The Brief

The complete list of nominees and winners presented at the 67th Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, is below. Winners are noted in bold below.

Beyoncé led all artists this year with 11 nominations. She was up for album of the year for Cowboy Carter as well as song and record of the year for "Texas Hold 'Em." Other major nominees included Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Taylor Swift. Roan and Carpenter were both nominated for all four of the major general categories — album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist.

1. Record of the Year

• "Now And Then" by The Beatles
• "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" by Beyoncé
• "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter
• "360" by Charli xcx
• "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" by Billie Eilish
• "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar
• "Good Luck, Babe!" by Chappell Roan
• "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone

2. Album of the Year

• New Blue Sun by André 3000
• COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé
• Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
• BRAT by Charli xcx
• Djesse Vol. 4 by Jacob Collier
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish
• The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
• THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift

3. Song of the Year

• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)"
• BIRDS OF A FEATHER" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & FINNEAS, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
• "Die With A Smile" – Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)
• "Fortnight" – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone)
• "Good Luck, Babe!" – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)
• "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
• "Please Please Please" – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
• "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

4. Best New Artist

• Benson Boone
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Doechii
• Khruangbin
• RAYE
• Chappell Roan
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

5. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Alissia
• Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II
• Ian Fitchuk
• Mustard
• Daniel Nigro

6. Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Jessi Alexander
• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• RAYE

7. Best Pop Solo Performance

• "BODYGUARD" by Beyoncé
• "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter
• "Apple" by Charli xcx
• "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" by Billie Eilish
• "Good Luck, Babe!" by Chappell Roan

8. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "us." by Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift
• "LEVII'S JEANS" by Beyoncé feat. Post Malone
• "Guess" by Charli xcx & Billie Eilish
• "the boy is mine" by Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica
• "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

9. Best Pop Vocal Album

• Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish
• eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande
• The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
• THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift

10. Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• "She's Gone, Dance On" by Disclosure
• "Loved" by Four Tet
• "leavemealone" by Fred Again.. & Baby Keem
• "Neverender" by Justice & Tame Impala
• "Witchy" by KAYTRANADA

11. Best Pop Dance Recording

• "Make You Mine" by Madison Beer
• "Von Dutch" by Charli xcx
• "L'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]" by Billie Eilish
• "yes, and?" by Ariana Grande
• "Got Me Started" by Troye Sivan

12. Best Dance/Electronic Album

• BRAT by Charli xcx
• Three by Four Tet
• Hyperdrama by Justice
• Timeless by KAYTRANADA
• Telos by Zedd

13. Best Remixed Recording

• "Alter Ego (KAYTRANADA remix)" – KAYTRANADA, remixer (Doechii)
• "A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)" – David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey)
• "Espresso" (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix) – FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)
• "Jah Sees Them - Amapiano Remix" – Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)
• "Von Dutch" – A.G. Cook, remixer (Charli xcx & A.G. Cook feat. Addison Rae)"

14. Best Rock Performance

• "Now And Then" by The Beatles
• "Beautiful People (Stay High)" by The Black Keys
• "The American Dream Is Killing Me" by Green Day
• "Gift Horse" by IDLES
• "Dark Matter" by Pearl Jam
• "Broken Man" by St. Vincent

15. Best Metal Performance

• "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" by Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
• "Crown of Horns" by Judas Priest
• "Suffocate" by Knocked Loose feat. Poppy
• "Screaming Suicide" by Metallica
• "Cellar Door" by Spiritbox

16. Best Rock Song

• "Beautiful People (Stay High)" – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
• "Broken Man" – Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
• "Dark Matter" – Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
• "Dilemma" – Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
• "Gift Horse" – Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)

17. Best Rock Album

• Happiness Bastards by The Black Crowes
• Romance by Fontaines D.C.
• Saviors by Green Day
• TANGK by IDLES
• Dark Matter by Pearl Jam
• Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones
• No Name by Jack White

18. Best Alternative Music Performance

• "Neon Pill" Cage by The Elephant
• "Song Of The Lake" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• "Starburster" by Fontaines D.C.
• "BYE BYE" by Kim Gordon
• "Flea" by St. Vincent

19. Best Alternative Music Album

• Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Charm by Clairo
• The Collective by Kim Gordon
• What Now by Brittany Howard
• All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

20. Best R&B Performance

• "Guidance" by Jhené Aiko
• "Residuals" by Chris Brown
• "Here We Go (Uh Oh)" by Coco Jones
• "Made For Me (Live On BET)" by Muni Long
• "Saturn" by SZA

21. Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Wet" by Marsha Ambrosius
• "Can I Have This Groove" by Kenyon Dixon
• "No Lie" by Lalah Hathaway feat. Michael McDonald
• "Make Me Forget" by Muni Long
• "That's You" by Lucky Daye

22. Best R&B Song

• "After Hours" – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Daniel Upchurch, songwriters (Kehlani)
• "Burning" – Ronald Banful & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Tems)
• "Here We Go (Uh Oh)" – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick & Kelvin Wooten, songwriters (Coco Jones)
• "Ruined Me" – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea & Kevin Theodore, songwriters (Muni Long)
• "Saturn" – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)

