Your Grammy Nominees, Announced...

Nominees in the top categories for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday by The Recording Academy. Here's everything you need to know:

Album of the year

  • "Awaken, My Love!" Childish Gambino
  • "4:44" Jay-Z
  • "DAMN." Kendrick Lamar 
  • "Melodrama" Lorde
  • "24K Magic" Bruno Mars

Record of the year

  • "Redbone" Childish Gambino
  • "Despacito" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 
  • "The Story of O.J." Jay-Z
  • "HUMBLE." Kendrick Lamar 
  • "24K Magic" Bruno Mars

Song of the year (songwriter's award)

  • "Despacito" Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender and Marty James Garton
  • "4:44" Jay-Z and No I.D. 
  • "Issues" Julia Michaels, Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Justin Drew Tranter 
  • "1-800-273-8255" Logic, Alessia Cara, Khalid and Arjun Ivatury 
  • "That's What I Like" Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip

Best new artist

  • Alessia Cara 
  • Khalid
  • Lil Uzi Vert 
  • Julia Michaels 
  • SZA

Best pop solo performance

  • "Love So Soft" Kelly Clarkson 
  • "Praying" Kesha
  • "Million Reasons" Lady Gaga 
  • "What About Us" Pink
  • "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran

Best pop duo/group performance

  • "Something Just Like This" The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 
  • "Despacito" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 
  • "Thunder" Imagine Dragons
  • "Feel It Still" Portugal. The Man 
  • "Stay" Zedd and Alessia Cara

Best traditional pop vocal album

  • "Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version)" Michael Buble
  • "Triplicate" Bob Dylan
  • "In Full Swing" Seth MacFarlane 
  • "Wonderland" Sarah McLachlan
  • "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90" various artists

Best pop vocal album

  • "Kaleidoscope EP" Coldplay 
  • "Lust for Life" Lana Del Rey 
  • "Evolve" Imagine Dragons
  • "Rainbow" Kesha
  • "Joanne" Lady Gaga 
  • "Divide" Ed Sheeran

Best dance/electronic album

  • "Migration" Bonobo 
  • "3-D The Catalogue" Kraftwerk 
  • "Mura Masa" Mura Masa
  • "A Moment Apart" Odesza 
  • "What Now" Sylvan Esso

Best rock album:

  • "Emperor of Sand" Mastodon 
  • "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct" Metallica 
  • "The Stories We Tell Ourselves" Nothing More 
  • "Villains" Queens of the Stone Age
  • "A Deeper Understanding" The War On Drugs

Best alternative music album:

  • "Everything Now" Arcade Fire
  • "Humanz" Gorillaz 
  • "American Dream" LCD Soundsystem 
  • "Pure Comedy" Father John Misty 
  • "Sleep Well Beast" The National

Best urban contemporary album:

  • "Free 6LACK" 6LACK 
  • "Awaken, My Love!" Childish Gambino 
  • "American Teen" Khalid 
  • "Ctrl" SZA
  • "Starboy" The Weeknd

Best R&B album:

  • "Freudian" Daniel Caesar 
  • "Let Love Rule" Ledisi
  • "24K Magic" Bruno Mars 
  • "Gumbo" PJ Morton
  • "Feel the Real" Musiq Soulchild

Best rap album 

  • "4:44" Jay-Z 
  • "DAMN." Kendrick Lamar 
  • "Culture" Migos
  • "Laila's Wisdom" Rapsody 
  • "Flower Boy" Tyler, the Creator

Best country album

  • "Cosmic Hallelujah" Kenny Chesney 
  • "Heart Break" Lady Antebellum 
  • "The Breaker" Little Big Town 
  • "Life Changes" Thomas Rhett 
  • "From A Room: Volume 1" Chris Stapleton

Best jazz vocal album 

  • "The Journey" The Baylor Project 
  • "A Social Call" Jazzmeia Horn
  • "Bad Ass And Blind" Raul Midon
  • "Porter Plays Porter" Randy Porter Trio With Nancy King 
  • "Dreams And Daggers" Cecile McLorin Salvant

Best jazz instrumental album

  • "Uptown, Downtown" Bill Charlap Trio 
  • "Rebirth" Billy Childs 
  • "Project Freedom" Joey DeFrancesco & The People 
  • "Open Book" Fred Hersch
  • "The Dreamer Is The Dram" Chris Potter

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

  • "Baby Driver" 
  • "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2"
  • "Hidden Figures: The Album"
  • "La La Land"
  • "Moana: The Songs"

Producer of the year, non-classical

  • Calvin Harris
  • Greg Kurstin 
  • Blake Mills
  • No I.D.
  • The Stereotypes

Best music video: 

  • "Up All Night" Beck 
  • "Makeba" Jain
  • "The Story of O.J." Jay-Z 
  • "Humble" Kendrick Lamar 
  • "1-800-273-8255" Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid

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