Beyonce Leads 2017 Grammy Awards With 9 Nominations
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Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West follow Beyonce behind with eight nominations each, while Chance The Rapper grabs seven nods.

AceShowbiz - The nominations for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed on Tuesday, December 6. The Recording Academy announced nominees across all 84 categories in a press release and on the Grammy's website. Meghan Trainor announced on "CBS This Morning" four general field categories, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.

Overall, Beyonce Knowles leads the nominations with nine bids, including Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video and Best Music Film. Beyonce's latest milestone made her the most nominated female artist in Grammy history.

Beyonce and Adele were the only artists nominated in all three of the top categories: album, song and record of the year.

Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West follow Beyonce behind with eight nods each, while Chance The Rapper grabs seven nominations.

Hosted by James Corden, the 2017 Grammy Awards will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 8 P.M. ET/PT.

Song of the Year

Record of the Year Album of the Year Best New Artist Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Best Pop Vocal Album Best Dance Recording
  • Bob Moses - "Tearing Me Up"
  • The Chainsmokers - "Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya)"
  • Flume - "Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)"
  • Riton - "Rinse & Repeat (feat. Kah-Lo)"
  • Sofi Tukker - "Drinkee"
Best Dance/Electronic Album
  • Flume - "Skin"
  • Jean-Michel Jarre - "Electronica 1: The Time Machine"
  • Tycho - "Epoch"
  • Underworld - "Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future"
  • Louie Vega - "Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII"
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
  • Herb Alpert - "Human Nature"
  • Bill Frisell - "When You Wish Upon a Star"
  • Steve Gadd Band - "Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY"
  • Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken"
  • Snarky Puppy - "Culcha Vulcha"
Best Rock Performance Best Metal Performance
  • Baroness - "Shock Me"
  • Gojira - "Silvera"
  • Korn - "Rotting in Vain"
  • Megadeath - "Dystopia"
  • Periphery - "The Price Is Wrong"
Best Rock Song Best Rock Album Best Alternative Music Album Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance Best R&B Song Best Urban Contemporary Album Best R&B Album Best Rap Performance Best Rap/Sung Performance Best Rap Song Best Rap Album Best Country Solo Performance Best Country Duo/Group Performance Best Country Song Best Country Album Best New Age Album
  • John Burke - "Orogen"
  • Enya - "Dark Sky Island"
  • Peter Kater & Tina Guo - "Inner Passion"
  • Vangelis - "Rosetta"
  • White Sun - "White Sun II"
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
  • Joey Alexander - "Countdown"
  • Ravi Coltrane - "In Movement"
  • Fred Hersch - "We See"
  • Brad Mehldau - "I Concentrate on You"
  • John Scofield - "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Best Jazz Vocal Album
  • Rene Marie - "Sound of Red"
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling - "Upward Spiral"
  • Gregory Porter - "Take Me to the Alley"
  • Catherine Russell - "Harlem on My Mind"
  • The Tierney Sutton Band - "The Sting Variations"
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
  • Kenny Barron Trio - "Book of Intution"
  • Peter Erskine - "Dr. Um"
  • The Fred Hersch Trio - "Sunday Night at the Vanguard"
  • Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau - "Nearness"
  • John Scofield - "Country for Old Men"
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  • Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - "Real Enemies"
  • John Beasley - "Presents Monk'estra, Vol. 1"
  • John Daversa - "Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of The Beatles"
  • Bob Mintzer - "All L.A. Band"
  • Ted Nash Big Band - "Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom"
Best Latin Jazz Album
  • Andy Gonzalez - "Entre Colegas"
  • Brian Lynch - "Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw"
  • Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta - "Canto America"
  • Trio Da Paz - "30"
  • Chucho Valdes - "Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac"
Best Gospel Performance/Song
  • Shirley Caesar - "It's Alright, It's OK (feat. Anthony Hamilton)"
  • Jekalyn Carr - "You're Bigger (Live)"
  • Travis Greene - "Made a Way (Live)"
  • Tamela Mann - "God Provides"
  • Hezekiah Walker - "Better"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
  • Lauren Daigle - "Trust in You"
  • For King & Country - "Priceless"
  • Natalie Grant - "King of the World"
  • Hillary Scott & The Scott Family - "Thy Will"
  • Zach Williams - "Chain Breaker"
Best Gospel Album Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
  • All Sons & Daughters - "Poets & Saints"
  • Crowder - "American Prodigal"
  • Natalie Grant - "Be One"
  • Hillsong Young & Free -"Youth Revival [Live]"
  • Hillary Scott & The Scott Family - "Love Remains"
Best Roots Gospel Album
  • Gaither Vocal Band - "Better Together
  • The Isaacs - "Nature's Symphony in 432"
  • Joey+Rory - "Hymns"
  • Gordon Mote - "Hymns and Songs of Inspiration"
  • Various Artists - "God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson"
Best Latin Pop Album
  • Jesse & Joy - "Un Besito Mas"
  • Gaby Moreno - "Ilusion"
  • Laura Pausini - "Similares"
