2023 Grammy Award Winners

2023 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 5, 2023
Held at: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Host: Trevor Noah
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022

Key Points: Grammy Trivia

  • The 2023 Grammy Awards were the first to be held at the newly renamed Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center. This marked a significant moment in the merging of tech culture and mainstream events.
  • Trevor Noah returned as host, once again showcasing his talent for blending humor and earnestness to make the event both entertaining and memorable.
  • The eligibility year ended on September 30, 2022, making it a full year’s representation of what the music industry had to offer.
  • The 2023 Grammys were noted for their international flavor, featuring more artists from around the globe than ever before.
  • The ceremony saw a resurgence in rock and indie genres, with several up-and-coming bands receiving nominations and awards.
  • Social issues like climate change and social justice made their way into the performances and speeches, reflecting the broader conversations happening in society.
2023 Record of the Year
About Damn Time – Lizzo
Album of the Year
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Song of the Year
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best New Artist
Samara Joy
Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy on Me – Adele
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Unholy – Sam Smith and Kim Petras
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher – Michael Bublé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Break My Soul – Beyoncé
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance – Beyoncé
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Empire Central – Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance
Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile
Best Metal Performance
Degradation Rules – Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi
Best Rock Song
Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best Rock Album
Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne
Best Alternative Music Performance
Chaise Longue – Wet Leg
Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Best R&B Performance
Hrs & Hrs – Muni Long
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Plastic Off the Sofa – Beyoncé
Best R&B Song
Cuff It – Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius“The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Progressive R&B Album
Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy
Best R&B Album
Black Radio III – Robert Glasper
Best Rap Performance
The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Wait for U – Future featuring Drake and Tems
Best Rap Song
The Heart Part 5 – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap Album
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
Live Forever – Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Never Wanted to Be That Girl – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Best Country Song
’Til You Can’t – Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)
Best Country Album
A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror – White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Endangered Species – Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Linger Awhile – Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton and Matthew Stevens
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango at the Wall in New York – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kingdom – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Fear Is Not My Future – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Kingdom Book One Deluxe – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Breathe – Maverick City Music
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best Latin Pop Album
Pasieros – Rubén Blades and Boca Livre
Best Música Urbana Album
Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Motomami – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México — El Musical – Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy – Marc Anthony
Best American Roots Performance
Stompin’ Ground – Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best Americana Performance
Made Up Mind – Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Song
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Best Bluegrass Album
Crooked Tree – Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway
Best Traditional Blues Album
Get On Board – Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Brother Johnny – Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album
Revealer – Madison Cunningham
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
The Kalling – Kabaka Pyramid
Best Global Music Performance
Bayethe – Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
Best Global Music Album
Sakura – Masa Takumi
Best Children’s Music Album
The Movement – Alphabet Rockers
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Finding Me – Viola Davis
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Poet Who Sat by the Door – J. Ivy
Best Comedy Album
The Closer – Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album
Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) – Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Encanto – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Encanto – Germaine Franco, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok – Stephanie Economou, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast)
Best Instrumental Composition
Refuge – Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Scrapple From the Apple
– John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley and the SWR Big Band featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Songbird (Orchestral Version) – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning – Chun-Tien Hsia and Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 – Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best Album Notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Best Historical Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Cheryl Pawelski and Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry’s House – Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark Spike” Stent and Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Divine Tides – Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej and Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique — The Making of the Orchestra – Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman – Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Born – Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers and James Reese; The Crossing)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen – Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Letters for the Future – Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene – Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story – Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: Contact – Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Music Video
All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer

Best Music Film
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Various Artists; Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern, video producers