23. Best Progressive R&B Album

• TIE: So Glad To Know You by Avery*Sunshine
• En Route by Durand Bernarr
• Bando Stone And The New World by Childish Gambino
• Crash by Kehlani
• TIE: Why Lawd? by NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)

24. Best R&B Album

• 11:11 (Deluxe) by Chris Brown
• Vantablack by Lalah Hathaway
• Revenge by Muni Long
• Algorithm by Lucky Daye
• Coming Home by Usher

25. Best Rap Performance

• "Enough (Miami)" by Cardi B
• "When The Sun Shines Again" by Common & Pete Rock feat. Posdnuos
• "NISSAN ALTIMA" by Doechii
• "Houdini" by Eminem
• "Like That" by Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
• "Yeah Glo!" by GloRilla
• "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar

26. Best Melodic Rap Performance

• "KEHLANI" by Jordan Adetunji feat. Kehlani
• "SPAGHETTII" by Beyoncé feat. Linda Martell & Shaboozey
• "We Still Don't Trust You" by Future & Metro Boomin feat. The Weeknd
• "Big Mama" by Latto
• "3:AM" by Rapsody feat. Erykah Badu

27. Best Rap Song

• "Asteroids" – Marlanna Evans, songwriter (Rapsody feat. Hit-Boy)
• "Carnival" – Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West & Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $Ign) feat. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti)
• "Like That" – Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe "BbyKobe" Hood, Leland Wayne & Nayvadius Wilburn, songwriters (Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar)
• "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)
• "Yeah Glo!" – Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)

28. Best Rap Album

• Might Delete Later by J. Cole
• The Auditorium, Vol. 1 by Common & Pete Rock
• Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii
• The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) by Eminem
• We Don't Trust You by Future & Metro Boomin

29. Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• CIVIL WRITES: The South Got Something To Say by Queen Sheba
• cOncrete & wHiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series by Omari Hardwick
• Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema: Episode 1 In The Beginning Was The Word by Malik Yusef
• The Heart, The Mind, The Soul by Tank And The Bangas
• The Seven Number Ones by Mad Skillz

30. Best Jazz Performance

• "Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)" by The Baylor Project
• "Phoenix Reimagined (Live)" by Lakecia Benjamin feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff "Tain" Watts & John Scofield
• "Juno" by Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
• "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" by Samara Joy feat. Sullivan Fortner
• "Little Fears" by Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

31. Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Journey In Black by Christie Dashiell
• Wildflowers Vol. 1 by Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner
• A Joyful Holiday by Samara Joy
• Milton + esperanza by Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
• My Ideal by Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

32. Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Owl Song by Ambrose Akinmusire feat. Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley
• Beyond This Place by Kenny Barron feat. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson
• Phoenix Reimagined (Live) by Lakecia Benjamin
• Remembrance by Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
• Solo Game by Sullivan Fortner

33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Returning To Forever by John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band
• And So It Goes by The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Walk A Mile In My Shoe by Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
• Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws And Persistence by Dan Pugach Big Band
• Golden City by Miguel Zenón

34. Best Latin Jazz Album

• Spain Forever Again by Michel Camilo & Tomatito
• Cubop Lives! by Zaccai Curtis
• COLLAB by Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
• Time And Again by Eliane Elias
• El Trio: Live in Italy by Horacio 'El Negro' Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola
• Cuba And Beyond by Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet
• As I Travel by Donald Vega feat. Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

35. Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Night Reign by Arooj Aftab
• New Blue Sun by André 3000
• Code Derivation by Robert Glasper
• Foreverland by Keyon Harrold
• No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin by Meshell Ndegeocello

36. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• À Fleur De Peau by Cyrille Aimée
• Visions by Norah Jones
• Good Together by Lake Street Dive
• Impossible Dream by Aaron Lazar
• Christmas Wish by Gregory Porter

37. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Plot Armor by Taylor Eigsti
• Rhapsody In Blue by Béla Fleck
• Orchestras (Live) by Bill Frisell feat. Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
• Mark by Mark Guiliana
• Speak To Me by Julian Lage

38. Best Musical Theater Album

• Hell's Kitchen
• Merrily We Roll Along
• The Notebook
• The Outsiders
• Suffs
• The Wiz

39. Best Country Solo Performance

• "16 CARRIAGES" by Beyoncé
• "I Am Not Okay" by Jelly Roll
• "The Architect" by Kacey Musgraves
• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey
• "It Takes A Woman" by Chris Stapleton

40. Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Cowboys Cry Too" by Kelsea Ballerini With Noah Kahan
• "II MOST WANTED" by Beyoncé feat. Miley Cyrus
• "Break Mine" by Brothers Osborne
• "Bigger Houses" by Dan + Shay
• "I Had Some Help" by Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

41. Best Country Song

• "The Architect" – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)
• "I Am Not Okay" – Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips, songwriters (Jelly Roll)
• "I Had Some Help" – Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters, songwriters (Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen)
• "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

