Nominees List In Top Categories For 2018 Grammy Awards Finally Released

List Of Nominees In Top Categories For 2018 Grammy Awards

The list of nominees in the top categories for the 2018 Grammy Awards has been finally announced by the Recording Academy.

On January 28, 2017, the 60^th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. The awarding will be also broadcast live by the CBS network.

The ceremony will acknowledge the best compositions, recording, and artists of the year, which runs from October 01, 2016to September 30, 2017.

On Tuesday (November 18, 2017), the list of nominees for the 60^th Grammy awards has been released.

Here is the nominees’ list:

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 and 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”

Benjamin Levin, 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)

Best New Artist

• Alessia Cara
• Khalid
• Lil Uzi Vert
• Julia Michaels

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Love So Soft” – Kelly Clarkson
• “Praying” – Kesha
• “Million Reasons” – Lady Gaga
• “What About Us” – Pink
• “Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Something Just like This” – The Chainsmokersand Coldplay
• “Despacito” – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• “Thunder” – Imagine Dragons
• “Feel It Still” –  The Man
• “Stay” – Zedd and Alessia Cara

Best 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– Dae Bennett, producer (various artists)

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Kaleidoscope EP– Coldplay
• Lust for Life– Lana Del Rey
• Evolve– Imagine Dragons
• Rainbow– Kesha
• Joanne– Lady Gaga
• ÷– Ed Sheeran

Dance/Electronic Music

Best Dance Recording

• “Bambro Koyo Ganda” – Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa
• “Cola” – Camelphat and Elder brook
• “Andromeda” – Gorillaz featuring DRAM
• “Tonite” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Line of Sight” – Odesza featuring WYNNE and Mansionair

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Migration– Bonobo
• 3-D The Catalogue– Kraftwerk
• Mura Masa– Mura Masa
• A Moment Apart– Odesza
• What Now– Sylvan Esso

Contemporary Instrumental Music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• What If– The Jerry Douglas Band
• Spirit– Alex Han
• Mount Royal– Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
• Prototype– Jeff Lorber Fusion
• Bad Hombre– Antonio Sanchez

Rock

Best Rock Performance

• “You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen
• “The Promise” – Chris Cornell
• “Run” – Foo Fighters
• “No Good” – Kaleo
• “Go to War” – Nothing More

Best Metal Performance

• “Sultan’s Curse” – Mastodon
• “Invisible Enemy” – August Burns Red
• “Black Hoodie” – Body Count
• “Forever” – Code Orange
• “Clockworks” – Meshuggah

Best Rock Song

• “Atlas, Rise!” – Metallica
  • James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
• “Blood in the Cut” – Flay
  • Kristine Flaherty and Justin Daly
• “Go to War” – Nothing More
• “Run” – Foo Fighters
  • Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett
• “The Stage” – Avenged Sevenfold

Best Rock Album

• Emperor of Sand– Mastodon
• .. to Self-Destruct– Metallica
• The Stories We Tell Ourselves– Nothing More
• Villains– Queens of the Stone Age
• A Deeper Understanding– The War on Drugs

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Everything Now– Arcade Fire
• Humanz– Gorillaz
• American Dream– LCD Soundsystem
• Pure Comedy– Father John Misty
• Sleep Well Beast– The National

R&B

Best R&B Performance

• “Get You” – Daniel Caesarfeaturing Kali Uchis
• “Distraction” – Kehlani
• “High” – Ledisi
• “That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars
• “The Weekend” – SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• “Laugh and Move On” – The Baylor Project
• “Redbone” – Childish Gambino
• “What I’m Feelin'” – Anthony Hamiltonfeaturing The Hamiltones
• “All the Way” – Ledisi
• “Still” – Mali Music

Best R&B Song

• “First Began”
  • PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
• “Location”
  • Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)
• “Redbone”
  • Donald Glover& Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
• “Supermodel”
  • Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe& Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)
• “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)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

• Free 6lack- 6lack
• “Awaken, My Love!”- Childish Gambino
• American Teen- Khalid
• Ctrl- SZA
• Starboy- The Weeknd

Best R&B Album

• Freudian– Daniel Caesar
• Let Love Rule– Ledisi
• 24K Magic– Bruno Mars
• Gumbo– PJ Morton
• Feel the Real– Musiq Soulchild

Rap

Best Rap Performance

• “Bounce Back” – Big Sean
• “Bodak Yellow” – Cardi B
• “4:44” – Jay-Z
• “Humble” – Kendrick Lamar
• “Bad and Boujee” – Migosfeaturing Lil Uzi Vert

Best Rap/Sung Performance

• “Prblms” – 6lack
• “Crew” – GoldLinkfeaturing Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy
• “Family Feud” – Jay-Zfeaturing Beyoncé
• “Loyalty” – Kendrick Lamarfeaturing Rihanna
• “Love Galore” – SZAfeaturing Travis Scott

Best Rap Song

• “Bodak Yellow”
  • Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White, songwriters (Cardi B)
• “Chase Me”
  • Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer, songwriters (Danger Mouse featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)
• “Humble”
  • Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Sassy”
  • Evans& E. Gabouer, songwriters (Rapsody)
• “The Story of O.J.”
  • Shawn Carter& Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album

