artists)
    • Kendrick Lamar, featured artist; Kendrick Duckworth & Sounwave, producers; Matt Schaeffer, engineer/mixer; Kendrick Duckworth & Mark Spears, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

Best New Artist

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop Vocal Album

Dance/Electronic Music

Best Dance Recording
Best Dance/Electronic Album

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Rock

Best Rock Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Album

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

R&B

Best R&B Performance
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Best R&B Song
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Best R&B Album

Rap

Best Rap Performance
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Best Rap Song
Best Rap Album

Country

Best Country Solo Performance
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Best Country Song
Best Country Album

New Age

Best New Age Album
  • Opium Moon – Opium Moon
  • HiraethLisa Gerrard & David Kuckhermann
  • Beloved – Snatam Kaur
  • Molecules of MotionSteve Roach
  • Moku Maluhia: Peaceful Island – Jim Kimo West

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  • American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom – John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists
  • All About That BasieCount Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart
  • Presence – Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
  • All Can Work – John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
  • Barefoot Dances and Other Visions – Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
  • Back to the Sunset – Dafnis Prieto Big Band
  • Heart of BrazilEddie Daniels
  • West Side Story Reimagined – Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
  • Cinque – Elio Villafranca
  • Yo Soy La TradiciónMiguel Zenón featuring Spektral Quartet

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song
  • "Never Alone" – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
    • Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, songwriters
  • "You Will Win" – Jekalyn Carr
    • Allen Carr & Jekalyn Carr, songwriters
  • "Won't He Do It" – Koryn Hawthorne
    • Koryn Hawthorne
  • "Cycles" – Jonathan McReynolds featuring DOE
    • Jonathan McReynolds & Will Reagan, songwriters
  • "A Great Work" – Brian Courtney Wilson
    • Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson & Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Best Gospel Album
  • Hiding PlaceTori Kelly
  • One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr
  • Make RoomJonathan McReynolds
  • The Other Side – The Walls Group
  • A Great Work – Brian Courtney Wilson
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Roots Gospel Album

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
  • ¡México Por Siempre!Luis Miguel
  • Primero Soy MexicanaÁngela Aguilar
  • Mitad y MitadCalibre 50
  • Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. IIAida Cuevas
  • Cruzando Borders – Los Texmaniacs
  • Leyendas de Mi Pueblo – Mariachi Sol de Mexico de José Hernández
Best Tropical Latin Album
  • Anniversary – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  • Pa' Mi GenteCharlie Aponte
  • Legado – Formell y Los Van Van
  • Orquesta Akokán – Orquesta Akokán
  • Ponle Actitud – Felipe Peláez

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance
Best American Roots Song
  • "The Joke"
  • "All the Trouble"
    • Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack)
  • "Build a Bridge"
  • "Knockin' on Your Screen Door"
    • Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
  • "Summer's End"
    • Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album
Best Bluegrass Album
  • The Travelin' McCourys – The Travelin' McCourys
  • Portraits in Fiddles – Mike Barnett
  • Sister Sadie II – Sister Sadie
  • Rivers and Roads – The Special Consensus
  • North of Despair – Wood & Wire
Best Traditional Blues Album
Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Please Don't Be DeadFantastic Negrito
  • Here in BabylonTeresa James & the Rhythm Tramps
  • Cry No More – Danielle Nicole
  • Out of the BluesBoz Scaggs
  • Victor Wainwright and the Train – Victor Wainwright and the Train
Best Folk Album
Best Regional Roots Music Album
  • No 'Ane'i – Kalani Pe'a
  • Kreole Rock and Soul – Sean Ardoin
  • Spyboy – Cha Wa
  • Aloha from Na Hoa – Na Hoa
  • Mewasinsational: Cree Round Dance Songs – Young Spirit

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

World Music

Best World Music Album

Children's

Best Children's Album
  • All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
  • Building Blocks – Tim Kubart
  • Falu's Bazaar – Falu
  • Giants of Science – The Pop Ups
  • The Nation of Imagine – FRANK & DEANE

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Best Song Written for Visual Media

Composing

Best Instrumental Composition

Arranging

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
  • "Stars and Stripes Forever"
    • John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists)
  • "Batman Theme (TV)"
    • Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis)
  • "Change the World"
    • Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)
  • "Madrid Finale"
  • "The Shape of Water"
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
  • "Spiderman Theme"
    • Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)
  • "It Was a Very Good Year"
  • "Jolene"
    • Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)
  • "Mona Lisa"
  • "Niña"
    • Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)

Packaging

Best Recording Package
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Notes

Best Album Notes
  • Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
    • David Evans, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924
    • James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument
    • Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writer (Charles A. Asbury)
  • The 1960 Time Sessions
    • Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)
  • The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra
    • David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)

Historical

Best Historical Album
  • Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
    • William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various artists)
  • Any Other Way
    • Rob Bowman, Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineer (Jackie Shane)
  • At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight...
    • Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)
  • Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War
    • Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)
  • A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant
    • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (Oscar Levant)

Production, Non-Classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Best Remixed Recording

