Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is – Thundercat
Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined – Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You – Ledisi
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are The Best Stories – Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues – Chick Corea, Christian Mcbride & Brian Blade
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Best Comedy Album
Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish