Meet Your New Grammy Nominees!
• Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Brandi Carlile and mega-producer Boi-1Da head the Class of 2019 for Grammy nominations — Lamar leads with 8, Drake has 7, and Carlile and Boi-1Da have six each. Lamar, Drake and Carlile also landed nominations in three of the four major categories — Album, Song and Record of the Year. Garnering five nominations each are Cardi B, Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga, Maren Morris, H.E.R., producer Sounwave and mastering engineer Mike Bozzi.
Grammy® winner Alessia Cara, Apple Music host Zane Lowe, singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes, and current Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe woke up early this morning (as did we) to kick off the 61st Grammy Awards® nominations by revealing nominees in select categories live on CBS This Morning and on Apple Music at 8:30am ET. Here now are the nominees in the “Big Four” categories, newly expanded this year from five nominees to eight:
> Album of the Year:
Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B; By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile; Scorpion, Drake; H.E.R.,H.E.R.; Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone; Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe; Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves; Black Panther, The Album, Various Artists
> Record of the Year:
“I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin; “The Joke,”Brandi Carlile; “This Is America,”Childish Gambino; “God’s Plan,”Drake; “Shallow,”Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper; “All The Stars,”Kendrick Lamar & SZA; “Rockstar,”Post Malone feat. 21 Savage; “The Middle, “Zedd feat. Maren Morris & Grey.
> Best New Artist:
Chloe x Halle, Luke Combs, Greta Van Fleet, H.E.R., Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha, Jorja Smith
> Song of the Year (songwriter’s award):
“All The Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Anthony Tiffith; • “Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane; • “God’s Plan,” Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib; • “In My Blood,” Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes & Geoffrey Warburton; • “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth; • “The Middle,” Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski; • “Shallow,”Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt; • “This Is America,” Donald Glover & Ludwig Göransson.
The complete list of nominees in all 84 categories is now posted at Grammy.com. The winners will be revealed during the 61th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on “Music’s Biggest Night,” Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS.
