From Billie Eilish & Ariana Grande To Beyoncé: The 2020 Grammy Nominations
The nominations are in for the 2020 Grammys, and there are some expected faces and a couple surprises in the mix. Every year, it’s a tight race to see who gets a nod during the biggest night in music. And this has been no exception. That really shows with a passing glance at the night’s Big Four awards (Best New Artist, Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year and Album Of The Year). Breakout stars Lizzo and Billie Eilish landed nominations in all four of the above-listed categories. Other notable entries include Rosalía and Lil Nas X in Best New Artist.
Meanwhile Lana Del Rey was recognized in both Song and Album Of The Year. Others in Song Of The Year include Lady Gaga’s “Always Remember Us This Way,” Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” and Taylor Swift’s “Lover.” Speaking of Taylor, the Grammy darling is shockingly missing from some of the other big categories. The same could be said for Gaga. I expected the soundtrack for A Star Is Born to pick up a nod in Album Of The Year, however it was relegated to Best Compilation For Visual Media.
Other notable entries in Album of The Year include Ariana Grande, Lil Nas X and H.E.R.. Another particularly stacked category this year is Best Pop Solo Performance. That one is a who’s who of some of the industry’s most recognizable female voices. Who made the cut? Beyoncé with her The Lion King original “Spirit,” Billie with “Bad Guy,” Ari with “7 rings,” Lizzo with “Truth Hurts” and Taylor with “You Need To Calm Down.” Of course, no year is complete without some snubs. Keep an eye peeled for an article of those later today (UPDATE: It’s HERE).
Who will take home a trophy during the 2020 Grammys? We’ll find out January 26, 2020. In the meantime scroll through a selection of nominations below. You can see the rest here.
Best New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank And The Bangas
Yola
Song Of The Year
“Always Remember Us This Way” – Lady Gaga
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
“Bring My Flowers Now” – Tanya Tucker
“Hard Place” – H.E.R.
“Lover” – Taylor Swift
“Norman Fucking Rockwell” – Lana Del Rey
“Someone You Loved” – Lewis Capaldi
“Truth Hurts” – Lizzo
Record Of The Year
“Hey, Ma” – Bon Iver
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” – Ariana Grande
“Hard Place” – H.E.R.
“Talk” – Khalid
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts” – Lizzo
“Sunflower” – Post Malone & Swae Lee
Album Of The Year
I, I – Bon Iver
Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her – H.E.R.
7 – Lil Nas X
Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
Father Of The Bride – Vampire Weekend
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Spirit” – Beyoncé
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
“7 rings” – Ariana Grande
“Truth Hurts” – Lizzo
“You Need To Calm Down” – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Boyfriend” – Ariana Grande & Social House
“Sucker” – Jonas Brothers
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
“Sunflower” – Post Malone & Swae Lee
“Senorita” – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Si – Andrea Bocelli
Love – Michael Buble
Look Now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
A Legendary Christmas – John Legend
WALLS – Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Lion King: The Gift – Beyoncé
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
No.6 Collaborations Project – Ed Sheeran
Lover – Taylor Swift
Best Dance Recording
Linked – Bonobo
Got To Keep On – The Chemical Brothers
Piece Of Your Heart – Meduza feat. Boodboys
Underwater – RÜFÜS DU SOL
Midnight Hour – Skrillex & Boys Noize feat. Ty Dolla $ign
Best Dance/Electronic Album
LP5 – Apparat
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) – Flume
Solace – RÜFÜS DU SOL
Weather – Tycho
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Ancestral Recall – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Star People Nation – The Croker
Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! – Mark Guiliana
Elevate – Lettuce
Mettavolution – Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance
“Pretty Waste” – Bones UK
“This Land” – Gary Clark Jr.
