The nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards are officially in, and, as expected, Beyonce leads in number of nominations with a total of 9 this year. Drake, Rihanna, and Kanye are all nominated for 8 awards. You can catch the show, hosted by James Corden, live on CBS on February 12, at 8PM ET.
This year’s nominees are as follows:
Album of The Year:
25 — Adele Lemonade — Beyoncé Purpose — Justin Bieber Views — Drake A Sailor’s Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini The Chainsmokers Chance the Rapper Maren Morris Anderson .Paak
Song of The Year
“Formation” — Beyoncé “Hello” — Adele “I Took a Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner “Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber “7 Years” — Lukas Graham
Record of The Year:
“Hello” — Adele “Formation” — Beyoncé “7 Years” — Lukas Graham “Work” — Rihanna featuring Drake “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots
Best Music Video
“Formation” — Beyoncé “River” — Leon Bridges “Up & Up” — Coldplay “Gosh” — Jamie XX “Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go
Best Pop Vocal Album
25 — Adele Purpose — Justin Bieber Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande Confident — Demi Lovato This Is Acting — Sia
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Hello” — Adele “Hold Up” — Beyoncé “Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber “Piece by Piece” — Kelly Clarkson “Dangerous Woman” — Ariana Grande
Best Pop/Duo Group Performance
“Closer” — Chainsmokers ft. Halsey “7 Years” — Lukas Graham “Work” — Rihanna ft. Drake “Cheap Thrills” — Sia ft. Sean Paul “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots
Best Country Album
Big Day in a Small Town — Brandy Clark Full Circle — Loretta Lynn Hero — Maren Morris A Sailor’s Guide to Earth — Sturgill Simpson Ripcord — Keith Urban
Best Country Song
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban “Die a Happy Man” — Thomas Rhett “Humble and Kind” — Tim McGraw “My Church” — Maren Morris “Vice” — Miranda Lambert
Best Country Solo Performance
“Love Can Go To Hell” — Brandy Clark “Vice” — Miranda Lambert “My Church” — Maren Morris “Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood “Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Different For Girls” — Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King “21 Summer” — Brothers Osborne “Setting the World on Fire” — Kenny Chesney and P!nk “Jolene” — Pentatonix ft. Dolly Parton “Think Of You” — Chris Young with Cassadee Pope
Best Rock Song
“Blackstar” — David Bowie “Burn the Witch” — Radiohead “Hardwired” — Metallica “Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots “My Name Is Human” — Highly Suspect
Best Rock Album
California — Blink-182 Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage the Elephant Magma — Gojira Death of a Bachelor — Panic! at the Disco Weezer — Weezer
Best Rock Performance
“Joe” — Alabama Shakes “Don’t Hurt Yourself” — Beyoncé ft. Jack White “Blackstar” — David Bowie “The Sound Of Silence” — Disturbed “Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book — Chance the Rapper And the Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul Major Key — DJ Khaled Views — Drake Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q The Life of Pablo — Kanye West
Best Rap Song
“All the Way Up” — Fat Joe and Remy Ma ft. French Montana and Infared “Famous” — Kanye West feat. Rihanna “Hotline Bling” — Drake “No Problem” — Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz “Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, and the-Dream
Best Rap Performance
“No Problem” — Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz “Panda” — Desiigner “Pop Style” — Drake feat. the Throne “All the Way Up” — Fat Joe and Remy Ma feat. French Montana and Infared “That Part” — ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Freedom” — Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar “Hotline Bling” — Drake “Broccoli” — D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty “Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin and the-Dream
Best R&B Album
In My Mind — BJ the Chicago Kid Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway Velvet Portraits — Terrace Martin Healing Season — Mint Condition Smoove Jones — Mya
Best R&B Song
“Come See Me” — PartyNextDoor feat. Drake “Exchange” — Bryson Tiller “Kiss It Better” — Rihanna “Lake by the Ocean” — Maxwell “Luv” — Tory Lanez
Best R&B Performance
“Turnin’ Me Up” — BJ the Chicago Kid “Permission” — Ro James “I Do” — Musiq Soulchild “Needed Me” — Rihanna “Cranes in the Sky” — Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“The Three Of Me” — William Bell “Woman’s World” — BJ the Chicago Kid “Sleeping With the One I Love” — Fantasia “Angel” — Lalah Hathaway “Can’t Wait” — Jill Scott
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin — Flume Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre Epoch — Tycho Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future — Underworld Louie Vega Starring … XXVIII — Louie Vega
Best Dance Recording
“Tearing Me Up” — Bob Moses “Don’t Let Me Down” — the Chainsmokers ft. Daya “Never Be Like You” — Flume feat. Kai “Rinse & Repeat” — Riton feat. Kah-Lo “Drinkee” — Sofi Tukker
Best Alternative Music Album
22, A Million — Bon Iver Blackstar — David Bowie The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade — Beyoncé Ology — Gallant We Are King — KING Malibu — Anderson .Paak Anti — Rihanna
Best Music Film
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead — Steve Aoki The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years — the Beatles Lemonade — Beyoncé The Music Of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Best Musical Theater Album
Bright Star, Original Broadway Cast The Color Purple, Original Broadway Cast Fiddler on the Roof, Original Broadway Cast Kinky Boots, Original Broadway Cast Waitress, Original Broadway Cast
Best Latin Pop Album
Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy Ilusión — Gaby Moreno Similares — Laura Pausini Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo Buena Vida — Diego Torres
Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album
ilevitable — ile L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad O Nosotros) — Illya Kuryaki and the Valderamas Buenaventura — La Santa Cecilia Los Rakas — Los Rakas Amor Supremo — Carla Morrison
Best Regional Mexican Music Album
Raíces — Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga Hecho A Mano — Joss Favela Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) — Vicente Fernández Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006. — La Maquinaria Norteña Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album
Conexión — Fonseca La Fantasia Homenaje A Juan Formell — Formell Y Los Van Van 35 Aniversario — Grupo Niche La Sonora Santanera En Su 60 Aniversario — La Sonora Santanera Donde Están? — Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo
Best American Roots Album
