2018 Grammy Awards top nominees
Album of the year: Awaken, My Love!, Childish Gambino; 4:44, Jay-Z; Damn, Kendrick Lamar; Melodrama, Lorde; 24K Magic, Bruno Mars.
Record of the year: Redbone, Childish Gambino; Despacito, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber; The Story of O.J., Jay-Z; Humble., Kendrick Lamar; 24K Magic, Bruno Mars.
Song of the year (songwriter’s award): Despacito, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber, Jason Poo Bear Boyd, Erika Ender and Marty James Garton; 4:44, Jay-Z and No I.D.; Issues, Julia Michaels, Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Justin Drew Tranter; 1-800-2738255, Logic, Alessia Cara, Khalid and Arjun Ivatury; That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip.
Best new artist: Alessia Cara; Khalid; Lil Uzi Vert; Julia Michaels; SZA.
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 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. Postmedia Network