Tue 6 Dec 2016
Beyoncé, Rihanna, Drake & Kanye West Lead 2017 Grammy Nominations
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CBS News is formally announcing all the 2017 Grammy nominations, including the hip-hop related categories — which features Chance The Rapper and Desiigner in the Best New Artist bracket — among other interesting choices.
This year James Corden L.A. will host music’s biggest night at the Staples Center on Feb. 12. We will be update this post as the announcements are made.
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Record of the Year
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Lukas Graham – “7 Years”
Rihanna – “Work”
Twenty One Pilots – “Stressed Out”
Song of the Year
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Adele – “Hello”
Mike Posner – “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Justin Bieber – “Love Yourself”
Lukas Graham – “7 Years”
Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper
The Chainsmokers
Anderson .Paak
Maren Morris
Kelsea Ballerini
Album of the Year
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – Purpose
Drake – Views
Adele – 25
Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Best Rap Performance
Chance the Rapper – “No Problem”
Desiigner – “Panda”
Drake f/ The Throne – “Pop Style”
Fat Joe & Remy Ma f/ French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”
ScHoolboy Q f/ Kanye West – “That Part”
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Beyoncé f/ Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
D.R.A.M. f/ Lil Yachty – “Broccoli”
Kanye West f/ Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, The Dream – “Ultralight Beam”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – “Famous”
Best Rap Song
Fat Joe & Remy Ma f/ French Montana & Infared – “All the Way Up”
Kanye West – “Famous”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Chance the Rapper – “No Problem”
Kanye West – “Ultralight Beam”
Best Rap Album
Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
De La Soul – And the Anonymous Nobody
DJ Khaled – Major Key
Drake – Views
ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Best R&B Performance
BJ the Chicago Kid – “Turnin Me Up”
Ro James – “Permission”
Musiq Soulchild – “I Do”
Rihanna – “Needed Me”
Solange – “Cranes in the Sky”
Best R&B Song
PartyNextDoor f/ Drake – “Come See Me”
Bryson Tiller – “Exchange”
Rihanna – “Kiss It Better”
Maxwell – “Lake by the Ocean”
Tory Lanez – “Luv”
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Gallant – Ology
KING – We Are King
Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Rihanna – Anti
Best R&B Album
BJ the Chicago Kid – In My Mind
Lalah Hathaway – Lalah Hathaway Live
Terrace Martin – Velvet Portraits
Mint Condition – Healing Season
Mya – Smoove Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album
Adele – 25
Justin Bieber – Purpose
Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
Demi Lovato – Confident
Sia – This Is Acting
Check out the full Grammys list here.
Beyonce and Adele nominated in the top 3 categories at the Grammy Awards, including album, song and record of year. https://t.co/y2pwAMC0VE
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 6, 2016
BREAKING: Beyonce leads Grammys with 9 nominations; Drake, Rihanna, Kanye West each score 8 .
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 6, 2016
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