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The GRAMMYs Nominations are IN!!

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We were waiting for them and here they are!

All throughout the day, the Recording Academy announced the lucky nominees for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards!

Sam Smith and Beyonce lead the pack with 5 nominations each, close followed by Iggy Azalea, Usher, Sia, Eric Church, Gordon Goodwin, Jack White and Miranda Lambert, who each scored 4 nominations!

Check out what categories they were nominated in below, and head to GRAMMY.com to see the nominees in all 83 Categories!

GENERAL

RECORD OF THE YEAR

  • “Fancy” – Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
  • “Chandelier” – Sia
  • “Stay With Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • “Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
  • “All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor

SONG OF THE YEAR

  • “Take Me To Church” – Hozier
  • “Chandelier” – Sia
  • “Stay With Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • “Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
  • “All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor

BEST NEW ARTIST

  • Iggy Azalea
  • Bastille
  • Brandy Clark
  • HAIM
  • Sam Smith

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

  • “We Exist” – Arcade Fire
  • “Turn Down For What” – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
  • “Chandelier” – Sia
  • “Happy” – Pharrell Williams
  • “The Golden Age” – Woodkid ft. Max Richter

POP

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

  • Ghost Stories – Coldplay
  • Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
  • My Everything – Ariana Grande
  • Prism – Katy Perry
  • x – Ed Sheeran
  • In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • “All Of Me (Live)” – John Legend
  • “Chandelier” – Sia
  • “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
  • “Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
  • “Happy (Live)” – Pharrell Williams

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

  • “Fancy” – Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
  • “A Sky Full Of Stars” – Coldplay
  • “Say Something” – A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
  • “Bang Bang” – Jessie J ft. Nicki Minaj & Ariana Grande
  • “Dark Horse” – Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

ROCK

BEST ROCK SONG

  • “Ain’t It Fun” – Paramore (Hayley Williams & Taylor York)
  • “Blue Moon” – Beck (Beck Hansen)
  • “Fever” – The Black Keys (Dan Auerback, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney)
  • “Give Me Something Good” – Ryan Adams (Ryan Adams)
  • “Lazaretto” – Jack White (Jack White III)

BEST ROCK ALBUM

  • Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
  • Morning Phase – Beck
  • Turn Blue – The Black Keys
  • Magnetic Eye – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
  • Songs of Innocence – U2

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

  • “Lazaretto” – Jack White
  • “Blue Moon” – Beck
  • “Fever” – The Black Keys
  • “Give Me Something Good” – Ryan Adams
  • “Do I Wanna Know?” – Artic Monkeys

COUNTRY

BEST COUNTRY SONG

  • “Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church (Eric Church & Luke Laird)
  • “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond)
  • “Automatic” – Miranda Lambert (Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert)
  • “American Kids” – Kenny Chesney (Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally)
  • “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill (Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

  • Riser – Dierks Bentley
  • The Outsiders – Eric Chruch
  • 12 Stories – Brandy Clark
  • Platinum – Miranda Lambert
  • The Way I’m Livin’ – Lee Ann Womack

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • “Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church
  • “Invisible” – Hunter Hayes
  • “Automatic” – Miranda Lambert
  • “Something In The Water” – Carrie Underwood
  • “Cop Car” – Keith Urban

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

  • “Gentle On My Mind” – The Band Perry
  • “Somethin’ Bad” – Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood
  • “Day Drinking” – Little Big Town
  • “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill
  • “Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban ft. Eric Church

R&B/URBAN

BEST R&B SONG

  • “Drunk In Love” – Beyoncé ft. Jay Z (Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko)
  • “New Flame” – Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross (Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice “”Verse”” Simmonds & Keith Thomas)
  • “Options (Wolfjames Version)” – Luke James ft. Rick Ross (Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica “”Kahn-Cept”” Smith)
  • “The Worst” – Jhené Aiko (Jhené Aiko Chilombo)
  • “Good Kisser” – Usher (Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel)

BEST R&B ALBUM

  • Islander – Bernhoft
  • Lift Your Spirit – Aloe Blacc
  • Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface
  • Black Radio 2 – Robert Glasper Experiment
  • Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

  • “Drunk In Love” – Beyoncé ft. Jay Z
  • “New Flame” – Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross
  • “It’s Your World” – Jennifer Hudson ft. R. Kelly
  • “Like This” – Ledisi
  • “Good Kisser” – Usher

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

  • “As” – Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
  • “I.R.S.” – Angie Fisher
  • “Jesus Children” – Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
  • “Nobody” – Kem
  • “Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)” – Antonique Smith

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

  • Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
  • Beyoncé – Beyoncé
  • X – Chris Brown
  • Mali Is… – Mali Music
  • Girl – Pharrell Williams

RAP

BEST RAP SONG

  • “Anaconda” – Nicki Minaj (Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett)
  • “Bound 2” – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson (Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young)
  • “I” – Common
  • “0 To 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake (A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib)
  • “We Dem Boyz” – Wiz Khalifa (N. Fisher & C. Thomaz)

BEST RAP ALBUM

  • The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
  • Because the Internet – Childish Gambino
  • Nobody’s Smiling – Common
  • The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem
  • Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa
  • Oxymoron – ScHoolboy Q

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

  • “3005” – Childish Gambino
  • “0 to 100/The Catch Up” – Drake
  • “Rap God” – Eminem
  • “I” – Kendrick Lamar
  • “All I Need Is You” – Lacrae

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

  • “Blak Majik” – Common ft. Jhené Aiko
  • “The Monster” – Eminem ft. Rihanna
  • “Tuesday” – I Love Makonnen ft. Drake
  • “Studio” – Schoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid
  • “Bound 2” -Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

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