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It’ll Be Beyoncé, Adele, And Everybody Else At This Year’s Grammys
The nominations were announced this morning
If the mandate for this year’s Grammy Awards was to pull in the widest television audience possible (and, of course, it was), then it looks like the voters have done their jobs. The nominations were announced this morning, and all anyone will be talking about in the lead-up to February’s ceremony will be the showdown between Beyoncé and Adele, who are both up for Album of the Year for Lemonade and 25. They’ll also face off in the Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories, which basically guarantees that this will be one of the most anticipated award shows of any kind in recent memory. It also helps that Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, and Justin Bieber—basically the biggest stars in pop music—are all up for major awards.
Beyoncé will and should be the favorite for album of the year when the James Corden-hosted ceremony kicks off on February 12 on CBS. She has nine nominations (the most of anyone) to Adele’s five, and Lemonade—while not selling nearly as many copies as Adele’s 25—was a towering and career-defining artistic statement that is currently topping many year-end lists. Where Adele could have an edge over Beyoncé is in the song and record of the year categories, where “Hello,” maybe the most ubiquitous single of the decade, will be going against “Formation,” one of the most political songs of Beyoncé’s career.
Some other intriguing story lines to follow will be Chance the Rapper versus The Chainsmokers in the Best New Artist category—which is basically like a halo going up against a can of Axe Body Spray—and Kanye, Drake, and Chance all being up for Best Rap Album of the Year. Also, will the Grammys mark Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s first public appearances since her robbery scare and his hospitalization? Also, that albums like Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool and David Bowie's Blackstar were relegated to the alternative album category, while Drake's Views and Justin Bieber's Purpose are both nominated for Album of the Year, proves once again that the Grammys are a popularity contest above all else. The full nominee list is below.
Album of the Year
Adele, 25
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Justin Bieber, Purpose
Drake, Views
Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Song of the Year
Beyoncé, "Formation"
Adele, "Hello"
Mike Posner, "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"
Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself"
Lukas Graham, "7 Years"
Record of the Year
Adele, "Hello"
Beyoncé, "Formation"
Lukas Graham, "7 years"
Rihanna ft. Drake, "Work"
Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out"
Best New Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
The Chainsmokers
Anderson .Paak
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele, "Hello"
Beyoncé, "Hold Up"
Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself"
Kelly Clarkson, "Piece by Piece" (Idol Version)
Ariana Grande, "Dangerous Woman"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, "Closer"
Lukas Graham, "7 years"
Rihanna feat. Drake, "Work"
Sia feat. Sean Paul, "Cheap Thrills"
Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Andrea Bocelli, Cinema
Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels
Josh Groban, Stages Live
Willie Nelson, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Barbra Streisand, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway
Best Pop Vocal Album
Adele, 25
Justin Bieber, Purpose
Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
Demi Lovato, Confident
Sia, This Is Acting
Best Dance Recording
"Tearing Me Up" by Bob Moses
"Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
"Never Be Like You" by Flume Featuring Kai
"Rinse & Repeat" by Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
"Drinkee" by Sofi Tukker
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin by Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean-Michael Jarre
Epoch by Tycho
Barbara, Barbara, We Face a Shining Future by Underworld
Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII by Louie Vega
Best Rap Performance
No Problem by Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Panda by Desiigner
Pop Style by Drake featuring The Throne
All the Way Up by Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared
That Part by ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Freedom by Beyonce featuring Kendrick Lamar
Hotline Bling by Drake
Broccoli by D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam by Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
Famous by Kanye West featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song
All the Way Up by Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)
Famous by Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)
Hotline Bling by Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
No Problem by Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Ultralight Beam by Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk
Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody by De La Soul
Major Key by DJ Khaled
Views by Drake
Blank Face LP by ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo by Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
Love Can Go to Hell by Brandy Clark
Vice by Miranda Lambert
My Church by Maren Morris
Church Bells by Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain't Your Color by Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Different for Girls by Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
21 Summer by Brothers Osborne
Setting the World on Fire by Kenny Chesney & P!nk
Jolene by Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
Think of You by Chris Young with Caddadee Pop
Best Country Song
Blue Ain't Your Color by Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
