Los Angeles, CA (March 15, 2021)—The Recording Academy announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in an audience-free show that reflected some of the events of the past year and the coronavirus pandemic.
Unlike many awards, the Best Immersive Audio Album was not awarded, due to the pandemic. The Recording Academy plans to award it next year, noting “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Immersive Audio Album Craft Committee was unable to meet. The judging of the entries in this category has been postponed until such time that we are able to meet in a way that is appropriate to judge the many formats and configurations of the entries and is safe for the committee members. The nominations for the 63rd Grammys will be announced next year in addition to (and separately from) the 64th Grammy nominations in the category.”
This year’s engineering, mixing, remixing, mastering and production winners are:
Record of the Year
“Everything I Wanted”
Billie Eilish
Finneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer
Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jonathan Low & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Production, Non-Classical
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Beck
Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt — “Break My Heart” (Dua Lipa), “Me And My Guitar” (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie), “Midnight Sky” (Miley Cyrus), “Old Me” (5 Seconds Of Summer), “Ordinary Man” (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John), “Take What You Want” (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott), “Under The Graveyard” (Ozzy Osbourne)
Best Remixed Recording
“Roses (Imanbek Remix)” — Imanbek Zeikenov, Remixer (Saint Jhn)
Production, Classical
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