Production, Immersive Audio

Best Immersive Audio Album
  • Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition
  • Folketoner
    • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)
  • Seven Words from the Cross
    • Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
  • Sommerro: Ujamaa & the Iceberg
    • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
  • Symbol
    • Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
  • Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
    • Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
  • John Williams at the Movies
    • Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)
  • Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson
    • Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)
  • Visions and Variations
    • Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)
Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Blanton Alspaugh
    • Arnesen: Infinity – Choral Works (Joel Rinsema & Kantorei)
    • Aspects of America (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)
    • Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
    • Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore, Elisabeth Leone, Maximillian Macias, Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Daniel Belcher, Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus & Houston Grand Opera Orchestra)
    • Haydn: The Creation (Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Betsy Cook Weber, Houston Symphony & Houston Symphony Chorus)
    • Heggie: Great Scott (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
    • Music of Fauré, Buide & Zemlinsky (Trio Séléné)
    • Paterson: Three Way – A Trio of One-Act Operas (Dean Williamson, Daniele Pastin, Courtney Ruckman, Eliza Bonet, Melisa Bonetti, Jordan Rutter, Samuel Levine, Wes Mason, Matthew Treviño & Nashville Opera Orchestra)
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
  • David Frost
  • Elizabeth Ostrow
    • Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
    • The Road Home (Joshua Habermann & Santa Fe Desert Chorale)
  • Judith Sherman
    • Beethoven Unbound (Llŷr Williams)
    • Black Manhattan Volume 3 (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
    • Bolcom: Piano Music (Various artists)
    • Del Tredici: March to Tonality (Mark Peskanov & various artists)
    • Love Comes in at the Eye (Timothy Jones, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Jeffrey Sykes, Anthony Ross, Carol Cook, Beth Rapier & Stephanie Jutt)
    • Meltzer: Variations on a Summer Day & Piano Quartet (Abigail Fischer, Jayce Ogren & Sequitur)
    • Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Marcy Rosen & Lydia Artymiw)
    • New Music for Violin and Piano (Julie Rosenfeld & Peter Miyamoto)
    • Reich: Pulse/Quartet (Colin Currie Group & International Contemporary Ensemble)
  • Dirk Sobotka

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance
Best Opera Recording
  • Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
    • Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
  • Adams: Doctor Atomic
  • Lully: Alceste
    • Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Chœur de chambre de Namur)
  • Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier
  • Verdi: Rigoletto
    • Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men of the Kaunas State Choir)
Best Choral Performance
  • McLoskey: Zealot Canticles
    • Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
  • Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes
    • Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
  • Kastalsky: Memory Eternal
    • Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)
  • Rachmaninov: The Bells
  • Seven Words from the Cross
    • Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
  • Songs of Orpheus: Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India & Landi – Karim Sulayman
  • ARC – Anthony Roth Costanzo
    • Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons du Roy)
  • The Handel AlbumPhilippe Jaroussky
    • Artaserse, ensemble
  • Mirages – Sabine Devieilhe
  • Schubert: Winterreise – Randall Scarlata
    • Gilbert Kalish, accompanist
Best Classical Compendium
  • Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush
  • Gold
  • The John Adams Edition
  • John Williams at the Movies
    • Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
  • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Kernis: Violin Concerto
  • Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
    • Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
  • Du Yun: Air Glow
    • Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)
  • Heggie: Great Scott
  • Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video
Best Music Film

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

Trustees Award

Technical Grammy Award

  • Saul Walker

Music Educator Award

Grammy Hall of Fame inductions

Title Artist Record Label Year of Release Genre Format
Bernstein: Mass – A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers Leonard Bernstein Columbia Masterworks 1971 Musical theatre Album
"Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton RCA Victor 1971 Country Single
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Verve 1959 Soul Album
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim Reprise Records 1967 Swing Album
Full Moon Fever Tom Petty MCA 1989 Rock Music Album
"Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen Columbia 1984 Rock Single
"Harper Valley P.T.A." Jeannie C. Riley Plantation 1968 Soul Single
"I'm Walkin'" Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957 R&B/Soul Single
Jackson Browne Jackson Browne Asylum 1972 Folk rock Album
Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius Epic 1976 Jazz fusion Album
"Ko-Ko" Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys Savoy 1945 Jazz Single
"La Bamba" El Jarocho Victor 1939 Folk Single
"Move On Up" Curtis Mayfield Curtom Records 1972 Progressive soul Single
"Pata Pata" Miriam Makeba Reprise 1967 R&B Single
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee Decca 1958 Christmas Single
'Round About Midnight Miles Davis Columbia 1957 Jazz Album
"Rumble" Link Wray & His Ray Men Cadence 1958 Surf Rock Single
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters Mercury 1958 Doo-wop Single
"St. Louis Bell" W.C. Handy Columbia 1914 Jazz Single
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Edward Meeker with the Edison Orchestra Edison 1908 Tin Pan Alley Single
"Tenderly" Sarah Vaughan Mercury 1947 Jazz Single
"Tenor Madness" Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring John Coltrane Prestige 1956 Jazz Single
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" Nina Simone RCA Victor 1969 Blues Single
"Walk This Way" Aerosmith Columbia 1975 Rock Single
"Wild Thing" The Troggs Fontana/Atco 1966 Garage rock Single

In Memoriam

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations:

Two:

The following received multiple awards:

Category changes

For the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, multiple category changes are being made;[14]

  • In the General Field (which comprises the awards for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist), the number of nominees in each category was increased from five to eight.
  • In the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, music supervisors will now be eligible.
  • The award for Best Surround Sound Album is being renamed Best Immersive Audio Album.

Controversy

On February 4, 2019, reports surfaced that American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande would not be performing at or attending the Grammys, due to a dispute with producer Ken Ehrlich. On February 7, 2019, Grande made a public statement on the matter, alleging that Ehrlich stifled her creativity and tried to stipulate what song she could perform.[15] She then later went on and alleged that Ehrlich "lied" and she could "pull together a performance over night."[16]

On February 11, 2019, Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj backed up Grande and alleged Ehrilch "bullied" her. Minaj later said in a statement on Twitter: "I was bullied into staying quiet for 7 years out of fear. But I'll tell my fans the REAL on the next episode of #QueenRadio they deserve the truth."[17]

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