42. Best Country Album

• COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé
• F-1 Trillion by Post Malone
• Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves
• Higher by Chris Stapleton
• Whirlwind by Lainey Wilson

43. Best American Roots Performance

• "Blame It On Eve" by Shemekia Copeland
• "Nothing In Rambling" by The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
• "Lighthouse" by Sierra Ferrell
• "The Ballad Of Sally Anne" by Rhiannon Giddens

44. Best Americana Performance

• "YA YA" by Beyoncé
• "Subtitles" by Madison Cunningham
• "Don't Do Me Good" by Madi Diaz feat. Kacey Musgraves
• "American Dreaming" by Sierra Ferrell
• "Runaway Train" by Sarah Jarosz
• "Empty Trainload Of Sky" by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

45. Best American Roots Song

• "Ahead Of The Game" – Mark Knopfler, songwriter (Mark Knopfler)
• "All In Good Time" – Sam Beam, songwriter (Iron & Wine feat. Fiona Apple)
• "All My Friends" – Aoife O'Donovan, songwriter (Aoife O'Donovan)
• "American Dreaming" – Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)
• "Blame It On Eve" – John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, songwriters (Shemekia Copeland)

46. Best Americana Album

• The Other Side by T Bone Burnett
• $10 Cowboy by Charley Crockett
• Trail Of Flowers by Sierra Ferrell
• Polaroid Lovers by Sarah Jarosz
• No One Gets Out Alive by Maggie Rose
• Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

47. Best Bluegrass Album

• I Built A World by Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
• Songs Of Love And Life by The Del McCoury Band
• No Fear by Sister Sadie
• Live Vol. 1 by Billy Strings
• Earl Jam by Tony Trischka
• Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman by Dan Tyminski

48. Best Traditional Blues Album

• Hill Country Love by Cedric Burnside
• Struck Down by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• One Guitar Woman by Sue Foley
• Sam's Place by Little Feat
• Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa by The Taj Mahal Sextet

49. Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 by Joe Bonamassa
• Blame It On Eve by Shemekia Copeland
• Friendlytown by Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour
• Mileage by Ruthie Foster
• The Fury by Antonio Vergara

50. Best Folk Album

• American Patchwork Quartet by American Patchwork Quartet
• Weird Faith by Madi Diaz
• Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker
• All My Friends by Aoife O'Donovan
• Woodland by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

51. Best Regional Roots Music Album

• 25 Back To My Roots by Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul
• Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles feat. J'Wan Boudreaux
• Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by New Breed Brass Band feat. Trombone Shorty
• Kuini by Kalani Pe'a
• Stories From The Battlefield by The Rumble feat. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

52. Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "Church Doors" by Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters
• "Yesterday" by Melvin Crispell III
• "Hold On (Live)" by Ricky Dillard
• "Holy Hands" by DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters
• "One Hallelujah" by Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton feat. Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters

53. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "Holy Forever (Live)" by Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson feat. CeCe Winans
• "Praise" by Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore; Pat Barrett, Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
• "Firm Foundation (He Won't)" by Honor & Glory feat. Disciple
• "In The Name Of Jesus" by JWLKRS Worship & Maverick City Music feat. Chandler Moore; Austin Armstrong, Ran Jackson, Chandler Moore, Sajan Nauriyal, Ella Schnacky, Noah Schnacky & Ilya Toshinskiy, songwriters
• "In The Room" by Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard; G. Morris Coleman, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters
• "That's My King" CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters

54. Best Gospel Album

• Covered Vol. 1 by Melvin Crispell III
• Choirmaster II (Live) by Ricky Dillard
• Father's Day by Kirk Franklin
• Still Karen by Karen Clark Sheard
• More Than This by CeCe Winans

55. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Heart Of A Human by DOE
• When Wind Meets Fire by Elevation Worship
• Child Of God by Forrest Frank
• Coat Of Many Colors by Brandon Lake
• The Maverick Way Complete by Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore

56. Best Roots Gospel Album

• The Gospel Sessions, Vol 2 by Authentic Unlimited
• The Gospel According To Mark by Mark D. Conklin
• Rhapsody by The Harlem Gospel Travelers
• Church by Cory Henry
• Loving You by The Nelons

57. Best Latin Pop Album

• Funk Generation by Anitta
• El Viaje by Luis Fonsi
• GARCÍA by Kany García
• Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran by Shakira
• ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

58. Best Música Urbana Album

• nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana by Bad Bunny
• Rayo by J Balvin
• FERXXOCALIPSIS by Feid
• LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN by Residente
• att. by Young Miko

59. Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Compita del Destino by El David Aguilar
• Pa' Tu Cuerpa by Cimafunk
• Autopoiética by Mon Laferte
• GRASA by NATHY PELUSO
• ¿Quién trae las cornetas? by Rawayana

60. Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• Diamantes by Chiquis
• Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 by Carín León
• ÉXODO by Peso Pluma
• De Lejitos by Jessi Uribe

61. Best Tropical Latin Album

• MUEVENSE by Marc Anthony
• Bailar by Sheila E.
• Radio Güira by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) by Tony Succar, Mimy Succar
• Vacilón Santiaguero by Kiki Valera

