Grammy nominations full list: Kendrick Lamar leads way with eight nods for Black Panther soundtrack
Childish Gambino, Drake, Cardi B and Lady Gaga are all nominated for awards
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Your support makes all the difference.This year’s Grammy award nominees have been announced, with Kendrick Lamar claiming eight nods for his work on the Black Panther soundtrack, more than any other artist.
Drake earned seven nominations, while producer Boi-1Da and folk singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile are up for six awards each.
See the full list of nominees below.
Album of the Year
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Brandie Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive You
Drake – Scorpion
Various Artists – Black Panther: The Album
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Record of the Year
Cardi B – I Like It
Brandi Carlile – The Joke
Childish Gambino – This Is America
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Drake – God’s Plan
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars
Post Malone & 21 Savage – Rockstar
Zedd & Maren Morris – The Middle
Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars
Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
Drake – God’s Plan
Shawn Mendes – In My Blood
Brandy Carlile – The Joke
Zedd & Maren Morris – The Middle
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Childish Gambino – This Is America
Best New Artist
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance
Beck – Colors
Camila Cabello – Havana (Live)
Ariana Grande – God Is a Woman
Lady Gaga – Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)
Post Malone – Better Now
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato – Fall In Line
Backstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Maroon 5 and Cardi B – Girls Like You
Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton – Say Something
Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey – The Middle
Best Pop Vocal Album
Camila Cabello – Camila
Kelly Clarkson – Meaning of Life
Ariana Grande – Sweetener
Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
Pink – Beautiful Trauma
Taylor Swift – Reputation
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall – Love Is Here to Stay
Willie Nelson – My Way
Gregory Porter – Nat “King” Cole & Me
Seal – Standards (Deluxe)
Barbra Streisand – The Music... The Mem’ries... The Magic!
Rap
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Be Careful
Drake – Nice for What
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake – King’s Dead
Anderson .Paak – Bubblin
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee – Sicko Mode
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Christina Aguilera ft. Goldlink – Like I Do
6LACK ft. J. Cole – Pretty Little Fears
Childish Gambino – This Is America
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – Rockstar
Best Rap Song
Drake – God’s Plan
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake – King’s Dead
Eminem – Lucky You
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee – Sicko Mode
Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – Win
Best Rap Album
Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
Mac Miller – Swimming
Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap
Pusha-T – Daytona
Travis Scott – Astroworld
Dance
Best Dance Recording
Northern Soul – Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
Ultimatum – Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
Losing It – Fisher
Electricity – Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
Ghost Voices – Virtual Self
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Singularity – Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide – Justice
Treehouse – Sofi Tukker
Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides – SOPHIE
Lune Rouge – TOKiMONSTA
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Emancipation Procrastination – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Steve Gadd Band – Steve Gadd Band
Modern Lore – Julian Lage
Laid Black – Marcus Miller
Protocol 4 – Simon Phillips
Rock
Best Rock Performance
Four Out Of Five – Arctic Monkeys
When Bad Does Good – Chris Cornell
Made An America – THE FEVER 333
Highway Tune – Greta Van Fleet
Halestorm – Uncomfortable
Best Metal Performance
Condemned To The Gallows – Between The Buried And Me
Honeycomb – Deafheaven
Electric Messiah – High On Fire
Betrayer – Trivium
On My Teeth – Underoath
Best Rock Song
Black Smoke Rising – Greta Van Fleet
Jumpsuit – Twenty One Pilots
MANTRA – Bring Me The Horizon
Masseduction – St Vincent
Rats – Ghost
Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog – Alice In Chains
M A N I A – Fall Out Boy
Prequelle – Ghost
From The Fires – Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream – Weezer
Best Alternative Rock Album
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino – Arctic Monkeys
Colors – Beck
Utopia – Björk
American Utopia – David Byrne
Masseduction – St Vincent
Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Call Me By Your Name – (Various Artists)
Deadpool 2 – (Various Artists)
The Greatest Showman – (Various Artists)
Lady Bird – (Various Artists)
Stranger Things – (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Black Panther
Blade Runner 2049
Coco
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Song Written for Visual Media
All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (Black Panther)
Mystery Of Love – Sufjan Stevens (Call Me By Your Name)
Remember Me – Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade (Coco)
Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
This Is Me – Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble (The Greatest Showman)
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