The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GRAMMY NOMINEES WITH GEORGIA CONNECTION­S

- MELISSA RUGGIERI

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS. ■ Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover):

Record of the year, song of the year, best rap/sung performanc­e and best music video (“This Is America”); best R&B song (“Feels Like Summer”) ■ Janelle Monae:

Album of the year (“Dirty Computer” — Atlanta’s Nate “Rocket” Wonder is a producer/engineer and Nathaniel Irvin III a songwriter); best music video (“Pynk”)

■ Chloe x Halle : Best new artist; best urban contempora­ry album (“The Kids Are Alright”)

■ Cardi B: Album of the year and best rap album (“Invasion of Privacy”); record of the year (“I Like It” — Atlanta’s Leslie Brathwaite is an engineer/ mixer and Colin Leonard mastering engineer); best pop duo/group performanc­e with Maroon 5 (“Girls Like You”); best rap performanc­e (“Be Careful”)

■ Future: Best rap performanc­e (“King’s Dead” with Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and James Blake); best rap song “King’s Dead,” songwriter) ■ Backstreet Boys

(Brian Littrell is an Alpharetta resident): Best pop duo/group performanc­e (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”) ■ Swae Lee of Rae

Sremmurd (featured): Best rap performanc­e

(“Sicko Mode” with Travis Scott, Drake and Big Hawk) and best rap song (“Sicko Mode” – Atlanta’s Cydel Young is a songwriter) ■ Mike.Will.Made.It:

Best rap song (“King’s Dead” — songwriter)

■ 6lack (with J. Cole): Best rap/sung performanc­e (“Pretty Little Fears”)

■ 21 Savage (featured): Record of the year and best rap/sung performanc­e (Post Malone’s “Rockstar”) ■ Florida Georgia Line:

Best country duo/group performanc­e (“Meant to Be” with Bebe Rexha)

■ Little Big Town: Best country duo/group performanc­e (“When Someone Stops Loving You”) ■ Freddy Cole: Best jazz vocal album (“My Mood Is You”) ■ Jimmy Carter: Best spoken word album (“Faith – A Journey for All”)

■ April and Steven Lance Ledbetter, William Ferris: Best historical album (“Voices of Mississipp­i: Artists and Musicians Documented By William Ferris”)

■ Skylark: Best choral performanc­e (Matthew Guard, conductor, “Seven Words From the Cross”), best immersive audio album (“Seven Words From the Cross”)

■ Whitney Houston:

Best music film (“Whitney”)

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