Musical Excellence at the 2018 Grammy Awards

The 2018 Grammys showcased the musical excellence from across the artistic platform.

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Mohss Elaine, Staff Writer

On January 28th the 2018 Grammys took place in Madison Square Garden. Hosted by James Corden, the awards show gave out 70 awards to many deserving artists. This year, the awards show began accepting more music from the rap & hip hop genres, broadening the awards’ talent pool and giving nominations to prominent artists of the two genres.

 

Album of the Year:

Awaken, My love! – Childish Gambino

4:44 – Jay-z

Damn – Kendrick Lamar

Melodrama – Lorde

24k Magic- Bruno Mars

24k Magic – Bruno Mars

 

Song of the year:

Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

4:44 – Jay- Z

Issues – Julia Michaels

1-800-273-8255 – Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid

That’s what I like – Bruno Mars

 

New Artist:

SZA
Julia Michaels

Lil Uzi Vert

Khalid

Alessia Cara

Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Stay – Zedd & Alessia Cara

Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

Something Just Like This – The chainsmokers & Coldplay

Feel it still – Portugal. The Man

 

Pop Solo Performance:

Praying – Kesha

Love So Soft – Kelly Clarkson

What About Us – P!nk

Million Reasons – Lady Gaga

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

 

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Triplicate – Bob Dylan

Wonderland – Sarah Mclaughlin

IN Full Swing – Seth MacFarlane

Nobody But me (deluxe version) – Michael Buble

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Various Artists

 

Pop Vocal Album:

Kaleidoscope Ep – Coldplay

Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey

Evolve – Imagine Dragons

Rainbow – Kesha

Joanne – Lady Gaga

Divide (÷)- Ed Sheeran

 

Dance / Electronic Album:

Migration – Bonobo

Mura Masa – Mura Masa

A Moment Apart – Odesza

What Now – Sylvan Esso

3-D the Catalogue – Kraftwerk

 

Dance Recording:

Bambro Koyo Ganda – Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa
Cola – Camelphat & Elderbrook
Andromeda –  Gorillaz featuring Dram
Line of Sight – Odesza featuring Wynne & Mansionair

Tonite – LCD Soundsystem

 

Rock Performance:

The Promise – Chris Cornell

Run – Foo Fighters

No Good – Kaleo

Go to War – Nothing More

You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen

 

Contemporary Instrumental Album:

What If – the Jerry Douglas Band

Spirit – Alex Han

Mount Royal – Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge

Bad Hombre – Antonio Sanchez

Prototype – Jeff Lorber Fusion

Rock Album:

Emperor of Sand – Mastodon

Hardwired…to Self-Destruct – Metallica

The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More

Villains – Queens of the Stone Age

A Deeper Understanding – the War on Drugs

 

Rock Song:
Atlas, Rise! – Metallica
Blood in the Cut – K.Flay
Go to War -Nothing More
The Stage – Avenged Sevenfold

Run – Foo Fighters

 

Rock Performance:
The Promise – Chris Cornell
Run – Foo Fighters

No Good – Kaleo
Go to War – Nothing More

You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen

 

Metal Performance:
Invisible Enemy – August Burns Red
Black Hoodie – Body Count
Forever -Code Orange
Clockworks – Meshuggah

Sultan’s Curse – Mastodon

 

Alternative Music Album:
Everything Now – Arcade Fire
Humanz – Gorillaz

American Dream – LCD Soundsystem
Pure Comedy – Father John Misty
Sleep Well Beast – National

 

R&B Performance:

Get You – Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis

Distraction – Kehlani

High – Ledisi

The Weekend – SZA

That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

 

Traditional R&B Performance:
Laugh and Move On – the Baylor Project
What I’m Feelin’ -Anthony Hamilton featuring the Hamiltones
All the Way – Ledisi
Still – Mali Music

Redbone – Childish Gambino

 

R&B Album:
Freudian – Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi
Gumbo – PJ Morton
Feel the Real’ — Musiq Soulchild

24K Magic — Bruno Mars

 

R&B Song:
First Began – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
Location – Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)
Redbone – Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Supermodel – Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

 


Urban Contemporary Album:
Free 6lack – 6lack
Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid | Interview
Ctrl – SZA“Starboy – the Weeknd

 

Rap/Sung Performance:
Prblms – 6lack
Crew – Goldlink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
Family Feud – Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
Love Galore – SZA featuring Travis Scott

Loyalty. – Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna

 

