It's finally here! The 19th Latin GRAMMY Awards are underway in Las Vegas, with the Premiere Ceremony already in the books. Here is the full up-to-date list of nominations and winners. Tune in to The Biggest Night in Latin Music airing live from Las Vegas on Univision on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m.

General Field

1. Record Of The Year

1. NO VAYA A SER
   Pablo Alborán
   Julio Reyes Copello, record producer; Carlos Fernando López, Ricardo López Lalinde, Natalia Ramírez & Julio Reyes Copello, recording engineers; Trevor Muzzy, mixer; Antonio Baglio, mastering engineer
   Track from: Prometo
   [Parlophone/Warner Music Spain]
    
2. É FAKE (HOMEM BARATO)
   Anaadi
   Leo Bracht, record producer; Leo Bracht, recording engineer; Leo Bracht, mixer; Felipe Tichauer, mastering engineer
   Track from: Noturno
   [Jasmine Music]
    
3. MI GENTE
   J Balvin con Willy William
   Willy William, record producer; Richard Diaz (Da Combo), Andrés Restrepo "Rolo" & Willy William, recording engineers; Phil Greiss, mixer; Luca Pretolesi, mastering engineer
   [Scorpio Music/Universal Music Latino]
    
4. INTERNACIONALES
   Bomba Estéreo
   Edgar Barrera, Christian Castagno, Simón Mejía & Liliana Saumet, record producers; Ethan Shumaker, recording engineer; Ricky Reed, mixer; Chris Athens, mastering engineer
   Track from: Ayo
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
5. TELEFONÍA WINNER
   Jorge Drexler
   Carles Campi Campón & Jorge Drexler, producers; Carles Campi Campón & Ernesto García, recording engineers; Matías Cella, mixer; Fred Kevorkian, mastering engineer
   Track from: Salvavidas De Hielo
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
6. PARA SIEMPRE
   Kany García
   Marcos Sánchez & Afo Verde, record producers; José E. Díaz, Orlando Ferrer & Marcos Sánchez, recording engineers; Marcos Sánchez, mixer; Eduardo Ramos, mastering engineer
   Track from: Soy Yo
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
7. X
   Nicky Jam & J Balvin
   Giordano Ashruf, Rashid Badloe, Shareef Badloe & Jonathan Bryan Thiel, record producers; Mateo Cano & Cristhian Mena, recording engineers; Alejandro Patiño, mixer; Alejandro Patiño, mastering engineer
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
8. DANZA DE GARDENIAS
   Natalia Lafourcade Featuring Los Macorinos
   Kiko Campos, record producer; Rubén López Arista, recording engineer; Rubén López Arista, mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
9. BAILAR CONTIGO
   Monsieur Periné
   Eduardo Cabra, Catalina García Barahona & Santiago Prieto Sarabia, record producers; Eduardo Cabra & Uriel Dorfman, recording engineers; Fab Dupont, mixer; Diego Calviño & Pablo López Ruiz, mastering engineers
   [Sony Music Entertainment Colombia S.A.]
    
10. MALAMENTE
    Rosalía
    El Guincho & Rosalía, record producers; El Guincho, recording engineer; Jaycen Joshua, mixer; Chris Athens, mastering engineer
    [Rosalia/Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.]

2. Album Of The Year

1. PROMETO
   Pablo Alborán
   Julio Reyes Copello, album producer; Carlos Fernando López, Ricardo López Lalinde, Natalia Ramírez & Julio Reyes Copello, album recording engineers; Javier Garza, Carlos Fernando López, Trevor Muzzy & Julio Reyes Copello, album mixers; Pablo Alborán, songwriter; Antonio Baglio, album mastering engineer
   [Parlophone/Warner Music Spain]
    
2. VIBRAS
   J Balvin
   Childsplay, Dj Chuckie, Marco Masís, Carlos E. Ortiz, Pardo, Alejandro Ramírez, Juan G. Rivera & Willy William, album producers; Phil Greiss, Josh Gudwin, Alejandro Patiño & Juan G. Rivera, album mixers; J Balvin, Jesús M. Nieves Cortes, Marco Masís & Alejandro Ramírez, songwriters; Dave Kutch, album mastering engineer
   [Universal Music Latino]
    
3. CARAVANAS
   Chico Buarque
   Vinicius França & Luiz Claudio Ramos, album producers; Lucas Ariel, Gabriel Pinheiro & Fernando Prado, album recording engineers; Gabriel Pinheiro, album mixer; Chico Buarque, songwriter; Luiz Tornaghi, album mastering engineer
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
4. SALVAVIDAS DE HIELO
   Jorge Drexler
   Carles Campi Campón & Jorge Drexler, album producers; Carles Campi Campón, Ernesto García & Pablo Martín Jones, album recording engineers; Matías Cella, album mixer; Jorge Drexler, songwriter; Fred Kevorkian, album mastering engineer
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
5. SIGUIENTE
   El David Aguilar
   David Bravou, Juan Cubas, Guillermo Durán, El David Aguilar, Juan García Álvarez, Pere George, Carlos González, Ulises Hadjis, Hernán Hecht, Alberto Hernández, Miguel Inzunza, Alejandro Jiménez, Demián Jiménez, Carlos Mier, Diego Mier, Herman Nunes, Luca Ortega, Alan Saucedo & Ignacio Sotelo, album producers; David Bravou, Juan Cubas, Guillermo Durán, Juan García Álvarez, Carlos González, Ulises Hadjis, Hernán Hecht, Miguel Inzunza, Demián Jiménez, Diego Mier, Herman Nunes, Luca Ortega & Alan Saucedo, album recording engineers; Ignacio Sotelo, album mixer; El David Aguilar, songwriter; Juan García Álvarez, album mastering engineer
   [Discos Valiente/Universal Music Group]
    
6. SOY YO
   Kany García
   Residente, Marcos Sánchez, Trooko & Afo Verde, album producers; Larry Coll, José E. Díaz, Orlando Ferrer, Luca Germini, Iván Belvis Navarro, Marcos Sánchez & Carlos Velázquez, album recording engineers; Beatriz Artola, album mixer; Kany García, songwriter; Eduardo Ramos, album mastering engineer
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
7. MUSAS (UN HOMENAJE AL FOLCLORE LATINOAMERICANO EN MANOS DE LOS MACORINOS), VOL. 2
   Natalia Lafourcade
   Cheche Alara, Kiko Campos & Gustavo Guerrero, album producers; Rubén López Arista, Daniel Bitrán Arizpe & Héctor Castillo, album recording engineers; Rubén López Arista & Noah Georgeson, album mixers; Natalia Lafourcade, songwriter; Gavin Lurssen, album mastering engineer
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
8. ¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE! WINNER
   Luis Miguel
   Luis Miguel & David Reitzas, album producers; David Reitzas & Jess Sutcliffe, album recording engineers; David Reitzas, album mixer; José Alfredo Jiménez, songwriter; Eric Boulanger & David Reitzas, album mastering engineers
   [Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
9. ENCANTO TROPICAL
   Monsieur Periné
   Eduardo Cabra, Catalina García Barahona & Santiago Prieto Sarabia, album producers; Eduardo Cabra, Uriel Dorfman, Santiago Prieto Sarabia & Alan Saucedo, album recording engineers; Fab Dupont & Harold Sanders, album mixers; Catalina García Barahona & Santiago Prieto Sarabia, songwriters; Diego Calviño & Pablo López Ruíz, album mastering engineers
   [Sony Music Enterntaiment Colombia S.A./M3 Music]
    
10. CUANDO EL RÍO SUENA...
    Rozalén
    Adrián García, Ismael Guijarro & Sebastián Schon, album producers; Jordi Gil, Ismael Guijarro, Manu Pájaro, Santiago Quizhpe, José María Rosillo & Sebastián Schon, album recording engineers; Felipe Guevara, José Maria Rosillo, Eduardo Ruíz, Sebastián Schon & Oscar Vinader, album mixers; Rozalén, songwriter; Juan Hidalgo & Mike Kalajian, album mastering engineers
    [Conderechoa S.L./Sony Music]

3. Song Of The Year

1. ANTES DE TI
   Manú Jalil & Mon Laferte, songwriters (Mon Laferte)
   [Universal Music Mexico S.A. de C.V.]
    
2. BAILAR CONTIGO
   Monsieur Periné & Mauricio Rengifo, songwriters (Monsieur Periné)
   [Sony Music Entertainment Colombia S.A.]
    
