| Artist(s) | Category | Title & YouTube Link |
| Tank and the Bangas |
Best New Artist |
n/a |
| Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah |
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album |
Ancestral Recall |
| Lucky Daye |
Best R&B Performance |
Roll Some Mo |
| Lucky Daye |
Best Traditional R&B Performance |
Real Games |
| PJ Morton featuring Jazmine Sullivan |
Best Traditional R&B Performance |
Built for Love |
| PJ Morton, songwriter [w] |
Best R&B Song |
Say So |
| David Brown (Lucky Daye), Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters |
Best R&B Song |
Roll Some Mo |
| Lucky Daye |
Best R&B Album |
Painted |
| PJ Morton |
Best R&B Album |
Paul |
| DJ Khaled f/ Nipsey Hussle & John Legend [w] |
Best Rap/Sung Performance |
Higher |
| Brooks & Dunn (with Luke Combs) |
Best Country Duo/Group Performance |
Brand New Man |
| Branford Marsalis |
Best Improvised Jazz Solo |
The Windup |
| Branford Marsalis |
Best Jazz Instrumental Album |
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades |
Best Latin Jazz Album |
Una Noche con Rubén Blades |
| Koryn Hawthorne & Natalie Grant, songwriters |
Best Gospel Performance/Song |
Speak the Name |
| Bobby Rush |
Best Traditional Blues Album |
Sitting on Top of the Blues |
| Rebirth Brass Band |
Best Regional Roots Music Album |
Recorded Live at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival |
| Ellen DeGeneres |
Best Comedy Album |
Relatable |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Best Contemporary Classical Composition |
Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major |
| Mickey Smith Jr. |
Music Educator of the Year |
Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, LA |
| Notes: Recording eligibility period was October 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019 (note). The Best Rap/Sung Performance award went to DJ Khaled, Nipsey Hussle (posthumously) and John Legend for "Higher". Watch DJ Khaled and John Legend accept the award (Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on March 31, 2019). Watch this musical tribute to Nipsey Hussle by DJ Khaled, Kirk Franklin, John Legend, Meek Mill, Roddy Ricch, and YG. Watch an interview with DJ Khaled. Watch Music Educator of the Year honoree Mickey Smith Jr.'s Red Carpet interview. Watch Mickey Smith Jr.'s interview with Ted Stryker. Dave Bartholomew (1918-2019), Art Neville (1937-2019), and Dr. John (1941-2019) were included in the annual Grammy 'In Memoriam' segment. The segment was followed by a performance ("Didn't He Ramble") from members of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. See rehearsal interviews with Trombone Shorty and Ben Jaffe. |