Rap Performance:
Bounce Back – Big Sean

Bodak Yellow – Cardi B
4:44 – Jay-Z
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
Bad and Boujee – Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert

 

Rap Song:
Bodak Yellow -Cardi B
Chase Me – Danger Mouse featuring Run the Jewels & Big Boi
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar
Sassy – Rapsody
The Story of O.J. – Jay-Z

 

Rap Album:
4:44 -Jay-Z
Damn. – Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator

 

Country Solo Performance:

Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt

Losing You – Alison Krauss

Tin Man – Miranda Lambert

I Could Use a Love Song – Maren Morris

Either Way – Chris Stapleton

 

Country Duo/Group Performance:

It Ain’t My Fault – Brothers Osborne

My Old Man” — Zac Brown Band

You Look Good” — Lady Antebellum

Better Man” — Little Big Town

“Drinkin’ Problem – Midland

 

Country Song:

Better Man – Little Big Town, Taylor Swift

Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt

Broken Halos – Chris Stapleton

Drinkin’ Problem – Midland

Tin Man –  Miranda Lambert

 

Country Album:

Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney

Heart Break – Lady Antebellum

The Breaker – Little Big Town

Life Changes – Thomas Rhett

From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton

 

Improvised Jazz Solo:
Can’t Remember Why – Sara Caswell
Dance of Shiva – Billy Childs
Whisper Not” — Fred Hersch,

Miles Beyond – John McLaughlin
Ilimba – Chris Potter

 

New Age Album:
Reflection – Brian Eno
SongVersation: Medicine – India.Arie
Dancing on Water – Peter Kater
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 5 – Kitaro
Spiral Revelation – Steve Roach

 

Jazz Instrumental Album:
Uptown, Downtown – Bill Charlap Trio
Rebirth – Billy Childs
Project Freedom – Joey DeFrancesco & the People
Open Book – Fred Hersch
The Dreamer Is the Dream – Chris Potter

 

Jazz Vocal Album:
The Journey – The Baylor Project
A Social Call -Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass and Blind – Raul Midón
Porter Plays Porter – Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King
Dreams and Daggers – Cécile McLorin Salvant

 

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

MONK’estra Vol. 2 – John Beasley

Jigsaw – Alan Ferber Big Band

Bringin’ It – Christian McBride Big Band

Homecoming – Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne

Whispers on the Wind – Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge

 

Gospel Performance/Song:

Too Hard Not To – Tina Campbell

You Deserve It – JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn

Better Days – Le’Andria

My Life – the Walls Group

Never Have to Be Alone – CeCe Winans

 

Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
Clean – Natalie Grant
What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
Even If – MercyMe
Hills and Valleys – Tauren Wells

 

Gospel Album:
Crossover: Live From Music City – Travis Greene
Bigger Than Me – Le’Andria
Close – Marvin Sapp
Sunday Song – Anita Wilson
Let Them Fall in Love – CeCe Winans

 

Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Rise – Danny Gokey
Echoes (Deluxe Edition) – Matt Maher
Lifer – MercyMe
Hills and Valleys – Tauren Wells
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams


Roots Gospel Album:
The Best of the Collingsworth Family Volume 1 – the Collingsworth Family

Give Me Jesus – Larry Cordle
Resurrection – Joseph Habedank
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope – Reba McEntire
Hope for All Nations – Karen Peck & New River

 

Latin Pop Album:

Lo Único Constante – Alex Cuba

Mis Planes Son Amarte – Juanes

Amar y Vivir en Vivo Desde la Ciudad de México, 2017 – La Santa Cecilia

Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de los Macorinos) – Natalia Lafourcade

El Dorado – Shakira

 

Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

Ayo – Bomba Estéreo

Pa’ Fuera – C4 Trío & Desorden Público

Salvavidas de Hielo – Jorge Drexler

El Paradise – Los Amigos Invisibles

Residente – Residente

 

Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano):

Ni Diablo Ni Santo – Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda

Ayer y Hoy – Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga

Momentos – Alex Campos

Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas – Aida Cuevas

Zapateando en el Norte -Various Artists

 

Tropical Latin Album:

Albita – Albita

Art of the Arrangement – Doug Beavers

Salsa Big Band – Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Gente Valiente – Silvestre Dangond

Indestructible – Diego el Cigala

 

American Roots Performance:

