The nominations for the 56th Grammy Awards were announced December 6 by the Recording Academy via a one-hour special titled The Grammy Nominations Concert Live—Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jay Z tops the nominations with nine while Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams each garner seven nods; Drake and mastering engineer Bob Ludwig are up for five awards. Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry also got multiple nominations.
The Grammys awards night will happen on January 26, 2014 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here is the list of nominees for the Grammy Awards 2014:
Album
of the Year
The Blessed Unrest
– Sara Bareilles
Random Access
Memories – Daft Punk
good kid, m.A.A.d
city – Kendrick Lamar
The Heist –
Macklemore & Ryan Leiws
Red– Taylor Swift
Record
of the Year
“Get Lucky” – Daft
Punk and Pharrell
“Radioactive” –
Imagine Dragons
“Royals” – Lorde
“Locked Out of
Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” –
Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell
Song
of the Year
“Just Give Me a
Reason” - Pink ft. Nate Ruess
“Locked Out of
Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Roar” – Katy
Perry
“Royals” – Lorde
“Same Love” –
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert
Best
New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Best
Pop Solo Performance
“Brave” — Sara
Bareilles
“Royals” — Lorde
“When I Was Your
Man” — Bruno Mars
“Roar” — Katy
Perry
“Mirrors” — Justin
Timberlake
Best
Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Get Lucky” – Daft
Punk and Pharrell
“Just Give Me a
Reason” – Pink ft. Nate Ruess
“Stay” – Rihanna
ft. Mikky Ekko
“Blurred Lines” –
Robin Thicke ft. T.I and Pharrell
“Suit & Tie” –
Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z
Best
Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access
Memories — Daft Punk
Settle —
Disclosure
18 Months — Calvin
Harris
Atmosphere —
Kaskade
A Color Map of the
Sun — Pretty Lights
Best
Rock Performance
“Always Alright” —
Alabama Shakes
“The Stars (Are
Out Tonight)” — David Bowie
“Radioactive” —
Imagine Dragons
“Kashmir” (Live) —
Led Zeppelin
“My God Is the
Sun” — Queens of the Stone Age
“I’m Shakin’” —
Jack White
Best
Rock Album
13 — Black Sabbath
The Next Day —
David Bowie
Mechanical Bull —
Kings of Leon
Celebration Day —
Led Zeppelin
…Like Clockwork —
Queens of the Stone Age
Psychedelic Pill —
Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Best
Alternative Music Album
The Worse Things
Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You — Neko Case
Trouble Will Find
Me — The National
Hesitation Marks —
Nine Inch Nails
Lonerism — Tame
Impala
Modern Vampires of
the City — Vampire Weekend
Best
R&B Performance
“Love and War” —
Tamar Braxton
“Best of Me” —
Anthony Hamilton
“Nakamarra” —
Hiatus Kaiyote ft. Q-Tip
“How Many Drinks?”
— Miguel ft. Kendrick Lamar
“Something” —
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best
Urban Contemporary Album
Love and War —
Tamar Braxton
Side Effects of
You — Fantasia
One: In the
Chamber — Salaam Remi
Unapologetic —
Rihanna
New York: A Love
Story — Mack Wilds
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Best
R&B Album
R&B Divas —
Faith Evans
Girl on Fire —
Alicia Keys
Love in the Future
— John Legend
Better — Chrisette
Michele
Three Kings — TGT
Best
Rap Performance
“Started from the
Bottom” — Drake
“Berzerk” — Eminem
“Tom Ford” — Jay Z
“Swimming Pools
(Drank)” — Kendrick Lamar
“Thrift Shop” —
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz
Best
Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Power Trip” —
J.Cole ft. Miguel
“Part II (On the
Run)” — Jay Z ft. BeyoncĂ©
“Holy Grail” — Jay
Z ft. Justin Timberlake
“Now Or Never” —
Kendrick Lamar ft. Mary J. Blige
“Remember You” —
Wiz Khalifa ft. The Weeknd
Best
Rap Album
Nothing Was the
Same — Drake
Magna Carta…Holy
Grail — Jay Z
Good Kid, M.A.A.D
City — Kendrick Lamar
The Heist —
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Yeezus — Kanye
West
Best
Country Solo Performance
“I Drive Your
Truck” — Lee Brice
“I Want Crazy” —
Hunter Hayes
“Mama’s Broken
Heart” — Miranda Lambert
“Wagon Wheel” —
Darius Rucker
“Mine Would Be
You” — Blake Shelton
Best
Country Album
Night Train –
Jason Aldean
Two Lanes of
Freedom – Tim McGraw
Same Trailer
Different Park – Kacey Musgraves
Based on a True
Story… – Blake Shelton
Red – Taylor Swift
Best
Jazz Instrumental Album
Guided Tour — The
New Gary Burton Quartet
Money Jungle:
Provocative in Blue — Terri Lyne Carrington
Life Forum —
Gerald Clayton
Pushing the World
Away — Kenny Garrett
Out Here —
Christian McBride Trio
Best
Gospel Album
Grace (Live) —
Tasha Cobbs
Best for Last: 20
Year Celebration Vol. 1 — Donald Lawrence
Best Days Yet —
Bishop Paul S. Morton
God Chaser (Live)
— William Murphy
Greater Than
(Live) — Tye Tribbett
Best
Tropical Latin Album
3.0 — Marc Anthony
Como Te Voy a
Olvidar — Los Angeles Azules
Pacific Mambo
Orchestra — Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Sergio George
Presents Salsa Giants — Various Artists
CorazĂłn Profundo —
Carlos Vives
Best
Americana Album
Old Yellow Moon —
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Love Has Come for
You — Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
Buddy and Jim —
Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
One True Vine —
Mavis Staples
Songbook — Allen
Toussaint
Best
Comedy Album
Calm Down Gurrl —
Kathy Griffin
I’m Here to Help —
Craig Ferguson
A Little
Unprofessional — Ron White
Live — Tig Notaro
That’s What I’m
Talkin’ About — Bob Saget
Producer
of the Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
Pharrell Williams
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