The results are in and now you can officially start rooting for your favorite artists to win a Grammy. Yes, the 2014 Grammy Awards Nominations have been announced! Check out some of the top contenders below, featuring selections from newcomer Lorde and Grammy Queen Taylor Swift! Jay Z and Justin Timberlake (two celebs that basically ruled 2013) have also made the list a few times, and right so! Kanye West is also nominated for Best Rap Album, kicking off our curiosity on his obvious date, Kim Kardashian‘s red carpet look.
Record of the Year
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams
“Royals” – Lorde
“Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the Year
“The Blessed Unrest” Sara Bareilles
“Random Access Memories” – Daft Punk
“Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” – Kendrick Lamar
“The Heist” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Red” – Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
“Just Give Me A Reason” – Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters
(Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
“Locked Out Of Heaven” – Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)
“Roar” – Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry
Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
“Royals” – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
“Same Love” – Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Best Solo Performance
“Brave” – Sara Bareilles
“Royals” – Lorde
“When I Was Your Man” – Bruno Mars
“Roar” – Katy Perry
“Mirrors” – Justin Timberlake
Best Group Performance
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
“Just Give Me A Reason” – Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
“Stay” – Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Best Pop Instrumental Album
“Steppin’ Out” – Herb Alpert
“The Beat” – Boney James
“Handpicked” – Earl Klugh
“Summer Horns” – Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot
“Hacienda” – Jeff Lorber Fusion
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Paradise” – Lana Del Rey
“Pure Heroine” – Lorde
“Unorthodox Jukebox” – Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke
“The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” – Justin Timberlake
Best Dance Album
“Random Access Memories” – Daft Punk
“Settle” – Disclosure
“18 Months” – Calvin Harris
“Atmosphere” – Kaskade
“A Color Map Of The Sun” – Pretty Lights
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Viva Duets” – Tony Bennett & Various Artists
“To Be Loved” – Michael Bublé
“The Standards” – Gloria Estefan
“Cee Lo’s Magic Moment” – Cee Lo Green
“Now” – Dionne Warwick
Best Rock Performance
“Always Alright” – Alabama Shakes
“The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” – David Bowie
“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons
“Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin
“My God Is The Sun” – Queens Of The Stone Age
“I’m Shakin’” – Jack White
Best Metal Performance
“T.N.T.” – Anthrax
“God Is Dead?” – Black Sabbath
“The Enemy Inside” – Dream Theater
“In Due Time” – Killswitch Engage
“Room 24″ – Volbeat Featuring King Diamond
Best Rock Song
“Ain’t Messin ‘Round” – Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
“Cut Me Some Slack” – Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic and
Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic,
Pat Smear)
“Doom And Gloom” – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, songwriters (The
Rolling Stones)
“God Is Dead?” – Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, and Ozzy Osbourne,
songwriters (Black Sabbath)
“Panic Station” – Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
Best Rock Album
“13″ – Black Sabbath
“The Next Day” – David Bowie
“Mechanical Bull” – Kings Of Leon
“Celebration Day” – Led Zeppelin
“…Like Clockwork” – Queens Of The Stone Age
“Psychedelic Pill” – Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Best Alternative Music Album
“The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The
More I Love You” – Neko Case
“Trouble Will Find Me” – The National
“Hesitation Marks” – Nine Inch Nails
“Lonerism” – Tame Impala
“Modern Vampires Of The City” – Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance
“Love And War” – Tamar Braxton
“Best Of Me” – Anthony Hamilton
“Nakamarra” – Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
“How Many Drinks?” – Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Something” – Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
BEST Traditional R&B Performance
“Please Come Home” – Gary Clark Jr.
“Get It Right” – Fantasia
“Quiet Fire” – Maysa
“Hey Laura” – Gregory Porter
“Yesterday” – Ryan Shaw
Best R&B Song
“Best Of Me” – Anthony Hamilton and Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
“Love And War” – Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels, and
Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
“Only One” – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
“Pusher Love Girl” – James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley, and
Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
“Without Me” – Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert,
Harmony Samuels, and Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly
Rowland and Missy Elliot)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Love And War” – Tamar Braxton
“Side Effects Of You” – Fantasia
“One: In The Chamber” – Salaam Remi
“Unapologetic” – Rihanna
“New York: A Love Story” – Mack Wilds
Best R&B Album
“R&B Divas” – Faith Evans
“Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys
“Love In The Future” – John Legend
“Better” – Chrisette Michele
“Three Kings” – TGT
Best Rap Performance
“Started From The Bottom” – Drake
“Berzerk” – Eminem
“Tom Ford” – Jay Z
“Swimming Pools (Drank)” – Kendrick Lamar
“Thrift Shop” – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Power Trip” – J. Cole Featuring Miguel
“Part II (On The Run)” – Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
“Holy Grail” – Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
“Now Or Never” – Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
“Remember You” – Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Best Rap Song
“F***in’ Problems” – Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar,
Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2
Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
“Holy Grail” – Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley,
Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave
Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin
Timberlake)
“New Slaves” – Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis
Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye
West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser,
songwriters) (Kanye West)
“Started From The Bottom” – W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib,
songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
“Thrift Shop” – Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Best Rap Album
“Nothing Was The Same” – Drake
“Magna Carta…Holy Grail” – Jay Z
“Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” – Kendrick Lamar
“The Heist” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Yeezus” – Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
“I Drive Your Truck” – Lee Brice
“I Want Crazy” – Hunter Hayes
“Mama’s Broken Heart” – Miranda Lambert
“Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker
“Mine Would Be You” – Blake Shelton
Best Country Group Performance
“From This Valley” – The Civil Wars
“Don’t Rush” – Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill
“Your Side Of The Bed” – Little Big Town
“Highway Don’t Care” – Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
“You Can’t Make Old Friends” – Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton
Best Country Song
“Begin Again” – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“I Drive Your Truck” – Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy
Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)
“Mama’
s Broken Heart” – Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey
Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“Merry Go ‘Round” – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne,
songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
“Mine Would Be You” – Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric
Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
Best Country Album
“Night Train” – Jason Aldean
“Two Lanes Of Freedom” – Tim McGraw
“Same Trailer Different Park” – Kacey Musgraves
“Based On A True Story” – Blake Shelton
“Red” – Taylor Swift
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