3. DANZA DE GARDENIAS
   David Aguilar Dorantes & Natalia Lafourcade, songwriters (Natalia Lafourcade Featuring Los Macorinos)
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
4. EMBRUJO
   El David Aguilar, songwriter (El David Aguilar)
   [Discos Valiente/Universal Music Group]
    
5. LA PUERTA VIOLETA
   Rozalén, songwriter (Rozalén)
   [Sony Music Entertainment]
    
6. MALAMENTE
   Antón Alvarez Alfaro, Pablo Diaz-Reixa & Rosalia, songwriters (Rosalía)
   [Rosalia/Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.]
    
7. PARA SIEMPRE
   Kany García, songwriter (Kany García)
   Track from: Soy Yo
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
8. ROBARTE UN BESO
   Mauricio Rengifo, Andrés Torres, Carlos Vives & Sebastian Yatra, songwriters (Carlos Vives & Sebastian Yatra)
   Track from: Vives
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
9. TELEFONÍA WINNER
   Jorge Drexler, songwriter (Jorge Drexler)
   Track from: Salvavidas De Hielo
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
10. TU VIDA MI VIDA
    Fito Páez, songwriter (Fito Páez)
    Track from: La Ciudad Liberada
    [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A.]

4. Best New Artist

1. ANGELA AGUILAR
    
2. ANAADI
    
3. EL DAVID AGUILAR
    
4. ALEX FERREIRA
    
5. KAROL G WINNER
    
6. LOSPETITFELLAS
    
7. NANA MENDOZA
    
8. CHRISTIAN NODAL
    
9. CLAUDIA PRIETO
    
10. BENJAMÍN WALKER

Field 1 — Pop

5. Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album

1. SER
   Axel
   [Sony Music Entertainment España]
    
2. CAMINO FUEGO Y LIBERTAD
   Pablo López
   [Universal Music Spain]
    
3. CUERPO Y ALMA
   Beatriz Luengo
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
4. F.A.M.E. WINNER
   Maluma
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
5. MIRADAS
   Nana Mendoza
   [Alternativa Representa S.A.]

6. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

1. PROMETO
   Pablo Alborán
   [Parlophone/Warner Music Spain]
    
2. SOLO LOS BUENOS MOMENTOS
   Mojito Lite
   [Mojito Lite Sinfonic]
    
3. AMOR SUPREMO DESNUDO
   Carla Morrison
   [Carla Morrison Musica/Cosmica Records]
    
4. HAZTE SENTIR WINNER
   Laura Pausini
   [Warner Music Latina]
    
5. FELIZ
   Nahuel Pennisi
   [Sony Music/Ariola]

Field 2 — Urban

7. Best Urban Fusion/Performance

1. MI GENTE
   J Balvin Con Willy William Featuring Beyoncé
   [Scorpio Music/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
2. INTERNACIONALES
   Bomba Estéreo
   Track from: Ayo
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
3. YO CONTRA TI
   Daddy Yankee Featuring Orquesta Sinfónica De Puerto Rico
   [El Cartel Records]
    
4. SUA CARA
   Major Lazer Featuring Anitta & Pabllo Vittar
   [Mad Decent]
    
5. MALAMENTE WINNER
   Rosalía
   [Rosalia/Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.]

8. Best Urban Music Album

1. VIBRAS WINNER
   J Balvin
   [Universal Music Latino]
    
2. SIN MIEDO
   ChocQuibTown
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
3. COASTCITY
   COASTCITY
   [Empire]
    
4. ODISEA
   Ozuna
   [VP Records / Dimelo Vi / Sony Music Entertainment]
    
5. LEBRON
   ToteKing
   [Sony Music Entertainment España]

9. Best Urban Song

1. DOWNTOWN
   Anitta, J. Balvin, Justin Quiles & Alejandro Ramírez, songwriters (Anitta Featuring J Balvin)
   [Warner Music Brasil]
    
2. DURA WINNER
   Daddy Yankee, Urbani Mota Cedeño, Juan G. Rivera Vazquez & Luis Jorge Romero, songwriters (Daddy Yankee)
   [El Cartel Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
3. MI CAMA
   Rene David Cano, Andy Clay, Karol G, Antonio Rayo & Omar Sabino, songwriters (Karol G)
   [Universal Music Latino]
    
4. SENSUALIDAD
   J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Juan M. Frías, Luian Malave, Prince Royce, Edgar Semper & Xavier Semper, songwriters (Bad Bunny, Prince Royce & J Balvin)
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
5. X
   Giordano Ashruf, Rashid Badloe, Shareef Badloe, J. Balvin, Nicky Jam, Juan Diego Medina Vélez & Jonathan Bryan Thiel, songwriters (Nicky Jam & J Balvin)
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]

Field 3 — Rock

10. Best Rock Album

1. EXPECTATIVAS WINNER
   Bunbury
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
2. F-A-C-I-L
   Richard Coleman
   [Popart Discos/Sony Music]
    
3. LA SÍNTESIS O'KONOR
   Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado
   [Nacional Records/Laptra Records]
    
4. AHORA LO SABES TODO
   Los Pixel
   [Independiente]
    
5. SUENAN LAS ALARMAS
   NoTeVaGustar
   [Sony Music/Popart Discos]

11. Best Pop/Rock Album

1. EL ENCUENTRO
   Bambi
   [Universal Music Group]
    
2. COSMOVISIONES
   Comisario Pantera
   [Discos Valiente/EMI Music México S.A. de C.V/Universal Music Group]
    
3. LA SANGRE BUENA
   Ella Es Tan Cargosa
   [Rinoceronte Discos/Sony Music]
    
4. GEOMETRÍA DEL RAYO WINNER
   Manolo García
   [Sony Music Entertainment España/Perro Records]
    
5. PENSACOLA RADIO
   Lucas & The Woods
   [Independiente]

12. Best Rock Song

1. AHORA IMAGINO COSAS
   Santiago Motorizado, songwriter (Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado)
   Track from: La Síntesis O'konor
   [Nacional Records/Laptra Records]
    
2. DÍAS FUTUROS
   Richard Coleman, songwriter (Richard Coleman)
   Track from: F-A-C-I-L
   [Popart Discos/Sony Music]
    
3. LA ACTITUD CORRECTA
   Enrique Bunbury, songwriter (Bunbury)
   Track from: Expectativas
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
4. LA LLAMADA
   Leiva, songwriter (Leiva)
   [Sony Music Entertainment España]
    
5. TU VIDA MI VIDA WINNER
   Fito Páez, songwriter (Fito Páez)
   Track from: La Ciudad Liberada
   [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A.]

