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The 2018 Grammy Award nominations have been announced, with rap dominating the year in music.
Jay Z is up for eight awards, including Album of the Year for 4:44, with Kendrick Lamar following with seven nominations.
Pop/R&B artist Bruno Mars trailed Jay Z and Kendrick with six nods.
The Album of the Year category is dominated by rappers and men, with Lorde the only female nominee for her 2017 album Melodrama.
There were several surprising snubs this year. Despite releasing albums that generated a tonne of buzz, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry failed to land a single nomination. Lady Gaga received just two nominations for Joanne, neither in major categories.
Taylor Swift’s Reputation didn’t receive any nominations, but that’s because it was released after the September 30 2017 cut off. She did however get a nod for Best Country Song, a songwriter’s award, for Better Man by Little Big Town. Don’t Wanna Live Forever, which she co-wrote with Jack Antonoff and Sam Dew, was nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media.
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on January 28 in New York City.
See the top categories below and the full list here.
Album of the year:
- “Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
- “4:44” — Jay-Z
- “Damn.” — Kendrick Lamar
- “Melodrama” — Lorde
- “24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
Record of the year:
- “Redbone” — Childish Gambino
- “Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
- “The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
- “Humble.” — Kendrick Lamar
- ”24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
Song of the year
- “Despacito” — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
- “4:44” — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
- “Issues” — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
- “1-800-273-8255” — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
- “That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
New artist
- Alessia Cara
- Khalid
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Julia Michaels
- SZA
Pop solo performance
- “Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
- “Praying” — Kesha
- “Million Reasons”
- “What About Us” — P!nk
- “Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran
Pop duo/group performance
- “Something Just Like This” — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
- “Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
- “Thunder” — Imagine Dragons
- “Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man
- “Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara
Traditional pop vocal album
- “Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version)” — Michael Bublé
- “Triplicate” — Bob Dylan
- “In Full Swing” — Seth MacFarlane
- “Wonderland” — Sarah McLachlan
- “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90” — (Various Artists)
Pop vocal album
- “Kaleidoscope EP” — Coldplay
- “Lust for Life” — Lana Del Rey
- “Evolve” — Imagine Dragons
- “Rainbow” — Kesha
- “Joanne” — Lady Gaga
- “÷ (Divide)” — Ed Sheeran
