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It's time for that glorious show where the biggest names in music rip each other's wigs out to win what is arguably the most prestigious award in music: the Grammy.
When?
Sunday, Jan. 26
8PM EST
Who's hosting?
L.L. Cool J
NOMINEES
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
Record Of The Year
"Get Lucky" Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Radioactive" Imagine Dragons
"Royals" Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
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
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Brave" Sara Bareilles
"Royals" Lorde
"When I Was Your Man" Bruno Mars
"Roar" Katy Perry
"Mirrors" Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Duo/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 Williams
"Suit & Tie" Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
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
DANCE
Best Dance/Electronica Album
"Random Access Memories" Daft Punk
"Settle" Disclosure
"18 Months" Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" Kaskade
"A Color Map Of The Sun" Pretty Lights
Best Dance Recording
"Need U (100%)" Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" Kaskade
"This Is What It Feels Like" Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" Zedd Featuring Foxes
ROCK
Best Rock Performance
"Always Alright" Alabama Shakes
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" David Bowie
"Radioactive" Imagine Dragons
"Kashmir" (Live) Led Zeppelin
"My God Is The Sun" Queens Of The Stone Age
"I'm Shakin'" Jack White
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
RAP
Best Rap Performance
"Started From The Bottom" Drake
"Berzerk" Eminem
"Tom Ford" Jay Z
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Kendrick Lamar
"Thrift Shop" Macklemore & 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 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 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)
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The full list of nominees can be found here. (There are a lot of categories and I didn't want to clog up the OP so I just included the big stuff.)
A complete list of the performers can also be found here.