Field 4 — Alternative

13. Best Alternative Music Album

1. CLAROSCURA WINNER
   Aterciopelados
   [Sony Music Entertainment Colombia S.A.]
    
2. PUÑAL
   Dante Spinetta
   [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A./Columbia]
    
3. FUERZA ARARÁ
   Telmary
   [Producciones Colibrí]
    
4. MISMO SITIO, DISTINTO LUGAR
   Vetusta Morla
   [Pequeño Salto Mortal/Sony Music]
    
5. AZTLAN
   Zoé
   [EMI/Universal Music Group/Panoram]

14. Best Alternative Song

1. AZUL
   León Larregui, songwriter (Zoé)
   Track from: Aztlán
   [EMI/Universal Music Group/Panoram]
    
2. CONSEJO DE SABIOS
   Guillermo Galván, songwriter (Vetusta Morla)
   Track from: Mismo Sitio, Distinto Lugar
   [Pequeño Salto Mortal/Sony Music]
    
3. DÚO
   Andrea Echeverri, songwriter (Aterciopelados)
   Track from: Claroscura
   [Sony Music Entertainment Colombia S.A.]
    
4. MALAMENTE WINNER
   Antón Alvarez Alfaro, Pablo Diaz-Reixa & Rosalía, songwriters (Rosalía)
   [Rosalia/Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.]
    
5. MI VIDA
   Dante Spinetta, songwriter (Dante Spinetta)
   Track from: Puñal
   [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A./Columbia]

Field 5 — Tropical

15. Best Salsa Album

1. CANTOR DEL PUEBLO
   Alexander Abreu y Havana D´ Primera
   [Páfata Productions]
    
2. PA' MI GENTE
   Charlie Aponte
   [CA Records Inc]
    
3. LOS CREADORES DEL SONIDO
   Chiquito Team Band
   [Planet Records]
    
4. 25/7 WINNER
   Víctor Manuelle
   [Sony Music Latin]
    
5. LA ESQUINA DEL BAILADOR
   Pete Perignon
   [Pete Perignon Music]

16. Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

1. TRIBUTO A LA CUMBIA COLOMBIANA 4
   Alberto Barros
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Group]
    
2. DIANA BURCO
   Diana Burco
   [Independiente]
    
3. DE PARRANDA
   Jean Carlos Centeno y Ronal Urbina
   [Codiscos]
    
4. ESTO ES VIDA WINNER
   Silvestre Dangond
   [Sony Music]
    
5. LA ELEGANCIA DE LA MÚSICA
   Juan Piña
   [Vibra Music Entertainment S.A.S.]

17. Best Contemporary Tropical Album

1. DIOMEDIZAO
   Elvis Crespo
   [Flash Music]
    
2. PRESENTA: SWING 80
   Milton Salcedo
   [The Entity/Mas Music Productions]
    
3. MOMENTOS DE CINE
   Daniel Santacruz
   [Penluis Music]
    
4. GOLDEN
   Romeo Santos
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
5. VIVES WINNER
   Carlos Vives
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]

18. Best Traditional Tropical Album

1. A MÍ QUÉ - TRIBUTO A LOS CLÁSICOS CUBANOS WINNER
   José Alberto El Canario & El Septeto Santiaguero
   [Los Canarios Music]
    
2. MEDORO MADERA
   Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado y Orquesta
   [Rubén Blades Productions]
    
3. LA FIESTA CONTINÚA
   La Sonora Santanera
   [Sony Music]
    
4. OMARA SIEMPRE
   Omara Portuondo
   [Egrem]
    
5. MOTIVOS
   María Rivas
   [Angel Falls Artists Inc.]

19. Best Tropical Fusion Album

1. SOBRENATURAL
   Manny Cruz
   [Penluis Music]
    
2. PALANTE EL MAMBO!
   Diego Gutiérrez
   [Egrem]
    
3. SUPERNOVA
   Sheila King
   [Sheila King Publishing]
    
4. COMO ANILLO AL DEDO WINNER
   Aymee Nuviola
   [Top Stop Music]
    
5. CUCUCUPRÁ, CUPRÁ
   Safara
   [Star Arsis Entertainment Group]

20. Best Tropical Song

1. CÁSATE CONMIGO
   Silvestre Dangond, Nicky Jam, Juan Medina, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, songwriters (Silvestre Dangond Featuring Nicky Jam)
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
2. ENAMÓRATE BAILANDO
   Jorge Luis Piloto, songwriter (Reynier Pérez y Su Septeto Acarey Featuring Gilberto Santa Rosa)
   Track from: Enamórate Bailando
   [Independiente]
    
3. ME ENAMORO MÁS DE TI
   Jorge Luis Piloto, Jean Rodríguez & Tony Succar, songwriters (Tony Succar Featuring Jean Rodríguez)
   [Unity Entertainment]
    
4. QUIERO TIEMPO WINNER
   Juan Carlos Luces & Víctor Manuelle, songwriters (Víctor Manuelle Featuring Juan Luis Guerra)
   Track from: 25/7
   [Sony Music Latin]
    
5. SIMPLES CORAZONES
   Fonseca, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, songwriters (Fonseca)
   [Sony Music Latin]

Field 6 — Singer-Songwriter

21. Best Singer-Songwriter Album

1. SALVAVIDAS DE HIELO WINNER
   Jorge Drexler
   [Warner Music Spain]
    
2. SIGUIENTE
   El David Aguilar
   [Discos Valiente/Universal Music Group]
    
3. SOY YO
   Kany García
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
4. COMPOSITORES
   Claudia Prieto
   [440 Portátil]
    
5. 2:00 AM
   Raquel Sofía
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]

Field 7 — Regional-Mexican

22. Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album

1. PRIMERO SOY MEXICANA
   Angela Aguilar
   [Machín Records]
    
2. JOSÉ ALFREDO Y YO
   Tania Libertad
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
3. LEYENDAS DE MI PUEBLO
   Mariachi Sol De México De José Hernández
   [Serenata Records]
    
4. ¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE! WINNER
   Luis Miguel
   [Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
5. ME DEJÉ LLEVAR
   Christian Nodal
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Group/JG Music]

23. Best Banda Album

1. LOS GUSTOS QUE ME DOY WINNER
   Banda Los Recoditos
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Group]
    
2. EN VIDA
   Banda Los Sebastianes
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Group]
    
3. AHORA SOY YO
   Luis Coronel
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
4. BRINDEMOS
   Jerry Demara
   [Casa Nacional]
    
5. EN EL CAMINO
   El Fantasma y Su Equipo Armado
   [Afinarte Music]

24. Best Tejano Album

1. PORQUE TODAVÍA TE QUIERO
   Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz
   [M Music & Entertainment Group, LLC/ Freddie Records]
    
2. PRÓXIMO NIVEL
   Grupo Alamo
   [Ro' Records]
    
3. DOLCE INFERNO: DOLCE
   Proyecto Insomnio
   [Promomusic Entertainment]
    
4. OTRAS HISTORIAS
   Michael Salgado
   [Zurdo Records]
    
5. TEX MEX FUNK WINNER
   Roger Velásquez & The Latin Legendz
   [VDiscos]

25. Best Norteño Album

1. IRREMPLAZABLE
   Adrián Acosta
   [Talentos Music/LZ Records]
    
2. GUERRA DE PODER WINNER - TIE
   Calibre 50
   [Andaluz Music/Disa Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
3. CON TODA LA FUERZA
   Conjunto Primavera
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
4. LOS ÁNGELES EXISTEN WINNER - TIE
   Pesado
   [Remex Music/Sony Music]
    
