Grammy Awards 2022: All You Need To Know
Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn and Kurt Elling have all been nominated for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards
Last updated 19th Jan 2022
The 64th annual Grammy Award-nominations have been revealed with 86 categories in total, including awards for jazz, R&B, blues and more.
Singer, pianist, multi-Jazz FM Award-winner, and now film composer Jon Batiste has picked up eleven nominations, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are up for six, while the late Chick Corea has been recognised for four including his duets album with Eliane Elias.
Among Jon Batiste's nominations - which rank the highest in the 2022 list - are "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", "Best R&B Album".
Kurt Elling, The Baylor Project and Esperanza Spalding are all in the best jazz vocal category, with Jazzmeia Horn, Christian McBride and the Sun Ra Arkestra all up for best large ensemble.
Grammy Awards 2022: Jazz FM's abridged picks
See an abridged list of some of the names and categories we think you should know about...
1. Record Of The Year
Freedom | Jon Batiste | Jon Batiste, Kizzo & Autumn Rowe, producers; Russ Elevado, Kizzo & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer
I Get A Kick Out Of You | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | Dae Bennett, producer; Dae Bennett & Josh Coleman, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers
2. Album Of The Year
We Are | Jon Batiste | Love For Sale
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | Back Of My Mind | H.E.R.
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
I Get A Kick Out Of You | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
7. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love For Sale | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Til We Meet Again (Live) | Norah Jones
A Tori Kelly Christmas | Tori Kelly
Ledisi Sings Nina | Ledisi
That's Life | Willie Nelson
11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Double Dealin' | Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
The Garden | Rachel Eckroth
Tree Falls | Taylor Eigsti
At Blue Note Tokyo | Steve Gadd Band
Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 | Mark Lettieri
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance
I Need You | Jon Batiste
Bring It On Home To Me | BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal
Born Again | Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
Fight For You | H.E.R.
How Much Can A Heart Take | Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba
19. Best R&B Song
Damage | Anthony Clemons Jr., Jeff Gitelman, H.E.R., Carl McCormick & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Good Days | Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas, songwriters (SZA)
Heartbreak Anniversary | Giveon Evans, Maneesh, Sevn Thomas & Varren Wade, songwriters (Giveon)
Leave The Door Open | Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Pick Up Your Feelings | Denisia “Blue June” Andrews, Audra Mae Butts, Kyle Coleman, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Michael Holmes & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
20. Best Progressive R&B Album
New Light | Eric Bellinger
Something To Say | Cory Henry
Mood Valiant | Hiatus Kaiyote
Table For Two | Lucky Daye
Dinner Party: Dessert | Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
Studying Abroad: Extended Stay | Masego
21. Best R&B Album
Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies | Snoh Aalegra
We Are | Jon Batiste
Gold-Diggers Sound | Leon Bridges
Back Of My Mind | H.E.R.
Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Sackodougou | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist | Track from: The Hands Of Time (Weedie Braimah) |
Kick Those Feet | Kenny Barron, soloist | Track from: Songs From My Father (Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios)
Bigger Than Us | Jon Batiste, soloist | Track from: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Various Artists)
Absence | Terence Blanchard, soloist | Track from: Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
Humpty Dumpty (Set 2) | Chick Corea, soloist | Track from: Akoustic Band Live (Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl)
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
Generations | The Baylor Project
SuperBlue | Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
Time Traveler | Nnenna Freelon
Flor | Gretchen Parlato
Songwrights Apothecary Lab | Esperanza Spalding
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul | Jon Batiste
Absence | Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet
Skyline | Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Akoustic Band LIVE | Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) | Pat Metheny
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Live At Birdland! | The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
Dear Love | Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver | Christian McBride Big Band
Swirling | Sun Ra Arkestra
Jackets XL | Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
Mirror Mirror | Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
The South Bronx Story | Carlos Henriquez
Virtual Birdland | Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Transparency | Dafnis Prieto Sextet
El Arte Del Bolero | Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo
46. Best American Roots Performance
Cry | Jon Batiste
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free | The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck
47. Best American Roots Song
Cry | Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
50. Best Traditional Blues Album
100 Years Of Blues | Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
Traveler's Blues | Blues Traveler
I Be Trying | Cedric Burnside
Be Ready When I Call You | Guy Davis
Take Me Back | Kim Wilson
51. Best Contemporary Blues Album
Delta Kream | The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown
Royal Tea | Joe Bonamassa
Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland
Fire It Up | Steve Cropper
662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
53. Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live In New Orleans! | Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
Bloodstains & Teardrops | Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
My People | Cha Wa
55. Best Global Music Performance
Do Yourself | Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy
Pà Pá Pà | Femi Kuti
Blewu | Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo
56. Best Global Music Album
Mother Nature | Angelique Kidjo
Legacy + | Femi Kuti And Made Kuti
61. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
One Night In Miami... | (Various Artists)
Respect | Jennifer Hudson
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 | (Various Artists)
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday | Andra Day
62. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Bridgerton | Kris Bowers, composer
Soul | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
63. Best Song Written For Visual Media
Fight For You From Judas And The Black Messiah | Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Here I Am (Singing My Way Home) From Respect | Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
Speak Now From One Night In Miami... |Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom, Jr., songwriters (Leslie Odom, Jr.)
64. Best Instrumental Composition
Beautiful Is Black | Brandee Younger, composer (Brandee Younger)
Concerto For Orchestra: Finale | Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra Featuring Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge)
Dreaming In Lions: Dreaming In Lions | Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble)
66. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
69. Best Album Notes
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 | Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
71. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Dawn | Thomas Brenneck, Zach Brown, Elton "L10MixedIt" Chueng, Riccardo Damian, Tom Elmhirst, Jens Jungkurth, Todd Monfalcone, John Rooney & Smino, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Yebba)
Love For Sale | Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman & Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers (Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga)
83. Best Classical Compendium
Plays | Chick Corea; Chick Corea & Birnie Kirsh, producers
84. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Batiste: Movement 11 | Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste)
85. Best Music Video
Freedom | Jon Batiste | Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer
I Get A Kick Out Of You | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | Jennifer Lebeau, video director; Danny Bennett, Bobby Campbell & Jennifer Lebeau, video producers
86. Best Music Film
Summer Of Soul | (Various Artists) | Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers
When are the 2022 Grammy Awards being announced?
The Recording Academy originally scheduled the 2022 GRAMMY Awards to take place on 31 January 2022 in the U.S, but they have been postponed until further notice, due to worries surrounding global COVID-19 omicron cases.
The ceremony will now take place on Sunday the 3rd of April 2022 in Las Vegas (8-11:30 pm, Eastern Time / 5-8:30 pm, Pacific Time). The results will come through in the early hours of the 4th of April UK time from 1am, with the full list of results expected by 4:30am.
Who is hosting the 2022 Grammy Awards?
The 2022 Grammys will be hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah, who hosted the 2021 Grammys.
"Trevor was amazing as our host for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards with praise from the music community, music fans and critics," said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. "We're so excited to welcome Trevor back to the GRAMMYs stage and feel fortunate to once again have him hosting what we believe will be an unforgettable evening.”
Grammy Awards 2022: Full nomination list
You can see the full list of Grammy Award nominations here.
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