The most prestigious musical event of the year, Grammy Awards is getting closer. Fans globally can’t wait for any more to see their favourite artists ruling the stage and also win a trophy on February 10, 2019. CBS will broadcast the 61st annual awards ceremony from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As there are not many days left for the glamorous night, on December 7, the 2018 Grammy Awards nominations were made live on the website; grammy.com. Before we begin, Black Panther fans can rejoice as Kendrick Lamar leads the crowd of nominees with eight nods. 60th Annual Grammy Awards 2018 Winners: Complete List of Music Artists who Won in Top Categories at Grammys.
Drake is in the second with seven nominations. After controversy about the Grammy’s failure to recognise women’s achievements at the 2018 ceremony, Lady Gaga and Cardi B are dominating the Grammy Awards 2019 nominations list with five nods each. Below is the complete nominations list for the 61st annual Grammys. Just One Female Win Big at Grammy Awards 2018; Pink, Lady Gaga & Others Voice their Dissatisfaction.
Record of the Year
I Like It — Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
The Joke — Brandi Carlile
This Is America — Childish Gambino
God’s Plan — Drake
Shallow — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
All the Stars — Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Rockstar — Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
The Middle — Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Album of the Year
Invasion of Privacy — Cardi B
By the Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile
Scorpion — Drake
H.E.R. — H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys — Post Malone
Dirty Computer — Janelle Monáe
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists) — Kendrick Lamar
Song of the Year
All the Stars — Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears and Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar and SZA)
Boo’d Up — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon McFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai)
God’s Plan — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
In My Blood — Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton, songwriters (Shawn Mendes)
The Joke — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
The Middle — Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey)
Shallow — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
This Is America — Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Best New Artist
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance
Colors — Beck
Havana (Live) — Camila Cabello
God Is a Woman — Ariana Grande
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) — Lady Gaga
Better Now — Post Malone
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Fall in Line — Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart — Backstreet Boys
’S Wonderful — Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
Shallow — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Girls Like You — Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
Say Something — Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
The Middle — Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Best Pop Vocal Album
Camila — Camila Cabello
Meaning of Life — Kelly Clarkson
Sweetener — Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes
Beautiful Trauma — Pink
Reputation — Taylor Swift
Best Rock Performance
Four Out of Five — Arctic Monkeys
When Bad Does Good — Chris Cornell
Made an America — The Fever 333
Highway Tune — Greta Van Fleet
Uncomfortable — Halestorm
Best Rock Song
Black Smoke Rising — Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka and Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
Jumpsuit — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
Mantra — Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls and Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me the Horizon)
Masseduction — Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
Rats — Tom Dalgety and A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog — Alice in Chains
Mania — Fall Out Boy
Prequelle — Ghost
From the Fires — Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream — Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys
Colors — Beck
Utopia — Björk
American Utopia — David Byrne
Masseduction — St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance
Long As I Live — Toni Braxton
Summer — The Carters
Y O Y — Lalah Hathaway
Best Part — H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
First Began — PJ Morton
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love — The Carters
The Kids Are Alright — Chloe x Halle
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz — Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
War & Leisure — Miguel
Ventriloquism — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Rap Performance
Be Careful — Cardi B
Nice for What — Drake
King’s Dead — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake
Bubblin — Anderson.Paak
Sicko Mode — Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee
Best Rap Song
God’s Plan — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
King’s Dead — Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn and Michael Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake)
Lucky You — R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels and J. Sweet, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas)
Sicko Mode — Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, John Edward Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim and Cydel Young, songwriters (Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee)
Win — K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels and C. Thompson, songwriters (Jay Rock)
Best Rap Album
Invasion of Privacy — Cardi B
Swimming — Mac Miller
Victory Lap — Nipsey Hussle
Daytona — Pusha T
Astroworld — Travis Scott
Best Country Solo Performance
Wouldn’t It Be Great? — Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters — Maren Morris
Butterflies — Kacey Musgraves
Millionaire — Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line — Keith Urban
Best Country Album
Unapologetically — Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe — Brothers Osborne
Girl Going Nowhere — Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves
From A Room: Volume 2 — Chris Stapleton
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Diamond Cut — Tia Fuller
Live in Europe — Fred Hersch Trio
Seymour Reads The Constitution! — Brad Mehldau Trio
Still Dreaming — Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade
Emanon — The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Best Latin Pop Album
Prometo — Pablo Alboran
Sincera — Claudia Brant
Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Vol. 2 — Natalia Lafourcade
2:00 AM — Raquel Sofía
Vives Carlos — Vives
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Claroscura — Aterciopelados
Coastcity — Coastcity
Encanto Tropical — Monsieur Periné
Gourmet — Orishas
Aztlán — Zoé
Best Americana Album
By the Way, I Forgive You — Brandi Carlile
Things Have Changed — Bettye LaVette
The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine
The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone — Lee Ann Womack
One Drop of Truth — The Wood Brothers
Best Song Written for Visual Media
All the Stars — Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears and Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar and SZA)
Mystery of Love — Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)
Remember Me — Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)
Shallow — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
This Is Me — Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Boi-1da
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
Best Music Video
Apes**t — The Carters
This Is America — Childish Gambino
I’m Not Racist — Joyner Lucas
Pynk — Janelle Monáe
Mumbo Jumbo — Tierra Whack
As the list is out, fans all over are already imploring for their favourite musician to take at least one award home. Women are clearly reigning in all the categories this time. And we hope that we will get to see many deserving ladies and gentlemen winning the prestigious Grammy Award 2019, all fair and square.
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