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2019 Grammy Nominations Include Brandi Carlile, Margo Price, Grateful Dead, Jon Batiste, Willie Nelson

12:49 PM EST on December 7, 2018

  The Recording Academy has revealed its nominations for the 61st Grammy Awards, topped by Album of the Year nods for Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, Post Malone, Cardi B, Drake, H.E.R. and the Black Panther album. Record of the Year includes a similar group, plus Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper for their song "Shallow" from A Star is Born. Best New Artist's field includes Greta Van Fleet, Margo Price, Dua Lipa, H.E.R. and more. In the genre categories: Pop Performance includes Beck, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, with Willie Nelson included in Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album; Arctic Monkeys, Chris Cornell and Greta Van Fleet are nominated for Best Rock Performance, with GVF and Weezer in the Best Rock Album category; Best Alternative Album includes Arctic Monkeys, Beck, David Byrne, St. Vincent and Björk; Best Americana Album includes Brandi Carlile, The Wood Brothers, John Prine, Bettye LaVette and Lee Ann Womack; Best Bluegrass Album includes The Travelin' McCourys, Wood & Wire and Mike Barnett; Best Traditional Blues Album includes Buddy Guy, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, Cedric Burnside, Maria Muldaur and Elvin Bishop; and Best Folk Album includes Punch Brothers, Iron & Wine and Joan Baez. Jon Batiste, who will appear on the cover of Relix's December issue received a nomination for Best American Roots Performance. Other notable nominations include the Grateful Dead and The Decemberists for Best Boxed Package and guitarist Julian Lage for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. See a selection of the nominees below, and view the full Grammy field here. The 61st Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 10, and will be broadcast on CBS.   Album of the Year H.E.R. - H.E.R. Brandi 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 Brandi 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 ft. Demi Lovato - Fall In Line Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B - Girls Like You Justin Timberlake ft. 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 - M A N I A 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 Performance Toni Braxton - Long As I Live The Carters - Summer Lalah Hathaway - Y O Y H.E.R. - Best Part [ft. Daniel Caesar] PJ Morton - First Began Best Traditional R&B Performance Leon Bridges - Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand Betty LaVette - Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight MAJOR. - Honest PJ Morton - How Deep Is Your Love [ft. Yebba] Charlie Wilson - Made for Love [ft. Lalah Hathaway] Best R&B Song Ella Mai - Boo’d Up Miguel - Come Through and Chill [ft. J. Cole and Salaam Remi] Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer H.E.R. - Focus Toni Braxton - Long As I Live Best American Roots Performance Sean Ardoin - Kicks Rocks Jon Batiste - Saint James Infirmary Blues Brandi Carlile - The Joke Anderson East - All On My Mind Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing Best American Roots Song All the Trouble - Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack) Build a Bridge - Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples) The Joke - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) Knockin' On Your Screen Door - Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine) Summer's End - Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine) Best Americana Album Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You Bettye LaVette - Things Have Changed John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone The Wood Brothers - One Drop of Truth Best Bluegrass Album Mike Barnett - Portraits in Fiddles Sister Sadie - Sister Sadie II Special Consensus - Rivers and Roads The Travelin' McCourys - The Travelin' McCourys Wood & Wire - North of Despair Best Traditional Blues Album Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Something Smells Funky 'Round Here Cedric Burnside - Benton County Relic Buddy Guy - The Blues is Alive and Well Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy in This Land Maria Muldaur - Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Best Contemporary Blues Album Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead Teresa James and The Rhythm Tramps - Here in Babylon Danielle Nicole - Cry No More Boz Scaggs - Out of the Blues Victor Wainwright and the Train - Victor Wainwright and the Train Best Folk Album Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind Dom Flemons - Black Cowboys Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads Iron & Wine - Weed Garden Punch Brothers - All Ashore Best Reggae Album Black Uhuru - As the World Turns Etana - Reggae Forever Ziggy Marley - Rebellion Rises Protoje - A Matter of Time Sting & Shaggy - 44/876 Best Country Album Kelsea Ballerini - Unapologetically Brothers Osborne - Port Saint Joe Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour Christ Stapleton - From a Room: Volume 2 Best Urban Contemporary Album The Carters - Everything Is Love Chloe x Halle - The Kids Are Alright Chris Dave and the Drumhedz - Chris Dave and the Drumhedz Miguel - War & Leisure Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism 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 (Live) 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) 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 Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer - Blade Runner 2049 Michael Giacchino - Coco Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Best Song Written for Visual Media Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love Miguel - Remember Me [ft. Natalia Lafourcade] Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow Keala Settle & the Greatest Showman Ensemble - This Is Me 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 Best Album Notes Various Artists - Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924 (James P. Leary) Charles A. Asbury - 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings Of America’s Iconic Instrument (Richard Martin & Ted Olson) Sonny Clark Trio - The 1960 Time Sessions (Ben Ratliff) Various Artists - The Product Of Our Souls: The Sound And Sway Of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (David Gilbert) Bob Dylan - Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition) (Amanda Petrusich) Various Artists - Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris (David Evans) Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Boi-1da Larry Klein Linda Perry Kanye West Pharrell Williams Best Music Video The Carters - Apes*** 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