By Alisha Dixon
Grammy Award nominations were announced today for the February 12 ceremony to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé, along with Adele, lead the pack with 9 nominations including ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year.’
Below are the nominees:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
– Adele, “25”
– Beyonce, “Lemonade”
– Justin Bieber, “Purpose”
– Drake, “Views”
– Sturgill Simpson, “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth”
RECORD OF THE YEAR (for best overall song):
– Adele, “Hello”
– Beyonce, “Formation”
– Lukas Graham, “7 Years”
– Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work”
– Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out”
SONG OF THE YEAR (for songwriting):
– Adele, “Hello.” Songwriters Adele and Greg Kurstin.
– Beyonce, “Formation.” Songwriters Beyonce along with Khalif Brown of rap duo Rae Sremmurd, Asheton Hogan and Mike Will Made It.
– Mike Posner, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza.” No additional songwriters.
– Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself.” Songwriters Bieber along with English star Ed Sheeran and producer Benny Blanco.
– Lukas Graham, “7 Years.” Songwriters are band frontman Lukas Forchhammer and keyboardist Morten Ristorp along with producer Stefan Forrest and composer Morten Pilegaard.
BEST NEW ARTIST:
– Kelsea Ballerini
– The Chainsmokers
– Chance the Rapper
– Maren Morris
– Anderson .Paak
BEST RAP ALBUM:
– Chance the Rapper, “Coloring Book”
– De La Soul, “And the Anonymous Nobody”
– DJ Khaled, “Major Key”
– Drake, “Views”
– ScHoolboy Q, “Blank Face LP”
– Kanye West, “The Life of Pablo”
BEST ROCK ALBUM
– Blink-182, “California”
– Cage the Elephant, “Tell Me I’m Pretty”
– Gojira, “Magma”
– Panic! At The Disco, “Death of a Bachelor”
– Weezer, “Weezer”
BEST ALTERNATIVE ROCK ALBUM:
– Bon Iver, “22, A Million”
– David Bowie, “Blackstar”
– PJ Harvey, “The Hope Six Demolition Project”
– Iggy Pop, “Post Pop Depression”
– Radiohead, “A Moon Shaped Pool”
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM:
– Flume, “Skin”
– Jean-Michel Jarre, “Electronica 1: The Time Machine”
– Tycho, “Epoch”
– Underworld, “Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future”
– Louie Vega, “Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII
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