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The 2017 Grammy Nominations Have Been Announced

by Mandy Freebairn December 7, 2016
by Mandy Freebairn December 7, 2016 0 comments
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The Recording Academy released its 2017 Grammy nominations earlier today, in advance of the February 12 awards show.

The 59th annual awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcasted live on CBS. As if Beyoncé wasn’t having a stellar year (and life) already, the noms predict it’s going to be a strong Grammy season for her, with Lemonade scoring 9 nominations. The next most noms is, unsurprisingly, British pop powerhouse Adele. “Hello” is a contender for both Best Record and Best Song, while, 25 is up for album of the year. These two singers seem to have dominated the pop category for 2017, with surprisingly weak appearances from Rihanna and Ariana Grande. After much deliberation, Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book became officially eligible to win a Grammy, and is leading the nomination for Best Rap Album.

Though much of the list was pretty par for the course, the Academy did throw a few ringers; such as emerging hip hop artists Anderson Paak and Gallant, both of whom won nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Still, some obvious omissions include more of Rihanna’s ANTI, more of David Bowie’s Blackstar, and Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker. The Recording Academy might’ve also considered adding some female rockers, such as Angel Olsen and Mitski (both of whom had critically acclaimed albums out this year) to the long male-dominated Best Rock Album category. Without further adieu, here are the nominations.

Record of the Year

“Hello” — Adele

“Formation” — Beyoncé

“7 Years” — Lukas Graham

“Work” — Rihanna, featuring Drake

“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

Album of the Year

“25” — Adele

“Lemonade” — Beyoncé

“Purpose” — Justin Bieber

“Views” — Drake

“A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson

Song of the Year

“Formation” — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

“Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

“7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best New Artist

Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance The Rapper

Maren Morris

Anderson .Paak

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Hello” — Adele

“Hold Up” — Beyoncé

“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber

“Piece By Piece (Idol Version)” — Kelly Clarkson

“Dangerous Woman” — Ariana Grande

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“Cinema” — Andrea Bocelli

“Fallen Angels” — Bob Dylan

“Stages Live”— Josh Groban

“Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin” — Willie Nelson

“Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway” — Barbra Streisand

Best Rock Song

“Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

“Burn The Witch” — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)

“Hardwired” — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)

“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

“My Name Is Human” — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

Best Rock Album

“California” — Blink-182

“Tell Me I’m Pretty” — Cage the Elephant

“Magma” — Gojira

“Death of a Bachelor” — Panic! at the Disco

“Weezer” — Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album

“22, A Million” — Bon Iver

“Blackstar” — David Bowie

“The Hope Six Demolition Project” — PJ Harvey

“Post Pop Depression” — Iggy Pop

“A Moon Shaped Pool” — Radiohead

Best Urban Contemporary Album

“Lemonade” — Beyoncé

“Ology” — Gallant

“We Are King” — KING

“Malibu” — Anderson .Paak

“Anti” — Rihanna

Best R&B Album

“In My Mind” — BJ The Chicago Kid

“Lalah Hathaway Live” — Lalah Hathaway

“Velvet Portraits” — Terrace Martin

“Healing Season” — Mint Condition

“Smoove Jones” — Mya

Best Rap Performance

“No Problem” — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

“Panda” — Desiigner

“Pop Style” — Drake featuring The Throne

“All The Way Up” — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared

“That Part” — Schoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Performance

“Freedom” — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar”

“Hotline Bling” — Drake

“Broccoli” — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty

“Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

“Famous” — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Album

“Coloring Book” — Chance The Rapper

“And the Anonymous Nobody” — De La Soul

“Major Key” — DJ Khaled

“Views” — Drake

“Blank Face LP” — Schoolboy Q

“The Life of Pablo” — Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance

“Love Can Go To Hell” — Brandy Clark

“Vice” — Miranda Lambert

“My Church” — Maren Morris

“Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood

“Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban

Best Country Album

“Big Day in a Small Town” — Brandy Clark

“Full Circle” — Loretta Lynn

“Hero” — Maren Morris

“A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson

“Ripcord” — Keith Urban

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

“Book of Intuition” — Kenny Barron Trio

“Dr. Um” — Peter Erskine

“Sunday Night at the Vanguard” — The Fred Hersch Trio

“Nearness” — Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau

“Country for Old Men” — John Scofield

Best American Roots Performance

“Ain’t No Man” — The Avett Brothers

“Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time” — Blind Boys Of Alabama

“Factory Girl” — Rhiannon Giddens

“House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz

“Wreck You” — Lori McKenna

Best World Music Album

“Destiny” — Celtic Woman

“Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers” — Ladysmith Black Mambazo

“Sing Me Home” — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

“Land of Gold” — Anoushka Shankar

“Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live” — Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

Best Spoken Word Album

“The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo” — Amy Schumer

“In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox” — Carol Burnett

“M Train” — Patti Smith

“Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” (John Doe With Tom Desavia) — (Various Artists)

“Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink” — Elvis Costello

Best Comedy Album

“… America … Great …” — David Cross

“American Myth” — Margaret Cho

“Boyish Girl Interrupted” — Tig Notaro

“Live at the Apollo” — Amy Schumer

“Talking for Clapping” — Patton Oswalt

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: “Trolls”

“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: “Suicide Squad”

“Just Like Fire” — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: “Alice Through the Looking Glass”

“Purple Lamborghini” — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: “Suicide Squad”

“Try Everything” — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: “Zootopia”

“The Veil” — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: “Snowden”

Best Musical Theater Album

“Bright Star”

“The Color Purple”

“Fiddler on the Roof”

“Kinky Boots”

“Waitress”

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Benny Blanco

Greg Kurstin

Max Martin

Nineteen85

Ricky Reed

Best Music Video

“Formation” — Beyoncé

“River” — Leon Bridges

“Up & Up” — Coldplay

“Gosh” — Jamie XX

“Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go

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