“History Repeats” – Brittany Howard
“Woman” – Karen O & Danger Mouse
“Too Bad” – Rival Sons
Best Metal Performance
“Astorolus – The Great Octopus” – Candlemass Featuring Tony Iommi
“Humanicide” – Death Angel
“Bow Down” – I Prevail
“Unleashed” – Killswitch Engage
“7empest” – Tool
Best Rock Song
“Fear Inoculum” – Tool
“Give Yourself A Try” – The 1975
“Harmony Hall” – Vampire Weekend
“History Repeats” – Brittany Howard
“This Land” – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Rock Album
Amo – Bring Me The Horizon
Social Clues – Cage The Elephant
In The End – The Cranberries
Trauma – I Prevail
Feral Roots – Rival Sons
Best Alternative Music Album
U.F.O.F. – Big Thief
Assume Form – James Blake
I,I – Bon Iver
Father Of The Bride – Vampire Weekend
Anima – Thom Yorke
Best R&B Performance
“Love Again” – Daniel Caesar & Brandy
“Could Have Been” – H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller
“Exactly How I Feel” – Lizzo feat. Gucci Mane
“Roll Some Mo” – Lucky Daye
“Come Home” – Anderson .Paak feat. Andre 3000
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Time Today” – BJ The Chicago Kid
“Steady Love” – India.Arie
“Jerome” – Lizzo
“Real Games” – Lucky Daye
“Built For Love” – PJ Morton feat. Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Song
“Could’ve Been” – H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller
“Look At Me Now” – Emily King
“No Guidance” – Chris Brown feat. Drake
“Roll Some Mo” – Lucky Daye
“Say So” – PJ Morton feat. JoJo
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Apollo XXI – Steve Lacy
Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
Overload – Georgia Anne Muldrow
Saturn – NAO
Being Human In Public – Jessie Reyez
Best R&B Album
1123 – BJ The Chicago Kid
Painted – Lucky Daye
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
Paul – PJ Morton
Ventura – Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Performance
“Middle Child” – J. Cole
“Suge” – DaBaby
“Down Bad” – Dreamville feat. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy
“Racks In The Middle” – Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
“Clout” – Offset feat. Cardi B
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher” – DJ Khaled feat. Nispey Hussle & John Legend
“Drip Too Hard” – Lil Baby & Gunna
“Panini” – Lil Nas X
“Ballin” Mustard feat. Roddy Ricch
“The London” – Young Thug feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
“Bad Idea” – YBN Cordae feat. Chance The Rapper
“Gold Roses” – Rick Ross feat. Drake
“A Lot” – 21 Savage feat. J. Cole
“Racks In The Middle” – Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
“Suge” – DaBaby
Best Rap Album
Revenge Of The Dreamers III – Dreamville
Championships – Meek Mill
I Am > I Was – 21 Savage
Igor – Tyler The Creator
The Lost Boy – YBN Cordae
Best Country Solo Performance
“All Your’n” – Tyler Childers
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde
“Ride Me Back Home” – Willie Nelson
“God’s Country” – Blake Shelton
“Bring My Flowers Now” – Tanya Tucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Brad New Man” – Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs
“I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)” – Brothers Osborne
“Speechless” – Dan + Shay
“The Daughters” – Little Big Town
“Common” – Maren Morris feat. Brandi Carlile
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now” – Tanya Tucker
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde
“It All Comes Out In The Wash” – Miranda Lambert
“Some Of It” – Eric Church
“Speechless” – Dan + Shay
Best Country Album
Desperate Man – Eric Church
Stronger Than The Truth – Reba McEntire
Interstate Gospel – Pistol Annies
Center Point Road – Thomas Rhett
While I’m Livin’ – Tanya Tucker
Best New Age Album
Fair Dreams – David Arkenstone
Homage To Kindness – David Darling
Wings – Peter Kater
Verve – Sebastian Plano
Deva – Deva Premal
Best Improvised Solo Jazz
Elsewhere – Melissa Aldana, soloist
Dozinho – Randy Brecker, solist
Tomorrow Is The Question – Julian Lage, soloist
The Windup – Branford Marsalis, soloist
Sightseeing – Christian McBride, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Thirsty Ghost – Sara Gazarek
Love & Liberation – Jazzmeia Horn
Alone Together – Catherine Russel
12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding
Screenplay – The Tierney Sutton Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
In The Key Of The Universe – Joey DeFrancesco
