Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Odesza And More Rack Up Nominations For The 2018 Grammys

The 2018 Grammy nominations are here and this year’s contenders are massive. Kendrick Lamar topped the list with seven nominations for Album Of The Year (DAMN.), Record of the Year (“HUMBLE.”, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Performance (“LOYALTY.” with Rihanna), Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, and Best Music Video. Childish Gambino also racked up nominations for Record Of The Year and Best R&B Song (“Redbone”) and Album Of The Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album (Awaken, My Love!). This year’s eligibility period for the 2018 Grammys ran from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. Other nomination highlights include newcomer Khalid, with nominations for Best New Artist, Best R&B Song (“Location”) and Best Urban Contemporary Album (American Teen), and 6LACK, with nominations for Best Rap/Sung Performance (“PRBLMS”) and Best Urban Contemporary Album (Free 6LACK). DMV hip hop artist GoldLink also made the elite list for Best Rap/Sung Performance (“Crew”). As for electronic music, Calvin Harris swung a nomination for Producer Of The Year and The Chainsmokers landed on the Best Pop Duo / Group Performance list for “Something Just Like This” with Coldplay. Odesza also made a splash with nominations for Best Dance Recording (“Light Of Sight ft. WYNNE & Mansionair”) and Best Dance/Electronic Album (A Moment Apart) alongside Mura Masa for his debut self-titled album Mura Masa.

The 60th anniversary of the Grammys is monumental with the amount of new talent taking over the nominations and industry favorites like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd being left almost entirely off the list. In addition, this year marks the first time since 1999 that no white men have been nominated for one of the biggest awards Album Of The Year. If one thing’s for sure, the 2018 Grammys are sure to be epic. Check out the nominations from select categories below and the full list of Grammy nominations here.

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2018 Grammy Nominations

Record Of The Year

(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

• Redbone

Childish Gambino

Ludwig Goransson, producer; Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

• Despacito

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

Josh Gudwin, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, producers; Josh Gudwin & Jaycen Joshua, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

• The Story Of O.J.

JAY-Z

JAY-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglas & Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

• HUMBLE.

Kendrick Lamar

Mike Will Made It, producer; Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

• 24K Magic

Bruno Mars

Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Album Of The Year

(Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist.)

• “Awaken, My Love!”

Childish Gambino

Ludwig Goransson, producer; Bryan Carrigan, Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson, Riley Mackin & Ruben Rivera, engineers/mixers; Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

• 4:44

JAY-Z

JAY-Z & No I.D., producers; Jimmy Douglas & Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton, engineers/mixers; Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

• DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar

DJ Dahi, Sounwave & Anthony Tiffith, producers; Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, James Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; K. Duckworth, D. Natche, M. Spears & A. Tiffith, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

• Melodrama

Lorde

Jack Antonoff & Lorde, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Ella Yelich-O’Connor, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

• 24K Magic

Bruno Mars

Shampoo Press & Curl, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Song Of The Year

(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Despacito

Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)

• 4:44

Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (JAY-Z)

• Issues

Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)

• 1-800-273-8255

Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)

• That’s What I Like

Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best New Artist

(An artist will be considered for Best New Artist if their eligibility year release/s achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.)

• Alessia Cara

• Khalid

• Lil Uzi Vert

• Julia Michaels

• SZA

Best Pop Solo Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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

(For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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 Pop Vocal Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal pop recordings.)

• Kaleidoscope EP

Coldplay

• Lust For Life

Lana Del Rey

• Evolve

Imagine Dragons

• Rainbow

Kesha

• Joanne

Lady Gaga

• ÷ (Divide)

Ed Sheeran

Best Dance Recording

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

• Bambro Koyo Ganda

Bonobo Featuring Innov Gnawa

Bonobo, producer; Bonobo, mixer

• Cola

Camelphat & Elderbrook

Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook & David Whelan, producers; Mike Di Scala, Elderbrook & David Whelan, mixers

• Andromeda

Gorillaz Featuring DRAM

Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Remi Kabaka & Anthony Khan, producers; Stephen Sedgwick, mixer

• Tonite

LCD Soundsystem

James Murphy, producer; James Murphy, mixer

• Line Of Sight

Odesza Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair

Clayton Knight & Harrison Mills, producers; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Migration

Bonobo

• 3-D The Catalogue

Kraftwerk

• Mura Masa

Mura Masa

• A Moment Apart

Odesza

• What Now

Sylvan Esso

Best R&B Performance

(For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.)

• Get You

Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis

• Distraction

Kehlani

• High

Ledisi

• That’s What I Like

Bruno Mars

• The Weekend

SZA

Best R&B Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• First Began

PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)

• Location

Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)

• Redbone

Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

• Supermodel

Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)

• That’s What I Like

Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B.)

• Free 6LACK

6LACK

• “Awaken, My Love!”

Childish Gambino

• American Teen

Khalid

• Ctrl

SZA

• Starboy

The Weeknd

Best R&B Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.)

• Freudian

Daniel Caesar

• Let Love Rule

Ledisi

• 24K Magic

Bruno Mars

• Gumbo

PJ Morton

• Feel The Real

Musiq Soulchild

Best Rap Performance

(For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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

(For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.)

• 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

(A song must contain music and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Bodak Yellow

Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White, songwriters (Cardi B)

• Chase Me

Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer, songwriters (Danger Mouse Featuring Run The Jewels & Big Boi)

• HUMBLE.

K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

• Sassy

E. Gabouer & M. Evans, songwriters (Rapsody)

• The Story Of O.J.

Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (JAY-Z)

Best Rap Album

(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.)

• 4:44

JAY-Z

• DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar

• Culture

Migos

• Laila’s Wisdom

Rapsody

• Flower Boy

 

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Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Odesza And More Rack Up Nominations For The 2018 Grammys