  • Sanalejo - "Seguir Latiendo"
  • Diego Torres - "Buena Vida"
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
  • ile - "ilevitable"
  • Illya Kuryaki & The Valderamas - "L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad O Nosotros)"
  • La Santa Cecilia - "Buenaventura"
  • Los Rakas - "Los Rakas"
  • Carla Morrison - "Amor Supremo"
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
  • Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga - "Raices"
  • Joss Favela - "Hecho a Mano"
  • Vicente Fernandez - "Un Azteca en el Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)"
  • La Maquinaria Nortena - "Generacion Maquinaria Est. 2006."
  • Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea - "Tributo a Joan Sebastian y Rigoberto Alfaro"
Best Tropical Latin Album
  • Fonseca - "Conexion"
  • Formell y Los Van Van - "La Fantasia Barrino Homenaje a Juan Formell"
  • Grupo Niche - "Aniversario"
  • La Sonora Santanera - "La Sonora Santanera en Su 60 Aniversario"
  • Jose Lugo & Guasabara Combo - "Donde Estan?"
Best American Roots Performance
  • The Avett Brothers - "Ain't No Man"
  • Blind Boys of Alabama - "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time"
  • Rhiannon Giddens - "Factory Girl"
  • Sarah Jarosz - "House of Mercy"
  • Lori McKenna - "Wreck You"
Best American Roots Song
  • Robbie Fulks - "Alabama at Night"
  • Jack White - "City Lights"
  • Eric Adcock and Roddie Romero - "Gulfstream"
  • Vince Gill - "Kid Sister"
  • Lori McKenna and Felix McTeigue - "Wreck You"
Best American Album Best Bluegrass Album
  • Blue Highway - "Original Traditional"
  • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - "Burden Bearer"
  • Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands - "The Hazel and Alice Sessions"
  • Claire Lynch - North by South
  • O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor - "Coming Home"
Best Traditional Blues Album
  • Lurrie Bell - "Can't Shake This Feeling"
  • Joe Bonamassa - "Live at the Greek Theatre"
  • Luther Dickinson - "Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II)"
  • Vasti Jackson - "The Soul of Jimmie Rogers"
  • Bobby Rush - "Porcupine Meat"
Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Fantastic Negrito - "The Last Days of Oakland"
  • Janiva Magness - "Love Wins Again"
  • Kenny Neal - "Bloodline"
  • The Record Company - "Give It Back to You"
  • Joe Louis Walker - "Everybody Wants a Piece"
Best Folk Album
  • Judy Collins and Ari Hest - "Silver Skies Blue"
  • Robbie Fulks - "Upland Stories"
  • Rhiannon Giddens - "Factory Girl"
  • Sierra Hull - "Weighted Mind"
  • Sarah Jarosz - "Undercurrent"
Best Regional Roots Music Album
  • Barry Jean Ancelet and Sam Broussard - "Broken Promised Land"
  • Northern Cree - "It's a Cree Thing"
  • Kalani Pe'a - "E Walea"
  • Roddie Romero and The Hub City All-Stars - "Gulfstream"
  • Various Artists - "I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country"
Best Reggae Album
  • Devin Di Dakta and J.L - "Sly & Robbie Presents...Reggae for Her"
  • J Boog - "Rose Petals"
  • Ziggy Marley - "Ziggy Marley Raging"
  • Fyah - "Everlasting" Rebelution - "Falling Into Place"
  • SOJA - SOJA: Live in Virginia"
Best World Music Album
  • Celtic Woman - "Destiny"
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo - "Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers"
  • Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble - "Sing Me Hope"
  • Anoushka Shankar - "Land of Gold"
  • Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil - "Dois Amigos, Um Seculo De Musica: Multishow Live"
Best Children's Album
  • Frances England - "Explorer of the World"
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - "Infinity Plus One"
  • Recess Monkey - "Novelties"
  • Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could - "Press Play"
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers - "Saddle Up"
Best Spoken Word Album
  • Amy Schumer - "The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo"
  • Carol Burnett - "In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox"
  • Patti Smith - "M Train"
  • Various Artists - "Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk"
  • Elvis Costello - "Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink"
Best Comedy Album Best Musical Theater Album
  • "Bright Star"
  • "The Color Purple"
  • "Fiddler on the Roof"
  • "Kinky Boots"
  • "Waitress"
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Song Written for Visual Media Best Instrumental Composition
  • Thomas Newman - "Bridge of Spies (End Title)"
  • Tim Davies - "The Expensive Train Set (An Epic Sarahnade for Double Big Band)"
  • Alan Ferber - "Flow"
  • Ennio Morricone - "L'Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale"
  • Ted Nash - "Spoken at Midnight"
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
  • John Beasley - "Ask Me Now"
  • Sammy Nestico - "Good 'Swing' Wenceslas"
  • Christian Jacob - "Linus & Lucy"
  • John Daversa - "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
  • Ted Nash - "We Three Kings"
  • Jacob Collier - "You and I"
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
  • Gordon Goodwin - "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
  • John Daversa - "Do You Want to Know a Secret"
  • Jacob Collier - "Flintstones"
  • Alan Broadbent - "I'm a Fool to Want You"
  • Barry Childs and Larry Klein - "Somewhere (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version)"
Best Recording Package Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Best Album Notes
  • Kris Kristofferson - "The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection"
