So who is Bonnie Raitt? Shock moment blues singer beats Beyonce, Adele, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar and more to win coveted Song of the Year award at Grammys (and even she can't believe it!)

  • Raitt, 73, scored upset win for song Just Like That at Crypto.com Arena in LA
  • She paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter John Prine in her speech 
  • She also won for Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song 
  • It brought Raitt's total Grammys won to 13 over 30 all-time nominations 

Bonnie Raitt was a surprise winner of the Song of the Year award at the Grammys on Sunday, prevailing in a star-studded field of nominees that included Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Beyonce and Adele.

The 73-year-old singer's Just Like That staved off competition from Taylor Swift (All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Lizzo (About Damn Time), Harry Styles (As It Was), Steve Lacy (Bad Habit), GAYLE (abcdefu), Beyonce (Break My Soul), Adele (Easy On Me), DJ Khaled (God Did), and Kendrick Lamar (The Heart Part 5) to take home the prize.

The Burbank, California-born performer stunned when she was named the winner and made her way out on stage.

'I'm so surprised, I don't know what to say,' she said. 'I don't write a lot of songs but I'm so proud that you appreciate this one. I'm totally humbled.'  

Raitt was presented the award at Sunday's show by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

Wow: Her victory marked the first time a song penned by a solo songwriter had been victorious since the classic Rehab from the late Amy Winehouse won in 2008

The latest: Bonnie Raitt, 73, was a surprise winner of the Song of the Year award at the Grammys on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena in LA, prevailing in a star-studded field that included Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Beyonce and Adele

Grammy Awards 2023 WINNERS: AT A GLANCE

 Album of the Year: Harry Styles - Harry’s House

Record of the Year: Lizzo - About Damn Time

Song of the Year:  Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That

 Best New Artist: Samara Joy

Best Pop Solo Performance: Adele - Easy on Me

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:  Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy

Best Pop Vocal Album:  Harry Styles - Harry’s House  

Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Beyoncé - Break My Soul

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album: Beyoncé - Renaissance

 Best Rock Performance: Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses

Best Rock Song: Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses  

Queen has been crowned: Beyonce broke the record for most Grammy Awards of all-time with 32

Queen has been crowned: Beyonce broke the record for most Grammy Awards of all-time with 32

 Best Traditional R&B Performance: Beyoncé - Plastic Off the Sofa

Best R&B Song: Beyoncé - Cuff It

 Best Progressive R&B Album: Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights

Best Rap Song:  Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Best Rap Album:  Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Best Country Solo Performance: Willie Nelson - Live Forever

Best Country Album:  Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time

Best Jazz Vocal Album:  Samara Joy - Linger Awhile

Best Música Urbana Album: Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti

Best Americana Performance:  Bonnie Raitt - Made Up Mind

 Best American Roots Song: Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That

Best Americana Album: Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording:  Viola Davis - Finding Me

Best Comedy Album: Dave Chappelle - The Closer

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:  Harry Styles - Harry’s House

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff 

Best Remixed Recording:  Lizzo - About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

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Her victory marked the first time a song penned by a solo songwriter had been victorious since the classic Rehab from the late Amy Winehouse won in 2008.

She also paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter John Prine, who died of coronavirus in April of 2020.

Raitt described her victory in the loaded category as an 'unreal moment' in honor of the track, which she said was inspired by organ donors, and the late singer-songwriter Prine.

Raitt also cited songwriters in her speech, describing them as the 'soul-digging, hard-working people who put these ideas to music.'

Raitt, during the Grammy Premiere ceremony earlier in the evening, also won the Best Americana Performance for Made Up Mind and Best American Roots Song for Just Like That.

The victorious evening brought Raitt's total number of Grammys won to 13 over 30 all-time nominations. 

Her most recent win at the show prior to Sunday came in 2013, when she collected the award for Best Americana Album for Slipstream. 

