The 2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List was released November 24. Go to the link to see the finalists in each of the 83 categories.

The 63rd GRAMMY Awards ceremony will air January 31, on CBS.

These are the nominees I recognized as being of genre interest. If you sift through the music you may recognize more than I did.

56. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• CHARLOTTE’S WEB (E.B. WHITE)
  Meryl Streep (& Full cast)

58. Best Musical Theater Album

• LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast) 

59. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
  (Various Artists)
   
• FROZEN 2
  (Various Artists)
   
• JOJO RABBIT
  (Various Artists)

60. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• AD ASTRA
  Max Richter, composer
   
• JOKER
  Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
   
• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
  John Williams, composer

61. Best Song Written For Visual Media

• BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS [FROM CATS]
  Andrew Lloyd Webber & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
   
• CARRIED ME WITH YOU [FROM ONWARD]
  Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
   
• INTO THE UNKNOWN [FROM FROZEN 2]
  Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel & AURORA)