The Recording Academy has revealed the nominees in four leading categories, during a live announcement on CBS This Morning on Fri. (Dec. 5), for the 2015 Grammy Awards. Pop hit-makers Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran were on hand to unveil the prestigious first list, along with Entertainment Tonight host Nancy Dell. Record of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Urban Contemporary Album were announced during the hit morning show. Sam Smith is an early frontrunner, with two nods so far (Pop Vocal Album for In The Lonely Hour and Record of the Year for "Stay With Me"). The latter category is rounded out by "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX), "Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift), "Chandelier" (Sia) and "All About That Bass" (Meghan Trainor). Check out the building list below.
GRAMMY nominees already today, @Pharrell & @edsheeran earlier on @CBSThisMorning #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/wwtEkxW7Ei
— The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs) December 5, 2014
Many more categories will be unveiled throughout the day on Twitter, from 9am-2pm EST. Keep your eyes peeled to this post for updates. Album of the Year will be saved for tonight's A Very Grammy Christmas event at 9/8c on CBS. Smith, Williams, Ariana Grande (with Big Sean for "Best Mistake"), Maroon 5, Tim McGraw, Mary J. Blige are set to perform, with LL Cool J hosting.
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards are slated for Feb. 8, 2015 and will be broadcast on CBS at 8/7c.
The nominations are as follows:
THE BIG FOUR
Album of the Year
Morning Phase, Beck
Beyonce, Beyonce
x, Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
GIRL, Pharrell Williams
Song of the Year
"Shake It Off," Taylor Swift (Max Martin, Shellback, Swift)
"All About That Bass," Meghan Trainor (Kevin Kadish, Trainor)
"Chandelier," Sia (Sia Furler, Jesse Shatkin)
"Stay with Me" (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith (James Napier, Smith, William Phillips)
"Take Me To Church," Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne)
Record of the Year
"Fancy," Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX
"Chandelier," Sia
"Stay with Me" (Dark Tower Version), Sam Smith
"Shake It Off," Taylor Swift
"All About That Bass," Meghan Trainor
Best New Artist
Brandy Clark
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
HAIM
Sam Smith
Best Music Video
"We Exist," Arcade Fire
"Chandelier," Sia
"Turn Down For What," DJ Snake & Lil Jon
"Happy," Pharrell Williams
"The Golden Age," Woodkid featuring Max Richter
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
"Beautiful Dreamer," Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
"Daft Punk," Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
"Get Smart," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
"Guantanamera," Alfredo Rodríguez, arranger (Alfredo Rodríguez)
"Moon River," Chris Walden, arranger (Amy Dickson)
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
"All Of Me," John Legend
"Chandelier," Sia
"Shake It Off," Taylor Swift
"Stay With Me," Sam Smith
"Happy," 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 with 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 Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Cheek to Cheek, Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
Nostalgia, Annie Lennox
Night Songs, Barry Manilow
Sending You A Little Christmas, Johnny Mathis
Partners, Barbra Streisand
DANCE
Best Dance Recording
"Rather Be," Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
"Never Say Never," Basement Jaxx
"F For You," Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
"I've Got You," Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
"Faded," Zhu
R&B
Best R&B Performance
"Drunk In Love," Beyonce featuring Jay Z
"New Flame," Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross
"It's Your World," Jennifer Hudson featuring R. Kelly
"Like This," Ledisi
"Good Kisser," Usher
Best R&B Song
"Drunk In Love," Beyonce featuring Jay Z (Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko)
"Good Kisser," Usher (Ronald “Flip” Colson, Warren “Oak” Felder, Usher Raymond IV, Jameel Roberts, Terry “Tru” Sneed & Andrew “Pop” Wansel)
"New Flame," Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross (Eric Bellinger, Chris Brown, James Chambers, Malissa Hunter, Justin Booth Johnson, Mark Pitts, Usher Raymond IV, William Roberts, Maurice ""Verse"" Simmonds & Keith Thomas)
