List of 2017 Grammy Award nominees

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In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, file photo, Drake performs at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

A list of nominees in the top categories at the 59th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday by The Recording Academy.

— Album of the year: “25,” Adele; “Lemonade,” Beyonce; “Purpose,” Justin Bieber; “Views,” Drake; “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth,” Sturgill Simpson.

— Record of the year: “Hello,” Adele; “Formation,” Beyonce; “7 Years,” Lukas Graham; “Work,” Rihanna featuring Drake; “Stressed Out,” twenty one pilots.

Rihanna | AP

Rihanna | AP

— Song of the year (songwriter’s award): “Formation,” Beyonce, Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan and Michael L. Williams II; “Hello,” Adele and Greg Kurstin; “I Took a Pill In Ibiza,” Mike Posner; “Love Yourself,” Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran and Benjamin Levin; “7 Years,” Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard and Morten Ristorp.

— Best new artist: Kelsea Ballerini; The Chainsmokers; Chance the Rapper; Maren Morris; Anderson Paak.

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— Best pop solo performance: “Hello,” Adele; “Hold Up,” Beyonce; “Love Yourself,” Justin Bieber; “Piece by Piece (Idol Version),” Kelly Clarkson; “Dangerous Woman,” Ariana Grande.

— Best pop duo/group performance: “Closer,” The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey; “7 Years,” Lukas Graham; “Work,” Rihanna featuring Drake; “Cheap Thrills,” Sia featuring Sean Paul; “Stressed Out,” twenty one pilots.

— Best traditional pop vocal album: “Cinema,” Andrea Bocelli; “Fallen Angels,” Bob Dylan; “Stages Live,” Josh Groban; “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin,” Willie Nelson; “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” Barbra Streisand.

— Best pop vocal album: “25,” Adele; “Purpose,” Justin Bieber; “Dangerous Woman,” Ariana Grande; “Confident,” Demi Lovato; “This Is Acting,” Sia.

— Best dance/electronic album: “Skin,” Flume; “Electronica 1: The Time Machine,” Jean-Michel Jarre; “Epoch,” Tycho; “Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future,” Underworld; “Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII,” Louie Vega.

— Best rock album: “California,” Blink-182; “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” Cage the Elephant; “Magma,” Gojira; “Death of a Bachelor,” Panic! at the Disco; “Weezer,” Weezer.

David Bowie is shown in 1997 performing during a concert celebrating his 50th birthday, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, after battling

David Bowie is shown in 1997 performing during a concert celebrating his 50th birthday, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, after battling cancer for 18 months. He was 69. | AP File Photo

— Best alternative music album: “22, A Million,” Bon Iver; “Blackstar,” David Bowie; “The Hope Six Demolition Project,” PJ Harvey; “Post Pop Depression,” Iggy Pop; “A Moon Shaped Pool,” Radiohead.

— Best urban contemporary album: “Lemonade,” Beyonce; “Ology,” Gallant; “We Are King,” KING; “Malibu,” Anderson Paak; “Anti,” Rihanna.

— Best R&B album: “In My Mind,” BJ the Chicago Kid; “Lalah Hathaway Live,” Lalah Hathaway; “Velvet Portraits,” Terrace Martin; “Healing Season,” Mint Condition; “Smoove Jones,” Mya.

— Best rap album: “Coloring Book,” Chance the Rapper; “And the Anonymous Nobody,” De La Soul; “Major Key,” DJ Khaled; “Views,” Drake; “Blank Face LP,” ScHoolboy Q; “The Life of Pablo,” Kanye West.

— Best country album: “Big Day In A Small Town,” Brandy Clark; “Full Circle,” Loretta Lynn; “Hero,” Maren Morris; “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth,” Sturgill Simpson; “Ripcord,” Keith Urban.

BJ The Chicago Kid performs on day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, July 16, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesMos

BJ The Chicago Kid performs on day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, July 16, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesMos

— Best jazz vocal album: “Sound of Red,” Rene Marie; “Upward Spiral,” Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling; “Take Me to the Alley,” Gregory Porter; “Harlem On My Mind,” Catherine Russell; “The Sting Variations,” The Tierney Sutton Band.

