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BEYONCE’S NINE
THE 2017 Grammy nominations were announced on Tuesday and, as expected, Beyoncé leads with nine nominations on the heels of her hit Lemonade album. Rihanna, Drake and Kanye West are close behind with eight each.
The Grammy Awards will air live on February 12, and are hosted by James Corden. Album of the year
■ 25, Adele ■ Lemonade, Beyoncé ■ Purpose, Justin Bieber ■ Views, Drake ■ A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill
Simpson .
As soon as 25 and Lemonade were released, everyone knew they would go head-to-head in the show’s biggest category. Bieber had so many hits from
Purpose it would be surprising if he didn’t get a nod, even though his odds of winning are fairly slim. Drake and Sturgill Simpson were on more than a few prediction lists, though they got in over the late David Bowie’s Rockstar. Record of the year
■ Formation, Beyoncé ■ Hello, Adele ■ 7 Years, Lukas Graham ■ Work, Rihanna feat. Drake ■ Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots Formation was such a smash that this is likely Beyoncé’s category to lose. Many thought Justin Timberlake’s inescapable Can’t Stop The Feeling! could make an appearance, but it’s in the “best song written for visual media” category, as it’s from the Trolls soundtrack. Song of the year
■ Formation, Beyoncé ■ Hello, Adele ■ I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Mike Posner ■ Love Yourself, Justin Bieber ■ 7 Years, Lukas Graham Although Adele will probably walk away with this, don’t count out Love Yourself for this songwriter award – academy voters really like Ed Sheeran, who co-wrote this with the Biebs. Mike Posner’s I Took a Pill in Ibiza is the shocker, beating predicted choices such as Bowie’s Lazarus and Sia’s Cheap Thrills. Best new artist
■ Kelsea Ballerini ■ The Chainsmokers ■ Chance the Rapper ■ Maren Morris ■ Anderson .Paak A big category for country music with Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini making the cut. After his acclaimed album Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper was also a lock, along with the Chainsmokers, thanks to their smash single Closer. Some critics predicted Anderson .Paak (known as a “genrestretching R&B singer-rapper-drummerproducer”), yet he was less of a sure thing in this unpredictable category. ■ Best pop vocal album 25, Adele. Purpose, Justin Bieber. Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande. Confident, Demi Lovato. This Is Acting, Sia.
■ 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 duo/group performance Closer, The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey. 7 Years, Lukas Graham. Work, Rihanna feat. Drake. Cheap Thrills, Sia feat. 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 song All The Way Up, Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared). Famous, Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West feat. Rihanna). Hotline Bling, Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake). No
Problem, Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz). Ultralight Beam, Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico. Donnie Trumpet, Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
■ Best rap/sung performance Freedom, Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar. Hotline
Bling, Drake, Broccoli, D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty. Ultralight Beam, Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream. Famous, Kanye West feat. Rihanna ■ Best rap performance No Problem, Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz. Panda, Desiigner. Pop Style, Drake Featuring The Throne. All The
Way Up, Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. French Montana & Infared. That Part, ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West. ■ 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 song Blackstar, David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie). Burn The Witch, Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead). Hardwired, James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica). Heathens, Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots). My Name Is Human, Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect). ■ Best rock performance Joe (Live From Austin City Limits), Alabama Shakes. Don’t Hurt Yourself, Beyoncé feat. Jack White. Blackstar, David Bowie. The Sound Of Silence (Live On Conan) Disturbed. Heathens, Twenty One Pilots. ■ Best R&B album In My Mind, BJ The Chicago Kid. Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway. Velvet Portraits, Terrace Martin. Healing Season, Mint Condition.
Smoove Jones, Mya. ■ Best R&B song Come See Me,J Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor feat. Drake). Exchange, Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller). Kiss It Better, Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna).
Lake By The Ocean, Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell). Luv, Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez). ■ Best R&B performance Turnin’ Me
Up, BJ The Chicago Kid. Permission, Ro James. I Do, Musiq Soulchild Needed Me, Rihanna. Cranes In The Sky, Solange. ■ 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 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 song Blue Ain’t Your Color, Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban). Die A Happy Man, Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett). Humble And Kind, Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw). My Church, busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris). Vice, Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert). ■ 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 country duo/group performance Different For Girls, Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King. 21 Summer, Brothers Osborne. Setting The World On Fire, Kenny Chesney & P!nk. Jolene, Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton. Think Of You, Chris Young with Cassadee Pope. ■ Best music video Formation, Beyoncé. River, Leon Bridges. Up & Up, Coldplay. Gosh, Jamie XX. Upside Down & Inside Out, OK Go.
● For the complete list, visit the Grammys website: www.grammy. com/nominees – Washington Post