• 4:44– Jay-Z
• Damn– Kendrick Lamar
• Culture– Migos
• Laila’s Wisdom– Rapsody
• Flower Boy– Tyler, the Creator

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt
• “Losing You” – Alison Krauss
• “Tin Man” – Miranda Lambert
• “I Could Use a Love Song” – Maren Morris
• “Either Way” – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• “It Ain’t My Fault” – Brothers Osborne
• “My Old Man” – Zac Brown Band
• “You Look Good” – Lady Antebellum
• “Better Man” – Little Big Town
• “Drinkin’ Problem” – Midland

Best Country Song

• “Better Man”
  • Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
• “Body Like a Back Road”
  • Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
• “Broken Halos”
  • Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
• “Drinkin’ Problem”
  • Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
• “Tin Man”
  • Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert& Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

Best Country Album

• Cosmic Hallelujah– Kenny Chesney
• Heart Break– Lady Antebellum
• The Breaker– Little Big Town
• Life Changes– Thomas Rhett
• From A Room: Volume 1– Chris Stapleton

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Reflection– Brian Eno
• SongVersation: Medicine– India Arie
• Dancing on Water– Peter Kater
• Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 5– Kitarō
• Spiral Revelation– Steve Roach

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

• “Can’t Remember Why” – Sara Caswell, soloist
• “Dance of Shiva” – Billy Childs, soloist
• “Whisper Not” – Fred Hersch, soloist
• “Miles Beyond” – John McLaughlin, soloist
• “Ilimba” – Chris Potter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• The Journey– The Baylor Project
• A Social Call– Jazzmeia Horn
• Bad Ass and Blind– Raul Midón
• Porter Plays Porter– Randy Porter Trio with Nancy King
• Dreams and Daggers– Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Uptown, Downtown– Bill Charlap Trio
• Rebirth– Billy Childs
• Project Freedom– Joey DeFrancesco & The People
• Open Book– Fred Hersch
• The Dreamer Is the Dream– Chris Potter

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• MONK’estra Vol. 2– John Beasley
• Jigsaw– Alan Ferber Big Band
• Bringin’ It– Christian McBride Big Band
• Homecoming– Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne
• Whispers on the Wind– Chuck Owen And The Jazz Surge

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Hybrido – From Rio To Wayne Shorter– Antonio Adolfo
• Oddara– Jane Bennett & Maqueque
• Outra Coisa – The Music Of Moacir Santos– Anat Cohen & Marcello Conçalves
• Típico– Miguel Zenón
• Jazz Tango– Pablo Ziegler Trio

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “Too Hard Not To” – Tina Campbell
  • Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters
• “You Deserve It” – JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn
  • David Bloom, JJ Hairston, Phontane Demond Reed & C Vaughnortez Vaughn, songwriters
• “Better Days” – Le’Andria
  • Le’Andria, songwriter
• “My Life” – The Walls Group
  • Warryn Campbell, Eric Dawkins, Damien Farmer, Damon Thomas, Ahjah Walls & Darrel Walls, songwriters
• “Never Have to Be Alone” – CeCe Winans
  • Dwan Hill & Alvin Love III, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• “Oh My Soul” – Casting Crowns
  • Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters
• “Clean” – Natalie Grant
  • Natalie Grant, songwriter
• “What A Beautiful Name” – Hillsong Worship
  • Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood, songwriters
• “Even If” – MercyMe
  • David Garcia, Ben Glover, Crystal Lewis, MercyMe& Tim Timmons, songwriters
• “Hills and Valleys” – Tauren Wells
  • Chuck Butler, Jonathan Smith & Tauren Wells, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Rise– Danny Gokey
• Echoes(deluxe edition) – Matt Maher
• Lifer– MercyMe
• Hills And Valleys– Tauren Wells
• Chain Breaker– Zach Williams

Best Roots Gospel Album

• The Best of The Collingsworth Family – Volume 1– The Collingsworth Family
• Give Me Jesus– Larry Cordle
• Resurrection– Joseph Habedank
• Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope– Reba McEntire
• Hope for All Nations– Karen Peck & New River

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

• “Up All Night” – Beck
  • Canada, video director; Laura Serra Estorch & Oscar Romagosa, video producers
• “Makeba” – Jain
  • Lionel Hirle & Gregory Ohrel, video directors; Yodelice, video producer
• “The Story of O.J.” – Jay-Z
  • Shawn Carter & Mark Romanek, video directors; Daniel Midgley, video producer
• “Humble” – Kendrick Lamar
  • The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer& Anthony Tiffith, video producers
• “1-800-273-8255” – Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
  • Andy Hines, video director; Andrew Lerios, video producer

Best Music Film

• One More Time With Feeling– Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Andrew Dominik, video director; Dulcie Kellett & James Wilson, video producers
• Long Strange Trip– The Grateful Dead
  • Amir Bar-Lev, video director; Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff & Justin Kreutzmann, video producers
• The Defiant Ones– (various artists)
  • Allen Hughes, video director; Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray & Steven Williams, video producers
• Soundbreaking– (various artists)
  • Maro Chermayeff & Jeff Dupre, video directors; Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel & Warren Zanes, video producers
• Two Trains Runnin’– (various artists)
  • Sam Pollard, video director; Benjamin Hedin, video producer

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