Key Nominees for the Grammy Awards

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Beyonce leads all nominees with 11 on the strength of her groundbreaking country album “Cowboy Carter”:

 

– Album of the Year –

 

“New Blue Sun” – Andre 3000

“Cowboy Carter” – Beyonce

“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Brat” – Charli XCX

“Djesse Vol. 4” – Jacob Collier

“Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish

“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan

“The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift

 

– Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song –

 

“Now and Then” – The Beatles

“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyonce

“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

“360” – Charli XCX

“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar

“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan

“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift, featuring Post Malone

 

– Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting –

 

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Shaboozey, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

“Die with a Smile” – Dernst ‘D’Mile’ Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)

“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Post Malone & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)

“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

“Please Please Please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Brian Bates, Beyonce, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bulow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyonce)

 

– Best New Artist –

 

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

Raye

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

 

– Best Pop Solo Performance –

 

“Bodyguard” – Beyonce

“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Apple” – Charli XCX

“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish

“Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan

 

– Best Pop Vocal Album –

 

“Short n’ Sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Hit Me Hard and Soft” – Billie Eilish

“Eternal Sunshine” – Ariana Grande

“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” – Chappell Roan

“The Tortured Poets Department” – Taylor Swift

 

– Best Music Video –

 

“Tailor Swif” – A$AP Rocky

“360” – Charli XCX

“Houdini” – Eminem

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar

“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

 

– Best Rap Album –

 

“Might Delete Later” – J. Cole

“The Auditorium, Vol. 1” – Common and Pete Rock

“Alligator Bites Never Heal” – Doechii

“The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) – Eminem

“We Don’t Trust You” – Future and Metro Boomin

 

– Best Rock Album –

 

“Happiness Bastards” – The Black Crowes

“Romance” – Fontaines DC

“Saviors” – Green Day

“Tangk” – Idles

“Dark Matter” – Pearl Jam

“Hackney Diamonds” – The Rolling Stones

“No Name” – Jack White

 

– Best Country Album –

 

“Cowboy Carter” – Beyonce

“F-1 Trillion” – Post Malone

“Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves

“Higher” – Chris Stapleton

“Whirlwind” – Lainey Wilson

 

– Best Country Solo Performance –

 

“16 Carriages” – Beyonce

“I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll

“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey

“It Takes a Woman” – Chris Stapleton

 

– Best Global Music Album –

 

“Alkebulan II” – Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

“Paisajes” – Ciro Hurtado

“Heis” – Rema

“Historias de un Flamenco” – Antonio Rey

“Born in the Wild” – Tems

 

– Artists with Most Nominations –

 

Beyonce (11)

Charli XCX (8)

Post Malone (8)

Billie Eilish (7)

Kendrick Lamar (7)

Sabrina Carpenter (6)

Chappell Roan (6)

Taylor Swift (6)