54th Annual Audi Awards

The 54th Annual Audi Awards will be held on Sunday, February 17, 2019. It will be broadcast live from the Brentstone/Leveridge Arena in Alison Beach, Alison, Neo Kingston by network CBN at 8 p.m. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Nominations will be announced on December 13, 2018.

Performances

• Adam & Kinsley, Amelio & Karen Ochoa
• Rogerio Anthony
• Chasing the Girls & Amelio
• Drake
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• Ariana Grande
• Hawkeye & Alexandrea Bancey
• Hellofalife
• Salone Henson & Michael Trenchfield
• J-Rod
• Ella Mai & Jemmeh
• Miguel & Tiny Maxie
• Janelle Monae, Paul McCartney & Natalia Dale
• Myranda
• Kris Tolloch
• Visionist & Hunter Milestone

Awards

General

Album of the Year

• Dirty Computer – Janelle Monae
• Scorpion – Drake
• A Few Words From the Guilty – Hawkeye
• What Does This All Mean? – J-Rod
• Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
• Thrown to the Wayside – The Bridges
• Could Never Be Heaven – Kris Tolloch
• Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By – Various artists

Record of the Year

• "This is America" – Childish Gambino
• "Black Car" – Beach House
• "Dress" – Nile East
• "Nice for What" – Drake
• "Real Friends" – Hawkeye
• "Back Seat" – Kris Tolloch
• "Forever" – Myranda

Song of the Year

• "Wow!" – Harrison Aarons, Hunter Milestone, songwriters (Hunter Milestone)
• "The Joke" – Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
• "Back Seat" – Brian Graef, Isidore Hay, Jamieson Lamar, Kris Tolloch, songwriters (Kris Tolloch)
• "God's Plan" – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
• "Inside Your Time" – Natalia Dale, Jamie Denmore, Audrey Freznel-Bean, Carl Oakley, Nathaniel Rodney, songwriters (Natalia Dale)
• "Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
• "This is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

Best New Artist

• H.E.R.
• Cardi B
• Natalia Dale
• Drastic Noise
• Dua Lipa
• Ella Mai
• Myra

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Could Never Be Heaven – Kris Tolloch
• Passport – Elizabeth Aiken
• High As Hope – Florence and the Machine
• Sweetener – Ariana Grande
• Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
• Cross – Peter Siddle

Best Pop Solo Performance

• "Comatose" – Peter Siddle
• "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande
• "High Horse" – Kacey Musgraves
• "Forever" – Myranda
• "Delicate" – Taylor Swift
• "Back Seat" – Kris Tolloch

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
• "Smart Phone" – Always
• "Don't Wanna Go Home" – Chasing the Girls
• "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
• "More Than Friends" – Veronica Neita featuring DJ Phever
• "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco

Dance/Electronic

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Lonely Brothels – Visionist
• 2012 - 2017 – A.A.L. (Against All Logic)
• Cathie – Cathie
• Singularity – Jon Hopkins
• Music for the Uncultured – Max Diamond
• Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides – Sophie

Best Dance Recording

• "Little Dancer on the Clouds" – Cathie
• "Ultimatum" – Disclosure featuring Fatoumata Diawara
• "Electricity" – Silk City featuring Dua Lipa
• "Black Sabbath" – Soundstation
• "Voices in the Quiet" – Visionist x The Artist x Calamitous
• "Twenty-Five" – Matt Zo

Rock

Best Rock Album

• Don't Blame Me – Nile East
• Sedated By Existence – All Systems Go
• Skulls of the Furious – Blood on the Underground
• Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band
• Prequelle – Ghost
• Egypt Station – Paul McCartney

Best Rock Performance

• "Dress" – Nile East
• "Four Out of Five" – Arctic Monkeys
• "I Did Something Bad" – Blood on the Underground
• "Rats" – Ghost
• "Highway Tune" – Greta Van Fleet
• "Inescapable" – Needle Envy