Killer Diller Blues – Alabama Shakes

Let My Mother Live – Blind Boys of Alabama

Arkansas Farmboy – Glen Campbell

Steer Your Way – Leonard Cohen

I Never Cared for You – Alison Krauss

 

American Roots Song:

Cumberland Gap – David Rawlings

I Wish You Well – the Mavericks

If We Were Vampires – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

It Ain’t Over Yet – Rodney Crowell featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White

My Only True Friend –  Gregg Allman

 

Americana Album:

Southern Blood – Gregg Allman

Shine on Rainy Day – Brent Cobb

Beast Epic – Iron & Wine

The Nashville Sound – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Brand New Day – the Mavericks

 

Bluegrass Album:

Fiddler’s Dream – Michael Cleveland

Laws of Gravity – the Infamous Stringdusters

Original – Bobby Osborne

Universal Favorite – Noam Pikelny

All the Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live] – Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

 

Regional Roots Music Album:
Top of the Mountain – Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Ho’okena 3.0 – Ho’okena
Kalenda – Lost Bayou Ramblers
Miyo Kekisepa, Make a Stand [Live] – Northern Cree
Pua Kiele – Josh Tatofi


Reggae Album
Chronology – Chronixx
Lost in Paradise – Common Kings
Wash House Ting – J Boog
Stony Hill – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Avrakedabra – Morgan Heritage


World Music Album:
Memoria de los Sentidos – Vicente Amigo
Para Mi – Buika
Rosa Dos Ventos – Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Elwan – Tinariwen

 

Children’s Album:
Brighter Side – Gustafer Yellowgold
Feel What U Feel – Lisa Loeb
Lemonade – Justin Roberts
Rise Shine #Woke – Alphabet Rockers
Songs of Peace & Love for Kids & Parents Around the World – Ladysmith Black Mambazo


Spoken Word Album (includes poetry, audiobooks & storytelling):
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Confessions of a Serial Songwriter – Shelly Peiken
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders)  – Bernie Sanders and Mark Ruffalo
The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher


Comedy Album:
The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chappelle
Cinco – Jim Gaffigan
Jerry Before Seinfeld – Jerry Seinfeld
A Speck of Dust – Sarah Silverman
What Now? – Kevin Hart

 

Musical Theater Album:
Come From Away -Original Broadway Cast Recording
Dear Evan Hansen -Original Broadway Cast Recording
Hello, Dolly! -New Broadway Cast Recording


Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Baby Driver – Various Artists
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 -Various Artists
Hidden Figures: The Album -Various Artists

La La Land -Various Artists
Moana: The Songs -Various Artists


Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, composer
Game of Thrones: Season 7 – Ramin Djawadi, composer
Hidden Figures – Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, composer

 

Song Written for Visual Media

City of Stars – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma

How Far I’ll Go – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho)

I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Zayn & Taylor Swift)

Never Give Up – Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)

Stand Up for Something – Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day featuring Common)

 

Instrumental Composition:

Alkaline – Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)

Choros #3 – Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)

Home Free (For Peter Joe) – Nate Smith, composer (Nate Smith)

Three Revolutions – Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés)

Warped Cowboy – Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge)

 

Arrangement, Instrumental or A cappella:

All Hat, No Saddle – Chuck Owen, arranger (Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge)

Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can -John Williams

Home Free (For Peter Joe) – Nate Smith, arranger (Nate Smith)

Ugly Beauty/Pannonica – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

White Christmas – Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)

 

Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

Another Day of Sun – Justin Hurwitz, arranger (La La Land Cast)

Every Time We Say Goodbye – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Clint Holmes featuring Jane Monheit)

I Like Myself – Seth MacFarlane

I Loves You Porgy/There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York – Clint Holmes featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Count Basie Orchestra

Putin -Randy Newman

 

Recording Package

El Orisha de la Rosa – Mura Masa

Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) – Father John Misty

Sleep Well Beast – The National

Solid State – Gail Marowitz, Jonathan Coulton

 

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:

Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta – Various Artists

Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984- 2014) – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

May 1977: Get Shown the Light -Grateful Dead

The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition – Various Artists

Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares – Various Artists

 

Album Notes:

Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth – Various Artists

Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition – Various Artists

The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin – Richard Dowling

Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute- Various Artists

Live at the Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings – Otis Redding

Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams – Washington Phillips

 

Historical Album:

Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta -Various Artists

The Goldberg Variations- the Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 -Glenn Gould

Leonard Bernstein- the Composer -Leonard Bernstein

Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa- Various Artists

Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams – Washington Phillips

 

Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

Every Where Is Some Where – K.Flay

Is This the Life We Really Want? -Roger Waters

Natural Conclusion – Rose Cousins

No Shape -Perfume Genius

24K Magic – Bruno Mars

 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:

Calvin Harris

Greg Kurstin

Blake Mills

No I.D.