“Alabama At Night” — Robbie Fulks “City Lights” — Jack White “Gulfstream” — Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars “Kid Sister” — the Time Jumpers “Wreck You” — Lori McKenna
Best American Roots Performance
“Ain’t No Man” — the Avett Brothers “Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time” — Blind Boys of Alabama “Factory Girl” — Rhiannon Giddens “House Of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz “Wreck You” — Lori McKenna
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Broken Promised Land — Barry Jean Ancelet and Sam Broussard It’s a Cree Thing — Northern Cree E Walea — Kalani Pe’a Gulfstream — Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country — Various Artists
Best Roots Gospel Album
Better Together — Gaither Vocal Band Nature’s Symphony in 432 — the Isaacs Hymns — Joey+Rory Hymns and Songs of Inspiration — Gordon Mote
Best Gospel Album
Listen — Tim Bowman Jr. Fill This House — Shirley Caesar A Worshipper’s Heart — Todd Dulaney Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin Demonstrate — William Murphy
Best Gospel Performance
“It’s Alright, It’s Ok” — Shirley Caesar feat. Anthony Hamilton “You’re Bigger” — Jekalyn Carr “Made a Way” — Travis Greene “God Provides” — Tamela Mann “Better” — Hezekiah Walker
Best Contemporary Christian Album
Poets & Saints — All Sons & Daughters American Prodigal — Crowder Be One — Natalie Grant Youth Revival [Live] — Hillsong Young & Free Love Remains — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance
“Trust In You” — Lauren Daigle “Priceless” — For King & Country “King Of the World” — Natalie Grant “Thy Will” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family “Chain Breaker” — Zach Williams
Best Americana Album
True Sadness — the Avett Brothers This Is Where I Live — William Bell The Cedar Creek Sessions — Kris Kristofferson The Bird & The Rifle — Lori McKenna Kid Sister — The Time Jumpers
Best Bluegrass Album
Original Traditional — Blue Highway Burden Bearer — Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver The Hazel and Alice Sessions — Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands North by South — Claire Lynch Coming Home — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Best Blues Album
Can’t Shake This Feeling — Lurrie Bell Live At The Greek Theatre — Joe Bonamassa Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook: Volumes I & II) — Luther Dickinson The Soul Of Jimmie Rodgers — Vasti Jackson Porcupine Meat — Bobby Rush
Best Folk Album
Silver Skies Blue — Judy Collins and Ari Hest Upland Stories — Robbie Fulks Factory Girl — Rhiannon Giddens Weighted Mind — Sierra Hull Undercurrent — Sarah Jarosz
Best Instrumental Composition
“Bridge Of Spies (End Title)” — Thomas Newman “The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band)” — Tim Davies Big Band “Flow” — Alan Ferber Nonet “L’Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale” — Ennio Morricone “Spoken at Midnight” — Ted Nash Big Band
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Monteverdi — Magdalena Kožená Mozart: The Weber Sisters — Sabine Devieilhe Schumann & Berg — Dorothea Röschmann Shakespeare Songs — Ian Bostridge Verismo — Anna Netrebko
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology” — Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra “Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway” — Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Nashville Symphony “Higdon: Cold Mountain” — Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn, and the Santa Fe Opera “Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto” — Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky, and Northwest Sinfonia “Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky” — Martin West and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 — Leila Josefowicz Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway — Zuill Bailey Dvořák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy — Christian Tetzlaff Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 — Kristian Bezuidenhout 1930’s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 — Gil Shaham
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Amy Miles Ahead Straight Outta Compton Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition) Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridge Of Spies Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Stranger Things Volume 1 Stranger Things Volume 2
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — Justin Timberlake “Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots “Just Like Fire” — P!nk “Purple Lamborghini” — Skrillex and Rick Ross “Try Everything” — Shakira “The Veil” — Peter Gabriel
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Fitelberg: Chamber Works — ARC Ensemble Reflections — Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg, and Trondheimsolistene Serious Business — Spektral Quartet Steve Reich — Third Coast Percussion Trios From Our Homelands — Lincoln Trio
Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus Handel: Giulio Cesare — Il Giardino Armonico Higdon: Cold Mountain — The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro — Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt Szymanowski: Król Roger — Orchestra Of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus
Best Choral Performance
Himmelrand — Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble Janáček: Glagolitic Mass — Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor Lloyd: Bonhoeffer — Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; the Crossing Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 — Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Steinberg: Passion Week — the Clarion Choir
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cinema — Andrea Bocelli Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan Stages Live — Josh Groban Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway — Barbra Streisand
Best Metal Performance
Shock Me — Baroness Silvera — Gojira Rotting in Vain — Korn Dystopia — Megadeth The Price Is Wrong — Periphery
Best Arrangement
“Ask Me Now” — John Beasley “Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas” — the Count Basie Orchestra “Linus & Lucy” — the Phil Norman Tentet “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” — John Daversa “We Three Kings” — Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “You and I” — Jacob Collier
Producer of the Year (Nonclassical)
Benny Blanco Greg Kurstin Max Martin Nineteen85 Ricky Reed
Producer of the Year (Classical)
Blanton Alspaugh David Frost Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin Judith Sherman Robina G. Young
Best Comedy Album
… America … Great … — David Cross American Myth — Margaret Cho Boyish Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro Live at the Apollo — Amy Schumer Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt
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