5. EL QUE A TI TE GUSTA
   Voz De Mando
   [Afinarte Music]

26. Best Regional Song

1. ARRÁNQUENSE MUCHACHOS
   Domingo Leiva Delgado, songwriter (Pedro Fernández)
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
2. AYÚDAME A OLVIDARTE
   Gabriel Flores & Yoel Henríquez, songwriters (La Explosiva Banda De Maza)
   [Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
3. CORRIDO DE JUANITO
   Edén Muñoz, songwriter (Calibre 50)
   [Andaluz Music/Disa Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
4. EL SUEÑO AMERICANO
   Salvador Hurtado, songwriter (La Energía Norteña)
   Track from: El Sueño Americano
   [Azteca Records/Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
    
5. PROBABLEMENTE WINNER
   Christian Nodal, songwriter (Christian Nodal)
   Track from: Me Deje Llevar
   [Fonovisa Records/Universal Music Group/JG Music]

Field 8 — Instrumental

27. Best Instrumental Album

1. RECANTO
   Yamandu Costa
   [Bagual]
    
2. HAMILTON DE HOLANDA TRIO - JACOB 10ZZ
   Hamilton De Holanda Trio
   [Deck]
    
3. ALUÊ
   Airto Moreira
   [Selo Sesc]
    
4. NO MUNDO DOS SONS
   Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo
   [Selo Sesc]
    
5. IDENTIDAD WINNER
   Miguel Siso
   [Guataca]

Field 9 — Traditional

28. Best Folk Album

1. VIENE DE PANAMÁ (SIN RAÍZ NO HAY PAÍS)
   Afrodisíaco
   [Star Arsis Entertainment Group]
    
2. CLAVO Y CANELA
   Eva Ayllón
   [Aylloncito Producciones]
    
3. LA ALEGRÍA Y EL CANTO
   Marta Gómez
   [Aluna]
    
4. MUSAS (UN HOMENAJE AL FOLCLORE LATINOAMERICANO EN MANOS DE LOS MACORINOS), VOL. 2 WINNER
   Natalia Lafourcade
   [Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.]
    
5. IDAS Y VUELTAS
   María Mulata
   [Onerpm]
    
6. ¡BAILA CONMIGO!
   Yubá-Iré
   [Ox Lab]

29. Best Tango Album

1. NOSTALGIAS
   Daniel Binelli & Nick Danielson
   [Bell Ville]
    
2. VIGOR TANGUERO WINNER
   Pedro Giraudo
   [Zoho Music L.L.C.]
    
3. TROILO POR MEDEROS, EN SU HUELLA
   Rodolfo Mederos Trio
   [DBN]
    
4. TANGO COSMOPOLITA
   Omar Mollo & Gran Orquesta Típica Otra
   [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A.]
    
5. MÍSTICA CIUDAD
   Miguel Pereiro
   [Epsa Music S.A.]

30. Best Flamenco Album

1. AL ESTE DEL CANTE WINNER
   Arcángel
   [Universal Music Spain S.L.U.]
    
2. 21
   Dani de Morón
   [Universal Music Spain S.L.U.]
    
3. CAMINANDO CON MANUEL
   Alba Molina
   [Universal Music Spain S.L.U.]
    
4. DELIRIUM TREMENS
   Rosario La Tremendita
   [Universal Music Spain S.L.U.]
    
5. DOS CAMINOS
   Samuel Serrano
   [Cebros Producciones]

Field 10 — Jazz

31. Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

1. LA CASA DE UN PIANISTA DE JAZZ
   Adrian Iaies Trio
   [DBN]
    
2. NATUREZA UNIVERSAL WINNER
   Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band
   [Scubidu Music]
    
3. BACK TO THE SUNSET
   Dafnis Prieto Big Band
   [Dafnison Music]
    
4. JAZZ FLUTE TRADITIONS
   Néstor Torres
   [Alfi Records]
    
5. MIND OF A MASTER
   Bobby Valentin & The Latin Jazzists
   [Bronco Records]

Field 11 — Christian

32. Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

1. TÚ PRIMERO
   Andy Alemany
   [Independent]
    
2. SETENTA VECES SIETE WINNER
   Alfareros
   [Alfareros]
    
3. HABLA SOBRE MÍ
   Daniel Calveti
   [Gracias Producciones]
    
4. CERCA ESTÁS
   Marcela Gándara
   [Lv&M]
    
5. PENTECOSTÉS (EN VIVO)
   Miel San Marcos
   [Uncion Producciones]

33. Best Portuguese Language Christian Album

1. SOM DA MINHA VIDA WINNER
   Fernanda Brum
   [MK Music]
    
2. NÍVEL DO CÉU
   Cassiane
   [MK Music]
    
3. CONTAGEM REGRESSIVA
   Anderson Freire
   [MK Music]
    
4. PINTOR DO MUNDO
   Pr. Lucas
   [MK Music]
    
5. ADORAÇÃO NA GUERRA AO VIVO
   Léa Mendonça
   [MK Music]

Field 12 — Portuguese Language

34. Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album

1. NOTURNO WINNER
   Anaadi
   [Jasmine Music]
    
2. AMOR É ISSO
   Erasmo Carlos
   [Som Livre]
    
3. DONA DE MIM
   Iza
   [Warner Music Brasil Ltda.]
    
4. ANA VILELA
   Ana Vilela
   [Slap]
    
5. XENIA
   Xenia
   [Agogo Cultural / Natura Musical]

35. Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album

1. RECOMEÇAR
   Tim Bernardes
   [Risco / Tratore]
    
2. RELAX
   Kassin
   [Lab 344]
    
3. LENINE EM TRÂNSITO WINNER
   Lenine
   [Universal Music / Casa 9 Produções]
    
4. CASAS
   Rubel
   [Dorileo / Tratore]
    
5. ECOS DO ACASO E CASOS DE CAOS
   Jay Vaquer
   [Warner Music]

36. Best Samba/Pagode Album

1. ALÔ VILA ISABEEEEL!!!
   Martinho Da Vila
   [Sony Music Entertainment Brasil]
    
2. PRAZER, EU SOU FERRUGEM
   Ferrugem
   [Warner Music Brasil]
    
3. MUNDUÊ
   Diogo Nogueira
   [Universal Music]
    
4. AMOR E MÚSICA WINNER
   Maria Rita
   [Universal Music]
    
5. SÓ VEM! AO VIVO
   Thiaguinho
   [Som Livre]

37. Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album

1. MANO QUE ZUERA
   João Bosco
   [Som Livre]
    
2. CARAVANAS WINNER
   Chico Buarque
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
3. EDU, DORI E MARCOS
   Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi e Marcos Valle
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
4. CAMPOS NEUTRAIS
   Vitor Ramil
   [Satolep Music]
    
5. DEUS É MULHER
   Elza Soares
   [Deck]

38. Best Sertaneja Music Album

1. SENTIMENTO DE MULHER
   Solange Almeida
   [Sony Music Entertainment Brasil]
    
2. 70 ANOS
   As Galvão
   [Atração Fonográfica]
    
