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THE 2022 GRAMMY NOMINEES

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Award season is upon us and the 2022 Grammy nominations have arrived. The nominations have already made history: Jay-Z is officially the most nominated Grammy artist in history with 83 nominations, Doja Cat and H.E.R are the most nominated women, Olivia Rodrigo (above) is the first time nominee with the most nominations (seven), Jon Batiste is the most nominated artist with 11 and ABBA is nominated at the Grammys for the first time. See the list of nominees below ahead of the show on January 31, 2022.

Record of the Year

  • “I Still Have Faith In You” - ABBA
  • “Freedom” - Jon Batiste
  • “I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
  • “Peaches” - Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
  • “Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile
  • “Kiss Me More” - Doja Cat Feat. Sza
  • “Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish
  • “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” - Lil Nas X
  • “Drivers License” - Olivia Rodrigo
  • “Leave The Door Open” - Silk Sonic

Album of the Year

  • We Are - Jon Batiste
  • Love For Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
  • Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) - Justin Bieber
  • Planet Her (Deluxe) - Doja Cat
  • Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish
  • Back of My Mind - H.E.R.
  • MONTERO - Lil Nas X
  • Sour - Olivia Rodrigo
  • evermore - Taylor Swift
  • DONDA - Kanye West

Song of the Year

  • “Bad Habits” - Ed Sheeran
  • “A Beautiful Noise” - Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile
  • “Drivers License” - Olivia Rodrigo
  • “Fight For You” - H.E.R.
  • “Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish
  • “Kiss Me More” - Doja Cat Feat. Sza
  • “Leave The Door Open” - Silk Sonic
  • “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” - Lil Nas X
  • “Peaches” - Justin Bieber Feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
  • “Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile

Best New Artist

  • Arooj Aftab
  • Jimmie Allen
  • Baby Keem
  • FINNEAS
  • Glass Animals
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • The Kid LAROI
  • Arlo Parks
  • Olivia Rodrigo
  • Saweetie

Best Pop Solo Performance

  • “Anyone” - Justin Bieber
  • “Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile
  • “Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish
  • “Positions” - Ariana Grande
  • “Drivers License” - Olivia Rodrigo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  • “I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
  • “Lonely” - Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco
  • “Butter” - BTS
  • “Higher Power” - Coldplay
  • “Kiss Me More” Doja Cat Feat. Sza

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • Love For Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
  • ‘til We Meet Again (Live) - Norah Jones
  • A Tori Kelly Christmas - Tori Kelly
  • Ledisi Sings Nina - Ledisi
  • That’s Life - Willie Nelson
  • A Holly Dolly Christmas - Dolly Parton

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) - Justin Bieber
  • Planet Her (Deluxe) - Doja Cat
  • Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish
  • Positions - Ariana Grande
  • Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Best R&B Performance

  • “Lost You” - Snoh Aalegra
  • “Peaches” - Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
  • “Damage” - H.E.R.
  • “Leave The Door Open” - Silk Sonic
  • “Pick Up Your Feelings” - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance

  • “I Need You” - Jon Batiste
  • “Bring It On Home To Me” - Bj The Chicago Kid, Pj Morton & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Charlie Bereal
  • “Born Again” - Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
  • “Fight For You” - H.E.R.
  • “How Much Can A Heart Take” - Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba

Best Progressive R&B Album

  • New Light - Eric Bellinger
  • Something To Say - Cory Henry
  • Mood Valiant - Hiatus Kaiyote
  • Table For Two - Lucky Daye
  • Dinner Party: Dessert - Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
  • Studying Abroad: Extended Stay - Masego

Best R&B Song

  • “Damage” - H.E.R.
  • “Good Days” - Sza
  • “Heartbreak Anniversary” - Giveon
  • “Leave The Door Open” - Silk Sonic
  • “Pick Up Your Feelings” - Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Album

  • Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies - Snoh Aalegra
  • We Are - Jon Batiste
  • Gold-Diggers Sound - Leon Bridges
  • Back Of My Mind - H.E.R.
  • Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performace

  • “Family Ties” - Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar
  • “Up” - Cardi B
  • “m y . l i f e” - J. Cole, feat. 21 Savage, Morray
  • “Way 2 Sexy” - Drake ft. Future and Young Thug
  • “Thot S***” - Megan Thee Stallion

Best Melodic Rap Performance

  • “p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l” - J.Cole feat Lil' Baby
  • “Need to Know” - Doja Cat
  • “Industry Baby” - Lila Nas X
  • “Wusyaname” - Tyler, The Creator
  • “Hurricane” - Kanye West feat The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Best Rap Song

  • “Bath Salts” - DMX, Jay-Z, Nas
  • “Best Friend” - Saweetie, Doja Cat
  • “Family Ties” - Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar
  • “Jail” - Kanye West, Jay-Z -
  • “m y . l i f e” - J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray

Best Rap Album

  • Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, the Creator
  • DONDA - Kanye West
  • The Off-Season - J. Cole
  • Certified Lover Boy - Drake
  • King’s Disease II - Nas