Raitt said she was especially 'proud' to have been nominated for Song of the Year.  

Raitt appeared shocked when her song was announced as the winner in the category
The Something To Talk About singer admitted she was particularly 'proud' to have been nominated for Song of the Year

Raitt appeared shocked when her song was announced as the winner in the category 

Surprised: During her acceptance speech, she paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter John Prine, who died of coronavirus in April of 2020

Her victory marked the first time a song penned by a solo songwriter had been victorious since the classic Rehab from the late Amy Winehouse won in 2008 

The veteran musical artist was applauded by her music industry colleagues at the event

The veteran musical artist was applauded by her music industry colleagues at the event 

Raitt was pictured with Taylor Swift at the ceremony in LA on Sunday

Raitt was pictured with Taylor Swift at the ceremony in LA on Sunday 

Raitt had her hands full with the Grammys for Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year at the event

Raitt had her hands full with the Grammys for Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year at the event

'I'm always really proud to be acknowledged,' she told People on the red carpet at the Crypto.com Arena. 'To be acknowledged for song of the year this time is pretty big – so, for one of my tunes? That's a big thing for me, so I'm very proud.' 

Raitt - the daughter of Broadway performer John Raitt and pianist Marge Goddard - was 21 when she was signed by Warner Bros. Records, put out her self-titled debut album in 1971.

Her first Grammy nomination came at the 22nd annual Grammy Awards in 1979 for her Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female for her song You're Gonna Get What's Coming (Track).

Raitt had breakout success with her 1989 album Nick Of Time, which included singles including the title track, Thing Called Love, Have a Heart.

Raitt won her first four Grammy Awards with the success of the quintuple platinum album, in the categories Album Of The Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; and Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.

She also took home the trophy for Best Traditional Blues Recording that year for the John Lee Hooker collaboration I'm In The Mood.

Her follow-up album, Luck of the Draw, in 1991 went seven-times platinum.

It spawned her highest-charting singles, Something to Talk About and I Can’t Make You Love Me.

Raitt was presented the award at Sunday's show by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden

Raitt was presented the award at Sunday's show by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden 

The Burbank, California-born performer said in her acceptance speech, 'I'm so surprised, I don't know what to say. I don't write a lot of songs but I'm so proud that you appreciate this one. I'm totally humbled'

The Burbank, California-born performer said in her acceptance speech, 'I'm so surprised, I don't know what to say. I don't write a lot of songs but I'm so proud that you appreciate this one. I'm totally humbled'

Raitt also took the time to pay tribute to songwriters who don't often get to be in the spotlight, describing them as the 'soul-digging, hard-working people who put these ideas to music'

Raitt also took the time to pay tribute to songwriters who don't often get to be in the spotlight, describing them as the 'soul-digging, hard-working people who put these ideas to music'

Raitt described her win as an 'unreal moment' for a song inspired by organ donors, and the late singer-songwriter John Prine

Raitt described her win as an 'unreal moment' for a song inspired by organ donors, and the late singer-songwriter John Prine

The singer-songwriter was seen holding her three trophies on the evening

 The singer-songwriter was seen holding her three trophies on the evening 

She also took part in an In Memoriam segment with Mick Fleetwood, performing the track Songbird in a tribute to the late Christine McVie

She also took part in an In Memoriam segment with Mick Fleetwood, performing the track Songbird in a tribute to the late Christine McVie

Raitt won three more Grammys for her efforts on the record, including Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for Something To Talk About; Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for Luck Of The Draw; and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for Good Man, Good Woman.

Her 1994 album Longing in Their Hearts featured the single Love Sneakin’ Up On You and garnered the Best Pop Album Grammy. 

She has also collaborated with artists such as Prine, Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, The Pointer Sisters and Little Feat, among others.

Raitt, who has released 21 albums in her career, said in a statement on her website that she prioritizes making music with a message.