— Best jazz instrumental album: “Book of Intuition,” Kenny Barron Trio; “Dr. Um,” Peter Erskine; “Sunday Night at the Vanguard,” The Fred Hersch Trio; “Nearness,” Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau; “Country for Old Men,” John Scofield.

— Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: “Amy”; “Miles Ahead”; “Straight Outta Compton”; “Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition)”; “Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1.”

— Producer of the year, non-classical: Benny Blanco; Greg Kurstin; Max Martin; Nineteen85; Ricky Reed.

— Best music video: “Formation,” Beyonce; “River,” Leon Bridges; “Up&Up,” Coldplay; “Gosh,” Jamie xx; “Upside Down & Inside Out,” OK Go.

— Best music film: “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” Steve Aoki; “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years,” The Beatles; “Lemonade,” Beyonce; “The Music of Strangers,” Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble; “American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry,” Various artists.

Amy Schumer | Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Amy Schumer | Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

— Best spoken word album (includes poetry, audio books & storytelling): “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,” Amy Schume;

“In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In the Sandbox,” Carol Burnett; “M Train,” Patti Smith; “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia),” (Various Artists); “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink,” Elvis Costello.

— Best song written for visual media: “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar); Track from: “Trolls” “Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots); Track from: “Suicide Squad” “Just Like Fire” — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk); Track from: “Alice Through the Looking Glass” “Purple Lamborghini” — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross); Track from: “Suicide Squad” “Try Everything” — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira); Track from: “Zootopia” “The Veil” — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel); Track from: “Snowden”

Best contemporary Christian music album: “Poets & Saints” — All Sons & Daughters; “American Prodigal” — Crowder; “Be One” — Natalie Grant; “Youth Revival [Live]” — Hillsong Young & Free; “Love Remains” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family.

— Best Latin pop album: “Un Besito Mas” — Jesse & Joy; “Ilusión” — Gaby Moreno; “Similares” — Laura Pausini; “Seguir Latiendo” — Sanalejo; “Buena Vida” — Diego Torres.

–Best American roots performance: “Ain’t No Man” — The Avett Brothers; “Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time” — Blind Boys of Alabama; “Factory Girl” — Rhiannon Giddens; “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz; “Wreck You” — Lori McKenna

— Best rap/sung performance: “Freedom” — Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar; “Hotline Bling” — Drake; “Broccoli” — D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty; “Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream; “Famous” — Kanye West featuring Rihanna

–Best rap song: “All the Way Up” — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared); “Famous” — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna); “Hotline Bling” — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake); “No Problem” — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz); “Ultralight Beam” — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico “Donnie Trumpet” Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream)

— Best country duo/group performance: “Different For Girls” — Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King; “21 Summer” — Brothers Osborne; “Setting the World On Fire” — Kenny Chesney & Pink; “Jolene” — Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton; “Think of You” — Chris Young With Cassadee Pope.

–Best country song: “Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban); “Die a Happy Man” — Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett); “Humble and Kind” — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw); “My Church” — busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris; “Vice” — Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert).

–Best New Age album: “Orogen,” John Burke; “Dark Sky Island,” Enya; “Inner Passion,” Peter Kater & Tina Guo; “Rosetta,” Vangelis; “White Sun II,” White Sun.

–Best gospel performance/song: “It’s Alright, It’s OK,” Shirley Caesar featuring Anthony Hamilton; “You’re Bigger [Live],” Jekalyn Carr; “Made A Way [Live],” Travis Greene; “God Provides,” Tamela Mann; “Better,” Hezekiah Walker.

–Best contemporary blues album: “The Last Days of Oakland,” Fantastic Negrito; “Love Wins Again,” Janiva Magness; “Bloodline,” Kenny Neal; “Give It Back to You,” The Record Company; “Everybody Wants a Piece,” Joe Louis Walker.

–Best comedy album: “… America … Great …,” David Cross;

“American Myth,” Margaret Cho; “Boyish Girl Interrupted,” Tig Notaro; “Live at the Apollo,” Amy Schumer; “Talking For Clapping,” Patton Oswalt.

Associated Press

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