Best Engineered Album Non-Classical

  • Cinema - The Marías
  • Dawn - Yebba
  • Hey What - Low
  • Love for Sale - Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga
  • Notes With Attachments - Pino Palladino, Blake Mills

Producer of the Year Non-Classical

  • Jack Antonoff
  • Rogét Chahayed
  • Mike Elizondo
  • Hit-Boy
  • Ricky Reed

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

  • “Hero” - Afrojack & David Guetta
  • “Loom” - Ólafur Arnalds, Bonobo
  • “Before” - James Blake
  • “Heartbreak” - Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Best Dance/Electronic Album

  • Subconsciously - Black Coffee
  • Fallen Embers - Illenium
  • Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) - Major Lazer
  • Shockwave - Marshmello
  • Free Love - Sylvan Esso

Best Immersive Audio Album (from the 63rd Grammy)

  • Bolstad: Tomba Sonora - Stemmeklang
  • Dear Future Self (Dolby Atmos Mixes) - Booka Shade
  • Fryd - Tove Ramio-Ystad, Cantus
  • Mutt Slang II: A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage - Alain Mallet
  • Soundtrack of the American Soldier - Jim R. Keene, the United States Army Field Band

Best Immersive Audio Album

  • Alicia - Alicia Keys
  • Clique - Patricia Barber
  • Fine Line - Harry Styles
  • The Future Bites - Steven Wilson
  • Stille Grender - Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, Det Norske Jentekor

Best Music Video

  • “Shot In The Dark” - AC/DC
    (David Mallet, video director; Dione Orrom, video producer)
  • “Freedom” - Jon Batiste
    (Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer)
  • “I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
    (Jennifer Lebeau, video director; Danny Bennett, Bobby Campbell & Jennifer Lebeau, video producers)
  • “Peaches” - Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
    (Collin Tilley, video director)
  • “Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish
    (Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers)
  • “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” - Lil Nas X
    (Lil Nas X & Tanu Muino, video directors; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Marco De Molina & Saul Levitz, video producers)
  • “Good 4 U” - Olivia Rodrigo
    (Petra Collins, video director; Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez & Tiffany Suh, video producers)

Best Music Film

  • Inside - Bo Burnham
  • David Byrne's American Utopia - David Byrne
  • Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles - Billie Eilish
  • Music, Money, Madness...Jimi Hendrix in Maui - Jimi Hendrix
  • Summer of Soul - Various Artists

Best Rock Performance

  • “Shot In The Dark” - AC/DC
  • “Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)” - Black Pumas
  • “Nothing Compares 2 U” - Chris Cornell
  • “Ohms” - Deftones
  • “Making a Fire” - Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance

  • “Genesis” - Deftones
  • “The Alien” - Dream Theater
  • “Amazonia” - Gojira
  • “Pushing The Tides” - Mastodon
  • “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)” - Rob Zombie

Best Rock Song

  • “All My Favorite Songs” - Weezer
    (Songwriters: Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber)
  • “The Bandit” - Kings of Leon
    (Songwriters: Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill)
  • “Distance” - Mammoth WVH
    (Songwriter:Wolfgang Van Halen)
  • “Find My Way” - Paul McCartney
    (Songwriter: Paul McCartney)
  • “Waiting On A War” - Foo Fighters
    (Songwriters: Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear)

Best Rock Album

  • Power Up -AC/DC
  • Capitol Cuts - Live From Studio A - Black Pumas
  • No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 - Chris Cornell
  • Medicine At Midnight - Foo Fighters
  • McCartney III - Paul McCartney

Best Alternative Music Album

  • Shore - Fleet Foxes
  • If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey
  • Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast
  • Collapsed In Sunbeams - Arlo Parks
  • Daddy's Home - St. Vincent

Best Country Solo Performance

  • “Forever After All” - Luke Combs
  • “Remember Her Name” - Mickey Guyton
  • “All I Do Is Drive” - Jason Isbell
  • “camera roll” - Kacey Musgraves
  • “You Should Probably Leave” - Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

  • “If I Didn't Love You” - Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
  • “Younger Me” - Brothers Osborne
  • “Glad You Exist” - Dan + Shay
  • “Chasing After You” - Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
  • “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” - Elle King & Miranda Lambert

Best Country Song

  • “Better Than We Found It” - Maren Morris
    (Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz)
  • “camera roll” - Kacey Musgraves)
    (Songwriters: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian)
  • “Cold” - Chris Stapleton
    (Songwriters: Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton)
  • “Country Again” - Thomas Rhett
    (Songwriters: Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett)
  • “Fancy Like” - Walker Hayes
    (Songwriters: Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens)
  • “Remember Her Name” - Mickey Guyton
    (Songwriters: Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling)

Best Country Album

  • Skeletons - Brothers Osborne
  • Remember Her Name - Mickey Guyton
  • The Marfa Tapes - Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram
  • The Ballad of Dood & Juanita - Sturgill Simpson
  • Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

Best Gospel Album

  • Changing Your Story - Jekalyn Carr
  • Royalty: Live At The Ryman - Tasha Cobbs Leonard
  • Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition - Maverick City Music
  • Jonny X Mali: Live in LA - Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
  • Believe For It - CeCe Winans

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