The Recording Academy™ welcomes this year’s class of GRAMMY® nominees. Already a 21-time GRAMMY winner, JAY-Z leads with eight nominations, followed by Kendrick Lamar (7), Bruno Mars (6), Childish Gambino (5), Khalid (5), No I.D. (5), and SZA (5). Selected from more than 22,000 submissions across 84 categories, the nominations showcase some of the most gifted music makers of the past awards year. As the only peer-selected music award, the GRAMMY is voted on by the Recording Academy’s membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers.
Record Of The Year
- Redbone — Childish Gambino
- Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
- The Story Of O.J. — JAY-Z
- HUMBLE. — Kendrick Lamar
- 24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Album Of The Year
- “Awaken, My Love!”— Childish Gambino
- 4:44— JAY-Z
- DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
- Melodrama — Lorde
- 24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Song Of The Year
- Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
- 4:44 — Jay Z
- Issues — Julia Michaels
- 1-800-273-8255 — Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
- That’s — What I Like Bruno Mars
Best New Artist:
- Alessia Cara
- Khalid
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Julia Michaels
- SZA
Best Rap Album:
- 4:44 — JAY-Z
- DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
- Culture — Migos
- Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody
- Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator
Best Rap Performance
- Bounce Back — Big Sean
- Bodak Yellow — Cardi B
- 4:44 — JAY-Z
- HUMBLE. — Kendrick Lamar
- Bad And Boujee — Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert
Best Rap/Sung Performance
- PRBLMS — 6LACK
- Crew — Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
- Family Feud — JAY-Z Featuring Beyoncé
- LOYALTY. —Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna
- Love Galore — SZA Featuring Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
- Bodak Yellow —Cardi B
- Chase Me —Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi
- HUMBLE.— Kendrick Lamar
- Sassy— (Rapsody)
- The Story Of O.J. — JAY-Z
Best R&B Performance
- Get You — Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis
- Distraction — Kehlani
- High — Ledisi
- That’s What I Like — Bruno Mars
- The Weekend — SZA
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Laugh And Move On — The Baylor Project
- Redbone — Childish Gambino
- What I’m Feelin’ — Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones
- All The Way — Ledisi
- Still — Mali Music
Best R&B Song
- First Began — PJ Morton
- Location — Khalid
- Redbone — Childish Gambino
- Supermodel — SZA
- That’s What I Like — Bruno Mars
Best Urban Contemporary Album
- Free 6LACK — 6LACK
- “Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
- American Teen — Khalid
- Ctrl — SZA
- Starboy — The Weeknd
Best R&B Album
- Freudian — Daniel Caesar
- Let Love Rule — Ledisi
- 24K Magic — Bruno Mars
- Gumbo — PJ Morton
- Feel The Real — Musiq Soulchild
Best Pop Solo Performance:
- “Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
- “Praying” — Kesha
- “Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
- “What About Us” — P!nk
- “Shape Of You” — Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
- “Something Just Like This” — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
- “Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
- “Thunder” — Imagine Dragons
- “Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man
- “Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
- Migration — Bonobo
- 3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk
- Mura Masa — Mura Masa
- A Moment Apart — Odesza
- What Now — Sylvan Esso
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
- Free 6lack — 6lack
- “Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
- American Teen — Khalid
- Ctrl — SZA
- Starboy — The Weeknd
Best Gospel Album:
- Crossover — Travis Greene
- Bigger Than Me — Le’Andria
- Close — Marvin Sapp
- Sunday Song — Anita Wilson
- Let Them Fall In Love — Cece Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
- Rise — Danny Gokey
- Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — Matt Maher
- Lifer — MercyMe
- Hills And Valleys — Tauren Wells
- Chain Breaker — Zach Williams
Best Latin Pop Album:
- Lo Único Constante — Alex Cuba
- Mis Planes Son Amarte — Juanes
- Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Cuidad De México, 2017 — La Santa Cecilia
- Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos) — Natalia Lafourcade
- El Dorado — Shakira
Best Comedy Album:
- The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas — Dave Chappelle
- Cinco — Jim Gaffigan
- Jerry Before Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
- A Speck Of Dust — Sarah Silverman
- What Now? — Kevin Hart
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
- Calvin Harris
- No I.D.
- Greg Kurstin
- Blake Mills
- The Stereotypes