Best Rock Song

• "Masseduction" – Jack Antonoff, Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
• "Rats" – Tom Dalgety, A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
• "Take It to the Stage" – Nile East, songwriter (Nile East)
• "I Did Something Bad" – Vinny Highland, Carlton Mackenzie, Ike Richards, songwriters (Blood on the Underground)
• "Marriage is for Losers" – Patrice Binns, Kim Clarke, Kenneth Wattler, songwriters (Penny Bloom)
• "Over and Over and Over" – Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Masseduction – St. Vincent
• Utopia – Björk
• God's Favorite Customer – Father John Misty
• Da Funk – Meredeth
• Ante Up – R.Y.K.
• Boarding House Reach – Jack White

R&B

Best R&B Album

• H.E.R. – H.E.R.
• Electric Café – En Vogue
• Castonia – Fervet
• Copycat – L.V. Nunez
• Salem – Salem
• Lost & Found – Jorja Smith

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Dirty Computer – Janelle Monae
• Everything Is Love – The Carters
• What Does This All Mean? – J-Rod
• War & Leisure – Miguel
• Because of You – Hunter Milestone
• Lights, Makeup, Inaction – Sara Yvette

Best R&B Performance

• "Focus" – H.E.R.
• "Best Part" – Daniel Caesar featuring H.E.R.
• "Everything is Perfect Now" – Fervet
• "Wow!" – Hunter Milestone
• "I Like That" – Janelle Monae
• "The Man Who Never Sleeps (2019)" – Schwartzberg

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "It's Now or Never" – Hunter Milestone
• "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" – Leon Bridges
• "Worth My While" – Bootsy Collins featuring Kali Uchis
• "By the Book" – Simon Dillinger
• "Morning Light" – Justin Timberlake featuring Alicia Keys
• "Made For Love" – Charlie Wilson featuring Lalah Hathaway

Best R&B Song

• "Wow!" – Harrison Aarons, Hunter Milestone, songwriters (Hunter Milestone)
• "Long as I Live" – Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton, Antonio Dixon, songwriters (Toni Braxton)
• "Kissin'" – Patrick Brady, Vincenzo Longley, Luther Nunez, Griffin Southwick, songwriters (L.V. Nunez)
• "Focus" – Darhyl Camper, Jr., H.E.R., Justin Love, songwriters (H.E.R.)
• "Boo'd Up" – Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
• "Only Patience" – Danielle Georges, Michael Olea, Joelle Yeoman, songwriters (Black Alley)

Rap

Best Rap Album

• A Few Words From the Guilty – Hawkeye
• Sprung / New Levels – Jemmeh
• Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
• Astroworld – Travis Scott
• Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By – Various artists
• The Mall – Wheezing A

Best Rap Performance

• "Real Friends" – Hawkeye
• "Nice for What" – Drake
• "Firestarter" – Myra
• "Ric Flair Drip" – Offset and Metro Boomin
• "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee
• "What I'm At" – Skinner

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• "Nights or Days" – Freddie Oglevie featuring Optim and Thursdays
• "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
• "This is America" – Childish Gambino
• "Get Me High" – Grandboys featuring Myra
• "Under the Influence" – Myra featuring Gabbi Rose
• "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA

Best Rap Song

• "Sicko Mode" – Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim, Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee)
• "Real Friends" – Gregory Ashbridge, James Jackson, Su Minhaj, songwriters (Hawkeye)
• "Professional" – George Erins, Ron LaTour, Jason Rodney, songwriters (J-Rod)
• "This is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
• "God's Plan" – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
• "Everyone Always Cries Foul" – Kenesh Ibrahim, Zachary Keys, Javon Pollard Carr, Leopold Todd, songwriters (Wheezing A)

Country

Best Country Album

• Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
• Shine – Zona Barnaby
• Stubborn Hate – Salone Henson
• Feels So Good – Julia McIntosh
• From A Room: Volume 2 – Chris Stapleton
• Graffiti U – Keith Urban

