Grammy nominations: Ella Mai, Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa, Jorja Smith carry British hopes

Grammy nominations: Ella Mai, Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa, Jorja Smith carry British hopes

Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, Jorja Smith, Ella Mai and Seal are among the British artists to be nominated for 2019 Grammy Awards.

Mai is nominated for Boo'd Up in the Song Of The Year category, alongside Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Drake, Shawn Mendes, Brandy Carlile, Zedd & Maren Morris, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper and Childish Gambino.

Arctic Monkeys' Four Out Of Five is up for Best Rock Performance, while their album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, is nominated in the Alternative category.

Smith and Lipa, meanwhile, are both up for Best New Artist, while Seal is up for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Bring Me The Horizon's Mantra is up for Best Rock Song, while Jon Hopkins, Sophie and Disclosure all have a nomination each across the dance categories. Mark Ronson is nominated as both part of Silk City, his group with Diplo, and for his work on Lady Gaga's Shallow which is up for Best Song Written For Visual Media and Song Of The Year. 

Kendrick Lamar leads this year's nominations with eight nods, followed by Drake who has seven. Childish Gambino's This Is America has four nominations, while his track Feels Like Summer has also picked up a nomination.

There is also a posthumous nomination for Mac Miller, whose album Swimming is up for Best Rap Album.

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 - Rockstar
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 Pop Solo Performance
Beck - Colors
Camila Cabello - Havana (Live)
Ariana Grande - God Is a Woman
Lady Gaga - Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)
Post Malone - Better Now

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato - Fall In Line
Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow
Maroon 5 and Cardi B - Girls Like You
Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton - Say Something
Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey - The Middle

Best Pop Vocal Album
Camila Cabello - Camila
Kelly Clarkson - Meaning of Life
Ariana Grande - Sweetener
Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes
Pink - Beautiful Trauma
Taylor Swift - Reputation

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - Love Is Here to Stay
Willie Nelson - My Way
Gregory Porter - Nat "King" Cole & Me
Seal - Standards (Deluxe)
Barbra Streisand - The Music... The Mem'ries... The Magic!

Best Rap Performance
Cardi B - Be Careful
Drake - Nice for What
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake - King’s Dead
Anderson .Paak - Bubblin
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee - Sicko Mode

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Christina Aguilera ft. Goldlink - Like I Do
6LACK ft. J. Cole - Pretty Little Fears
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - Rockstar

Best Rap Song
Drake - God’s Plan
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake - King’s Dead
Eminem - Lucky You
Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee - Sicko Mode
Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar - Win

Best Rap Album
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Mac Miller- Swimming
Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap
Pusha-T - Daytona
Travis Scott - Astroworld

Best Rock Performance
Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five
Chris Cornell - When Bad Does Good
THE FEVER 333 - Made An America
Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune
Halestorm - Uncomfortable

Best Metal Performance
Between The Buried And Me - Condemned To The Gallows
Deafheaven - Honeycomb
High On Fire - Electric Messiah
Trivium - Betrayer
Underoath - On My Teeth

Best Rock Song
Greta Van Fleet - Black Smoke Rising
Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit
Bring Me The Horizon - Mantra
St Vincent - Masseduction
Ghost – Rats

Best Rock Album
Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog
Fall Out Boy - Mania
Ghost - Prequelle
Greta Van Fleet – From The Fires
Weezer – Pacific Daydream

Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Beck - Colors
Björk - Utopia
David Byrne - American Utopia
St. Vincent - Masseduction

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 Dance Recording
Above & Beyond - Northern Soul [ft. Richard Bedford]
Disclosure - Ultimatum [ft. Fatoumata Diawara]
Fisher - Losing It
Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [ft. Diplo and Mark Ronson]
Virtual Self - Ghost Voices

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
Justice - Woman
Sofi Tukker - Treehouse
Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
TOKiMONSTA - Lune Rouge

Best Comedy Album
Patton Oswalt - Annihilation
Dave Chappelle - Equanimity & the Bird Revelation
Jim Gaffigan - Noble Ape
Fred Armisen - Standup for Drummers
Chris Rock - Tamborine

Best Remixed Recording
Labrinth, Sia & Diplo present LSD - Audio (CID Remix Official Dance Remix)
Charlie Puth - How Long (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix)
Gabriel & Dresden feat. Sub Teal - Only Road (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Kygo, Justin Jesso - Stargazing [ft. Justin Jesso] (Kaskade Remix)
HAIM - Walking Away (Mura Masa remix)

Music for Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Call Me By Your Name
Deadpool 2 The Greatest Showman
Lady Bird
Stranger Things

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Black Panther
Blade Runner 2049
Coco
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: THe Last Jedi

Best Recording Package
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
BTS - Love Yourself: Tear
St. Vincent - Masseduction
The Chairman - The Offering
Foxhole - Well Kept Thing

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Locked N' Loaded) The Decemberists - I’ll be Your Girl
Grateful Dead - Pacific Northwest '73-74': The Complete Recordings
“Weird” Al Yankovic - Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic
Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds - Too Many Bad Habits

Producer
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Boi-1da
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams

Best Music Video
The Carters - Apeshit
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Joyner Lucas - I’m Not Racist
Janelle Monáe - PYNk
Tierra Whack - MUMBO JUMBO

Best Music Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Whitney
Quincy
Itzhak
Elvis Presley: The King

 



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