62. Best Global Music Performance

• "Raat Ki Rani" by Arooj Aftab
• "A Rock Somewhere" by Jacob Collier feat. Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
• "Rise" by Rocky Dawuni
• "Bemba Colorá" by Sheila E. feat. Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
• "Sunlight To My Soul" by Angélique Kidjo feat. Soweto Gospel Choir
• "Kashira" by Masa Takumi feat. Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung

63. Best African Music Performance

• "Tomorrow" by Yemi Alade
• "MMS" by Asake & Wizkid
• "Sensational" by Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay
• "Higher" by Burna Boy
• "Love Me JeJe" by Tems

64. Best Global Music Album

• Alkebulan II by Matt B feat. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Paisajes by Ciro Hurtado
• Heis by Rema
• Historias De Un Flamenco by Antonio Rey
• Born In The Wild by Tems

65. Best Reggae Album

• Take It Easy by Collie Buddz
• Party With Me by Vybz Kartel
• Never Gets Late Here by Shenseea
• Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) (Various Artists)
• Evolution by The Wailers

66. Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

• Break Of Dawn by Ricky Kej
• Triveni by Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
• Visions Of Sounds De Luxe by Chris Redding
• Opus by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn by Anoushka Shankar
• Warriors Of Light by Radhika Vekaria

67. Best Children's Music Album

• Brillo, Brillo! by Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band
• Creciendo by Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
• My Favorite Dream by John Legend
• Solid Rock Revival by Rock For ChildrenWorld Wide Playdate by Divinity Roxx and Divi Roxx Kids

68. Best Comedy Album

• Armageddon by Ricky Gervais
• The Dreamer by Dave Chappelle
• The Prisoner by Jim Gaffigan
• Someday You'll Die by Nikki Glaser
• Where Was I by Trevor Noah

69. Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording

• All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words – Guy Oldfield, producer
• …And Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton
• Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones – Dolly Parton
• Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter
• My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand

70. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Color Purple (Various Artists)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (Various Artists)
• Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein – London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper
• Saltburn (Various Artists)
• Twisters: The Album (Various Artists)

71. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

• American Fiction – Laura Karpman, composer
• Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
• The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer
• Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer, composer
• Shōgun – Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

72. Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprak, composer
• God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla – Bear McCreary, composer
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – John Paesano, composer
• Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget, II, composer
• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Winifred Phillips, composer

73. Best Song Written For Visual Media

• "Ain't No Love In Oklahoma" [from Twisters: The Album] – Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)
• "Better Place" [from TROLLS Band Together] – Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)
• "Can't Catch Me Now" [from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes] – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
• "It Never Went Away" [from American Symphony] – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
• "Love Will Survive" [from The Tattooist of Auschwitz] – Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

74. Best Music Video

• "Tailor Swif" by A$AP Rocky; Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors
• "360" by Charli xcx; Aidan Zamiri, video director; Jami Arceo & Evan Thicke, video producers
• "Houdini" by Eminem; Rich Lee, video director; Kathy Angstadt, Lisa Arianna & Justin Diener, video producers
• "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar; Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone; Taylor Swift, video director; Jil Hardin, video producer

75. Best Music Film

• American Symphony (Jon Batiste) – Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers
• June (June Carter Cash) – Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers
• Kings From Queens (Run DMC) – Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer
• Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Steven Van Zandt) – Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers
• The Greatest Night In Pop (Various Artists) – Bao Nguyen, video director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie & Harriet Sternberg, video producers

76. Best Recording Package

• The Avett Brothers – Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage, art directors (The Avett Brothers)
• Baker Hotel – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (William Clark Green)
• BRAT – Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)
• F-1 Trillion – Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, art directors (Post Malone)
• Hounds Of Love The Baskerville Edition – Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
• Jug Band Millionaire – Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
• Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease – Lee Pei-Tzu, art director (iWhoiWhoo)

77. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

• Half Living Things – Patrick Galvin, art director (Alpha Wolf)
• Hounds Of Love The Boxes Of Lost At Sea – Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh, art directors (Kate Bush)
• In Utero – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Nirvana)
• Mind Games – Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)
• Unsuk Chin – Takahiro Kurashima & Marek Polewski, art directors (Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker)
• We Blame Chicago – Rebeka Arce & Farbod Kokabi, art directors (90 Day Men)

78. Best Album Notes

• After Midnight – Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras)
• The Carnegie Hall Concert – Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane)
• Centennial – Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)
• John Culshaw - The Art Of The Producer - The Early Years 1948-55 – Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
• SONtrack Original De La Película "Al Son De Beno" – Josh Kun, album notes writer (Various Artists)

79. Best Historical Album

• Centennial – Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
• Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition – Charles F. Spicer, Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
• Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings – Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
• Pepito Y Paquito – Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
• The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording - Super Deluxe Edition) – Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)

80. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Algorithm – Dernst Emile II, Michael B. Hunter, Stephan Johnson, Rachel Keen, John Kercy, Charles Moniz & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Lucky Daye)
• Cyan Blue – Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson, engineers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer (Charlotte Day Wilson)
• Deeper Well – Craig Alvin, Shawn Everett, Mai Leisz, Todd Lombardo, John Rooney, Konrad Snyder & Daniel Tashian, engineers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer (Kacey Musgraves)
• empathogen – Beatriz Artola, Zach Brown, Oscar Cornejo, Chris Greatti & Mitch McCarthy, engineers; Joe La Porta, mastering engineer (WILLOW)
• i/o – Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)
• Short n' Sweet – Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Manning, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O'Flaherty, mastering engineers (Sabrina Carpenter)

81. Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Andres: The Blind Banister – Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit – Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Clear Voices In The Dark – Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

82. Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Erica Brenner
• Christoph Franke
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay
• Elaine Martone
• Dirk Sobotka

83. Best Immersive Audio Album

• Avalon – Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies & Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
• Genius Loves Company – Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling & Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles With Various Artists)
• Henning Sommerro: Borders – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• i/o (In-Side Mix) – Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
• Pax – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet)

84. Best Instrumental Composition

• At Last – Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)
• Communion – Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)
• "I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time" – André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)
• "Remembrance" – Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
• Strands – Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)

85. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• "Baby Elephant Walk – Encore" – Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly)
• "Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)" – Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck feat. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
• "Rose Without The Thorns" – Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying feat. säje & Tonality)
• "Silent Night" – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

86. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• "Alma" – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje feat. Regina Carter)
• "Always Come Back" – Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)
• "b i g f e e l i n g s" – Willow, arranger (WILLOW)
• "Last Surprise" (from Persona 5) – Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band feat. Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)
• "The Sound Of Silence" – Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry feat. Sleeping At Last)

87. Best Orchestral Performance

• Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance – Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
• Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major – JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen – Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: The Firebird – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

88. Best Opera Recording

• Adams: Girls Of The Golden West – John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Moravec: The Shining – Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)
• Puts: The Hours – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O'Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

89. Best Choral Performance

• Clear Voices In The Dark – Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
• A Dream So Bright - Choral Music Of Jake Runestad – Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
• Handel: Israel In Egypt – Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo's Fire; Apollo's Singers)
• Ochre – Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
• Sheehan: Akathist – Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D'Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

90. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles by JACK Quartet
• Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97, 'Archduke' by Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
• Cerrone: Beaufort Scales by Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei EnsembleHome by Miró Quartet
• Rectangles And Circumstance by Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

91. Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Akiho: Longing by Andy Akiho
• Bach: Goldberg Variations by Víkingur Ólafsson
• Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D'Arc by Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
• Entourer by Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
• Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra by Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

92. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price – Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
• A Change Is Gonna Come – Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
• Newman: Bespoke Songs – Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
• Show Me The Way – Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
• Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder – Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d'Oro)

93. Best Classical Compendium

• Akiho: BeLonging – Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
• American Counterpoints – Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
• Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
• Mythologies II – Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

94. Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello – Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
• Coleman: Revelry – Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
• Lang: Composition As Explanation – David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina – Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Saariaho: Adriana Mater – Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

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Orcas, the lovable black and white marine predators, have taken over 10,000 square feet of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County.

Orcas: Our Shared Future, which opened Sunday, includes floor to ceiling screens that play orcas swimming in the wild and a life-size replica of Ruffles.

He was one of the first orcas Alisa Schulman-Janiger, lead research biologist for the California Killer Whale Project, saw in the wild back in the 80s.

“It’s not him but it represents him. And I can actually go back in time and replay: I was standing here and my boyfriend who became my husband was standing next to me... seeing them under us foraging for fish,” she said.

Schulman-Janiger, who is also a research associate for the museum, said there was a sighting of these giants – the largest members of the dolphin family – in our local waters just this month.

“In the Channel Islands,” she said. “I just looked at some photos today sent to me by one of the naturalists... and she saw at least 16 different orcas.”

There are 140 original artifacts and specimens to see and experience at the immersive show, including sculptures and masks by Indigenous artists of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Fred DeNisco, an orca expert from British Columbia who goes by ‘The Orca Man’ on social media, said he fell in love with orcas at the age of three, while watching 1993’s Free Willy in the back of a mini-van.

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He’s followed the exhibition all over the U.S. and Canada.

“It is just so unique in the breadth of topics that it covers, both in indigenous relationships with orcas, the research and more particularly our human relationship and the tumultuous relationship that has in media and captivity and even whale watching,” DeNisco told LAist.

And in case you’re wondering, the exhibition does include an original clamshell for a VHS copy of Free Willy, the film that inspired a generation of orca-lovers like DeNisco.

You can check out Orcas: Our Shared Future through April 25, 2027.

Ticket info is at the Natural History Museum website.

LAist is one of the Natural History Museum’s media partners for the exhibition, Orcas: Our Shared Future.

