The 2015 Grammy nominees were announced earlier today and I must say I am impressed with some of the rap nominations. Good to see Childish Gambino and ScHoolboy Q get their first couple Grammy nods. Check out the full list of nominations below. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on February 8th.
Best Rock Performance
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”
Best R&B Performance
Beyoncé feat. Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”
Chris Brown feat. Usher, Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Jennifer Hudson feat. R. Kelly – “It’s Your World”
Ledisi – “Like This”
Usher – “Good Kisser”
Best R&B Album
Bernhoft – Islander
Aloe Blacc – Lift Your Spirits
Toni Braxton & Babyface – Love, Marriage, and Divorce
Robert Glassberg Experiment – Black Radio 2
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Give The People What They Want
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Jhene Aiko – Sail Out
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Mali Is
Pharrell Williams – G.I.R.L.
Best R&B Song
Beyoncé feat. Jay Z – “Drunk In Love”
Usher – “Good Kisser”
Chris Brown feat. Usher, Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Luke James feat. Rick Ross – “Options (The Wolfjames Version)”
Jhene Aiko – “The Worst”
Best Rap Song
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kanye West – “Bound 2″
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”
Drake – “0 to 100/The Catch Up”
Rap/Sung Collaboration
Common feat. Jhene Aiko – “Blak Majik”
Eminem feat. Rihanna – “The Monster”
ILoveMakonnen feat. Drake – “Tuesday”
Schoolboy Q feat. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio”
Kanye West feat. Charlie Wilson – “Bound 2″
Best Music Video
Arcade Fire – “We Exist”
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Woodkid feat. Max Richter – “The Golden Age”
Best Rap Album
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood
Common – Nobody’s Smiling
Best Alternative Album
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Alt J – This is All Yours
Cage the Elephant – Melophobia
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Jack White – Lazaretto
Best Rap Performance
Childish Gambino – “3005”
Drake – “0-100/ The Catchup
Eminem – “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”
Song of the Year
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Hozier – “Take Me To Church”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me [Darkchild Version]”
Best New Artist
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
The Black Keys – Turn Blue
U2 – Songs of Innocence
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
Beck – Morning Phase
Best Rock Song
Jack White – “Lazaretto”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Best Pop Solo Performance
John Legend – “All of Me” (Live Version)
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Pharrell – “Happy”
Record of the Year
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me” (Darkchild Remix)
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – Prism
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Jhené Aiko – Sail Out
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Mali Is
Pharrell – G I R L
