Kendrick Lamar Tops Grammy Awards List of Nominees

With eight nominations, rapper Kendrick Lamar is the most nominated for the Grammy Awards. Canadian Drake follows , with seven. In addition to Lamar and Drake stands out the presence of the American singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile in the three main categories: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.

For Recording of the Year are nominated "I Like It" by Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, "The Joke" by Brandi Carlile, "This Is America" ​​by Childish Gambino, "God's Plan" by Drake, "Shallow" by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper , "All The Stars" by Kendrick Lamar & SZA, "Rockstar" by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage and "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris & Gray.

In the catagory of Album of the Year they compete for a Grammy rapper Cardi B ("Invasion Of Privacy"), Brandi Carlile ("By The Way, I Forgive You"), Drake ("Scorpion"), HER ("HER"), Post Malone ("Beerbongs & Bentleys"), Janelle Monáe ("Dirty Computer") Kacey Musgraves ("Golden Hour") and the soundtrack of "Black Panther", in charge of several performers.

The Grammy for the Song of the Year (which rewards composers) will fall on "All The Stars" (Kendrick Lamar & SZA), "Boo'd Up" (Ella Mai), "God's Plan" (Drake), "In My Blood "(Shawn Mendes), "The Joke"(Brandi Carlile), "The Middle"(Zedd, Maren Morris & Gray), "Shallow" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) or "This Is America"(Childish Gambino).

In the category of Best Rock Performance are nominated Arctic Monkeys ("Four Out of Five"), Chris Cornell ("When Bad Does Good"), THE FEVER 333 ("Made An America"), Greta Van Fleet ("Highway Tune") And Halestörm ("Uncomfortable").

The Best Rock Album will be decided between Alice in Chains ("Rainier Fog"), Fall Out Boy ("MANIA"), Ghost ("Prequelle"), Greta Van Fleet ("From the Fires") and Weezer ("Pacific Daydream").

For its part, the Best Metal Performance will fall on Between the Buried and Me ("Condemned to the Gallows"), Deafheaven ("Honeycomb"), High on Fire ("Electric Messiah"), Trivium ("Betrayer") or Underoath ("On My Teeth").

Six of the eight nominees for Best New Artist are women, including HER, Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha and Jorja Smith. The list is completed by the band Greta Van Fleet and Luke Combs .

The full list of nominees is available at Grammy.com .

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