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Grammys 2018: The top nominees


New York - A list of nominees in the top categories at the 60th annual Grammy Awards was announced on Tuesday by The Recording Academy.

See the list here:

Album of the year:
Jay-Z - 4:44
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN
Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love!
Lorde - Melodrama

Record of the year:
Jay-Z - The Story of O.J.
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Childish Gambino- Redbone
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber – Despacito

Song of the year
Luis Fonsi – Despacito
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Jay-Z - 4:44
Logic - 1-800-273-8255
Julia Michaels - Issues

Best New Artist
Julia Michaels
SZA
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert

Best pop solo performance:
Love So Soft - Kelly Clarkson
Praying – Kesha
Million Reasons - Lady Gaga
What About Us – Pink
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran

Best pop duo/group performance: 
Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Despacito - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
Thunder - Imagine Dragons
Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man
Stay - Zedd and Alessia Cara

Best traditional pop vocal album: 
Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version) - Michael Buble
Triplicate - Bob Dylan
In Full Swing - Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland - Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 - various artists

Best pop vocal album: 
Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay
Lust for Life - Lana Del Rey
Evolve - Imagine Dragons
Rainbow – Kesha
Joanne - Lady Gaga
Divide - Ed Sheeran

Best dance/electronic album
Migration – Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
Mura Masa - Mura Masa
A Moment Apart – Odesza
What Now - Sylvan Esso

Best rock album: 
Emperor of Sand – Mastodon
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct – Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves - Nothing More
Villains - Queens of the Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding - The War On Drugs

Best alternative music album:
Everything Now - Arcade Fire
Humanz – Gorillaz
American Dream - LCD Soundsystem
Pure Comedy - Father John Misty
Sleep Well Beast - The National

Best urban contemporary album: 
Free 6LACK - 6LACK
Awaken, My Love! - Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid
Ctrl – SZA
Starboy - The Weeknd

Best R&B album:
Freudian - Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Gumbo - PJ Morton
Feel the Real - Musiq Soulchild

Best rap album: 
4:44 - Jay-Z
DAMN - Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila's Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy - Tyler, the Creator

Best country album: 
Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney
Heart Break - Lady Antebellum
The Breaker - Little Big Town
Life Changes - Thomas Rhett
From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton

Best jazz vocal album:
The Journey - The Baylor Project
A Social Call - Jazzmeia Horn
Bad Ass And Blind - Raul Midon
Porter Plays Porter - Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King
Dreams And Daggers - Cecile McLorin Salvant

Best jazz instrumental album: 
Uptown, Downtown - Bill Charlap Trio
Rebirth - Billy Childs
Project Freedom - Joey DeFrancesco & The People
Open Book - Fred Hersch
The Dreamer Is The Dream - Chris Potter

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: 
Baby Driver
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
Hidden Figures: The Album
La La Land
Moana: The Songs

Producer of the year, non-classical: 
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes

Best music video: 
Up All Night – Beck
Makeba – Jain
The Story of O.J. - Jay-Z
Humble - Kendrick Lamar
1-800-273-8255 - Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid


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