*UPDATE 2/11/19 - WINNERS indicated with " * "
Congrats to all the Asian American + Global Asian 2018 Nominees for this year's 61st Grammy Awards! Special thanks to our collaborators Glenn Suravech - Mosaic Sound Recordings (MSR) & PRISKA!
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RECORD OF THE YEAR
*THIS IS AMERICA - Childish Gambino
Shaan Singh (engineer)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
SCORPION - Drake
“Blue Tint” - !llmind (producer)
H.E.R.
H.E.R. (artist, producer & songwriter)
BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM, MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY
“X” !llmind (producer)
BEST NEW ARTIST
H.E.R.
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
LUNE ROUGE
TOKiMONSTA
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
BETRAYER
Trivium
BEST ROCK ALBUM
RAINIER FOG
Alice In Chains
* BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
BEST PART
H.E.R.
BEST R&B SONG
FOCUS
H.E.R. (artist & songwriter)
* BEST R&B ALBUM
H.E.R.
H.E.R.
* BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
EVERYTHING IS LOVE
The Carters
“Heard About Us” - !llmind (producer)
* BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
BUBBLIN
Anderson.Paak
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Jin Ha, principal soloists
MY FAIR LADY
David Lai, producers
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Lea Salonga, New Broadway Cast
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
Falu's Bazaar
Falu Shah
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
REMEMBER ME
Robert Lopez, songwriters
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
THE OFFERING
Qing-Yang Xiao, art director
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
I'LL BE YOUR GIRL
Glen Nakasako, art directors
* chamberBEST OPERA RECORDING
BATES: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS
Wei Wu, producer
* BEST CHAMBER MUSIC / SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
ANDERSON, LAURIE: LANDFALL
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet (Sunny Jungin Yang)
BLUEPRINTING
Aizuri Quartet
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
BARTÓK: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
Yuja Wang, conductor
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
DU YUN: AIR GLOW
Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)