Die a Happy Man by Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
Humble and Kind by Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
My Church by busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
Vice by Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album
Big Day in a Small Town by Brandy Clark
Full Circle by Loretta Lynn
Hero by Maren Morris
A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord by Keith Urban
Best Rock Performance
Joe (Live from Austin City Limits) by Alabama Shakes
Don't Hurt Yourself by Beyonce featuring Jack White
Blackstar by David Bowie
The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan) by Disturbed
Heathens by Twenty One Pilots
Best Metal Performance
Shock Me by Baroness
Silvera by Gojira
Rotting in Vain by Korn
Dystopia by Megadeth
The Price is Wrong by Periphery
Best Rock Song
Blackstar by David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
Burn the Witch by Radiohead songwriters (Radiohead)
Hardwired by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
Heathens by Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
My Name is Human by Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Best Rock Album
California by Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty by Cage the Elephant
Magma by Gojira
Death of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco
Weezer by Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album
22, A Million by Bon Iver
Blackstar by David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project by PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression by Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
Best R&B Performance
Turnin' Me Up by BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission by Ro James
I Do by Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me by Rihanna
Cranes in the Sky by Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance
The Three of Me by William Bell
Woman's World by BJ The Chicago Kid
Sleeping with the One I Love by Fantasia
Angel by Lalah Hathaway
Can't Wait by Jill Scott
Best R&B Song
Come See Me by J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)
Exchange by Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better by Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
Lake by the Ocean by Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Luv by Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade by Beyonce
Ology by Gallant
We Are King by King
Malibu by Anderson .Paak
Anti by Rihanna
Best R&B Album
In My Mind by BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live by Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits by Terrace Martin
Healing Season by Mint Condition
Smoove Jones by Mya
Best Music Video
Formation by Beyonce
River by Leon Bridges
Up & Up by Coldplay
Gosh by Jamie XX
Upside Down & Inside Out by OK Go
Best Music Film
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Steve Aoki; Justin Krook, video director; Brent Almond, Matt Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Happy Walters & Matthew Weaver, video producers
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week The Touring Years by (The Beatles); Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
Lemonade by Beyonce; Beyoncé Knowles Carter & Kahlil Joseph, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles Carter, video producer
The Music of Strangers by Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, Morgan Neville, video director; Caitrin Rogers, video producer
American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Old Opry by (Various Artists); George J. Flanigen IV, video director; John Burke & Lindsey Clark, video producers
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Amy by Various Artists
Miles Ahead by Miles Davis & Various Artists
Straight Outta Compton by Various Artists
Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) by Various Artists
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1 by Various Artists
Best Score/Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridge of Spies by Thimas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight by Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant by Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams, Composer
Stranger Things Volume 1 by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2 by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Can't Stop the Feeling! by Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Heathens by Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
Just Like Fire by Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk)
Purple Lamborghini by Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
Try Everything by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira)
The Veil by Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel)
Best Spoken Word Album
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
M Train by Patti Smith
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk (Joe Doe with Tom DeSavia) by Tom DeSavia, John Doe, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello
Best Comedy Album
..America...Great... by David Cross
Maerican Myth by Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted by Tig Notaro
Live at the Apollo by Amy Schumer
Talking Over Clapping by Patton Oswalt
Best Musical Theater Album
Bright Star by Carmen Cusack, principal soloist; Jay Alix, Peter Asher & Una Jackman, producers; Steve Martin, composer; Edie Brickell, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
The Color Purple by Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)
Fiddler on the Roof by Danny Burstein, principal soloist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Jerry Bock, composer; Sheldon Harnick, lyricist) (2016 Broadway Cast)
Kinky Boots by Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers (Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist) (Original West End Cast)
Waitress by Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