3. CONTRASTE
   Naiara Azevedo
   [Som Livre]
    
4. ELAS EM EVIDÊNCIAS WINNER
   Chitãozinho & Xororó
   [Universal Music]
    
5. DOIS TEMPOS, PARTE 2
   Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano
   [Sony Music Entertainment Brasil]
    
6. SOU DO INTERIOR (AO VIVO)
   Fernando & Sorocaba
   [Sony Music Entertainment Brasil]
    
7. BEM SERTANEJO - O SHOW
   Michel Teló
   [Som Livre]

39. Best Portuguese Language Roots Album

1. DAQUELE JEITO!
   Anastácia
   [Atração Fonográfica]
    
2. MARIZA
   Mariza
   [Warner Music Portugal]
    
3. +AR WINNER
   Almir Sater & Renato Teixeira
   [Universal Music]
    
4. FITXADU
   Sara Tavares
   [Sony Music Portugal]
    
5. BORGHETTI YAMANDU 
   Borghetti Yamandu
   [Estação Filmes]

40. Best Portuguese Language Song

1. ALIANÇA
   Pedro Baby, Pretinho Da Serrinha & Tribalistas, songwriters (Tribalistas)
   Track from: Tribalistas
   [Phonomotor / Universal Music]
    
2. APONTE
   Nanda Costa, Lan Lanh & Sambê, songwriters (Maria Bethânia)
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
3. AS CARAVANAS WINNER
   Chico Buarque, songwriter (Chico Buarque)
   Track from: Caravanas
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
4. CONVITE PARA NASCER DE NOVO
   Erasmo Carlos, Dadi & Marisa Monte, songwriters (Erasmo Carlos)
   Track from: Amor É Isso
   [Som Livre]
    
5. PRA QUE ME CHAMAS?
   Lucas Cirillo & Xenia, songwriters (Xenia)
   Track from: Xenia
   [Agogo Cultural / Natura Musical]

Field 13 — Children's

41. Best Latin Children's Album

1. ANA & GIO
   Ana & Gio
   [Violet Friends Music / Alera Publishing]
    
2. IMAGINARE WINNER
   Claraluna
   [Claraluna Taller Artístico Ltda.]
    
3. BITA E A NATUREZA
   Mundo Bita
   [Sony Music Entertainment Brasil Ltda.]
    
4. MAGIA TODO EL DÍA
   Luis Pescetti y Amigos
   [LMP]
    
5. UN BOSQUE ENCANTADO 2
   Colectivo Animal
   [Colectivo Animal Records]

Field 14 — Classical

42. Best Classical Album

1. BUENOS AIRES NOIR
   Allison Brewster Franzetti & Carlos Franzetti; James Fitzpatrick, album producer
   [Amapola Records]
    
2. ENRIQUE GRANADOS: GOYESCAS
   José Menor; Francisco Moya Castro, album producer
   [Ibs Classical]
    
3. JOSÉ SEREBRIER CONDUCTS GRANADOS
   José Serebrier, Conducting Concerto Málaga String Orchestra; Juan Pablo Gamarro & José Manuel Gil De Gálvez, album producers
   [Somm Recordings]
    
4. LEO BROUWER: THE BOOK OF SIGNS, PAULO BELLINATI: CONCERTO CABOCLO
   Brasil Guitar Duo & David Amado, Conducting The Delaware Symphony Orchestra; Alan Jordan, album producer
   [Naxos]
    
5. MÁGICA Y MISTERIOSA WINNER
   Claudia Montero; José Manuel Domenech & Claudia Montero, album producers
   [La Cupula Music Records]

43. Best Classical Contemporary Composition

1. LUCES Y SOMBRAS. CONCIERTO PARA GUITARRA Y ORQUESTA DE CUERDAS WINNER
   Claudia Montero, composer (Claudia Montero)
   Track from: Mágica y Misteriosa
   [La Cupula Music Records]
    
2. MONTUNO EN FORMA DE CHACONA
   Roberto Sierra, composer (Silvia Márquez)
   Track from: Chaconnerie
   [Ibs Classical]
    
3. OFRENDA
   Eddie Mora, composer (Eddie Mora, Directing The Orquesta Sinfónica De Heredia)
   Track from: Ecos Del Silencio
   [Asociación Sinfónica De Heredia]
    
4. PRELUDE IN F MAJOR FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA
   Jorge Mejia, composer (Jorge Mejia & The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra)
   Track from: An Open Book - 25 Preludes For Piano & Orchestra
   [Sony Music Latin / Infusion Llc]
    
5. STRING QUARTET Nº.3 (IN MEMORIAM LUDVVIG VAN BEETHOVEN)
   Yalil Guerra, composer (La Catrina String Quartet)
   Track from: Alma Con Brío
   [Rycy Productions, Inc.]

Field 15 — Arranging

44. Best Arrangement

1. MASSARANDUPIÓ
   Luiz Cláudio Ramos, arranger (Chico Buarque)
   Track from: Caravanas
   [Biscoito Fino]
    
2. NO ME PLATIQUES MÁS (INSTRUMENTAL)
   Rigoberto Alfaro, arranger (Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea)
   Track from: Divas Cantan Al Principe
   [East Side Records/Shea Records]
    
3. BATANGO
   Lisandro Baum, arranger (Quinteto Bataraz)
   Track from: Fiero
   [Independiente]
    
4. CAMPOS NEUTRAIS
   Vagner Cunha, arranger (Vitor Ramil)
   Track from: Campos Neutrais
   [Satolep]
    
5. SE LE VE WINNER
   Milton Salcedo, arranger (Milton Salcedo Featuring Amaury Gutiérrez, Carlos Oliva y Michel Puche)
   Track from: Presenta: Swing 80
   [The Entity/Mas Music Productions]

Field 16 — Recording Package

45. Best Recording Package

1. DIFERENTES TIPOS DE LUZ WINNER
   Carlos Sadness, art director (Carlos Sadness)
   [Sony Music]
    
2. LA GIRA
   Miguel Vásquez "Masa", art director (Sibilino)
   [Dios Records]
    
3. MEIO QUE TUDO É UM
   Daniel Eizirik, art director (Apanhador Só)
   [Independente]
    
4. MISMO SITIO, DISTINTO LUGAR
   Rubén Chumillas, art director (Vetusta Morla)
   [Pequeño Salto Mortal/Sony Music]
    
5. 9
   Christian Montenegro & Laura Varsky, art directors (Marco Sanguinetti)
   [Exiles Records]

Field 17 — Production

46. Best Engineered Album

1. 50 AÑOS TOCANDO PARA TI WINNER
   Rafa Sardina, engineer; Rafa Sardina, mixer; Eric Boulanger, mastering engineer (Orquesta Filarmónica De Bogotá)
   [Orquesta Filarmónica De Bogotá]
    
2. FELIZ
   Gustavo Borner & Justin Moshkevich, engineers; Gustavo Borner & Justin Moshkevich, mixers; Nick Baxter, mastering engineer (Nahuel Pennisi)
   [Sony Music/Ariola]
    
3. NOTURNO
   Leo Bracht, engineer; Leo Bracht, mixer; Felipe Tichauer, mastering engineer (Anaadi)
   [Jasmine Music]
    
4. REI NINGUÉM
   Thiago Baggio & Rodrigo Sanches, engineers; Rodrigo Sanches, mixer; Rodrigo Sanches, mastering engineer (Arthur Nogueira)
   [Natura Musical / Joia Moderna]
    
5. SALVAVIDAS DE HIELO
   Carles Campi Campón, Ernesto García & Pablo Martín Jones, engineers; Carles Campi Campón & Matías Cella, mixers; Fred Kevorkian, mastering engineer (Jorge Drexler)
   [Warner Music Spain]

47. Producer of the Year

1. RAFAEL ARCAUTE
    
2. LINDA BRICEÑO WINNER
    
3. EDUARDO CABRA
    
4. ANDRÉS TORRES, MAURICIO RENGIFO
    
5. JULIO REYES COPELLO

Field 18 — Music Video

48. Best Short Form Music Video

1. DUELE
   Bomba Estéreo
   Sam Mason, video director; Talia Bernstein, video producer
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC]
    
2. PA DENTRO WINNER
   Juanes
   Lionel Hirle & Grégory Ohrel, video directors; Bret Rea & Jocelyn Webber, video producers
   [Universal Music Latino; UMG Recordings, Inc.]
    
