- Winner: Dave Chappelle - The Dreamer
- Ricky Gervais - Armageddon
- Jim Gaffigan - The Prisoner
- Nikki Glaser - Someday You'll Die
- Trevor Noah - Where Was I
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
- Winner: Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein - London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
- The Color Purple - Various Artists
- Deadpool & Wolverine - Various Artists
- Saltburn - Various Artists
- Twisters: The Album - Various Artists
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)
- Winner: Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two
- Laura Karpman - American Fiction
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers
- Kris Bowers - The Color Purple
- Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross - Shōgun
Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
- Winner: Winifred Phillips - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
- Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
- Bear McCreary - God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
- John Paesano - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Wilbert Roget, II - Star Wars Outlaws
Best song written for visual media
- Winner: Jon Batiste - It Never Went Away (From American Symphony)
- Luke Combs - Ain't No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
- *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake - Better Place (From Trolls Band Together)
- Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
- Barbra Streisand - Love Will Survive (From The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Best audio book narration
- Winner: Jimmy Carter - Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration
- George Clinton - ...And Your Ass Will Follow
- Guy Oldfield - All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words
- Dolly Parton - Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
- Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra
Best music video
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
- A$AP Rocky - Tailor Swif
- Charli XCX - 360
- Eminem - Houdini
- Taylor Swift ft Post Malone - Fortnight
Best music film
- Winner: American Symphony
- June
- Kings From Queens
- Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
- The Greatest Night In Pop
Jazz and classical
Best jazz vocal album
- Winner: Samara Joy - A Joyful Holiday
- Christie Dashiell - Journey In Black
- Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner - Wildflowers Vol 1
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - Milton + Esperanza
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason - My Ideal
Best jazz instrumental album
- Winner: Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Remembrance
- Ambrose Akinmusire ft Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley - Owl Song
- Kenny Barron ft Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson - Beyond This Place
- Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
- Sullivan Fortner - Solo Game
Best alternative jazz album
- Winner: Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
- Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
- André 3000 - New Blue Sun
- Robert Glasper - Code Derivation
- Keyon Harrold - Foreverland
Best jazz performance
- Winner: Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner – Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
- The Baylor Project – Walk With Me, Lord
- Lakecia Benjamin feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff "Tain" Watts, & John Scofield – Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
- Chick Corea & Béla Fleck –Juno
- Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts – Little Fears
Best musical theatre album
- Winner: Hell's Kitchen
- Merrily We Roll Along
- The Notebook
- The Outsiders
- Suffs
- The Wiz
Best opera recording
- Winner: Saariaho: Adriana Mater - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
- Adams: Girls Of The Golden West - John Adams, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
- Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas - Yannick Nézet-Séguin (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
- Moravec: The Shining - Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
- Puts: The Hours - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best orchestral performance
