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The 2020 Grammy Nominations Have Been Announced

And they include Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

After a minor hiccup which saw the Grammy’s website update its artist’s total number of nominations before the 2020 list was even released, we finally have the proper thing and it confirms what we already knew: that Billie Eilish and Lizzo rule all.

At 17-years-old, Billie Eilish has broken the record as the youngest artist to be nominated in all four of the most prestigious Grammy categories: record, album and song of the year, and best new artist, while Lizzo got the most number of nods overall with eight total, including all of the top four categories.

As far as snubs go, Taylor Swift was only nominated for one of the major categories, Halsey received nothing for her chart-topping single ‘Without Me’ and neither did Sam Smith for ‘Dancing With a Stranger’ and Solange was left off the list despite her critically acclaimed album When I Get Home. Boy and girl of the moment, Harry Styles and Selena Gomez, were both also left out but that’s because their new music came out too late and is eligible for 2021.

Below, the complete list of Grammy nominations.

Album of the year
Bon Iver – I, I
Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
HER – I Used to Know Her
Lil Nas X – 7
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)
Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride

Record of the year
Bon Iver – Hey, Ma
Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
HER – Hard Place
Khalid – Talk
Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
Lizzo – Truth Hurts
Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower

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

Best new artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank and the Bangas
Yola

Best pop album
Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
Ed Sheeran – No 6 Collaborations Project
Taylor Swift – Lover

Best rock album
Bring Me the Horizon – Amo
Cage the Elephant – Social Cues
The Cranberries – In the End
I Prevail – Trauma
Rival Sons – Feral Roots

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Best alternative music album
Big Thief – UFOF
James Blake – Assume Form
Bon Iver – I, I
Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Thom Yorke – Anima

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

Best rap album
Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III
Meek Mill – Championships
21 Savage – I Am > I Was
Tyler, the Creator – Igor
YBN Cordae – The Lost Boy

Best R&B album
BJ the Chicago Kid – 1123
Lucky Daye – Painted
Ella Mai — Ella Mai
PJ Morton – Paul
Anderson .Paak – Venture

Best dance/electronic album
Apparat – LP5
Chemical Brothers – No Geography
Flume – Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape)
Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace
Tycho – Weather

Best country album
Eric Church – Desperate Man
Reba McEntire – Stronger Than the Truth
Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road
Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’

Best Americana album
Calexico and Iron & Wine – Years to Burn
Madison Cunningham – Who Are You Now
Keb’ Mo’ – Oklahoma
JS Ondara – Tales of America
Yola – Walk Through Fire

Best Latin pop album
Luis Fonsi – Vida
Maluma – 11:11
Ricardo Montaner – Montaner
Alejandro Sanz – #ELDISCO
Sebastian Yatra – Fantasía

Best gospel album
Kirk Franklin – Long Live Love
Donald Lawrence Presents the Tri-City Singers – Goshen
Gene Moore – Tunnel Vision
William Murphy – Settle Here
CeCe Winans – Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album

Best pop solo performance
Beyoncé – Spirit
Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
Lizzo – Truth Hurts
Taylor Swift – You Need to Calm Down

Best pop duo/group performance
Ariana Grande and Social House – Boyfriend
Jonas Brothers – Sucker
Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – Señorita

Best traditional pop vocal album
Andrea Bocelli – Sì
Michael Bublé – Love (Deluxe Edition)
Elvis Costello and the Imposters – Look Now
John Legend – A Legendary Christmas
Barbra Streisand – Walls

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Best rap performance
J Cole – Middle Child
DaBaby – Suge
Dreamville ft JID, Bas, J.Cole, Earthgang and& Young Nudy – Down Bad
Nipsey Hussle ft Roddy Ricch and Hit-boy – Racks in the Middle
Offset ft Cardi B – Clout

Best traditional R&B performance
BJ the Chicago Kid – Time Today
India.Arie – Steady Love
“Jerome” — Lizzo
“Real Games” — Lucky Daye
“Built For Love” — PJ Morton & Jazmine Sullivan

Best rap/sung performance
DJ Khaled ft Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – Higher
Lil Baby and Funna – Drip Too Hard
Lil Nas X – Panini
Mustard ft Roddy Ricch – Ballin
Young Thug ft J Cole & Travis Scott – The London

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

Best R&B song
Dernst Emile Ii, David “Swagg R’celious” Harris, HER and Hue “Soundzfire” Strother, Songwriters (H.E.R. Ft. Bryson Tiller) – Could’ve Been
Emily King and Jeremy Most, Songwriters (Emily King) – Look at Me Now
Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib and Teddy Walton, songwriters (Chris Brown ft Drake) – No Guidance
David Brown, Dernst Emile Ii & Peter Lee Johnson, Songwriters (Lucky Daye) – Roll Some Mo
PJ Morton, Songwriter (PJ Morton ft Jojo) – Say So

Best rock performance
Bones UK – Pretty Waste
Gary Clark Jr – This Land
Brittany Howard – History Repeats
Karen O and Danger Mouse – Woman
Rival Sons – Too Bad

Best metal performance
Candlemass ft. Tony Iommi – Astorolus: The Great Octopus
Death Angel – Humanicide
I Prevail – Bow Down
Killswitch Engage – Unleashed
Tool – 7empest

Best country solo performance
Tyler Childers – All Your’n
Ashley McBryde – Girl Goin’ Nowhere
Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home
Blake Shelton – God’s Country
Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now

Best country duo/group performance
Brooks and Dunn with Luke Combs – Brand New Man
Brothers Osborne – I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)
Dan and Shay – Speechless
Little Big Town – The Daughters
Maren Morris ft Brandi Carlile – Common

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Best country song
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker) – Bring My Flowers Now
Jeremy Bussey & Ashley Mcbryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)– Girl Goin’ Nowhere
Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori Mckenna and Liz Rose, Songwriters (Miranda Lambert) – It All Comes Out in the Wash
Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, Songwriters (Eric Church) –Some of It
Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers and Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan and Shay) – Speechless

Best rock song
Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones and Maynard James Keenan, songwriters (Tool) – Fear Inoculum
George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald, songwriters (The 1975) – Give Yourself a Try
Ezra Koenig, songwriter (Vampire Weekend) – Harmony Hall
Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard) – History Repeats
Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr) – This Land

Producer of the year, non-classical
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
John Hill
Finneas
Ricky Reed

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
Various artists – The Lion King: The Songs
Various artists – Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taron Egerton – Rocketman
Various artists – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

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