With Iggy Azaela being the big rap nominee, Drake scoring nods with a SoundCloud release and producers like DJ Mustard feeling completely snubbed, the 2015 Grammy nods has been all the recent buzz. Check out an abbreviated listing of nominations below. See the full listing HERE.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Fancy – Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
Chandelier – Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Morning Phase – Beck
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
X – Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Girl – Pharrell Williams
SONG OF THE YEAR
All About That Bass – Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
Chandelier – Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
Shake It Off – Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
Take Me To Church – Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
All Of Me (Live) – John Legend
Chandelier – Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Fancy – Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
A Sky Full Of Stars – Coldplay
Say Something – A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
Dark Horse – Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
My Everything – Ariana Grande
Prism – Katy Perry
X – Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour- Sam Smith
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Drunk In Love – Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
New Flame – Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
It’s Your World – Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
Like This – Ledisi
Good Kisser – Usher
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
As – Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
I.R.S. – Angie Fisher
Jesus Children – Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
Nobody – Kem
Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo) – Antonique Smith
BEST R&B SONG
Drunk In Love – Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z)
Good Kisser – Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Usher)
New Flame – Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice “Verse” Simmonds & Keith Thomas, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross)
Options (Wolfjames Version) – Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica “Kahn-Cept” Smith, songwriters (Luke James Featuring Rick Ross)
The Worst – Jhené Aiko Chilombo, songwriter (Jhené Aiko)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
X – Chris Brown
Mali Is… – Mali Music
Girl – Pharrell Williams
BEST R&B ALBUM
Islander – Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit – Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce = Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2 – Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
3005 – Childish Gambino
0 To 100 / The Catch Up – Drake
Rap God – Eminem
I – Kendrick Lamar
All I Need Is You – Lecrae
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
Blak Majik – Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
The Monster – Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Tuesday – I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
Studio – Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
Bound 2 – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
BEST RAP SONG
Anaconda – Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett, songwriters (Nicki Minaj)
Bound 2 – Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West & Charlie Wilson)
I – K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
We Dem Boyz – N. Fisher & C. Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
0 To 100 / The Catch Up – A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
BEST RAP ALBUM
The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet – Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling – Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
Oxymoron – Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley
Full Frequency – Sean Paul
Back On The Controls – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Out Of Many, One Music – Shaggy
The Reggae Power – Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
We Exist – Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier – Sia
Happy – Pharrell Williams
The Golden Age – Woodkid Featuring Max Richter
BEST MUSIC FILM
Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour – Beyoncé & Jay Z
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Metallica Through The Never – Metallica
The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne – Pink
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