New York (AFP)
Here are the nominations announced in the main categories for the 62nd Grammy Awards, the American music awards, which will be awarded on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Singer and rapper Lizzo leads with eight nominations, followed by 17-year-old singer Billie Eilish and rapper Lil Nas X with six nominations each.
- Album of the year -
Good Iver, "i, i"
Lana Del Rey, "Norman Fucking Rockwell!"
Billie Eilish, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
Ariana Grande, "thank u, next"
HER, "I Used To Know Her"
Lil Nas X, "7"
Lizzo, "Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)"
Vampire Weekend, "Father Of The Bride"
- Registration of the year, awarded for the overall performance of a title -
Good Iver, "Hey, Ma"
Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy"
Ariana Grande, "7 Rings"
HER, "Hard Place"
Khalid, "Talk"
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road"
Lizzo, "Truth Hurts"
Post Malone and Swae Lee, "Sunflower"
- Song of the year, attributed to authors / composers -
Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, "Always Remember Us This Way" (from "A Star Is Born")
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, "Bad Guy"
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, "Bring My Flowers Now"
HER, Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris and Rodney Jerkins, "Hard Place"
Taylor Swift, "Lover"
Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, "Norman Fucking Rockwell!"
Lewis Capaldi, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, "Someone You Loved"
Lizzo, Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic and Jesse Saint John, "Truth Hurts"
- Revelation of the year -
Black pumas
Billie eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalia
Tank And The Bangas
Yola
- Best clip -
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"
Tove Lo, "Glad He's Gone"
- 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 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 pop vocal album -
Beyonce, "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 alternative music album -
Big Thief, "UFOF"
James Blake, "Assume Form"
Good Iver, "i, i"
Vampire Weekend, "Father of the Bride"
Thom Yorke, "Anima"
- Best music album in the world -
Altin Gun, "Gece"
Bokante & Metropole Orkest directed by Jules Buckley, "What Heat"
Burna Boy, "African Giant"
Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet, "Fanm D'Ayiti"
Angelique Kidjo, "Celia"
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