| 2021 Grammy Award Winners Winners Announced: March 14, 2021 Held at: In and around the Los Angeles Convention Center Host: Trevor Noah Eligibility Year: September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020 |
| Record of the Year: Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish |
| Album of the Year: Folklore – Taylor Swift |
| Song of the Year: I Can’t Breathe – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) |
| Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion |
| Best Pop Solo Performance: Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles |
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Rain On Me – Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: American Standard – James Taylor |
| Best Pop Vocal Album: Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa |
| Best Dance Recording: 10% – Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis |
| Best Dance/Electronic Album: Bubba – Kaytranada |
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy |
| Best Rock Performance: Shameika, Fiona Apple |
| Best Metal Performance: Bum-Rush, Body Count |
| Best Rock Song: Stay High, Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) |
| Best Rock Album: The New Abnormal – The Strokes |
| Best Alternative Music Album: Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple |
| Best R&B Performance: Black Parade – Beyoncé |
| Best Traditional R&B Performance: Anything For You – Ledisi |
| Best R&B Song: Better Than I Imagine – Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello) |
| Best Progressive R&B Album: It Is What It Is – Thundercat |
| Best R&B Album: Bigger Love – John Legend |
| Best Rap Performance: Savage – Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé |
| Best Melodic Rap Performance: Lockdown – Anderson .Paak |
| Best Rap Song: Savage – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé) |
| Best Rap Album: King’s Disease – Nas |
| Best Country Solo Performance: When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill |
| Best Country Duo/Group Performance: 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber |
| Best Country Song: Crowded Table – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen) |
| Best Country Album: Wildcard – Miranda Lambert |
| Best New Age Album: More Guitar Stories – Jim “Kimo” West |
| Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “All Blues,” Chick Corea, soloist |
| Best Jazz Vocal Album: Secrets Are The Best Stories – Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade |
| Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra |
| Best Latin Jazz Album: Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra |
| Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Movin’ On,” Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “There Was Jesus,” Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Case Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters |
| Best Gospel Album: Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton |
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Jesus Is King – Kanye West |
| Best Roots Gospel Album: Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers |
| Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny |
| Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: La Conquista Del Espacio – Fito Paez |
| Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade |
| Best Tropical Latin Album: 40 – Grupo Niche |
| Best American Roots Performance: “I Remember Everything,” John Prine |
| Best American Roots Song: “I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine) |
| Best Americana Album: World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz |
| Best Bluegrass Album: Home – Billy Strings |
| Best Traditional Blues Album: Rawer Than Raw – Bobby Rush |
| Best Contemporary Blues Album: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito |
| Best Folk Album: All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings |
| Best Regional Roots Music Album: Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers |
| Best Reggae Album: Got to Be Tough – Toots & the Maytals |
| Best Global Music Album: Twice as Tall – Burna Boy |
| Best Children’s Music Album: All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds |
| Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow |
| Best Comedy Album: Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish |
| Best Musical Theater Album: Jagged Little Pill – Original Cast |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Jojo Rabbit – Various Artists |
| Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media: No Time to Die – (From No Time to Die), Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) |
| Best Instrumental Composition: Sputnik – Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider) |
| Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Donna Lee – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) |
| Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: He Won’t Hold You – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody) |
| Best Recording Package: Vols. 11 & 12 – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions) |
| Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Ode to Joy – Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco) |
| Best Album Notes: Dead Man’s Pop – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements) |
| Best Historical Album: It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers – Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers) |
| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Hyperspace – Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck) |
| Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Andrew Watt |
| Best Remixed Recording: Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN) |
| Best Engineered Album, Classical: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar,’ David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) |
| Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost |
| Best Orchestral Performance: Ives: Complete Symphonies – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
| Best Opera Recording: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – David Robertson, conductor; Angle Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestral The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) |
| Best Choral Performance: Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers) |
| Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Contemporary Voices – Pacifica Quartet |
| Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra – Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) |
| Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Smyth: The Prison – Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra) |
| Best Classical Compendium: Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke – Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer |
| Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Rouse: Symphony No. 5 – Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) |
| Best Music Video: Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé |
| Best Music Film: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt |
