NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, take place in New York on Sunday.
Following is a list of nominees in key categories. The winners will be announced at a live show on CBS television hosted by James Corden.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“24K Magic” – Bruno Mars
“4:44” – Jay-Z
“Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
“Damn.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Melodrama” – Lorde
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“24K Magic” – Bruno Mars
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
“Humble” – Kendrick Lamar
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“The Story of O.J.” – Jay-Z
SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriters award)
“1-800-273-8255” – Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart
“4:44” – Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson
“Despacito” – Ramón Ayala Rodriguez, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton Jr.
“Issues” – Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik
Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter.
“That’s What I Like” – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip
BEST NEW ARTIST
Alessia Cara
Julia Michaels
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
SZA
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Divide” – Ed Sheeran
“Evolve” – Imagine Dragons
“Joanne” – Lady Gaga
“Kaleidoscope EP” – Coldplay
“Lust For Life” – Lana Del Rey
“Rainbow” – Kesha
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
“American Teen” – Khalid
“Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
“CTRL” – SZA
“Free 6lack” – 6lack
“Starboy” – The Weeknd
BEST R&B ALBUM
“24K Magic” – Bruno Mars
“Feel The Real” – Musiq Soulchild
“Freudian” – Daniel Caesar
“Gumbo” – PJ Morton
“Let Love Rule” – Ledisi
BEST ROCK ALBUM
“A Deeper Understanding” – The War on Drugs
“Emperor of Sand” – Mastodon
“Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” – Metallica
“The Stories We Tell Ourselves” – Nothing More
“Villains” – Queens of the Stone Age
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
“Cosmic Hallelujah” – Kenny Chesney
“From A Room: Volume 1” – Chris Stapleton
“Heart Break” – Lady Antebellum
“Life Changes” – Thomas Rhett
“The Breaker” – Little Big Town
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
“American Dream” – LCD Soundsystem
“Everything Now” – Arcade Fire
“Humanz” – Gorillaz
“Pure Comedy” – Father John Misty
“Sleep Well Beast” – The National
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Blake Mills
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
No I.D.
The Stereotypes