'I’m really aware of how lucky I am and I feel like my responsibility is to get out there and say something fresh and new - for me and for the fans,' she said. 'It’s really daunting not to repeat yourself, but I have to have something to say, or I wouldn’t put out a record.'

Grammy Awards 2023 WINNERS

 Album of the Year

ABBA - Voyage

Adele - 30

Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti

Beyoncé - Renaissance

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days

Coldplay - Music of the Spheres

Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Lizzo - Special

Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)

The queen gets her crown: Beyonce is now the record holder for most Grammy Awards earned with 32

The queen gets her crown: Beyonce is now the record holder for most Grammy Awards earned with 32

 

Record of the Year

ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down

Adele - Easy on Me

Beyoncé - Break My Soul

Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock

Doja Cat - Woman

Harry Styles - As It Was

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Lizzo - About Damn Time - WINNER

Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

 

 Song of the Year

Adele - Easy on Me

Beyoncé - Break My Soul

Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - WINNER

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy - God Did

Gayle - ABCDEFU

Harry Styles - As It Was

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Lizzo - About Damn Time

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) 

 

Best New Artist

Anitta

Domi & JD Beck

Latto

Måneskin

Molly Tuttle

Muni Long

Omar Apollo

Samara Joy - WINNER

Tobe Nwigwe

Wet Leg

 

Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele - Easy on Me - WINNER

Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule

Doja Cat - Woman

Harry Styles - As It Was

Lizzo - About Damn Time

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

Golden girl: Adele earned Best Pop Solo Performance for Easy On Me

Golden girl: Adele earned Best Pop Solo Performance for Easy On Me

 

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down

Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam

Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

Post Malone & Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy - WINNER

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Diana Ross - Thank You

Kelly Clarkson - When Christmas Comes Around...

Michael Bublé - Higher - WINNER

Norah Jones - I Dream of Christmas (Extended)

Pentatonix - Evergreen

 

Best Pop Vocal Album

ABBA - Voyage

Adele - 30

Coldplay - Music of the Spheres

Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER

Lizzo - Special

Double duty: Harry Styles earned two including top prize Album Of The Year

Double duty: Harry Styles earned two including top prize Album Of The Year

 

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Beyoncé - Break My Soul - WINNER

Bonobo - Rosewood

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I’m Good (Blue)

Diplo & Miguel - Don’t Forget My Love

Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. - Intimidated

Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees

 

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Beyoncé - Renaissance - WINNER

Bonobo - Fragments

Diplo - Diplo

Odesza - The Last Goodbye

Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender

 

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Brad Mehldau - Jacob’s Ladder

Domi & JD Beck - Not Tight

Grant Geissman - Blooz

Jeff Coffin - Between Dreaming and Joy

Snarky Puppy - Empire Central - WINNER

 

Best Rock Performance

Beck - Old Man

The Black Keys - Wild Child

Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses - WINNER

Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts

Idles - Crawl!

Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9

Turnstile - Holiday

 

Best Metal Performance

Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine

Megadeth - We’ll Be Back

Muse - Kill or Be Killed

Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Degradation Rules - WINNER

Turnstile - Blackout

 

Best Rock Song

Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses  - WINNER

Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer

Turnstile - Blackout

The War on Drugs - Harmonia’s Dream

Big night: Brandi Carlile earned three including Best Rock Song

Big night: Brandi Carlile earned three including Best Rock Song

 

Best Rock Album

The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie

Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If

Idles - Crawler

Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout

Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 - WINNER

Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

 

Best Alternative Music Performance

Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be a Mirrorball

Big Thief - Certainty

Florence and the Machine - King

Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge - WINNER

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

 

Best Alternative Music Album

Arcade Fire - WE

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

Björk - Fossora

Wet Leg - Wet Leg - WINNER

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

 

Best R&B Performance

Beyoncé - Virgo’s Groove

Jazmine Sullivan - Hurt Me So Good

Lucky Daye - Over

Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak - Here With Me

Muni Long - Hrs & Hrs - WINNER

 

