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The nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards were announced this morning. Leading the way is Lizzo with eight nominations, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X, who each received six. All three artists are first-time Grammy nominees. Additionally, Eilish is the youngest musician to be nominated for all four major categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist.

Other notable Grammy nominees for 2020 are Tyler, the Creator, Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, FKA twigs, Steve Lacy, Bon Iver, Thom Yorke, and Rosalía, among many others.

Below you can see a list of nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards (visit grammy.com for the complete list), starting with the biggest categories in Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 26, with host Alicia Keys.

Album of the Year Bon Iver - i,i Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? H.E.R. - I Used to Know Her Ariana Grande - thank u, next Lil Nas X - 7 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

Record of the Year Bon Iver - Hey, Ma Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Ariana Grande - 7 rings H.E.R. - Hard Place Khalid - Talk Lil Nas X - Old Town Road Lizzo - Truth Hurts Post Malone - Sunflower

Song of the Year Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Brandi Carlile - Bring My Flowers Now H.E.R. - Hard Place Taylor Swift - Lover Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved Lizzo - Truth Hurts

Best New Artist Black Pumas Billie Eilish Lil Nas X Lizzo Maggie Rogers Rosalía Tank and the Bangas Yola

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance Beyoncé - Spirit Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Ariana Grande - 7 rings Lizzo - Truth Hurts Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Ariana Grande & the Social House - Boyfriend The Jonas Brothers - Sucker Lil Nas X - Old Town Road [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus] Post Malone - Sunflower [ft. Swae Lee] Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita

Best Pop Vocal Album Beyoncé - The Lion King: The Gift Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Ariana Grande - thank u, next Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project Taylor Swift - Lover

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Andrea Bocelli - Sì Michael Bublé - Love (Deluxe Edition) Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Look Now John Legend - A Legendary Christmas Barbra Streisand - Walls

Rap

Best Rap Album Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers III Meek Mill - Championships 21 Savage - I Am > I Was Tyler, the Creator - IGOR YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy

Best Rap Song YBN Cordae - Bad Idea [ft. Chance the Rapper] Rick Ross - Gold Roses [ft. Drake] 21 Savage - A Lot [ft. J. Cole] Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle [ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy] DaBaby - Suge

Best Rap Performance J. Cole - Middle Child DaBaby - Suge Dreamville - Down Bad [ft. J.I.D., Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG, Young Nudy] Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle [ft. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy] Offset - Clout [ft. Cardi B]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration DJ Khaled - Higher [ft. Nipsey Hussle and John Legend] Lil Baby and Gunna - Drip Too Hard Lil Nas X - Panini Mustard - Ballin [ft. Roddy Ricch] Young Thug - The London [ft. J. Cole and Travis Scott]

Rock

Best Rock Performance Bones UK - Pretty Waste Gary Clark Jr. - This Land Brittany Howard - History Repeats Karen O & Danger Mouse - Woman Rival Sons - Too Bad

Best Metal Performance Candlemass - Astorolus - The Great Octopus [ft. Tony Iommi] Death Angel - Humanicide I Prevail - Bow Down Killswitch Engage - Unleashed Tool - 7empest

Best Rock Song Tool - Fear Inoculum The 1975 - Give Yourself a Try Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall Brittany Howard - History Repeats Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

Best Rock Album Bring Me the Horizon - amo Cage the Elephant - Social Cues The Cranberries - In the End I Prevail - Trauma Rival Sons - Feral Roots

Best Alternative Music Album Big Thief - U.F.O.F. James Blake - Assume Form Bon Iver - i,i Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride Thom Yorke - ANIMA

R&B

Best R&B Performance Daniel Caesar - Love Again [ft. Brandy] H.E.R. - Could’ve Been [ft. Bryson Tiller] Lizzo - Exactly How I Feel [ft. Gucci Mane] Lucky Daye - Roll Some Mo Anderson .Paak - Come Home [ft. Andre 3000]

Best Traditional R&B Performance Bj the Chicago Kid - Time Today India.Arie- Steady Love Lizzo - Jerome Lucky Daye - Real Games PJ Morton - Built for Love [ft. Jazmine Sullivan]

Best R&B Song H.E.R. - Could’ve Been [ft. Bryson Tiller] Emily King - Look At Me Now Chris Brown - No Guidance [ft. Drake] Lucky Daye - Roll Some Mo PJ Morton - Say So [ft. JoJo]

Best Urban Contemporary Album Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload Nao - Saturn Jessie Reyez - Being Human in Public

Best R&B Album BJ the Chicago Kid - 1123 Lucy Daye - Painted Ella Mai - Ella Mai PJ Morton - Paul Anderson .Paak - Ventura

Latin

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album Bad Bunny - X 100Pre J Balvin & Bad Bunny - Oasis Flor De Toloache - Indestructible iLe - Almadura Rosalía - El Mal Querer

Dance

Best Dance Recording Bonobo - Linked The Chemical Brothers - Got to Keep On Medusa - Piece of Your Heart [ft. Goodboys] RÜFÜS DU SOL - Underwater Skrillex and Boys Noize - Midnight Hour [ft. Ty Dolla $ign]

Best Dance/Electronic Album Apparat - LP5 The Chemical Brothers - No Geography Flume - Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace Tyco - Weather

Comedy

Best Comedy Album Jim Gaffigan - Quality Time Ellen DeGeneres - Relatable Aziz Ansari - Right Now Trevor Noah - Son of Patricia Dave Chapelle - Sticks and Stones

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) Various Artists - Beastie Boys Book Michelle Obama - Becoming Eric Alexandrakis - I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years As A Two-Time Cancer Survivor John Waters - Mr. Know-It-All Sekou Andrews & The String Theory - Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

Remix

Best Remixed Recording Madonna - I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix) Miley Cyrus - Mother’s Daughter (Wuki Remix) Jorja Smith - The One (High Contrast Remix) Mild Minds - Swim (Ford. Remix) Maria Davidson - Work It (Soulwax Remix)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Various Artists - The Lion King: The Songs Various Artists - Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Taron Egerton - Rocketman Various Artists - Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Alan Silvestri - Avengers: Endgame Hildur Guðnadóttir - Chernobyl Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones: Season 8 Hans Zimmer - The Lion King Marc Shaiman - Mary Poppins Returns

Best Song Written for Visual Media Chris Stapleton - The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy Dolly Parton and Linda Perry - Girl in the Movies Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) Beyoncé - Spirit Thom Yorke - Suspirium

Packaging

Best Recording Package Voces Del Bullerengue - Anónimas & Resilientes Chris Cornell - Chris Cornell The Muddy Basin Ramblers - Hold That Tiger Bon Iver - i,i Intellexual - Intellexual

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Thom Yorke - Anima David Gray - Gold in Brass Age John Coltrane - 1963: New Directions Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berliner Philharmoniker - The Radio Recordings 1939-1945 Various Artists - Woodstock: Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary

Best Album Notes The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions - Judy Cantor-Navas The Gospel According to Malaco - Robert Maravich Pedal Steel + Four Corners - Brendan Greaves Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection - Jeff Place Stay ’68: A Memphis Story - Steve Greenberg

Producer

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Jack Antonoff Dan Auerbach John Hill Finneas Ricky Reed

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video The Chemical Brothers - We’ve Got to Try Gary Clark Jr. - This Land FKA Twigs - Cellophane Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Official Movie) Tove Lo - Glad He’s Gone

Best Music Film Beyoncé - Homecoming David Crosby - Remember My Name Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool Various Artists - Shangri-La Thom Yorke - Anima

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