GRAMMY’s 2018!

December 7, 2017
The Grammy’s will be on January 28th! So you need to be ready and know everything you need to know about the show. For my first article of the school year NOT reviewing a movie, here are this year’s Grammy nominees:
Record of the Year
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“The Story Of O.J.” — JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
- Album of the Year
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
4:44 — JAY-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama — Lorde
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
- Song of the Year
“Despacito” — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
“4:44” — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (JAY-Z)
“Issues” — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
“1-800-273-8255” — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
“That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Best Pop Solo Performance
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
“Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Praying” — Kesha
“Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
“What About Us” — P!nk
“Shape Of You” — Ed Sheeran
“Something Just Like This” — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” — Imagine Dragons
“Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man
“Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara
NOBODY BUT ME (DELUXE VERSION) Michael Bublé
Best Pop Vocal Album
TRIPLICATE Bob Dylan
IN FULL SWING Seth MacFarlane
WONDERLAND Sarah McLachlan
TONY BENNETT CELEBRATES 90 (Various Artists)
Dae Bennett, Producer
KALEIDOSCOPE EP Coldplay
LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Rey
EVOLVE Imagine Dragons
RAINBOW Kesha
JOANNE Lady Gaga
÷ (DIVIDE) Ed Sheeran
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Best Dance Recording
BAMBRO KOYO GANDA
Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa
Bonobo, producer; Bonobo, mixerCOLA
Camelphat & Elderbrook
Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook & David Whelan, producers; Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook & David Whelan, mixersANDROMEDA
Gorillaz Featuring DRAM
Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Remi Kabaka & Anthony Khan, producers; Stephen Sedgwick, mixerTONITE
LCD Soundsystem
James Murphy, producer; James Murphy, mixerLINE OF SIGHT
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Odesza Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair Clayton Knight & Harrison Mills, producers; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer
Migration — Bonobo
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk
Mura Masa — Mura Masa
A Moment Apart — Odesza
What Now — Sylvan Esso
WHAT IF The Jerry Douglas Band
SPIRIT Alex HanMOUNT ROYAL Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
PROTOTYPE Jeff Lorber Fusion
BAD HOMBRE Antonio Sanchez
Best Rock Performance
“You Want It Darker” — Leonard Cohen
Best Metal Performance
“The Promise” — Chris Cornell
“Run” — Foo Fighters
“No Good” — Kaleo
“Go To War” — Nothing More
INVISIBLE ENEMY August Burns Red
BLACK HOODIE Body Count
FOREVER Code Orange
SULTAN’S CURSE Mastodon
CLOCKWORKS Meshuggah
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Best Rock Song
Atlas, Rise!
James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, Songwriters (Metallica)Blood In The Cut
JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty, Songwriters (K.Flay)Go To War
Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel
Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga, Songwriters (Nothing More)Run
Foo Fighters, Songwriters (Foo Fighters)The Stage
Best Rock Album
Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders,
Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman, Songwriters (Avenged Sevenfold)
Emperor Of Sand
MastodonHardwired…To Self-Destruct
MetallicaThe Stories We Tell Ourselves
Nothing MoreVillains
Queens Of The Stone AgeA Deeper Understanding
Best Alternative Music Album
The War On Drugs
Everything Now
Arcade FireHumanz
GorillazAmerican Dream
LCD SoundsystemPure Comedy
Father John MistySleep Well Beast
The National -
Best R&B Performance
Get You
Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali UchisDistraction
KehlaniHigh
LedisiThat’s What I Like
Bruno MarsThe Weekend
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Sza
Laugh And Move On
Best R&B Song
The Baylor Project
Redbone
Childish Gambino
What I’m Feelin’
Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones
All The Way
Ledisi
Still
Mali Music
First Began
PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
Location
Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher Mcclenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, Songwriters (Khalid)Redbone
Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, Songwriters (Childish Gambino)Supermodel
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, Songwriters (Sza)
That’s What I Like
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Free 6lack — 6lack
Best R&B Album
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
American Teen — Khalid
Ctrl — SZA
Starboy — The Weeknd
Freudian
Daniel CaesarLet Love Rule
Ledisi24k Magic
Bruno MarsGumbo
PJ MortonFeel The Real
Best Rap Performance
Musiq Soulchild
Bounce Back
Big SeanBodak Yellow
Cardi B4:44
Jay-ZHumble.
Kendrick LamarBad And Boujee
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert
Prblms
6lackCrew
Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy GlizzyFamily Feud
Jay-Z Featuring BeyoncéLoyalty.
Kendrick Lamar Featuring RihannaLove Galore
Best Rap Song
Sza Featuring Travis Scott
Bodak Yellow
Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White, Songwriters (Cardi B)Chase Me
Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime
Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer, Songwriters (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)Humble.
K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams Ii, Songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)Sassy
E. Gabouer & M. Evans, Songwriters (Rapsody)The Story Of O.J.
Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, Songwriters (Jay-Z)
Best Rap Album
4:44 — JAY-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar- Culture — Migos
Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody
Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator Best Country Solo Performance
Body Like A Back Road
Sam HuntLosing You
Alison KraussTin Man
Miranda LambertI Could Use A Love Song
Maren MorrisEither Way
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Chris Stapleton
It Ain’t My Fault
Brothers OsborneMy Old Man
Zac Brown Band
You Look Good
Lady AntebellumBetter Man
Little Big TownDrinkin’ Problem
Best Country Song
Midland
Better Man
Taylor Swift, Songwriter (Little Big Town)Body Like A Back Road
Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane Mcanally & Josh Osborne, Songwriters (Sam Hunt)Broken Halos
Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, Songwriters (Chris Stapleton)Drinkin’ Problem
Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane Mcanally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach, Songwriters (Midland)Tin Man
Best Country Album
Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, Songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney
Best New Age Album
Heart Break — Lady Antebellum
The Breaker — Little Big Town
Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton
Reflection
Brian EnoSongversation: Medicine
India.ArieDancing On Water
Peter KaterSacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 5
KitaroSpiral Revelation
Steve Roach -
Then it goes on to the millions of Grammy Awards no one knows about.
- Culture — Migos