Entertainment Beyonce, Drake, Rihanna Tops 2017 Grammy Nominations [LIST]

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The nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced today December 6, with last year's Best New Artist winner Meghan Trainor unveiling the contestants for the marquee categories live on CBS.



The field is led by Beyoncé with 9 nominations, followed by similarly huge stars Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West (8 each).

The award ceremony on February 12, 2017. See nominations for 84 categories:


Album Of The Year:

25 — Adele

Lemonade — Beyoncé

Purpose — Justin Bieber

Views — Drake

A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson


Record Of The Year:


"Hello" — Adele

"Formation" — Beyoncé

"7 Years" — Lukas Graham

"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake

"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots


Song Of The Year:


"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

"Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

"I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

"7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)


Best New Artist:


Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance The Rapper

Maren Morris

Anderson .Paak



POP FIELD


Best Pop Vocal Album:


25 — Adele

Purpose — Justin Bieber

Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande

Confident — Demi Lovato

This Is Acting — Sia


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


DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD


Best Dance Recording:


"Tearing Me Up" — Bob Moses

"Don't Let Me Down" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

"Never Be Like You" — Flume Featuring Kai

"Rinse & Repeat" — Riton Featuring Kah-Lo

"Drinkee" — Sofi Tukker


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 Song:


"Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

"Burn the Witch" —Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)

"Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica

"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

"My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)


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 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 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




Click here to see more nominations

 

[mrsam]

Adele vs Bey vs Justin vs Drake.

My bet is in Adele.

Whatcha think? @ese

 

[Nigeria News]

Adele vs Bey vs Justin vs Drake.

My bet is in Adele.

Whatcha think? @ese

NAaa, this is beyonces year! Her album was way better than Adeles

 

[mrsam]

NAaa, this is beyonces year! Her album was way better than Adeles

Adele's album was spectacular. Beyoncé's wasn't. Only Formation and Freedom made sense. The rest na lubbish.

 

[Nigeria News]

Adele's album was spectacular. Beyoncé's wasn't. Only Formation and Freedom made sense. The rest na lubbish.

What was spectacular in Adeles album but Hello? Beyonces album wasnt just a hit but it addressed a lot of issues from Racism, feminism etc. Beyonce unlike other artists like adele and swift doesnt try to be appropraite all the time just so they dont face any backlash. She took a risk at the right time and she nailed it Oga. FYI - theres hold up, all night, running, 6 inch, pray you catch me, this is Queen Bs year - all classics. #beyhive

 

[mrsam]

What was spectacular in Adeles album but Hello? Beyonces album wasnt just a hit but it addressed a lot of issues from Racism, feminism etc. Beyonce unlike other artists like adele and swift doesnt try to be appropraite all the time just so they dont face any backlash. She took a risk at the right time and she nailed it Oga. FYI - theres hold up, all night, running, 6 inch, pray you catch me, this is Queen Bs year - all classics. #beyhive

Beyoncé's album was popular, not because the lyrics and the songs generally made sense, but because she chose controversial themes. No biggie. We have musicians that have addressed the issues she did, if not way better. Adele's album broke ALL manner of records

 

[Nigeria News]

Beyoncé's album was popular, not because the lyrics and the songs generally made sense, but because she chose controversial themes. No biggie. We have musicians that have addressed the issues she did, if not way better. Adele's album broke ALL manner of records

and can you back it up with claims? Adeles album too was popular as usual british hype - shes a good artist though no disrespect to her but common Beyonce is something else