Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West follow Beyonce behind with eight nominations each, while Chance The Rapper grabs seven nods.
- Dec 7, 2016
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
- Beyonce Knowles - "Formation"
- Adele - "Hello"
- Mike Posner - "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"
- Justin Bieber - "Love Yourself"
- Lukas Graham - "7 Years"
- Adele - "Hello"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Formation"
- Lukas Graham - "7 Years"
- Rihanna - "Work (feat. Drake)"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Stressed Out"
- Adele - "25"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Lemonade"
- Justin Bieber - "Purpose"
- Drake - "Views"
- Sturgill Simpson - "A Sailor's Guide to Earth"
- Adele - "Hello"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Hold Up"
- Justin Bieber - "Love Yourself"
- Kelly Clarkson - "Piece by Piece (Idol Version)"
- Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"
- The Chainsmokers - "Closer (feat. Halsey)
- Lukas Graham, "7 Years"
- Rihanna - "Work (feat. Drake)"
- Sia Furler - "Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Stressed Out"
- Andrea Bocelli - "Cinema"
- Bob Dylan - "Fallen Angels"
- Josh Groban - "Stages Live"
- Willie Nelson - "Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin"
- Barbra Streisand - "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway"
- Adele - "25"
- Justin Bieber - "Purpose"
- Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"
- Demi Lovato - "Confident"
- Sia Furler - "This Is Acting"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- Alabama Shakes - "Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Don't Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White)"
- David Bowie - "Blackstar"
- Disturbed - "The Sound of Silence (Live on Conan)"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Heathens"
- Baroness - "Shock Me"
- Gojira - "Silvera"
- Korn - "Rotting in Vain"
- Megadeath - "Dystopia"
- Periphery - "The Price Is Wrong"
- David Bowie - "Blackstar"
- Radiohead - "Burn the Witch"
- Metallica - "Hardwired"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Heathens"
- Highly Suspect - "My Name Is Human"
- Blink-182 - "California"
- Cage the Elephant - "Tell Me I'm Pretty"
- Gojira - "Magma"
- Panic At the Disco - "Death of a Bachelor"
- Weezer - "Weezer"
- Bon Iver - "22, A Million"
- David Bowie - "Blackstar"
- PJ Harvey - "The Hope Six Demolition Project"
- Iggy Pop - "Post Pop Depression"
- Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
- BJ The Chicago Kid - "Turnin' Me Up"
- Ro James - "Permission"
- Musiq Soulchild - "I Do"
- Rihanna - "Needed Me"
- Solange Knowles - "Cranes in the Sky"
- William Bell - "The Three of Me"
- BJ The Chicago Kid - "Woman's World"
- Fantasia Barrino - "Sleeping with the One I Love"
- Lalah Hathaway - "Angel"
- Jill Scott - "Can't Wait"
- PARTYNEXTDOOR - "Come See Me (feat. Drake)"
- Bryson Tiller - "Exchange"
- Rihanna - "Kiss It Better"
- Maxwell - "Lake by the Ocean"
- Tory Lanez - "Luv"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Lemonade"
- Gallant - "Ology"
- KING - "We Are King"
- Anderson .Paak - "Malibu"
- Rihanna - "Anti"
- BJ The Chicago Kid - "In My Mind"
- Lalah Hathaway - "Lalah Hathaway Live"
- Terrace Martin - "Velvet Portraits"
- Mint Condition - "Healing Season"
- Mya - "Smoove Jones"
- Chance The Rapper - "No Problem (feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)"
- Desiigner - "Panda"
- Drake - "Pop Style (feat. The Throne)"
- Fat Joe and Remy Ma - "All the Way Up (feat. French Montana and Infared)"
- ScHoolBoy Q - "That Part (feat. Kanye West)"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)"
- Drake - "Hotline Bling"
- D.R.A.M. - "Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachty)"
- Kanye West - "Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin and The-Dream)
- Kanye West "Famous (feat. Rihanna)"
- Fat Joe and Remy Ma - "All the Way Up (feat. French Montana and Infared)"
- Kanye West - "Famous (feat. Rihanna)"
- Drake - "Hotline Bling"
- Chance The Rapper - "No Problem (feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz)"
- Kanye West - "Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin and The-Dream)"
- Chance The Rapper - "Coloring Book"
- De La Soul - "And the Anonymous Nobody"
- DJ Khaled - "Major Key"
- Drake - "Views"
- ScHoolBoy Q - "Blank Face LP"
- Kanye West - "The Life of Pablo"
- Brandy Clark - "Love Can Go to Hell"
- Miranda Lambert - "Vice"
- Maren Morris - "My Church"
- Carrie Underwood - "Church Bells"
- Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color"
- Dierks Bentley - "Different for Girls (feat. Elle King)"
- Brothers Osborne - "21 Summer"
- Kenny Chesney - "Setting the World on Fire (feat. Pink)"
- Pentatonix - "Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton)"
- Chris Young - "Think of You (feat. Cassadee Pope)"
- Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color"
- Thomas Rhett - "Die a Happy Man"
- Tim McGraw - "Humble and Kind"
- Maren Morris - "My Church"
- Miranda Lambert - "Vice"
- Brandy Clark - "Big Day in a Small Town"
- Loretta Lynn - "Full Circle"
- Maren Morris - "Hero"
- Sturgill Simpson - "A Hero's Guide to Earth"
- Keith Urban - "Ripcord"
- John Burke - "Orogen"
- Enya - "Dark Sky Island"
- Peter Kater & Tina Guo - "Inner Passion"
- Vangelis - "Rosetta"
- White Sun - "White Sun II"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- Tim Bowman Jr. - "Listen"
- Shirley Caesar - "Fill This House"
- Todd Dulaney - "A Worshipper's Heart [Live]"
- Kirk Franklin - "Losing My Religion"
- William Murphy - "Demonstrate [Live]"
- 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"
- 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"
- Jesse & Joy - "Un Besito Mas"
- Gaby Moreno - "Ilusion"
- Laura Pausini - "Similares"
- Sanalejo - "Seguir Latiendo"
- Diego Torres - "Buena Vida"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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?"
