LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEES

 

 

 

 

 

The nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Friday night. The ceremony will be held on January 26th. Here’s the list of nominees:

Record of the Year

• “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

• “Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons

• “Royals” — Lorde

• “Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars

• “Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell

Album of the Year

• “The Blessed Unrest” — Sara Bareilles

• “Random Access Memories” — Daft Punk

• “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” — Kendrick Lamar

• “The Heist” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

• “Red” — Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

• “Just Give Me a Reason” – Pink, Jeff Bhasker and Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink featuring Nate Ruess)

• “Locked Out of Heaven” — Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

• “Roar” — Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)

• “Royals” — Ella Yelich O’Connor, Joel Little, songwriters (Lorde)

• “Same Love” — Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert and Curtis Mayfield, songwriters (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)

Best New Artist

• Kendrick Lamar

• Ed Sheeran

• James Blake

• Kacey Musgraves

• Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewis

Best Pop Solo Performance:

• “Brave” — Sara Bareilles

• “Royals” — Lorde

• “When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars

• “Roar” — Katy Perry

• “Mirrors” — Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Get Lucky” — Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams

• “Just Give Me a Reason” — Pink featuring Nate Ruess

• “Stay” — Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko

• “Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams

• “Suit & Tie” — Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z

Best Dance/Electronica Album

• Random Access Memories — Daft Punk

• Settle — Disclosure

• 18 Months — Calvin Harris

• Atmosphere — Kaskade

• A Color Map Of The Sun — Pretty Lights

Best Rock Performance

• “Always Alright” — Alabama Shakes

• “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” — David Bowie

• “Radioactive” — Imagine Dragons

• “Kashmir” (Live) — Led Zeppelin

• “My God Is The Sun” — Queens Of The Stone Age

• “I’m Shakin’” — Jack White

Best Rock Album

• 13 — Black Sabbath

• The Next Day — David Bowie

• Mechanical Bull — Kings Of Leon

• Celebration Day — Led Zeppelin

• …Like Clockwork — Queens Of The Stone Age

• Psychedelic Pill — Neil Young With Crazy Horse

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love — Neko Case

• Trouble Will Find Me — The National

• Hesitation Marks — Nine Inch Nails

• Lonerism — Tame Impala

• Modern Vampires Of The City — Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance

• “Love And War” — Tamar Braxton

• “Best Of Me” — Anthony Hamilton

• “Nakamarra” — Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip

• “How Many Drinks?” — Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar

• “Something” — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Love And War — Tamar Braxton

• Side Effects Of You — Fantasia

• One: In The Chamber — Salaam Remi

• Unapologetic — Rihanna

• New York: A Love Story — Mack Wilds

Best R&B Album

• R&B Divas — Faith Evans

• Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys

• Love In The Future — John Legend

• Better — Chrisette Michele

• Three Kings — TGT

Best Rap Performance

• “Started From The Bottom” — Drake

• “Berzerk” — Eminem

• “Tom Ford” — Jay Z

• “Swimming Pools (Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar

• “Thrift Shop” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• “Power Trip” — J.Cole Featuring Miguel

• “Part II” (On The Run) — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé

• “Holy Grail” — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake

• “Now Or Never” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige

• “Remember You” — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

Best Rap Album

• Nothing Was The Same — Drake

• Magna Carta…Holy Grail — Jay Z

• Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar

• The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

• Yeezus — Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance

• “I Drive Your Truck” — Lee Brice

• “I Want Crazy” — Hunter Hayes

• “Mama’s Broken Heart” — Miranda Lambert

• “Wagon Wheel” — Darius Rucker

• “Mine Would Be You” — Blake Shelton

Best Country Album

• “Night Train” — Jason Aldean

• “Two Lanes of Freedom” — Tim McGraw

• “Same Trailer Different Park” — Kacey Musgraves

• “Based on a True Story” — Blake Shelton

• “Red” — Taylor Swift

Best Music Video

• “Safe and Sound” — Capital Cities

• “Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film” — Jay Z

• “Can’t Hold Us” — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton

• “Suit & Tie” — Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z

• “I’m Shakin’” — Jack White

Best Metal Performance
• ‘T.N.T.,’ Anthrax
• ‘God Is Dead?,’ Black Sabbath
• ‘The Enemy Inside,’ Dream Theater
• ‘In Due Time,’ Killswitch Engage
• ‘Room 24,’ Volbeat featuring King Diamond

Best Rock Song
• ‘Ain’t Messin ‘Round,’ Gary Clark Jr.
• ‘Cut Me Some Slack, ‘ Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear
• ‘Doom and Gloom,’ Rolling Stones
• ‘God Is Dead?,’ Black Sabbath
• ‘Panic Station,’ Muse

Head over to the official Grammy Awards website for the COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES.