It’s been quite the year for music, album sales might not show it, but there’s been a lot of newcomers and the usuals that have topped the charts. The 2015 Grammy nominees were announced by Pharrell and Ed Sheeran LIVE on CBS today (Friday,12/5). Album of the Year will be announced on an hour long special , “A VERY Grammy Christmas” on CBS 9 ET/ 10 PT.
Here’s some of the nominees (from my fav categories):
RECORD OF THE YEAR
- Iggy Azalea x Charlie XCX, ‘Fancy’
- Sia, ‘Chandelier’
- Sam Smith, ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
- Taylor Swift, ‘Shake It Off’
- Meghan Trainor, ‘All About That Bass’
SONG OF THE YEAR
- ‘All About That Bass’
- ‘Chandelier’
- ‘Shake It Off’
- ‘Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)’
- ‘Take Me to Church’
BEST NEW ARTIST
- Iggy Azalea
- Bastille
- Brandy Clark
- Haim
- Sam Smith
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
- Coldplay, Ghost Stories
- Miley Cyrus, Bangerz
- Ariana Grande, My Everything
- Katy Perry, Prism
- Ed Sheeran, X
- Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
- Jhene Aiko, Sail Out
- Beyoncé, Beyoncé
- Chris Brown, X
- Mali Music, Mali Is…
- Pharrell Williams, Girl
BEST RAP ALBUM
- Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
- Childish Gambino, Because The Internet
- Common, Nobody’s Smiling
- Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP2
- Schoolboy Q, Oxymoron
- Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood
The 57th Annual Grammy’s will air LIVE on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Check out the full list of nominees HERE.
Stay tuned for a post later featuring the Album of the Year nominees.
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