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan - ’Round Midnight

Babyface Featuring Ella Mai - Keeps on Fallin’

Beyoncé - Plastic Off the Sofa - WINNER

Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous

Snoh Aalegra - Do 4 Love

 

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé - Cuff It - WINNER

Jazmine Sullivan - Hurt Me So Good

Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous

Muni Long - Hrs & Hrs

PJ Morton - Please Don’t Walk Away

 

Best Progressive R&B Album

Cory Henry - Operation Funk

Moonchild - Starfuit

Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights - WINNER

Tank and the Bangas - Red Balloon

Terrace Martin - Drones

 

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown - Breezy (Deluxe)

Lucky Daye - Candy Drip

Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)

PJ Morton - Watch the Sun

Robert Glasper - Black Radio III - WINNER

 

Best Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy - God Did

Doja Cat - Vegas

Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P

Hitkidd & Glorilla - F.N.F. (Let’s Go)

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 - WINNER

 

Best Melodic Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA - Beautiful

Future Featuring Drake & Tems - Wait for U - WINNER

Jack Harlow - First Class

Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer - Die Hard

Latto - Big Energy (Live)

 

Best Rap Song

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy - God Did

Future Featuring Drake & Tems - Wait for U

Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P

Jack Harlow Featuring Drake - Churchill Downs

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 - WINNER

 

Best Rap Album

DJ Khaled - God Did

Future - I Never Liked You

Jack Harlow - Come Home the Kids Miss You

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - WINNER

Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry

LA legend: Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album

LA legend: Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album

 

Best Country Solo Performance

Kelsea Ballerini - Heartfirst

Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town

Miranda Lambert - In His Arms

Willie Nelson - Live Forever - WINNER

Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange

 

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne - Midnight Rider’s Prayer

Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde - Never Wanted to Be That Girl - WINNER

Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt - Wishful Drinking

Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert - Outrunnin’ Your Memory

Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton - Does He Love You (Revisited)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gonig Where the Lonely Go

 

Best Country Song

Cody Johnson - ’Til You Can’t - WINNER

Luke Combs - Doin’ This

Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town

Miranda Lambert - If I Was a Cowboy

Taylor Swift - I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)

Willie Nelson - I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die

 

Best Country Album

Ashley McBryde - Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville

Luke Combs - Growin’ Up

Maren Morris - Humble Quest

Miranda Lambert - Palomino

Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time - WINNER

 

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Cheryl B. Engelhardt - The Passenger

Madi Das, Dave Stringer & Bhakti Without Borders - Mantra Americana

Mystic Mirror - White Sun - WINNER

Paul Avgerinos - Joy

Will Ackerman - Positano Songs

 

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Ambrose Akinmusire - Rounds (Live)

Gerald Albright - Keep Holding On

John Beasley - Cherokee/Koko

Marcus Baylor - Call of the Drum

Melissa Aldana - Falling

Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese - Endangered Species - WINNER

 

Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Baylor Project - The Evening : Live At Apparatus

Carmen Lundy - Fade to Black

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song

The Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester - Fifty

Samara Joy - Linger Awhile - WINNER

 

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - LongGone

Peter Erskine Trio - Live in Italy

Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens - New Standards, Vol. 1 - WINNER

Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding - Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival

Yellowjackets - Parallel Motion

 

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band - Bird Lives

Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows - Architecture of Storms

Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob - Remembering Bob Freedman

Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene - Center Stage

Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - WINNER

 

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective - Fandango at the Wall in New York - WINNER

Arturo Sandoval - Rhythm & Soul

Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers - Crisálida

Flora Purim - If You Will

Miguel Zenón - Música de las Américas

 

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe - When I Pray

Erica Campbell - Positive

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin - Kingdom - WINNER

PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls - The Better Benediction

Tye Tribbett - Get Up

 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Chris Tomlin - Holy Forever

Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music - God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)