Best Country Solo Performance

• "Butterflies" – Kacey Musgraves
• "Starlight" – Lavern Avvystacrat
• "Old Time East" – Salone Henson
• "Marry Me" – Thomas Rhett
• "Crazy" – Lily Sidebottom
• "Millionaire" – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• "Never Too Late" – Mental Edge
• "The Rest of Our Life" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
• "Dear Hate" – Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
• "Anxiety" – Frankie Poods and Jason Aldean
• "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line
• "Babe" – Sugarland featuring Taylor Swift

Best Country Song

• "Space Cowboy" – Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
• "How to Break a Heart" – Zona Barnaby, Irene Kelly-Pickard, James Stephenson, songwriters (Zona Barnaby)
• "Old Time East" – Jefferson "Brandy" Deseree, Salone Henson, songwriters (Salone Henson featuring Michael Trenchfield)
• "Dear Hate" – Tom Douglas, David Hodges, Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill)
• "Marry Me" – Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
• "Fame" – Hunter Milestone, songwriter (Hunter Milestone)

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Kontraband – Kabaka Pyramid
• Steelpan – By the Numbers
• Reggae Forever – Etana
• Roots – Prince Heskey
• Free Rein – Rebelution
• 44/876 – Sting and Shaggy

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Album

• Bent Upon Pride – Shanice Cohutta
• One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr
• Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
• Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds
• Fandom – Orane Michaels
• Breathe Within – Yazula

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
• Living With a Fire – Jesus Culture
• Rising Therapy – Simon Hill and Morgan Liu
• My Obligations – Pi-Rho
• The Wholesome Live Recordings – Westwood United
• Survivor: Live from Harding Prison – Zach Williams

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "My Fire" – Kimbra Dwyer Philibert, Janice Oakley, Anton Richards, songwriters (Yazula)
• "You Will Win" – Allen Carr, Jekalyn Carr, songwriters (Jekalyn Carr)
• "Never Alone" – Kirk Franklin, Victoria Kelly, songwriters (Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin)
• "A Great Work" – Aaron W. Lindsey, Alvin Richardson, Brian Courtney Wilson, songwriters (Brian Courtney Wilson)
• "Not Myself" – Svetlana Sokolov, songwriter (Svetlana Sokolov)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "You Say" – Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, songwriters (Lauren Daigle)
• "Reckless Love" – Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver, Ran Jackson, songwriters (Cory Asbury)
• "My Obligations" – Saheed Ganguly, Aaron O'Conner, Phill Oakley, Gopa Pandy, songwriters (Pi-Rho)
• "Grace Got You" – David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds, John Reuben, songwriters (MercyMe)
• "Joy." – Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters (For King & Country)
• "Hey You" – Chanel Munch, Grover Munch, songwriters (Chanel + Grover Munch)

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Music Album

• Minor – Penthouse Band
• Cyanide – Bends & Miller
• An Ambient Trip Down Halliday River – The Chords of Finnily
• Protocol 4 – Simon Phillips
• The Emancipation Procrastination – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

• "This is America" – Hiro Murai, video director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole, Fam Rothstein, video producers (Childish Gambino)
• "Oh Baby" – Rian Johnson, video director; Maggie Mclean, video producer (LCD Soundsystem)
• "Girl Problems" – Xavier Lawrence, video director; James Jackson, Derrick Schwartz, video producers (Hawkeye featuring The Weeknd and Eminem)
• "I'm Not Racist" – Joyner Lucas, Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer (Joyner Lucas)
• "Screams" – Matthew Lucas, video director; Sween Miller, Helena Patience, video producers (Jade Baines)
• "Fire in the Hole" – Calden Oliver, video director; Terry Granger Jackson, Everald Lang, Prince Stephens, Gersick Sutton, video producers (Everclear)

Multiple Nominations

Drake: 7 Hawkeye: 6 Hunter Milestone: 6 H.E.R.: 5 Childish Gambino: 4 Kacey Musgraves: 4 Myra: 4 Kris Tolloch: 4 Janelle Monae: 3 Travis Scott: 3 Lauren Daigle: 2 Fervet: 2 Ella Mai: 2

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