The contenders for next year’s Grammys have been unveiled, and it’s first-time nominees Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Lizzo that are dominating the shortlist.
Lizzo is up for a total of eight awards, including both Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for Truth Hurts (which is pretty mad, considering it was released in 2017), while her major debut Cuz I Love You is also up for Album Of The Year.
Meanwhile, Billie and Lil Nas X are both up for six awards, with the latter’s hit Old Town Road also up for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year, as is Billie’s Bad Guy.
All three of them will also face off in the Best New Artist category, opposite Maggie Rogers, Black Pumas and Rosalía.
Aside from those three, Ariana Grande has secured four nominations, following her win last year, while the Beyoncé-curated Lion King soundtrack has secured three nods, with an additional nomination for her Netflix documentary Homecoming.
As ever, the Grammys have about 100 categories in total, but here are the artists in the running for the main awards…
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
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
Song Of The Year
Always Remember Us This Way — Lady Gaga
Bad Guy — Billie Eilish
Bring My Flowers Now — Tanya Tucker
Hard Place — H.E.R.
Lover – Taylor Swift
Norman F***ing Rockwell — Lana Del Rey
Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Best New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank And The Bangas
Yola
Best Pop Solo Performance
Spirit — Beyoncé
Bad Guy — Billie Eilish
7 Rings — Ariana Grande
Truth Hurts — Lizzo
You Need To Calm Down — Taylor Swift
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
thank u, next — Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
Lover — Taylor Swift
Best Rock Album
Amo — Bring Me The Horizon
Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
In The End — The Cranberries
Trauma — I Prevail
Feral Roots — Rival Sons
Best R&B Performance
Love Again—Daniel Caesar & Brandy
Could’ve Been — H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller
Exactly How I Feel— Lizzo Featuring Gucci Mane
Roll Some Mo — Lucky Daye
Come Home— Anderson .Paak Featuring André 3000
Best Rap Album
Revenge Of The Dreamers III — Dreamville
Championships — Meek Mill
I Am > I Was — 21 Savage
Igor — Tyler, The Creator
The Lost Boy — YBN Cordae
Best Song Written For Visual Media
The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy — Randy Newman, from Toy Story 4
Girl In The Movies — Dolly Parton, from Dumplin’
I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) — Lady Gaga, from A Star Is Born
Spirit — Beyoncé, from The Lion King
Suspirium — Thom Yorke, from: Suspiria
Next year’s Grammys will take place on Sunday 26 January next year, and will be hosted by Alicia Keys once again.
Last year’s big winners were rapper Childish Gambino and country star Kacey Musgraves, who picked up Album Of The Year for her latest effort, Golden Hour.
