Here Are Your 2020 Grammy Nominees
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Here Are Your 2020 Grammy Nominees

by Jael Goldfine

Good morning! Today marks the opening ceremony of award season, also known as the Grammy nominations. They're here — and they're both as predictable and unpredictable as the past year in music was.

Leading the nominations are the viral big three and pop's new vanguard: Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish. Lizzo has the most noms, a whopping eight including the four major categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist. For a 31-year-old musician who languished in relative obscurity for a decade, it's a wild glow-up.

Billie and Lil Nas X are tied behind Lizzo with six nominations each. They're competing against Lizzo for Best New Artist (alongside folks like Rosalía and Maggie Rogers), Album of the Year and Song of the Year. (Apparently at random, Lil Nas X is not nominated for "Record of the Year.")

The pop girls got their due… sort of. Mainly Ariana Grande, who has five nominations (her most yet) including her first ever Album of the Year nod for Thank U, Next (which is odd, considering last year she released a little album called Sweetener, that only saw one genre-specific nomination). Lana Del Rey is nominated twice, her first time competing for Album and Song of the Year (she's never won a Grammy).

Meanwhile, industry darling Taylor Swift (who has 10 Grammys, and 32 nominations) was essentially snubbed, with only one major nomination: "Lover" for Song of the Year, even though its namesake LP Lover was largely beloved. Lover is up for Best Pop Vocal Album and "You Need to Calm Down," for Best Pop Solo Performance. PAPER cover stars BTS were also shut out completely. Jonas Brothers, Maren Morris and Tyler, the Creator received just one nomination apiece.

Indie rock got plenty of love, with Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend nominated for Album of the Year, and the former for Record of the Year with "Hey Ma." Grammys neo-R&B crooner of choice Khalid is up for Record of the Year, alongside H.E.R.

Performance line-up is yet to come: the Grammys will go down on February 10. Have at it, y'all.

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 Fucking 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, Pere 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 Duo/Group Performance:

"Boyfriend" — Ariana Grande & Social House
"Sucker" — Jonas Brothers
"Old Town Road" — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus

"Señorita" — Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

— Andrea Bocelli
Love (Deluxe Edition) — Michael Bublé
Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
A Legendary Christmas — John Legend

Walls — Barbra Streisand

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 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 Rap Song:

"Bad Idea" — Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (Ybn Cordae ft. Chance The Rapper)
"Gold Roses" — Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-tynes, William Leonard Roberts Ii, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas Iii & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross ft. Drake)
"A Lot" — Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage ft. J. Cole)
"Racks In The Middle" — Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-boy)
"Suge" — Dababy, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (Dababy)

Best Rap Performance:

"Middle Child" — J.Cole
"Suge" — DaBaby
"Down Bad" — Dreamville ft. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy
"Racks In The Middle" — Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-boy
"Clout" — Offset ft. Cardi B

Best Rap/Sung Performance:

"Higher" — DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
"Drip Too Hard" — Lil Baby & Funna
"Panini" — Lil Nas X
"Ballin" — Mustard ft. Roddy Ricch

"The London" — Young Thug ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott

Best R&B Album:

1123 — BJ The Chicago Kid
Painted — Lucky Daye
Ella Mai — Ella Mai
Paul — PJ Morton
Venture — Anderson .Paak

Best R&B Performance:

"Love Again" — Daniel Caesar & Brandy
"Could've Been" — H.E.R. & Bryson Tiller
"Exactly How I Feel" — Lizzo & Gucci Mane
"Roll Some Mo" — Lucky Daye

"Come Home" — Anderson .Paak & André 300

Best R&B Song:

"Could've Been" — Dernst Emile Ii, David "Swagg R'celious" Harris, H.E.R. & Hue "Soundzfire" Strother, Songwriters (H.E.R. Ft. Bryson Tiller)
"Look At Me Now" — Emily King & Jeremy Most, Songwriters (Emily King)
"No Guidance" — Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, Songwriters (Chris Brown Ft. Drake)
"Roll Some Mo" — David Brown, Dernst Emile Ii & Peter Lee Johnson, Songwriters (Lucky Daye)
"Say So" — Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo)

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

"Time Today" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Steady Love" — India.Arie
"Jerome" — Lizzo
"Real Games" — Lucky Daye

"Built For Love" — PJ Morton & Jazmine Sullivan

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Apollo XXI — Steve Lacy
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Overload — Georgia Anne Muldrow
Saturn — Nao
Being Human In Public — Jessie Reyez

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 Alternative Music Album:

U.F.O.F. — Big Thief
Assume Form — James Blake
i,i — Bon Iver
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Anima — Thom Yorke

Best Rock Song:

"Fear Inoculum" — Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, Songwriters (Tool)
"Give Yourself A Try" — George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross Macdonald, Songwriters (The 1975)
"Harmony Hall" — Ezra Koenig, Songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
"History Repeats" — Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard)
"This Land" — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

Best Rock Performance:

"Pretty Waste" — Bones UK
"This Land" — Gary Clark Jr.
"History Repeats" — Brittany Howard
"Woman" — Karen O & Danger Mouse
"Too Bad" — Rival Sons

Best Metal Performance:

"Astorolus – The Great Octopus" — Candlemass ft. Tony Iommi
"Humanicide" — Death Angel
"Bow Down" — I Prevail
"Unleashed" — Killswitch Engage
"7empest" — Tool

Best Dance Recording:

"Linked" — Bonobo
"Got To Keep On" — The Chemical Brothers
"Piece Of Your Heart" — Meduza & Goodboys
"Underwater" — Rüfüs Du Sol
"Midnight Hour" — Skrillex & Boys Noize With Ty Dolla $ign

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

LP5 — Apparat
No Geography — The Chemical Brothers
Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) — Flume
Solace — Rüfüs Du Sol
Weather — Tycho

Best Country Album:

Desperate Man — Eric Church
Stronger Than The Truth — Reba McEntire
Interstate Gospel — Pistol Annies
Center Point Road — Thomas Rhett
While I'm Livin' — Tanya Tucker

Best Country Song:

"Bring My Flowers Now" — Brandi 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 Country Duo/Group Performance:

"Brand New Man" — Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs
"I Don't Remember Me (Before You)" — Brothers Osborne
"Speechless" — Dan & Shay
"The Daughters" — Little Big Town
"Common" — Maren Morris ft. Brandi Carlile

Best Country Solo Performance:

"All Your'n" — Tyler Childers
"Girl Goin' Nowhere" — Ashley McBryde
"Ride Me Back Home" — Willie Nelson
"God's Country" — Blake Shelton

"Bring My Flowers Now" — Tanya Tucker

Best Latin Pop Album:

Vida — Luis Fonsi
11:11 — Maluma
Montaner — Ricardo Montaner
#ELDISCO — Alejandro Sanz
Fantasía — Sebastian Yatra

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 American Roots Song:

"Black Myself" — Amythyst Kiah, songwriter (Our Native Daughters)
"Call My Name" — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I'm With Her)
"Crossing To Jerusalem" — Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
"Faraway Look" — Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat Mclaughlin, songwriters (Yola)
"I Don't Wanna Ride The Rails No More" — Vince Gill, songwriter (Vince Gill)

Best American Roots Performance:

"Saint Honesty" — Sara Bareilles
"Father Mountain" — Calexico With Iron & Wine
"I'm On My Way" — Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
"Call My Name" — I'm With Her
"Faraway Look" — Yola

See the full nominations here.

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