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Grammys 2014: This Year's Nominees

Michelle Tiu |
January 22, 2014 | 11:54 a.m. PST

Executive Producer

With 9 nominations, Jay-Z leads as artist with most Grammy nods this year. (Twitpic)
With 9 nominations, Jay-Z leads as artist with most Grammy nods this year. (Twitpic)
This coming Sunday marks the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. A big year for hip-hop, Jay-Z has the most nominations this year with 9 in total, including Best Rap Album for "Magna Carta... Holy Grail" (2013).

Coming in second, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake are all tied with 7 nominations.

With 4 nominations, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift, and Lorde lead the pack for most nominations by a female artist this year.

Check out the rest of this year's nominees:

Record of the Year

  • "Get Lucky," Daft Punk featuring Pharrell & Nile Rodgers
  • "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
  • "Royals," Lorde
  • "Locked Out of Heaven," Bruno Mars
  • "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell

Album of the Year

  • "The Blessed Unrest," Sara Bareilles
  • "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
  • "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," Kendrick Lamar
  • "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • "Red," Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

  • "Just Give Me a Reason," P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
  • "Locked Out of Heaven," Bruno Mars
  • "Roar," Katy Perry
  • "Royals," Lorde
  • "Same Love," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert

Best New Artist

  • James Blake
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Ed Sheeran

Best Pop Solo Performance

  • "Brave," Sara Bareilles
  • "Royals," Lorde
  • "When I Was Your Man," Bruno Mars
  • "Roar," Katy Perry
  • "Mirrors," Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  • "Get Lucky," Daft Punk featuring Pharrell & Nile Rodgers
  • "Just Give Me a Reason," P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
  • "Stay," Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
  • "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell
  • "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • "Paradise," Lana Del Rey
  • "Pure Heroine," Lorde
  • "Unorthodox Jukebox," Bruno Mars
  • "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke
  • "The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience," Justin Timberlake

Best Dance Recording

  • "Need U (100%)," Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
  • "Sweet Nothing," Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
  • "Atmosphere," Kaskade
  • "This Is What It Feels Like," Armin van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie
  • "Clarity," Zedd featuring Foxes

Best Dance/Electronica Album

  • "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
  • "Settle," Disclosure
  • "18 Months," Calvin Harris
  • "Atmosphere," Kaskade
  • "A Color Map of the Sun," Pretty Lights

Best Rock Performance

  • "Always Alright," Alabama Shakes
  • "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," David Bowie
  • "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
  • "Kashmir," Led Zeppelin
  • "My God Is the Sun," Queens of the Stone Age
  • "I'm Shakin'," Jack White

Best Metal Performance

  • "T.N.T.," Anthrax
  • "God Is Dead?," Black Sabbath
  • "The Enemy Inside," Dream Theater
  • "In Due Time," Killswitch Engage
  • "Room 24," Volbeat featuring King Diamond

Best Rock Song

  • "Ain't Messin 'Round," Gary Clark Jr.
  • "Cut Me Some Slack," Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
  • "Doom and Gloom," The Rolling Stones
  • "God Is Dead?," Black Sabbath
  • "Panic Station," Muse

Best Rock Album

  • "13," Black Sabbath
  • "The Next Day," David Bowie
  • "Mechanical Bull," Kings of Leon
  • "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
  • "...Like Clockwork," Queens of the Stone Age
  • "Psychedelic Pill," Neil Young with Crazy Horse

Best Alternative Music Album

  • "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You," Neko Case
  • "Trouble Will Find Me," The National
  • "Hesitation Marks," Nine Inch Nails
  • "Lonerism," Tame Impala
  • "Modern Vampires of the City," Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance
  • "Love and War," Tamar Braxton
  • "Best of Me," Anthony Hamilton
  • "Nakamarra," Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Q-Tip
  • "How Many Drinks?," Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar
  • "Something," Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
  • "Best of Me," Anthony Hamilton
  • "Love and War," Tamar Braxton
  • "Only One," PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder
  • "Pusher Love Girl," Justin Timberlake
  • "Without Me," Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott
Best Urban Contemporary Album
  • "Love and War," Tamar Braxton
  • "Side Effects of You," Fantasia
  • "One: In the Chamber," Salaam Remi
  • "Unapologetic," Rihanna
  • "New York: A Love Story," Mack Wilds
Best R&B Album
  • "R&B Divas," Faith Evans
  • "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
  • "Love In the Future," John Legend
  • "Better," Chrisette Michele
  • "Three Kings," TGT
Best Rap Performance
  • "Started From the Bottom," Drake
  • "Berzerk," Eminem
  • "Tom Ford," Jay-Z
  • "Swimming Pools (Drank)," Kendrick Lamar
  • "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  • "Power Trip," J. Cole featuring Miguel
  • "Part II (On the Run)," Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
  • "Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
  • "Now or Never," Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige
  • "Remember You," Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd
Best Rap Song
  • "F**kin' Problems," A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
  • "Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
  • "New Slaves," Kanye West
  • "Started From the Bottom," Drake
  • "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best Rap Album
  • "Nothing Was the Same," Drake
  • "Magna Carta... Holy Grail," Jay-Z
  • "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," Kendrick Lamar
  • "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • "Yeezus," Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
  • "I Drive Your Truck," Lee Brice
  • "I Want Crazy," Hunter Hayes
  • "Mama's Broken Heart," Miranda Lambert
  • "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
  • "Mine Would Be You," Blake Shelton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
  • "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
  • "Don't Rush," Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill
  • "Your Side of the Bed," Little Big Town
  • "Highway Don't Care," Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
  • "You Can't Make Old Friends," Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
Best Country Song
  • "Begin Again," Taylor Swift
  • "I Drive Your Truck," Lee Brice
  • "Mama's Broken Heart," Miranda Lambert
  • "Merry Go 'Round," Kacey Musgraves
  • "Mine Would Be You," Blake Shelton
Best Country Album
  • "Night Train," Jason Aldean
  • "Two Lanes of Freedom," Tim McGraw
  • "Same Trailer Different Park," Kacey Musgraves
  • "Based On a True Story," Blake Shelton
  • "Red," Taylor Swift
For a full list of nominees, go here.
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