NEW YORK \u2014 The Grammy Awards are sipping all of Beyonce\u2019s lemonade.<\/p>\n
The pop star leads the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with \u201cLemonade,\u201d and song and record of the year with \u201cFormation.\u201d The singer, who already has 20 Grammys and is the most nominated woman in Grammy history with 62 nods over the course of her career, is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, R&B and rap categories in the same year.<\/p>\n
Behind Beyonce are Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West, who scored eight nominations each.<\/p>\n
Like Beyonce, Adele is also nominated for album, record and song of the year. For album of the year, \u201cLemonade\u201d and \u201c25\u201d \u2014 which has sold 10 million copies in a year \u2014 will compete against Drake\u2019s multi-hit \u201cViews,\u201d Justin Bieber\u2019s redemption album \u201cPurpose\u201d and surprise nominee \u201cA Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth,\u201d the third album from respected and rebellious country singer Sturgill Simpson.<\/p>\n
Beyonce\u2019s \u201cFormation\u201d and Adele\u2019s \u201cHello\u201d are up against Rihanna and Drake\u2019s \u201cWork,\u201d twenty one pilots\u2019 \u201cStressed Out\u201d and Lukas Graham\u2019s \u201c7 Years\u201d for record of the year. \u201c7 Years\u201d is also up for song of the year \u2014 a songwriter\u2019s award \u2014 battling Bieber\u2019s \u201cLove Yourself,\u201d co-written with Ed Sheeran, Mike Posner\u2019s \u201cI Took a Pill In Ibiza,\u201d as well as Beyonce and Adele\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n
Beyonce\u2019s nine nominations include best rock performance (\u201cDon\u2019t Hurt Yourself\u201d with Jack White), pop solo performance (\u201cHold Up\u201d), rap\/sung performance (\u201cFreedom\u201d with Kendrick Lamar) and urban contemporary album (\u201cLemonade\u201d).<\/p>\n
\u201cArtists are feeling emboldened and courageous and just wanting to step out of the predictable boundaries of what they have done. Of course, (Beyonce) is the poster child for that,\u201d Recording Academy CEO and President Neil Portnow said in an interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Adele, who has five nominations, is up for best pop vocal album (\u201c25\u201d) and pop solo performance (\u201cHello.\u201d) The Grammys will be presented in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2017.<\/p>\n
David Bowie, who died from cancer in January, earned four nominations for his final album \u201cBlackstar,\u201d including best rock performance, rock song, alternative music album and engineered album, non-classical.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is beyond sort of the sympathy vote, because sometimes you\u2019ll see those kinds of things happen just \u2018cause people feel sorry about it. But listen to (his) album \u2014 it\u2019s quite extraordinary,\u201d Portnow said of Bowie.<\/p>\n
This year the Recording Academy allowed streaming-only recordings \u2014 released on paid-subscription platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal but not for sale on iTunes \u2014 to be eligible for nominations, giving Chance the Rapper a fair chance. The breakout performer scored seven nominations including best new artist, pitting him against country singers Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini; singer-rapper Anderson Paak; and pop-EDM duo the Chainsmokers, whose recent hits include \u201cCloser\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chance the Rapper earned three nominations for best rap song: His hit, \u201cNo Problem,\u201d is nominated, and he has writing credit on the Kanye West songs \u201cFamous\u201d and \u201cUltralight Beam.\u201d West will compete with himself in three categories: best rap song, rap performance and rap\/sung performance.<\/p>\n
Chance\u2019s \u201cColoring Book\u201d and West\u2019s \u201cThe Life of Pablo\u201d are nominated for best rap album along with Drake\u2019s \u201cViews,\u201d De La Soul\u2019s \u201cAnd the Anonymous Nobody,\u201d DJ Khaled\u2019s \u201cMajor Key\u201d and Schoolboy Q\u2019s \u201cBlank Face LP.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson, who had been nominated for best Americana album at the 2015 Grammys, also sees his nine-track album nominated for best country album. Simpson was in a bit of controversy this year when he posted on Facebook that the Academy of Country Music Awards should not have created an award named after Merle Haggard when he felt they never showed true love to the country outlaw, who died this year. He closed his long post saying: \u201c(Expletive) this town. I\u2019m moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson\u2019s album is up against Loretta Lynn\u2019s \u201cFull Circle,\u201d Keith Urban\u2019s \u201cRipcord,\u201d Morris\u2019 \u201cHero\u201d and Brandy Clark\u2019s \u201cBig Day In a Small Town.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lori McKenna, who won a Grammy this year for co-writing Little Big Town\u2019s \u201cGirl Crush,\u201d is nominated for best country song for penning Tim McGraw\u2019s \u201cHumble and Kind.\u201d She also scored nominations for best Americana album, American Roots performance and American Roots song for her own work.<\/p>\n
Acts tying McKenna and Bowie for four nominations include Bieber, Morris, Kirk Franklin, engineer Tom Coyne, and producer-songwriters Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, Benny Blanco and Mike Dean. Tyler Joseph, the lead vocalist of twenty one pilots and the duo\u2019s main songwriter, scored five nominations for \u201cStressed Out\u201d (record of the year, pop duo\/group performance) and \u201cHeathens\u201d (best rock song, rock performance and song written for visual media); twenty one pilots, which includes drummer Josh Dun, earned three nods.<\/p>\n
Some well-known acts scored their first Grammy nominations Tuesday, including Solange, Blink-182 and Demi Lovato, who will compete against Adele, Bieber, Sia and Ariana Grande for best pop vocal album.<\/p>\n
Amy Schumer earned two nominations, including best spoken word album and comedy album. Deceased nominees include Joey Feek of the duo Joey + Rory (best gospel roots album for \u201cHymns\u201d).<\/p>\n
About 13,000 Recording Academy members voted in the 84 Grammy categories from 22,000 submissions. Songs and albums released from Oct. 1, 2015 through Sept. 30 were eligible for nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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