From left: Beyoncé, The Lion King: The Gift; Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?BEST^ POP^ VOCAL; Ariana Grande,^ ALBUM^ Thank U, Next; Ed Sheeran, No.6 Collaborations Project; Taylor Swift, Lover.
RECORD OF THE YEARA full list of the candidates, across all 84 categories and 30 fields of discipline, that are up for the top honors
“Hey, Ma”Bon IverBJ Burton, Brad Cook, Chris Messina and Justin Vernon, producers; BJ Burton, Zach Hansen and Chris Messina, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer
“Bad Guy”Billie EilishFinneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski and Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer
“7 Rings”Ariana GrandeCharles Anderson, Tommy Brown, Michael Foster and Victoria Monét, pro-ducers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Billy Hickey and Brendan Morawski, engineers/
mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer“Hard Place”H.E.R.Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, producer; Joseph Hurtado, Jaycen Joshua, Derek
Keota and Miki Tsutsumi, engineers/mix-ers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer“Talk”KhalidDisclosure and Denis Kosiak, producers;
Ingmar Carlson, Jon Castelli, Josh Deguz-man, John Kercy, Denis Kosiak, Guy Law-rence and Michael Romero, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer“Old Town Road”
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray CyrusAndrew “VoxGod” Bolooki and YoungKio, producers; Andrew “VoxGod” Bolooki and Cinco, engineers/mixers; Eric Lagg, mastering engineer
“Truth Hurts”LizzoRicky Reed and Tele, producers; Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin and Ethan Shumaker, engineers/mixers; Chris Geh-ringer, mastering engineer
“Sunflower”Post Malone and Swae LeeLouis Bell and Carter Lang, producers; Louis Bell and Manny Marroquin, engi-neers/mixers
ALBUM OF THE YEARi,iBon IverBrad Cook, Chris Messina and Justin Ver-non, producers; Zach Hansen and Chris
Messina, engineers/mixers; BJ Burton, Brad Cook and Justin Vernon, songwrit-ers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineerNorman Fucking Rockwell!Lana Del Rey
Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, produc-ers; Jack Antonoff and Laura Sisk, engi-neers/mixers; Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Billie EilishFinneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinel-ski and Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas
O’Connell, songwriters; John Greenham, mastering engineerThank U, NextAriana GrandeTommy Brown, Ilya, Max Martin and Vic-
toria Monét, producers; Serban Gheneaand Brendan Morawski, engineers/mix-ers; Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Victoria Monét, Tayla Parx and Ilya Salmanzadeh, song-writers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
I Used to Know HerH.E.R.David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, H.E.R., Walter Jones and Jeff Robinson, produc-ers; Miki Tsutsumi, engineer/mixer; Sam Ashworth, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, David“Swagg R’Celious” Harris and H.E.R., song-writers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (^7) Lil Nas XMontero Lamar Hill, songwriter; Eric
Lagg, mastering engineerCuz I Love You LizzoRicky Reed, producer; Manny Marroquin and Ethan Shumaker, engineers/mix-(Deluxe)
ers; Eric Frederic and Melissa Jefferson, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineerFather of the Bride Vampire Weekend
Ezra Koenig and Ariel Rechtshaid, producers; John DeBold, Chris Kasych, Takemasa Kosaka, Ariel Rechtshaid and Hiroya Takayama, engineers/mixers; Ezra Koenig, songwriter; Emily Lazar, master-ing engineer
SONG OF THE YEAR“Always Remember Us This WNatalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, songwriters ay”
(Lady Gaga)
“Bad Guy”Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)“Bring My Flowers Now”Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanse-
roth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)“Hard Place”Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arceli-ous Harris, H.E.R. and Rodney Jerkins,
songwriters (H.E.R.)“Lover”Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)“Norman Fucking Rockwell”
Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, songwrit-ers (Lana Del Rey)“Someone You Loved”Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, songwrit-
ers (Lewis Capaldi)“Truth Hurts”Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson and Jesse Saint John, songwrit-ers (Lizzo)
BEST NEWBlack Pumas Billie Eilish Lil Nas X ARTIST
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