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.
— 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.
— 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.
— 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.
— 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