  • Various Artists - "The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp"
  • Various Artists - "Ork Records: New York, New York"
  • Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle - "Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along"
  • Various Artists - "Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900"
Best Historical Album
  • Bob Dylan - "The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector's Edition)"
  • Various Artists - "Music of Morocco From the Library of Congress: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959"
  • Various Artists - "Ork Records: New York, New York"
  • Vladimir Horowitz - "Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983"
  • Various Artists - "Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900"
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Benny Blanco
  • Greg Kurstin
  • Max Martin
  • Nineteen85
  • Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording
  • Soul Pacific - "Cali Coast (Psionics Remix)"
  • The Silver Lake Chorus - "Heavy Star Movin' (staRo Remix)"
  • Paul McCartney and Wings - "Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix)"
  • Ry X - "Only (Kaskade x Lipless Remix)"
  • Bob Moses - "Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix)"
  • The Chemical Brothers - "Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix)"
Best Surround Sound Album
  • Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony - "Dutilleux: Sur Le Meme Accord; Les Citations; Mystere De L'instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement"
  • Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare - "Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard"
  • Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta - "Maja S.K. Ratkje: And Sing ..."
  • Primus - "Primus & The Chocolate Factory (5.1 Surround Sound Edition)"
  • Oyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene - "Reflections"
Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler - "Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles"
  • Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay - "Dutilleux: Sur Le Meme Accord; Les Citations; Mystere De L'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement"
  • Morten Lindberg - "Reflections"
  • Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire - "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9"
  • Silas Brown and David Frost - "Shadow of Sirius"
Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Blanton Alspaugh
  • David Frost
  • Marina A. Ledin and Victor Ledin
  • Judith Sherman
  • Robina G. Young
Best Orchestral Performance
  • San Francisco Symphony - "Bates: Works for Orchestra"
  • Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - "Ibert: Orchestral Works"
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - "Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100"
  • New York Philharmonic - "Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms"
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra - "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9"
Best Opera Recording
  • James Conlon - "Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles"
  • Giovanni Antonini - "Handel: Giulio Cesare"
  • Miguel Harth-Bedoya - "Higdon: Cold Mountain"
  • Yannick Nezet-Seguin - "Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro"
  • Antonio Pappano - "Szymanowski: Krol Roger"
Best Choral Performance
  • Elisabeth Holte - "Himmelrand"
  • Edward Gardner - "Janacek: Glagolitic Mass"
  • Donald Nally - "Lloyd: Bonhoeffer"
  • Krzysztof Penderecki - "Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1"
  • Steven Fox - " Steinberg: Passion Week"
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
  • ARC Ensemble - "Fitelberg: Chamber Works"
  • Oyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg and Trondheimsolistene - "Reflections"
  • Spektral Quartet - "Serious Business"
  • Third Coast Percussion - "Steve Reich"
  • Lincoln Trio - "Trios From Our Homelands"
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
  • Leila Josefowicz - "Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2"
  • Zuill Bailey - "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway"
  • Christian Tetzlaff - "Dvorak: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy"
  • Kristian Bezuidenhout - "Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9"
  • Gil Shaham - "1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2"
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
  • Magdalena Kozena - "Monteverdi"
  • Sabine Devieilhe - "Mozart: The Weber Sisters"
  • Dorothea Roschmann - "Schumann & Berg"
  • Ian Bostridge - "Shakespeare Songs"
  • Anna Netrebko - "Verismo"
Best Classical Compendium
  • Giancarlo Guerrero - "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle"
  • Tonu Kaljuste - "Gesualdo"
  • Martyn Brabbins - "Vaughan Williams: Discoveries"
  • Judith Farmer and Gernot Wolfgang - "Wolfgang: Passing Through"
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen - "Zappa: 200 Motels - The Suites"
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
  • Mason Bates - "Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology"
  • Michael Daughtery - "Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway"
  • Jennifer Higdon - "Higdon: Cold Mountain"
  • Christopher Theofanidis - "Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto"
  • F. Kip Winger - "Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky"
Best Music Video Best Music Film

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