Doe - So Good

For King & Country & Hillary Scott - For God Is With Us

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin - Fear Is Not My Future - WINNER

Phil Wickham - Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version)

 

Best Gospel Album

Doe - Clarity

Maranda Curtis - Die to Live

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin - Kingdom Book One (Deluxe) - WINNER

Ricky Dillard - Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)

Tye Tribbett - All Things New

 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Anne Wilson - My Jesus

Chris Tomlin - Always

Elevation Worship - Lion

Maverick City Music - Breathe - WINNER

TobyMac - Life After Death

 

Best Roots Gospel Album

Gaither Vocal Band - Let’s Just Praise the Lord

Karen Peck & New River - 2:22

Keith & Kristyn Getty - Confessio - Irish American Roots

Tennessee State University - The Urban Hymnal - WINNER

Willie Nelson - The Willie Nelson Family

 

Best Latin Pop Album

Camilo - De Adentro Pa Afuera

Christina Aguilera - Aguilera

Fonseca - Viajante

Rubén Blades & Boca Livre - Pasieros - WINNER

Sebastián Yatra - Dharma +

 

Best Música Urbana Album

Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti - WINNER

Daddy Yankee - Legendaddy

Farruko - La 167

Maluma - The Love & Sex Tape

Rauw Alejandro - Trap Cake, Vol. 2

Mr. popular: Bad Bunny earned Best Musica Urbana Album

Mr. popular: Bad Bunny earned Best Musica Urbana Album

 

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Cimafunk - El Alimento

Fito Paez - Los Años Salvajes

Gaby Moreno - Alegoría

Jorge Drexler - Tinta y Tiempo

Mon Laferte - 1940 Carmen

Rosalía - Motomami - WINNER

 

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Chiquis - Abeja Reina

Christian Nodal - EP #1 Forajido

Marco Antonio Solís - Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)

Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto por México - El Musical - WINNER

Los Tigres del Norte - La Reunión (Deluxe)

 

Best Tropical Latin Album

Carlos Vives - Cumbiana II

Marc Anthony - Pa’lla Voy - WINNER

La Santa Cecilia - Quiero Verte Feliz

Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Imágenes Latinas

Tito Nieves - Legendario

Best American Roots Performance

Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Stompin’ Ground - WINNER

Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter

Bill Anderson Featuring Dolly Parton - Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)

Fantastic Negrito - Oh Betty

Madison Cunningham - Life According to Raechel

 

Best Americana Performance

Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Lyle Lovett - There You Go Again

Blind Boys of Alabama Featuring Black Violin - The Message

Bonnie Raitt - Made Up Mind - WINNER

Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock

Eric Alexandrakis - Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]

Epic: Bonnie Raitt earned three including a shocking win in the Song of the Year category

Epic: Bonnie Raitt earned three including a shocking win in the Song of the Year category

 

Best American Roots Song

Anaïs Mitchell - Bright Star

Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter

Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - WINNER

Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - High and Lonesome

Sheryl Crow - Forever

 

Best Americana Album

Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That...

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days - WINNER

Dr. John - Things Happen That Way

Keb’ Mo’ - Good to Be...

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof

 

Best Bluegrass Album

The Del McCoury Band - Almost Proud

The Infamous Stringdusters - Toward the Fray

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Crooked Tree - WINNER

Peter Rowan - Calling You From My Mountain

Yonder Mountain String Band - Get Yourself Outside

 

Best Traditional Blues Album

Buddy Guy - The Blues Don’t Lie

Charlie Musselwhite - Mississippi Son

Gov’t Mule - Heavy Load Blues

John Mayall - The Sun Is Shining Down

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - Get on Board - WINNER

 

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance

Edgar Winter - Brother Johnny - WINNER

Eric Gales - Crown

North Mississippi Allstars - Set Sail

Shemekia Copeland - Done Come Too Far

 