"Options" (Wolfjames Version), Luke James featuring Rick Ross (Dominic Gordon, Brandon Hesson, William Roberts & Jamaica ""Kahn-Cept"" Smith)
"The Worst," Jhene Aiko (Jhené Aiko Chilombo)
Best R&B Album
Islander, Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiement
Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Sail Out, Jhene Aiko
Beyonce, Beyonce
X, Chris Brown
Mali Is..., Mali Music
GIRL, Pharrell Williams
RAP
Best Rap Performance
"Rap God," Eminem
"3005," Childish Gambino
"0 to 100" / "The Catch Up," Drake
"i," Kendrick Lamar
"All I Need Is You," Lecrae
Best Rap Song
"Anaconda," Nicki Minaj (Ernest Clark, Jamal Jones, Onika Maraj, Marcos Palacios & J. Solone-Myvett)
"Bound 2," Kanye West and Charlie Wilson (Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, John Stephens, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson & Cydel Young)
"I," Kendrick Lamar (K. Duckworth & C. Smith)
"We Dem Boyz," Wiz Khalifa (N. Fisher & C. Thomaz)
"0 To 100 / The Catch Up," Drake (A. Feeney, Aubrey Graham, A. Hernandez, P. Jefferies, M. Samuels & Noah Shebib)
Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody's Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem
Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
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
COUNTRY/AMERICAN ROOTS/BLUEGRASS
Best Country Solo Performance
"Give Me Back My Hometown," Eric Chruch
"Invisible," Hunter Hayes
"Automatic," Miranda Lambert
"Something in the Water," Carrie Underwood
"Cop Car," Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Gentle on My Mind," The Band Perry
"Meanwhile Back At Mama's," Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
"Raise 'Em Up," Keith Urban featuring Eric Church
"Day Drinking," Little Big Town
"Somethin' Bad," Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood
Best Country Song
"American Kids," Kenny Chesney (Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally)
"Automatic," Miranda Lambert (Nicole Galyon, Lambert, Natalie Hemby)
"Give Me Back My Hometown," Eric Church (Luke Laird, Church)
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell (Campbell, Julian Raymond)
"Meanwhile Back At Mama's," Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill (Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, Jeffrey Steele)
Best Country Album
Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Eric Church
12 Stories, Brandy Clark
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
The Way I'm Living, Lee Ann Womack
Best American Roots Performance
"Statesboro Blues," Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
"A Feather's Not A Bird," Rosanne Cash
"And When I Die," Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
"The Old Me Better," Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers
"Destination," Nickel Creek
Best American Roots Song
"A Feather's Not A Bird," Rosanne Cash (Cash & John Leventhal,
"Just So Much," Jesse Winchester (Winchester)
"The New York Trains," The Del McCoury Band (Woody Guthrie & Del McCoury)
"Pretty Little One," Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell (Brickell & Martin)
"Terms Of My Surrender," John Hiatt (Hiatt)
Best Americana Album
The River & The Thread, Roseanne Cash
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
Terms of My Surrender, John Hiat
Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent
ROCK
Best Rock Performance
Best Rock Song
"Ain't It Fun," Paramore (Hayley Williams, Taylor York)
"Blue Moon," Beck (Beck Hansen)
"Fever," The Black Keys (Dan Auerback, Brian Burton, Patrick Carney)
"Gimme Something Good," Ryan Adams (Ryan Adams)
"Lazaretto," Jack White (Jack White III)
Best Rock Album
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty
Morning Phase, Beck
Songs of Innocence, U2
Best Alternative Album
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Melophobia, Cage the Elephant
St Vincent, St Vincent
This Is All Yours, Alt J
Lazaretto, Jack White
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix: Volume I
The Wolf Of Wall Street
[The full list of 83 of all 84 categories can be found here]
Full list of nominations (minus Album Of The Year) is up on http://t.co/sWvXldD5AJ! Tune in tonight to @CBS #GRAMMYChristmas for AOTY noms!
— The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs)December 5, 2014
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