Australian country music star Keith Urban, former Gold Coast pro-surfer turned DJ Paul “Fish” Fisher and Christian band For King & Country have been nominated for Grammy Awards, but pop star Troye Sivan was a surprise snub.
Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake dominated Friday’s nomination ceremony with the most nods.
Lamar, Drake, Cardi B, Post Malone and Brandi Carlile filled the Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories.
There were plenty of surprise snubs in the unveiling of nominees for the 61st Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on February 10, including Sivan.
He had been considered a strong chance in the Best New Artist and Pop categories after the success of Revelation, his song from the Joel Edgerton-directed film Boy Erased.
Sivan still had a big week however, scoring a shock Golden Globe nomination on Thursday for Revelation.
Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Jay-Z also received cold shoulders from Grammy voters in the major categories.
Grammy voters were criticised last year when just one female artist won a major award, Alessia Cara, who took out Best New Artist.
This year, six of the eight Best New Artist nominees are women – H.E.R., Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha and Jorja Smith.
Five of the eight Album of the Year nominees are from women.
“Being a young, black, queer woman in America, there was something I had to say and there was a group of people I wanted to celebrate and I’m happy to be representing them,” an emotional Janelle Monae told CBS after hearing she was nominated for Album of the Year for Dirty Computer.
Urban and his movie star wife Nicole Kidman will have a busy awards season.
Urban, a past winner of four Grammys, is nominated for Best Solo Country Performance for Parallel Line.
It came a day after Kidman kicked off her Hollywood awards season campaign with a Golden Globe nomination for Destroyer.
Fisher confirmed his rise as one of the world’s top house and techno producers with his hit Losing It nominated for best dance recording.
He is competing against some of the titans of the genre including super Silk City duo Mark Ronson and Diplo for Electricity, featuring Diplo.
For King & Country, led by Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone – also no strangers to the Grammys with two wins in 2015 – were nominated for best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song for their hit Joy.
Lamar topped the nominations with eight, including seven for his music for the Marvel Studios blockbuster film Black Panther.
Black Panther: The Album is nominated for Album of the Year.
The other contenders for Album of the Year alongside Lamar and Monae are Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, H.E.R., Brandi Carlile, Drake and Post Malone.
Drake earned seven nominations overall.
Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper were surprise multiple nominees for music from their Oscar best picture contender, A Star Is Born, putting them both in the position to win Grammys and Oscars within weeks of each ceremony.
They are nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Duo and Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Swift usually dominates award ceremonies but her huge hit Reputation missed out on an Album of the Year nod. Swift only received one Grammynomination – Best Pop Vocal Album.
Beyonce, Jay-Z and Grande were shut out of the Record, Album and Song of the Year categories.
2019 Grammy award nominations
album OF THE YEAR
H.E.R — H.E.R.
Brandie Carlile — By the Way, I Forgive You
Drake — Scorpion
Various Artists — Black Panther: The Album
Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys
Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
Record of the Year
Cardi B — I Like It
Brandi Carlile — The Joke
Childish Gambino — This Is America
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow
Drake — God’s Plan
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — All the Stars
Post Malone & 21 Savage — Rock star
Zedd & Maren Morris — The Middle
Song of the Year
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — All the Stars
Ella Mai — Boo’d Up
Drake — God’s Plan
Shawn Mendes — In My Blood
Brandy Carlile — The Joke
Zedd & Maren Morris — The Middle
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow
Childish Gambino — This Is America
Best New Artist
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
Best R & B Album
Toni Braxton — Sex & Cigarettes
Leon Bridges — Good Thing
Lalah Hathaway — Honestly
H.E.R. — H.E.R.
PJ Morton — Gumbo Unplugged
Best Pop Solo Performance
Colors, Beck
Havana (Live), Camila Cabello
God Is A Woman, Ariana Grande
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?), Lady Gaga
Better Now, Post Malone.
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Fall In Line, Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Backstreet Boys
S Wonderful, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Girls Like You, Maroon 5 and Cardi B
Say Something, Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton
The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Best Pop Vocal Album
Camila, Camila Cabello
Meaning of Life, Kelly Clarkson
Sweetener, Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes
Beautiful Trauma, Pink
Reputation, Taylor Swift
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love Is Here to Stay, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall
My Way, Willie Nelson Nat King Cole & Me, Gregory Porter
Standards (Deluxe), Seal
The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic!, Barbra Streisand
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Singularity, Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide, Justice
Treehouse, Sofi Tukker
Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, SOPHIE
Lune Rouge, TOKiMONSTA
Best Rock Album
Rainier Fog, Alice In Chains
Mania, Fall Out Boy
Prequelle, Ghost
From the Fires, Greta Van Fleet
Pacific Daydream, Weezer
Best Music Video
Apes — t, The Carters
This Is America, Childish Gambino
I’m Not Racist, Joyner Lucas
PYNK, Janelle Monae
MUMBO JUMBO, Tierra Whack.
Best Alternative Music Album
Tranquillity Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys
Colors, Beck
Utopia, Bjork
American Utopia, David Byrne
Masseduction, St. Vincent
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love, The Carters (Beyonce and Jay-Z)
The Kids Are Alright, Chloe x Halle
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
War & Leisure, Miguel
Ventriloquism, Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Rap Album
Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
Swimming, Mac Miller
Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle
Daytona, Pusha T
Astroworld, Travis Scott
Best Country Album
Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne
Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
From A Room: Volume 2, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Solo Performance
Wouldn’t It Be Great, Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Maren Morris
Butterflies, Kacey Musgraves
Millionaire, Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line, Keith Urban
Best Jazz Vocal Album
My Mood Is You, Freddy Cole
The Questions, Kurt Elling
The Subject Tonight Is Love, Kate McGarry With Keith Ganz and Gary Versace
If You Really Want, Raul Midon With The Metropole Orkest Conducted By Vince Mendoza The Window, Cecile McLorin Salvant
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Diamond Cut, Tia Fuller
Live In Europe, Fred Hersch Trio
Seymour Reads The Constitution!, Brad Mehldau Trio
Still Dreaming, Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
Emanon, The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Call Me By Your Name
Deadpool 2
The Greatest Showman
Lady Bird
Stranger Things
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