Best Folk Album

Aoife O’Donovan - Age of Apathy

Janis Ian - The Light at the End of the Line

Judy Collins - Spellbound

Madison Cunningham - Revealer - WINNER

Punch Brothers - Hell on Church Street

 

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani - Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani (Live at the Getty Center)

Natalie Ai Kamauu - Natalie Noelani

Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas - Lucky Man

Ranky Tanky - Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - WINNER

Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring The Golden Band From Tigerland - Full Circle

 

Best Reggae Album

Kabaka Pyramid - The Kalling - WINNER

Koffee - Gifted

Protoje - Third Time’s the Charm

Sean Paul - Scorcha

Shaggy - Com Fly Wid Mi

 

Best Global Music Performance

Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar - Udhero Na

Burna Boy - Last Last

Matt B & Eddy Kenzo - Gimme Love

Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro - Neva Bow Down

Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode - Bayethe - WINNER

 

Best Global Music Album

Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf - Queen of Sheba

Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago - Between Us... (Live)

Berklee Indian Ensemble - Shuruaat

Burna Boy - Love, Damini

Masa Takumi - Sakura - WINNER

 

Best Children’s Music Album

Alphabet Rockers - The Movement - WINNER

Divinity Roxx - Ready Set Go!

Justin Roberts - Space Cadet

Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - Los Fabulosos

Wendy and DB - Into the Little Blue House

 

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Jamie Foxx - Act Like You Got Some Sense

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

Mel Brooks - All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

Questlove - Music Is History

Viola Davis - Finding Me - WINNER

Great achievement: Viola Davis earned EGOT status with a win in Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Great achievement: Viola Davis earned EGOT status with a win in Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

 

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Amanda Gorman - Call Us What We Carry: Poems

Amir Sulaiman - You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly.

Ethelbert Miller - Black Men Are Precious

J. Ivy - The Poet Who Sat by the Door - WINNER

Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Hiding in Plain View

 

Best Comedy Album

Dave Chappelle - The Closer - WINNER

Jim Gaffigan - Comedy Monster

Louis C.K. - Sorry

Patton Oswalt - We All Scream

Randy Rainbow - A Little Brains, a Little Talent

 

Best Musical Theater Album

Original Broadway Cast - A Strange Loop

New Broadway Cast - Caroline, or Change

‘Into the Woods’ 2022 Broadway Cast - Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) - WINNER

Original Broadway Cast - MJ the Musical

‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Original Cast - Mr. Saturday Night

Original Broadway Cast - Six: Live on Opening Night

 

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Various Artists - Elvis

Various Artists - Encanto - WINNER

Various Artists - Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4

Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer - Top Gun: Maverick

Various Artists - West Side Story

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Germaine Franco - Encanto - WINNER

Hans Zimmer - No Time to Die

Jonny Greenwood - The Power of the Dog

Michael Giacchino - The Batman

Nicholas Britell - Succession: Season 3

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Austin Wintory - Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Bear McCreary - Call of Duty®: Vanguard

Christopher Tin - Old World

Richard Jacques - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Stephanie Economou - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök - WINNER

 

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Beyoncé - Be Alive

Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto - Cast - We Don’t Talk About Bruno - WINNER

Jessy Wilson Featuring Angélique Kidjo - Keep Rising (The Woman King)

Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand

Taylor Swift - Carolina

4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva - Nobody Like U

 

Best Instrumental Composition

Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers - Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues

Geoffrey Keezer - Refuge - WINNER

Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn - El País Invisible

Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar - African Tales

Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar - Snapshots

 

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6 - As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)

Danny Elfman - Main Titles

Kings Return - How Deep Is Your Love

Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer - Scrapple From the Apple - WINNER

Remy Le Boeuf - Minnesota, WI

 

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet - 2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying

Christine McVie - Songbird (Orchestral Version) - WINNER

Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer - Never Gonna Be Alone

Louis Cole - Let It Happen

 