The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul – Branford Marsalis Quartet
Christian McBride’s New Jawn
Christian McBride
Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau
Come What May – Joshua Redman Quartet
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Triple Helix – Anat Cohen Tentet
Dancer In Nowhere – Miho Hazama
Hiding Out – Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
One Day Wonder – Terraza Big And
Best Latin Jazz Album
Antitode – Chich Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Sorte!: Music By John Finbury – Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca
Una Noche Con Rubén Blades – Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades
Carib – David Sánchez
Sonero: The Music Of Ismael Rivera – Miguel Zenón
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory” – Kirk Franklin
“Talkin’ ‘Bout Jesus” – Gloria Gaynor feat. Yolanda Adams
“See The Light” – Travis Greene feat. Jekalyn Carr
“Speak The Name” – Koryn Hawthorne feat. Natalie Grant
“This Is A Move (LIVE)” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
“God Only Knows” – for KINGS & COUNTRY feat. Dolly Parton
“Haven’t Seen It Yet” – Danny Gokey
“God’s Not Done With You (Single Version)” – Tauren Wells
“Rescue Story” – Zach Williams
Best Gospel Album
Long Live Love – Kirk Franklin
Goshen – Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri -City Singers
Tunnel Vision – Gene Moore
Settle Here – William Murphy
Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album – CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
I Know A Ghost – Crowder
Burn The Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
Haven’t Seen It Yet – Danny Gokey
The Elements – TobyMac
Holy Roar – Chris Tomlin
Best Roots Gospel Album
Deeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows – Steven Curtis Chapman
Testimony – Gloria Gaynor
Deeper Oceans – Joseph Habedank
His Name Is Jesus – Tim Menzies
Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Various Artists
Best Latin Pop Album
Vida – Luis Fonsi
11:11 – Maluma
Montaner – Ricardo Montaner
#Eldisco – Alejandro Sanza
Fantasia – Sebastian Yatra
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
X 100PRE – Bad Bunny
Oasis – J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Indestructible – Flor De Toloache
Almadura – iLe
El Mal Querer – ROSALÍA
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
Caminando – Joss Favela
Perception – Intocable
Poco A Poco – La Energia Norteña
20 Aniversario – Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
De Ayer Para Siempre – Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
Opus – Marc Anthony
Tiempo Al Tiempo – Luis Enrique + C4 Trio
Candela – Vicent Garcia
Literal – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
A Journey Through Cuban Music – Aymée Nuviola
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Lion King: The Songs – Various Artists
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Various Artists
Rocketman – Taron Egerton
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Various Artists
A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Best Score For Visual Media
Avengers: Endgame – Alan Silvestri
Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Game Of Thrones – Ramin Djawadi
The Lion King – Hans Zimmer
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy” – Chris Stapleton
“Girl In The Movies” – Dolly Parton
“I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version)” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
“Spirit” – Beyonce
“Suspirium” – Thom Yorke
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
John Hill
Fineas
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recordings
“I Rise” (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix” – Madonna & Tracy Young
“Mother’s Daughter (Wuki Remix)” – Miley Cyrus & Wuki
“The One (High Contrast Remix)” – Jorja Smith & Lincoln Barrett
“Swim (Ford. Remix)” – Mild Minds & Luc Bradford
“Work It (Soulwax Remix)” – Marie Davidson & David Gerard C Dewaele & Stephen Antoine C Dewaele
Best Music Video
“We’ve Got To Try” – The Chemical Brothers
“This Land” – Gary Clark Jr.
“Cellophane” – FKA Twigs
“Old Town Road (Official Movie)” – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
“Glad He’s Gone” – Tove Lo
Best Music Film
HOMECOMING – Beyonce
Remember My Name – David Crosby
Birth Of The Cool – Miles Davis
Shangri-La – Various Artists
Anima – Thom Yorke
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