The Stereotypes

 

Remixed Recording:

Can’t Let You Go (Louie Vega Roots Mix) – Louie Vega, Loleatta Holloway

Funk O’ De Funk (SMLE Remix) – Bobby Rush

Undercover (Adventure Club Remix) –  Leighton James & Christian Srigley, remixers (Kehlani)

A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix) – The xx

You Move (Latroit Remix) -Depeche Mode

 

Surround Sound Album:

Early Americans – Jane Ira Bloom

Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man – Eivind Gullberg Jensen & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra And Choir

So Is My Love -Nina T. Karlsen & Ensemble 96

3-D the Catalogue -Kraftwerk

Tyberg: Masses – Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Chorale

 

Engineered Album, Classical:

Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs -Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony

Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man – Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies -Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio – Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Tyberg: Masses – Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson & South Dakota Choral

 

Producer of the Year, Classical:

Blanton Alspaugh

Manfred Eicher

David Frost

Morten Lindberg

Judith Sherman

 

Orchestral Performance:

Concertos for Orchestra – Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches -Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Debussy: Images; Jeux & aa Plus Que Lente – San Francisco Symphony

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 -Minnesota Orchestra

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

 

Berg: Lulu – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Berg: Wozzeck -Houston Symphony; Chorus of Students and Alumni, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children’s Chorus

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles -The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Handel: Ottone -Il Pomo D’Oro

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel -Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus

 

Choral Performance:

Bryars: The Fifth Century – Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)

Handel: Messiah – Andrew Davis, conductor; Noel Edison, chorus master (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples & Erin Wall; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)

Mansurian: Requiem – Alexander Liebreich, conductor; Florian Helgath, chorus master (Anja Petersen & Andrew Redmond; Münchener Kammerorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)

Music of the Spheres – Nigel Short, conductor (Tenebrae)

Tyberg: Masses – Brian A. Schmidt, conductor (Christopher Jacobson; South Dakota Chorale)

 

Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 – Arcangelo

Death & the Maiden – Patricia Kopatchinskaja & the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Divine Theatre — Sacred Motets by Giaches De Wert – Stile Antico

Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann – Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich

Martha Argerich & Friends — Live From Lugano 2016 – Martha Argerich & Various Artists

 

Classical Instrumental Solo:

Bach: The French Suites –  Murray Perahia

Haydn: Cello Concertos – Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)

Levina: The Piano Concertos – Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)

Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)

Transcendental – Daniil Trifonov

 

Classical Solo Vocal Album:

Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas – Philippe Jaroussky; Petra Müllejans, conductor (Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia; Freiburger Barockorchester)

Crazy Girl Crazy — Music by Gershwin, Berg & Berio – Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)

Gods & Monsters – Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist

In War & Peace – Harmony Through Music – Joyce DiDonato; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)

Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift – Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra & Style of Five Ensemble)

 

Classical Compendium

Barbara – Alexandre Tharaud; Cécile Lenoir, producer

Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble & Choir – Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer

Les Routes de l’Esclavage – Jordi Savall, conductor; Benjamin Bleton, producer

Mademoiselle: Première Audience  – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger – Lucy Mauro; Lucy Mauro, producer

 

Contemporary Classical Composition:

“Danielpour: Songs of Solitude – Richard Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Higdon: Viola Concerto – Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Mansurian: Requiem – Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)

Schoenberg, Adam: Picture Studies – Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

Zhou Tian: Concerto for Orchestra – Zhou Tian, composer (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

 

Music Video:

Up All Night – (Beck) Canada, video director; Laura Serra Estorch & Oscar Romagosa, video producers

Makeba – Jain

The Story of O.J. – Jay-Z

Humble. – (Kendrick Lamar) The Little Homies & Dave Meyers

1-800-273-8255 – Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid

 

Music Film:

 

One More Time With Feeling -Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Long Strange Trip -The Grateful Dead

The Defiant Ones – Various Artists

Soundbreaking – Various Artists

 

The 2018 Grammys showcased wonderful talents branching of every genre and every step of  music production. With over 70 award categories, there’s many different areas that get the attention and recognition that they deserve.