I’ve loved reading your reactions to the new LACMA David Geffen Galleries. Here are just a few of the many responses we received; most were positive, but there were some smart criticisms as well:

“The architecture by Peter Zumthor and the uniquely designed way of displaying the collection across time and place was brilliant! The joy is in finding the connections.” —Marlan

“Time and place braid together in a continuum unleashed from the strictly defined spaces typical of an encyclopedic museum. Truly radical in the best way possible.” —Bianca

“The art seemed to be presented in an almost random order, as if they took LACMA's collection like a deck of cards, shuffled them twice, and then just hung everything in the resulting order.” —Steve

Licorice Pizza has your music picks for the week, including post-hardcore band La Dispute at the Belasco, indie-folk star Cut Worms at Pacific Electric and rock en español sensation Julieta Venegas at the Grammy Museum — all on Tuesday. Wednesday, Charlie Puth is at the Forum, dream-pop trio Sunday (1994) is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, singer-songwriter and breakout The Voice contestant Carol Ades plays the Troubadour and Latin rock band Zoé plays the first of two nights at the YouTube Theater. Thursday, Chet Faker plays the Novo, Maro is at the Fonda, King Tuff plays Sid The Cat Auditorium and a cappella legends Take 6 begin their four-night residency at the Blue Note.

Elsewhere on LAist, you can get a first look at the new Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, find out more about this King Taco’s historic designation, and grab your tickets for Wild Card with NPR’s Rachel Martin Live at the Crawford on May 2.

Events

Enormous Things

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28 and 29
Elysian Theater
1944 Riverside Drive, Elysian Valley
COST: $25; MORE INFO

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A more up-my-alley musical has never before landed in my Instagram feed. Do you, like me, enjoy modern art and showtunes more than almost anything else? Enormous Things — a musical about Claes Oldenburg where Jeff Koons is the villain — might also be for you.

Just Sing 

Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. 
Laemmle NoHo 7
5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
COST: $14.50; MORE INFO

Fans of Pitch Perfect will want to check out this local real-life story. Just Sing follows the USC a cappella group SoCal VoCals as they make their way to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella in New York City. Co-directors and cinematographers Angelique Molina and Abraham Troen will host a Q&A following the screening.

Japanese Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium

Monday, April 27, 7:10 p.m.
Dodger Stadium 
1000 Vin Scully Ave., Elysian Park 
COST: FROM $70; MORE INFO 

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Japanese superstar Yoshiki will perform at the Dodgers vs. Marlins game ahead of his headliner performance at Disney Hall in July, marking Japanese Heritage Night at the stadium. Get there early to hear the music, enjoy Japanese food specials and grab your special game jersey.

Old Woman Naked

Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and 30, 7:30 p.m. 
The Broadwater Second Stage
6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 
COST: $45; MORE INFO 

Acclaimed author Pamela Redmond is no stranger to using her own life for inspiration for her beloved fiction, like Younger (which later became the hit Freeform show) and Older. But baring all — emotionally and physically — onstage? That’s new territory for the 72-year-old. First performed in New York to a sold-out one-night-only crowd, Old Woman Naked digs into the truth about aging, sexuality, feminism, motherhood and coming into your own. An additional date of May 17 has just been added.

Comedy, at Night 

Tuesday, April 28, 8:30 p.m. 
UCB Franklin 
5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood
COST: $20; MORE INFO 

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Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman and many more bold-faced comedy names join this showcase at UCB Franklin, hosted by Nate Odenkirk and Ari Mostow.

Double Chin pop-up 

Monday, April 27, 9 a.m. until sold out 
Petitgrain Boulangerie 
1209 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica 
COST: VARIES; MORE INFO

Double chin? More like double yum. Get in line early for this pop-up at Petitgrain, featuring Leah Chin-Katz’s popular pastries and jams.

Glowworm Full Moon Night Hike 

Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  
Gabrielino Trail, Western Trailhead
915 Ventura Street, Altadena
COST: FREE; MORE INFO 

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Rattlesnakes sleep at night (right?), so head out for a late-night hike to see the rare California pink glowworms that come out this time of year in the Altadena foothills. Intrepid hiker Jason Wise (Journeyman) leads this nature-filled evening with L.A. Rises.

Screening: Dead City Punx 

Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Brain Dead Studios
611 N. Fairfax Ave., Melrose 
COST: $18; MORE INFO 

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Dead City Punx exhibit 

Through Saturday, May 30
Beyond the Streets 
434 N. La Brea Ave., Mid-City
COST: FREE, MORE INFO 

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Punk in Los Angeles is far from dead. Dead City Punx, whose shows have shut down streets and seen fans start fires, are the focus of a new documentary and gallery show at Beyond the Streets. Dead City Punx (trailer here) tells the story of the band that built a following through “chaotic, illegal outdoor shows during the pandemic — complete with bonfires, fireworks, graffiti and clashes with law enforcement — ultimately sparking a movement that challenged what DIY and punk culture mean today.” Produced by Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, the film and gallery show are out now.

Los Angeles County is home to the largest homeless population in the U.S. — more than 72,000 people, according to official estimates.

In 2024, county voters approved Measure A, a half-percent sales tax increase aimed at raising $1 billion a year for homeless services and affordable housing.

Its backers promised voters more transparency, accountability and results.

As new revenue flows in, questions about how L.A. County spends homelessness dollars aren’t going away.

