Best Opera Recording
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Blanchard: Champion
Best Choral Performance
- Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir - Saariaho: Reconnaissance
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Rough Magic
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
- Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra) - The American Project
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- Walking In The Dark - Julia Bullock
Best Classical Compendium
- Passion For Bach And Coltrane
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Montgomery: Rounds
Best Música Urbana Album
- Mañana Será Bonito - Karol G
Best African Music Performance
- Water - Tyla
Best American Roots Performance
- Eve Was Black - Allison Russell
Best Americana Performance
- Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile - Dear Insecurity
Best Americana Roots Song
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Cast Iron Skillet
Best Americana Album
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Best Bluegrass Album
- Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Bobby Rush - All My Love for You
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony