The Grammys usually just have a little concert/ceremony-thing some night in December where they present the major nominees, and then the full list is available online the next morning. It’s like the Super Bowl for me. But this year they’re making it more interactive. Or should I say complicated. So far they’ve announced the following:
Record of the Year:
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX for “Fancy”
Sia for “Chandelier”
Sam Smith for “Stay with Me (Darkchild Remix)”
Taylor Swift for “Shake it Off”
Meghan Trainor for “All About That Bass”
Best Pop Solo Performance:
John Legend for “All of Me (Live Version)”
Sia for “Chandelier”
Sam Smith for “Stay with Me”
Taylor Swift for “Shake it Off”
Pharrell Williams for “Happy”
Best Country Album:
Riser by Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders by Eric Church
12 Stories by Brandy Clark
Platinum by Miranda Lambert
The Way I’m Livin’ by Lee Ann Womack
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ghost Stories by Coldplay
Bangerz by Miley Cyrus
My Everything by Ariana Grande
Prism by Katy Perry
X by Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour by Sam
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Sail Out by Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé by Beyoncé
X by Chris Brown
Mali Is by Mali Music
G I R L by Pharrell Williams
Best Rock Song
Hayley Williams & Taylor York for “Ain’t it Fun” by Paramore
Beck Hansen for “Blue Moon” by Beck
Dan Auerback, Brian Burton, & Patrick Carney for “Fever” by The Black Keys
Rayan Adams for “Gimme Something Good”
Jack White for “Lazaretto”
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Apparently they’ll be tweeting out random nominees through the day, and post a full list (with the exception of Album of the Year) at 2 pm. They are holding the nominations for Album of the Year until tonight after some Christmas special they’re doing on CBS.
I shouldn’t really be surprised they’re dragging this out, but for a college kid/music lover who has a final today and massive amounts of homework/studying to do, this isn’t really fun. It’s stressful.
I am kind of surprised/excited/happy that Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande got some Grammy love; they aren’t really the kind of artists you see get nominated. As for Meghan Trainor, I was one of the few music blogs who said she’d get nominated for “All About That Bass,” so, you know…just saying… I mean, she wasn’t even on Billboard‘s prediction list….
Anyway, I’ll try to post the other major categories as I see them, but I’m a bit behind the eight ball because of this little thing college students call “finals.”