3. SEXO
   Residente & Dillon Francis Featuring Ile
   Residente, video director; Adiela Marie, video producer
   [Sony Music Entertainment Us Latin LLC]
    
4. GUERRA
   Residente
   Adiela Marie, video director; Residente, video producer
   [Sony Music Entertainment Us Latin]
    
5. MALAMENTE
   Rosalía
   Canadá, video director; Alba Barneda & Oscar Romagosa, video producers
   [Rosalia/Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.]

49. Best Long Form Music Video

1. EN LETRA DE OTRO - DOCUMENTARY WINNER
   Pedro Capó
   Diego Álvarez, video director; Vicente Solís, video producer
   [Sony Music Entertainment US Latin]
    
2. AMAR Y VIVIR DOCUMENTARY
   La Santa Cecilia
   Charlie Nelson, video director; Javier Talán, video producer
   [Rebeleon Entertainment]
3. 3.000 VIVOS
   Los Pericos
   Diego Álvarez, video director; Verónica Álvarez, video producer
   [Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A.]
    
4. UN MUNDO RARO: LAS CANCIONES DE JOSÉ ALFREDO JIMÉNEZ
   (Varios Artistas)
   Rubén R. Bañuelos & Iván López Barba, video directors; Iván López Barba & Alex Briseño, video producers
   [Warner Music México, S.A de C.V.]
    
5. PANORAMAS
   Zoé
   Gabriel Cruz Rivas & Rodrigo Guardiola, video directors; Gabriel Cruz Rivas & Rodrigo Guardiola, video producers
   [Emi Music Mexico S.A. de C.V; (P) Universal Music Mexico]

"Genres are a funny little concept, aren't they? In theory, they have a simple definition that's easy to understand. But in practice, well, some may feel confined."

With those words, spoken on "SPAGHETTII" by Linda Martell — the first commercially successful Black female artist in country music and the first to play the Grand Ole Opry solo — Beyoncé provides a proxy response to her original call on Instagram 10 days before COWBOY CARTER was released: "This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album." 

She delivered on that promise with intent. Through a mix of homage and innovation, Beyoncé's latest is a 27-track testament to her boundless musicality and draws  from a rich aural palette. In addition to its country leanings, COWBOY CARTER includes everything from the soulful depths of gospel to the intricate layers of opera. 

Beyoncé's stance is clear: she's not here to fit into a box. From the heartfelt tribute in "BLACKBIIRD" to the genre-blurring tracks like "YA YA," Beyoncé uses her platform to elevate the conversation around genre, culture, and history. She doesn't claim country music; she illuminates its roots and wings, celebrating the Black artists who've shaped its essence.

The collective album proves no genre was created or remains in isolation. It's a concept stoked in the words of the opening track, "AMERIICAN REQUIEM" when Beyonce reflects, "Nothing really ends / For things to stay the same they have to change again." For country, and all popular genres of music to exist they have to evolve. No sound ever stays the same.

COWBOY CARTER's narrative arc, from "AMERICAN REQUIEM" to "AMEN," is a journey through American music's heart and soul, paying tribute to its origins while charting a path forward. This album isn't just an exploration of musical heritage; it's an act of freedom and a declaration of the multifaceted influence of Black culture on American pop culture.

Here's a closer look at some of some of the musical genres touched on in act ii, the second release of an anticipated trilogy by Beyoncé, the most GRAMMY-winning artist of all-time: 

Country 

Before COWBOY CARTER was even released, Beyoncé sparked critical discussion over the role of herself and all Black artists in country music. Yet COWBOY CARTER doesn't stake a claim on country music. Rather, it spotlights the genre through collaborations with legends and modern icons, while championing the message that country music, like all popular American music and culture, has always been built on the labor and love of Black lives. 

It's a reckoning acknowledged not only by Beyoncé's personal connection to country music growing up in Texas, but the role Black artists have played in country music rooted in gospel, blues, and folk music. 

Country legends, Dolly Parton ("DOLLY P", "JOLENE," and "TYRANT"), Willie Nelson ("SMOKE HOUR" and "SMOKE HOUR II"), and Martell ("SPAGHETTII and "THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW") serve mainly as spoken-word collaborators, becoming MCs for Queen Bey. Some of the most prolific country music legends receiving her in a space where she has been made to feel unwelcome in music (most notably with the racism surrounding her 2016 CMA performance of "Daddy Lessons" with the Dixie Chicks) provides a prolific release of industry levies. Martell, a woman who trod the dark country road before Bey, finally getting her much-deserved dues appears as an almost pre-ordained and poetic act of justice. 

"BLACKBIIRD," a version of the Beatles' civil rights era song of encouragement and hope for the struggle of Black women is led softly by Beyoncé, backed by a quartet of Black female contemporary country songbirds: Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts. 

Beyoncé holds space for others, using the power of her star to shine a light on those around her. These inclusions rebuke nay-sayers who quipped pre-release that she was stealing attention from other Black country artists. It also flies in the faces that shunned and discriminated against her, serving as an example of how to do better. The reality that Beyoncé wasn't stealing a spotlight, but building a stage for fellow artists, is a case study in how success for one begets success for others. 

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Gospel, Blues, & Folk (American Roots)

As is Beyoncé's way, she mounts a case for country music with evidence to back up her testimony. She meanders a course through a sequence of styles that serve as the genre's foundation: gospel, blues, and folk music.

"AMERIICAN REQUIEM" and "AMEN" bookend the album with gospel-inspired lyrics and choir vocals. The opener sets up a reflective sermon buoyed by  the sounds of a reverberating church organ, while the closer, with its introspective lyrics, pleads for mercy and redemption. The main verse on "AMEN", "This house was built with blood and bone/ The statues they made were beautiful/ But they were lies of stone," is complemented by a blend of piano, and choral harmonies. 

Hymnal references are interlaced throughout the album, particularly in songs like "II HANDS II HEAVEN" and in the lyrical nuances on "JUST FOR FUN." In the later track, Beyoncé's voice soars with gratitude in a powerful delivery of the lines, "Time heals everything / I don't need anything / Hallelujah, I pray to her." 

The gospel-inspired, blues-based "16 CARRIAGES" reflects the rich history of country songs borrowing from the blues while simultaneously calling back to songs sung by field laborers in the colonial American South. "Sixteen dollars, workin' all day/ Ain't got time to waste, I got art to make" serves as the exhausted plea of an artist working tirelessly long hours in dedication to a better life. 

Rhiannon Giddens, a celebrated musician-scholar, two-time GRAMMY winner, and Pulitzer Prize recipient, infuses "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" with her profound understanding of American folk, country, and blues. She plays the viola and banjo, the latter tracing its origins to Sub-Saharan West Africa and the lutes of ancient Egypt. Through her skilled plucking and bending of the strings, Giddens bridges the rich musical heritage of Africa and the South with the soul of country, blues, and folk music.