How Measure A came to be 

Homeless service providers and advocates wrote and campaigned for Measure A in 2024. Their goal was for it to replace a smaller, temporary county sales tax for homeless services known as Measure H, which was set to expire in 2027.

That quarter-percent sales tax, approved by voters in 2017, delivered about $500 million a year.

That new funding helped move more people into shelter beds, and the number of unhoused people in shelters in L.A. County increased from about 15,000 in 2017 to about 23,000 in 2024, according to official estimates.

But the county's overall unhoused population — which includes people staying in shelters as well as those living on the streets —- grew by 37%, from about 55,000 in 2017 to more than 75,000 in 2024.

Measure A’s solution was to double the special sales tax for homelessness, make it permanent and use the extra revenue to help build more affordable housing in addition to homeless services.

A majority of county voters agreed. The county enacted the “Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions, and Prevention Now Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance” — and then started collecting the Measure A tax in April 2025.

Elise Buik, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Los Angeles presents an award to Peter Laugharn, President and CEO of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation at the United Way "Annual HomeWalk To End Homelessness" in 2017. Both organizations were major backers of Measure A, along with the California Community Foundation and others.

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Measure A’s promises

Voters approved Measure A amid increasing concerns about the regional agency long tasked with managing public homelessness dollars by the county and city of L.A.

A county audit in late 2024 found that the Los Angeles Regional Homelessness Authority, or LAHSA, had regularly paid service providers late and failed to properly monitor contracts. A separate court-ordered report found L.A. city officials had made it impossible to accurately track homelessness spending, largely by outsourcing to LAHSA.

Measure A proposed a new approach to the region’s homeless services system, which many have described as “dysfunctional.” Written into the ordinance were clearer systemwide goals, increased accountability over spending and consequences for programs that fail to perform.

Unlike Measure H, which focused on getting people off the street, Measure A was written to also focus on preventing people from falling into homelessness. It directs more than 35% of its roughly $1 billion in yearly revenue to a new county affordable housing agency. Supporters estimated it could produce 18,000 new affordable units in L.A. County over 10 years.

It directs 60% or revenues towards homeless services — and dedicates a portion of that funding to be split directly among L.A. County’s 88 cities.

Measure A delegated oversight responsibilities for the spending to the county Board of Supervisors and two governance bodies the board had established in 2023 to coordinate regional planning on homelessness.

The first is an advisory group called the Leadership Table for Regional Homelessness Alignment. It includes nonprofit service providers and experts who meet regularly and inform policy decisions.

That group advises a more powerful one called the Executive Committee for Regional Homelessness Alignment, which sets Measure A’s goals and makes plans and funding recommendations.

Its nine members include two county supervisors (currently Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath), the L.A. mayor (currently Karen Bass), an L.A. City Council member (currently Nithya Raman), a representative from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and four officials from cities across the county.

The committee’s recommendations go to the county Board of Supervisors, which has the final say.

Last March, the supervisors formally adopted five-year Measure A goals with 2030 deadlines. They include: reducing unsheltered homelessness in the county by 30%, moving twice as many people annually into permanent housing and boosting affordable housing production by about 50%.

Measure A’s effects

One of the early after effects of passing Measure A has been a reorganization of who controls the growing pot of county homelessness dollars.

In April 2025, the Board of Supervisors voted to divert more than $300 million from LAHSA and create a new county department, the Department of Homeless Services and Housing, to manage homelessness funding directly.

Supporters of the move said it was necessary because Measure A voters were demanding accountability that LAHSA wasn’t delivering. The new county department formally launched in January.

The full transition of LAHSA programs to the county is planned in July. The Board of Supervisors recently directed the new department to create strict oversight procedures for all homeless service contracts.

Last March, L.A. County approved its first annual budget that included projected allocations from Measure A, totaling about $1 billion. The county had twice as much funding at its disposal but still cut tens of millions of dollars in programs and services for unhoused people, citing a strategic shift.

Now, the county is finalizing the budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. It again includes $1 billion for homeless services and affordable housing because of Measure A, but the homelessness spending plan includes nearly $200 million in program reductions.

County officials said those reductions were necessary to cover rising shelter costs and the loss of pandemic-era state and federal funding.

Measure A has allocated about $100 million annually, or roughly 9% of all Measure A revenues, directly to the 88 cities within L.A. County to address homelessness in what’s known as the Local Solutions Fund. The county publishes a regional plan showing how that money is used.

The funding is awarded based primarily on a city’s recent unhoused population numbers, using estimates from the official annual homeless count.

Some city leaders complain that their residents are paying way more into the Measure A tax than they are getting out of it.

Torrance mayor George Chen says his city will generate about $26 million annually for the county through the Measure A sales tax, and it will receive about $559,000 in local funding through the measure.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath supported the Measure A sales tax, and also championed the effort to break from LAHSA and form a new county homelessness department.

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Affordable housing focus 

The major structural difference between Measure A and its predecessor is that it earmarks roughly 36% of its proceeds — about $363 million a year — for affordable housing development. Those funds flow through a new independent regional agency called the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, or LACAHSA.