Best Recording Package

Fann - Telos

Soporus - Divers

Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful

Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra - Beginningless Beginning - WINNER

Underoath - Voyeurist

 

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Black Pumas - Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set)

Danny Elfman - Big Mess

The Grateful Dead - In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 - WINNER

They Might Be Giants - Book

Various Artists - Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined

 

Best Album Notes

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Andy Irvine / Paul Brady

Astor Piazzolla - The American Clavé Recordings

Doc Watson - Life’s Work: A Retrospective

Harry Partch - Harry Partch, 1942

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) - WINNER

 

Best Historical Album

Blondie - Against the Odds: 1974 - 1982

Doc Watson - Life’s Work: A Retrospective

Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern...

Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) - WINNER

 

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen

Laura Veltz

Nija Charles

The-Dream

Tobias Jesso Jr. - WINNER

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Baynk - Adolescence

Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century

Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER

Robert Glasper - Black Radio III

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Boi-1da

Dahi

Dan Auerbach

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Jack Antonoff - WINNER

 

Best Remixed Recording

Beyoncé - Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)

Ellie Goulding - Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix)

The Knocks & Dragonette - Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)

Lizzo - About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) - WINNER

Wet Leg - Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)

Jumping for joy: Lizzo earned a win in the coveted Record of the Year category

Jumping for joy: Lizzo earned a win in the coveted Record of the Year category

 

Best Immersive Audio Album

Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene - Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World

The Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open

Christina Aguilera - Aguilera

Jane Ira Bloom - Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1

Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej - Divine Tides - WINNER

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene - Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra & John Williams - Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra - WINNER

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck - Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works

Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives

 

Producer of the Year, Classical

Christoph Franke

Elaine Martone

James Ginsburg

Jonathan Allen

Judith Sherman - WINNER

 

Best Orchestral Performance

Berlin Philharmonic & John Williams - John Williams: The Berlin Concert

Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel - Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9

New York Youth Symphony - Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman - WINNER

Various Artists - Sila: The Breath of the World

Wild Up & Christopher Rountree - Stay on It

 

Best Opera Recording

Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones - WINNER

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Eurydice

 

Best Choral Performance

The Crossing - Born - WINNER

English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir - J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani & Eric Owens - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11

 

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Attacca Quartet - Caroline Shaw: Evergreen - WINNER

Dover Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets

Neave Trio - Musical Remembrances

Publiquartet - What Is American

Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives

 

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Daniil Trifonov - Bach: The Art of Life

Hilary Hahn - Abels: Isolation Variation

Mak Grgić - A Night in Upper Town - The Music of Zoran Krajacic

Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang - Letters for the Future - WINNER

 

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Il Pomo d’Oro - Eden

Nicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights & Eric Jacobsen - Stranger - Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly

Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene - WINNER

Sasha Cooke & Kirill Kuzmin - How Do I Find You

Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & J’Nai Bridges - Shawn E. Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?

 

Best Classical Compendium

Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Barnaby Smith - The Lost Birds

Kitt Wakeley - An Adoption Story - WINNER

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin - A Concert for Ukraine

Seunghee Lee, JP Jofre & London Symphony Orchestra - Aspire

 

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester - Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God

Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé & Hub New Music - Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet - Akiho: Ligneous Suite

Jack Quartet - Bermel: Intonations

Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang - Puts: Contact - WINNER

 

Best Music Video

Adele - Easy on Me

BTS - Yet to Come

Doja Cat - Woman

Harry Styles - As It Was

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Taylor Swift - All Too Well: The Short Film - WINNER

Lovely: Taylor Swift earned a Best Music Video win which was not aired

Lovely: Taylor Swift earned a Best Music Video win which was not aired

 

Best Music Film

Adele - Adele One Night Only

Billie Eilish - Billie Eilish Live at the O2

Justin Bieber - Our World

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - A Band a Brotherhood a Barn

Rosalía - Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)

Various Artists - Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story - WINNER