Nominees For 62nd Grammy Awards Announced
• Billie Eilish & Lizzo achieve nominations in Grammy’s “Big Four” General Field categories; Lil Nas X also dominates.
Nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards® were announced early this morning in New York. Live from Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, the first group of nominees was announced by CBS This Morning host Gayle King and special guests: Recording Academy® President/CEO Deborah Dugan, Chair of the Board of Trustees Harvey Mason, Jr., Alicia Keys, 15-time Grammy®-winner and the returning host of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and two-time Grammy nominee Bebe Rexha. Here are the nominees in Grammy’s “Big Four” General Field categories:
Album Of The Year:
I, I,Bon Iver, Norman F***ing Rockwell, Lana Del Rey; When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; Billie Eilish; Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande; I Used To Know Her, H.E.R.; 7, Lil Nas X; Cuz I Love You (Deluxe), Lizzo; Father of The Bride, Vampire Weekend.
Record Of The Year:
“Hey, Ma,” Bon Iver; Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish; “7 Rings,” Ariana Grande; “Hard Place,” H.E.R.; “Talk,” Khalid; “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus; “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo; “Sunflower,” Post Malone & Swae Lee.
Song Of The Year (Songwriter’s award):
“Always Remember Us This Way,” Lady Gaga (Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, songwriters); “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish (Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters), “Bring My Flowers Now,” Tanya Tucker (Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters); “Hard Place,” H.E.R. (Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters); “Lover,” Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, songwriter); “Norman F***ing Rockwell,” Lana Del Rey (Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters); “Someone You Loved,” Lewis Capaldi (Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters); “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo (Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters)
Best New Artist:
It was only fitting that Alicia Keys, who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2002, did the honors and announced this year’s Best New Artist nominees: Black Pumas, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Maggie Rogers, Rosalía, Tank and The Bangas,Yola.
The complete list of nominees in all 84 categories is now posted at Grammy.com, and the Recording Academy’s social media platforms. Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees, and the winners will be revealed during the62nd Annual Grammy Awards, scheduled for Jan. 26, 2020, live at 8pm ET/5pm PT on CBS.
