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Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globes honor since 1962 for songwriters of songs written for a motion picture; first winner "Town Without Pity"; recent winners "El Mal" (2025) and "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2026).
Golden Guitar Awards
The Golden Guitar Awards, formally the Country Music Awards of Australia, are country music awards held each January at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, first presented in 1973.
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-piece contemporary big band founded in 2000 by Gordon Goodwin, blends swing, funk, and Latin idioms; won the 2015 Grammy for Life In The Bubble and continues under Vangie Gunn-Goodwin.
Graeme Connors
Graeme Connors, Australian country singer-songwriter from Mackay, Queensland, active since 1973. Known for North (1988), The Road Less Travelled (ARIA winner), 14 Golden Guitars, and Roll of Renown induction; 2026 album What Next?.
Grammis
Grammis is Sweden's oldest and broadest music award, held since 1969 and arranged by Ifpi Sverige; jury-voted in 22 categories, with a 1973-1987 pause and 2026 winners Zara Larsson and Viagra Boys.
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year, a Recording Academy General Field category, honors a full album and its credited artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers, distinct from the single-track Record of the Year.
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album: Recording Academy honor in the Rock, Metal & Alternative Music Field for alternative albums; The Cure's Songs Of A Lost World won in 2026, with St. Vincent and Vampire Weekend among repeat winners.
Grammy Award for Best Americana Album
The Grammy Award for Best Americana Album is an annual Recording Academy honor for Americana albums, first awarded in 2010 to Levon Helm for Electric Dirt.
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals (also styled Instruments and Vocals), category 87: a Recording Academy arranger's award for arrangements mixing instruments and voices, renamed in 2014; 2026 winner "Big Fish" by Nate Smith Featuring säje.
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella honors arrangers of instrumental or vocal a cappella recordings. Renamed from Best Instrumental Arrangement in June 2014; 2026 winner: The 8-Bit Big Band, "Super Mario Praise Break".
Grammy Award for Best Asian Pop Music Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Asian Pop Music Performance is a new Recording Academy category honoring vocal Asian pop performances, including K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop, first presented in 2027.
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, a Recording Academy honor for vocal or instrumental bluegrass albums (fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, Dobro). First given 1989 to Bill Monroe; Billy Strings won 2026 for Highway Prayers.
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance honored classical chamber recordings from 1959 to 2011, then continued as the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance award.
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance: Recording Academy honor for classical choral recordings by ensembles of 16 or more vocalists; awarded to conductor, chorus master, and ensemble; 2026 winner Ortiz: Yanga.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album: a Recording Academy honor for classical albums, descended from Album Of The Year Classical (1962-1979); last awarded in 2011 to Muti's Verdi Requiem, then replaced by specific Classical Field categories.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo honors classical instrumental solo recordings, including concertos, and goes to the instrumental soloist and conductor; Yo-Yo Ma won in 2026.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, known since 2015 as Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, honors albums of arias, songs, and vocal cycles; Leontyne Price holds 12 wins.
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album: Recording Academy honor for comedy recordings, stand-up and musical/novelty, studio or live, audio or video; 2026 winner Nate Bargatze; Dave Chappelle a repeat recent winner.
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song was a Recording Academy songwriters' category from 2011 to 2012, which later merged into a combined honor.
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition honors a newly composed classical work, awarded to its composer since 1961, when Aaron Copland won the first award.
Grammy Award for Best Country Album
The Grammy Award for Best Country Album is a Recording Academy honor for full-length country albums, first awarded in 1965 and split into two categories in 2026.
Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an annual Recording Academy honor for solo country vocal or instrumental recordings, first awarded in 2012 after replacing three older categories.
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
Best Engineered Album, Classical is a Recording Academy Grammy Award for engineers of newly recorded classical albums, judged on mix, sound quality, and trueness of reproduction; mastering engineers share it since 2012, with Sandbox Percussion winning 2026.
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: annual Recording Academy craft award, given since 1959, honoring engineers and, since 2011, mastering engineers on newly recorded non-classical albums; 2026 winner That Wasn't A Dream.
Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a Recording Academy honor for primarily acoustic folk recordings, first awarded in 2012 after merging the traditional and contemporary folk categories.
Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album honors albums of music from outside the United States; first awarded in 1992, it took its current name in 2021.
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
The Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance is a Recording Academy honor presented to hard rock recording artists from 1989 until 2011 for a single or album.
Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album, a Recording Academy category given 2005 to 2011 (first winner Slack Key Guitar Volume 2, last winner Huana Ke Aloha by Tia Carrere), discontinued in the 2011 category overhaul and succeeded by Best Regional Roots Music Album.
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album: Recording Academy honor since 1959 for newly created albums of historically significant recordings with new annotation and packaging; 2026 winner Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 4.
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Recording Academy honor for instrumental jazz albums by small groups of one to eight musicians; Chick Corea won it ten times; 2026 winner "Southern Nights" by Sullivan Fortner.