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The 'Truth Hurts' hitmaker leads the pack with eight nods while the 'Bad Guy' singer and the 'Old Town Road' star follow behind her with six nominations each.

• Nov 21, 2019

AceShowbiz - Lizzo and Billie Eilish lead the acts nominated for the 2019 Grammy Awards.

Lizzo received the most Grammys nods, with eight, when the nominees were announced on Wednesday, November 20 with Billie and rapper Lil Nas X bagging six nods apiece.

Billie, 17, also made history as the youngest artist to earn nominations in all four of the Recording Academy's top four categories - Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist.

Rapper and singer Lizzo will compete against the teenager in all four categories, with her mega hit "Truth Hurts" up for Record and Song of the Year, alongside Billie's "Bad Guy".

Their respective albums, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?", and "I Love You" are up for the album prize alongside Bon Iver's "I, I", Lana Del Rey's "Norman F**king Rockwell", Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next", H.E.R.'s "I Used to Know Her", Lil Nas X's "7", and Vampire Weekend's "Father of the Bride".

Lil Nas is also nominated for Best New Artist alongside Lizzo, Billie, Black Pumas, Maggie Rogers, Rosalia, Tank and the Bangas, and Yola.

Other tracks nominated for Record of the Year include the country rapper's "Old Town Road", Bon Iver's "Hey, Ma", Khalid's "Talk", and Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower".

The main nominees are as follows:

Best New Artist:

• Black Pumas
• Billie Eilish
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• Maggie Rogers
• Rosalia
• Tank and the Bangas
• Yola

Best Pop Solo Performance:

• "Spirit" - Beyonce Knowles
• "Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish
• "7 Rings" - Ariana Grande
• "Truth Hurts" - Lizzo
• "You Need to Calm Down" - Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

• "Boyfriend" - Ariana Grande & Social House
• "Sucker" - Jonas Brothers
• "Old Town Road" - Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Senorita" - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Best Pop Vocal Album:

• "The Lion King: The Gift" - Beyonce Knowles
• "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" - Billie Eilish
• "Thank U, Next" - Ariana Grande
• "No. 6 Collaborations Project" - Ed Sheeran
• "Lover" - Taylor Swift

Best R&B Album:

• "1123" - BJ The Chicago Kid
• "Painted" - Lucky Daye
• "Ella Mai" - Ella Mai
• "Paul" - PJ Morton
• "Venture" - Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Album:

• "Revenge of the Dreamers III" - Dreamville
• "Championships" - Meek Mill
• "i am > i was" - 21 Savage
• "IGOR" - Tyler, The Creator
• "The Lost Boy" - YBN Cordae

Best Country Album:

• "Desperate Man" - Eric Church
• "Stronger Than the Truth" - Reba McEntire
• "Interstate Gospel" - Pistol Annies
• "Center Point Road" - Thomas Rhett
• "While I'm Livin'" - Tanya Tucker

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• "Si" - Andrea Bocelli
• "Love (Deluxe Edition)" - Michael Buble
• "Look Now" - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• "A Legendary Christmas" - John Legend
• "Walls" - Barbra Streisand

Best Dance Recording:

• "Linked" - Bonobo
• "Got to Keep On" - The Chemical Brothers
• "Piece of Your Heart" - Meduza & Goodboys
• "Underwater" - Rufus Du Sol
• "Midnight Hour" - Skrillex & Boys Noize With Ty Dolla $ign

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

• "LP5" - Apparat
• "No Geography" - The Chemical Brothers
• "Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape)" - Flume
• "Solace" - Rufus Du Sol
• "Weather" - Tycho

Best Rock Performance:

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

Best Rock Song:

• "Fear Inoculum" - Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, Songwriters (Tool)
• "Give Yourself a Try" - George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross Macdonald, Songwriters (The 1975)
• "Harmony Hall" - Ezra Koenig, Songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
• "History Repeats" - Brittany Howard, Songwriter (Brittany Howard)
• "This Land" - Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

Best Rock Album:

• "Amo" - Bring Me the Horizon
• "Social Cues" - Cage the Elephant
• "In The End" - The Cranberries
• "Trauma" - I Prevail
• "Feral Roots" - Rival Sons

Best Alternative Music Album:

• "U.F.O.F." - Big Theif
• "Assume Form" - James Blake
• "I,I" - Bon Iver
• "Father of the Bride" - Vampire Weekend
• "Anima" - Thom Yorke

Best R&B Performance:

• "Love Again" - Daniel Caesar & Brandy Norwood
• "Could've Been" - H.E.R. & Bryson Tiller
• "Exactly How I Feel" - Lizzo & Gucci Mane
• "Roll Some Mo" - Lucky Daye
• "Come Home" - Anderson .Paak & Andre 3000

Best R&B Song:

• "Could've Been" - Dernst Emile Ii, David "Swagg R'celious" Harris, H.E.R. & Hue "Soundzfire" Strother, Songwriters (H.E.R. Ft. Bryson Tiller)
• "Look At Me Now" - Emily King & Jeremy Most, Songwriters (Emily King)
• "No Guidance" - Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, Songwriters (Chris Brown Ft. Drake)
• "Roll Some Mo" - David Brown, Dernst Emile Ii & Peter Lee Johnson, Songwriters (Lucky Daye)
• "Say So" - Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

• "Apollo XXI" - Steve Lacy
• "Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)" - Lizzo
• "Overload" - Georgia Anne Muldrow
• "Saturn" - Nao
• "Being Human in Public" - Jessie Reyez

Best Rap Performance:

• "Middle Child" - J.Cole
• "Suge" - DaBaby
• "Down Bad" - Dreamville ft. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy
• "Racks in the Middle" - Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-boy
• "Clout" - Offset ft. Cardi B

Best Rap/Sung Performance:

• "Higher" - DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
• "Drip Too Hard" - Lil Baby & Funna
• "Panini" - Lil Nas X
• "Ballin" - Mustard ft. Roddy Ricch
• "The London" - Young Thug ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott(II)

Best Rap Song:

• "Bad Idea" - Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (Ybn Cordae ft. Chance The Rapper)
• "Gold Roses" - Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-tynes, William Leonard Roberts Ii, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas Iii & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross ft. Drake)
• "A Lot" - Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage ft. J. Cole)
• "Racks in the Middle" - Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-boy)
• "Suge" - Dababy, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (Dababy)

Best Country Solo Performance:

• "All Your'n" - Tyler Childers
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" - Ashley McBryde
• "Ride Me Back Home" - Willie Nelson
• "God's Country" - Blake Shelton
• "Bring My Flowers Now" - Tanya Tucker

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

• "Brand New Man" - Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs
• "I Don't Remember Me (Before You) " - Brothers Osborne
• "Speechless" - Dan + Shay
• "The Daughters" - Little Big Town
• "Common" - Maren Morris ft. Brandi Carlile

Best Country Song:

• "Bring My Flowers Now" - Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, Songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
• "Girl Goin' Nowhere" - Jeremy Bussey & Ashley Mcbryde, Songwriters (Ashley Mcbryde)
• "It All Comes Out in the Wash" - Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori Mckenna & Liz Rose, Songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
• "Some of It" - Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, Songwriters (Eric Church)
• "Speechless" - Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, Songwriters (Dan + Shay)

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