62nd Grammys ® ~ A Year of Firsts

62nd Grammys ® is a year of first nominee artist presenting a cultural conversation around their genre-bending hits. This year’s nominees are bringing change to the world of music.

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62nd Grammys ® Nominee Announcement

Recording Academy^® President/CEO Deborah Dugan alongside Academy Chair of the Board of Trustees and renowned record producer Harvey Mason Jr., as well as GRAMMY Awards ^® host Alicia Keys and past two-time GRAMMY^® nominee Bebe Rexha, revealed nominees for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards ®.

62nd Grammys ® First Timer Nominees

This year’s nominees reflect a melting pot of artistic innovation that defined the year in music. First-time nominees and top in nomination include:

• Lizzo (8)
  • “Truth Hurts”
  • “Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)”
  • “Exactly How I Feel”
  • Best New Artist
  • Album of the Year (“Cuz I Love You (Deluxe”)
  • Song of the Year (“Truth Hurts”)
  • Best Pop Single Performance (“Truth Hurts”)
  • Best R&B Performance (“Exactly How I Feel”)
• Billie Eilish (6) (youngest nominee in Grammy® history)
  • “Bad Guy”
  • “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?“
  • Record of the Year (“Bad Guy“)
  • Album of the Year (“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?“)
  • Song of the Year (“Bad Guy“)
  • Best New Artist
  • Best Pop Single Performance (“Bad Guy“)
  • Best Pop Album (“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?“)
• Lil Nas X (6)
  • “Old Town Road“
  • “7”
  • Record of The Year (“Old Town Road“)
  • Album of The Year (“7”)
  • Best New Artist
  • Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Old Town Road”)
  • Best Rap/Sung Performance (“Panini”)
  • Best Music Video (“Old Town Road“)

62nd Grammys ® Nominees

This year did include past nominees and winners. While Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga were shut out of the Record and Album of the Year. They each have 3 nominations at 62nd Grammys ®. Their albums did not qualify for last year’s nominations. Ariana Grande walks away with five nominations including Record and Album of the year of “7 Rings and “Thank You Next.”

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62nd Grammys ® Nominations

Record Of The Year:

“Hey, Ma” — Bon Iver
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Hard Place” — H.E.R.
“Talk” — Khalid
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo  
“Sunflower” — Post Malone & Swae Lee

Album Of The Year:

“i,i” — Bon Iver
“Norman F***ing Rockwell!” — Lana Del Rey
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
“thank u, next” — Ariana Grande
“I Used To Know Her” — H.E.R.
“7” — Lil Nas X
“Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)” — Lizzo
“Father Of The Bride” — Vampire Weekend

Song Of The Year:

“Always Remember Us This Way” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Hard Place” — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Lover” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“Norman F***ing Rockwell” — Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Someone You Loved” — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
“Truth Hurts” — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)

Best New Artist:

Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía 
Tank And The Bangas
Yola

Best Pop Solo Performance:

“Spirit” — Beyoncé    
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“You Need To Calm Down” — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album:

“The Lion King: The Gift “— Beyoncé
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
“thank u, next” — Ariana Grande
“No. 6 Collaborations Project” — Ed Sheeran
“Lover”  — Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording:

“Linked” — Bonobo
“Got To Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers
“Piece Of Your Heart” — Meduza Featuring Goodboys
“Underwater” — RÜFÜS DU SOL
“Midnight Hour” — Skrillex & Boys Noize Featuring Ty Dolla $ign

Best Rock Album:

“Amo” — Bring Me The Horizon
“Social Cues” — Cage The Elephant
“In The End” — The Cranberries
“Trauma” — I Prevail
“Feral Roots” — Rival Sons

Best R&B Performance:

“Love Again” — Daniel Caesar & Brandy
“Could’ve Been” — H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller
“Exactly How I Feel” — Lizzo Featuring Gucci Mane
“Roll Some Mo”— Lucky Daye
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak Featuring André 3000

Best Rap Album:

“Revenge Of The Dreamers III” — Dreamville
“Championships” — Meek Mill
“I Am > I Was” — 21 Savage
“Igor “— Tyler, The Creator
“The Lost Boy” — YBN Cordae

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Boyfriend” — Ariana Grande & Social House
“Sucker” — Jonas Brothers
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
“Sunflower” — Post Malone & Swae Lee
“Señorita” — Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Best Rap/Sung Performance

“Higher” — DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
“Drip Too Hard” — Lil Baby & Gunna
“Panini” — Lil Nas X
“Ballin” — Mustard Featuring Roddy Ricch
“The London” — Young Thug Featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott

Best Music Video

“We’ve Got To Try” — The Chemical Brothers; Ellie Fry, video director; Ninian Doff, video producer
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr.; Savanah Leaf, video director; Alicia Martinez, video producer
“Cellophane” — FKA twigs; Andrew Thomas Huang, video director; Alex Chamberlain, video producer
“Old Town Road (Official Movie)” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus; Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers
“Glad He’s Gone” — Tove Lo; Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Natan Schottenfels, video producer

Best Country Song:

“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandie Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” — Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)
“It All Comes Out In The Wash” — Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“Some Of It” — Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church)
“Speechless” — Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay) 

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

“Thirsty Ghost”— Sara Gazarek
“Love & Liberation” — Jazzmeia Horn
“Alone Together” — Catherine Russell
“12 Little Spells” — Esperanza Spalding
“Screenplay” — The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Gospel Album:

“Long Live Love” — Kirk Franklin
“Goshen” — Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers
“Tunnel Vision” — Gene Moore
“Settle Here” — William Murphy
“Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album” — CeCe Winans

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album: 

“X 100PRE” — Bad Bunny
“Oasis” — J Balvin & Bad Bunny
“Indestructible” — Flor De Toloache
“Almadura” — iLe
“El Mal Querer” — Rosalía

Best Americana Album:

“Years To Burn” — Calexico And Iron & Wine
“Who Are You Now” — Madison Cunningham
“Oklahoma” — Keb’ Mo’
“Tales Of America” — J.S. Ondara
“Walk Through Fire” — Yola

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):

“Beastie Boys Book” — (Various Artists) Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, “Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
“Becoming” — Michelle Obama
“I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years As A Two-Time Cancer Survivor” — Eric Alexandrakis
“Mr. Know-It-All” — John Waters
“Sekou Andrews & The String Theory” — Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

“The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy” — Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton), Track from: Toy Story 4
“Girl In The Movies” — Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters (Dolly Parton), Track from: Dumplin’
“I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version) — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), Track from: A Star Is Born
“Spirit” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Beyoncé), Track from: The Lion King
“Suspirium” — Thom Yorke, songwriter (Thom Yorke), Track from: Suspiria

Best Music Film:

“Homecoming” — Beyoncé
“Remember My Name” — David Crosby
“Birth Of The Cool” — (Miles Davis)
“Shangri-La” — (Various Artists)
“Anima” — Thom Yorke 

The Recording Academy will present the 62nd GRAMMY Awards® hosted by Alicia Keys on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, live from Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center and broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8:00–11:30 p.m. ET/5:00–8:30 p.m. PT.

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