Pop, Funk, Soul & Rock 'n' Roll 

All in, Beyoncé is a pop star who is wrestling with labels placed on her 27-year career in COWBOY CARTER. Fittingly, she brings in two other pop artists known for swimming in the brackish water between country and pop, Miley Cyrus and Post Malone. Her intentional inclusion of two artists who have blurred genres without much cross-examination begs the question, Why should Beyoncé's sound be segregated to a different realm? 

On "YA YA" Linda Martell returns as the listener's sonic sentinel, introducing the track like a lesson plan: "This particular tune stretches across a range of genres. And that’s what makes it a unique listening experience." The tune sinks into the strummed chords of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" before leaping into a fiery dance track that features reimagined lyrics from the Beach Boys, with soulful vocal flourishes and breaks that show the throughline connection between '60s era rock, funk, and pop music.

Robert Randolph lends his hands on "16 CARRIAGES" with a funk-infused grapple on his pedal-steel guitar. It's a style he honed through his early years touring and recording with his family band and later in his career as an in-demand collaborator working with names including the Allman Brothers, and Norah Jones. 

The lesson is solidified as the album transitions into an interlude on "OH LOUISIANA," featuring a sped-up sample of a classic track by Chuck Berry. This moment emphasizes the pop superstar's nod to civil rights era music history, spotlighting a controversial artist celebrated for his pioneering contributions to rock 'n' roll. (It's a part of music history Beyoncé knows well, after starring as Etta James in the 2008 film Cadillac Records, a veiled biopic of the legendary Chicago label Chess Records.)

Classical & Opera

Opera was missing from many listeners' Beyoncé Bingo card, but didn't surprise those that know her background. Beyoncé was trained for over a decade starting at an early age by her voice teacher David Lee Brewer, a retired opera singer who once lived with the Knowles family. 

COWBOY CARTER gives sing-along fans a 101 opera class with "DAUGHTER." In Italian, Beyoncé sings passages from the 1783 Italian opera "Caro Mio Ben," composed by Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani. The aria is a classic piece of vocal training that fittingly shows off her full range — taking us back to the earliest days of her vocal teachings.

Hip-Hop & R&B

Midway through the album on "SPAGHETTII" Beyoncé announces, "I ain't no regular singer, now come get everythin' you came for," landing right where expectations have confined her: in the throes of a romping beat, experimenting with sounds that blend hip-hop with R&B and soul. The track notably highlights the talent of Nigerian American singer/rapper Shaboozey, who also shows up to the rodeo on "SWEET HONEY BUCKIN'" brandishing his unique mix of hip-hop, folk-pop, and country music. 

Beyoncé worked with longtime collaborator Raphael Saadiq on this album, a career legend in the R&B industry, who lends his mark to several tracks on which he wrote, produced, and played multiple instruments. Beyoncé also utilizes the Louisiana songwriter Willie Jones on "JUST FOR FUN," an artist who draws on a contemporary blend of country, Southern rap, and R&B in the hymnal ballad. 

The violin-heavy "TYRANT" and "SPAGHETTII" both underscore hip-hop's long love affair with the classical string instrument (See: Common's "Be," and Wu Tang Clan's "Reunited" as the tip of that particular iceberg) with a blend of soulful R&B lyrics paired with beat-based instrumentalization. 

In a world quick to draw lines and label sounds, Beyoncé's COWBOY CARTER stands as a vibrant mosaic of musical influence and innovation. Ultimately, Beyoncé's COWBOY CARTER isn't seeking anyone's acceptance. As a Texan once told she didn't belong, her critical response claps back at this exclusion.  It's also a reminder that in the hands of a true artist, music is limitless.

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Beyoncé's act ii is upon us — say hello to COWBOY CARTER.

On March 29, the 32-time GRAMMY winner unleashed the follow-up to her acclaimed 2022 album, RENAISSANCE. While COWBOY CARTER hints "Bey goes country," the LP is more of a psychedelic opus, with glimmers of country twang and style.

Across a sprawling 27-song tracklist of inspired originals flecked with covers and interpolations, Queen Bey takes us on a rodeo ride through so many musical universes, paying homage to the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Linda Martell, and more.

Clearly, there's a treasure trove here — more than enough to keep the Beyhive abuzz throughout 2024. GRAMMY.com is here to help you pore over every twangy lick, mega-guest star and lyrical implication. 

As you dive into Beyoncé's astonishing new album, read on for some of the fundamentals of COWBOY CARTER.

The Tracklisting

Two days prior to COWBOY CARTER's release, Bey released the tracklist — fittingly, in the form of a rodeo poster. And much to the delight of the Beyhive, it's nearly double the length of its 16-track predecessor, RENAISSANCE.

Check out the rodeo poster, as well as the complete track listing, below.

1. AMERIICAN REQUIEM

2. BLACKBIIRD

3. 16 CARRIAGES

4. PROTECTOR

5. MY ROSE

6. SMOKE HOUR WILLIE NELSON

7. TEXAS HOLD 'EM

8. BODYGUARD

9. DOLLY P

10. JOLENE

11. DAUGHTER

12. SPAGHETTII

13. ALLIGATOR TEARS

14. SMOKE HOUR II

15. JUST FOR FUN

16. II MOST WANTED

17. LEVII'S JEANS

18. FLAMENCO

19. THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW

20. YA YA

21. OH LOUISIANA

22. DESERT EAGLE

23. RIIVERDANCE

24. II HANDS II HEAVEN

25. TYRANT

26. SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN'

27. AMEN

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The Cover Songs

Among two dozen dazzling Beyoncé originals, COWBOY CARTER features covers of the Beatles' "Blackbird," Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and Chuck Berry's "Oh Louisiana."

"BLACKBIIRD" (retitled from "Blackbird," with an act ii flavor) is a Paul McCartney song, credited to Lennon-McCartney and featured on 1968's The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album. The song's civil rights inspiration makes it more than a worthy selection: the use of McCartney's original guitar and foot-tapping track makes it especially ear-grabbing.

"JOLENE" is a Dolly Parton classic, similarly given symphonic heft by Bey; Parton offers a radio-like intro on the COWBOY CARTER rendition.

In Parton's pre-"JOLENE" intro, "DOLLY P," she connects "Jolene" to Bey's immortal line "Becky with the good hair" from the Lemonade track "Sorry": "You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about? Reminded me of someone I knew back when, except she has flamin' locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same."

"OH LOUISIANA" is a Chuck Berry deep cut from 1971's undersung San Francisco Dues; a flicker of Berry's "Maybellene" appears in "SMOKE HOUR WILLIE NELSON," which also features interpolations of Roy Hamilton's "Don't Let Go" and Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Down By The River Side."

Similarly, "YA YA" contains glimmers of Tommaso Giordani's "Caro Mio Ben," Lee Hazelwood's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations."

The Guests

Beyoncé has always displayed razor-sharp intent with her collaborators, and COWBOY CARTER is no exception.

The featured guests highlight a slew of rising Black stars in the country scene. "BLACKBIIRD" spotlights four budding female artists, Brittney Spencer, Renya Roberts, Tanner Addell and Tiera Kennedy; Willie Jones shows off his chops on "JUST FOR FUN"; and country-rap fusionist Shaboozey stars on two tracks, "SPAGHETTII" and "SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN.'"