The agency’s mandate is to create new affordable homes, preserve lower-rent housing and prevent displacement. It is still in its early stages.

As of March, the agency had received $275 million from Measure A and distributed $25 million to recipients, according to its Measure A Funds Tracker. Most of what had been awarded was emergency rental assistance.

On April 15, the agency’s board conditionally approved its first major round of housing production funding, approximately $102 million for 10 projects that will add 566 units of affordable housing, according to a recent report.

Projects are required to break ground within one year of receiving awards. A second round of awards is scheduled for the board's May 13 meeting.

Demand for funding far outpaced what was available: LACAHSA received 242 applications for 127 projects totaling $1.56 billion and representing 11,484 units.

What’s next?

The goals Measure A set are ambitious, and the deadline is 2030. A county dashboard tracking progress shows the region gaining ground reducing unsheltered homelessness while falling behind on other targets.

The county hasn’t made any progress decreasing the number of people falling into homelessness or decreasing homelessness among people with mental health or substance use disorders. The dashboard does not yet include affordable housing production metrics.

The transition from the regional Homeless Services Authority to the new county Department of Homeless Services and Housing is still underway, with a full handoff of staff and programs targeted for July 2026.

LAHSA recently announced it will lay off 284 employees at the end of June.

Federal cuts and changes to funding from Medicaid and the U.S. Housing and Urban Development — flagged as “threats to recent progress” in the county's recent budget documents — loom over the entire system.

According to new data from TikTok and theater trade group Cinema United fan-made TikToks can now do what big marketing campaigns couldn't always achieve: keep a movie thriving after opening weekend.

At this year's CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners, director Denis Villeneuve showed the first seven minutes of his third Dune film. He told the crowd he made his latest installment of the science fiction saga for the fans. And long before the December opening, fans have been posting their own reactions on TikTok.

"There's this incredible chant in Dune 3 that's in the trailer and what we've seen is it's a soundbite that users on TikTok have embraced and made their own content with," says Cameron Curtis, executive vice president of global digital marketing for Warner Bros.

He says TikTok is a tremendous platform for reaching new audiences.

"We often see that the creator content on [the] platform outperforms our traditional advertising content by 3-to-1. It's become just critical to our strategy and everything that we do," says Curtis.

He says Warner Bros. and other studios have been partnering with TikTok creators to market their films. According to TikTok executives, that's for good reason. "We really saw that the buzz doesn't stop with the opening weekend," says Dennis Papirowski, TikTok's global head of Entertainment and News.

He says every day, the platform's users create 6.5 million posts related to content from new and classic films and TV shows. According to TikTok, half of their users say they discovered a new movie through the platform. And of those, more than a third looked up showtimes and purchased a movie ticket.

Dawn Yang, the company's global head of entertainment partnerships and business development, says studios tend to do a lot of marketing for the first weekend a film opens.

"But on TikTok, it really takes off after the first weekend," she says, "because people have seen the entire movie and they want to talk about it."

TikTokers post enthusiastic movie reviews, they cosplay and reenact scenes, and some create new edits from the official trailers and footage. For instance, 24-year-old college student Josiah Pilet remixed Spider-Man clips set to music.

Fan edits would have been no-nos in the old Hollywood strategy of protecting intellectual property, says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore, which analyzes the box office.

"There was a time when studios did not want marketing messaging going out that wasn't from them," he says. Now, he says even negative responses to movies are welcome "as long as it's not something horrible, that can boost the profile of a movie and excitement around it, because sometimes people want to see what the fuss is all about."

Dergarabedian says studios are increasingly embracing and harnessing the power of short TikToks made by the key Gen Z audience.

"You have some movies that open huge, have a huge opening weekend, then drop by 70% or more in their second weekend," he says. "But the way you keep people coming back is that you not only have a great movie, but the social media engagement continues, amplifies and creates that excitement and the FOMO factor among potential moviegoers."

Take last year's box office hit Sinners. Cinema United and TikTok's report found that buzz about the film surged on the platform during its opening week — and ticket sales barely dipped the following week.

But social media platforms, including TikTok, have also sometimes caused minor headaches for theaters. Last year, fan-made posts chronicled the mayhem sparked by a line spoken by Jack Black's character in The Minecraft Movie.

Audiences shouted "chicken jockey" along with him and tossed popcorn in theaters. The ruckus was so chaotic that one fan even carried a live chicken into the movie, as shown by one viral video.

At CinemaCon, Warner Bros. executives offered a good-natured apology to theater owners for the mess.

But it's not just fans posting TikToks. As executive director of communications and content for B&B Theatres, Paul Farnsworth makes funny TikToks, starring himself and the staff — often in the lobby, playing around with the latest movies.

"It's like a little wink-wink joke, nothing that you're going to like, pay money to go see a stand-up comedian say," he says. "But I think for us, it indicates to our guests a sensibility of like the playfulness of the movies, the magic of the experience, the shared communal thing that we're all trying to achieve with them."

Farnsworth says he asks the studios for guidance on the material — hoping his viral TikToks get people into movie theaters.