Key nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards

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List of key nominees for the upcoming Grammy Awards 2020 to be held on Sunday in Los Angeles 

Here is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday in Los Angeles:

Album of the Year 

  • Bon Iver, i, i
  • Lana Del Rey, Norman [expletive] Rockwell!
  • Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • Ariana Grande, thank u, next
  • H.E.R., I Used To Know Her
  • Lil Nas X, 7
  • Lizzo, Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)
  • Vampire Weekend, Father Of The Bride

Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song

  • Bon Iver, Hey, Ma
  • Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
  • Ariana Grande, 7 Rings
  • H.E.R., Hard Place
  • Khalid, Talk
  • Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road
  • Lizzo, Truth Hurts
  • Post Malone and Swae Lee, Sunflower

Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting 

  • Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, Always Remember Us This Way (from A Star Is Born)
  • Billie Eilish and Finneas O´Connell, Bad Guy
  • Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, Bring My Flowers Now
  • H.E.R., Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris and Rodney Jerkins, Hard Place
  • Taylor Swift, Lover
  • Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, Norman [expletive] Rockwell!
  • Lewis Capaldi, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, Someone You Loved
  • Lizzo, Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic and Jesse Saint John, Truth Hurts

Best New Artist 

  • Black Pumas
  • Billie Eilish
  • Lil Nas X
  • Lizzo
  • Maggie Rogers
  • Rosalia
  • Tank And The Bangas
  • Yola

Best Music Video 

  • The Chemical Brothers, We've Got to Try
  • Gary Clark Jr, This Land
  • FKA twigs, Cellophane
  • Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road
  • Tove Lo, Glad He's Gone

Best Rap Album

  • Dreamville, Revenge Of The Dreamers III
  • Meek Mill, Championships
  • 21 Savage, I Am > I Was
  • Tyler, The Creator, Igor
  • YBN Cordae, The Lost Boy

Best Rock Album 

  • Bring Me The Horizon, Amo
  • Cage The Elephant, Social Cues
  • The Cranberries, In The End
  • I Prevail, Trauma
  • Rival Sons, Feral Roots

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Beyonce, The Lion King: The Gift
  • Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • Ariana Grande, thank u, next
  • Ed Sheeran, No. 6 Collaborations Project
  • Taylor Swift, Lover

Best Alternative Music Album

  • Big Thief, U.F.O.F.
  • James Blake, Assume Form
  • Bon Iver, i, i
  • Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
  • Thom Yorke, Anima

Best World Music Album

  • Altin Gun, Gece
  • Bokante & Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley, What Heat
  • Burna Boy, African Giant
  • Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet, Fanm D'Ayiti
  • Angelique Kidjo, Celia