She also welcomes two country-loving pop stars, Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, who make appearances on "II MOST WANTED" and "LEVII'S JEANS," respectively. And along with Parton, Beyoncé honors two more country greats with two aptly titled homages: fellow Texan Willie Nelson appears on "SMOKE HOUR WILLIE NELSON" and "SMOKE HOUR II," and trailblazer Linda Martell "The Linda Martell Show"

Perhaps Beyoncé's cutest collaborator is her six-year-old daughter, Rumi Carter, who makes her adorable debut on "PROTECTOR."

With that, venture forth into COWBOY CARTER — another quintessentially Bey statement of purpose and prowess.

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Amongst Beyoncé's expansive catalog, "Halo" is easily one of her most iconic songs. Today, the 2009 single is her most-streamed song on Spotify; it was her first video to reach one billion views on YouTube; and it helped her set one of her GRAMMY records in 2010.

In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind, watch the superstar take the stage to accept Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Halo" in 2010 — the year she became the first female artist to win six GRAMMYs in one night.

"This has been such an amazing night for me, and I'd love to thank the GRAMMYs," she said, admitting she was nervous before taking a deep breath.

Before leaving the stage, Beyoncé took a second to thank two more special groups: "I'd love to thank my family for all of their support, including my husband. I love you. And I'd like to thank all of my fans for their support over the years."

The five other awards Beyoncé took home that night were for the coveted Song Of The Year ("Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)") and four R&B Categories: Best Contemporary R&B Album (I Am... Sasha Fierce), Best R&B Song ("Single Ladies"), Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Single Ladies"), and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (for her cover of Etta James' "At Last"). 

As of 2024, Beyoncé has won the most GRAMMY Awards in history with 32 wins.

Press play on the video above to relive Queen Bey's "Halo" win for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind.

When Beyoncé announced her upcoming album, Cowboy Carter, with the drop of two distinctly country tracks, she broke both genre and barriers. Not only did Queen Bey continue to prove she can do just about anything, but she joined a long tradition of country music crossover albums.

Country music is, like all genres, a construct, designed by marketing companies around the advent of widely-disseminated recorded music, to sell albums. But in the roughly 100 intervening years, genre has dictated much about the who and how of music making.

In the racially segregated America of the 1920s, music was no exception. Marketing companies began to distinguish between "race records" (blues, R&B, and gospel) intended for Black audiences and hillbilly music (country and Western), sold to white listeners. The decision still echoes through music genre stereotypes today.

But Black people have always been a part of country music, a message that's gained recognition in recent years — in part because of advocacy work by those like Rhiannon Giddens, who plays banjo and viola on "Texas Hold 'Em," one of two singles Beyoncé released in advance of Cowboy Carter.

And since rigid genre rules' inception, many artists from Lil Nas X to Bruce Springsteen have periodically dabbled in or even crossed over to country music.

In honor of Beyoncé's foray, here are eight times musicians from other genres tried out country music.

Ray Charles — Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)

In 1962, the soul music pioneer crossed the genre divide to cut a swingin' two-volume, 14-track revue of country and western music.

Part history lesson and part demonstration of Charles' unparalleled musicianship, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music covers country songs by major country artists of the era, including Hank Williams, Don Gibson, and Eddy Arnold. An instant success, the record topped album sales charts and was Charles' first atop the Billboard Hot 200 charts.

Ringo Starr — Beaucoups of Blues (1970)

The Beatles' drummer loves country music. Ringo Starr cut this album, which sounds like something you'd two-step the night away to at a honky tonk, as his second solo project. He was inspired by pedal steel guitar player and producer Pete Drake, who worked on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass.

With Drake's help, Starr draws out a classic honky tonk sound — pedal steel, country fiddle, and bar room piano — to round out the album.

Beaucoups includes a textbook country heartbreak song, "Fastest Growing Heartache in the West," a bluesy ramblin' man ballad, "$15 Draw," and a surprisingly sweet love song to a sex worker, "Woman Of The Night."

The Pointer Sisters — Fairytale (1974)

Remembered for their R&B hits like "I'm So Excited" and "Jump (For My Love)", the Pointer Sisters dropped "Fairytale," a classic country heartbreak song into the middle of their second studio album, That's A Plenty.

Full of honky tonk pedal steel and fiddle, the track earned the band a GRAMMY award for Country and Western Vocal Performance Group or Duo in 1975, beating out Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Bare, and the Statler Brothers; they were the first, and to date, only Black women to receive the award.

The same year the song came out, the Pointer Sisters also became the first Black group to play the Grand Ole Opry, arriving to find a group of protesters holding signs with messages like 'Keep country, country!'

Tina Turner — Tina Turns the Country On! (1974)

Also in 1974, Tina Turner cut her first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On!, while she was still performing with then-husband Ike Turner as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

Containing the seeds of the powerful, riveting voice she'd fully let loose in her long solo career after separating from her abusive husband, the album presents a stripped down, mellow Turner.

She covers songs like Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You," and delivers a soaring rendition of Dolly Parton's "There Will Always Be Music."

Turner was nominated for a GRAMMY award for the album, but in Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female, category.

The Beastie Boys — Country Mike's Greatest Hits (1999)

This Beastie Boys cut only a few hundred copies (most reports say 300) of this spoof country album — reputedly conceived of as a Christmas present for friends and family, and never officially released.

Presenting the supposed greatest hits of a slightly dodgy, enigmatic character – Country Mike, who shares a name with band member "Mike D" Diamond — the album sounds like vintage steel guitar country. Think Hank Williams and Jimmy Rodgers with a dash of musical oddballs Louden Wainwright III and David Allen Coe's humor and funk.

Country Mike appears just briefly in the liner notes of the band's anthology album, The Sounds of Silence, (which also includes two of the album's tracks: "Railroad Blues" and "Country Mike's Theme"), as part of an alternate universe wherein Mike temporarily lost his memory when he was hit on the head.

"The psychologists told us that if we didn't play along with Mike's fantasy, he could be in grave danger," the notes read. "This song ('Railroad Blues') is one of the many that we made during that tragic period of time."

Cyndi Lauper — Detour (2016)

The "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" singer enjoyed herself thoroughly by deviating from her typical style with 2016's Detour.

Road tripping into country music land, Lauper covered country songs of the 1950s and 1960s, including Marty Robbins' "Begging You," Patsy Montana's "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" and Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas" with guest appearances by Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, and Vince Gill.

Jaret Ray Reddick — Just Woke Up (2022)

It might be hard to imagine the Bowling for Soup frontman, known for teenage pop-punk angst hits like "Girl all the Bad Guys Want" and "Punk Rock 101" crooning country ballads.

But in 2022, under the name Jaret Ray Reddick, he cut his solo debut, Just Woke Up. Drawing inspiration from Reddick's native Texas, the steel guitar and twang driven album features duets with Uncle Cracker, Cody Canada, Frank Turner, and Stephen Egerton.

Self-effacing and personable as ever, Reddick heads off questions about the viability of his country music with the album's first track, "Way More Country," acknowledging the questions listeners might have:

"I sing in a punk rock band/ And I know every word to that Eminem song "Stan"/ And I've got about a hundred and ten tattoos / But I'm way more country than you."

Bing Crosby — "Pistol Packin' Mama" (Single, 1943)

Legendary crooner of classic Christmas Carols and American standards, Bing Crosby decided to try his hand at country music with his cover of Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama," the first country song to appear on Billboard's charts.

The song, which tells the story of a man begging his woman not to shoot him when she discovers him out on the town fooling around, has since also been covered by Willie Nelson, Hoyt Axton, and John Prine.

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