Award categories
editRecord of the Year*Album of the Year*Song of the Year*Best New Artist*- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Grammy Legend Award
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Grammy Tech Award
- Grammy Trustees Award
Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
Best Orchestral Performance*Best Classical Vocal Performance*Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral*Best Opera RecordingBest Choral PerformanceBest Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)Best Chamber Music PerformanceBest Classical Contemporary CompositionBest Classical AlbumBest Classical Crossover AlbumBest New Classical Artist
Comedy
Composing and arranging
Best Instrumental CompositionBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "Film/TV/Media" field)Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "film/TV/media" field)Best ArrangementBest Instrumental ArrangementBest Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
Country
Best Female Country Vocal PerformanceBest Male Country Vocal PerformanceBest Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or InstrumentalBest Country Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalBest Country Collaboration with VocalsBest Country Instrumental PerformanceBest Country & Western RecordingBest Country & Western SingleBest Country SongBest Country AlbumBest Bluegrass AlbumBest New Country & Western Artist
Dance
Best Dance Recording (previously in "Pop")Best Electronic/Dance Album
Disco
Film/TV/Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field)Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field)
Folk
Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk RecordingBest Traditional Folk AlbumBest Contemporary Folk AlbumBest Native American Music AlbumBest Hawaiian Music Album
Gospel
Best Gospel PerformanceBest Gospel Performance, TraditionalBest Gospel Performance, ContemporaryBest Gospel Vocal Performance, FemaleBest Gospel Vocal Performance, MaleBest Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or ChorusBest Soul Gospel PerformanceBest Soul Gospel Performance, TraditionalBest Soul Gospel Performance, ContemporaryBest Soul Gospel Performance, FemaleBest Soul Gospel Performance, MaleBest Soul Gospel Performance, Male or FemaleBest Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or ChorusBest Inspirational PerformanceBest Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumBest Rock Gospel AlbumBest Traditional Soul Gospel AlbumBest Contemporary Soul Gospel AlbumBest Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel AlbumBest Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Historical
Jazz
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, FemaleBest Jazz Vocal Performance, MaleBest Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or GroupBest Jazz Instrumental SoloBest Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or GroupBest Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumBest Jazz Fusion PerformanceBest Original Jazz CompositionBest Jazz Vocal AlbumBest Contemporary Jazz AlbumBest Latin Jazz Album
Latin
Best Latin RecordingBest Latin Pop AlbumBest Traditional Tropical Latin AlbumBest Mexican/Mexican-American AlbumBest Latin Rock/Alternative AlbumBest Tejano AlbumBest Salsa AlbumBest Merengue AlbumBest Salsa/Merengue Album
Musical Show
Best Musical Show AlbumBest Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television
Music Video
Best Short Form Music VideoBest Long Form Music VideoBest Concept Music VideoBest Performance Music VideoVideo of the Year
New Age
Packaging and notes
Best Album CoverBest Album Cover - ClassicalBest Album Cover - Other Than ClassicalBest Album Cover, Graphic ArtsBest Album Cover, PhotographyBest Recording PackageBest Boxed or Special Limited Edition PackageBest Album NotesBest Album Notes - Classical
Polka
Pop
Best Vocal Performance, FemaleBest Vocal Performance, MaleBest Performance by a Vocal GroupBest Performance by a ChorusBest Performance by a Vocal Group or ChorusBest Instrumental PerformanceBest Female Pop Vocal PerformanceBest Male Pop Vocal PerformanceBest Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or FemaleBest Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalBest Contemporary Performance by a ChorusBest Pop Collaboration with VocalsBest Performance by an Orchestra - for DancingBest Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for DancingBest Pop Instrumental PerformanceBest Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal ColoringBest Contemporary SongBest Pop Vocal AlbumBest Pop Instrumental Album
Production and engineering
Best Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalBest Engineered Album, ClassicalBest Engineered Recording - Special or Novel EffectsBest Remixed Recording, Non-ClassicalProducer of the Year, Non-ClassicalProducer of the Year, ClassicalRemixer of the Year, Non-Classical
R&B
Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceBest Male R&B Vocal PerformanceBest R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or FemaleBest R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalsBest Traditional R&B Vocal PerformanceBest R&B Instrumental PerformanceBest Urban/Alternative PerformanceBest Rhythm & Blues RecordingBest R&B SongBest R&B AlbumBest Contemporary R&B Album
Rap
Best Rap PerformanceBest Rap Solo PerformanceBest Female Rap Solo PerformanceBest Male Rap Solo PerformanceBest Rap Performance by a Duo or GroupBest Rap/Sung CollaborationBest Rap SongBest Rap Album
Reggae
Rock
Best Female Rock Vocal PerformanceBest Male Rock Vocal PerformanceBest Rock Vocal Performance, SoloBest Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalBest Rock Instrumental PerformanceBest Hard Rock PerformanceBest Metal PerformanceBest Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or InstrumentalBest Rock SongBest Rock Album
Surround Sound
Spoken
Traditional Pop
World
Awards by year
editYears reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for music released in the previous year.
also to do:
- video awards - check "video producer" vs "producer" etc.
- look at consistency of ordering
- delinking engineers, others?
- 2004 - check full results on all page
- Check stared (*) articles for redirects
- Ricky Skaggs, The Judds and Alison Krauss awards - formatting