It’s that time of year again! The nominees have been announced for Music’s Biggest Night The 56th Annual Grammy Awards. In keeping with what has become a tradition, LL Cool J hosted The Grammy’s nomination concert which featured performances from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Miguel & Lorde (all of whom received nominations). The biggest categories were announced and are listed below:
Song Of The Year
“Just Give Me A Reason” – P!nk ft. Nate Ruess
“Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Roar” – Katy Perry
“Royals” – Lorde
“Same Love” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Duo Or Group Performance
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
“Just Give Me A Reason” – P!nk ft. Nate Ruess
“Stay” – Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell
“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z
Album of the Year
The Blessed Unrest – Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar
The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red – Taylor Swift
Best Country Album
Night Train – Jason Aldean
Two Lanes of Freedom – Tim McGraw
Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves
Based On A True Story – Blake Shelton
Red Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kasey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Record Of The Year
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons » “Royals” – Lorde
“Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell
For a complete list of Nominees visit The Official Grammy’s website: http://www.grammy.com/files/pages/56thpresslist-final-secured.pdf
Are you pleased with this year’s list of nominees?
-Jordan