Beyoncé Dominates 2017 Grammy Nominations

The 2017 Grammy nominations have been announced by the Recording Academy. The 59th annual awards will be given out in 83 categories, most subdivided by genre (rock, country, rap, etc.). Four of those categories — Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist — are open to music from every genre.

The nominations are led by Beyoncé, who landed nine nominations for her monumental hit Lemonade, including nominations in the Album, Record, and Song of the Year categories, with the latter two nominations for “Formation.”


The only other artist to land nominations in all three of those top categories is Adele, nominated for her album 25 and its hit “Hello.” Despite that achievement, Adele managed only one other nomination across the field.


Following Beyoncé are Kanye West, Drake, and Rihanna, all of whom have eight nominations. Along with Adele and Beyoncé, the Album of the Year category (the awards’ most prestigious) features Drake, Justin Bieber, and alt-country artist Sturgill Simpson.


Other nominations include five for David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar; two for comedian Amy Schumer (Comedy Album and Spoken-Word Album for the audio version of her book), and two separate nominations for the score from Stranger Things.

The nominees in 25 top categories follow. Visit the Grammys website to see the nominees in every category, including the highly coveted “Best Album Notes” category.

TOP FOUR CATEGORIES
Album of the Year

(This award is given to an entire album and all of its songs.)

25, Adele
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Views, Drake
A Sailor's Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Record of the Year

(This award goes to the overall production of a single song and is awarded to the artist who records it.)
"Hello," Adele
"Formation," Beyoncé
"7 Years," Lukas Graham
"Work," Rihanna, featuring Drake
"Stressed Out," Twenty One Pilots
Song of the Year

(This award goes to the songwriters of a song.)
"Formation," Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (performed by Beyoncé)
"Hello," Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (performed by Adele)
"I Took a Pill In Ibiza," Mike Posner, songwriter (performed by Mike Posner)
"Love Yourself," Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (performed by Justin Bieber)
"7 Years," Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (performed by Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist

(This award is given to artists who have had their breakthrough recording in the past Grammy year — not artists who made their first recording in that time.)
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance the Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
POP Categories

Best Pop Vocal Album
25, Adele
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande
Confident, Demi Lovato
This Is Acting, Sia

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Closer,” The Chainsmokers, featuring Halsey
“7 Years,” Lukas Graham
“Work,” Rihanna featuring Drake
“Cheap Thrills,” Sia, featuring Sean Paul
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin, Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine, Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch, Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future, Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII, Louie Vega


Urban, rap, and R&B categories

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Ology, Gallant
We Are King, King
Malibu, Anderson .Paak
Anti, Rihanna

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 Performance
"No Problem," Chance the Rapper, featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Panda," Desiigner
"Pop Style," Drake, featuring the Throne
"All the Way Up," Fat Joe & Remy Ma, featuring French Montana & Infared
"That Part," Schoolboy Q, featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Freedom,” Beyoncé, featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Hotline Bling,” Drake
“Broccoli,” D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
“Ultralight Beam,” Kanye West, featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
“Famous,” Kanye West, featuring Rihanna

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 Performance
“Turnin' Me Up,” BJ the Chicago Kid
“Permission,” Ro James
“I Do,” Musiq Soulchild
“Needed Me,” Rihanna
“Cranes In the Sky,” Solange
Rock and alternative categories


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 Performance
“Joe (Live from Austin City Limits),” Alabama Shakes
“Don't Hurt Yourself,” Beyoncé featuring Jack White
“Blackstar,” David Bowie
“The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan),” Disturbed
“Heathens,” Twenty One Pilots

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
Country categories

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 Duo/Group Performance
“Different For Girls,” Dierks Bentley, featuring Elle King
“21 Summer,” Brothers Osborne
“Setting the World On Fire,” Kenny Chesney & P!nk
“Jolene,” Pentatonix, featuring Dolly Parton
“Think of You,” Chris Young with Cassadee Pope

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 Americana Album
True Sadness, The Avett Brothers
This Is Where I Live, William Bell
The Cedar Creek Sessions, Kris Kristofferson
The Bird & the Rifle, Lori McKenna
Kid Sister, The Time Jumpers
Odds and ends


Best Musical Theater Album
Bright Star
The Color Purple (Revival cast)
Fiddler On the Roof (Revival cast)
Kinky Boots (London cast)
Waitress

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridge of Spies, Thomas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer
Stranger Things Volume 1, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers

Best Comedy Album
… America … Great …, David Cross
American Myth, Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted, Tig Notaro
Live at the Apollo, Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping, Patton Oswalt

Best Spoken-Word Album
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
M Train, Patti Smith
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia), Various Artists
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Elvis Costello

Best Music Video
"Formation," Beyoncé
"River," Leon Bridges
"Up & Up," Coldplay
"Gosh," Jamie xx
"Upside Down & Inside Out," OK Go

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