- 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"
- 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"
- The Avett Brothers - "True Sadness"
- William Bell - "This Is Where I Live"
- Kris Kristofferson - "The Cedar Creek Sessions"
- Lori McKenna - "The Bird & the Rifle"
- The Time Jumpers - "Kid Sister"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- Judy Collins and Ari Hest - "Silver Skies Blue"
- Robbie Fulks - "Upland Stories"
- Rhiannon Giddens - "Factory Girl"
- Sierra Hull - "Weighted Mind"
- Sarah Jarosz - "Undercurrent"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- David Cross "...America...Great..."
- Margaret Cho - "American Myth"
- Tig Notaro - "Boyish Girl Interrupted"
- Amy Schumer - "Live at the Apollo"
- Patton Oswalt - "Talking for Clapping"
- "Bright Star"
- "The Color Purple"
- "Fiddler on the Roof"
- "Kinky Boots"
- "Waitress"
- "Amy"
- "Miles Ahead"
- "Straight Outta Compton"
- "Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition)"
- "Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1"
- Thomas Newman - "Bridge of Spies"
- Ennio Morricone - Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight"
- Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto - "The Revenant"
- John Williams - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
- Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - "Stranger Things: Volume 1"
- Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - "Stranger Things: Volume 2"
- Justin Timberlake - "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Heathens"
- Pink - "Just Like Fire"
- Skrillex and Rick Ross - "Purple Lamborghini"
- Shakira - "Try Everything" Peter Gabriel - "The Veil"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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)"
- Rihanna - "Anti (Deluxe Edition)"
- David Bowie - "Blackstar"
- Parquet Courts - "Human Performance"
- Reckless Kelly - "Sunset Motel"
- Bon Iver - "22, A Million"
- Edith Piaf - "Edith Piaf 1915-2015"
- J. Views - "401 Days"
- The 1975 - "I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (Box Set)"
- Trey Anastasio - "Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition)"
- Paul McCartney - "Tug of War (Deluxe Editon)"
- 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"
- 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"
- Andrew Bird - "Are You Serious"
- David Bowie - "Blackstar"
- Bonnie Raitt - "Dig in Deep"
- Prince - "Hit N Run Phase Two"
- Sarah Jarosz - "Undercurrent"
- Benny Blanco
- Greg Kurstin
- Max Martin
- Nineteen85
- Ricky Reed
- 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)"
- 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"
- 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"
- Blanton Alspaugh
- David Frost
- Marina A. Ledin and Victor Ledin
- Judith Sherman
- Robina G. Young
- 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"
- 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"
- Elisabeth Holte - "Himmelrand"
- Edward Gardner - "Janacek: Glagolitic Mass"
- Donald Nally - "Lloyd: Bonhoeffer"
- Krzysztof Penderecki - "Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1"
- Steven Fox - " Steinberg: Passion Week"
- 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"
- 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"
- Magdalena Kozena - "Monteverdi"
- Sabine Devieilhe - "Mozart: The Weber Sisters"
- Dorothea Roschmann - "Schumann & Berg"
- Ian Bostridge - "Shakespeare Songs"
- Anna Netrebko - "Verismo"
- 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"
- 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"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Formation"
- Leon Bridges - "River"
- Coldplay - "Up & Up"
- Jamie XX - "Gosh"
- OK Go - "Upside Down & Inside Out"
- Steve Aoki - "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
- The Beatles - "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Lemonade"
- Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble - "The Music of Strangers"
- Various Artists - "American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry"