The 2017 Grammy Awards are upon us — and the nominees are out!
The nominations for the highly-anticipated show were announced Tuesday morning, and some of music’s hottest stars are going head-to-head for many of the coveted awards.
Meghan Trainor, last year’s Best New Artist winner, announced the top four categories on CBS This Morning. Read on for the first round of nominations, and then head over to Grammy.com for the complete list.
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” – Beyoncé
- “Hello” – Adele
- “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” – Mike Posner
- “Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
- “7 Years” – Lukas Graham
Record of the Year:
- “Hello” – Adele
- “Formation” – Beyoncé
- “7 Years” – Lukas Graham
- “Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake
- “Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots
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 Pop Vocal Album
- 25 – Adele
- Purpose – Justin Bieber
- Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
- Confident – Demi Lovato
- This Is Acting – Sia
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- “Closer” – The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
- “7 Years” – Lukas Graham
- “Work” – Rihanna Featuring Drake
- “Cheap Thrills” – Sia Featuring Sean Paul
- “Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots
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 Rap/Sung Performance
- “Freedom” – Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar
- “Hotline Bling” – Drake
- “Broccoli” – DRAM ft. Lil Yachty
- “Ultralight Beam” – Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The Dream
- “Famous” – Kanye West featuring Rihanna
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 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 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 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 Rock Performance
- “Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)” – Alabama Shakes
- “Don’t Hurt Yourself” – Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
- “Blackstar” – David Bowie
- “The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan)” – Disturbed
- “Heathens” – Twenty One Pilots
Best R&B Performance
- “Turning’ Me Up” – BJ the Chicago Kid
- “Permission” – Ro James
- “I Do” – Musiq Soulchild
- “Needed Me” – Rihanna
- “Cranes in the Sky” – Solange
Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album
- Lemonade — Beyoncé
- Ology — Gallant
- We Are King — KING
- Malibu — Anderson .Paak
- Anti — Rihanna
Best Dance Electronic Album
- Skin — Flume
- Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
- Epoch — Tycho
- Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
- Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega
Best Dance Recording
- “Tearing Me Up” – Bob Moses
- “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
- “Never Be Like You” – Flume ft. Kai
- “Rinse & Repeat” – Riton ft. Kah-Lo
- “Drinkee” – Sofi Tukker
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Amy
- Miles Ahead
- Straight Outta Compton
- Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition)
- Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1
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 Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Bridge of Spies
- Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The F0rce Awakens
- Stranger Things Volume 1
- Stranger Things Volume 2
Best Music Video
- “Formation” — Beyoncé
- “River” — Leon Bridges
- “Up & Up” — Coldplay
- “Gosh” — Jamie XX
- “Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go
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