Grammy Nominations 2018: Here’s Who Got the Most Love (and the Least)
The votes are in and the 60th Annual Grammy Awards can officially be considered the battle of the rap gods.
The Grammys will be held on January 28, 2018, and hosted by our favorite Carpool Karaoke machine, James Corden. The show will be broadcast live on CBS at 7:30 p.m EST/4:30 p.m. PST from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
How to stay “HUMBLE.” after all those Grammy nods? Mr. Lamar, you have the floor.
Without further adieu, here are the nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards.
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 & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
“The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“Humble.” — Kendrick Lamar
”24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Despacito" — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
"4:44" — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Jay-Z)
"Issues" — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
"1-800-273-8255" — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
"That's What I Like" — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
NEW ARTIST
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Love So Soft" — Kelly Clarkson
"Praying" — Kesha | Interview
"Million Reasons" — Lady Gaga
"What About Us" — P!nk
"Shape of You" — Ed Sheeran
POP VOCAL ALBUM
Kaleidoscope EP — Coldplay
Lust for Life — Lana Del Rey
Evolve — Imagine Dragons
Rainbow — Kesha
Joanne — Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) — Ed Sheeran
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
RAP ALBUM
4:44 — Jay-Z
Damn. — Kendrick Lamar
Culture — Migos
Laila's Wisdom — Rapsody
Flower Boy — Tyler, the Creator
R&B ALBUM
Freudian — Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule — Ledisi
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Gumbo — PJ Morton
Feel the Real — Musiq Soulchild
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
For the full list of nominees in all 84 categories, visit Grammy.com.
