2015 Grammy Nominations Announced Friday Dec 05,2014

 

The first set of Grammy nominations were announced on Friday Dec 05,2014

The first 4 categories announced were -

• Best Country Album 

• Best Pop Vocal Album 

• Best Urban Contemporary Album and  

• Record Of The Year

Best Country Album:
Dierks Bentley, Riser 
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Lee Ann Womack, The Way I’m Living
Brandy Clark, 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert, Platinum

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
Beyonce, Beyonce
Chris Brown, X
Mali Music, Mail Is
Pharrell Williams, G I R L

 Record of the Year:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli 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
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Hozier – “Take Me to Church”

Best New Artist
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance
John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Coldplay, “A Sky Full of Stars”
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, “Say Something”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj, “Bang Bang”
Katy Perry feat. Juicy J, “Dark Horse”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek
Annie Lennox, Nostalgia
Barry Manilow, Night Songs
Johnny Mathis, Sending You a Little Christmas
Barbra Streisand, Partners

Best Country Album:
Dierks Bentley, Riser 
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Lee Ann Womack, The Way I’m Living
Brandy Clark, 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Best Country Song
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
Miranda Lambert, “Automatic”
Eric Church, “Give Me Back My Hometown”
Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill, “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s”

Best Rock Song
Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck, “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys, “Fever”
Ryan Adams, “Gimme Something Good”
Jack White, “Lazaretto”

Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adam
Beck, Morning Phase
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye
U2, Songs of Innocence

Best Rap Album
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 
Because the Internet, Childish Gambino 
Nobody’s Smiling, Common 
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa

Best Rap Solo Performance
Childish Gambino – “3005″
Drake – “0 to 100/The Catch Up”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar “i”
Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”

Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta
Lee ‘Scratch Perry, Back on the Controls
Sean Paul, Full Frequency
Shaggy, Out of Many, One Music
Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate, The Reggae Power
Soja, Amid the Noise and the Haste

Album Of The Year
Beyonce, Beyonce
Beck, Morning Phase
Ed Sheeran, X
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Pharrell Williams, Girl

 

Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Katy Perry go head-to-head for Pop Album prize as first 2015 Grammy nominations are announced

 Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Katy Perry are set to battle for one of the most prestigious prizes at the 2015 Grammy Awards.

The trio are all up for the Best Pop Vocal Album: Cyrus for Bangerz, Grande for My Everything and Perry for Prism.

They will go up against Coldplay [Ghost Stories], Ed Sheeran [X] and soul sensation Sam Smith, whose Into The Lonely Hour rounded out the category.

Miley Cyrus has been nominated in the Best Pop Vocal Album for her mega-hit record Bangerz  

 

Ariana Grande has been nominated in the Best Pop Vocal Album My Everything

Katy Perry has been nominated in the Best Pop Vocal Album Prism